Can we agree that it is a good thing to know how to let go of anger at work without scaring or alienating your co-workers? Focus on the "let go of anger" bit: if you could let go of anger reliably, every time you need to, would you?
Next time anger finds you, will you stuff it away and pretend it has no hold on you? That's the blue pill. Stop reading now and you can keep your world intact and undisturbed.
The red pill is the way to let go of anger. The truth. Anger just is. We get angry for good reasons. We can fully experience anger without the need to fully express it. That's the red pill.
Like Neo's first encounter with the Matrix, we spend much of our time denying ourselves feelings that aren't "appropriate," don't we? "Don't be afraid!" "Don't let anybody see you cry!" "Getting angry isn't how we do things in this house." Sound familiar?
That way of thinking has become so ingrained in us that we believe it is normal: normal people don't get angry; normal people don't get afraid; normal people don't cry. That's blue-pill thinking. Normal people do experience all those emotions; suppressing them is one way to crazy, and it gives away power to people who've taken the red pill.
A "normal" emotion is a fully-experienced emotion. And like the Matrix, the emotional red pill rabbit hole leads, not to crazy, but to power.
We can't fear what we understand. Emotions like fear and anger can be scary until we understand them. To over-simplify, emotions are the guardrails that keep us safe on the road of life. Ignoring them (or stuffing them away) weakens our ability to deal with life.
In their essence, emotions are chemical signals that prepare our human systems for a response. In any given situation, there are always a few responses that are better than others, and it's the job of our emotions to point us towards those better responses.
If we cut ourselves off from experiencing fear and anger, for example, by practicing suppression of them, we've compromised our ability to respond and limited our options by approximately 50%, and we may never consider the best response in a situation that's tied to anger or fear.
Instead, if we practice a healthy acceptance and experience of anger and fear, we increase our response-ability. How? By allowing the emotions (anger and fear) we also allow the potential for responses based on them, and those responses could save our lives.
For a moment, imagine a prehistoric family. The family's biggest predator was the prehistoric tiger. It's good to recognize the danger such a tiger poses to the family, and prehistoric people were well-attuned to signals that tigers were near. Tiger sounds probably got the family's attention, and their healthy fear of tigers keep everyone safe.
It would be stupid for a prehistoric family member to walk up to a dangerous hungry tiger and say "I'm not afraid of you!" Denying fear, in this case, would have been deadly stupid.
Anger and fear actually trigger powerful physical responses in us. Racing hearts pump the blood we need to run away or fight, and adrenalin is part of the fear/anger chemistry that makes us do that. Our vision and brainpower seem to clarify at these moments as well. These emotions are high-impact and quick-response; it takes a while for their effects to wear off.
Just because we're primed by fear or anger it's not necessary to carry out some physical act to let those feelings flow. There are practices we can use that allow experience of the "dark" emotions of fear and anger without the expression of them, and it's the expression of fear and anger that scare and alienate co-workers.
So, experience these helpful emotions without expressing them.
It's guaranteed that anger and fear will find us wherever we are, including with our families and at work. Some workplaces allow – even encourage – the non-violent expression of anger and fear; some workplaces, including a few that we idolize like football, hockey, and boxing, are based on the violent expression of fear and anger. In both cases, there can be strict rules around how this works, and well-rehearsed strategies for how to employ both fear and anger to the team's advantage.
Unless you are one of the few who plays professional contact sport as a livelihood, consider your workplace for a moment. Think about what and who makes you angry. Can you predict the situations and circumstances where your anger will be triggered? Of course, you can!
It's not pleasant to have the boss yell at us, but it happens. By unwritten agreement, the boss gets a larger bandwidth in which to express emotions. Most of the time, there's a valid reason for the anger that prompts the boss to yell at us, whether individually or as a team.
Most of the time, the boss' expression of anger has an effect of some kind.
If the anger was appropriate, it can also help prompt us to respond more effectively to the underlying trigger…the thing that angered the boss in the first place.
Appropriate or not, unless we're the boss, our ability to express anger is much more limited.
Whatever the bandwidth our position allows, we can still experience the anger.
If there was a way to fully experience anger at the office would you do it? Would you do it without having to break things and hurt people, even verbally? Get ready: here's how to do that.
Notice that the music you use – just one song! – isn't about diverting your anger or stuffing your anger or getting you to relax. Instead, it's about allowing and experiencing the anger.
This musical timeout will revive your non-angry attitude because once anger flows through us, its chemical effects dissipate. We want that healthy flow much more than we can endure the suppression of anger or fear.
This practice is similar to how combat soldiers drill to lessen fear's impact on their work. Carrying out a military maneuver – or executing a play in pro sports flawlessly – requires precision, and practice builds the muscle memory and mindset to execute the steps in spite of emotional experience.
It's also a practice that's similar to the way monks enter a meditative state: allow and notice the thought/feeling then let it go.
If your musical time-out leaves you will unfinished experience of anger (or fear or sadness for that matter), go back to it when you can.
If you simply feel flat after a few minutes under the headphones, you're probably done. That flat feeling – the kind of active neutral tennis players get when preparing to receive a serve – is a great place to take charge of what you feel and offer yourself an emotional direction. Play a song that triggers happy, or concentration, or physical energy – whatever you feel you need to jump back into the workplace for the next thing on your agenda.
This practice – call it musical timeout – is effective. There are call centers that have listening booths for stressed-out and angry workers for this very reason. When you show this practice to your co-workers or colleagues, point out the necessity and wisdom of staying with the anger or fear that was triggered instead of trying to mask it or stuff it.
All of us could use a little help once in a while. We're here for that. Bounce ideas around with us; ask questions; tweak good practices until they're great. Reach out here. There's more great how-to below or at this link: 7 Tips to Overcome Your Fears.


There more than 700 million active Instagram users in the world, which is an awful great deal of people uploading selfies as well as breaks of avocado on toast. Or possibly just hiding - How To Get Alot Of Likes On Instagram.
So how do you stand apart? Whether you're trying to create your individual brand name and also boost your work prospects or thrill potential suitors that click via to your account from your dating app profile, the majority of us would welcome more followers.
As well as one of the social media network's leading influencers has actually now disclosed how you could up your Insta video game and get even more likes as well as followers.
Stylist, blogger, TV personality as well as author Emily Henderson has over 573,000 followers on Instagram so is certainly well-placed to disclose what makes a winning breeze.
Whilst some of us might sometimes post images where the likes do not even reach double figures (which obviously we then hastily remove), each of Henderson's posts makes her hundreds of little hearts.
The social media is frequently advancing, as is the sort of content which gets one of the most likes.
" On a daily basis as well as month is different and it changes as we innovate and also social media sites expands," Henderson told Refinery 29. "Adaptability and advancement are key."
Regardless of just how they're prepared, flowers will always win you pleasant, pleasant likes. Henderson's referral? Snap from over with a white history.
Individuals like to see individuality, not a picture-perfect, unrelatable variation of on your own. "Individuals do not intend to see a mess in interiors, however they want to see a little of a mess in your individual life," Henderson says.
" I prefer to have an image that's burnt out and also sheds information to create a better mood than one that's dark," she exposes. When editing and enhancing her images, Henderson has the tendency to raise the highlights and also lighten up greater than usual.
The shots you in fact upload need to be your finest ones, as opposed to the ones that reveal the story behind them. "People are spoiled by beautiful insides pictures on Instagram - I am, also - and just wish to see those," Henderson describes.
If you wish to enhance involvement from your fans, simply ask an inquiry in your caption - whether that's for recommendations or practically their lives. Henderson additionally thinks captions ought to be short and pleasant rather than paragraphs long: "You need to stroll this difficult equilibrium of celebrating your happiness, however additionally being slightly self-deprecating," she says.
Henderson's techniques consist of utilizing editing and enhancing applications Afterlight or Colorstory, in addition to always lightening up, aligning and raising the comparison and also saturation on her photos. She also has the tendency to take her images from low down: "Capturing from reduced makes you seem like you're actually in the space," she describes.


On Sunday we went climbing in Göteborg, Sweden. Together with Anders, Anders & Michael we left Lyngby at 6:30 in the morning. It was still dark, but when we got to the ferry in Helsingør the sun was starting to show.
A couple of hours later we where at Fjällbo just outside the centre of Göteborg. It was still cold and the temperature was just above freezing, but once the sun got on the rock it was warm enough to go climbing. We had a grand day doing many good routes. Utby/Fjällbo is a fantastic place to climb with quality trad routes all over the place.
HP following my lead on Slowfox. We did a rather hard grade 6 variation in the top.


The annual Nike Skills Academy was held on August 16-19 at the Sports Academy in Thousand Oaks (CA). This year's affair only had approximately 30 high school players present to go along with about 20 college counselors but the quality of talent was impressive as usual.
The event culminated with ESPNU broadcasting the HS championship game of the camp last Saturday. Listed below are 10 top prospects that caught my attention.
Keldon Johnson, 6'6", 2018, Oak Hill Academy (Mouth of Wilson, VA): Big-time scorer can get buckets in a variety of ways whether its flying in for soaring dunks or spotting up for dagger 3's. Made a very strong case for being the unofficial MVP of the high school group.
Emmitt Williams, 6'7", 2018, Oakridge (Orlando, FL): Work-horse power forward has the strength, athleticism and energy necessary to fuel a future NCAA Final 4 run! Jordan Bell-type player contributes all the important things necessary to winning basketball on the HM level.
Darius Bazley, 6'10", 2018, Princeton (Cincinnati, OH): Syracuse-bound forward is a long and multi-dimensional talent that can play several different positions. Terrific NBA upside.
Louis King, 6'7", 2018, Hudson Catholic (Hudson, NJ): Chuck Person-type scoring forward has lethal range on his perimeter shot and the strong frame necessary to finish inside despite contact.
Jaylen Hoard, 6'9", 2018, Wesleyan Christian (High Point, NC): Very talented forward is a major factor on both ends. France native has real NBA potential.
Cole Swider, 6'9", 2018, St. Andrew's (Barrington, RI): Sharp-shooting forward can really connect from beyond the 3-point arc. Committed this summer to Jay Wright and Villanova.
James Wiseman, 6'11", 2019, Ensworth (Nashville, TN): Thin, but talented and active power forward runs floor very well and is a formidable rim-protector. Along with Charles Bassey and Vernon Carey, Wiseman is among the cream of the crop of post prospects in his class.
Ayo Dosunmu, 6'4", 2018, Morgan Park (Chicago, IL): High-scoring combo is the leading candidate for Illinois' "Mr. Basketball" this year.
Tyler Herro, 6'5", 2018, Whitnall (Greenfield, WI): Future Wisconsin Badger is a hot-shooting wing that can really keep a score-keeper busy. Will help keep Wisconsin relevant in the Big 10 Conference in the very near future.
Robert Woodard II, 6'6", 2018, Columbus (Columbus, MS): Blue-collar power forward does all the little things to help teams win. Relentless rebounder with ability to finish in traffic.
In my very limited viewing of the college counselors on-hand, those impressing me the most include Jaren Jackson (Michigan State), Chimezie Metu (USC), Miye Oni (Yale), Trevon Duval (Duke), Brandon McCoy (UNLV), Nick Ward (Michigan State) and Shake Milton (SMU).


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Q: What's the difference between !== and != in PHP?
Possible Duplicate:
php == vs === operator

What's the difference between !== and != in PHP?

A: !== is strict not equal and which does not do type conversion
!= is not equal which does type conversion before checking

A: === AND !== checks if the values compared have the same type (eg: int, string, etc.) and have the same values
While...
== AND != only compares the values

A: "1" != 1     // False
"1" !== 1    // True

It's a type thing.  !== takes into account the types of its operands, while != does not (the implicit conversion makes the first conditional false).

A: == is only true if the values are equal.
=== is only true if the values and types are equal.

A: the triple equal also make sure the two variable are from the same type
1 == `1` // is ok
1 === `1` // is not same.

A: Both are comparion operators

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*$a !== $b Return TRUE if $a is not equal to $b, or they are not of the same type.

*$a != $b Return TRUE if $a is not equal to $b.

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سلام لطفا این مطلب را با عنوان" دانلود و آموزش کار با برنامه Fast brust camera برای فریم فریم کردن فیلم " در وبلاگ گرانش قرار دهید.
پ.ن. ایمیل وارده از امیرپارسا!
The Huawei P9 first grabbed our attention last October when a label from the phone leaked, indicating that the device would feature dual cameras on the back. Since then, leaked images have confirmed that there will indeed be two rear-facing snappers on the phone. Huawei has also teased this attribute of the P9 by disseminating some cute teasers. We expect the P9 and variants to be introduced at a media event planned for April 6th.
The Huawei P9 has been more or less confirmed for an April 6 announcement, quite possibly even multiple versions of it, is expected to launch alongside the P9 Lite and P9 Max on April 6. Out of the two, the P9 Lite has now been purportedly shown off in some leaked images based on factory CAD.
Huawei P9 will launch at a company event in London this coming April 6. In addition to this, recent reports claim that the Chinese OEM is also working on releasing a smaller variant of the flagship known as Huawei P9 Lite and a larger device for the phablet lovers, the Huawei P9 Max.
For the first time since its news started showing up, the Huawei P9 Lite has had its renders leaked to the world. In addition, there are a few other images coming that have surfaced with respect to the flagship Huawei P9.
به دنبال معرفی برنامه های متعددی که تاکنون در سایت برترین های اندروید انجام داده ایم، این بار نیز قصد معرفی یکی از قدرتمندترین نرم افزارهای عکاسی با نام Camera FV-5 را داریم که با استفاده از آن امکان عکاسی حرفه ای را خواهید داشت.
There has been a lot of buzz recently around Huawei P9 new flagship phone, even the company president was spotted with the new phone in hand, and now we're all looking forward to the April 6th launch event in London to find out what Huawei has in store for us. It looks like the company might unveil not one but two new handsets and one of them, the Huawei P9 "Lite," has now been leaked online.
There's now only a week until the Huawei P9 official launch, scheduled for April 6. Can't hurt if we get to know a few more bits in advance though, this time courtesy of AnTuTu. The benchmark maker has listed the upcoming Huawei flagship, complete with specs and test results.
It looks like the feature-enhanced Huawei P9 recently visited AnTuTu (a benchmark tool for Android devices), leaving a list of specs behind. According to AnTuTu, this particular Huawei P9 (model number EVA-AL10) comes with 4 GB of RAM, 64 GB of internal memory, and an octa-core Kirin 955 processor (instead of a Kirin 950). Other features seem to be similar to those that the regular P9 will bring, including an 8 MP front-facing camera, a dual 12 MP rear camera, and Android 6.0 Marshmallow.
تگ در یونیتی چیست؟ what is tag in unity.
تگ یا Tag عنی برچسب یا اسم مستعار.
دستکاری کنیم یا بهشون دستیابی داشته باشیم.
The Huawei P9 is set to be the next flagship from Huawei and while we're mostly working with rumours for now it sounds like it could be a very impressive device indeed, with a lot of power, a premium design, a dual-camera and a fingerprint scanner.


The Waratahs need to be ruthless to shake off the Western Force in Perth next weekend, halfback Nick Phipps says.
NSW has had mixed history against the WA franchise, going down to them even in their championship 2014 season, as the Force's suffocating defence shutting down NSW'sattack.
Phipps said the Force might feel they have the secrets to success against the Waratahs, so it was up to NSW to step things up a level with their finals chances on a knife's edge.
"They probably think they've got the blueprint to beat us but we've got to go over there and get some points to be honest, so we've got to make sure we're ruthless this week," he said.
With a 2-4 record to start the year, the Waratahs have no more byes until the June Test window and need to win almost all their games to stay in touch with finals.
Phipps said the side wouldn't lose its determination to make a Super Rugby impact despite their record so far.
"We're a strong group, nothing's going to deter us from our goal," he said.
"It's disappointing as a minor setback at the beginning of our seven-week block but it happens.
"We played a quality team tonight we let ourselves down, we know it was winnable in stages.
Phipps found positives in the side's los to the Brumbiess, which he said was one of its better performances of the season.
"It's hard to look at it like that after a loss but I do feel we played a lot better tonight," he said.
"Besides some silly handling errors and some ball skills that need a bit of fine tuning, we are getting the structures right ,we are getting that space that we want, we want that space.
"Our forwards stepped up a fair bit tonight in the physical defensive passages around the breakdown and our control with KB in there was a lot better in there tonight.


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(6) Veterinary clinic or hospital.
(7) Mortuary or undertaking establishment.
(8) Public library or museum.
(10) Public park or playground.
(12) Commercial dry-cleaning and laundry establishment.
(14) Public or private school.
(15) Facilities for the provision of natural gas, other than containerized natural gas, to the local community, except storage or heavy equipment yards. [Amended 6-11-2002 by L.L. No. 3-2002] (16) Accessory buildings and structures to Subsection A(1) through (15) above.
(8) Accessory buildings and structures to Subsection B(1) through (7) above.
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Sears Holdings is committed to ensuring that the products we provide are both safe for their intended use and high in quality. This commitment requires dedication to quality and safety at every stage of the product life cycle, including research, design, specification development, manufacturing, shipping and product returns.
We have developed quality assurance (QA) protocols across our categories of products to provide our suppliers with detailed information on our expectations regarding product quality, measures of conformance, product testing, inspection and verification. We work together with our suppliers to develop a shared commitment to quality and safety, and require that all of our suppliers abide by our quality performance standards, requirements, processes and procedures.
Factory evaluations assess our supplier factories prior to placing orders to ensure that the factory has the right capacity, equipment and skill for the particular products we are asking them to produce.
Pre-production Meetings take place before production starts and brings together all parties involved in the production of the product. Each step of the process is reviewed to ensure that the production will respect the product specifications.
Pilot-run inspections entail an assessment of product quality and compliance with the approved product sample at an early stage in the production process once a defined minimum quantity has been produced.
In-line inspections take place during product production and allow us to identify quality issues early in the manufacturing process.
Final inspections assess products after production is complete. This stage compares select, finished products with previously approved samples, checks for accurate sizing and evaluates overall workmanship.
Post-delivery inspections take place on a random basis at our distribution centers and stores once products have been shipped from our suppliers' factories.
While our QA team works to ensure products are produced according to our design standards, our product testing team works to ensure that products comply with U.S. mandatory requirements and perform and function as intended. Using accredited in-house laboratory testing, as well as independent third-party testing, our product testing team evaluates and assures that products comply with regulatory and industry standards, function safely and as intended, and meet or exceed customer expectations.
Vendor Approval Program (VAP) - factories that demonstrate sound, robust, and consistent quality standards are eligible to participate in this program. The program provides QA training to the factory's technical staff, under the supervision of the Sears Holdings quality team. Once trained, the factory is designated as "VAP qualified" and can implement the quality assurance process on site.
Vendor Facility Qualification program (VFQ) - audited factories with on-site testing laboratories are eligible for this program. Once the factory is "VFQ certified" they are able to provide testing data for evaluation.


Savage and his "Tested" co-host Norman Chan fly DJI's new advanced quadcopter -- equipped with a 4K camera -- and grab some amazing aerial footage.
"MythBusters" host Adam Savage and his "Tested" co-host Norman Chan join Eric Chang from DJI to give the company's Inspire 1 quadcopter a spin in this new video.
The Inspire 1's flight control system makes it easy to fly, DJI promises, thanks to the way its body communicate with its controller.
The main controller acts as the "brain" of the system, "receiving thousands of bits of data every second and translating that data into action as you fly," according to the company's website. "The main controller tells every part of your Inspire 1 what to do, calculates environmental conditions in real-time, and ensures that the aircraft responds to your control commands instantly."
The Inspire 1 costs a hefty $3,399, £2,380 or AU$4,419 for the dual-remote setup Adam and Norman test out here. To see if it's worth that much, the duo try to see how smoothly it can run at high altitudes.
"This quad has the ability to split flight and camera controls between two operators, so Adam and Norm work together to capture a few aerial shots with the Inspire 1's 4K camera," according to "Tested."
In fact, the drone's 12-megapixel camera is capable of better than 4K -- 4,096x2,160 pixels is more than the usual 4K resolution, but it can only record 24 or 25 frames per second at that rate. Turn it down to mere full HD (1,920x1,080) and it can manage a silky 60 frames per second.
That high quality is on show as Adam and Norm take the drone on an aerial tour of the San Francisco's waterfront for over 10 minutes, capturing cool birds-eye video footage of the warehouses below at an impressive height of 400 ft (120 meters). Even the sophisticated quadcopter's smooth landing is a sight to behold.


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Црква Светих апостола Петра и Павла једнобродна је грађевина у селу Скелани, општина Сребреница, Република Српска. Припада епархији зворничко-тузланској, а посвећена је Светим апостолима Петру и Павлу.

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Градња цркве започета је 1991. године према пројекту архитекте Зорана Петровића. Сазидана је од гранита и ситне цигле, димензија је 27×19 -{m}-, покривена је бакром и има куполу и звоник са једним звоном. Када је градња завршена 2007. године, Епископ зворничко-тузлански Василије осветио је храм.

У близини садашње цркве на археолошком налазишту римског муниципијума постоје темељи цркве из 4, 5. и 6. века.

Црква није живописана, а иконостас од кованог гвожђа израђен је у радионици мајстора Василија Митровића из Угљевика. При цркви постоји парохијски дом димензија 10×10 -{m}-, изграђен у периоду 1972—1980. године. У порти цркве у склопу капије налази се споменик погинулим Србима у Одбрамбено-отаџбинском рату 1992—1995. године.

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Спољашње везе
 Црква Св. апостола Петра и Павла, Скелани на сајту www.manastiri-crkve.com

Цркве Епархије зворничко-тузланске
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Ukrainian president says ready to declare martial law if crisis deepens
KIEV, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) — Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said Thursday he stands ready to impose martial law in the country if the crisis in the eastern regions and near the separation line with Crimea deepens.
"We don't rule out the possibility of introducing martial law and declaring mobilization if the situation in the east and in Crimea escalates," Poroshenko told reporters during his visit to Ukraine's western Lviv region.
Noting that government forces have experienced a "record number" of attacks on their positions in eastern Ukraine last night, Poroshenko said there is a risk that the conflict in the restive region may escalate further.
At the same time, Poroshenko stressed that Ukrainian troops are fully prepared to repel a possible offensive.
"Our armed forces are ready to resist the enemy in the east of Ukraine, where the rival is occupying Donbas, and along the administrative border with Crimea," Poroshenko said.
Last week, Poroshenko has ordered the country's defense and law enforcement agencies to put their units near Crimea and in eastern Ukraine on high alert, as Moscow accused Kiev of plotting terror attacks in Crimea and vowed to take additional measures.
Ukraine dismissed the claim, terming the allegations as Moscow's attempt to justify its alleged re-deployment of troops and actions in the region.
Crimea, which was previously part of Ukraine, was incorporated into Russia in 2014 following a referendum, which was recognized by Moscow but rejected by Kiev and Western powers.
In eastern Ukraine, the fighting between government troops and independence-seeking insurgents has been underway since April 2014.

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How? How, sweet Lord? How can we prayer without ceasing?
My heart so desperately wants to invite the Lord more into my day. More then just, "Hi, morning!" and "Thank you Lord, goodnight." I want to feel He is with me, I want to feel I am letting Him into the messy, crazy, beautiful life I am living.
Life is hectic. Life is busy. Life does not stop from sunrise to sunset. I want Jesus. And I want Him in my life, not just around when I need Him.
I know my desire is true. I am know my intention is real. What is hard is to remember. Remembering Him, when the children are screaming out of hunger, remembering Him as I am running around on errand day trying to get all the grocery shopping in or remembering Him when I finally get a moment to clearly call my own and relax. It is not that I love God less, it is that I need help remembering more.
I am taking this verse to heart and I am trying to implement some practical ways I can remind myself to let God into my day and PRAY, especially during Advent. My hope is to have my day flow as if I have never stopped praying. Every Monday in Advent I will share with you some practical ways I have found that work for me to remember to pray throughout my day.
This weeks dead space I want to fill with Life is- Brushing your teeth/Washing your hands in the bathroom.
Take your everyday post-it notes (um, greatest thing since sliced bread? Yes!) write out a prayer, a quote or an intention for someone on it and slap that baby on the mirror. I place mine exactly eye level so I do not have to strain at all, make it as easy to read as possible.
Fill the Space. Pray. Let Life In.
Love this! I am trying harder to be more intentional about prayer. I've found that turning off the radio while I drive and praying is super helpful!
oh here's the sticky note idea... I loved the extra step into the shower that you take!


—Translation from I Believe: Meditations on the Creed by William Lee Hutton, ©1922 The Board of Publications of the United Lutheran Church in America.
HOW MANY SINS ARE AGAINST YOU?
IT WAS the custom in our office for the new stenographers to be broken in for the new work in my department. On a certain day, the office manager introduced a young lady who had applied for a position. Some mail had accumulated ready for handling, so I asked her to be seated, while I gave her the first letters in her new position.
She looked at me with astonishment, her face flushed a bit, as she replied: "Why, I am a good girl. Has someone been telling you otherwise about me?" It was quite evident that the thought of being bad was rather abhorrent to her.
"How old are you, Miss M-?" was my next inquiry.
I wrote down the twenty on my pad, and said: "During each of these twenty years you have lived 365 days. Let us multiply these together. You will notice that you have lived 7,300 days for which you are responsible, and perhaps you have committed one sin on each of these days. Do you think you have done so?" I inquired.
"I am quite sure I have," she said, looking rather puzzled at the figures on the pad.
"Yes, and more than that." Was her quick response.
By this time my friend as getting quite interested. Her mind was running back over her, life, and no doubt her memory was filled with things which she would like to have forgotten.
"Shall we make it ten a day?" I asked, kindly.
Turning to her again and watching her countenance closely, I said, "In view of these figures, Miss M-, do you still think you are a good girl, or are you a bad girl?" Her face was quite flushed, and the agitation of her mind and heart were quite evident. She was deeply interested now.
This was the confession which I knew preceded salvation. It was easy now to turn to the gospel story and tell of the Saviour and His power to save.
Seeing her perplexity and astonishment, I said, "We will talk about this again when you wish it," and took up the letters to give the dictation.
The next morning, when I came to the office, Miss M- had preceded me and was sitting at my desk, waiting for a continuation of the conference.
"The one against whom you have sinned, Miss M- is the one who has found a way to blot out those sins. That way is by Calvary. It is the blood of Christ that blots out sins, and God has ordained it so Himself. (I John 1:7-9). It was God's way to send the Lord Jesus to die for you. 'The Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all' (Isaiah 53:6). Peter also records that He bore our sins in his own body on the tree (I Peter 2:24). Christ will take those sins away from you, if you but trust Him today with your soul. Listen now to these words by Paul: 'in whom we have redemption though his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace' (Eph. 1:7).
The tears and the trembling hands indicated the deep work that God was doing in that heart. The Holy Spirit had convicted her of sin, and now He would reveal to her the Lord Jesus Christ, the Saviour of sinners.
With bowed head, she did so, and rested her all on the Lord Jesus Christ. Her subsequent life in the office, and later in the neighboring city, has testified to the good work of God by which she was born again.You, too, my friend, should examine yourself to see just how bad you are. Then when the terrible facts are revealed to your heart, you will quickly flee to Jesus Christ, who is the Refuge from the storm of wrath.


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Capcom Releases Mega Man X Legacy Collection Footage
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By Rajesh V	 Last updated Jul 13, 2019
This year, Mega Man fans will receive the Mega Man X Legacy Collection compilation, which, as well as including the titles of the series, will give us a tour of the art design, the history of the franchise and all kinds of things related to the games that lived their golden age in the nineties. To feed the hype, Capcom gave us a first look at the first title, which will bring Mega Man X to Mega Man X4.
The Capcom TV team in Japan presented in its program a video of the first part of Mega Man X Legacy Collection, which focuses on the user interface and all the content that we will have available if we decide to take a break from the game session. The user interface of Mega Man X Legacy Collection presents sections devoted to each game, a section of options and one corresponding to a museum, where we will find the history of the series.
The Mega Man X Legacy Collection museum includes an art gallery with different designs and descriptions of the characters and enemies of the series and their evolution throughout the different titles. Also, the section includes a music player with the themes of each stage and the official name of each track. In addition, the museum includes a section dedicated to all products related to Mega Man X, such as action figures, toys, paraphernalia and collectible cards.
On the other hand, in terms of video, the Mega Man X Legacy Collection museum presents the trailers of each title and, as had been reported for weeks, the OVA The Day of Sigma, which serves as a prologue to start our adventure.
Mega Man X Legacy Collection will arrive on July 24 to PS4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, and PC. Below we leave you with the video capture of the original program that deals with the Mega Man X Legacy Collection.
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Offsets: Legalized Bribery or Half-Baked Policy or Both?
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Attached References:
[Ref. 1] Leslie Wayne, "Foreigners Exact Trade-Offs From U.S. Contractors," New York Times (Money and Business), February 16, 2003.
In the attached article, Ref 1, Leslie Wayne describes the nefarious world of defense "offsets." These are contracting deals that include technology transfers and/or local job creation in foreign countries. They are cut by US weapons contractors as part of the exchange in their contracting arrangement to sell weapons to those foreign countries. Some people regard these offsets as equivalent to bribes that would be outlawed under the provisions of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. But according to Wayne, they are legal, or at least, the government is not willing to prosecute anyone for setting them up.
As most readers know, I have very little sympathy for the plight of defense contractors. I regard them than an integral part of a Military - Industrial - Congressional Complex (MICC) which, in my opinion, is faction that places its narrow interests ahead of the national interest. The MICC has been an unstoppable faction because it is organized in a way that was entirely unanticipated by the constitutional defenses against faction as explicated by Mr. Madison in Federalist #10 (in this case, a minority of people spread around the nation have evolved a way of forming a Majority Faction among the people's representatives in Congress). More than thirty years experience in government service has convinced me that contractors exercise too much influence in this kabuki dance, but I recognize they are only one part in the subtle choreography that is the political-economy of the MICC faction. So naturally, when Wayne's article [i.e., Ref 1] was brought to my attention, I felt I would be sympathetic to its expose.
But upon reading it, my BS detector went off. Something in Wayne's report does not smell right.
Wayne says the U.S. government frowns on offsets, but then also says the contractors complain privately that offsets are a "necessary evil." In fact Wayne quotes an industry lobbyist as saying "The U.S. government should be insisting that foreign governments cease offset policies. They are killing our industry. It's like Pac-Man. It breeds industry cannibalism to the detriment of the U.S. taxpayer." Wayne also reports that organized labor does not like offsets because they cost the United States thousands of precious manufacturing jobs.
In short, according to Wayne, no one likes offsets on the supply side of the arms deal. Nevertheless, Wayne says offsets are a growing business -- with more than 120 countries now requiring offsets as part of America's arms sales, even though the domestic arms business is booming and will continue to boom for a long time if the Bush Administration has its way.
All this begs the question: If everyone is opposed to offsets on the supply side of the deal, why does everyone go along? Particularly when Pentagon is pumping hundreds of billions of dollars into the long term R&D and procurement budgets, which amounts to a bonanza for the arms contractors? Are the weapons buyers like the Czech Republic, the UAE, or Poland so powerful economically that they are squeezing the good ole unilateralist USA to doing something it does not want to do?
I asked my friend, Mr. XXXX, to shed a little light on these questions? He has wide experience in the defense business from the contracting side of the house. And although we often disagree on the extent to which contractors control the flow of events, these disagreements are usually a matter of emphasis ... and I have learned to listen to him carefully, because Mr. XXXX knows what he is talking about when it comes to the defense industry. It turns out that he is also an authority on offsets. Since he has been involved professionally in many, if not most, of these deals over the last 40 years, he must remain anonymous.
Here is his response.
----[Memo on Offsets]-----
Memorandum on Offsets
By XXXX
Leslie Wayne has written a very important article in opening up the "business" in offsets.
The trouble with the article is that it suggests that the offsets business is some nefarious scheme U.S. defense contractors to give foreign nations kickbacks; one that is dreamed up between the defense contractors and those foreign nations.
The reality is very different; we have been negotiating offsets for nearly forty years and IN NO INSTANCE was the company involved in the creation of such a plan. ALL of these plans have been the product of government-to-government negotiations and the companies have MERELY been the instruments of government policy...literally!!
The article says that the government "frowns" on offsets but just keeps track of them. This is an absurd lie, and literally a lie. Virtually ALL of the offsets with which we are familiar (and that is a large percentage of them) have been the products of schemes dreamt up by DoD, State, Commerce, CIA and some other improbable "agencies" of the U.S. government, and even, on some occasions, the White House itself.
Yes, it is true that offsets are part of doing business abroad BUT they are just as anathema to the industry and to anyone you can think of; they distort every aspect of a deal and make no economic sense for the companies.
In MOST instances their sole reason for existence is to provide a legal kickback to someone(s) who is generally designated by OUR GOVERNMENT or to provide an instrument of foreign aid for which our government THEN takes credit!!
Much worse yet, these deals OFTEN place in the hands of irresponsible foreign governments and their agents technological capabilities that they should NEVER have and for which our clients would be prosecuted were it not for the fact that the deals are sponsored by our government in the first place.
Finally, these offset deals produce some absolutely horrific problems in costing the domestic products for the government.
What is most troublesome about these deals is NOT the barter provisions but rather the technology and manufacturing export elements. We are making a most unfortunate contribution to arming the world (sometimes the third world) with sophisticated weapons by making these deals and this needs to STOP!
----[End Memo on Offsets]---
Mr. XXXX is right, there is more than one side to this complex story ... unless, perhaps, France is the problem.
Chuck Spinney
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Foreigners Exact Trade-Offs From U.S. Contractors
By Leslie Wayne
New York Times (Money and Business)
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/16/business/yourmoney/16OFFS.html
"It's an essential part of doing business overseas," said Kent Kresa, chief executive of Northrop Grumman. "I'm not negative on it."
The Pentagon has stockpiled so many F-18 and F-16 fighter jets and other weapons that it is only through overseas sales that many aging production lines are kept running.
If the public knows little about this corner of the military industry, that is by design. Most contractors refuse to talk about offsets. They disclose little about them to shareholders or regulators and grumble privately that they are a "necessary evil." Yet they have done little to halt the practice.
Offsets can be any form of aid - direct investments, agreements to help countries export their goods, pacts to use more foreign components in the weapons sold, even transferring subassembly jobs overseas.
American arms makers have helped the Dutch to export yarn and missile parts, the Finns to sell rail carriers and passenger ferries, the Swiss to sell machine tools and ball bearings, and the Norwegians to market power-generating equipment. Lockheed had to use British-made Rolls-Royce engines instead of ones made by General Electric to power Apache attack helicopters sold in Europe. And, in a sale of F-16's to Poland, Lockheed agreed to have the jets' engines built there.
So complicated are offsets that most major contractors have entire departments to devise them and to twist the arms of suppliers into participating as well. Contractors usually agree to pay damages if they fail to deliver on a deal; in practice, though, offset agreements that run into trouble are often renegotiated.
Those statistics show that more than 120 countries require offsets in military sales.
"From a general industry perspective, while we'd prefer that offsets did not exist, most companies would say that we are pretty good at them," said Michael Messina, chairman of the Defense Industry Offset Association, a group of military contractors. "If U.S. companies did not provide offsets, we would not have the business in the first place. Half a loaf is better than none."


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MLUI / News & Views / Articles from 1995 to 2012 / When Mineral Rights Came Before Public Health
When Mineral Rights Came Before Public Health
Property rights and public safety
March 10, 1997 | By Keith Schneider
In January, when Carl Mikolajcak first smelled the rotten egg odor of poisonous hydrogen sulfide gas, he was in his shop in Filer Township just south of the city of Manistee. The cloud came from a natural gas well being drilled in his neighborhood. It caused a headache and nausea. His wife and granddaughter also were sickened. "If we had not been able to leave the area immediately, we could have been in real trouble," he said.
To the dismay of residents of southern Manistee County, such incidents have become all too familiar. Hydrogen sulfide (H2S), a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, is a chemical compound of such potent toxic properties that its killing and nerve-destroying power are comparable to cyanide. Last summer, 11 people in Manistee Township were rushed to the hospital as a result of a release of hydrogen sulfide from a natural gas well in a heavily populated commercial area. In 1994, four children and an elderly woman were hospitalized after a leak of H2S from a compressing station south of Manistee.
Sharlene Wild, chairwoman of the Manistee County Board of Commissioners, has called for a task force to study the health risks from hydrogen sulfide. "The county has the responsibility to protect its citizens," she said. "There is much more about this that we don't know, and that we need to know."
Information, though, has not been forthcoming from the industry or the state. "The way everybody has responded, it's as though it never happened," said Kathryn Kenny, the co-owner of Port City Diesel and Truck Service, who was one of the 11 people injured in the Manistee Township release. "It just seems like everybody but us wants the whole thing to disappear."
Residents in Manistee are becoming justifiably worried. The Michigan Oil and Gas Association has sought to diminish the significance of the releases, saying the industry's safety record in Manistee County has been good.
For its part, the Department of Environmental Quality has sought to explain away two of the incidents, saying they occurred during "normal and routine" procedures. Given its lack of resolve, the DEQ accepted at face value an obviously inaccurate internal assessment of the Manistee Township release, conducted by the company that owns the well, that claimed not enough H2S escaped to cause the injuries.
In January, at the urging of residents, the Filer Township board filed suit to permanently plug one gas well, located in a neighborhood, that contains an astonishing 43,000 parts per million of H2S, a level tantamount to having a nerve gas factory operating in a village square.
How is it that Lansing is looking the other way when industrial activities are causing widespread injuries? Part of the answer is that the DEQ says it has no authority to consider health and safety when reviewing and approving new oil and gas wells.
The other part lies in the Engler Administration's embrace of a radical interpretation of the Constitutional protections for private property. "We have to be careful that we don't exclude the development of mineral interests when there is no feasible and prudent alternative," said Hal Fitch, the DEQ's Assistant Supervisor of Wells, when asked about the safety concerns. "It does raise the issue of taking without compensation."
The Fifth Amendment to the Constitution says that "just compensation" must be paid when property is taken for public purposes. The Engler Administration, however, is reformulating that mandate to include restrictions on property designed to safeguard human health and natural resources. In such cases, according to the Administration, property owners are entitled to maximal taxpayer-funded payments.
To date, this extremist view of property rights law has been used primarily to aid industrial interests in environmental cases. At the Governor's urging, the state paid out nearly $100 million in taxpayer funds to a Traverse City oil company and a group of mineral owners who were barred from drilling in the Nordhouse Dunes wilderness near Ludington. The precedent, and the amount of the settlement, has been cited by the DEQ as justification for its kid glove handling of a private businessman who wants to drill a well in the undeveloped, spectacular Jordan Valley.
Now the harmful results of this one-sided interpretation of property rights law are showing up in places like Manistee County, where residents are told that their safety is less of a priority to our state's government than an oil company's right to make some money.
Isn't it the primary responsibility of government to protect its citizens? In nearly any other state capitol, there would be no question that life-threatening industrial practices have no place in residential neighborhoods. In Michigan, however, it's all been turned upside down. Here property rights come before safety.
So in Filer Township officials are depleting their treasury to protect citizens from state actions. Dangerous wells continue to operate there. At least 15 people have been injured. The threat is real, not theoretical. Nothing in the annals of American jurisprudence, or common sense, justifies such an abandonment of governmental responsibility.
A version of this article was published in the Detroit Free Press on March 10, 1997.


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Pandemonium (2012)
Seifer's life is about to become a royal pain. . . . As captain of the local skullball team, Seifer Tombchewer is the envy of his peers. He's fast, he's strong, and he flies circles around the competition. But Seifer's always dreamed of more–of leaving his tiny, remote village for a new life beyond the mountains.
He just never dreamed it would happen like this. Knocked unconscious and abducted, Seifer awakens in the royal palace to learn that Prince Talon Pandemonium has gone missing. And since Seifer is a ringer for Talon, it's his duty to replace the missing royal in his roles of diplomat, warrior, and Lord Defender of the Realm.
He might fool Talon's sisters. He might fool Talon's army. But Seifer has little hope of fooling Talon's enemies. . . .
Chris Wooding and debut artist Cassandra Diaz team for a classic tale of mistaken identity set against the breathtakingly original backdrop of the Darkling Realm.
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Fast forward five years, during which we go through a montage sequence in which a half dozen artists meet a Spinal Tap-esque end just before starting the project. Well, not really, but as an example, one artist who was on the verge of signing the contract suddenly gave up illustration altogether and went to fight in Iraq. Yeah, working with me will do that to you, I guess 🙁
Anyway, finally, finally, Scholastic find an uber talented young lady named Cassandra Diaz, who was for some reason willing to commit a year of her life to drawing the little project that I began, and lo! It is here!
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À coté de Campo sont positionnées géographiquement les communes de
Zigliara localisée à 4 km, 137 habitants,
Zévaco localisée à 3 km, 58 habitants,
Grosseto-Prugna à 4 km, 2 584 habitants,
Azilone-Ampaza localisée à 3 km, 128 habitants,
Santa-Maria-Siché localisée à 2 km, 362 habitants,
Olivese localisée à 6 km, 268 habitants,
 entre autres. De plus, Campo est située à seulement 22 km de Ajaccio.

Si vous envisagez de venir habiter à Campo, vous pourrez aisément trouver une maison à vendre.

Le parc de logements, à Campo, était réparti en 2011 en huit appartements et 89 maisons soit
 un marché relativement équilibré.


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Должицы — деревня в Дновском районе Псковской области России. Входит в состав Искровской волости Дновского района.

Расположена на западе района, в 7 км к западу от районного центра, города Дно, между автодорогой Дно — Порхов и железной дорогой Дно — Порхов.

Население

Численность населения деревни составляла на 2000 год — 18 жителей, на 2010 год — 11 человек.

История
До 2005 года входила в состав ныне упразднённой Должицкой волости (с центром в д. Искра).

Ссылки
 Сайт Дновского района. Искровская волость

Примечания

Населённые пункты Дновского района


The EME179 Series Kits are high performance low noise receive only preamplifier kits suitable for many Ham Radio applications to improve weak signals due to either high coaxial cable losses, or a low gain receiver. Kits and fully constructed products are currently available for the 1290MHz ( 23cm band ), and 1420 and 1540MHz bands. Many commercially produced 23cm Transceiver and Receivers may have very low Noise figure Gas FET front ends, but generally lack enough gain in the receiver to comfortably listen to weaker narrow band signals like SSB or CW. The 23cm Preamplifier Kit is also particularly suitable for improving Amateur Television pictures, and is supplied with details to retune it for use on the 1420MHz/1540MHz bands.
Currently no 13cm version is available as we have had issues with the design of the input circuit that appears to not be suitable for producing a low noise figure and good input return loss.
1/ October 2015, Built products are now fitted with a 2.1mm DC socket and 1N4007 diode for the external power connection. The DC connector makes it much easier to connect DC power and the diode provides reverse polarity protection to the circuitry. See the pictures below for the change to this product.
This is for very advanced constructors only that have access to a workshop with metal working tools. The basic tool requirements are a drill press, Vice, M1.5, M3, M6, M7, and 1.4 inch drill bits, scriber, metal punch, and a hammer.
The picture shows the basic EME179-23CM Kit mounted into a Hammond 1590A Enclosure.
Soldering of the input SMA connector under the board.
Soldering of the modified SMA43 output connector under the board.
How to solder the1N4007 Diode from the DC connector to the board.
Eccosorb LS26 foam is fitted along the sides of the board for stability of the preamplifier.
There can be some variations with connectors, and mounting hardware thicknesses that may require some experimentation when mounting boards into enclosures. Recently some SMA panel mount connectors may require additional washers due to the female thread not going all the way to the mounting flange. Many of the shake proof washers that are being supplied with SMA connectors are very flimsy and easily deform when tightening, so one picture above shows the use of a M6 shake proof washer that was used to securely hold the SMA connector to the enclosure.
Cut out the two corners of the PC board near the RF input connector using a nibbling tool.
Solder an extended SMA female connector with washer and nut ( SMA39 ), to the input of the PC board making sure that it sits at the same angle as the sloped sides of the Hammond 1590A enclosure. Take your time here to make sure that the sma connector is close to the angle of the enclosure so that when it is tightened up the PCB, is parallel to the bottom of the enclosure. Then solder the connector on the bottom ground plane side of the board as shown in the picture above filling the gaps with solder.
The SMA43 male PCB connector will need modifying as it will not easily slide onto the RF output connection board. Modify the connector by breaking the two tabs of the bottom of the flange to allow the connector to fit flat onto the top of the board. Solder the connector to the top of the PCB making sure that it is at right angles to the board. See the picture above to see how it is then soldered to the bottom ground plane of the PCB.
Mark and drill the two 1/4 inch holes in the die cast enclosure as shown in the picture above. If you are fitting the optional 2.1mm DC connector, then also mark and drill a 8mm hole to suit.
Near the input of the PC board cut the corners away using a nibbling tool so that they clear the corners of the enclosure. Refer to the picture above on how this is done.
Fit two M3x8 mm metal spacers using two M3x6 mm screws and washers to the output end of the board. This provides some extra stability to avoid twisting of the PC board.
Fabricate some stiff foam to fit under the PC board to provide extra stability to the board from twisting. The foam should be around 9mm thick so that it compresses slightly adding further stiffness when the board is fitted. A sharp scalpel knife is used to accurately cut the foam to size.
Fit a extended SMA female to female bulkhead mount ( SMA42 ) through one end of the enclosure, and screw a nut and washer on only by couple threads to allow enough clearance to then get the preamp board into the enclosure. Refer to the picture above on how two nuts and a washer are used to take up the clearance on the outside of the enclosure.
Slide the preamp board into the enclosure onto the foam, and pass the extended input sma connector through the hole in the enclosure. Next fit a M6 steel shake proof washer and tighten the SMA nut on the input SMA avoiding twisting the PC board to hold it into place.
Next Lightly tightened up the output sma male to the sma42 adaptor as shown above. Some care is required here to not place stress on the SMA connectors or PC board. It is very easy to twist the PCB which could damage components or rip the SMA connecter from the end of the board.
Fit the 2.1mm DC connector to the enclosure and rotate it and tighten the nut as shown in the picture above. Fit the 1N4007 diode as shown in the picture to protect the preamp from reverse polarity.
Glue some black antistatic foam to the lid of the enclosure using hot melt glue. Finally adjust the preamp bias to 10mA and fully test test the preamplifier.
Manufactured preamplifier products also include 2 x 0.25 x 2" strips of Eccosorb LS-26 material along the sides of the board to reduce the enclosures resonances.
1/ The 100ohm bias trim pot has no effect and the 10mA current cannot be set. The common cause is a solder bridge between pins 3 and 4 of the BCR400W.
2/ A faulty 100ohm Trim pot was found on one of the Kits that did not allow the bias to be set. It was internally leaky and measured around 8 ohms.
3/ Poor frequency response at 1240 to 1300MHz and gain less than 30dB. Replace the HFCN-1200 filter as it is probably faulty or has been damaged when soldering. This fault has now been seen on two preamplifiers so should be checked if gain is down.
4/ Low gain can be due to the 10nF capacitor at the junction of the 47ohm and 4k7 resistors not being soldered on one end.
6/ Poor frequency response and a very high peak at around 1200MHz could be due to oscillation caused by the input SMA connectors pin being shorted across the connector to ground.


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Skillzy – oficjalna maskotka Mistrzostw Europy w Piłce Nożnej 2020, które odbyły się w 11 europejskich miastach.

Maskotka została zaprezentowana 24 marca 2019 roku podczas meczu eliminacyjnego mistrzostw Europy 2020 Grupy C pomiędzy reprezentacją Holandii a reprezentacją Niemiec (2:3) na Johan Cruyff ArenA w Amsterdamie. To chłopiec z kokiem na głowie ubrany w bluzę z kapturem inspirowany freestyle footballem, uliczną piłką nożną oraz kulturą panna.

Maskotka jednak nie została dobrze odebrana przez kibiców, o czym świadczą krytyczne komentarze na Twitterze.

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A common metric that indicates expansion or contraction in the cattle herd is the availability of forage. Pasture conditions are one indicator of the short-run amount of grass, while measures of current and expected stockpiled forage indicate the level of feed available to mitigate short-run changes. A look at the U.S. all-hay balance sheet gives a few insights into the amount of forage available to facilitate expansion. Ending hay stocks had been low or tight for several years as U.S. hay acres gave way to other crops. In May of 2015, the U.S. stocks level was 24.5 million tons. The stocks increase was caused by a relatively high hay yield in 2014 and only a modest increase in consumption. The large stocks should encourage cattle expansion across a broad area as both South Dakota and Texas had large ending stocks.
Not all the indicators are positive. The June Acreage report shows that farmers in the U.S. in 2015 expect to harvest fewer acres of hay than in 2014. In addition, the acres are lower than in the Prospective Plantings report. Regionally the changes do not show a clear pattern. The acres are down compared to the Prospective Plantings in Missouri and South Dakota, but are up in North Dakota and Oklahoma. In addition to fewer acres, the monthly prices from NASS have been trending higher to finish out the marketing year. The increase was especially strong for alfalfa compared to other hay. The preliminary 2014/15 marketing year price is $180 per ton, up slightly from the $176 per ton a year earlier.
There are several implications for the 2015/16 marketing year. The large beginning stocks suggest increased feed use could be accommodated. The expected supply, however, is little changed from last year. The lower acreage figure, coupled with an average yield, would about offset the larger beginning stocks. When hay trade totals are factored out of the disappearance levels, there has been a slight trend upward in the domestic use on a per Roughage Consuming Animal Unit (RCAU) basis. When hay supply is adequate, it is typical to see the use above 2.0 tons per RCAU. The figure was at 1.78 tons in the 2012/13 marketing year and it reached 1.93 tons in the 2014/15 marketing year. Factoring in a slightly higher RCAU total suggests that a use of 2.0 tons in 2015/16 would still leave 18.0 million tons of ending stocks (in May of 2016). The RCAU tally is heavily weighted by beef cattle not on feed. Independent of the hay changes, other commodity prices are lower, which carries over to lower hay prices. The bottom line is that hay use can increase this year and take stocks down slightly, but with a lower price level than a year ago. Using these assumptions suggests a U.S. all-hay price of $160 per ton in 2015/16 compared to the $180 per ton in 2014/15.
Hay yield is the largest factor that can change in the short run and move hay prices. Over the past decade the hay yield is positively correlated with mid-July range and pasture conditions. Thus, a quick model was built using a conditions index to predict hay yield. Entering in the current pasture conditions gives the highest index value observed in the past ten years, suggesting the highest hay yield in the past ten years. A much higher hay yield would facilitate much higher use or it would greatly pressure hay prices until domestic or international demand responded. There is little indication, nationally, to discourage cattle expansion and use of the larger forage supply.
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Men's attitudes need to change to make the fear of opening up a thing of the past
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"I know lots about trees, but nothing really about business," said 39-year-old Ben. "We'd managed to survive for 16 years, but it felt like we would take two steps forward and then two steps back six months later, in terms of hiring and losing staff. Lewis came in and helped me break down my own barriers and overcome my preconceptions. He encouraged me to be honest and open about where I wanted the business to go.
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Ben, whose tree surgery firm is based in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, says he has seen huge changes in his company, staff - and even himself since they took Lewis on as a business coach less than 18 months ago. Ben says the biggest success for him has been the changes he has seen in his relationship with a long-term colleague whose role has altered since Lewis began coaching Ben.
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I have been bearish on Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG) since the E.coli incidents started. Since then, Chipotle Mexican Grill has lost over 40% of its value. Despite the drop, Chipotle Mexican Grill is still more expensive from a fundamental point of view primarily because the company's earnings have dropped at a faster rate than the stock.
Back when I recommended selling the stock, Chipotle Mexican Grill was trading at over 30x trailing earnings. Currently, Chipotle Mexican Grill's trailing P/E stands at over 57. Given the stock's valuation, it is safe to assume that it has more downside to offer.
I even changed my price target from $400 to $350 after the stock fell to under $400.
While Chipotle Mexican Grill may have more downside to offer, I think investors shouldn't consider shorting it at current levels. Investors who did short the stock when I recommended it should probably cover their positions and book profits.
Historically, Chipotle Mexican Grill has always traded at rich valuations. Although at a P/E of 57, Chipotle Mexican Grill is ridiculously expensive, I don't think there is enough margin of safety to short the stock.
Moreover, Chipotle Mexican Grill has been buying back shares extensively, which is providing support to its share price. To put this into perspective, the company plans to spend over $1 billion on buybacks, which translates to roughly 9% of its entire market cap.
In addition, buybacks not only offer support to the stock, they also boost the company's earnings. Chipotle Mexican Grill's EPS will increase considerably due to these buybacks, which in turn will help in bringing down the stock's ridiculously high valuation.
Chipotle Mexican Grill may be trading at a very high trailing earnings multiple, but, as mentioned above, the company's valuation may come down in the future due to buybacks. The stock has always traded at a premium valuation, and although it is trading at a higher multiple right now, the recent share buybacks will increase the company's EPS, which in turn will bring down its valuation without having a negative effect on the stock price.
Thus, I think investors should not look to short Chipotle Mexican Grill at this point in time. Investors who did short the stock should look to cover their positions and book profits.
Chipotle Mexican Grill Shorts Should Book Profits. InvestorGuide.com. WebFinance, Inc. http://www.investorguide.com/article/20402/chipotle-mexican-grill-shorts-book-profits/ (access:April 24, 2019).


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