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Die Serranía de Sicasica ist ein Gebirgszug innerhalb der bolivianischen Cordillera Central.

Die Serranía de Sicasica ist der westlichste Höhenzug der Cordillera Septentrional, des mittleren Abschnitts der bolivianischen Cordillera Central. Sie erstreckt sich zwischen den Großstädten La Paz im Norden und Oruro im Süden und hat eine Länge von etwa 200 km und eine mittlere Breite von 20 km. Die Höhenrücken der Serranía de Sicasica liegen häufig über 4000 m, zu ihren höchsten Erhebungen gehört der Gipfel des Wila Kkolu mit 4.838 m.

Entlang der Serranía de Sicasica verläuft im Westen die Nationalstraße Ruta 1 von La Paz über Patacamaya, Sica Sica und Caracollo nach Oruro, die Täler zwischen den Höhenrücken der Serranía sind nur dünn besiedelt; wichtigster Ort dort ist Luribay, Hauptstadt der Provinz Loayza.

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The answer to this question Steve W. Martin conducted extensive surveys with top-level sales leaders, mid-level sales managers, and salespeople. The resulting research, The Sales Organization Performance Study Report, provides detailed insights on the characteristics of high-performing sales organizations, quota analysis measurements, and key sales performance metrics.
Seven hundred eighty-six sales professionals participated in the study by completing an extensive forty-two-part survey. The survey goal was to gather both qualitative information about the attributes of high-growth sales organizations and the associated quantifiable performance metrics. Participants were asked to share their opinions on their sales organization, their top sales challenges, and personal details about their own quota performance. The study results reveal there are fifteen significant differences between how high-, average-, and underperforming sales organizations perceive themselves, measure performance, staff their organizations, and operate.
Heavy Hitter Sales Linguistics is the first book that truly explains "sales linguistics," the revolutionary new field of study about how customers and salespeople use and interpret language during the decision making process.
Heavy Hitter Sales Linguistics provides communication strategies that enable salespeople to rise above their competition and impactful psychological suggestions that compel customers' rational intellect and emotional subconscious to buy.
What is the Truth About the Migration from Field Salespeople to Inside Sales?
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How Does Sales Cycle Complexity Impact the Structure of the Sales Organization?
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The answer to these questions are exactly what Steve W. Martin, a well-known sales author and sales organization researcher set out to find. To do so, Martin conducted in-depth interviews and extensive surveys with over one-hundred top sales leaders at leading high technology companies and business services providers. The resulting research, provides detailed insights about the evolutional nature of sales organizations along with key sales performance metrics by sales category (software, cloud, hardware, telecommunications, etc.).
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All salespeople must play three completely different roles to succeed. First, they must be generals who create a strategy to win their wars long before the first battle begins. The successful military leader painstakingly plans how and where he will attack in accordance with the troops and weapons at his disposal. When the fighting starts, the victorious commander achieves his objective through battlefield maneuvers to gain the advantage and countertactics to neutralize his enemy's advance.
Second, all salespeople must be professional persuaders. In essence, salespeople are paid to persuade. They must gain the willing obedience of others and convince complete strangers to follow their advice. However, the most product-knowledgeable salesperson is not necessarily the most persuasive one. Persuasive salespeople naturally connect with customers, instill customer confidence, and establish trust.
Finally, successful salespeople must be oracles who predict their chances of winning based upon their common-sense judgment. As common sense accumulates over the years through interactions with customers, it becomes a salesperson's lifesaving device. It prevents salespeople from repeating past mistakes and guides their intuition to maximize their most precious resource: time.
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John Helmberger leader of the anti-LGBT group Minnesota Family Council and advocate of Christian privilege.
John Helmberger of Minnesota Family Council has sent out a lengthy, rambling solicitation for funds (below the fold). The stated purpose is to elect a sanctimonious Republican governor in Minnesota. MFC claims to have matching grants up to a total of $200,000.
Minnesota Family Council (MFC) is a 501(c)4 entity. While that makes MFC a tax-exempt organization, donations to MFC are not tax deductible. When exempt organizations ask for money that is not tax deductible they must conspicuously indicate that in the solicitation. Here is the rule:
Section 6113 of the Internal Revenue Code provides that certain tax-exempt organizations that are not eligible to receive tax deductible charitable contributions must disclose, in any fundraising solicitation in "an express statement (in a conspicuous and easily recognizable format)" that contributions to the organization are not deductible for federal income tax purposes as charitable contributions.
There is no such disclosure in the email that I received let alone one that is conspicuous. They would like potential donors to assume that donations are tax-deductible. In fact, many donors will do just that. Unless they are subjected to a line-item audit by the Service the deduction will not be challenged. Guess who subsidizes ineligible deductions?
Moreover, if charities and foundations donate to MFC they are required to demonstrate "expenditure responsibility." They can donate to an organization that is not eligible for tax deductible contributions if the money is used for an exempt purpose. In no way, whatsoever, is electioneering an exempt purpose.
I have written previously about so-called matching funds. These are usually scams; restructuring money already received or committed that is not subject to additional donations. Six-figure donations ordinarily come as grants from charities which seems highly unlikely and would create an IRS violation for the donor. Thus, I call bullshit. The holier-than-thou set frequently operate as if they are subject to different laws than everyone else. It is called Christian privilege which is a subset of Christian supremacy.
MFC being MFC, in referring to Governor Dayton:
And he has scores of appointees at all levels of state government who are in lock-step with him on his vehement opposition to our values. Think, for example, of the Transgender Toolkit, pushing extreme gender ideology in schools as "best practice".
Minnesota Family Council Donor Solicitation by David Hart on Scribd
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Q: powershell script delete first character in output How would I delete the first line in the output from this command? If the output is A123456, I just want it to show me 123456 with the A.
Get-User $_ | Select sAMAccountName

A: Just get the substring starting at the second letter(index 1).
Get-User $_ | Select @{n="AccountName";e={$_.sAMAccountName.Substring(1)}}

If you just need the value, you could do it like this:
Get-User $_ | % { $_.sAMAccountName.Substring(1) }

A: Substring(1) returns a substring containing all chars after the first one.
Get-User $_ | Select @{N="myAccountName";E={$_.sAMAccountName).substring(1)}}

A: You can remove the first character with the -replace operator:
(Get-User $_ | select -Expand sAMAccountName) -replace '^.'

Or
Get-User $_ | select @{n='sAMAccountName';e={$_.sAMAccountName -replace '^.'}}

if you want to keep objects rather than strings.

A: $str = "@123456";
$str = $str.Substring(1,($str.Length-1));
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AMC says over a million people watched new 'Spider-Man' movie at its U.S. theaters
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Dec 17 (Reuters) - AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc (AMC.N) said on Friday nearly 1.1 million people watched "Spider-Man: No Way Home" in its theaters in the United States, a record opening for a movie across the company's theaters in December.
"Spider-Man: No Way Home", produced by Sony Corp's (6758.T) movie studio and Walt Disney Co (DIS.N), stars Tom Holland as Marvel's web-slinging superhero and Zendaya as his girlfriend, MJ.
The movie has already won glowing reviews from film critics, with box office analysts predicting the superhero action spectacle would set pandemic-era sales records at cinemas this weekend. As of Friday afternoon, "No Way Home" had earned a 95% positive score from 207 reviews collected on the Rotten Tomatoes website. read more
"This was the single highest number of people watching one movie on one day at AMC's U.S. theaters during all of calendar years 2020 and 2021," the world's largest cinema chain said.
Similarly, Cinemark Holdings Inc(CNK.N)said the "Spider-Man" movie delivered the theater operator's best U.S. box office opening night of all time.
After a year of closures and restrictions due to the global health crisis, the gaining momentum of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 in the United States seems to have had little impact on the latest Marvel release.
Earlier this month, London-based ODEON Cinemas, owned by AMC, said the tickets sales for the movie was three times that of recently released "James Bond - No Time to Die". read more
The new "Spider-Man" movie was also the second-highest grossing movie title on its opening night of all-time, falling just short of "Avengers: Endgame", which opened in 2019, AMC added.
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What's in a name? A lot when it's "Constantia"
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It's a strange process to watch an untruth – at best a half-truth – becoming accepted as historical fact. A bit of ignorance, some lazy journalistic reporting, a bit more repetition and there you are…. But as an important part of Cape wine is involved in this case, it's worth trying to halt the slide.
Last week an article appeared in the Cape Argus, puffing a forthcoming book entitled From Groot Constantia to Google: 1685 to 2010. (Actually it should be pointed out that in a common, blatantly dishonest tradition of Independent Newspapers, the Argus "Staff reporter" is actually largely quoting a press release. Here's a similar piece from another source. Why the Press Ombudsman allows this to happen is a mystery.)
Anyway, according to the piece, the book "on the history of branding in South Africa by the publishers of the respected Brands & Branding annual claims Groot Constantia wine farm to be our oldest brand at 326 years".
Well, I don't know if Brands & Branding is as respected as it claims it is, or by whom, or what the standing of the man associated with it, Ken Preston, is, but if they want it to remain respected they should start checking their facts. (And Mr Preston should at least have the courtesy to respond when people try to help him via his advertised email address! * [see comment below])
Because the claim about Groot Constantia is simply not true – easily demonstrably so.
Presumably when it comes to brands, the actual name involved is pretty important. The year 1685 obviously refers to the granting of the great estate on the Cape Peninsula to governor Simon van der Stel. It was, of course, called Constantia (for reasons that remain uncertain.) In fact "Groot Constantia" did not exist until van der Stel's estate was broken up after his death, into three farms – two of which were called Klein Constantia and Bergvliet. The main farm, with the house and winery on it, remained known as Constantia, but was also unofficially known as Groot Constantia. It was apparently only officially called "Groot Constantia" from the date of a later bit of tinkering with the property in 1824.
The famous sweet wines of the 18th and 19th centuries established the internationally renowned "brand" Mr Preston's book refers to. But the wine was universally known as "Constantia", and came from more than one farm. Including, of course, "Groot Constantia", but there is extremely little record to back a claim that "Groot Constantia" was – even in the 19th century – a brand in its own right. It certainly was not dreamt of in 1685.
It's probable that "Groot Constantia" became a brand, as such, only in the 20th century, possibly as late as the 1960s, when the modern history of the winery started.
So the oldest brand in South Africa is not Groot Constantia, but Constantia – a distinction of some significance not only to those who value history, and don't like seeing it distorted, but also to the other farms of historic Constantia who are implicitly excluded. Incidentally, the most famous modern wine of the area, Klein Constantia's Vin de Constance, is, of course, simple a French version of "Wine of Constantia".
So how did this false story get about? It seems that, in recent years at least, the person behind the misrepresentation is none other than Dr Ernest Messina, chairperson of the Groot Constantia Trust. Or whoever writes his speeches. Speaking at the estate at a celebration of 350 years of Cape wine, he is quoted as saying that "Groot Constantia is one of the ten oldest trademarks in the world" – a remark that was apparently widely taken up, not least by the organisation producing this book on brands, with a title that should bring the whole book into disrepute!
Apparently Dr Messina has university degrees in history; one might have hoped that, even if brand experts are a bit lax with accuracy, he would get his basic historical facts right!
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MassUltra Roundup: Wasatch, Hallucination, Pine Creek, and Headlands
Wasatch Front 100
Tom Morton doesn't shy away from grueling trail races. His list of finish lines achieved speaks for itself with names like Vermont, Leadville, UTMB, Bighorn, Eastern States, and Virgil Crest.
Morton, 39, of Chicopee, Mass., added another gnarly race to his credit Sept. 9-10 at the 37th annual Wasatch Front 100. Morton endured more than 26,000 feet of vertical gain on the point-to-point course from Kaysville to Midway, Utah, and crossed the finish line in 32:44:54.
Of the 334 starters, 213 finished the race within the 36-hour time limit.
There was a fierce battle at the front of the pack as Trevor Fuchs, 35, of Salt Lake City, Utah, crossed the finish line just three seconds ahead of runner-up Chris McQuivey, 35, of Flagstaff, Az. Fuchs won in 21:13:58.
Darcy Piceu, 41, of Boulder, Colo., was the women's champion and 12th overall in 23:15:25.
Run Woodstock: Hallucination 100
Ryan Couto covered most of New England with his 2016 ultramarathon racing schedule by completing ultras in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Maine already this year. The 31-year-old resident of Boston, Mass., ventured to the upper Midwest for his first 100-mile attempt of the year, however, and he came home with a hard-earned finisher's belt buckle.
Ryan Couto of Boston, Mass., pictured in this file photo at the 2016 TARC Summer Classic, completed the Hallucination 100-mile race at the Run Woodstock Festival in Michigan. Photo by Chris Wristen/MassUltra
Couto traveled to Pinckney, Mich., on Saturday and Sunday to run the Hallucination 100 at the Run Woodstock Festival, and he was one of 71 runners to complete the 100-mile race within the 30-hour time limit.
Couto placed 63rd overall in 29:06:34.
Couto previously earned a 100-mile finish at the 2013 TARC 100.
Elliot Smith, 34, of Chicago, Ill., earned the victory in 20:18:01. He held off David Huss of Seattle, Wash., who was the runner-up in 20:40:23 – well ahead of 36-year-old Michigan resident Charlie Schmidt who finished third in 21:44:21. Huss, 32, moved to Seattle from Winchester, Mass., earlier this year.
Couto is next slated to run the Stone Cat marathon on Nov. 5 in Ipswich, Mass. Huss will compete at the Desert Solstice 24-hour run Dec. 10 in Phoenix, Ariz.
Pine Creek Challenge
Two Massachusetts residents were among the 22 runners to complete the Pine Creek Challenge 100-mile race within its 30-hour time limit Sept. 10-11 on the Pine Creek Rail Trail in Wellsboro, Pa.
Runners completed a double out-and-back on the rail trail, which has a surface consisting of crushed stone and has minimal elevation change.
Michael Condella of Revere, Mass., and John Correiro of Westport, Mass., finished 13th and 14th overall.
Condella, 28, completed the course in 26:51:45 and notched his second 100-mile finish of the year. Condella completed the Winter Beast of Burden in January in New York.
Correiro, 48, finished in 27:15:22 while earning his third 100-mile finish of 2016. Correiro previously completed Massanutten in May in Virginia, followed by the Vermont 100 in July.
John Hewlett, 41, of Schwenksville, Pa., was the race champion in 17:51:10. Jennifer McHale, 37, of Southington, Conn., was the runner-up and women's champion in 18:39:32.
Headlands Hundred
A 100-mile finish eluded Allston, Mass., resident Skott Daltonic on Sept. 10-11 at the Golden Gate National Recreation Area in Sausalito, Calif.
Of the 50 runners who started the 100-mile race, just 34 finished within the 33-hour time limit on the four-loop course that included more than 5,000 feet of vertical gain per loop.
In addition to the 100-miler, the event also included 75-mile, 50-mile, and marathon distances.
Daltonic, 45, was credited with a 50-mile finish in 15:01:07.
Chikara Omine, 34, of Daly City, Calif. won the 100-mile race in a course-record time of 16:56:31.
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'The Protectors' ardently explores the journey of the Indian Private security industry through the life events of one man who was chosen by destiny to become the harbinger of change. The story of the Central Association of Private Security Industry (CAPSI) which has been around for more than a decade, has been passionately written about for the first time since its inception. With honesty and sobriety, Kunwar Vikram Singh describes the profound struggles of Indian security entrepreneurs including himself through various phases-both good and bad. He shows how with their true grit and determination, the PSI metamorphosed into a sunrise sector taking challenges head-on, with CAPSI leading the way. The institution at present is relentlessly pursuing its mission of skilling 1 Crore guardsmen & women across the nation, which continues to reshape their destiny.
It also gives a sneak peek into the life of security professionals whose pious love for their motherland drives them to persevere through uncertainties with bravery and fervor. And it also outlines their ongoing battles with the current legislative frameworks governing the PSI.
About the Author: Kunwar Vikram Singh is the Chairman of the CENTRAL ASSOCIATION OF PRIVATE SECURITY INDUSTRY (CAPSI) an apex body of the Private Security Sector and LANCERS NETWORK LIMITED, a Risk Consulting Corporation. He has held the coveted post of President (2016-17) and Chairman (2017-18) of the WORLD ASSOCIATION OF DETECTIVES (W.A.D). He has authored seven volumes of the WORLD ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SECURITY SCIENCE & MANAGEMENT. He is also the Director of PUNJAB POLICE SECURITY CORPORATION LIMITED, a venture of the Punjab government.
He is remained member of the United Nations Standing Committee on Civilian Private Security Services (CPSS) He was sent as an official delegate to represent the India at the 21st and 22nd UN Commission on Crime Prevention & Criminal Justice, held at the Vienna International Centre.
He was awarded "Investigator of the Year 2006" by the World Association of Detectives Inc. (WAD) at its annual conference held in Tokyo, Japan. His professional ability was once again recognized by World Investigators Network (WIN) and he was declared "Best Investigator of the Year 2007" in Lisbon, Portugal. He was awarded the "Bharat Suraksha Rattan Award" in 2009.
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If your retaining wall is separating from adjoining walls, it's probably because the wall wasn't designed to bear the weight it's being asked to withstand. Poor drainage and inadequate reinforcement are other sources of trouble.
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Java vs C++: Similarities, Differences, and Advantages
Java and C++ are object-oriented programming languages that share many syntax similarities. Java is a high-level programming language used for applications, websites, and mobile apps, while C++ is a low-level programming language. C++ is used to write more robust, large-scale projects like operating systems and video games.
Neither language is better or worse than the other. The choice between the two depends on the product goal. To help budding programmers understand Java vs. C++, this guide covers each language's advantages and disadvantages, plus when and where each language is used.
Keep reading to learn more about how to make the best language choice for your next project or learning challenge.
Is Java or C++ easier to learn?
If you are a beginner launching into tech and programming, you might want to become a developer as quickly as possible.
Java would be the easier language to learn with no coding background.
In fact, Java was designed to be easy and accessible to a broad audience. Taking a course on Java programming can get someone to write functional code for a website or application in a relatively fast timeframe.
That doesn't mean C++ should be abandoned; it is a great language to learn for software programming. While C++ may not be as easy to pick up and start programming with right away, the language has existed for longer and has a huge community of support for budding developers.
C++ is more difficult because of its strict syntax, which can take some time to get accustomed to. This language is used to create intensive software, like financial tech, and even powers the Google search engine.
Both Java and C++ are evolutions of the C programming language. Compared to C++, Java is newer, with less complex syntax.
If you intend to learn both languages, learning C++ first would provide better fundamentals and make the transition to learning Java swift and smooth.
What is Java?
Released in 1995 by Sun Microsystems (now Oracle), the Java programming language is a general-purpose, class-based, object-oriented programming language. Not to be confused with Javascript, Java is a platform-independent language based on the WORA (Write Once Run Anywhere) concept. That means Java source code gets sent to the compiler and translated into byte code instead of machine code. This means it can be executed on any platform.
Java's syntax is very similar to C++, but all script in Java is written in classes, with only one public class. Java is also a pure object-oriented language and has a single root hierarchy. Java has diverse libraries and code reusability through the Java Native Interface. New software developers can get their projects going faster with special classes (like applets) or templates (like JavaServer Pages).
Java's popularity is well known, with no signs of a decline anytime soon. Apps like Facebook and Instagram use Java APIs to allow multiple operating options on a single screen. Java is used to program all types of applications, including:
Web-based applications and web development — both LinkedIn and Amazon use Java
Big Data technology — Hadoop's framework is written in Java
Internet of Things — software and tech programmed for networking devices and data over the internet
Android Apps — Java is the official language for Android applications
Computer games — like Minecraft
Is Java better than C++? Most software engineers developing android, cloud, and web applications would consider Java better than C++. The platform independence allows the program to run on all different machines as long as the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) is installed.
What is C++?
Bjarne Stroustrup developed C++ at Bell Labs in 1979. This descendent of C discerns itself with the addition of classes, allowing for the management of large amounts of data in a short amount of time. C++ allows for more control over system resources and memory management. These reasons are why C++ is found in AppleiOS and Microsoftoperating systems, gaming consoles, and more.
C++ is an object-oriented language with features like polymorphism, encapsulation, and inheritance. It also has support for procedural programming. Unlike Java, C++ code can be compiled without classes or creating objects, but one downside to C++ is that it is a platform-dependent language.
When it comes to C++ vs. Java: Is C++ more powerful than Java? Just like Java has its niche for specific projects, C++ is the go-to for fast, efficient, and reliable systems and software that perform critical tasks. You can find C++ across many industries, from hardware as small as your cellphone to as large as an airplane.
C++ is used for:
Programming operating systems
Video game and console development — like Xbox, Playstation, and Nintendo
IoT devices — from smartwatches to lifesaving medical devices
Backend Servers and Databases like MySQL
Bank and Trading software
Flight software
Image Manipulation software — from Photoshop to software for graphics used in movie production
Java and C++ Similarities
Since Java and C++ evolved from the C language, they share some similar qualities, like inheritance of objects in classes, polymorphism, abstraction, and encapsulation.
The table below shows the similarities between these two languages.
Compiling The C++ compiler compiles the source code into machine code. C++ is strictly a compiled language. The Java Virtual Machine (JVM) interprets and complies source code into bytecode.
Programming Model Procedural AND Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)
Syntax Inspired by Java's syntax but allows namespace-level constants, variable, and functions. The default is value semantics and needs a pointer to opt for reference semantics. Based on C++, with context-free grammar and uses reference semantics.
Overloading Supports method overloading Supports both method and operator overloading
Java and C++ Differences
Just as spoken languages grow and evolve, the longer these languages exist, the greater the differences. Consider the key differences between Java and C++ in the chart below.
Memory Management Manual Memory Management, memory allocation must be defined by the programmer System-controlledmemory management
Portability Not portable, platform-dependent Bytecode makes Java portable and platform independent
Compatibility with other Languages Compatible with most high-level programming languages, like Python, making it easy to patch code No compatibility with other languages
Object Management Manual management with new and delete Automatic garbage collection for object management
Goto statements Supported Not Supported
Comments There is no documentation comment support Java supports comments in source code
Pointers C++ supports pointers and uses them often Only began supporting pointers in later versions and support is limited.
Both languages have strengths and weaknesses depending on the use case.
What is the advantage of Java over C++? The advantage of Java over C++ is that becoming a Java developer is easier than learning C++. Java can also run on any machine. Java has built-in defaults like garbage collection to avoid redundant data collection. It is also more secure for the novice, as improper use of pointers in C++ can cause memory corruption or system failure.
With Java's advantages, why do more people use C++ over Java? More people use C++ over Jave because Java requires a lot of memory to function, which hinders computing speed. Java also doesn't provide any backups if you need to revert your code. C++ has existed for nearly 40 years, with many businesses heavily invested in software and operating systems using this language.
C++ shouldn't be considered an old or outdated language; the ability of C++ to wrangle large amounts of data quickly make it an excellent option for high-performance, real-time applications. Don't be surprised if you see a C++ developer on a large project roadmap.
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How to Learn a Coding Language
There are plenty of online boot camps, tutorials, and courses to help you learn a coding language. There are free resources and courses to audit on websites like Coursera. Websites like FreeCodeCamp and Code Academy always provide free lessons and most online courses offer a free trial to see if the class fits you.
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Second-generation conglomerate Doğan Holding started out in the automotive industry and now operates in several sectors. The company is optimistic about growth, but the delicate political situation in Turkey means the future won't be without its difficulties.
In a little over 50 years, Doğan has become one of Turkey's largest conglomerates – a country which is not short of big family-controlled companies. The company was founded in 1961 by Aydın Doğan (pictured), who started out in the automotive industry. In 1979 Doğan acquired its first national newspaper, which was followed by the purchase of TV and radio stations. It now has interests in seven sectors – energy, retail, financial services, tourism, media, heavy industry and automobile parts, and operates in 17 different countries. Aydın's four daughters now head the company. For the past 10 years they have been running a company-supported anti-domestic violence campaign in Turkey.
Aydın, now 77, still acts as the group's honorary chairman, but his third daughter, Begümhan Doğan Faralyalı is the official chair – taking the job in 2012 after a long apprenticeship working on the company's various international expansion initiatives. Non-family member Yahya Üzdiyen has been chief executive since 2011, overseeing revenue increases of 10% between 2011 and 2012. For the future, the company is focusing on media and energy to drive growth. The family are still the business's main shareholders, with Aydın holding a little over 10% of the shares independently, the family owning a 4.4% stake outright, and 52.7% held in a family-controlled investment vehicle.
The secular outlook of many of Turkey's business dynasties have put them at odds with the Islamist government. Doğan and fellow family business Koç Holding were recently accused of backing the 1997 overthrow of the country's first Islamist-led coalition. Many senior military leaders are currently on trial for their role in what was dubbed a "post-modern coup", where the army didn't intervene directly but were suspected of forcing then prime minister Necmettin Erbakan to resign. Current prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, of the Justice and Development party, was a member of Erbakan's Welfare party at the time of the coup. The uncertainty caused by the accusations hit the share prices of both Doğan and Koç.


This Saturday, July 12,10PM at The Emporium in Patchogue, Melle Mel, Brand Nubian, Oran "Juice" Jones, T-Ski Valley, Aly-Us and Joeski Love will be performing, with DJ Legend and DJ Mitti Nyce on the 1s and 2s and WBLS's Doctor Bob Lee hosting.
Tickets cost $15 in advance or $20 at the doors and are available via Ticketfly or by calling The Emporium box office at 631-627-8787. For bottle service call 631-275-6200.
This event is 21 and over, and supposedly there is a strictly enforced dress code (no hats, baggy pants, shorts, cut-off shirts, tank tops, jerseys or athletic sneakers), but it's hard to imagine a hip-hop show where sneaker culture isn't represented, so take that with a grain of salt maybe.


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McLeish optimistic as Scotland zeroes in on Nations League promotion
A big win over Albania has Alex McLeish bullish about Scotland's chances of seeing off Israel to earn promotion to League B.
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Scotland boss Alex McLeish. - Getty Images
Scotland deserves to be "super confident" of securing Nations League promotion following its crushing 4-0 victory over Albania, according to manager Alex McLeish.
James Forrest's double and one apiece from Ryan Fraser and Steven Fletcher secured a morale-boosting away result on Saturday.
Mergim Mavraj's first-half dismissal for headbutting Ryan Christie swung all the initiative away from Albania and the visitor went on to secure the largest winning margin of either of McLeish's two spells in charge.
Scotland now has the chance to achieve promotion from League C by overcoming Israel – 2-1 winner in the reverse fixture – at Hampden Park on Tuesday.
"Obviously you don't know the outcome before the game starts but I had a good feeling about it," McLeish told Sky Sports about beating Albania.
"I thought if the players brought the performance level to the game then the outcome would be positive and that's the way it turned out.
"It was an exceptionally professional performance from our lads. There was a look of familiarity about us.
"The win gives us a fantastic fillip. We do have a job on our hands, a good challenge, but on that performance the players have to be super confident. But not overconfident."
Bournemouth winger Fraser set Scotland on its way in the 14th minute with a well-taken opener, his first international goal.
The 24-year-old has been in sparkling form in the Premier League and McLeish noted his standout talent as helping to elevate the entire squad.
"We've always said when we get players of that calibre into the team it's going to make us better," he said.
"He started off like a house on fire, was very dangerous and it was a great finish."
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Witcher 3 next gen update is not in 'development hell,' CD Projekt says
Although headlines from the past few days have suggested that the Witcher 3 next gen update for the Playstation 5 and Xbox Series X, which was initially expected for the first quarter of 2022, might have been delayed indefinitely (due to a statement CD Projekt made on its Twitter), the company issued more recent commentary regarding the Witcher 3 next gen update clarifying the situation.
"I've been looking at the headlines that popped up here and there over the internet, and I've seen one that really drew my attention, which is 'Witcher 3 next-gen delayed indefinitely,' which sounds like the game is in some sort of development hell," senior vice president of business development Michał Nowakowski said in an investor's call on Thursday morning.
"I want to state this is not the fact," Nowakowski continued. "There's been a lot of insinuations that we're going to launch, like, June next year or something like that. That's completely not the case. Everything we're saying is – we have taken the development of the game in-house. The game is going to be finished in-house. We're evaluating our time, that requires a bit of investigation. That's all we're saying.
Nobody's saying the game is delayed [with] some monumental time gap ahead of us. That's as much as I can say about Witcher next-gen, but I really want to emphasize that fact."
The aforementioned Twitter statement which was the catalyst for many publications inferring that the Witcher 3 next gen update would be delayed indefinitely had said, "We have decided to have our in-house development team conduct the remaining work on the next-gen version of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. We are currently evaluating the scope of work to be done and thus have to postpone Q2 release until further notice. We'll update you as soon as we can. Thank you for understanding." Because of the cryptic release date nature of that tweet, many websites believed that the Witcher 3 next gen update had been delayed indefinitely.
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The Witcher 3 next gen update was originally scheduled to release last year but was delayed in October to the second quarter of 2022, before being delayed again this past Wednesday. While CD Projekt is adamant that the Witcher 3 next gen update is not in "development hell," there still has been no clarification for an official release date.
What do you think of the current developments surrounding the Witcher 3 next gen update? As always, we'll keep you posted as more information becomes available.
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We have all heard stories and seen movies about people who have spent years in prison, hoping and praying for release. Finally, they are paroled. They are set free. They walk outside the prison walls into wide open spaces. No more bars or guards. No one is watching and controlling their every move.
But is freedom really what they expected? No. They step into freedom only to be overwhelmed, disoriented and frightened. Years of confinement have left them with a strange and twisted sense both of themselves and of the world. Some are tragically unable to embrace the reality of a self that is free and a world that is large with possibilities. So, they commit a petty crime to break parole and return to the cruel familiarity of prison life. They are no longer people in prison but people who have become prisoners. They no longer have an identity independent of the prison.
Why is freedom so disorienting? So scary? How can it be so difficult to embrace?
The longer a person is physically imprisoned, the more difficult it is for them to fully welcome freedom when it finally comes. People who have been in prison for a year or two can remember who they were outside the prison walls. They can remember something of the joy of a world of possibilities and open spaces. But when twenty or thirty years have gone by, people begin to forget who they are and what life was meant to be.
A similar reality is at work in us spiritually when we consider the possibility of the freedom which forgiveness can bring. Wounds which are deep — which happened to us early in life, or which were inflicted over a long period of time, or which took place in our most intimate relationships — can have a profound effect on our understanding of who we are and disable our capacity to embrace life as it was meant to be. Our concept of ourselves, of others and of life can become twisted and distorted.
When the wounding we have experienced runs deep, we can unknowingly take on the identity of "victim." When the wound is deep enough, being victimized is no longer about something that unfairly, terribly was done to us. It becomes who we are. Even though it is an identity that paradoxically leads us back into the prison of shame and despair, a prison where we are likely to experience yet more abuse, we clutch it to ourselves as if it were a treasure. Indeed, it is a treasure to us, because we have come to believe that it is all we have left. We believe it is who we are in the core of our being. To give it up would be to lose everything. It would mean losing ourselves. Then who would we be? We fear that we would be nothing. When we have spent too much time behind the bars of shame and fear and rage, when we become victims, the freedom that forgiveness offers will throw us into a crisis.
Indeed, our pain inspired our music. And it was wondrous. Pain provoked our humor, and that was cleverly good too. The way we move our bodies, so fluid and fully inseparable from experience, was all sublime and beautiful and it came, too, from our suffering. We perhaps, indeed, were one and the same with our ordeal—with its pain and misery and sensuality, its noise and heat and burnished light and darkness. . . There was danger in letting that go—in not being victim—because, then, who would we be? (Patricia Raybon, My First White Friend, [Penguin Books, 1996, p110).
I could not hear any answer to this question at the time. It hung in the air – a question that stood between me and healing. Who will I be if I am not consumed with shame? Who will I be if fear does not rule my life? Who will remember the wrong done to me if my rage subsides? How will life make sense without my despair? I had no answers to these questions.
Fortunately, over time, answers have come. Who will I be if I live in the freedom of healing and forgiveness? I will be myself, my true self — the person I have always really been — God's own deeply loved child.
The Spirit of The Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners, to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all who mourn and provide for those who grieve in Zion— to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair.
What we are saying about ourselves when we consider stepping into the fullness of healing and forgiveness, is that no matter what has been done to us, even though our offender treated us as if we were not lovable or valuable, the truth is we are loved and valued. We are saying that even though we have been victimized, these events do not tell us who we are. We are acknowledging that no matter how badly we were treated, we are, and always have been, and always will be, beloved children of God.
When I think of people who have been imprisoned for long periods, I often think of Nelson Mandela. He was imprisoned for decades because he sought justice and worked to bring apartheid to an end in South Africa. He experienced decades of victimization. Yet, when the day of his release finally came, he was able to fully embrace his freedom. How did he do it? How did he manage not to become victim and prisoner? How did his spirit stay free all those years?
One of the realities we know about Mandela is that he made friends of the men who were his prison guards. He talked to them about their families, their lives, themselves. This was not some gimmick or manipulation. Some of these men were honored as the friends they had become by being invited to sit on the inauguration platform behind Mandela when he became South Africa's president. I believe that these friendships grew out of Mandela's genuine capacity to remember what would have been so easy to forget — that these guards were human, like himself. That they, like himself, were God's own children.
We are aware that forgiveness which assumes a superior position to our offender is not forgiveness at all, but arrogance. Some have suggested that a solution to this temptation is to see ourselves as potentially as "bad" as our offender. But this only leads us into deeper shame. I believe the solution is found in remembering both who we are and who our offender is. I am God's beloved child. My offender is God's own, God's dearly loved child. People who have harmed us may be on the run from God, as was the prodigal, but this does not change who they are, any more than it changed who the prodigal was, or how his father saw him.
I believe that Mandela's capacity to fully embrace his freedom came out of his ability to remember who he was and who his oppressors were. Or, said another way, his spirit stayed free all those years because in remembering who he was and who his oppressors were, he was able to forgive. When we are able to remember that we are God's dearly loved children, we are able to take one step toward forgiveness and the freedom it offers. When we are able to remember that the one who has offended us is also God's very own, loved by him, we are able to take a second step toward forgiveness and it's gift of freedom.
Jesus taught us to love our enemies and to pray for those who seek to harm us (Matthew 5:43). Perhaps as we learn to pray for our offenders we open ourselves to seeing them again, to remembering who they are. How might we pray? Perhaps we can pray that we will be given the grace to see ourselves and our offender through God's eyes of love rather than through our offender's eyes of shame and rage. Perhaps we can pray for them that God will open their eyes to see us, to really see us, as God's own children. Perhaps we can pray for them that God will open their hearts to remember who they themselves are, so that they can release the shame and fear and rage that drives them. Perhaps we can pray that they will come to know themselves as God knows them, to see themselves as God sees them, as his very own, dearly loved children.
How is it possible in the face of real and terrible victimization to remember that we are God's dearly loved children and to remember that our offender is also God's dearly loved child? How is it possible? It isn't possible. Not for us on our own. Forgiveness is nothing less than a miracle. It is a gift from God. We need God to teach us forgiveness. We need God to let us see ourselves and others through his eyes of love. The only way we can forgive is with God's help.
The capacity to see ourselves and our offender as loved by God is a gift we can ask for, we can seek and we can stay open to. Scripture tells us clearly that it is a gift God wants to give us. God wants us to know the joy of being loved and of loving. He longs to give us the freedom that such love can bring.
The gift of forgiveness begins as we recognize the reality of the hurt we have experienced and acknowledge that we have come to see ourselves through the eyes of the one who hurt us, rather than through God's eyes. As we become willing to give up this distorted view of ourselves — as victim, as unloved, as without value — healing begins and we take the first step toward forgiveness. We begin to see that what we believed to be permanent damage inflicted on the core of our person, is not permanent at all. All the shame and fear and rage and despair can be undone. It can be healed by God. We can be free from all of it. We can know ourselves to be God's own beloved children.
If the wound inflicted by our offender can be undone — if nothing he or she did, or failed to do, can change the reality of who we are as God's children — why do we need to hold them forever in the prison of our rage? It serves no purpose. It only stands in the way of our full freedom. And so, God opens the way for us to see our offender as our brother or sister, loved dearly by the same One who loves us. They may or may not see us or themselves in this Light. But God offers us this possibility. God offers us the amazing possibility of love.
What is forgiveness? What is the freedom it brings? Forgiveness is a return to love. And the freedom forgiveness brings is the freedom both to know ourselves as loved and the freedom to express the love God has placed in us for himself and others. This is what life was meant to be — this loving and being loved, freely, without shame and fear.
It is important to say that the gift of being able to see ourselves and our offender as loved brings deep clarity to acts which are less than loving. Acts which are disrespectful, hateful or abusive can no longer be ignored or minimized in any way. Such acts attempt to deny who I am and who my offender is. Such acts attempt to demean and debase and sometimes even destroy what God knows to be precious. This is the reason such acts are objectionable. This is why we must speak against them and stand against them. It is, in the end, the miracle of forgiveness which awakens in us a true passion for justice, as well as a deep love of mercy (Micah 6: 8).
Forgiveness is the gift of being able to remember in the face of demeaning, debasing or destructive behaviors, both that such acts are objectionable, and that such acts are ultimately powerless. Abuse may attempt to demean and debase and destroy, but it does not and cannot change the truth of who I am, or who my offender is. This is just as true if I am the offender, or if I am the offended. Both of us remain God's own children, always loved by him. Always. There is nothing we can do and there is nothing that can be done to us that can change this reality. It is a reality protected by God, held in God's hands, untouched by the forces of darkness and evil, no matter how strong they may seem.
Forgiveness is a gift which allows me to give up condemnation of myself and condemnation of those who have hurt me. It is a gift which allows me to remember, even if my offender has forgotten, who I am and who they are. Forgiveness is not a gift I can possess. But, like grace, as a part of grace, it is given and given and given again, as I need it, as I seek it.
Jesus asked us to remember him. When we celebrate Christ's death and resurrection in the sacraments of the bread and wine, we are to remember Jesus. What are we remembering? We are remembering, in part, that the attempts to demean and destroy him were futile — that victimizing Jesus did nothing to change who he is. We are remembering that this ultimate abuse of Jesus did not change how Jesus saw his offenders. We are remembering his love for us. We are remembering that the joy of loving and of being loved is what life is about. We are remembering the gift, the miracle, the amazing freedom of forgiveness.
Juanita Ryan is a therapist in private practice. Visit her web site at www.juanitaryan.com.


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Q: Is there an example of a variety over the complex numbers with no embedding into a smooth variety? Is there an example of a variety over the complex numbers with no embedding into a smooth variety?

A: A really neat well known example is as follows:
Choose a conic $C_1$ and a tangential line $C_2$ in $\mathbb{P}^2$ and asssociate to a point $P$ on $C_1$ the point of intersection $Q$ of $C_2$ and the tangent line to $C_1$ at $P$. This gives a birational isomorphism from $C_1$ to $C_2$. Identify the curves by this map to get the quotient variety $\phi:\mathbb{P}^2\rightarrow{X}$ with $C:=\phi(C_1)$. Now if there was an embedding of $X$ in a smooth scheme then, there would surely exist an effective line bundle on $X$, say $L$ whose pull back to $\mathbb{P}^2$ will obviously be effective. Let us see why this is a contradiction. Let $L'$ be the pullback of $L$ to $\mathbb{P}^2$. Note that the degrees of $L'|C_1$ and $L'|C_2$ both coincide with the degree of $L|C$ and are therefore equal. But $L'\cong\mathcal{O}(k)$ and therefore the degrees in question are $2k$ and $k$ respectively for $C_1$ and $C_2$. Therefore $k=0$ and $L'\cong\mathcal{O}$, which is non-effective! A contradiction!
In view of VA's comment, I give a complete proof here for constructing $X$ as a scheme.
In our special case it is a trivial pushout construction: Here I am thinking of $Y$ as $C_1\amalg{C_2}$, $Y'=C$ (the quotient by the birational isomorphism above), and $Z=\mathbb{P}^2$, but the argument is more general provided any finite set of closed points in $Z$ is contained in an affine open set. $X$ will denote the quotient.
Claim: Suppose $j:Y\rightarrow{Z}$ is a closed subscheme of a scheme $Z$, and $g:Y\rightarrow{Y'}$ is a finite surjective morphism which induces monomorphism on coordinate rings. Then there is a unique commutative diagram (which I don't know how to draw here, but one visualize it easily): $Y\xrightarrow{j}{Z}$, $Y\xrightarrow{g}Y'$, $Y'\rightarrow{X}$, $Z\xrightarrow{h}X$ where $X$ is a scheme, $h$ is finite and induces monomorphisms on coordinate rings and $Y'\rightarrow{X}$ is a closed immersion.
Proof: First assume that $Z$ is affine, in which case $Y,Y'$ are both affine too. Let $A,A/I,B$ be their respective coordinate rings. Then $B\subset{A/I}$ in a natural way. Let's use $j$ again to denote the natural map $A\rightarrow{A/I}$. Put $A'=j^{-1}(B)$ and $Spec(A')=X$. The claim is clear for $X$. Also if $Z$ is replaced by an open subset $U$ such that $g^{-1}g(U\cap{Y})=U\cap{Y}$, $X$ would be replaced by $U'=h(U)$ which is an open subset.
Now this guarantees the existence of $X$ once it has been shown that $Z$ can be covered by affine open subsets $U$ such that $g^{-1}g(U\cap{Y})=U\cap{Y}$. But this is obvious in our example. For our example it is also clear from the construction of $X$ that it is actually reduced and irreducible. QED.
I hope this is satisfactory.

A: See example 4.9 in Ravi Vakil's paper http://math.stanford.edu/~vakil/files/asnjun18.pdf , and the references therein.

A: Yes, there are even toric varieties. In fact, there are complete toric varieties with trivial picard group (see e.g., Eickelberg "Picard groups of compact toric varieties..." 1993). We have the following simple observations:
1) Any variety which can be embedded into a smooth variety has an ample family of line bundles.
2) A proper variety with trivial picard group cannot have an ample family of line bundles.


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Federal fisheries regulators halt West Coast sardine season
Updated: 6:15 PM PDT Apr 15, 2015
A blow to the Central Coast's once thriving sardine fishing industry happened on Wednesday.Federal regulators approved an early closure of commercial sardine fishing off the coasts of California's Oregon, and Washington to prevent overfishing.Their decision is aimed at saving the West Coast sardine fishery from the kind of collapse that led to the demise of Cannery Row, made famous by John Steinbeck's novel of the same name set in Monterey.Meeting outside Santa Rosa, California, the Pacific Fishery Management Council voted to halt the current season as early as possible, affecting about 100 fishing boats. The season normally would end June 30.Earlier this week, the council shut down the next sardine season, which was set to begin July 1.The action was taken based on revised estimates of sardine populations, which found the fish were declining in numbers faster than earlier believed.The council did not take Wednesday's decision lightly and understood the pain the closure would impose on the fishing industry, said council member Michele Culver, representing the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife.However, it was necessary because of a new assessment of sardine stocks showing they were much lower than estimated last year, when harvest quotas were set.The once-thriving sardine industry crashed in the 1940s. Since it revived in the 1990s, most of the West Coast catch is exported to Asia and Europe, where some is canned, and the rest goes for bait.Sardine population estimates have been declining since 2006, and catch values since 2012. The reasons are not well-understood, though it is widely accepted that huge populations swings are natural and generally are related to water temperatures.Roughly 100 boats have permits to fish for sardines on the West Coast. That's about half the number during the heyday.
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A blow to the Central Coast's once thriving sardine fishing industry happened on Wednesday.
Federal regulators approved an early closure of commercial sardine fishing off the coasts of California's Oregon, and Washington to prevent overfishing.
First day of salmon season less than impressive
Their decision is aimed at saving the West Coast sardine fishery from the kind of collapse that led to the demise of Cannery Row, made famous by John Steinbeck's novel of the same name set in Monterey.
Meeting outside Santa Rosa, California, the Pacific Fishery Management Council voted to halt the current season as early as possible, affecting about 100 fishing boats. The season normally would end June 30.
Earlier this week, the council shut down the next sardine season, which was set to begin July 1.
The action was taken based on revised estimates of sardine populations, which found the fish were declining in numbers faster than earlier believed.
The council did not take Wednesday's decision lightly and understood the pain the closure would impose on the fishing industry, said council member Michele Culver, representing the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife.
However, it was necessary because of a new assessment of sardine stocks showing they were much lower than estimated last year, when harvest quotas were set.
The once-thriving sardine industry crashed in the 1940s. Since it revived in the 1990s, most of the West Coast catch is exported to Asia and Europe, where some is canned, and the rest goes for bait.
Sardine population estimates have been declining since 2006, and catch values since 2012. The reasons are not well-understood, though it is widely accepted that huge populations swings are natural and generally are related to water temperatures.
Roughly 100 boats have permits to fish for sardines on the West Coast. That's about half the number during the heyday.


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itty bitty lets you create your own micro-website
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Quote of the day: WARREN ON WALMART
WARREN ON WALMART
[Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth] Warren grew up in Oklahoma, the youngest of four children. When her father lost his job, in the early nineteen-sixties, and the family lost their station wagon and very nearly their house, her mother, who had a high-school education and no job experience, supported them by getting a minimum-wage job at Sears. That's no longer possible, Warren argues, and there's no disputing her evidence: "Adjusted for inflation, the minimum wage today is lower than it was in 1965—about 24 percent lower." The nation's largest employer is Walmart, which reported $14.69 billion in profits in 2015. The seven members of the family who founded the company, the Waltons, "have more money than 40 percent of our nation's population put together," but Walmart's wildly underpaid employees get by only with assistance from the federal government. Warren writes, "The next time you drive into a Walmart parking lot, pause for a second to note that this Walmart—like the more than five thousand other Walmarts across the country—costs taxpayers about $1 million in direct subsidies to the employees who don't earn enough money to pay for an apartment, buy food, or get even the most basic health care for their children."
–Jill Lepore in The New Yorker
Tags: elizabeth warren, jill lepore, walmart
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Quote of the day: THINK
Think in ways you've never thought before.
If the phone rings, think of it as carrying a message
Larger than anything you've ever heard,
Vaster than a hundred lines of Yeats.
Think that someone may bring a bear to your door,
Maybe wounded and deranged; or think that a moose
Has risen out of the lake, and he's carrying on his antlers
A child of your own whom you've never seen.
When someone knocks on the door, think that he's about
To give you something large: tell you you're forgiven,
Or that it's not necessary to work all the time, or that it's
Been decided that if you lie down no one will die.
–Robert Bly, "Things to Think"
Tags: robert bly, think
In this week's New Yorker
The March 13 issue is especially strong in both the feature well and the back of the book. I was edified by:
Jake Halpern's report on a safe house in Buffalo designed to help refugees making their way to Canada from the U.S.;
"The Polymath," the ever-brilliant Alec Wilkinson's profile of Jack White, whose music (the White Stripes, etc.) has never interested me but who turns out to be a fascinating, adventurous, productive guy;
"Donald Trump's Worst Deal," Adam Davidson's excellent follow-the-money expose of the current president's unlawful business dealing with a legendarily corrupt Azerbaijani family — there are clearly innumerable stories like this to be told, not likely to result in impeachment given the Republican strangehold on Congress, but it's an in-depth account of the thriving world of international corruption;
Ariel Levy's characteristically exquisite and intimate profile of Catherine Opie, renowned photographer of communities on the edge (the New Yorker website and tablet app include a portfolio of 15 amazing Opie portraits and landscapes, including "Self-Portrait/Nursing," below);
Joan Acocella's review of a new biography of the late feminist mythologist Angela Carter, about whom I previously knew zip;
Amanda Petrusich's introduction to an appealing young singer-songwriter named Maggie Rogers; and
Hilton Als's review of the new British production of Sweeney Todd playing in a tiny Off-Broadway theater designed to feel like an actual pie shop.
Tags: adam davidson, alec wilkinson, amanda petrusich, angela carter, ariel levy, catherine opie, hilton als, jack white, jake halpern, joan acocella, maggie rogers
Quote of the day: LIFE
Life is not to be taken seriously. Most people are dumb as fuck. If you look at their voting habits and their eating habits, you realize people are stupid. So we could talk about stupid people or we could just stay with smart people who know how to have fun and not even focus on what dumb people do. It's not worth it. I tell you this as someone who's a smart motherfucker: Don't waste your time fooling with dumb people or trying to figure them out or trying to educate them. It doesn't work. It's a lose-lose situation.
–RuPaul Charles


The American Psychological Association (APA) just released a report that says more than half (52 percent) of all Americans say that the presidential election is a very or somewhat significant source of stress in their lives.
And an APA survey released on September 14 found that one-fourth of American workers felt less productive and more stressed at their jobs because of political discussions going on at work. The stress and anxiety levels hold true regardless of political party affiliation or ideology.
Fortunately, many of the strategies we use to tame general anxiety work for election anxiety as well. Here are some of the things I've uncovered in my research that might help ease the stress generated by this presidential election.
In a May article for The Atlantic about mental health and the 2016 election, Robinson Meyer interviewed Stephen Holland, PsyD, who directs the Capital Institute for Cognitive Therapy in Washington, DC, where 12 clinicians see more than 300 patients a week.
Holland told The Atlantic that two-thirds to three-quarters of the patients have mentioned their feelings about the election in their psychotherapy sessions (and this was five months ago!). In the same article, Robert Leahy, PhD, director of the American Institute for Cognitive Therapy, said that therapist appointments typically rise every election season.
There's something very consoling in knowing that what you're experiencing is perfectly normal given the circumstances. I've felt this way recently with the hormonal fluctuations of perimenopause and the emotional roller coaster that comes with it. A few friends just on the other side assured me that the tears, anxiety, and obsessions are all, unfortunately, par for the course — but that they will end soon enough.
Change your home page or default website to a nonpolitical site.
Log off of Twitter and Facebook until after the election (or check social media for 10 minutes at the end of the day instead of getting every notification throughout the day).
Keep your news reading to a half-hour a day.
Ask friends and family to refrain from election talk. I have this rule with a group of my friends; we all have very different political views, and our conversations can quickly turn into arguments and heated debates. The election gives many of us anxiety, so we decided simply not to go there.
Health and wellness reporter Ruben Castaneda included some sage advice in a recent U.S. News & World Report article.
Among his five ways to manage anxiety about the presidential election was this gem: "Think of the common ground you share with people who have different political beliefs." That is, think of all the reasons you like your husband, friends, sisters, and parents that have nothing to do with politics.
This works for the candidates, too. Brainstorm to find two or three things you have in common with the candidate you oppose. Try to find the common ground. It's easier than you think and will make you less bitter toward that candidate.
Holland advises people to consider how unlikely it is that the worst-case scenario will happen.
He says in the Post article, "One of the things you want to do is go, okay, wait a minute. What's the range of possible outcomes here, and what's the probability of those?" Then name the specific things you're worried about, and the probabilities of those.
I've always found exploring the worst-case scenario to be beneficial. I did this when the housing market crashed in late 2008, and architects like my husband lost much of their work. I saw myself as having to switch careers to provide income for the family for a few years (which happened), our family moving to a small, dingy apartment with roaches and rats on the other side of town (which didn't happen), and our eating nothing but beans and rice for a few years (which didn't happen).
In the end, everything was okay — really okay. Even the worst-case scenario, as I imagined it in my mind, turned out to be okay. We would all survive just fine.
One of two things usually happen when you explore the worst-case scenario: Either you come up with a hilariously unfathomable situation that will make you laugh, or you will see that you have the inner and outer resources to endure such a situation. Either one will provide some relief.
Things do not always go according to plan.
People are not loving and loyal all the time.
If you think about it, that's election stress disorder in a nutshell. The ending and beginning of a new administration, even if we love the candidate, induces stress. We have almost no control over who gets elected. Elections are ugly, messy, and unfair. They are painful. And the candidates are far from perfect.
Volunteering or donating for our candidate.
Limiting the toxic chatter to which we expose ourselves.
Recognizing that our craving for certainty and control is causing us angst, and trying to let go of that craving as much as we can.
Practicing self-compassion in the midst of the stress.
The wisdom to know the difference? That's where prayer and meditation come in handy, and talking to friends.
More than anything else, remember that if this election is making you crazy, you're not alone. Take a break from the TV or computer, explore the worst-case scenario, and say the "Serenity Prayer" a few hundred times.


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Antifungal, phytotoxic and insecticidal properties of essential oil isolated from Turkish Origanum acutidens and its three components, carvacrol, thymol and p-cymene.
Selective transport systems mediate sequestration of plant glucosides in leaf beetles: a molecular basis for adaptation and evolution.
(E)-beta-ocimene and myrcene synthase genes of floral scent biosynthesis in snapdragon: function and expression of three terpene synthase genes of a new terpene synthase subfamily.
Terpenoid secondary metabolism in Arabidopsis thaliana: cDNA cloning, characterization, and functional expression of a myrcene/(E)-beta-ocimene synthase.


Yesterday, I took an in-depth look at the latest wage data for select percentiles. Today, I'm going to provide a brief look at the latest wage data by educational group for the first half (FH) of 2017 compared to FH2016 and FH2007, before the Great Recession began. While FH data are, by definition, more volatile than full year data, data for this year so far indicate a mild reversal of trend from what I found in The State of American Wages 2016.
The table below shows real average hourly wages in FH2017 dollars for the five main educational groupings and annualized changes over the last year and since FH2007. It is particularly striking that the wages for workers with less than a high school degree or just a high school degree rose faster over the last year than any other group at 1.9 percent and 1.7 percent, respectively. This phenomenon is likely related to the disproportionate increases among lower wage workers. I pointed out earlier this week the likely relationship between strong wage growth at the 10th percentile and the significant number of state-level minimum wage increases that took effect at the beginning of the year.
From the latest wage data, we also see that average wages for workers with some college or a bachelor's degree fell over the last year. Because of the opposing trends in high school and college wages, the gap between those two groups fell, mildly offsetting the increases we saw between 2015 and 2016. The slight decline in average wages for college graduates is particularly striking as the unemployment rate for that group averaged 2.9 percent over the last year. While not definitive, this is a sign that there is no shortage of credentialed workers in the economy today. If there were, employers would have to offer higher wages to attract and retain the workers they want. It remains to be seen whether this trend will continue through the remainder of the year.
The figure below shows the cumulative growth in wages by educational attainment since FH2007. It's clear that since the last business cycle peak, right before the Great Recession began, college and advanced-degree workers have seen stronger wage growth than those with less education. However, this phenomenon is not the driving force behind rising wage inequality during this period.
Using the first half wage data, FH2017 marks the first time that average wages for workers with a high school degree or those with less have finally reached their FH2007 levels. Workers with some college still have averages wages lower than in 2007 and lower than in 2000 (not shown). As the economy continues on the road to full employment, workers across the board should see better wage growth.
 I compare first halves only for consistency because they are not seasonally adjusted series.


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The film opens in the Darling Diner down south. Angela Darling (Shay Walker) works as a waitress there, with her children hanging around there. She jokingly tells them that they will be working at the diner when they are older, but little Thomas Marshall (Krzysztof Meyn) insists he wants to be a pirate. He pouts and goes outside at the thought of having to get older and work. The train passes by quickly, and a small figure appears to be running across the roof. Thomas then climbs onto the train, while Angela's baby daughter Wendy watches.
Years later, Wendy (Devin France) is nine years old and has a thirst for adventure, coming up with her own bedtime stories to read to herself. She lives with her mom and older twin brothers Douglas and James (Gage and Gavin Naquin). The kids gather as Angela tells them about her life, indicating that she gave up on her dreams to raise a family, and making Wendy wonder whether she will have to give up her own dreams as a grownup. At night, Wendy notices the train passing.
Wendy helps out at the diner, but as she notices the train, she contemplates hopping on the train, still worrying she will regret not taking an adventure. That evening, Wendy and her brothers see the train coming by and see what looks like a boy running on top. The kids climb out their window, and Douglas and James hop on the train. Wendy misses the jump and must run after the train, but she manages to climb onboard. The kids climb to the roof and meet Peter (Yashua Mack).
The kids ride the train far away from home until Peter pushes them out into the water. They find themselves on an island with a volcano (basically Neverland). Another young boy comes up on a boat, and Peter orders him to take him and his new friends with him. They ride closer into the island where they find other lost boys, including Thomas, who is still as young as he was when he ran away.
Peter calls to the spirit of the island, whom he refers to as "Mother." The other boys look to Peter as though he has some sort of gift. Peter tells Wendy that as long as they believe in Mother, she will provide. He takes Wendy and her brothers across the island, playing with the other boys and even swimming down into the water where they see that Mother is a large glowing fish. The kids enjoy their time there having adventures, but Wendy starts to worry for her mother and the fact that she will notice her kids are gone.
While the kids are sleeping, an elderly man wanders into their home and places a cup near Thomas's face. Wendy calls him out, and the other boys chase the old man away. He says his name is Buzzo, and the other boys know him, but Peter doesn't allow him near them and doesn't acknowledge him as Buzzo. He explains that there's a part of the island where children age rapidly until they are old and have had their life pass them by.
Wendy and her brothers go swimming, but Douglas hits his head and gets it cut. He disappears from sight, and Wendy and James can't find him. They get Peter and the other boys to help look for him, but they think it's a lost cause. James becomes more withdrawn without Douglas, and even Wendy cannot help him.
James's hand starts to appear like it belongs to an older man. He and Wendy try to hide it, but Peter soon notices it. Fearing it means that James is going to start aging rapidly, he asks Peter to cut it off. Peter appears to hesitate, but then chops it off with a machete. James writhes in pain, and Wendy takes him to get help. They are found by the other aged children, who tend to James's wound. Wendy sees that they have a lack of food or resources. They go into their diner where no food or drinks are served, so Wendy acts as her mother and pretends to serve them and play a jukebox to dance to. However, James is not satisfied and tells the others that they have to get to Mother in order to better their situation, and to do that, they must kidnap the other children. Wendy tries to stop him, but he is too far gone.
Wendy runs back to warn Peter, but the old children show up and kidnap the lost boys. Peter declares that James is his enemy, but Wendy argues that he is still her brother and that it's Peter's own fault that he's angry. He argues that they didn't believe in Mother enough. They head to save the other children and find Douglas, who is alive. They make it to the pirate ship where they find the now elderly and hermit-like James with a hook for a hand. He shows resentment towards Douglas for not aging as he did. They approach the Mother fish, and James throws a harpoon. Peter and Wendy go underwater to help Mother, but she dies. Nothing happens as the children had thought. They come to the shore, and Wendy gets them to all start singing. As their singing grows louder, Peter becomes more inspired, and the volcano from "Mother" erupts once more. Wendy and Douglas decide it is time for them to go home. Knowing James cannot go home, he instead stays playing with Peter as his new "enemy", Captain Hook, thereby allowing him to live out the rest of his days with the spirit of a child.
In Wendy's closing narration, we see that she and the other lost boys returned home. They would have many adventures together as they grew older, and eventually grew apart. Wendy is now a mother with her own daughter, and she is telling her the story of Peter and the island. At night, while Wendy sleeps, her daughter hops on the train with Peter. Wendy sees and runs after them, but she cannot catch up to them. She then decides not to pursue, as she feels her daughter is in good hands and is ready for an adventure of her own.
18 TO PARTY
TO ALL THE BOYS: P.S I Still Love You
The film is a take on "Peter Pan" as told through the point-of-view of Wendy.
Wendy is an adventure-seeking young girl living with her mother and twin brothers Douglas and James. One night, they board a train with young Peter, taking them to an island where there are other boys who do not age. They spend their days having adventures across the island, but there is a part of the island that causes children to age rapidly until they are frail and elderly.
Douglas goes missing one afternoon, causing James to grow more troubled. His arm starts to appear like that of an old man, so Peter cuts it off to stop the aging. This only causes James pain, and he is helped by the children who became old. Although Wendy tries to help them see the bright side, James rounds them up as pirates to kidnap the boys to catch "Mother", the supposed spirit of the island that provides for them. Wendy runs to get Peter's help after the boys are kidnapped, and they find Douglas alive. James rapidly ages to become a hermit-like version of Captain Hook. He kills the fish that Mother is supposed to be, only to show that nothing happens that will help them. The children, young and old, then sing to bring life back to the island. James must stay since he can no longer go home, but he plays with Peter as though they were enemies.
Wendy, Douglas, and the other boys return home where they grow old together and have many adventures. Wendy's own daughter later goes on the train with Peter, and Wendy watches with hope.


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Biografia
Chiamato alle armi in Marina nel 1941, l'8 settembre 1943 si trovava a Trieste, imbarcato come fuochista sul cacciatorpediniere "Spada". Riuscito a sfuggire alla cattura da parte dei tedeschi, tornò in Liguria e, a Migliarina si collegò alle organizzazioni della Resistenza. Nel dicembre del 1944 entrò a far parte del Battaglione "Vanni" della Brigata Garibaldi. Era comandante di un plotone quando cadde in combattimento nel tentativo di ostacolare i tedeschi in ritirata facendo saltare il ponte di Graveglia.

A Ricciardi è stata dedicata una via del comune di La Spezia.

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Biografia sul sito ANPI
Biografia sul sito della Marina Militare