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Public Speaking Tips for Professionals Who Wear Lab Coats
A doctor speaks before an audience at a fundraiser. A pharmacist speaks to students beginning studies at her alma mater. An innovator abandons the laboratory to speak to peers about next steps and invite collaborations.
In different contexts, and for many causes, men and women across the spectrum of professionals in lab coats will often find themselves invited to speak at public events.
The audiences will be sundry, from star-struck students to curious peers to philanthropists whose hands you want to inspire deep into their pockets.
And you? At the thought of speaking in public, your palms might sweat, or your throat might grow tight. Maybe the lights shining down on you as you totter precariously on the stage leaves you feeling blinded by fear as much as the burning bulbs.
If we're honest, public speaking is hard. Really hard. For those professionals who work in lab coats—whether doctors, pharmacists, nurses, scientists, spa professionals or any other, you have one advantage in public speaking that can set you on the path to greater confidence and better delivery of any discourse: the fact is, if you work in any field where a lab coat is required, you are absolutely an expert in your trade. You are educated and savvy, and you have every reason to be stepping up to the mic.
The only lingering question, thus, is how to do it without losing your lunch!
How to feel more confident speaking in front of audiences
There are some audience-specific recommendations in the sections below, but in general, we like to speak to these three best practices to calm the nerves and give the best delivery you can when speaking in front of an audience:
1: Confidence
Start by faking it, you know the adage. By recognizing that you'll be nervous and anticipating the jitters, you can strategically channel that energy into something to improve your delivery. For example, you can channel nervous energy into a great stage voice, more direct eye contact, or a bigger personality. By anticipating that nervous energy, you can put it to good work.
People can't actually tell if your hands are sweating or your heart is pounding, even if you're convinced they can. And you certainly don't have to tell them. If you think about it less, you can focus your attention somewhere else (for example, looking straight in the eyes of a few people in the first row). Try these attitudes on for size, and you won't be faking confidence for long.
2: Don't be boring
If you feel like your subject is impossibly dry, or if you're speaking to an audience you don't feel any special emotional ties to, it's easy to get overly formal in your discourse. In addition, most topics that medical and lab professionals are invited to speak about about are going to be technical. And so, when you're talking to an audience as specialized as you are, things frequently get over-academic.
Technical though your speech may have to be, you can still inject personality in through your delivery. We're not saying you write a stand-up skit, but you can let your personal priorities and passions show.
Speak to the audience's emotions. If they're your peers, how can you get them excited about developments on the horizon? If they're students, how can you get them feeling fired up to graduate and jump into the field? If they're potential donors, how can you tap their "big picture" sense of responsibility to help them feel good about a possible contribution?
3: Visualize success
Especially when you start to feel nervous leading up to an engagement, visualize yourself having finished the speech successfully. If you have to glad-hand after the fact at a luncheon or networking thing, you can actually look forward to the post-speech small talk if it means you'll be done with the prepared portion of your commitment!
Positive thinking goes a long way, so when you catch yourself worrying about "what ifs" and all the things that could go wrong, try steering your attention into another dreamy space: imagine yourself finishing the speech and feeling good, don't waste energy imaging yourself mucking it up.
Extra tips for speaking at fundraisers
When speaking at fundraisers, remember to tone down the technical language. If you're trying to get funding for the university's research program on X or Y, numbers will be important, but a story will be more memorable and relatable for the audience. Is there someone whose life your research has changed? What has your personal journey been to get where you are with this research? How has your project impacted students at the university?
Once you've hooked the audience with a story, their eyes are on you and their ears perked. Here's where you can introduce the "why" behind your next steps and the funding you need to get there. If you're asking for donations, first get everyone in the room to agree on the importance of the why before you hand them the pen. The "why" shouldn't be your success, but it can reflect the personal motivations that got you into the project in the first place. Part of the "why" might also be the success of the university. Or maybe the success of the community. Maybe it's mankind's success and general prosperity you're after.
Extra tips for speaking in front of students
When speaking in front of student audiences, it's OK to talk a little more about yourself than you would otherwise. In fact, starting with a proper introduction might leave a few students sitting up a little straighter. Your credentials might be something these students are after themselves, so you can get personal to spark interest.
You also want to make every effort to speak animatedly about your topic. How did we get here? Where are we going? Why is it exciting? What expert insights, priorities or predictions can you share? If you deliver these speeches right, you might end up recruiting some of the freshest and most motivated minds to join your efforts in short time.
Extra tips for speaking in front of peers
Speaking to peers, you'll be able to elaborate on your topic far more technically. And by sharing a background or experience with your audience, it also gives you a special chance to give them the professional validation you know they want (because it's the validation you want, too).
For example, start by painting the backdrop of how, collectively, your profession or project got where you are today. Reassure the audience that each of them has played a part in getting there. Then untap the "why" behind where it is you're going, revving the motivators you know they're have, because they're the same motivations for you.
How can you stretch their imagination into new possibilities? How can you invite their collaboration and get them talking, with you or amongst themselves?
Speaking to any audience is tough. But when it comes down to it, public speaking—with or without your white lab coat on—is a matter of feeling confident about what you're presenting and understanding who you're presenting it to. You may not be wearing the lab coat when you step on stage, but all that training and expertise comes with you—not the coat.
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WHAT: Press Conference to announce the arrest of a fatal hit and run suspect
WHEN: Thursday, March 12, 2020 3:00 p.m.
WHERE: Main Street & 117th Street – Crime Location (weather permitting)
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Southeast Community Police Station lobby 145 W. 108th St. Los Angeles, CA 90061
WHO: Los Angeles Police Department Captain, Jon Pinto Los Angeles Police Department Detective, Karen Jones Los Angeles Police Department Detective, Ryan Moreno Los Angeles Police Department Detective, Michael Flannery Family members of Keisha Saravia
WHY: On July 26, 2019, approximately 10:00 p.m., Ms. Keisha Saravia was nine-months-pregnant and she was crossing 117th Street on foot when she was struck by the suspect's vehicle travelling northbound on Main Street. The driver of the vehicle failed to remain at scene, identify himself, and render aid to Ms. Saravia. Tragically, Ms. Saravia and her unborn child sustained fatal injuries and is survived by her five children. This incident has impacted her immediate as well as extended family and the community at large. After actively investigating this case and following up on leads, South Traffic Division detectives identified a suspect and made an arrest. The purpose of the press conference is to communicate and highlight the importance of the media, community members, and law enforcement in working together to develop leads and solve crimes.
For additional information, please contact Detective Ryan Moreno or Detective Michael Flannery, South Traffic Division at (323) 421-2500.

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First American Financial Reports Results for the Fourth Quarter and Full Year of 2018
Reports Fourth Quarter Earnings of $0.81 per Share or $1.27 per Share Excluding Net Realized Investment Losses
February 14, 2019, Santa Ana, Calif.
First American Financial Corporation (NYSE: FAF), a leading global provider of title insurance, settlement services and risk solutions for real estate transactions, today announced financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended Dec. 31, 2018.
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Current Quarter Highlights
Total revenue of $1.4 billion, down 4 percent compared with last year
Closed title orders down 14 percent, driven by a 42 percent decline in refinance orders and a 9 percent decline in purchase orders
Average revenue per order up 17 percent, driven by the shift in the mix to higher-premium purchase and commercial transactions
Investment income of $63.3 million, up 40 percent compared with last year
Net realized investment losses of $67.5 million, primarily due to change in the fair value of equity securities
Title Insurance and Services segment pretax margin of 10.4 percent
14.2 percent excluding net realized investment losses
Commercial revenues of $232.2 million, up 18 percent compared with last year
Specialty Insurance segment pretax margin of 0.7 percent
8.5 percent excluding net realized investment losses
Repurchased $20.9 million in shares at an average price of $44.20 per share, including $2.1 million during the first quarter of 2019
Full Year 2018 Highlights
Total revenue of $5.7 billion, down 0.4 percent compared with last year
Record Title Insurance and Services segment pretax margin of 12.4 percent
Record commercial revenues of $753.3 million, up 8 percent compared with last year
Investment income of $230.3 million, up 42 percent compared with last year
Closed acquisitions totaling $82.9 million
Raised common stock dividend 11 percent to an annual rate of $1.68 per share
Cash flow from operations of $793.2 million, up 25 percent from last year
Return on equity of 13.1 percent
Selected Financial Information
($ in millions, except per share data)
Full Year Ended
Income before taxes
Net income per diluted share
Total revenue for the fourth quarter of 2018 was $1.4 billion, a decline of 4 percent relative to the fourth quarter of 2017. Net income in the current quarter was $91.6 million, or $0.81 per diluted share, compared with net income of $221.1 million, or $1.96 per diluted share, in the fourth quarter of 2017. Net realized investment losses in the current quarter were $67.5 million, or $0.47 per diluted share, primarily due to the change in the fair value of equity securities.
Total revenue for the full year of 2018 was $5.7 billion, a decline of 0.4 percent relative to the prior year. Net income was $474.5 million, or $4.19 per diluted share, compared with net income of $423.0 million, or $3.76 per diluted share, in 2017.
"The company had a strong finish to a record year in 2018, achieving annual earnings per share of $4.19 and a return on equity of 13.1 percent," said Dennis J. Gilmore, chief executive officer at First American Financial Corporation. "For the year, total revenue was relatively flat, with growth in our commercial business and rising investment income largely offsetting the decline in refinance transactions. We continued to manage the company at a high level of efficiency, enabling our title segment to deliver a record pretax margin of 12.4 percent, or 13.2 percent excluding net realized losses.
"Looking forward to 2019, we expect strong performance in our commercial business and growth in investment income, however, we anticipate continued pressure in our residential business. We have adjusted our cost structure accordingly and, as a result, we expect to meet our long-term financial objectives for the year.
"As part of our growth strategy, during the year we will continue to focus on developing innovative solutions that improve the customer experience and increase our efficiency. These include the expansion of our digital closing services, further automation of our title production process, and utilization of artificial intelligence to expand and leverage our extensive data assets."
Title Insurance and Services
($ in millions, except average revenue per order)
Direct open orders
Direct closed orders
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Closed orders
Average revenue per order
Total revenues for the Title Insurance and Services segment during the fourth quarter were $1.3 billion, down 3 percent compared with the same quarter of 2017. Direct premiums and escrow fees were up 1 percent compared with the fourth quarter of 2017, driven by a 17 percent increase in the average revenue per direct title order that was largely offset by a 14 percent decline in the number of direct title orders closed. The growth in the average revenue per direct title order to $2,824 was primarily attributable to the shift in the order mix to higher-premium residential purchase and commercial transactions and the increase in the number of large commercial transactions in the current quarter. Agent premiums, which are recorded on approximately a one-quarter lag relative to direct premiums, were down 3 percent in the current quarter as compared with last year.
Information and other revenues were $182.6 million this quarter, down 3 percent compared with the same quarter of last year. Higher revenues from recent acquisitions were offset by lower revenues from the company's centralized lender business.
Investment income was $69.3 million in the fourth quarter, up $31.0 million, or 81 percent, benefiting from both an increase in average balances due primarily to strength in our commercial business and rising short-term interest rates that drove higher interest income in the company's investment portfolio and cash balances. Net realized investment losses totaled $58.0 million in the current quarter, compared with losses of $2.7 million in the fourth quarter of 2017.
Personnel costs were $425.6 million in the fourth quarter, an increase of $11.4 million, or 3 percent, compared with the same quarter of 2017. This increase was primarily driven by severance expense and the impact of recent acquisitions.
Other operating expenses were $199.2 million in the fourth quarter, down $9.3 million, or 4 percent, compared with the fourth quarter of 2017. The decline was due to an increase in earnings credits, a reduction in discretionary spending and lower production-related costs due to the decline in order volume, that was partially offset by a write-off of uncollectible balances and the impact of recent acquisitions.
The provision for policy losses and other claims was $44.8 million in the fourth quarter, or 4.0 percent of title premiums and escrow fees, compared with a 4.0 percent loss provision rate in the fourth quarter of 2017. The current quarter rate reflects an ultimate loss rate of 4.0 percent for the current policy year and no change in the loss reserve estimates for prior policy years.
Depreciation and amortization expense was $31.6 million in the fourth quarter, an increase of $1.5 million, or 5 percent, compared with the same period last year. The increase was primarily attributable to higher amortization expense associated with recent acquisitions.
Pretax income for the Title Insurance and Services segment was $136.4 million in the fourth quarter, compared with $165.6 million in the fourth quarter of 2017. Pretax margin was 10.4 percent in the current quarter, compared with 12.2 percent last year. Excluding the impact of net realized investment losses, the pretax margin was 14.2 percent this year, compared with 12.4 percent last year.
Total revenues for the Specialty Insurance segment were $111.6 million in the fourth quarter of 2018, a decrease of 8 percent compared with the fourth quarter of 2017. The home warranty business benefited from policy renewals bolstered by an improvement in its retention rate. The company's property and casualty business experienced high claim losses due to California wildfires, with losses exceeding its $5 million reinsurance retention limit for one event in the current quarter, compared with two such events last year. As a result, the overall loss ratio for the segment declined moderately to 61.9 percent this quarter, compared with 63.5 percent in the prior year. The segment's pretax margin in the current quarter was 0.7 percent, compared with 9.2 percent in the fourth quarter of last year. However, excluding net realized losses, the current quarter's pretax margin was 8.5 percent, compared with 6.8 percent last year, excluding net realized gains.
Teleconference/Webcast
First American's fourth-quarter and year-end 2018 results will be discussed in more detail on Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019, at 11 a.m. EST, via teleconference. The toll-free dial-in number is 877-407-8293. Callers from outside the United States may dial +1-201-689-8349.
The live audio webcast of the call will be available on First American's website at www.firstam.com/investor. An audio replay of the conference call will be available through Feb. 28, 2019, by dialing 201-612-7415 and using the conference ID 13686642. An audio archive of the call will also be available on First American's investor website.
First American Financial Corporation (NYSE: FAF) is a leading provider of title insurance, settlement services and risk solutions for real estate transactions that traces its heritage back to 1889. First American also provides title plant management services; title and other real property records and images; valuation products and services; home warranty products; property and casualty insurance; banking, trust and wealth management services; and other related products and services. With total revenue of $5.7 billion in 2018, the company offers its products and services directly and through its agents throughout the United States and abroad. In 2018, First American was named to the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For® list for the third consecutive year. More information about the company can be found at www.firstam.com.
Website Disclosure
First American posts information of interest to investors at www.firstam.com/investor. This includes opened and closed title insurance order counts for its U.S. direct title insurance operations, which are posted approximately 10 to 12 days after the end of each month.
Certain statements made in this press release and the related management commentary contain, and responses to investor questions may contain, forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These forward-looking statements can be identified by the fact that they do not relate strictly to historical or current facts and may contain the words "believe," "anticipate," "expect," "intend," "plan," "predict," "estimate," "project," "will be," "will continue," "will likely result," or other similar words and phrases or future or conditional verbs such as "will," "may," "might," "should," "would," or "could." These forward-looking statements include, without limitation, statements regarding future operations, performance, financial condition, prospects, plans and strategies. These forward-looking statements are based on current expectations and assumptions that may prove to be incorrect. Risks and uncertainties exist that may cause results to differ materially from those set forth in these forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause the anticipated results to differ from those described in the forward-looking statements include, without limitation: interest rate fluctuations; changes in the performance of the real estate markets; volatility in the capital markets; unfavorable economic conditions; failures at financial institutions where the company deposits funds; changes in applicable laws and government regulations; heightened scrutiny by legislators and regulators of the company's title insurance and services segment and certain other of the company's businesses; use of social media by the company and other parties; regulation of title insurance rates; limitations on access to public records and other data; changes in relationships with large mortgage lenders and government-sponsored enterprises; changes in measures of the strength of the company's title insurance underwriters, including ratings and statutory capital and surplus; losses in the company's investment portfolio; material variance between actual and expected claims experience; defalcations, increased claims or other costs and expenses attributable to the company's use of title agents; any inadequacy in the company's risk management framework; systems damage, failures, interruptions and intrusions or unauthorized data disclosures; process automation; technological and other developments that change the way real estate transactions are conducted and related documents are processed; errors and fraud involving the transfer of funds; the company's use of a global workforce; inability of the company's subsidiaries to pay dividends or repay funds; and other factors described in the company's quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2018, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made. The company does not undertake to update forward-looking statements to reflect circumstances or events that occur after the date the forward-looking statements are made.
This news release and related management commentary contain certain financial measures that are not presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), including personnel and other operating expense ratios, success ratios, adjusted earnings per share, and adjusted pretax margins for the company, its title insurance and services segment and its specialty insurance segment. The company is presenting these non-GAAP financial measures because they provide the company's management and investors with additional insight into the operational efficiency and performance of the company relative to earlier periods and relative to the company's competitors. The company does not intend for these non-GAAP financial measures to be a substitute for any GAAP financial information. In this news release, these non-GAAP financial measures have been presented with, and reconciled to, the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures. Investors should use these non-GAAP financial measures only in conjunction with the comparable GAAP financial measures.
First American Financial Corporation
Summary of Consolidated Financial Results and Selected Information
(in thousands, except per share amounts and title orders, unaudited)
Less: Net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests
Net income attributable to the Company
Net income per share attributable to stockholders:
Cash dividends declared per share
Selected Title Insurance Segment Information
Title orders opened(1)
Title orders closed(1)
Paid title claims
(1) U.S. direct title insurance orders only.
Selected Consolidated Balance Sheet Information
(in thousands, unaudited)
Goodwill and other intangible assets, net
Reserve for claim losses
Notes and contracts payable
(incl. Elims.)
Direct premiums and escrow fees
Agent premiums
Information and other
Net realized investment losses
Personnel costs
Premiums retained by agents
Other operating expenses
Provision for policy losses and other claims
Premium taxes
Net realized investment gains (losses)
Net realized investment gains
(233,941
Reconciliation of Pretax Margins and Earnings per Diluted Share
Excluding Net Realized Investment Gains and Losses ("NRIG(L)")
(in thousands, except margin and per share amounts, unaudited)
Less: NRIG(L)
Total revenues excluding NRIG(L)
Pretax income excluding NRIG(L)
Less: Pretax margin impact of NRIG(L)
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Pretax margin excluding NRIG(L)
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Taylor Swift says she plans to re-record her songs' masters
In late June, Ithaca Holdings announced that it had acquired Big Machine Label Group, which was led by Scott Borchetta and home to Swift's first six albums. (File photo: AFP)
The Associated Press Thursday, 22 August 2019
Taylor Swift plans to re-record her songs after her catalog was purchased by popular music manager Scooter Braun.
"CBS Sunday Morning" previewed some of its pre-taped interview with Swift on Wednesday. The reporter asks Swift if she would consider re-recording her songs in order to own the new versions, and Swift said, "Oh yeah." When asked if that was the plan, Swift replied with: "Yeah, absolutely."
In late June, Braun's Ithaca Holdings announced that it had acquired Big Machine Label Group, which was led by Scott Borchetta and home to Swift's first six albums, including the Grammy winners for album of the year, 2008's "Fearless" and 2014's "1989."
Swift said last November that she signed with Universal Music Group instead of staying at Big Machine because she knew that re-signing would only result in her not owning her future work.
Braun manages Justin Bieber and Ariana Grande.
The full interview will air Sunday on CBS at 9 a.m. Eastern.
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Q: For FreeIPA autodiscovery to work, what SRV records must exist on the DNS server? I've configured FreeIPA for the most part. When I attempt to add a client, I must manually specify the domain and IPA server FQDN. I've read many sources discussing autodiscovery, but I have yet to find an example of the autodiscovery records.
My IPA servers are the authoritative DNS resolver for their domain.

A: If your authoritative DNS server is not FreeIPA, you can run the following command on your IPA server to generate the necessary DNS records, which you can then go and put into your authoritative DNS zone file:
ipa dns-update-system-records --dry-run

See https://www.freeipa.org/page/Howto/Updating_FreeIPA_system_DNS_records_on_a_remote_DNS_server for more information.
If FreeIPA is your authoritative DNS server, you can regenerate your DNS records on the fly by running the same command, without the ---dry-run flag. If you're not sure your records are correct, or want to see the records, use the --dry-run flag to compare and contrast what is currently configured in the system.

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Q: Android Beacon - Trouble with passing beacon to function I'm trying to pass the closest beacon to a function to launch an activity but I'm not getting good results. I'm able to pass it to the function but it never reaches the point where it launches the activity since everything gets called back to the didRangeBeaconsInRegion
beaconManager.addRangeNotifier(new RangeNotifier() {
    @Override
    public void didRangeBeaconsInRegion(Collection<Beacon> beacons, Region region) {
        for(Beacon beacon : beacons) {
            if(!beaconList.contains(beacon)) {
                beaconList.add(beacon);
            }
        }
        handleBeacons(beaconList.get(0));
    }
});

Addtl Info: In the function all I'm doing is trying to compare the beacon's ID to a certain ID I have. If it matches, I launch an activity.


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Half-Life 2: VR Mod Will Soon Add Episode One For Free
Half-Life 2: Episode One is heading to PC VR, joining the base game as a free Steam mod in Q1 2023.
Following Half-Life 2: VR Mod last September, the Source VR Mod Team previously revealed plans to support Episode One and Two in a roadmap. Now, it looks like Episode One will arrive soon. "Today, we are finally ready to announce that Episode One is scheduled to release later in Q1 2023! The episodes will get separate Steam pages, similar to the original episodes. The pages are currently in preparation, and we will update you as soon as they are available," the team confirmed. You can watch the short announcement trailer below.
Like before, you'll need to own Half-Life 2: Episode One to access this mod. While each episode requires a separate build, it's almost certain that Episode One will retain the changes seen in Half-Life 2, including seated gameplay, adjustable vignettes, and a 3rd person vehicle camera. Since September, the Source VR Mod Team's released multiple quality-of-life updates to the Half-Life 2: VR Mod. Between bug fixes, overhauled ladder climbing, movement changes when walking on foot and weapon improvements, there's also support for bHaptics TactSuit vests and Steam Workshop.
Half-Life 2: Episode One is available now on Steam for $7.99, and included in the The Orange Box bundle for $19.99 alongside the Half-Life 2 base game and Episode Two.
Source: https://uploadvr.com/half-life-2-episode-one-vr-mod/
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Published September 9, 2020 9:16 pm
OSU-Cascades aims for 'net-zero' energy in expansion
(Update: Adding video, details, news release)
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- OSU-Cascades officials and contractors met with reporters Wednesday afternoon to show and discuss the progress so far and what's still to come in their campus expansion project.
The first phase of remediation on a former 46-acre pumice mine is complete. The 100-foot deep pit has been transformed into a sloping landscape.
University planners are working alongside Portland's Swinerton Construction to erect the campus's second academic building.
"To start with, a net zero energy building needs to be extremely energy-efficient," said SRG Partnership Principal Lisa Petterson. "In the case of our project, we're targeting a building that is 80% more efficient than a typical code building."
Rather than use steel and concrete, the construction will utilize mass timber, to lower and absorb carbon emissions.
OSU-Cascades said this will be Central Oregon's first mass timber-based project.
The eventual 128-acre campus will be developed in several phases over the next 15 to 20 years.
The 50,000-square-foot, net zero energy-ready building is slated to be complete by the summer of 2021, and open for students next fall.
First phase of OSU-Cascades expansion leverages sustainable building design, identifies geothermal energy source
In the year since construction began to expand the Oregon State University – Cascades campus, sheer cliffs of a 100-foot deep former pumice mine have been transformed into gradual slopes, and the structure of a second campus academic building has emerged.
Campus planners also recently concluded a study that confirmed a major sustainable energy source for the expanded campus. A ground water based geo-exchange system will connect to an aquifer 500-feet beneath the campus surface for year-round heating and cooling of campus buildings.
The first campus building to utilize the geo-exchange energy system is currently under construction. The 50,000 square-foot, net zero energy-ready academic building will incorporate cross-laminated timber, which is increasingly considered a viable alternative to materials like concrete or steel.
Timber materials for the building were sustainably harvested and produced from Pacific Northwest forests, according to mass timber experts involved with the project.
"With its innovative design and construction features, OSU-Cascades' second academic building is our 'North Star' for sustainability" said Kelly Sparks, associate vice president for finance and strategic planning. "The building sets a standard for sustainability and will help us meet the bold expectations laid out in the campus's long range development plan."
The long-range development plan outlines goals for a net zero energy, waste and water campus.
As part of the campus's first phase of land remediation, more than 625,000 tons of fill material have been excavated from the pumice mine floor, and replaced with engineered-fill that provides a stable base for a center area that will serve as a green oval and the location of future buildings.
Engineered fill was produced on-site using materials from the floor of the former pumice mine as well as from the adjacent former county demolition landfill, also owned by the university. The land remediation process to reuse existing materials eliminated the need to import fill materials from off-site. The process is estimated to have saved nearly 30,000 truck trips on area roads according to campus planners.
The 2018 Oregon State Legislature authorized funding to construct the second academic building and donors contributed $10 million to match state funding. The total cost of the new building, including site preparation and the first phase of onsite infrastructure for the expansion is $49 million. The building is anticipated to open in fall 2021.
The building's construction is included in the first phase of the campus expansion master plan, which was approved by the city of Bend in 2018. The master plan outlines a roadmap for developing a 128-acre campus over several decades near the city center to serve 3,000 to 5,000 students.
For more information about the OSU-Cascades expansion, visit OSUcascades.edu/expansion.
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Priceofsocialism says:
No such thing as "NET ZERO" it take energy to produce wind turbines, solar panels, and most if not all of that has a huge carbon footprint, also what are we going to do with all of the garbage these are, and will be creating in the future as these degrade, and need to be disposed of, there are already giant graveyards of wind turbine wings, that are made of fiberglass and other toxic Materials, that they have not came up with a solution, and the solar panels that have a approximate functioning life of twenty years, most of the toxic materials that those are made of are not recyclable. Yes it all sounds good "NET ZERO", but it is not that at all, our grand children in twenty years will be driving driving by all of these miles of broken down, and degrading solar fields, and wind turbines, saying, what were our grandparents thinking.
Currently, there are two common disposal methods for turbine blades – burning them or throwing them in a landfill. According to NPR, more than 720,000 tons of blade material will be disposed of over the next 20 years. Look it up.
I agree but you know they make it all feel good with no facts. Solar don't solar when the sun don't shine and windmills don't rotate when there is no wind. If we would clean up all our forests and use the burned crap that we don't use we could generate a lot of energy. Worked in the wood products my whole life and we generated most of our power out of wood waste. Problem is these Universities are all greater than thou and teach a lot of BS.
flatten_the_curve says:
The do teach a lot of BS, which stands for a Bachelor of Science degree, which you would know if you went to college.
It's not to late! The offer eldercare at state universities:)
No Big Deal says:
You should google the word "net" and not as it relates to sports.
If you know so much, innovate and create a better version.
Outstanding! Our colleges and universities should be setting a good example.
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Taylor Swift knows how to please her fans
Taylor Swift's former boyfriends, who include Taylor Lautner, John Mayer and Harry Styles (above), have inspired some of her biggest hits. -- PHOTO: LIVE NATION LUSHINGTON
Taylor Swift's former boyfriends, who include Taylor Lautner, John Mayer (above) and Harry Styles, have inspired some of her biggest hits. -- PHOTO: DANNY CLINCH
Taylor Swift's former boyfriends, who include Taylor Lautner (above), John Mayer and Harry Styles, have inspired some of her biggest hits. -- PHOTO: SHAW BROTHERS
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Taylor Swift says all decisions, from what to sing at concerts to what goes on her new album, are based on what fans want
Eddino Abdul Hadi Music Correspondent
Call her golden girl or goody-two shoes, but it is not easy being Taylor Swift.
She has maintained her position as one of the world's biggest pop starlets in the past few years while being relatively untainted by controversy, even as every detail of her personal life is lapped up by fans and put under the glare of social and traditional media.
If rival Miley Cyrus is the exhibitionist riding on her out-there brand of sexuality, Swift is the tease whose self-penned songs appear to be confessional without revealing much.
Despite much speculation that recent songs such as her 2010 hit single Back To December and Dear John are about famous ex-boyfriends such as Twilight star Taylor Lautner and singer John Mayer, Swift herself has always been tight-lipped about her muses.
Forget, too, about any Justin Bieber-style public meltdowns from the 24-year-old from Pennsylvania, who got her start as a country singer before making a hugely successful crossover to pop.
In a 10-minute telephone interview with Life! from Tokyo - a stop in her current, wildly popular The Red world tour - she says that having to deal with living in the public eye has made her very careful about keeping the less savoury side of her behind closed doors.
"It's interesting because every day of my life is documented in some way, either there's paparazzi outside my apartment or fans see me at a restaurant and they tweet about it," says the singer, who will be here to perform two nights at the Singapore Indoor Stadium on Monday and June 12.
"And that's an interesting thing to come to terms with because some days, you're completely in the mood to meet strangers and you want to meet as many people as possible.
"And then there are days when you know when you have a bad day and you don't want to meet anyone or talk to anyone. When I wake up and I have sort of a bad attitude once in a while, I know I can't leave the house because it's not an option to not talk to people," she says.
"My life is a very social experience these days," she adds with a laugh.
Staying at home when she has gotten up on the wrong side of bed is the price of success. She topped Billboard's list of highest-paid musicians of last year, making close to US$40 million (S$50 million) through music sales, royalties and digital music and video-streaming revenue, not to mention the sold-out stadiums on The Red tour in support of her latest album of the same name.
Like her counterpart and former child star Cyrus, Swift practically grew up in the music business.
Inspired as a pre-teen by crossover country-pop acts such as The Dixie Chicks and Shania Twain, the waif-like blonde started performing around Pennsylvania. To aid her budding singing and songwriting career, Swift's family moved to an outlying suburb in America's songwriting capital, Nashville.
The move paid off tremendously when her selftitled debut, released at the age of 16, became an instant hit, staying at the top of Billboards country music charts for 24 weeks and peaking at No. 5 in the mainstream charts.
Since then, all her albums, Fearless (2008), Speak Now (2010) and Red (2012) have all peaked at No. 1 on the main Billboard charts. To date, she has sold 26 million albums and 75 million digital single downloads.
Swift is also one the most decorated young music stars of recent times, with a truckload of awards that includes seven Grammys (she is the youngest artist ever to win Album of the Year), 15 American Music Awards, 12 Billboard Music Awards (she is the youngest artist to pick up Woman of the Year) and 11 Country Music Association Awards.
In November last year, Swift was awarded one of country music's highest honours - the Country Music Association Awards' Pinnacle Award. The only other artist to have picked up the trophy, given to country artists who have achieved global success and recognition, is American country juggernaut Garth Brooks, 28 years her senior.
Her rise from Nashville to global pop superstardom can be summed in how music magazine Rolling Stone described her in two separate articles - she was deemed "country music darling" in a 2008 article but by 2012, she was already "pop's unstoppable princess".
Her dainty good looks belie a canny singersongwriter whose infectious country-pop melodies and whimsical, straight-talking lyrics have connected with legions of fans. While not one to kiss and tell, she emphasises that her lyrics are a document of the things that have happened to her in real life.
She explains: "In a huge sense, documenting my life is a No. 1 priority and documenting it as accurately as possible in the form of music.
"Priority No. 2 is making sure that I'm documenting my life in a way that the fans can understand and isn't too over their heads or things they want to hear."
Her fans, she will have you believe, drive every aspect of her creative decisions, especially the songs that she plays in her many sold-out shows.
"Pretty much everything I do is based on what they want, not what I want. I don't play my favourite songs that were not popular in concert, I play the songs they want to hear."
The same principle applies to her yet-to-bereleased new album, her fifth and the follow-up to Red, which has sold more than five million copies to date.
"Moving forward in my career, we're in a very important planning stage right now, getting everything together for the next project.
"Every single choice that I make is determined by what I think (fans) will like and what I think will be good for them to see or hear on the new album."
She was secretive about the new songs though and declined to give details, not even the date when they are expected to be released.
With a laugh, she says: "I wish so badly that I could talk about the new record, I really do, that's all I want to talk about, it's all I think about, I'm obsessed with it.
"All I can really tell you is that it's my favourite thing of all I've ever done and I promise you, you'll know why."
Swift was less guarded when it came to the subject of her Asian tour, the final leg of The Red which started in March last year. Her Singapore date on June 12 is the last stop on the tour, which has taken her all over North America, Europe and Australia.
"I think one of the things that's really cool is that my fans all seem to be very similar in spirit and the things they love," she says of playing for her fans in Asia.
"They love lyrics, they tend to be optimistic and they tend to be nice to one another and they love dressing up in crazy costumes for the show and memorising all the words to the songs, but different things separate fans in different cultures, there are different gifts they give you."
Her fans in China, where she played for the first time last month, gave her coffee mugs with cats on them ("which was really nice because I like coffee mugs and I like cats"), while her followers in Japan tend to give her traditional Japanese fans.
"But they also give a lot of hair accessories, which I really like because now that my hair is short, pretty much all I can do with it is a hairclip or a headband."
Swift is looking forward to her gig in Singapore, which will feature local act Imprompt-3, winners of the Cornetto's Ride To Fame Competition to pick the concert's opening act.
She last played a sold-out show at the Indoor Stadium in 2011. Tickets to her return concert on June 12 sold out quickly. After her Bangkok gig on Monday was cancelled with the Thai army's declaration of martial law, Swift added another Singapore show on the same night. Extra tickets were also released for the June 12 show.
According to the organisers, 70 per cent of the tickets on Monday have been sold so far.
And just like with her last gig, the plan is for her mother to come with her. Swift's mother actually spent part of her growing up years in Singapore when Swift's grandfather, who worked for an engineering company, moved here for work.
"My mum grew up in Singapore," the singer tells you as a parting shot, before your allotted interview time is up. "Her parents were travelling around for my grandfather's job. It was always really wonderful to bring her back so she can see her old neighbourhood and see where she grew up, I think it's really nostalgic for her."
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The Best Place to Work
The Art and Science of Creating an Extraordinary Workplace
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There are countless leadership books, but how many will actually help a Taco Bell shift manager, a Fortune 500 CEO, a new entrepreneur, or anyone in between? David Novak's new book Taking People with You will. Novak knows that managers and leaders can make things happen by one skill: getting people on their side. He offers a step-by-step guide to setting big goals, getting people to work together, blowing past your targets, and celebrating after you shock the skeptics. And then doing...
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From small businesses to multinationals, individual careers to entire industries, Flash Foresight looks at how Daniel Burrus's seven radical flash foresight "triggers" have transformed dozens of careers, fortunes, and lives. Flash Foresight provides an easy-to-implement blueprint for applying the same strategies to your own business, enabling you to see the invisible and do the impossible. Today, as the pace of technological change accelerates almost beyond...
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Worldwide market opportunities are available and the authors say that establishing a global presence is not enough. Describing how a global mindset is necessary to rethink who target customers are and what value should be delivered to them, The Quest for Global Dominance explains howcompanies can identify and develop the opportunities for value creation to gain competitive advantage.


Montana's hunters aren't wasting any time this year: They've already killed nine of the 12 wolves allotted for the hunting quota in the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness adjacent to Yellowstone. The statewide hunt begins on Oct. 25, but game managers don't think the remaining three unlucky wolves will last that long.
So far, Montana wildlife officers have expressed surprise at hunters luck and skill at tracking and killing wolves in the Absaroka-Beartooths; wolf hunters in Idaho haven't been so lucky.
Carolyn Sime, wolf program coordinator for Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, told the Billings Gazette: "We didn't think wolves would be that vulnerable to firearms harvest. The uncertainty is why we went with the low quota."
The wolves probably shouldn't be surprised—you don't go on a 120-sheep massacre without expecting some retribution.


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Q: Can't handle duplicates in a recursive "combination sum" method Problem: given a vector, find all the unique triplets such that a+b+c=0 (and return them in a vector of vectors)
The following code almost works: it finds all the possible triplets, including those with duplicates and those that are redundant (i.e.: [0,1,-1] and [-1,0,1])  so for the following case:
[-1,0,1,2,-1,-4]
it returns [-1,0,1],[-1,-1,2] but also, erroneously, [0,0,0],[2,2,-4] etc.
CODE:
vector<vector<int>> threeSum(vector<int>& nums) {
    vector<vector<int>> res;
    vector<int> temp;
    temp={};
    res={};
    if(nums.size()<3)
        return res;
    fillVector(nums,res,temp);
    return res;
}

void fillVector(vector<int> nums, vector<vector<int>>& ans, vector<int>& temp, int sum=0, int beg=0){
    //if I find a triplet a+b+c=0, add it to the result
    if(sum==0 && temp.size()==3){
        ans.push_back(temp);
        return;
    }
    //if the triplet returns a value !=0, don't add to the result
    if(temp.size()==3)
        return;
    for(int i=beg;i<nums.size();++i){
        int newSum=sum+nums[i];
        temp.push_back(nums[i]);
        fillVector(nums,ans,temp,newSum,i);
        temp.pop_back();
    }
}

In order to avoid the duplicates, I tried adding the line
nums.erase(nums.begin()+beg);

before the recursive call, but it doesn't work


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Bought these in a size 6, and I couldn't get my foot in the shoe. Fits my daughter better and she's a size 5! Will be getting returned as I need these kind of shoes for work. Never had issues with sizing before when I've ordered from shoe zone, but these and another pair of shoes I ordered BOTH don't fit so both going back. Looks comfy & well made but as I couldn't get them on I have no idea!
So comfy, but go a size up!


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Yo-Kai Watch 2's expert handling of new and returning players
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Yo-Kai Watch 2: Bony Spirits/Fleshy Souls was released for 3DS over the weekend and I've already sunk my teeth into a good few hours of it. Having only started playing the first Yo-Kai Watch earlier this year, I'm pretty familiar with it and on starting Fleshy Souls, I felt a sense of déjà vu; as did my character. It felt like time was repeating itself. A theme the title plays with throughout.
That's the point. Yo-Kai Watch 2 welcomes back returning players in a way that feeds them nostalgia for the first title while bringing new players into the fold without alienation. Repeating the events of the first title — with some slight diversions — does a few things, chief of which is ease players into the experience.
But there's more to it than that. Yo-Kai Watch 2's story focuses on time-travel and ensuring that events in the past occur as they're supposed to, in order to preserve your own timeline. It's actually quite high-concept for a story aimed at younger gamers, which makes it even more important to make players comfortable from the get go. Not to mention establish the idea of altered timelines, time travel and paradoxes. If you've played the original then the first hour or so is going to seem familiar, yet different. Characters, locations and gameplay mechanics are reintroduced and refreshed. It's much needed too. Yo-Kai Watch is quite deep and includes a huge number of features that can and will be forgotten. It is a JRPG after all.
Once, you're refreshed on the way to play Yo-Kai Watch, you'll start to explore and find many slight differences in Springdale, the way characters interact and behave and the way you remember the first title unfolding. I won't give anything away here, but this is the point. Someone, or something, it trying to change the past, to stop you from ever acquiring the Yo-Kai Watch and changing the present. You'll come across a range of situations that seem familiar, but that play out slightly differently. It's an interesting take on the idea of a sequel and one that definitely pays off.
Level-5 has followed up the original Yo-Kai Watch with two games that manage to improve upon and expand that which came before. It welcomes both old and new players and makes playing a sequel an experience in reminiscing instead of rehashing; even when playing almost identical siutations.
Yo-Kai Watch 2 Bony Spirits/Fleshy Souls is available now for 3DS.
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Changing standards for the Baseball Hall of Fame always favor white players
If you're a borderline candidate for the Baseball Hall of Fame, it sure helps to be a white guy.
Rules, standards and the election process to the Hall of Fame have changed a lot over the years, but one thing is certain: Except for special committees to consider Negro League players, the voting has always been skewed toward white players.
As I noted in the last post, only one Latino player (Orlando Cepeda) and one African American player (Larry Doby) have been chosen to the Hall of Fame by Veterans Committees, the second-chance committees that have chosen most white players in the Hall of Fame.
Part of that is a function of time. Baseball was integrated in 1947, so a player starting a 20-year career in 1950 would retire in 1970. That player then would have to wait five years before going on the writers' ballot (1975), then, if not elected by the writers, would not become eligible for Veterans Committee consideration until about 1995. So we've had roughly 20 years of Veterans Committee consideration of retired black and Latino "major" league players.
And that timetable has pretty much worked out. Three minority players (other than Negro Leaguers) were elected to the Hall of Fame before 1975:
Jackie Robinson, who broke the color barrier in 1947 and played only 10 years in the "majors."
Roy Campanella, Robinson's Dodger teammate who started playing in 1948 and whose career was curtailed by a car accident in 1957.
Roberto Clemente, who died in a plane crash on New Year's Eve 1972. The Hall of Fame waived the five-year waiting period and he was elected immediately, the first Latino in the Hall of Fame.
After those three, Ernie Banks' election to the Hall by the Baseball Writers Association of America in 1977 started a steady stream of black and Latino Hall of Famers. He was one of nine selected over the next 10 years. Read the rest of this entry »
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Yankees among the best almost everywhere but starting pitcher
Look around the baseball diamond, and at nearly every position, a Yankee was one of the best ever. But not at starting pitcher.
We say that pitching wins championships, and the Yankees through the decades have had excellent depth in good starting pitchers, and sometimes great starting pitchers. But none of the all-time greatest starting pitchers spent most of their careers with the Yankees.
The only Yankee pitcher you might see on a list of the 10 best starters ever is Roger Clemens, and his best years were with the Red Sox. Clemens won 20 games only once in his six Yankee years. His Yankee years wouldn't rank him among the best Yankee starters ever, let alone among baseball's best. (For purposes of this discussion, I'm dealing with actual performance, not trying to decide whose achievements to discount because of suspicions about use of performance-enhancing drugs.)
If you expand your best-ever list to 20 or 25, Whitey Ford usually gets a spot, but Yankees remain notably absent, or low, from any best-ever discussion of starting pitchers. And they're prominent in such discussions at nearly every other position.
At six positions, at least one Yankee is either the best ever or one of two to five stars contending for the top spot:
Yogi Berra often loses the best-catcher-ever debates to Johnny Bench, but he's always in the discussion. With three MVP awards and more championships than anyone, plus still-impressive offensive numbers, Yogi figures prominently in discussing best catchers ever. And Yankee Bill Dickey would be on anyone's top-10 list, maybe even top five. Read the rest of this entry »
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Often times, we miss God because our sense of timing in the natural is based on a chronology of events and not on the mind of God. We look at our calendar and say, "certainly this is the appropriate time to do thus and such." And this is alright to a certain extent. But when it comes to fulfilling our God-given destiny, the calendar is not a good guide, but often a misguide. The clock and calendar are not accurate representations of God's wisdom. So just because a person has lived many years is not necessarily an indication of wisdom.
The above scripture reveals the fact that these demons recognized that they are bound for torment, at a certain time. They also recognized that if Jesus were to execute such a process at this particular encounter, it would be premature. The word time in the above passage is the Greek word, KAIROS. It does not suggest a time lapse, but refers to an "appointed time." So the torment of Satan and his cohorts is on an 'appointment basis.' You cannot say when it will happen, it just will at the appointed time set by God. In the same manner, we cannot tell exactly when Jesus will come back again, we can only observe the times and expect it to take place as stated in the Word.
Jesus understood the sequence of events. He knew it was the right time. God must have given Him discernment to know that when "John is taken out of the scene, that is the appointed time for you to start declaring the Kingdom of God is at hand's reach." So God's timing takes discernment and illumination to recognize. Notice however, that you will never know for sure if it is God's timing until you step out in faith.


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Benjamin - Queries
Tribal Identity
Sources and Information
1. Queries
(a) From Michael.
(b) From Tonya Becker
2. Brit-Am Sources About Benjamin. Important Notes
3. Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar from Esau?
4. Descendants of Benjamin in Europe and Germany
5. Zerah of Judah
6. Family Name "Becker"
7. More on Benjamin. Names of Clans and sub-groups
Yair anything documented on the Benjamin descendents who were exiled with the northern kingdom. Which families or any peculiar details.
Also any possible evidence of Alexander the Great have Jewish bloodline. Possibly even from the house of Zarah from Tamar? Thx in advance.
re More on Benjamin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDhOdgbQYQs
Thank you for this video
I have been lead ... to study the tribe of Benjamin..I had been praying for years for my true roots in history.. Just recently I was reading about Benjamin sons in the Torah, Old Testament, I came across BECHER son of Benjamin..I just couldn't take my eyes off that because it reminded me so much of my name now Becker.. I am a US born citizen but my grandfather was German .. I have only records back to 1754. But even then my grandfather of that time was Jacob Becker. They claim our flag Carrie's the symbol of the House of David .. Many of our family our left handed, all hot headed lol...Can you tell me more about Benjamin's sons? Can the true roots moved into Germany? Tonya Becker
2. Brit-Am Sources About Benjamin. Brit-Am Sources About Benjamin. Important Notes
We have several articles about the Tribe of Benjamin as well as video clips. These have been well-received. It is surprising the number of people who instinctively identify with the Tribe of Benjamin.
Are you from Benjamin? Possible Traits of the Tribe of Benjamin
https://hebrewnations.com/articles/tribes/bnj.html
Benjamin. Tribal Characteristics in a Nutshell
http://www.britam.org/tribes/BenjaminTC.html
Characteristics of the Tribe of Benjamin
[Based on the work ("Shivtei Yisrael") of Rabbi Fishel Mael.]
The Division of Power! Benjamin and Joseph to Rule Over Gentiles, Judah Over Israel!
[Based on the work ("Shivtei Yisrael") of Rabbi Fishel Mael, p. 497 ff.]
http://www.britam.org/mael/Mael18Power.html
Benjamin Who? More Notes about the Tribe of Benjamin
https://hebrewnations.com/articles/tribes/benny.html
2. Benjamin in the North
3. An Early Exile of Benjamin to Parts of Europe?
4. Benjamin among the Ten Tribes.
5. Benjamin among the Jews. Hasidim of Vizhnitz
6. Additional Sources.Characteristics of Benjamin
7. Esther and Mordecai. Important Personages from Benjamin
8. Benjamin among the Jews of Worms (by Frankfort) in Southwest Germany
9. Left-Handed People and Benjamin
Benjamin by Vermaak. THE PROWESS OF THE BENJAMINITES by P. S. Vermaak
https://hebrewnations.com/articles/tribes/vermak.html
Notes on Benjamin
https://hebrewnations.com/batr/btr7.html#c
(a) Were Some of the English Puritans from Benjamin?
(b) The Left-Handed Right-Hander?
(c) French Canadians and Benjamin. Left-Handed Quebecois Sportsmen are the Modern Warriors!
Notes to Esther
https://hebrewnations.com/articles/bible/4162/notes-to-esther.html
2. Esther and the Tribal Task of the Children of Rachel (Joseph and Benjamin)
3. The Biblical Obligation to Wipe Out Amalek
4. The Aristocratic Quality of Benjamin in the Book of Esther
5. Esther Was Warned to Put Her People Before Her Own Interests!
6. The Irreversibility of Decrees. Why the Jews HAD TO Defend Themselves. There was no other Option!
7. Persia as compared to Benjamin (the Tribe of Esther)
Benjamin and Joseph Both Have the Ability of Sexual Self-Control!
8. Why is Mordecai form Benjamin called a Jew?
Descendants of Jonathan became Hereditary Aristocrats.
9. Being a Jews Means Being an Uncompromising Monotheist
Heroine. Hebrew Nations and the Book of Esther
https://hebrewnations.com/articles/bible/4162/duplicate-of-heroine.html
Aristocratic Benjamin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMG3MufcNas&t=2s
Are you from Benjamin? BennyA Queries.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yYO_y-0BVI&t=4s
Benjamin Tribal Traits. BennyB Queries
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKTbSUv4OHk&t=2s
More on Benjamin
Legends exist about Alexander the Great befriending the Jews but none (as far as I know) saying he was of Hebrew stock.
By: Isaac Broyd, Kaufmann Kohler, Israel Levi
http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/1120-alexander-the-great
We traced Alexander and Julius Caesar to Esau.
Concerning Alexander, cf.
Extract from "Esau. Edomites Today"
Alexander the Great, King of Macedonia and onetime conqueror of much of the then known world claimed descent from the Temenidae from Greece. The Temenidae had come to Macedon in ca.650 BCE. The ancestor of the Temenidae was a legendary King Temenus of Argos in Greece. Argos itself according to Euripides, had been built by seven Cyclopians (i.e. giants) from Syria. Also in Macedonia was the province of Odomantica and town of Idomene. These names indicate a connection with Edom and with Temen son of Eliphaz son of Edom (Genesis 36:11).
Regarding the Edomite descent of Julius Caesar see "Esau" pp. 61 ff.
https://hebrewnations.com/publications/books/esaubook.html
Esau i.e. Edom is not necessary a negative lineage.
cf.
"Caesar claimed decendent/bloodline from Alexander the Great (by way of a Roman dignitary who governed in Syria)" https://hebrewnations.com/features/bars/bars82.html#a3
There are also Jews legends about groups from Benjamin migrating to Europe BEFORE the Exile of the Ten Tribes.
One source ("Megaleh Amukot" by Rabbi Nathan Nata Spira, 1585-1633, Poland) says they founded Rome, another that they settled in Germany (Ginzberg, "Legends of the Jews"), still another that they settled in Romania (Radak, HaNatziv).
This happened after the War over the Concubine at Gibeah (Judges ch. 20) when most of Benjamin was wiped out.
We found an enclave of Benjamin among the Tribe of Manasseh. This is also confirmed by archaeology. Descendants of Ephraim and Manasseh sojourned in Germany. Though most of them later migrated to the west many also remained. The massive migration of people from Germany to the USA in 1800s onwards we have shown to have comprised many descendants of Israelites separating themselves from non-Israelites and moving away.
As for Zerah from Judah.
Old British Israelite writers propagated the idea that a portion of the Tribe of Judah descended from Zareh separated from the rest of Israel and moved initially to Greek areas of Europe.
Appendix 2. Were the Greeks Israelites?
https://www.ucg.org/bible-study-tools/ebooklet/the-throne-of-britain/appendix-2-were-the-greeks-israelites
Appendix 3. Aegean Royal Lines From Zerah
https://www.ucg.org/bible-study-tools/ebooklet/the-throne-of-britain/appendix-3-aegean-royal-lines-from-zerah
Moreover, the first-century Roman historian Tacitus wrote: 'Some say that the Jews were fugitives from the island of Crete, who settled on the nearest coast of Africa about the time when Saturn was driven from his throne by the power of Jupiter [an apparent blending of myth with fact]. Evidence of this is sought in the name. There is a famous mountain in Crete called Ida; the neighboring tribe, the Idaei, came to be called Judaei by a barbarous [i.e., non-Greco-Roman] lengthening of the national name' (Tacitus, The Histories, Book 5, sec. 2, Great Books of the Western World , 1952, Vol. 15). So it would appear that the tribe of Judah was represented in the early Israelite immigration into Greece.
... there was another Mount Ida 'in northwestern Asia Minor, near the site of ancient Troy' ('Ida,' Encyclopaedia Britannica , 1985, Vol. 6, p. 238). A publication by the Christian Israel Foundation notes that 'perhaps the most striking evidence of an Israelitish migratory settlement in Cretan Mycenae is to be found in [renowned pioneer archaeologist] Sir Arthur Evans' monumental work, 'Mycenaean Tree and Pillar Cult,' in which it is established that Hebrew rituals were observed there . This culture moved to Asia Minor, where, behind Troy, we again find a Mount Ida (Judah), and where, as in Miletus, survived the belief in the Cretan royal descent' ( The Link , June 1989, p. 261)...
Added to the intriguing possibility is this fact from a Harvard travel publication: 'The excavated site of ancient Mycenae extends over a large tract of rough terrain tucked between Mt. Agios Elias to the north and Mt. Zara to the south' ( Let's Go Greece & Turkey , 1998, p. 146, emphasis added). In fact the royal palace sits right at the base of Mount Zara. Could Mycenaean royalty have been descended from Judah's son Zerah or Zarah, the child of the scarlet thread?
Darda, or Dara, is listed in Scripture as a son of Judah's son Zerah, the same Zerah who had received the scarlet thread upon his wrist in Genesis 38. The sons of Zerah were Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara, five of them in all (1 Chronicles 2:6). In 1 Kings 4:31, he is called Darda: 'For [Solomon] was wiser than all men, than Ethan the Ezrahite [i.e., Zerahite or Zarhite], and Heman, Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol; and his fame was in all the surrounding nations.'
The writings of Sanchuniathon, as we have them, mention the Greek 'Kronos, whom the Phoenicians call Israel. He circumcised himself, and forced his allies to do the same' (I.P. Cory, Ancient Fragments , 1828). Israel, as earlier stated, was the new name given to the biblical patriarch Jacob. And the Phoenician historian further explained that this Kronos or Israel had a special son named Jehud or Yehud . This is simply a shortened form of the Hebrew Yehudah , that is, Judah:
One of the sons of Benjamin was named Bechri.
The name "Becker" is derived from a word meaning "baker" or something related to it, or to some kind of tool.
https://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=becker
Becker Name Meaning. Dutch, German, Danish, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name for a baker of bread, or brick and tiles, from backen 'to bake'. English: occupational name for a maker or user of mattocks or pickaxes, from an agent derivative of Old English becca 'mattock'.
NEVERTHELESS,
It sometimes happens that newcomers to an area adopt an existing name similar to the one they formally had.
"Becher" is a surname found among Jews. It could be that a Jew who changed his religion and came to settle in a certaina rea would have chosen to use the name "Becher."
Tribe of Benjamin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribe_of_Benjamin
" Several passages in the Bible describe tribe of Benjamin as being pugnacious .."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin
According to Genesis 46:21, Benjamin had ten sons: Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard. The name of his wife/wives are not given, but the Book of Jubilees calls his wife Ijasaka and the Book of Jasher mentions two wives, Mechalia the daughter of Aram and Aribath the daughter of Shomron.[15][16] The classical rabbinical tradition adds that each son's name honors Joseph...
There is a disparity between the list given in Genesis 46 and that in Numbers 46:38-41, where the sons of Benjamin are listed along with the tribes they are the progenitors of.
Belah, progenitor of the Belaites, is in both lists
Ashbel, progenitor of the Ashbelites, is in both lists
Ahiram, progenitor of the Ahiramites, appears in this list but not the first
Shupham, pregenitor of the Shuphamites, corresponds to Muppim from the first list
Hupham, progenitor of the Huphamites, corresponds to Huppim from the first list
Becher, Gera, Ehi, and Rosh are omitted from the second list. Ard and Naaman, who are the sons of Benjamin according to Genesis 46, are listed as the sons of Belah and are the progenitors of the Ardites and the Naamites respectively.


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Q: Python conditional expression invalid syntax I want to use conditional list comprehension to return a "valid" list of switches. A valid switch is the following:
The first two letters represent the country, so [CH]SW002. These letters must match with the first two letters of the current device. If the device is a notebook, US[NB]001, the country prefix can be disregarded.
The devices below should therefore have the following switches assigned to them:

*

*CHPC001: CHSW002

*USPC001: USSW001, USSW002

*USNB001: USSW001, USSW002, CHSW002

Below is my code, but it raises a syntax error:
switches = ['USSW001', 'USSW002', 'CHSW002']
devices = ['CHPC001', 'USPC001', 'USNB001']

for device in devices:
    print([sw if 'nb' in device else sw if device[:2] in sw for sw in switches])

A: Don't use a conditional expression here. You want to filter switches, not produce different outcomes for each switch.
The condition per switch, expressed as one boolean test is:
device[2:4] == 'NB' or sw[:2] == device[:2]

so either the device is a notebook (and so all switches apply), or the country code must match. Put that in an if test at the end:
[sw for sw in switches if device[2:4] == 'NB' or sw[:2] == device[:2]]


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The top five signal callers in CIAA football.
The CIAA will hold its Media Day in Salem, VA on July 20. We'll look ahead at the top quarterbacks, running backs and receivers in the conference leading up to Thursday.
This time a year ago, not many people outside the DMV knew who Amir Hall was. Nyema Washington was expected to be the guy after leading Bowie State to the CIAA Championship Game and the NCAA D2 playoffs in 2016. A preseason injury sent Washington to the sidelines and placed BSU's hopes in the hands of a player who had never seen the field in college.
Nearly 3,600 yards and 30 touchdowns later, Hall has a CIAA Offensive Player of The Year Award under his belt after leading the team back to the title game in 2016. BSU fell to Winston-Salem State again, but Hall came up with nearly 400 yards of total offense and four touchdowns despite injuring his leg in the first half and missing significant time.
The 6'4 junior will be without Nyme Manns, who caught the bulk of his 268 completions last season. BSU has several other pass catchers who will have to step up, including Brandon Britton and Geordan Clark. He'll also have running back Rob Chesson, who may be the most underrated back in the CIAA.
Playing in a place with high expectations has its downside as well as its obvious advantage. Tinsley has led WSSU to back-to-back CIAA titles and a NCAA playoff appearance in his first two seasons. At most schools and in most conferences, that would make him "The Man." But that just isn't the case for the Charlotte native, as indicated by his placement on this list.
Tinsley got off to a slow start in 2016, throwing for just three touchdowns to five interceptions in his first four games. He and his team managed to rebound, however, as he threw for 15 touchdowns and just three picks the rest of the way to help WSSU claim the CIAA title. The final two games of his season were indicative of his career to this point. WSSU won the CIAA Championship Game 44-31 and Tinsley threw for three touchdowns, but he also completed less than 45 percent of his passes. A week later in the playoffs, Tinsley threw for a career-high 278 yards and two touchdowns, but also threw two picks.
We'll have more on Tinsley before the start of the season.
ECSU turned out to be the surprise of the CIAA last season, keeping itself in the race for the North title until the final week of the season. Neal had a big hand in that, throwing for better than 2,000 yards and 15 touchdowns. He did, however, turn the ball over 10 times on interceptions and completed less than 50 percent of his passes. But he's also a dual threat, which just gives defensive coordinators one more thing to worry about.
These two both saw significant time under center in Richard Hayes' first year in Fayetteville. While neither put up world-beating numbers, they combined to throw for 11 touchdowns to 10 interceptions and completed well over 50 percent of their passes. Both will be back in 2017, so it will be interesting to see whether there is a true competition or whether both will see considerable time.
It was another tough year for St. Aug in 2015, but Johnson was certainly a bright spot. A gifted athlete, Johnson was just as likely to make a play with his feet, as he led SAU in rushing with 432 yards. He threw for 13 touchdowns to just 9 interceptions, but his completion percentage leaves something to be desired.
What about Cook from VSU?
Fayetteville State's new basketball coach is no stranger to the CIAA or championships.


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A. Scott Frank (Fort Walton Beach, 10 de marzo de 1960) es un cineasta, guionista y escritor estadounidense. Ha sido nominado en dos ocasiones a los Premios Óscar en la categoría de mejor guion adaptado por su desempeño en los filmes Out of Sight (1998) y Logan (2017). En enero de 2016 publicó su primera novela, Shaker.

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