The kingdom of saudi arabia covers nearly 1,000,000 square miles—i.e., nearly four fifths the area of India. It is a large but arid land; indeed the paucity of water was—until the discovery of oil—the most important geographical fact about Saudi Arabia. There are no rivers or lakes in the country and wells in the oases are virtually the only source of water in all parts except South Hejaz and Asir, the high mountain region where rainfall averages 10-12 inches annually. Only very limited agriculture can be sustained by these water supplies. The total cultivated area is less than 300,000 hectares, barely 0.13 per cent of the total area. Dates are still the most important agricultural crop, though small quantities of wheat, barley, rice, and fruits and vegetables are also grown. Given adverse and harsh natural conditions for agriculture, it is not surprising that a large part of the population (no census has yet been taken but estimates range from 4 to 6 million) is nomadic or seminomadic and that until the discovery of oil the average standard of living was very low indeed.
In sharp contrast to the simple and austere life of some three decades ago, Saudi Arabia today is one of the most prosperous and economically fast-growing areas in the Middle East. At the root of this prosperity is oil. Saudi Arabian crude oil reserves, estimated at about 60 billion barrels in 1963, stand second only to those of Kuwait. Although oil in Saudi Arabia was discovered in 1932, its commercial exploitation started only in 1938, and the quantities produced remained small until the end of World War II. Since then the growth in oil production has been very rapid, rising from about 20 million barrels in 1945 to nearly 700 million barrels in 1964. The Government's oil revenues, which barely exceeded US$10 million in 1946, amounted to well over $500 million in 1964. The social and economic transformation of Saudi Arabia owing to the sudden increase in oil income has been dramatic, with the process of change and modernization from a traditional and tribal way of life being compressed into a very short period.
Within a decade of the commercial exploitation of oil, a beginning was made toward setting up the administrative machinery of a modern government. A modern capital has been built at Riyadh, and the groundwork laid for a transportation network with the construction of a railroad from the east coast to the capital, the establishment of the Saudi Arabian Airlines, and the construction of roads in many parts of the country. More recently, following a strengthening of the financial position of the Government, the acceleration of economic development has been accepted as a principal goal of national policy.
In the economic sphere, the rapid change is clearly reflected by the evolution of the monetary system. As late as 1950, Saudi Arabia was on a silver standard. The Saudi Arabian riyal was a coin with a silver content equal to its monetary value, and its rather wide fluctuations in value were related mainly to the international price of silver and the large seasonal demand during the Pilgrimage season. The inconvenience of such a bulky legal tender had also become evident. Between 1952 and 1955, Saudi Arabia experimented with a bimetallic standard, minting both gold and silver coins. During this period the exchange rate of the silver riyal vis-à-vis gold and foreign currency was kept fairly steady, at about SRls 3.75 per U.S. dollar. But the sharp rise in the international price of silver in 1955 tended to drive silver coins out of circulation, and they were increasingly replaced by Pilgrims' Receipts, the paper money that was first introduced in 1953 to facilitate transactions during the Pilgrimage. During the years 1956-57 difficulties arose; the Kingdom's exchange system developed considerable strains owing to imbalance in the government budget and large creation of credit. Exchange control had to be imposed to meet the serious balance of payments pressures, but it did not function effectively in the absence of basic remedial measures. A systematic stabilization program during 1958-60 helped to restore internal monetary balance, and finally the exchange rate was stabilized at a new level (SRls 4.50 per U.S. dollar) and controls were abolished. The formal acceptance by Saudi Arabia in March 1961 of the obligation of the convertibility of the Saudi Arabian riyal under Article VIII of the Fund's Articles of Agreement symbolizes the present strong position of the Saudi Arabian currency. A new paper riyal, replacing the Pilgrim's Receipts, was introduced in June 1961. The transition from a silver standard to a fully convertible paper currency through bimetallism, exchange control, and floating exchange rate thus took place in less than a decade—a remarkable acceleration of monetary evolution.
The study of the monetary and exchange crisis that threatened the Saudi Arabian economy during 1956-57 and the stabilization program that followed provide a clear illustration of the interdependence of internal and external monetary balance, and stresses that proper budgetary policies and stability are essential for economic development.
In a way, the seeds of the monetary and exchange crisis were sown by the rapid growth of the oil income itself. The Government's oil income has shown a large growth since the end of World War II, but the most rapid growth occurred between 1950 and 1955, when oil revenues increased from $57 million to $341 million. This was a period in which the full impact of the new prosperity began to be felt widely. Unfortunately, just as the government spending programs were becoming attuned to a continuing rise in revenues, oil income leveled off. Whereas in the four years preceding 1955 these revenues grew threefold, in the next four years they did not increase at all and in fact showed a small decline. Before the implications of the changed situation were fully realized, the Government had acquired a debt of nearly SRls 1,800 million, somewhat exceeding a year's revenue. Net indebtedness of the Government to the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency (the central bank) alone amounted to about SRls 700 million by late 1957.
This large credit creation by the central bank was reinforced by a steep rise in commercial bank loans to the private sector. In the course of a mere two years (1956 and 1957) the total credit expansion amounted to nearly SRls 1,000 million, a sum greater than the country's total money supply at the end of 1955.
So large a creation of purchasing power inevitably led to serious balance of payments disequilibrium. For Saudi Arabia the impact on the external sector was particularly heavy because the base of home production is very narrow and the country depends very heavily on imports. Thus, the severe pressure on the foreign exchange resources was a direct consequence of excessive credit expansion mainly to finance the budgetary deficits. By 1957 official foreign exchange reserves were practically exhausted and stringent exchange controls covering all transactions were introduced. Meanwhile, the free market rate of the riyal had fallen to the equivalent of 16 U.S. cents (the lowest rate in its history), compared with the official parity of 26% cents (SRls 3.75 = $1). Because the dependence on imports is so great, the impact of import restrictions and the depreciating exchange rate was quickly evident in sharply rising prices. Loss of confidence in the currency was an important factor leading to capital flight. This in turn led to a further deterioration in the balance of payments and curtailment of private investment activity. On all counts, therefore, monetary chaos was threatening to jeopardize the long-term development and economic stability of the Kingdom.
Conscious of the grave economic consequences of continuing this situation, the Government arranged for an Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund, accompanied by the Director of the Fund's Middle Eastern Department, to visit Saudi Arabia and examine the situation. A stabilization program was then formulated, which the Government of Saudi Arabia announced in June 1958.
The first phase of the program aimed at removing the fundamental source of economic difficulties, the budget deficit. Surpluses were planned, and the retirement of outstanding debt over a period of years was provided for. The program sought to put the exchange system on a more realistic footing and to reduce the impact of import restrictions. A double exchange rate system was introduced; on the selling side the official rate of exchange (SRls 3.75 = $1) was applied only to essential consumer goods (foodgrains, milk, textiles, medicines, vegetable fats, cattle, and sheep) and capital goods. Foreign exchange for all other imports and for other purposes could be obtained without restriction from a free market which was recognized and fed by the Monetary Agency so far as was consistent with a policy of strengthening the official foreign exchange reserves.
The program for stabilization was pursued by the Government, headed by Prince Faysal (then the Prime Minister and now the King), with a determination which brought the inflationary situation to an end. In the two-year period between the end of 1957 and the end of 1959, the government indebtedness to the Monetary Agency was virtually eliminated. This was rendered possible almost entirely by holding expenditures in check and using the exchange profits from the sale of foreign exchange in the free market for debt reduction.
Since the basic cause of the internal monetary imbalance was being eliminated, the foreign exchange position took a steady turn for the better. With the repayment of government indebtedness to the Agency, which received priority over other debts, the Agency's gold and foreign exchange holdings recorded an increase of SRls 644.6 million over the two years ended December 1959. Along with the strengthening of the reserves, the free market rate of the riyal was steadily strengthened by the Agency from SRls 5.50 to SRls 4.75 per U.S. dollar. The increased availability of foreign exchange through the Monetary Agency and the improving exchange rate achieved a stabilization of consumer goods prices, after the prices for many items had fallen by between 15 per cent and 20 per cent.
The stabilization program entered into its second and final phase early in 1960 with a major exchange reform which restored a unitary exchange rate and eliminated imports and payments controls. The new par value of the riyal was fixed at 0.197482 grams of fine gold or SRls 4.50 = $1, more or less the level at which the free market rate had stabilized in the preceding months.
The adoption of the new par value was based on the recognition that further appreciation of the exchange rate above SRls 4.50 = $1 would have accentuated deflationary tendencies then evident in the economy. By 1960 the domestic economic situation had adjusted to the new rate. On the other hand, the restoration of the original parity of SRls 3.75 = $1 would have had adverse effects on government revenues; the exchange profits made by the Government had become an important source of income during 1958-59, and an attempt to balance the budget at the old rate of exchange would have left little or no margin for the expansion of development activity. For social reasons it was decided to continue the subsidy on the imports of foodgrains, livestock, drugs and medicines, vegetable oil, and powdered milk. The subsidy at present takes the form of cash payments representing the difference between the old and the new rate, and is now available irrespective of the quantity of imports, which had been restricted previously.
The successful completion of the stabilization program has marked the beginning of a new chapter in the history of Saudi Arabian economic progress. All government debt, external as well as internal, had been fully retired by the end of 1962. Since then, the Government has continued to match receipts and expenditures in its budgetary estimates, and has achieved considerable surpluses in actual accounts. It has also been able to adhere to the 100 per cent gold and foreign exchange cover requirement for note issue instituted at the beginning of 1960.
Achievement of domestic monetary stability has been reflected in the decline in the outflow of private capital since 1960. In the more secure financial conditions that now exist domestic savings are flowing increasingly into domestic investment. In the public sector, the most important feature of government budgets has been the earmarking of increasingly large portions of revenues for development projects. The size of the development budget, representing mostly government investment in fixed assets, has grown manyfold in recent years. The 1965 budgetary plans provide for development expenditure accounting for over one third of the estimated total government outlays. This does not include government spending on education and health, which exceeds one sixth of the current budget.
Saudi Arabia's position as a developing nation is, of course, an unusual one in that the major impediment to economic growth is not financial. It lies in the need to discover, appraise, and exploit natural resources, in order to reduce the great dependence on oil. Without the discovery of additional underground water supplies, for example, no major expansion in domestic agriculture can be planned. For industrial and mineral development, the apparent investment opportunities must be fully studied and closely scrutinized before large sums of money can be committed. These studies and surveys are being carried forward with a sense of urgency. In the meantime, the emphasis of the development program is on improving transport, communications, health, and education. The Government is also encouraging private business, for example, by liberalizing the Foreign Investment Law.
Although Saudi Arabia's position as a rich developing country is unusual, its difficulty in achieving monetary stability was not; it might be said to be normal. So the measures and methods it adopted are still instructive. Certainly, on the basis of the expected continuing increase in oil income and the financial and development policies that have evolved in recent years, its prospects for further economic advance are encouraging.


RXMD - Progressive Care, Inc.
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Progressive Care Inc. (OTCQB: RXMD), a personalized healthcare services and technology company, today announced that it has garnered media coverage in MedTruth in an article titled, Three Alternative Ways to Recover from Opioid Addiction. In the article titled Three Alternative Ways to Recover from Opioid Addiction, published April 10, 2019 in MedTruth, Mars explains that the alternatives to recovering from opioid addiction depends on what kind of pain the patient is experiencing.
Progressive Care Inc. (OTCQB: RXMD), a personalized healthcare services and technology company, today announced that it has garnered media coverage in International Business Times in an op-ed written by S. Parikh Mars, CEO of Progressive Care Inc. titled, Opioid Epidemic: 21st Century Thinking Needed to Solve a 21st Century Problem. In the opinion piece titled Opioid Epidemic: 21st Century Thinking Needed To Solve A 21st Century Problem, published April 8, 2019 in International Business Times, Mars discusses that in order to address the opioid epidemic, we must first understand it.
Progressive Care Inc. (OTCQB: RXMD) ("Progressive Care" or the "Company"), a personalized healthcare services and technology company, announced today that it will be moving into their new facility located at 400 Ansin in Hallandale Beach, FL on Friday April 5, 2019. In October 2018, Progressive Care executed the Agreement to purchase an 11,000 square foot property (the "Property") in Hallandale Beach, Florida for $1,800,000 USD. The light distribution building has many of the necessary features including parking, zoning, structural integrity, and modern equipment necessary to accommodate the Company's needs.
Progressive Care Inc. (OTCQB: RXMD), a personalized healthcare services and technology company, today issued 2018 Annual Report Conference Call highlights. The Company announced nearly $21 million in net revenues, a 4% increase over 2017. The company also filled over $6 million worth of prescriptions (Not Included in Net Revenues) for 340B entities during 2018, generating fees to the pharmacy of approximately $300,000, which is over a 150% increase over 2017.
MIAMI, March 27, 2019 -- Progressive Care Inc. (OTCQB: RXMD), a personalized healthcare services and technology company, is pleased to announce that the Company has scheduled.
MIAMI, FL, March 21, 2019 -- via NEWMEDIAWIRE -- Progressive Care Inc. (OTCQB: RXMD), a personalized healthcare services and technology company, today announced further growth.
Progressive Care Inc. (OTCQB: RXMD), a personalized healthcare services and technology company, today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary PharmCo, LLC has met all three of the performance measures and is in the top 10% in the nation evaluated by Humana Inc., a leading health and well-being company, as part of its Rx Quality Network program. As a result of PharmCo's performance scores for 2018, the company will receive the maximum payout offered by Humana as part of the program's rewards.
AUSTIN, Texas, Feb. 25, 2019 -- SmallCapVoice.com, Inc. and Progressive Care Inc. (OTC.QB: RXMD), a personalized healthcare services and technology company, announced today.
Progressive Care Inc. (OTCQB: RXMD), a personalized healthcare services and technology company, today announced that it has garnered media coverage in CBS Miami for creating custom-made lotions as an alternative to opioids. "It is a true honor to be recognized in our local community by CBS Miami for the work that Pharmco RX and Progressive Care is doing to address the opioid crisis," said S. Parikh Mars, CEO of Progressive Care Inc. "Progressive Care aims to provide patients with custom-made compounds to suit each patient's needs. In a segment titled Patients Find Alternative to Opioids in Custom-Made Lotions, published February 20, 2019 in CBS Miami, the reporter interviewed Pharmco RX patient Constance Scott regarding her experience using the Progressive Care custom-made lotions and Shital Mars regarding how the pharmacy helps to address their patients' needs with treatments to restore the functionality that they deserve.
MIAMI, Feb. 20, 2019 -- Progressive Care Inc. (OTCQB: RXMD), a personalized healthcare services and technology company, today announced further growth year-over-year in revenue.
MIAMI, Feb. 12, 2019 -- Progressive Care Inc. (OTCQB: RXMD), a personalized healthcare services and technology company, today announced that CEO, Shital Mars will be the.
Progressive Care Inc. (OTCQB: RXMD), a personalized healthcare services and technology company, today announced that it has garnered media coverage in Insider Financial and Cannabis Radio Show as one of the top plays for investors looking to make money off the opioid crisis in the U.S. and using alternative medicine to combat the crisis. In an article titled Progressive Care Inc (RXMD): A Top Play on Opioid Crisis, published on January 14, 2019, Insider Financial discussed how Progressive Care is in an ongoing fight for non-opioid treatments for pain to be routinely covered by insurance.
A New Era in Healthcare with Digital Health: Innovest Global Inc. (OTC: IVST), eWellness Healthcare, ResMed Inc. and Progressive Care Inc.
Investorideas.com, a leading investor news resource covering technology and healthcare stocks releases a snapshot looking at how healthcare is changing in the digital age. Investorideas recently reported on how Digital Health technologies enabling out-of-hospital care and monitoring are forecast to grow by 30 percent and cross the $25 billion mark. In the article, Kamaljit Behera, Industry Analyst, Transformational Health, said, "In this highly digitized environment, artificial intelligence (AI) will permeate the life sciences ecosystem, and its use in healthcare IT (HIT) is likely to cross $1.7 billion by the end of 2019.
After reaching record revenues in 2017 of $20 million the Company moved forward on an agenda that would make us more resilient in the face of industry changes and push past our competitors in terms of service, expertise, and technology. Early in 2018, we planted the seeds of growth by filling record numbers of prescriptions and issuing an LOI for our first acquisition.
MIAMI, Jan. 16, 2019 -- Progressive Care Inc. (OTCQB: RXMD), a personalized healthcare services and technology company, today issued an update regarding the pharmacy.
MIAMI, Jan. 15, 2019 -- Progressive Care Inc. (OTCQB: RXMD), a personalized healthcare services and technology company, today announced further growth year-over-year in revenue.
Progressive Care Inc. (OTCQB: RXMD), a personalized healthcare services and technology company, today announced that it has entered into a new securities purchase agreement. Progressive Care has agreed to a secured promissory note providing $2.5 million in capital facility to the company, $1 million of which was funded on January 7, 2019 and $1.5 million will be available in tranches thereafter. The Company has secured this capital in advance of an ambitious 2019 agenda which includes logistical implementation of the company's unique service offerings (DischargeRx, TelePharmacy, Full Service 340B Program), development of new product lines and digital technologies, expanded sales efforts of the core business, build-out of the recently acquired property, and acquisition support.
Progressive Care Inc. (OTCQB: RXMD), a personalized healthcare services and technology company, today announced that it has garnered media coverage in Authority Magazine as a hero of the opioid crisis. In an interview titled Heroes Of The Opioid Crisis, published December 27, 2018 in Authority Magazine Mars discusses how she would like to a see a bill that limits the extent to which a patient can be denied coverage for necessary medications. Today insurance companies are restricting benefits to the point where a patient can no longer get coverage for outpatient pain management solutions other than prescription grade ibuprofen, or Tylenol.
The Company issued a convertible promissory note (the "Note") in the amount of $300,000 to the Seller to fund a portion of the price for such purchase. The Note bears interest at the rate of 10% per annum and is payable in full 27 months from the date of issuance. The outstanding principal and interest then payable under the Note is convertible into shares of the Company's common stock 12 months after the date of issuance at the price per share equal to the average trading-price for the common stock during the three (3) trading day period ending on the latest complete trading day prior to the conversion date.
Progressive Care Inc. (OTCQB: RXMD), a personalized healthcare services and technology company, today announced that it has garnered news coverage in leading financial publications Yahoo Finance and Benzinga on its ongoing work towards ending the opioid epidemic. In a contributed article titled "If The Cannabis Industry Is Serious About Health Care, It Must Learn From The Opioid Crisis", published December 14, 2018, in Benzinga, Mars focuses on the future of healthcare and the importance of making it personal and not driven by the same bottom-line logic that helped fuel the opioid crisis.
At the start of the interview Jolly mentioned the letter of intent issued by Progressive Care Inc. to purchase a Florida based pharmacy with 2 operating locations. "We want to grow organically but we also want to grow through acquisition," explains Mars. Mars went on to explain the company they intend to purchase has a lot of synergies with who Progressive Care Inc. is as a company, including a pharmacy in Orlando which is a big market for the company.
MIAMI, Dec. 12, 2018 -- Progressive Care Inc. (OTCQB: RXMD), a personalized healthcare services and technology company, today announced further growth year-over-year in revenue.
Progressive Care Inc. (OTCQB: RXMD), a personalized healthcare services and technology company, today announced that it has garnered notable international media coverage in top pharmacy industry publication World Pharma Today stressing the importance of adherence and compliance in the space of medicine. In a contributed article titled "The Pharmacist Perspective: Medication Adherence & Compliance", published November 26, 2018, in World Pharma Today, Mars focuses on adherence and its significance for patients who are prescribed medications.
Progressive Care Inc. (OTCQB: RXMD), a personalized healthcare services and technology company, today announced that it has entered into a letter of intent to purchase a Florida based pharmacy with 2 operating locations. On November 27, 2018, Progressive Care executed a letter of intent to purchase a Florida based pharmacy with locations in Davie and Orlando, Florida. The target pharmacy had just under $16 million in revenue in 2017 and is projected to have approximately $18 million for 2018.


Sengoku: The Warring States is an 18-card game that comes in a hook box with no instruction manual. The neat thing about these hook box games in Concrete Canoe's FLOAT series is that the rules are printed inside the hook box, so when it opens up, there it all is. The game itself is small (obviously, with just 18 cards), and yet it provides a good amount of strategy with a hidden unit deployment mechanic.
Going into games like these, I never expect a whole lot, mostly due to the nature of the 18-card game. What I've been experiencing, however, is that game designers are finding new and unique ways of packing an intricate game in just 18 cards (and a hook box). I found Sengoku: The Warring States to be a good game of misdirection with enough strategy to warrant a number of games back to back (to back).
Each player has three villages. On the back of one of each set of villages is that player's shogun. Players deploy troops face down in order to defend their own villages, and attack their opponent's. When an attack makes it through a defender, that village card is flipped over, revealing either a burning hut, or the shogun. A player wins if they defeat the shogun (same way as flipping over the village initially) or destroying two villages.
The first game I played fell a little flat, but that's because I realized I had explained the game wrong. When we played again—with the correct rule this time—it felt much tighter and more smooth. I highly recommend playing it correctly. What I had got wrong (or, rather, forgotten) was that each troop next to a village attacks or defends one time per round only. We were playing that the troops combined numbers, and that sum was pitted against the defending troops' combined numbers. This is all kinds of wrong. Instead, it's one for one. Meaning, one of my cards/troops attacks one defending troop. After that, if I have another attacking troop, it then attacks the other defending troop. Since the defender picks which troop attacks and which troop defends, this makes for a much more interesting game than simply combining values and seeing who wins.
There's quite a bit of trying to out-think your opponent, especially since some cards have various abilities that can either be good for you, or good for your opponent. There's misdirection, as players try to lure their opponents away from their shogun…or are they only pretending to lure you away, and in fact they are actually heavily guarding their shogun? There's a good bit of mind games here, and it's wonderful.
I really enjoyed playing Sengoku: The Warring States. It was quick to play, easy to learn, and a good battle of wits. It plays fast enough that multiple games in a row are more of a rule rather than an exception. It's 18 cards, which isn't a lot to work with, but designer Michael Cofer did a good job at adding an element of depth to the game.
Each player takes three villages each, one with the Shogun on the back and two with a burning house. Each player places those three village cards in front of them, face-down, remembering (hopefully) which one has the Shogun. Each player takes a deck of troop cards (six of the same cards in each deck).
In this example, the defender (bottom player) would most likely choose to have their farmer defend against the attacking (top) farmer. Because it's a tie (both have a strength of 2), the defending player wins that battle, and the village remains as it is. Unfortunately for the defender, that leave the ashigaru to go up against the yamabushi, and the yamabushi loses, so the village card is flipped over, revealing the burning-hut (or shogun) side. One more defeat and that village is a goner!
Each round, players both play a troop card face down (simultaneously) in front of one of their villages as a Defender. Next, each player plays another troop card face down in front of an opponent's village as an Attacker. This is repeated two more times until both players have played three Attackers. Finally, each player plays one last Defender face down in front of one of their villages. Once all the troops have been assigned, reveal all troops and proceed to combat. Note that you may only play a maximum of two troops on any one village each round.
The goal is for each player to have their Attackers' powers exceed that of the opposing Defenders, and vice versa. If the Attacker is stronger than the Defender at the village, then the village card is flipped over to the Exposed side. If the village is already Exposed, it is destroyed. Only one troop attacks at a time, and the Defender chooses which troop is attacked. Because each troop attacks separately, this makes it possible to both Expose and destroy a village in a single round.
If a player managers to destroy the village where the opponent's Shogun is, that player wins the game. If neither player wins after a round, begin a new round, leaving all exposed and destroyed villages as such. The tie breaker goes to the player who had the most successful attacks, so be sure to keep track.
The theme follows that of feudal Japan. The artwork looks great and helps add to the theme.
The mechanics revolve around secret unit deployment and uncovering where the Shogun is by attacking villages. I'm not sure why the Shogun is hiding rather than fighting, but I suppose defeating the "Commander-in-Chief of the Expeditionary Force Against the Barbarians" (as defined by the all-knowing Wikipedia) would be a good way to assert dominance over one's opponent.
The artwork is a callback to the old Japanese artwork from feudal Japan, and I really like it. It's nothing fancy, but neither was the artwork back in the day. It looks good, and I think the artist Hatuey Diaz did a great job.
The hook box is the usual quality, as are the cards. Actually, it's the same material used in Magic: The Gathering, so if you're fine with those, you're fine with these. When open, the box turns into a "+" shape, with the rules inside. It's great, because there's no wasted space, and you know you won't have too much to read and understand when getting into it. The rules really make things approachable.
Playing against the same person over and over may make this game one that doesn't have a whole lot of replayability. But, that does depend on who you play with, too. If who you would normally play this with tends to get stuck in a system or pattern and doesn't vary in tactics, this game might fall flat. Follow your heart on that one.
Sengoku: The Warring States is a solid pocket/wallet-sized game. In fact, just the other day I had three of them games from Concrete Canoe in the pocket of my button-up shirt. They're super to port around, that's for sure. And with the mind games, the bluffing, and the hidden unit deployment, there's more game here than you might think upon first glance. Not much to disagree with in this game.
If you're a fan of hidden unit deployment, games of misdirection, feudal Japan, or two-player battle games that fit in your pocket, give Sengoku a look.
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In the year 1960, in Baghdad, five oil producing nations created the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). As OPEC celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, insightful reviews of its creation should also be celebrated and among them we ought to find the 1982 PhD Dissertation by Terry Lynn Karl.
Karl begins the story of OPEC by introducing us to Pérez Alfonzo, a key political figure in Venezuela who helped enact a new 50/50 profit-sharing agreement with the oil companies operating in Venezuela. When the oil companies threatened with competition from their operations in the Middle East, Karl writes, the Venezuelan government began rallying the support of the Middle Eastern oil producers. Soon after having exchanged information, the 50/50 profit-sharing system was also introduced in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Iraq. When the Prime Minister of Iran, Mossadegh, attempted to nationalize the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company, however, President Truman feared that other oil producing nations would attempt to do the same and so, Karl writes, the CIA staged a coup backed by the oil companies, replacing Mossadegh. This move, Karl argues, led the other Middle Eastern oil producers to seek protection in numbers, signing agreements of information exchange and cooperation. While Middle Eastern oil producers united, Pérez Alfonzo helped raise the Venezuelan government's share from the oil companies' profits even further and informed the Middle Eastern governments about what the Venezuelan government had accomplished. And so finally in 1960 – convinced that they would gain more by standing together – five oil producing governments created the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries.
Although having increased their control of oil prices, the economies of these oil producing nations seemed to be out of control, as Pérez Alfonzo warned Karl of when oil prices were on the rise, " I call petroleum "the devil's excrement" .. Look around you .. waste, corruption, consumption, our public services falling apart … The conditions of our lives are not better.'' By asking what the boom meant for the future development of OPEC-members, Karl inspired many researchers to address the literature on the natural resource curse thesis during the next decades. The 1982 PhD Dissertation by Terry Lynn Karl should be included in the 50th anniversary celebration of OPEC for giving insights to the political processes behind the creation of OPEC and for – only a year after the second oil boom ended – presenting us to the challenges that lay ahead for oil producing nations.
 The five founding members were Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Venezuela. In addition to these five founding members, the organization today also consists of Algeria, Angola, Ecuador, Libya, Nigeria, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates.
 Karl, T.L. (1982). The Political Economy of Petrodollars: Oil and Democracy in Venezuela. PhD dissertation, Stanford University.


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Q: How to make my program a background process I wrote a program in C# .NET, that needs to be run in the background. I mean it should have any user interface. Neither a GUI nor a CLI. It is not also a  windows service(because it must run only after user has logged in).
It should just run in background. example of such programs  are AdobeUpdater.exe , GoogleUpdater.exe etc.

A: Another option would be to create a Windows Application and set these two properties:
        this.WindowState = FormWindowState.Minimized;
        this.ShowInTaskbar = false;

A: You can create a Console application, and then change it's properties in the project settings to a Windows application (rather than console).  Or you can create a Windows Forms application that ddoesn't actually create any forms.

A: I often use the following solution for this case: create an application context and use that in the WinForm's project instead of a form.

*

*Create an applicationcontext class
public class MyApplicationContext : ApplicationContext
{
        public MyApplicationContext()
        {
        }

        void Exit(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
                Application.Exit();
        }
}

*In Program.cs -> replace original Application.Run() call
static void Main()
{
    Application.EnableVisualStyles();
    Application.SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault(false);

    Form1 frm = new Form1(); //remove if not needed
    Application.Run(new MyApplicationContext());
}

*Because you don't show the form anymore, you need to provide other ways to close the application. I.e. use system tray and then call:
Application.Exit();

Note: Using the above (without ever showing the form), you will never get the usual form events like load, closing, closed.

A: Use Task Scheduler to run it on a schedule (which can be based on when user logs in).  Or add it to the registry to run on startup.
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

A: You might reconsider using a Windows service and having it monitor for logon/logoff events using the System.Management.ManagementEventWatcher class. This gives an example of a logoff event watcher: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/netfxbcl/thread/0c1bded8-0cce-4260-bd28-4b4ffce0d27d.

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FG ConstructsAircraft Hanger At Nigerian Army Facility In Jaji
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The Nigerian Army has established the first aircraft hangar for its Aviation unit at the Jaji Military Cantonment in Kaduna State as part of the continuous effort to run a viable aviation unit.
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, while inaugurating the hangar recently, said that the hangar was the first of its kind to be established by the army in Nigeria.
Buratai said that the second hangar was underway at the Army Barracks in Bama, Borno State, adding that the army was committed to developing its air capacity.
He also disclosed that the aviation hangar project was provided for in the 2018 budget and fully implemented accordingly.
"The army is yet to have the platforms but we will continue to pursue through the appropriate superior authority for us to see to the realisation of this dream.
"Today, we are taking advantage of this runway to have the first location of the Nigerian Army aviation formation.
"This location is one of the deployments that we intend to have for the Nigerian army aviation brigade.
"The project that you have just seen has been captured in the 2018 budget and we are happy it has been fully executed,'' he said.
"This is the right step toward the realisation of the aim of having the Nigerian army aviation.
"This is not the only one, there is another one which the contract has been awarded and the project will soon commence at the Nigerian Army Barracks in Bama in Borno.
"That one includes the runway as well as the hanger for the army aviation.
"Knowing the strategic importance of the Northeast especially the location of Bama, to have an army aviation unit is very crucial."
Buratai commended the coordinator of the unit and the contractor for the project.
Earlier, the Coordinator of Nigerian Army Aviation, Maj.-Gen. A.A Adoba, said the aviation hangar project was one of the major milestones of the strategic development plans of the army aviation.
Adoba said that the training of the pilots, engineers, technicians and other ground support crews had since been concluded.
He commended Buratai for his commitment toward providing the necessary support required for the development of the aviation wing.
According to him, the Nigerian army aviation is key to the achievement of the vision which is to have a professional responsive army in the discharge of their constitutional roles.
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Don't play around with guns
With all the lives lost due to guns, you would think people would be more responsible while handling them, or maybe not use them at all. However, the madness with guns still continues as people use them carelessly as if they were toys. The fact that a lethal weapon can be toyed with, despite the history of the many people who died by the gun, is irrational to me. It's downright disgusting.
I don't know what it is about guns that makes people so fascinated with them. It could be that they give people a sense of empowerment. Or maybe because the excessive use of them is influenced by the media. Guns are seen in music videos, movies and even video games. Children are even exposed to this content at an early age, leading them to believe that it is okay to mess around with them. Guns also give users confidence, and to make matters worse, society portrays them as "cool." In a nutshell, guns are a modern trend in today's society, when realistically they are problematic.
On Easter Sunday, 26 -year -old Devyn Holmes was shot in the head on a Facebook Live video. Holmes and his two friends, Johnathan Coleman, 25, and Cassandra Damper, 25, were parked in a Valero gas station in Houston, Texas during the time of the incident. The live video was taken on Coleman's page, who refers to himself as "Cadillac." The three were sitting in the car with a gun laying on the armrest between the driver and passenger seat, where Holmes and Damper were sitting.
The three were seen laughing and joking with one another as Damper proceeded to pick up the gun and play with it, pointing it at Holmes's head. "You're making me nervous," stated Holmes's as Damper continued with her irresponsible foolishness. Coleman then informed the two that there was no clip in the gun, or so he thought. Damper, with the gun pointed at Holmes, pulled the trigger, shooting him in the head. All of this, by the way, was seen in the video. The horrific sight of Homer's body going stiff, blood spilling from his head, made my stomach turn. Coleman immediately ran out of the car, followed by Damper, who reacted in utter astonishment after she seen what she'd done to her so-called friend.
Whether it was an accident or not, Damper had absolutely no business pointing a gun to her friend's head. A gun's sole purpose is to kill, or at the very least, temporarily disable a person or thing. Pointing a gun at a person should not even be considered as a joke. And in my opinion, Damper should be charged with a sentence to reflect her stupidity for playing in such a manner.
As well as Coleman, who was also seen holding the gun briefly in the video. Why there was even a gun in the car to begin with is still in question. But all I know is that this whole situation could have been avoided if they were more conscious of their decisions.
This is not the first time something like this has happened. In addition to pushing stricter gun laws, those who use them irresponsibly should be punished. Even if they do something as simple as waving it the air. This will hopefully reduce the amount of people who tamper will lethal weaponry as if they were toys, which they most certainly are not. Not only are they dangerous, but because we are all tired of seeing innocent lives being put at stake.
Thankfully, Holmes is currently recovering from his injury. He was placed on life support, but one of his relatives recently confirmed that he is now able to breathe and respond on his own. Let's all send our prayers to Holmes and his family, and hope for a successful recovery. He is a father of two and a scholar. As well as a man of amazing strength. Justice shall be served on his behalf.


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What is a 'key study'?
Key studies are studies that are the most useful for any Psychology course, because they provide the 'key' to understanding a concept or theory. For example, Maguire's famous 'taxi driver' study, Loftus and Palmer's 'car crash' study or Rosenhan's research into the validity of diagnosis on admission to mental hospitals.
Teachers and students can benefit by summarising these studies according to Background, Aim, Participants, Procedure, Results, Conclusion, Evaluation. This can be done on 1-2 sides of paper and kept to be used for essays, revision and even for HL Paper 3 practice if you are an IB Diploma teacher or student. Below is a short example of what this could look like, from the biological approach.
KEY STUDY: Caspi et al. (2003) Influence of Life Stress on Depression: Moderation by a Polymorphism in the 5-HTT Gene.
Looked at the relation between inherited short alleles on the 5HTT serotonin transporter gene and incidences of stress and subsequent depression.
Abnormal Psychology: Genetic explanation for inherited predisposition to depression as a response to environmental stressors.
To investigate whether a functional change in the 5HTT gene is linked to a higher or lower risk of depression in an individual.
The researchers used an opportunity sample from a cohort of participants who were part of another longitudinal study. There were 847 participants of 26 years old and they were split into three groups, depending on the length of the alleles on their 5HTT transporter gene.
Stressful life events occurring after the 21st birthday and before the 26th birthday were assessed using a life-history calendar.
Past-year depression was assessed using the Diagnostic Interview Schedule.
A correlation was tested for between stressful life events and depression, between the length of the alleles and depression and an interaction between perceived stress and the length of the alleles.
A further test was done to see if life events could predict an increase in depression over time among individuals with one or two short alleles.
The participants with two short alleles in the 5HTT transporter gene reported more depression symptoms in response to stressful life events than either of the other two groups. Those participants with two long alleles reported fewer depression symptoms. Moreover, childhood maltreatment was predictive of depression in adulthood only in adults with either one or two short alleles.
While there is no direct relation between short alleles on the 5HTT gene and depression, there is a relationship between these and incidences of stress and subsequent depression. The long alleles seem to protect against suffering depression as a result of stress. The effects of the gene adaptation are dependent on environmental exposure to stress.
This was a very large cohort of males and females and the age was controlled in order to isolate the variable of number of stressful life events between the ages of 21 and 26.
It was a natural experiment, with the naturally occurring IV being the length of the alleles. If the results are replicated this would suggest high reliability.
Gene action is highly complex, and actions of other genes could not be controlled. While the stressful life events were standardised as employment, financial, housing, health and relationship, whether or not a participant experienced a certain event as stressful is highly personal.
The symptoms of depression were self-reported, although each participant was contacted in order to verify the symptoms; self-reporting can be unreliable.
Caspi, A., Sugden, K., Moffitt, T. E., Taylor, A., Craig, I. W., Harrington, H., … & Poulton, R. (2003). Influence of life stress on depression: moderation by a polymorphism in the 5-HTT gene. Science, 301(5631), pp. 386-389.
Exam tips – for the days themselves.
First tip is – don't panic. Once the exams are upon you, then make sure you know the dates and times (timetable on fridge, on bedroom wall, in school bag, on phone, etc.) Once you have sat an exam, no matter how badly – or how well – you feel it's gone, it is gone. Forget it and move on mentally, and physically, to some revision for the next exam, or move on to eat lunch if the your next exam is in an hour or two. And avoid any panicking friends if possible!
Be prepared, with several pens and pencils and any other necessary equipment. Make sure your phone is not even in the room – leave it in your locker, or at home. (Radical thought, I know!) Have a bottle of water, and make sure you have visited the loo and have eaten something. Otherwise your rumbling stomach will be all anyone is thinking about! If you have allergies/a cold make sure you have tested any medication beforehand to ensure it doesn't make you either twitchy or sleepy, and have plenty of tissues. Tell the invigilator, who may be able to move you away from any open windows, or to the back corner of the room so you don't feel you're disturbing others. Don't forget your glasses if you wear them.
If you don't have to wear school uniform, dress in comfortable layers. Exams that start early in the morning in a cool room can make you feel like you're in a sauna several hours later.
Bad handwriting needs space so the examiner can read it – write on every second line. Everybody should leave a couple of lines or more between paragraphs and start each answer on a new page. This gets rid of the need to write vertically in the margin if you think of something that you want to put into your essay. Exams are marked on screen nowadays, and these inserts run the risk of not being read if they can't be seen easily.
Plan your time carefully, answering questions you know first, and those you will find harder last. Leave at least ten minutes for looking over your answers.
Never leave an exam early. Ask if you need to use the bathroom, and then come back and stay for the whole of the exam. If you have finished very early, then you have done something wrong, and need to check your work again. If you have missed out answering one question, because you don't know the answer, then go back and try it; even one or two marks are better than zero. There is usually something you can add, so use the time allotted to you.
Finally, try and ignore the other people in the room, whether they look confident and are writing away like crazy, or look as if they are about to burst into tears. Try and think a 'little bubble' around yourself as you focus on answering the questions.
This research could be a useful counter argument to the classic Rosenzweig, Bennett and Diamond study (1972) into enriched environment and neuroplasticity. It suggests disco lights are out, but toys are in!
The results suggest that overstimulation during periods of critical development can have unexpected negative effects on cognition. However, this is a very small experimental study, and no measurements of brain changes were taken, so its reliability remains open to question.
It has long been suspected, and now research is supplying the evidence: delaying school start times results in students getting more sleep, and feeling better. The most recent study in Singapore investigated the impact of a 45-min delay in school start time on sleep and well-being of adolescents. They shifted the start of the school day from 7.30am (which though early is not uncommon in Asian countries) to 8.15am, without making the day end later. After one month, researchers interviewed students and found that bedtimes on school nights were delayed by nine minutes while the times students got up were delayed by about 32 minutes, resulting in an increased time in bed of 23 minutes. This may not seem like much, but the percentage of students getting at least 8 hours of sleep in the school week rose from 6.9% to 16%, and all reported more alertness and feelings of well-being.
These findings support studies from the USA and UK. However, it has proved difficult to change practices, even in face of this evidence, and calls in 2015 by Paul Kelley of the Sleep and Circadian Neuroscience Institute at the University of Oxford, to delay the start of school and college in the UK for the benefit of students largely went unheard or unheeded. Teenagers don't get to make educational policy!


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When drought threatens crops: NASA's role in famine warnings
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NASA's satellite imagery and model forecasts regularly help agricultural and aid agencies to monitor the performance of crops worldwide and prepare for food shortages.
"In the 1970's the U.S. realized that drought impacts on global agriculture were severely affecting trade and food aid decisions, while ground based information and forecasting of drought was very limited," said Brad Doorn, water resources program manager in the Earth Science Division at NASA Headquarters, Washington. "Earth observations from space provide the persistent, global information needed to detect precipitation, temperature, soil moisture, and vegetation conditions that give us a more complete picture of conditions that lead to drought, as well as its impacts."
One of the areas of the planet that NASA and its partner agencies have been keeping a close eye on is southern Africa, which has experienced a year of extremes. Overly dry conditions developed across parts of the region around the start of the 2018-2019 maize crop season in October and persist until today, putting millions of people at risk of famine. Countries like Namibia, Zimbabwe and Angola are facing some of the worst droughts on record. To make matters worse, two tropical cyclones hit areas of Mozambique and surrounding regions in March and April, causing flooding and high levels of crop loss in the affected region.
The drought is tied to El Niño, a weather pattern tied with persistent warming in the central and eastern tropical Pacific, which is expected to last until the end of 2019. El Niño brings high temperatures and a dearth of rainfall to southern Africa. When the shortages in rainfall persist, they evolve into deficits in soil moisture, which can decimate rainfed crops – the most predominant type in southern Africa, where less than 10% of the arable land is irrigated.
Each of the steps leading to agricultural drought can be seen from space. As drought conditions develop, NASA computer models that use satellite measurements provide an outlook for the upcoming months.
Measuring moisture
NASA's satellite imagery and model forecasts play an important role in monitoring the performance of crops worldwide and preparing for food shortages. NASA's view from space helps government agencies forecast food insecurity, like during the drought in southern Africa in 2018. Credit: NASA/ Katy Mersmann. This video is available for download at NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio.
A team at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, has developed a data assimilation system that takes observations from NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) satellite and ingests them into the US Department of Agriculture's Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) crop forecasting system, which is used by the agency to monitor regional droughts and floods and forecast crop yield. SMAP, launched in 2015, measures the water content of soils and can give a first warning on crop stress.
"The FAS crop analysts use the enhanced soil moisture information we provide them to predict the impact of drought on crop growth and estimate expected end-of-season yield. Crop yield forecasts are updated monthly and are presented relative to last year's yield and last month's estimates," said Iliana Mladenova, a research scientist at Goddard.
The USDA FAS's soil moisture model also incorporates precipitation and temperature observations to derive soil moisture. But there are areas of the world where rain gauges are scarce or don't get properly maintained, like southern Africa. Direct satellite measurements of soil moisture in these places may be used to correct the model for precipitation errors and improve the model estimates of the soil water content at the surface and the root zone – the soil region where plants extract water from.
NASA's Applied Sciences Program has been collaborating with FAS since 2005. Back then, the soil moisture measurements came from NASA's Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer (AMSR-E) satellite mission. Mladenova expects to eventually be able to combine the measurements from different satellite missions into a "soil moisture almanac" of sorts.
Famine early warnings
NASA is also part of an interagency effort funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) that provides early warning and analysis on instances of acute food insecurity around the world. NASA contributes to the Famine Early Warning System Network (FEWS NET), by running seasonal forecasting models to predict the evolution of temperature and precipitation, as well as other hydrological variables, for up to half a year in advance.
"FEWS NET's mission is to inform the U.S. where we might need to send aid," said Christa Peters-Lidard a hydrologist and Deputy Director for Hydrosphere, Biosphere, and Geophysics at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. "If a country is in a situation where they are unable to mitigate the drought because they don't have the ability to irrigate or access to alternative food markets, that's where the U.S. and our partners across the world have to make decisions about whether to send aid."
NASA has been involved in FEWS NET since its launch, in 1985. This longstanding collaboration has evolved from one focused primarily on remote sensing of vegetation conditions to one that takes advantage of NASA's Land Information System, a software framework that integrates satellite and ground-based observations with models.
NASA's efforts to monitor agricultural drought will only become more important in the future, with droughts expected to become more frequent and intense as the climate warms.
"There is a lot of uncertainty about what the future holds for Southern Africa with respect to rainfall, but there is observational evidence that air temperatures are increasing across the region," said Amy McNally, a researcher at Goddard and the University of Maryland in College Park, Maryland. "Higher temperatures are associated with greater aridity meaning more evaporation from reservoirs and drier soils."
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UC Berkeley's Audio & Education Design Challenge, sponsored by Bose and Autodesk, took place on Oct. 22, 2016. Shail Shah was on one of the two winning teams.
I was excited to take part in the Berkeley Audio Design Challenge for a few reasons. First, it was my first "hackathon" or design sprint challenge. I've never had the experience of taking a design from concept to prototype to pitch within such a short time. Not unsurprisingly — it was really tough!
Second, I was deeply interested in the prompt; I'm kind of a hi-fi audio fanatic. I have a handful of speakers around my house which I designed and built. I like audio because to me it's a beautiful intersection of engineering/physics and art/creativity.
Third, I was drawn to the target of the challenge — designing an educational tool. I like to be involved in educational extracurriculars, especially focusing on STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics) education. As an undergraduate, I volunteered at Richmond High School building electronic bicycles with students after school, and while I worked in Michigan I participated in a program organized by SAE and Toyota, which focused on bringing automotive engineering into the fifth-grade classroom. I benefitted a lot from strong mentors and access to opportunities when I was younger, and I want to be sure I can do the same for others.
A big factor in my team's success during in the Challenge was how well we worked with one another. We were diverse in that we came from different academic backgrounds, and we had a good spread of seniority (there were two upper-classmen and two lower-classmen). Throughout the challenge, I organized the team's efforts, leading the brainstorming activity and delegating the workload.
It was pretty nice being able to apply the skills we are learning in the MEng program — not just technical, but also leadership — directly in a fast-paced team-project environment.
One of the biggest coaching moments in my team followed our initial pitch to the judges. My team had essentially made an entire curriculum for our product, and because of that we had trouble conveying a clear message to our judges. Before the judges announced the finalists, I worked with the team to decide what our key story was, and we revised our pitch.
Honestly, at the time we weren't expecting to make it past the first round.
I just wanted to work through the pitch as a teaching moment, so that we could all learn a little more from the experience. Fortunately for us, we did have a chance to present the revised pitch. I think the succinct user experience we made in the final presentation, along with the allusions to the depth of the curriculum we had thought of, made our product the most compelling, and led to our success.
I'm so happy I got to take part in the Design Challenge. I really appreciated the mix of students that turned out, and how we got to work with people who we don't usually interface with on campus. Pairing MEng students with undergraduate teams worked really well; I definitely benefitted from the creativity and the energy of my teammates, and I also enjoyed the leadership side of the challenge. Based on the experience, I started looking for more interdisciplinary team projects, and have joined other design challenges across campus. I hope there's another MEng Design Challenge in the Spring!
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Formula One: 2015 Canadian Grand Prix - Preview.
The 2015 Formula One World Championship season continues with Round Seven, the Canadian Grand Prix, held at the Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve.
Great memories.
Lewis Hamilton: "I think everything that needs to be said about Monaco has already been said. Obviously, it was a huge disappointment for me and also for the team. But we'll learn from it and move forwards together like we always do. I just want to get back out there and bounce back - and I could hardly ask for a better place to do that than Montreal. This is always one of my favourite weekends. The racing is fantastic, the city is a lot of fun and the crowds are really enthusiastic. I haven't always had the best of luck in Canada - but I've never finished off the podium there either and it's given me some great memories, including my first win. I know I've got the car underneath me and the team behind me to do it again, so I'm aiming for nothing less."
Good battle.
Nico Rosberg: "I still can't quite believe I was standing on the top step in Monaco for the third time the other week. It was all very surreal and I don't think I've ever been so lucky. However, that weekend also showed that I need to raise my game even further in the battle this year. I've got the boost of two wins behind me now, there is a long way to go this season and I know there is more to come from me personally, so it's all to play for. Next up it's Canada, which was a really difficult race for us last year but an exciting one too.
Hopefully we will avoid the traps that caught us out last year and it'll be another good battle for the fans to enjoy."
Exceptional record.
Toto Wolff, Head of Mercedes-Benz Motorsport: "Monaco has been tough for all of us to swallow. You can never afford to drop points and this was a reminder that any error can prove costly. However, we must also remember how far we have come to be disappointed with a P1 and P3 finish in Monaco. So, we take it on the chin as a team, learn from our mistakes and now look ahead to the next race in Canada. It's a circuit that is tough on the car so good preparation will be crucial. We saw Nico produce one of the drives of the season there last year and Lewis has an exceptional record in Montreal, so we know we can rely on them to do the job. But there is no room for complacency, with our rivals ready and waiting to jump on any opportunity. There is still a long way to go this season and many points to be won."
Engine and brakes.
Paddy Lowe, Executive Director (Technical): "There has been a great deal of comment concerning our mistake in Monaco and its consequences. On behalf of the team, this error should be put into context. It was a single error made in a split second based on incorrect data. Sport is all about split-second decisions, trading risk with reward, and we do not always get these decisions right. But in my opinion this team gets them right more than most. However, as in all aspects we must always improve, and the failure in Monaco will undoubtedly play its part in that process. Moving on to Canada: this is one of the team's favourite venues and presents a rather unique circuit with long straights, mostly slow corners and hence a lot of very big stops. So the main themes for the weekend are power and brakes! We will bring new Power Units to this event, the second units of 2015 for each driver. Our first Power Units were used for six complete race weekends, an incredible achievement by the team at Brixworth that saw both achieve total mileages of over 4,000 km.
We suspect our competitors may also bring new Power Units, which this year may be upgraded in-season using development tokens, so it will be interesting to see whether and how the 'balance of power' is shifted this weekend. The Montreal track is hard on the whole car, not just the engine and brakes, so we are concentrating our efforts to get two cars to the finish, something we did not manage last year. We take nothing for granted performance-wise, either; the uniqueness of the track means that there will be a lot to get right if we are to bring home the top prizes."
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Remembering Michael Gielen
March 8, 2019 in Uncategorized | Tags: Alex Klein, Charles Pikler, Craig Morris, David McGill, David Schrader, David Taylor, Donald Koss, Grover Schiltz, J. Lawrie Bloom, Jay Friedman, John Sharp, Joseph Golan, Joseph Guastafeste, Larry Combs, Mary Sauer, Melody Lord-Lundberg, Michael Gielen, Richard Graef, Samuel Magad, Stephen Balderston, Ursula Oppens, Wanda Wilkomirska, Zoltán Kocsis | 1 comment
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra family joins the music world in mourning conductor and composer Michael Gielen, who died earlier today at his home in Mondsee, Austria. He was ninety-one. Between 1973 and 2002, Maestro Gielen led the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in a broad range of repertoire, and a complete list of his appearances is below.
Michael Gielen (Patrik Müller photo)
December 6 and 7, 1973, Orchestra Hall
December 10, 1973, Uihlein Hall, Milwaukee
HAYDN Symphony No. 95 in C Minor
SZYMANOWSKI Violin Concerto No. 2, Op. 61
Wanda Wilkomirska, violin
PENDERECKI Capriccio for Violin and Orchestra
SCRIABIN Symphony No. 3, Op. 43 (The Divine Poem)
March 21, 22, 23, and 26, 1996, Orchestra Hall
MAHLER Symphony No. 6 in A Minor
March 28, 29, and 30, 1996, Orchestra Hall
J. STRAUSS, Jr. Overture to Die Fledermaus
STUCKY Pinturas de Tamayo (Paintings of Tamayo) (world premiere)
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 (Pastoral)
October 29, 30, 31, and November 1, 1997, Orchestra Hall
BEETHOVEN Leonore Overture No. 2, Op. 72
CARTER Piano Concerto
Ursula Oppens, piano
Richard Graef, flute
Grover Schiltz, oboe and english horn
J. Lawrie Bloom, clarinet
David Taylor, violin
Charles Pikler, viola
Stephen Balderston, cello
Joseph Guastafeste, bass
SCHUBERT Incidental Music from Rosamunde, D. 797
January 11, 12, 13, and 16, 2001, Orchestra Hall
BEETHOVEN Overture to Egmont, Op. 84
BEETHOVEN/Liszt Andante cantabile from the Piano Trio in G-flat Major, Op. 97 (Archduke)
BEETHOVEN/Gielen Grosse Fuge in B-flat Major, Op. 133
SCHOENBERG Pelleas and Melisande, Op. 5
January 18, 20, and 23, 2001, Orchestra Hall
MAHLER Adagio from Symphony No. 10
LISZT Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat Major
Zoltán Kocsis, piano
KURTÁG . . . quasi una fantasia . . .
SCHUBERT Symphony No. 8 in B Minor, D. 759 (Unfinished)
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58
Elena Bashkirova, piano
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major, Op. 55 (Eroica)
RAVEL Valses nobles et sentimentales
DUTILLEUX Symphony No. 2 (Le double)
Alex Klein, oboe
Larry Combs, clarinet
David McGill, bassoon
Craig Morris, trumpet
Jay Friedman, trombone
Mary Sauer, piano
Melody Lord-Lundberg, celesta
Donald Koss, timpani
Samuel Magad, violin
Joseph Golan, violin
John Sharp, cello
POULENC Concerto for Organ, Strings, and Timpani in G Minor
David Schrader, organ
RAVEL La valse
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Happy birthday, Michael Gielen!
July 19, 2017 in Uncategorized | Tags: Alex Klein, Charles Pikler, Craig Morris, David McGill, David Schrader, David Taylor, Donald Koss, Grover Schiltz, J. Lawrie Bloom, Jay Friedman, John Sharp, Joseph Golan, Joseph Guastafeste, Larry Combs, Mary Sauer, Melody Lord-Lundberg, Michael Gielen, Richard Graef, Samuel Magad, Stephen Balderston, Ursula Oppens, Wanda Wilkomirska, Zoltán Kocsis | 1 comment
Wishing a very happy birthday to Michael Gielen, celebrating his ninetieth on July 20, 2017!
Between 1973 and 2002, Maestro Gielen led the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in a broad range of repertoire. A complete list of his appearances (all concerts at Orchestra Hall unless otherwise noted) is below:
December 6 and 7, 1973
December 10, 1973 (Uihlein Hall, Milwaukee)
March 21, 22, 23, and 26, 1996
March 28, 29, and 30, 1996
October 29, 30, 31, and November 1, 1997
January 11, 12, 13, and 16, 2001
January 18, 20, and 23, 2001
Happy, happy birthday!
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Notes from Maggie's Farm: who is maggie?
Approaching our first birthday, this blog, we are, and we've been giving thought to how, with the encouragement and support of our readers, we've come pretty darned far. We're thinking of ways to throw a little blog party next week. We welcome your ideas. But first, for the all but two of you who weren't here in the beginning, one of our first blog posts.........who (the heck) is maggie?
When I walk into my kitchen today, I am not alone. Whether we know it or not, none of us is. We bring fathers and mothers and kitchen tables, and every meal we have ever eaten. Food is never just food. It's also a way of getting at something else: who we are, who we have been, and who we want to be. --Molly Wizenberg.
Easily the question most often asked around here, after 'How in the world did you end up out here?' is Who is Maggie? A quick internet search for from maggie's farm might return our website, this blog, or just as likely a slew of offshoots based on the song, Maggie's Farm, by Bob Dylan. And while we might, on occasion, relate to so some of the particular sentiment of that song, that is not our Maggie. And most people know me casually as Christine, Christy, or Chris. So, they ask, who is Maggie?
Well, there are quite a few Maggie's in the story of from maggie's farm. I am fortunate to hail from, and be surrounded by, strong, talented women who have all supported and contributed to the best of what I've become. My paternal grandmother, Margaret Josephine, the third of eight children of Josephine Margaret, was a devoted mother and doting grandmother, and when I am challenged as a mother, it is her example which guides me, and I strive to live with the grace and strength she so beautifully personified. She leaves a legacy of gathering family around the table for memorable meals; her fried chicken is the stuff of legends. During the harvest of our summer's bounty, I often walk into my kitchen on preserving days to the heady aromas of fresh vegetable and sweetened cider vinegar that transports me to her kitchen and infuses me with an indescribable warmth, and the assurance that I am doing just what it is that I am meant to do.
My maternal grandmother, Harriet Margaret, was a beautiful woman, and incredibly talented artist with a dry, rapier with. She spent long hours teaching me to hand sew perfectly, and helped me to hone my penmanship skills so that I was the best in my class. Although she was always impeccably groomed and dressed, that never stopped her from plopping down in the garden with me, along with my twin brother, teaching us the fine art of making mud pies, or using furniture casters as 'cars' in the 'race tracks' we made in the dirt. Her father died when she was young, and she was subsequently raised by her beloved widowed mother, a farmer, also. When my art projects work out unexpectedly well, my chickens gather around me adoringly, or when a little comic genius is called for, and delivered, I know she is with me.
And my mother, Margaret Ann, is the most perfect homemaker I've ever known. There has never been a day that I have walked into her home and found it less than spotlessly tidy. No shirt fresh from the dry cleaner's has ever been pressed as sharply as hers. She is an award-winning seamstress, and when I was a little girl, we would 'window shop' for pretty little dresses that she would sketch out on the notepad she carried just for such occasions. We'd then head to the fabric store, an on home, where she would work late into many nights to duplicate, and surpass, the choice I'd made. She set high expectations, simply because she believe her children could accomplish anything they set their minds to, and they often did so, with her encouragement. When the world gets tough, as it often does, and I'm feeling a bit tattered, there is no mother more in her child's court than she. Mothers and daughters, well they have unique, and often complicated relationships, but I have no doubt that my mother will always be on the other end of the phone to offer me words of unquestionable support ,and still believes that I am the best, most talented daughter in the world.
And that leads back to me, and my full name, Margaret Christine.
and that is the story of the Maggie's from maggie's farm.
I love Maggie! And that's okay because I knew her before any else did.
hi bub! i love you, too! remember how we used to use those furniture caster cars to race in circles around that big rug in granny's back room? we'd get dizzy trying to beat each other. good memories.
Margaret is such a lovely name and it's a lovely tradition to have the name handed down through the generations. The continuinity of names highlights the traditions and wisdom of amazing women over the years. My new neice's middle name is Margaret, named after her paternal great-grandmother and her first name is after her maternal great-grandmother, similar to our daughter who has three names, all of them named after family members.
thank you such. it's funny, i've been called by my middle name all my life, but i began to embrace the grace of the name margaret as i 'matured', and it all just felt so 'right' to draw on that history for my venture. starting anew in life, in both vocation and passion, involves so many uncertainties, but the name 'from maggie's farm' has always fit like a glove.
I come back to this post time and time again. We were so lucky to be surrounded by such beautiful, simple, gracious people growing up and they stay with us always. And how fantastic it is to watch you become as beautiful, simple and gracious as they were.
Awe, Tim, you know that just made me dewey, don't you? You are a beautiful, simple, gracious man and a treasure of a cousin. Thank you for your encouragement. I love you, cuz.
dewy, not dewey. That makes it seem like I just became responsible for the Dewey Decimal System, I think.
PS - Josie's middle name was Margaret too!
Tim, Of all of the wonderful post's, this is one of my favorites. Can't tell you how many times I've read it.
There is another that I have enjoyed several times titled "Picket Fences, Revised". If you have a moment, search that one.
I Googled on "Emerson Ginger Mint Julep" and got a hit on this blog. Unfortunately I can't find my way to the relevant post. The question is do you know anything more about this item, described (proclaimed?) in a sign painted on the side of a building on IIRC Decatur St in New Orleans?
I Googled on "Emerson Ginger Mint Julep" and found a link to this blog. Do you know anything more about this item than the sign painted on the side of a building on IIRC Decatur St in New Orleans?
Thank you for dropping by. The link to which that search should have sent you is http://frommaggiesfarm.blogspot.com/2012/06/lolling-about-quarter-emersons.html , but I'm afraid you won't find any more info about the product on that article (just about some lady's visit to the Quarter..lol), but I'd be fascinated to do a little more research about the product if you'd be interested. I'm always looking for an interesting project! Is this a product that is related to your family?
Now what really puzzles me is that the sign remains, after roughly 100 years, in readable form. Further, it appears that the sign has been maintained by...??? Google produces a number of images of the sign, showing it in various states of "repair". Somebody has kept the sign alive.
I have heard more about Bromo-Seltzer than the Ginger Mint Julep product, and wonder if that's where the value is coming from? This is all fascinating, and I'll be digging deeper into this, now that you've piqued my interest. Will you keep me posted on your research? If you'd like to continue the dialogue, please don't hesitate to contact me through email, the link provided at the top right hand column of this page. Thank you for sharing your knowledge!