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Writing "Taiwanese": The Péh-oē-jī romanization and identity construction in Taiwan, 1860s-1990s
Graduate Dissertations and Theses at Illinois
Su, Huang-Lan
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Title: Writing "Taiwanese": The Péh-oē-jī romanization and identity construction in Taiwan, 1860s-1990s
Author(s): Su, Huang-Lan
Director of Research: Chow, Kai-Wing
Doctoral Committee Chair(s): Chow, Kai-Wing
Doctoral Committee Member(s): Xu, Gary; Shao, Dan; Chang, Lung-Chih
Department / Program: E. Asian Languages & Cultures
Discipline: E Asian Languages & Cultures
Degree Granting Institution: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree: Ph.D.
Genre: Dissertation
Subject(s): Romanization
Taiwanese Identity
Pe̍h-oē-jī
Abstract: This dissertation explores how Pe̍h-oē-jī (Jiaohui roma zi/Baihua zi, literally meaning "church romanization" or "vernacular script" in Chinese, POJ hereafter) was transformed from a "foreign" writing system as a religious tool for Bible study into an identity arker for various groups of "Taiwanese" (Taiwan ren) in Taiwan from 1865 through the 1990s. Under three political regimes― the Qing Empire, Japanese colonial rule, and the post-war Nationalist regime, POJ, originally created by the Presbyterian Church missionaries for Taiwanese peoples in the 1860s, was utilized in proselytism, school education, medical study, and as an expression of Taiwanese culture and nationalism under different social, political, and cultural circumstances. Looking into the various ways whereby POJ has become symbolically associated with different identities deepens our understanding of how it was important in the process and politics of identity making in modern Taiwan. Based on POJ materials, I aim to provide the first history of POJ literacy in Taiwan and to provide an analysis of the critical role of POJ in the formation of "Taiwanese" identities in modern China.
Type: Thesis
Rights Information: Copyright 2015 Huang-Lan Su
Date Available in IDEALS: 2015-09-29
Date Deposited: August 201
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Kassiopi is a village and a resort on the affluent north east coast of Corfu. Historically, a small traditional fishing village, the town itself has been developed and offers a great range of services for any visitor. From small apartments to luxury villas, bars, restaurants, scuba diving school, horse riding and a lot more, it remains a summer social centre visited by tourists, particularly popular with visitors from Britain and Italy.


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The Boardwalk reminds me of the Lettuce Lake Park that is near USF on Fletcher Ave along the Hillsborough River! Interesting topiaries, statues and quotes. Love that it has free admission and is very educational for people who are interested in native Florida wildlife and fauna. Thanks for posting this gem Tourist Trap, its good to know that there are still natural areas like this in Pinellas.
Thanks Scott.. Informative as always and quite a nice looking Botanical gardens.. Wish ours here in Melbourne, Australia was just as nice.. Little worried by the sign @ 9:11 by the people who must frequent the spot.. Poor alligators!
Scott, over here from England & visited Florida Botanical Gardens on your recommendation , – what a great place, & the Heritage Village next door was even better. And all for FREE!!! Thanks for the review, keep it up.
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3D Printing Now Used At Footwear Companies Like Nike
20 Jun 3D Printing Now Used At Footwear Companies Like Nike
Posted at 06:48h in Home, Latest News	by	Andy Polk
Few new technologies receive more intense interest than 3-D printing. The technology has some predicting that it will revolutionize manufacturing top to bottom, creating new, small-scale manufacturing with little waste.
That promise remains emergent. But it is taking shape. Some of the more intriguing examples come from shoe manufacturers. Nike used 3-D printing for a football cleat it announced in March. That cleat, the Vapor Laser Talon, used 3-D printing to prototype a lightweight plate attached to the shoe. Nike claims this new plate will mean better acceleration for football players who wear it. The company was able to manufacture the plates using 3-D printing as well.
Although Nike isn't creating plates molded to the feet of individual players, rival shoe manufacturer New Balance is doing customization — not with football players, but with elite runners, as it pilots a 3-D printing process that it thinks could become a mainstream way to make customized running shoes. In January, a top middle-distance runner, Jack Bolas, raced in a New Balance shoe custom-made for his feet using a 3-D printing process.
To make the shoes, New Balance fit the runner with a pair of shoes that used sensors to record data as he ran under simulated race conditions. It also used a motion-capture system and force plates to measure how his feet behaved inside shoes. It took the data gathered from the sensors and created a custom-fit plate for track spikes that was made with a 3-D printer. The plates were attached to a standard upper.
Bolas finished fourth in his first race in the shoes, but told Wired that the shoes "gave me a much more natural feel." New Balance created a video featuring snippets of the development process for the shoe. The company has since used the 3-D printing process to develop custom shoes for other athletes. It aims to make custom plates and midsoles available to consumers in some locations within five years, it told the Boston Globe.
A biomechanics researcher told the Globe that New Balance is the leader in using 3-D printing and design for shoes. New Balance hopes eventually to move away from mass production to on-demand, custom production. But as Paul Zipkin noted in an article in the Spring 2001 issue of MIT Sloan Management Review, mass customization is difficult to pull off well, and tends to be costly.
Zipkin's article is more than a decade old, but the costliness of customization still holds true for New Balance. It does not expect most people will want to spend the money to buy custom-made shoes. Certainly, if people need to go through the process of running around a track eight to 10 times in shoes that monitor their mechanics, that will slow the buying process.
Meanwhile, the emergence of relatively inexpensive 3-D printers aimed at home users holds the promise for user-driven innovations that will disrupt, remake and spawn businesses, as Jeroen P.J. de Jong and Erik de Brujn wrote in MIT SMR's Winter 2013 issue.
There are already entrepreneurial fashion designers trying to leverage 3-D printing to build up their presence in the market. A French graduate student may have been the first person to create a shoe using 3-D printing, but others have followed. A Czech designer has prototyped some ideas for 3-D printed shoes. It's hard to imagine anyone wearing some of these, but she claims they fit her feet.
Continuum, which calls itself the first collaborative fashion label, is using 3-D printing to allow for crowd-sourced fashion design, selling items in production runs of as few as one. It also sells a 3-D printed bikini ($250-$300) and jewelry. It offers women's dress shoes, which run about $900 a pair.
Of course, prices will come down in time. Custom-made suits, long the province of a privileged few who could afford them, now are being churned out by e-commerce sites and pop-up shops. In the long term, there's reason to think that shoes might go the same direction as suits.


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Lichenopyrenis is een monotypisch geslacht van schimmels behorend tot de familie Pleomassariaceae. De typesoort is Lichenopyrenis galligena.

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Q: how do you convert df to json file with numbers as number I am trying to convert a data frame to a json format. This is my data frame called x:
structure(list(Desc = c("Web", "Mobile", "TV", "Store"), Total = c(223786915,
42053151, 232299534, 26317530), Name = c("Total Login", "Total Login",
"Total Login", "Total Login")), .Names = c("Desc", "Total", "Name"
), row.names = c(NA, 4L), class = "data.frame")

this is the function:
servers <- split(x,x$Name)
dumFun <- function(x){
  sData <- servers[x][[1]]
  if(nrow(sData) >0){
    # create appropriate list
    dumList <- unname(apply(sData[,c(1,as.numeric(2))], 1, function(y) unname(as.list(y))))
    return(toJSON(list(name = x, data = dumList)))
  }
}
jsData <- lapply(names(servers), dumFun)
jsInd <- sapply(jsData, is.null)
p<-paste(jsData[!jsInd], collapse = ',')
p<-paste('[', p, ']')

It is treating x$Total as string. I need x$Total to be number and don't have double quotes around it. Any ideas what I might be doing wrong?

A: Does jsonlite do what you want?
For example you can do jsonlite::toJSON(x)
res <- jsonlite::toJSON(x, pretty=TRUE)
cat(res)

[
{
    "Desc" : "Web",
    "Total" : 223786915,
    "Name" : "Total Login"
},
{
    "Desc" : "Mobile",
    "Total" : 42053151,
    "Name" : "Total Login"
},
{
    "Desc" : "TV",
    "Total" : 232299534,
    "Name" : "Total Login"
},
{
    "Desc" : "Store",
    "Total" : 26317530,
    "Name" : "Total Login"
}
]


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The Foreman's Treachery è un cortometraggio muto del 1913 diretto da Charles Brabin.

Trama
Un caposquadra uccide il proprietario di una miniera ma il delitto ha un testimone, lo scemo del villaggio.

Produzione
Il film fu prodotto dalla Edison Manufacturing Company.

Distribuzione
Distribuito dalla General Film Company, il film - un cortometraggio in due bobine - uscì nelle sale cinematografiche statunitensi il 17 ottobre 1913. Nel gennaio 1914, venne distribuito nel Regno Unito.

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Cortometraggi drammatici


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Норд-Бевеланд () — остров и община в Нидерландах.

География
Остров и община Норд-Бевеланд находятся на крайнем юго-западе Нидерландов, в провинции Зеландия, у побережья Северного моря. Севернее его находится река Восточная Шельда, южнее — Версе-Мер отделяет его от полуострова Зюд-Бевеланд. Остров представляет очень низкую равнину, высота его над уровнем моря составляет всего 1 метр. Норд-Бевеланд соединён двумя дамбами с материком и полуостровом Валхерен. Через Восточную Шельду от острова к Зирикзе проложен Остерсхелдекеринг — второй по величине мост в Европе. Норд-Бевеланд соединён с соседним островом-общиной Схаувен-Дёйвеланд Зеландским мостом — самым длинными мостом в Европе с 1965 по 1972 год, и самым длинным мостом Нидерландов с 1965 года по настоящее время.

Община Норд-Бевеланд была основана в 1995 году путём объединения соседних общин Кортгене и Виссенкерке. Ратуша её находится в Виссенкерке.

История
В древнеримские времена на острове Норд-Бевеланд находился храм кельто-германской богини Нехаленнии, покровительницы рыбаков и моряков. Вокруг него возникло торговое поселение Гануэнта. Однако в конце III века, вследствие периодических нападений германцев и постоянных наводнений, остров обезлюдел. Начиная приблизительно с 700 года население постепенно возвращается в эти места. После сильнейшего наводнения 1014 года на Норд-Бевеланде начинаются работы по строительству каналов и защитных дамб. В 1100 году здесь строится первая на острове церковь. После сильнейшего наводнения 1134 года Норд-Бевеланд был уже полностью защищён плотинами. Однако наводнение 1532 года (Элизабетфлуд) разрушило все здания на острове. Только башни церквей в Кортгене и Виссеркерке возвышались над водами. 1 февраля 1953 года Норд-Бевеланд вновь пострадал в результате сильного наводнения.

Население Норд-Бевеланда происходит преимущественно из других частей Зеландии, а также это потомки переселенцев из Голландии, Фландрии, Лимбурга, Брабанта, Англии, Шотландии, Германии, Франции и Швейцарии.

Примечания

Города Нидерландов
Острова Нидерландов


TOUGH Western Bulldogs midfielder Lin Jong has signed a two-year contract.
Jong, 25, is committed to the club until the end of 2020.
He played 10 games this season, averaging 14 disposals, after returning from a right knee reconstruction he required in June last year.
Jong has lined up in 61 matches throughout his career.
"I've obviously been here for a little while now, so it was a pretty easy decision when I thought about all the support I've had here and all the relationships I have," Jong told westernbulldogs.com.au.
"The way we strung a few wins together, especially at the back-end of the year, and the way we were playing together and jelling, it seems like there are bigger and better things to come.
"I'm very excited to stay with the Dogs."
He joins Billy Gowers and Tory Dickson as having signed on, while unrestricted free agent Luke Dahlhaus is set to depart.
A broken collarbone forced Jong to spend time on the sidelines but he returned before season's end.
"Lin is a much loved and respected player at the Bulldogs, and we're delighted he has signed on for another two years," list and recruiting manager Sam Power said.
"Lin has had his challenges with injuries over the past few seasons but he showed some terrific form toward the back-end of the season.
"We think his best footy is still ahead of him."


You'd be in good company if you read that headline and immediately thought that using a big ol' tablet like the new Apple iPad for in-car navigation is a bit silly–I think it's a bit silly, too. However, in a world where new cars are rolling out with dashboard touchscreens measuring 8-inches and larger and portable navigation devices are touching the 7-inch mark, perhaps the iPad isn't as out of place on the road as you may think.
There are all sorts of advantages to using a large-screened device in the car. The big display is easier to view with your peripheral vision and the larger interface elements can be more quickly recognized and processed at-a-glance, both of which translate into more time spent staring at the road ahead and less time scrutinizing a tiny screen for the next turn. Additionally, the larger screen is easier to accurately touch from an arm's length, so you may find that you make fewer mistakes when inputting destinations.
Of course, only the new iPad 4G and the 3G-connected variant of the previous generation iPad 2 are equipped with an Assisted GPS receiver, so you'll want to make sure you have the correct model before investing in a navigation application. Also, because the iPad is significantly larger than the iPhone 4S, you won't want to obstruct half of your windshield with its 10-inch display. Get your hands on a dashboard mount–or get creative and fabricate your own!
Once your iPad is set up for safe use behind the wheel, check out one of the apps listed below to add turn-by-turn directions and other navigation-centric services, such as traffic data and speed trap info, to your motoring mix. Just be sure to resist the urge to fire up the YouTube app on your commute home!
At $49.99, TomTom U.S.A. for iPhone and iPad has the highest cost of entry of the apps in this roundup, but for your bucks TomTom gives you its tried and true navigation engine powered by its iQ Routes technology and locally stored map data. For an additional $19.99 per year, the TomTom app gains access to the HD Traffic service, which we've found to be extremely accurate and invaluable for avoiding (or at least planning for) congestion on both highways and surface streets. iTunes link.
Some may find MotionX's interface to be a bit tricky to understand, but fans of this inexpensive GPS navigation app rave about its destination selection wheel and configurable interface. The app is also able to take advantage of connectivity with Pioneer's AppRadio and certain JVC video receivers for dual display action. With an entry price of $2.99 and a $9.99 annual subscription fee for Live Voice Guidance (which includes Inrix Traffic data), MotionX also sits at the low end of the premium navigation application price range. iTunes link.
CoPilot Live is a love it or hate it sort of app–personally, I love it. Of the apps in this roundup, its easily the most flexible and tweakable, which should appeal to GPS geeks who want to overload on data without alienating users who just want something simple. For $15.99, you get locally stored maps, so you can navigate even when you're off of the gird. From there, users can add traffic data and a fuel prices feed for $9.99 and $7.99 annually, respectively. iTunes link.
There are more than a few fans of crowd-sourced navigation app Waze around the CNET offices. For the low, low price of free, you get spoken turn-by-turn directions, user-generated traffic and road hazard data, and a fun game that challenges drivers to score points by gobbling virtual treats along their commute. Waze's interface may not be the most polished one in this roundup and sometimes its user-generated maps aren't so accurate, but if Google Map's dominance in the Android market has taught us anything, it's that it's hard to beat "free." iTunes link.
Scout grabbed our attention at CES 2012, quickly securing a spot as a Best of CES nominee. This free app, powered by TeleNav, works in concert with a web-based interface to help users to manage their destinations, social networks, and, when on-the-road, provide turn-by-turn directions. Owners of Ford Sync AppLink powered vehicles should take note, because Scout will soon gain compatibility with Ford's voice-activated interface. iTunes link.


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We've still got a lot of ground to cover. From Route 2, continue onwards to Route 3. Don't hesitate to use Tauros Charge to get around quicker. Head all the way towards the entrance to Melemele Meadow, ideally along the upper path, where the trainers were.
Between the entrance and Ace Trainer Makana by the bridge, you can find a Zygarde Cell (11) if it's currently day . From the north side of the bridge, head east towards the man who gave you the Shell Bell. Smash through the rocks up ahead to retrieve TM83 Infestation .
Cross the bridge south and keep going until you reach the bottom of the slope. Perhaps you noticed it along the way, head north from the right side of the slope to pick up a Zygarde Cell (12) hiding next to the tree. Finally, exit Route 3 to the south.
We're getting there! Not quite near the end, but still… First, head west back to Iki Town. Once there, go all the way to the back of town. At the entrance to Mahalo Trail, you can find a Zygarde Cell (3) snuggling to the right, between a tree and a man.
Next, enter Hala's house to the west. Run past Hala and swing open the upper-most door along the east side. Just ahead, you should easily spot Zygarde Core (2) at the balcony. This one teaches Zygarde the devastating move Thousand Arrows.
Leave Iki Town back to Route 1 and head towards the crossroad a short distance east, where the Trainer Tips sign is. From here, smash through the rocks to the south using your buddy Tauros to discover a brand new path. Here, make your way south-west to pick up a Nest Ball .
Before that though, carry on east, over the ledge. If it's day , you can find a Zygarde Cell (2) next to the tree to the north of where you landed. Either way, that's about it for this new path, although you're free to comb the tall grass for new Pokemon.
To leave the path, continue east, through the tall grass and over the ledges. You'll arrive back on the path you visited at the very start of the game. If it's day time, follow the path back to the crossroad before you smashed through the rocks.
From there, follow the path east, from above the wooden fence. Keep going until you reach the tall grass, below Youngster Jimmy. Above the grass, where the wooden fence meets the hill is a Zygarde Cell (1) . You won't see it during night time though.
Finally, make your way back home, by traveling in a southerly direction. Inside your room, there's a Zygarde Core (1) between your desk and your bed. Um, was that always there? This one teaches Extreme Speed to Zygarde; a power Normal-type priority move.
Just two more things! If it's night , head west to the Trainers' School. Inside the school building, on the ground floor, there's a Zygarde Cell (5) sleeping in the starry patterned mat in the play area. Huh, these guys sure know how to relax, while we painstakingly try to gather them!
Last thing! Sort of… From your house, head south towards Kukui's Lab. Make for the east side of the building, while on the beach, to stumble across a Zygarde Cell (4) . That's everything for now. Moving on, we've got a whole new area to explore!
From the Lab head south-west towards the tall grass. Beyond, you can use Tauros Charge to smash past the rocks, revealing the entrance to Ten Carat Hill. Now this really is the start of the end!
Along the path that requires Tauros Charge to access, you can find some rare Pokemon. Of the lot, Munchlax is probably the only one worth using, as it evolves into the formidable Snorlax. Normal-types aren't that great though, since they aren't super-effective against anything.
Another reason to search for Munchlax is to get your hands on its held item, Leftovers. When a Pokemon has it, they slowly recover health each turn. Perfect for defensive-oriented Pokemon.


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Pat LaFontaine scored 468 goals and recorded 545 assists in his 865-game career with the New York Islanders, Buffalo Sabres and New York Rangers. He began playing during the 1983 season and last took the ice during the 1997 campaign. LaFontaine was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2003.
1983-84 NHL New York Islanders 15 13 6 19 6 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 35 37.1
1984-85 NHL New York Islanders 67 19 35 54 32 9 1 0 0 0 1 1 173 11.0
1985-86 NHL New York Islanders 65 30 23 53 43 16 2 0 0 0 4 0 172 17.4
1986-87 NHL New York Islanders 80 38 32 70 70 -10 19 0 1 0 6 1 219 17.4
1987-88 NHL New York Islanders 75 47 45 92 52 12 15 16 0 0 7 2 242 19.4
1988-89 NHL New York Islanders 79 45 43 88 26 -8 16 19 0 0 4 0 288 15.6
1989-90 NHL New York Islanders 74 54 51 105 38 -13 13 27 2 0 8 1 286 18.9
1991-92 NHL Buffalo Sabres 57 46 47 93 98 10 23 25 0 0 5 1 203 22.7
1992-93 NHL Buffalo Sabres 84 53 95 148 63 11 20 43 2 0 7 1 306 17.3
1993-94 NHL Buffalo Sabres 16 5 13 18 2 -4 1 4 0 0 0 0 40 12.5
1994-95 NHL Buffalo Sabres 22 12 15 27 4 2 6 10 1 0 3 1 54 22.2
1995-96 NHL Buffalo Sabres 76 40 51 91 36 -8 15 24 3 0 7 1 224 17.9
1996-97 NHL Buffalo Sabres 13 2 6 8 4 -8 1 5 0 0 0 0 38 5.3
1997-98 NHL New York Rangers 67 23 39 62 36 -16 11 18 0 0 2 3 160 14.4
Totals 865 468 545 1013 552 -4 156 212 11 0 59 13 2665 17.6
1983-84 NHL New York Islanders 16 3 6 9 8 -2 0 0 0 0 0 21 14.3
1984-85 NHL New York Islanders 9 1 2 3 4 -3 0 0 0 0 0 7 14.3
1986-87 NHL New York Islanders 14 5 7 12 10 -6 1 0 0 0 2 39 12.8
1987-88 NHL New York Islanders 6 4 5 9 8 2 1 3 0 0 1 16 25.0
1989-90 NHL New York Islanders 2 0 1 1 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.0
1991-92 NHL Buffalo Sabres 7 8 3 11 4 0 5 1 1 0 1 27 29.6
1992-93 NHL Buffalo Sabres 7 2 10 12 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 13 15.4
1994-95 NHL Buffalo Sabres 5 2 2 4 2 -2 1 0 0 0 0 11 18.2
Totals 69 26 36 62 36 -14 10 8 1 0 4 146 17.8


The well known golf-gear manufacturer just announced its latest putter series, which are expected to hit the shelves worldwide starting with February 1st (2/1/2019), and we are talking about the new Pure Feel Template Series from Tour Edge. The latest and greatest putters from Tour Edge include 2 mallet designs, a semi mallet, and 3 blade designs.
Each and every putter in the Pure Feel Template series is boasting Tour Edge's patented micro groove technology, for accurate roll and instant topspin. Also, the micro groove technology really shines in regard to delivering an incredibly soft feel upon ball impact, while in the same time, reducing skidding off the putter's face. In case you were wondering, these are the main characteristics of Tour Edge's signature Pure Feel technology, which has been incorporated into the company's wedges and putters for a long time now. As per the Temple particle in the Template series, it depicts a perfectly designed golf hole on a given course, which sets the standard in the industry so to speak, i.e. it's used as an example of how a (perfect) future hole should look like.
Case in point: Biarritz's par 3's template holes, which are world-renowned for their ability to test a golfer's skills when it comes to hitting laser accurate long-shots, and we're talking about 210-240 yards on average. Biarritz is also famous for its enormous green, which sometimes stretches almost eighty yards at some courses, and "copycats" of Biarritz can be played at Chicago Golf Club, Piping Rock and the Camargo Club, if one so inclined.
Tour Edge's new line of putters were created following a classic forged design, as a homage of sorts, but the company did not forget to introduce state of the art innovations and technologies to keep up with 2019; after all, people buy the latest golf gear to improve their game (and their scoring). Hence, David Glod, Tour Edge Master Club Designer, created these brand new 6 putter models, which are based on classic/best-of putter designs in history, but updated with the latest and greatest technologies to date. The new putter line-up from Tour Edge includes Alps, Biarritz and Road mallets, Cape and Eden Blades and the Redan semi-mallet.
The new putters from Tour Edge arrive with a PureFeel Tac jumbo grip, designed to minimize head rotation and grip pressure for a purer putting stroke and a softer touch by preventing one's wrists from breaking down. Also, the jumbo grip is built using a special thermoplastic, a never before used material according to Tour Edge. This proprietary thermoplastic is manufactured via a novel technology called TPSP or Thermal Plastic Suspension Polymerization. This cutting edge technological process creates perfectly aligned SP SuperTac polymer spheres by mixing a liquid with a monomer via mechanical agitation.
These spheres can be observed as white dots on the grip's black thermoplastic base, and they're designed to protect the grip while providing extreme tackiness, along with resistance to wear and tear. Each putter in the new Pure Feel Template Series features a Contrast Technology Alignment aide, together with Optic Technology and a 71-degree lie and a 3-degree loft, and they'll be available in 33", 34", and 35" inches standard lengths from February 1, 2019 for an MSRP of $99.99 at Tour Edge authorized retailer stores.


Shade sails or sun shades offer one of the best and very practical solutions for those who are looking for a temporary or semi-permanent shade structure for their homes or businesses. Their various sizes, shapes and colours makes them very versatile and can be used for both domestic and commercial applications like in swimming pools, patios, decks, gardens, car park, playground – basically anywhere that needs protection from the sun. They are not as expensive as having a roof built as well, since most shade sails sell somewhere between $100 to $500 or more.
When it comes to purchasing shade sails though, there are certain things that you need to consider. Remember that these shade sails are going to be part or an extension of your property, and that being said, you should definitely invest in a good quality shade sail instead of the cheaper alternatives.
But how exactly do you differentiate a quality grade shade sail from those which are not? Whether you are buying a shade sail for the first time or looking for a replacement, here are some information that can help you distinguish between good and bad shade sails.
As much as possible, always choose to buy shade sails from reputable and credible manufacturer, as this is one way of making sure that you are getting your money's worth. In Australia, there are several shade sail manufacturers, and one of the most popular and trusted brands is Coolaroo. Coolaroo has been in the business of making shade sails and other outdoor living products like umbrellas and others for decades, and they wouldn't have lasted that long if they weren't producing quality shade sails. Besides, Coolaroo is not only popular in Australia, but has gained world-wide audience as well.
The fabric used in shade sails is very different from ordinary cloth. The industry standard is high density polyethylene (HDPE) fabric, which is usually lightweight and breathable, but still tough enough to endure the wear and tear brought about by the extreme Australian weather. Shade sails with HDPE fabric also stays in shape and retains its colours for a long time, thus making sure that you have an appealing shade sail over the years.
There are different types of fabric that you can choose from, the most popular being permeable fabrics. They provide excellent ventilation because of its ability to allow the wind to pass through. This also makes them better come during windy times because the air passes through and not much tension is created on the rigging and shade sail, and thus lessens the pressure on the anchor points.
Shade sail fabrics should be able to resist mould and mildew formation as well, so check if the fabric has coating, and if it does, make sure that it is not cracked or does not peel off.
Good quality shade sails do not only protect you from the heat of the sun, but also from the harmful ultraviolet (UV) rays it emits. When buying a shade sail, be sure to ask about its UV block percentage, both the minimum and maximum numbers. In general, a quality shade sail should be able to block out more than 90% of the sun's UV rays, whereas a shade sail of poor quality can only provide lesser protection, if any at all.
You also need to check the quality or the d-rings and steel cables that come along with the shade sail you buy. D-rings and steel cables of poor quality tend to bend or snap easily. You should check that the d-rings are sewn sturdily to the shade sail, since this will ensure that they do not turn and twist whenever a slightly strong wind is blowing. The seams, by the way, should be evenly spaced and uniformed, and the edges are sewn with dual-layered belt instead of the common turned-and-sewn pattern. When it comes to rigging, choose steel cables over ropes. Steel cables are tough and strong, and a good steel cable should be able to hold the weight of shade sail and handle the pressure exerted by both the weight and the wind. A good quality steel cable should also be able to hold up your shade sail without you having to re-tension or re-adjust them every now and then.
Every good and high quality shade sail is backed up by a warranty, and don't settle for a one year warranty. If the shade sail is as good as the seller says it is, they should be brave enough to give you at least a 5 year warranty. The Coolaroo Charcoal Extreme rectangle 5m x 3m Shade Sail for example is backed up by 10 years warranty. If there are signs that UV Damage is detected on the shade sails they can be replaced.
If you are serious about having a shade sail that is not only visually striking but also serves its purpose well, then be sure to invest in a good quality shade sail – they are not only functional but practical solutions for your shade needs as well.


Will Thrones fans accustomed to the glimmering prestige of HBO follow their favorite author?
It's officially happening: as Game of Thrones fans eagerly await the 2019 release of the show's final season on HBO, Syfy has picked up an adaptation of the George R.R. Martin novella Nightflyers to series.
This deal has been in the works for a few months now, but as the cable network made its official announcement Thursday after the deal closed, a few new details emerged. For instance, we now know the cast: Gretchen Mol will star as Dr. Agatha Matheson. Alongside her will be Eoin Macken (The Night Shift) as Karl D'Branin, David Ajala (Falling Water) as Roy Eris, Sam Strike (EastEnders) as Thale, Maya Eshet (Teen Wolf, To the Bone) as Lommie, Angus Sampson (Fargo) as Rowan, Jodie Turner-Smith (The Last Ship) as Melantha Jhirl, and Brían F. O'Byrne (Manhunt: Unabomber, The Magicians) as Auggie.
Although the sci-fi network has carved out a place in the increasingly original programming-oriented TV landscape, it's fair to assume that this series will not carry nearly the same prestige and production quality with which Game of Thrones has become synonymous. (You know, Thrones is kind of a big deal.) Still, as Martin diehards prepare for a long wait for that final season—and an even longer one for The Winds of Winter—Nightflyers could be just the right snack to sate those ravenous appetites. And if not, no worries; there are still plenty of Thrones spin-offs and prequels in the works as we speak.


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Q: Git - cannot either merge or rebase when merging feature branch onto updated develop So I am stuck in the baffling endless loop of merge conflicts when I am trying to merge my feature branch onto my updated develop branch.
I have a feature branch that is based on an old commit from develop branch. Develop branch in the meantime, has been updated and is on a different commit. I want to apply and 'merge' the changes from the feature branch onto the develop branch and all the conflicting files should be based on the changes made in the feature branch.
That state I am currently at: I have fetched and successfully merged changes from origin/dev onto my local dev branch. Now I want to merge the feature branch onto the dev branch. However, when I try to
git checkout dev
git merge feature-branch

the command results in the following:
error: Your local changes to the following files would be overwritten by merge:
        gulpfile.js
        package-lock.json
        package.json

When I try to rebase the feature branch based on the dev branch:
git checkout feature-branch
git rebase dev

The error:
Cannot rebase: You have unstaged changes.
Please commit or stash them.

Note that both of the branches are up-to-date respectively. Dev branch is up-to-date with origin/dev with nothing to commit and with the working tree clean.
Same goes for the feature branch, although the feature branch has never been pushed to repo and only exists locally.
The desired result is to apply changes made in the feature branch onto the dev branch and use feature changes on all conflicting files
Also, note that this is not a professional environment. We have not really decided on a specific strategy as our git knowledge is still limited. But this is an error (obviously human one) that has occurred several times already, so I am glad for any tips for the future.
EDIT: So I managed to fix the specific problem by pushing the feature branch to the repo and merged it using pull request. However, this did not fix (or answered the actual issue of having merge conflict because of local changes when there aren't any)

A: I don't actually know how painless the merge or rebase would actually be, but your current error message is pointing to something else:
error: Your local changes to the following files would be overwritten by merge:
        gulpfile.js
        package-lock.json
        package.json

There are a number of ways to clean your working directory so that the merge would complete.  One option would be to just use git stash.  After typing git stash, you would see Git pause for a bit while it goes off and commits your working directory behind the scenes.  Once it finishes, type git status to verify that the working directory be clean, and then try to do the merge again.  After the merge is complete, you can git stash apply the changes to bring back your working directory to the state in which it was before the merge.
But this assumes that you actually want the changes to these files.  The files seem like they might be artifacts of Node or some other Javascript tool, and not really part of your main codebase.  In this case, you could just checkout the files to remove them from the working directory:
git checkout -- gulpfile.js
git checkout -- package-lock.json
git checkout -- package.json


The area is located on the northern edge of Onega bay, and forms a complex with Onezhskaya Guba in the White Sea.
Solovetski Archipelago is mainly protecetd for its cultural value and is included in the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites.
Several rather big islands surrounded by marine shallows. Extensive shorelines, beaches and coastal meadows.
BirdLife International (2019) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Solovetski Archipelago and Zjizjginski island. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 20/04/2019.


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Every local branch is kept private to you by default - you can decide yourself if and when you want to publish it on a remote server. If you decide to do so, a new branch is created on the remote server. You and your coworkers can then use this branch for collaboration.
In theory, you could use Git's standard "push" feature to publish a branch. However, to make this easier, Tower offers a special interface when it comes to publishing a local branch for the first time on a remote.
Once the branch has been published, you can use the standard Push operation to upload further changes.


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Billy Porter gets pinned in Oscar Heyman brooches as he prepares for the Golden Globe Awards on January 06, 2019. Photo Getty
Men in Hollywood Made the Brooch Happen
See the bold looks that finally revived the style
There has been a rallying cry from jewelry lovers for a long time to "Bring back the brooch!" While I feel like a member of the varsity squad of jewelry cheerleaders, I never joined in on this particular chant. Oh, don't get me wrong. I adore brooches. I suppose, I felt a brooch revival was an impossible dream. Let me explain.
Throughout most of the 20th century, brooches have been an incredible medium for creativity. It's arguably the most expressive figurative style of jewelry. Why you ask? Well, a brooch doesn't have to fit around a neck, wrist, finger or ear. It's like a small sculpture that is worn on fabric. If you want to get a glimpse at one of the masters of the medium check out the Schlumberger designs in the exhibit Drawn to Beauty: The Life and Atelier of Jean Schlumberger.
Billy Porter wore Oscar Heyman flower brooches on his lapel at the 2019 Golden Globes. Photo Getty
One reason brooches fell out of favor is that the great works can be heavy and they require a substantial fabric to hold them up. As women's daytime attire became increasingly more casual and made with lighter fabrics, the designs fell out of favor. I would say brooches were pretty much gone by the minimalist 90s. And yes, brooches may look pretty razzle-dazzle from today's perspective but most were designed to be worn during the day.
As ornate, maximalist clothes have comeback into favor in women's clothing, the brooch has not really returned with them. Brooches rarely appear in contemporary collections. Brooches can be found in High Jewelry collections when a House is referencing a design from the past or carrying out a representational theme.
When you see a women wearing a brooch today, they are generally a connoisseur level of collector. Often the pieces are styled in some incredible eye-catching way. On the red carpet, when a brooch shows up on a woman, its almost always vintage and usually worn in the hair.
Well, after the 2019 Awards Season, I think it's safe to say the brooch has finally made a high-profile comeback. Like all good revivals, there is a big of spin on the new wave. It has become an amazing men's style.
The roots of the renaissance can be traced to the late great fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld. He was a pioneer in bringing brooches into men's modern attire. The pieces he pinned on his wide ties were often diamond brooches by Belperron. In the last couple of years it has become a hot trend for men in the jewelry profession to wear a gemmy brooch on a suit jacket. I mark the beginning of the crossover into a wider audience when Schlumberger's "Bird on A Rock" was worn on dancer David Hallberg in Tiffany's 2017 national ad campaign.
On the red carpet, there have been any number of great brooch sightings on men in the last two years. A couple of major moments during the 2019 Awards Season, when amazing men wore not one, not two, but three big brooches on their lapels, really locked in the look.
Chadwick Boseman wore Tiffany brooches when he formally accepted the Outstanding Performance by a Cast at the SAG Awards. He is flanked by Michael B. Jordan, Danai Gurira, Lupita Nyong'o and Angela Bassett. Photo Getty
At the Golden Globes in January, Billy Porter—who stars as Pray Tell on FX's Pose—echoed the magnificent hand embroidery on his Randi Rahm cape and jacket with three incredible flower brooches by Oscar Heyman. The largest jewel on the top of his lapel was a diamond and enamel Gardenia brooch. At the center of his trio was a yellow and white diamond and platinum Gardenia brooch. The smallest jewel was a pretty substantial invisibly set ruby and diamond flower brooch. The bouquet cost around $280,000.
The second major brooch moment during Awards Season happened at the SAG Awards when the Black Panther himself, Chadwick Boseman, paired his brown and black Ermenegildo Zegna XXX suit with three Tiffany brooches designed by Jean Schlumberger. The jewels include a Five Leaves clip in 18K gold with diamonds and a Floral Leaves clip in 18K gold and diamonds.
Chadwick Boseman and two of the Tiffany brooches designed Schlumberger he wore at the SAG Awards. Photo Getty
These men made brooches look so fabulous, they did what I thought was impossible. They brought the brooch back. In fact, they make the styles look so good, who knows, maybe brooches will make a return in a big way to the women's arena. If they do or don't I am overjoyed that the brooch is finally getting high-profile attention again. In a turn of phrase on the Wakanda salute, "Brooches forever!"
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Parents as Teachers has compiled a number of useful fact sheets and briefs for policymakers and their staff focused on various issue areas. Please contact our Government and Community Engagement team if you cannot find what you are looking for or would like more information. Email us at public.policy@parentsasteachers.org.


The Cow in Wash Trough Art Rubber Stamp is fun stamp for anyone's collection. This Art Stamp is made from 100% red rubber that begun from deeply etched master plates and the die is mounted to a sponge cushion backing. The Cow in Wash Trough Art Rubber Stamp is approximately 2.5 Inches wide by 2.5 Inches high.
The cow in a water trough taking a bath is a whimsical stamp perfect for any country arts and crafts. The cow is adorable and works well with any ink color on any type of paper like card stock, envelopes, and craft paper.
When I first bought this stamp I bought a black ink pad but then I wanted to use a different color. The rubber ink pad was easy to clean off and durable. After washing it and letting it dry I was able to stamp again with a new color.


Created on 2017-09-30 23:04 by Dandan Lee, last changed 2019-04-18 14:49 by slink. This issue is now closed.
I expect that the root cause is missing libffi(-dev[el]) on your system, preventing _ctypes from building, so your quick fix would be to install that and try again.
However, not having _ctypes shouldn't cause installation to fail.  Donald, is ctypes a hard requirement for pip to install itself?  If so, ensurepip as called by `make install` should either gracefully handle a lack of ctypes or be disabled when ctypes is not available.
Confirming that this is still failing with 3.7.0 released.
In <https://bugs.python.org/issue32401#msg308926> Chi-Hsuan suggests "configure --without-ensurepip" as a workaround.
Yes, on my Ubuntu 18.04, `make` failed to compile _ctypes module.
The error did not stop python3.7 from operating as noted on this page.
Iam using centos 7. And as mentioned in this thread, though this error came, Iam able to go to python3.7 interpreter fine.
However, when i wanted to install pip, I get the same _ctype error as below.
So, I think, this needs to be resolved in order to use python3.7 in centos.
As mentioned before, this is due to missing libffi-devel on a Centos 7 system. Verified it as well on one of my systems.
Could you try again, but before just do a 'yum install libffi-devel'?
Maybe a warning could be added to the install output when it can't find libffi.


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This table provides an overview of the churches in the Jesuit Missions of the Chiquitos.

Notes

References

Lists of churches
Jesuit churches in Bolivia


This study focused on determining thallium content in tobacco samples collected from a commercial cigarette brand commonly available in Poland (manufactured by Philip Morris). The samples were analyzed with the use of differential pulse anodic stripping voltammetry (DPASV) coupled with a flow injection analysis (FIA) system. The obtained results confirmed that thallium was present in the studied tobacco samples (average content at 0.0089 ±0.0012μg/g). These findings suggest that cigarette smokers in Poland may be exposed to the toxic effects of thallium-based compounds present in tobacco.


Safety: The severity of a burn depends on the length of time that the area is held above the burn temperature. For example, 1 gramme of a traditional 350°, F hot melt requires 18 seconds to cool down below 180F, and will be constantly burning during those 18 seconds. Applied at 250°F, only 70°F above the burn temperature, Low Temperature hot Melts will significantly reduce the occurrence of severe burns.
Reduced energy use: Measurements carried out in a production process showed that Low Temperature hot melts requires 33% less energy from the hot melt unit, all along the production cycle. This can produce considerable savings in a multi-line plant. The reduction in energy use will have a positive impact on the environment, and this is an important KPI for many leading food producers and Supermarkets.


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Michigan DNR Reminds the Public to Leave Baby Animals Alone This Spring
By Travis Smola | March 22, 2017
Michigan DNR reminds the public to leave baby animals alone.
As the winter wanes and signs of spring arrive, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources is finding itself having to remind the public of something they should already know.
Leave the newborn baby animals alone!
"Please resist the urge to help seemingly abandoned baby animals," DNR wildlife communications coordinator Hannah Schauer said in a press release. "Many baby animals will die if removed from their natural environment, and some have diseases or parasites that can be passed on to humans or pets."
Fawns are the most common animals that are removed from the wild. Mostly because a doe will often leave a fawn unattended for hours at a time and many people mistake them as having been abandoned. In reality, disturbing or touching the fawn may hurt its chances for survival.
"Give it plenty of space and quickly leave the area. The mother deer will return for her fawns when she feels it is safe; she may not return if people or dogs are present," the release states.
The DNR says baby animals removed from the wild may become too acclimated to humans and thus, unable to return to the wild. But there are also concerns about the animals getting more aggressive once they are older and reach maturity.
In fact, the DNR says the only time an animal should be removed from the wild is if it is known the parent is dead or injured. And even then, it should only be done by wildlife rehabilitators.
It may seem extreme for the DNR to have to re-hash what seems like common knowledge, but there's precedent for it. Last July, a Michigan woman was fined for kidnapping multiple fawns from the wild.
A month earlier in June, another woman in California was nabbed by game wardens after attempting to sell a fawn on Craigslist.
What Michigan is doing with this news is actually becoming more common as more states attempt to educate the public well in advance of baby animal season.
Let's all enjoy the cute baby animals this spring, but leave them in the wild where they belong!
NEXT: DOG AND ORPHANED FAWN ARE BEST FRIENDS IN SMALL MICHIGAN TOWN


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package dkpro.similarity.algorithms.lsr.uima.aggregate;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Map;

import org.apache.uima.fit.descriptor.ConfigurationParameter;
import org.apache.uima.fit.descriptor.ExternalResource;
import org.apache.uima.resource.ResourceInitializationException;
import org.apache.uima.resource.ResourceSpecifier;

import dkpro.similarity.algorithms.api.TextSimilarityMeasure;
import dkpro.similarity.algorithms.lsr.aggregate.MCS06AggregateComparator;
import dkpro.similarity.uima.resource.TextSimilarityResourceBase;

public class MCS06AggregateResource
	extends TextSimilarityResourceBase
{
	public static final String PARAM_TERM_SIMILARITY_RESOURCE = "TermSimilarityMeasure";
	@ExternalResource(key=PARAM_TERM_SIMILARITY_RESOURCE)
	private TextSimilarityMeasure termSimilarityMeasure;

	public static final String PARAM_IDF_VALUES_FILE = "IdfValuesFile";
	@ConfigurationParameter(name=PARAM_IDF_VALUES_FILE, mandatory=true)
	private File idfValuesFile;

	@Override
	public boolean initialize(ResourceSpecifier aSpecifier,
			Map<String, Object> aAdditionalParams)
		throws ResourceInitializationException
	{
		if (!super.initialize(aSpecifier, aAdditionalParams)) {
	        return false;
	    }

		this.mode = TextSimilarityResourceMode.list;

		return true;
	}

	@Override
	public void afterResourcesInitialized()
	        throws ResourceInitializationException
	{
		super.afterResourcesInitialized();

		try {
			measure = new MCS06AggregateComparator(termSimilarityMeasure, idfValuesFile);
		}
		catch (IOException e) {
			System.err.println("Term similarity measure could not be initialized!");
			e.printStackTrace();
		}
	}
}

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There have been occasions the timing has been almost perfect for discovering a new author birthday. Then other times I had to wait many months to celebrate with my family. There have been occasions life was just too busy to celebrate. Then other times we were fortunate to celebrate more than one birthday in the same week.
I have intentions of celebrating all the birthdays I jot down in my planner. I don't know if I will get to them all. But the feeling I get from celebrating an author that I have been wanting to celebrate for a long time really keeps me moving forward.
Fast forward to this year....Tara Lazar's debut picture book, The Monstore, was available for pre-order from Amazon and was delivered to our home on June 8! Sometimes the timing IS absolutely perfect for celebrating an author birthday.
Tara Lazar had a passion for writing for children well before publishing The Monstore. In grade school, she wrote a picture book with a friend and convinced her great-grandparents it was really published. (Kimmie Poppins) In junior high, she wrote many popular stories that were "photocopied and read for a buck in the bathroom." (Heather Ayris Burnell). More recently in 2008, she created PiBoIdMo, a challenge held every year to inspire children's picture book writers to come up with 30 picture book ideas in 30 days. Tara's future as a children's author is bright. She is following up The Monstore with two more picture books, I Thought This Was a Bear Book (2014) and Little Red Gliding Hood (2015).
I remember my fifth birthday party when my mother bought me a hula outfit. I loved it immediately and put it on in the bathroom, where no one could see me. But then she begged me to come out and show the family. Well, there was my handsome teenage cousin there! I couldn't let him see me in a bikini and grass skirt! I would not come out of the bathroom. My mother begged and pleaded with me, but I would not budge. Then she said, "Oh your cousin Robert went home." So I opened the door a crack and peeked through. I didn't see him. So I hula'ed on out. My mother led me to the patio where the entire family was assembled, downing burgers and potato salad. And there was Robert! AHHHHHH! I screamed, ran back into the bathroom and slammed the door. I was so embarrassed I didn't come out for a good half hour, after I stuffed the hula outfit in the shower and put regular clothes back on!
My father has a very dry sense of humor. For my eighth birthday, we had a bowling party. My father told the kids we were "bowling for dinner" (like the old game show "Bowling for Dollars"). One girl took him seriously. "Is it true we can't have a burger unless we bowl a strike?" Poor girl, I had to explain my father's warped sense of humor. Which, by the way is where I get mine from!
Thank you Tara for sharing your birthday memories! I want to congratulate you once again on your first published picture book! Our family really enjoyed it!
The Monstore "sells only the most useful monsters, just right for doing tricky things around the house". Zack purchases a monster to help him with his bothersome little sister. He quickly becomes an unsatisfied Monstore-customer and tries to return the "broken" monster only to learn that there are "NO RETURNS. NO EXCHANGES." Zack tries other monsters that specialize in handling annoying-little sister-behavior, but with each purchase his situation gets more and more awful. In the end, Zack finds out that maybe the monsters weren't broken after all and that they did help ease some of the tension in his relationship with his sister.
The monsters in the book, illustrated by James Burks, are really awesome! My favorite was the "Glow-in-the-Dark" monster, a one-eyed monster that provides light for a child while they read under the covers. I couldn't help thinking about my own children who all love reading in their beds with flashlights and head lamps. This illustration sparked an idea for a project that I knew they were going to love.
I wanted to make something, for quite some time, that incorporated the solar light component of the inexpensive, popular walkway lights that are available at just about every store right now. After reading The Monstore, we brainstormed a way of taking the top of the walkway light and making the "Glow-in-the-Dark" monster.
It didn't take long and my children began creating their monsters with plastic containers and colored tape.
My oldest son chose to use craft feathers too!
We started with a plastic container. We used 32 oz. yogurt containers, large cottage cheese containers and large Coffee-mate coffee cream bottles.
We covered the container with colored tape.
We cut a metal coat hanger to size, drilled a small hole in the center of the container, pushed the coat hanger through the hole and then secured it with tape.
Then, we used two clear yogurt container lids (the kind of yogurt that come with the granola on top) to make what would be the eye of the "Glow-in-the-Dark" monster.
First, I cut a hole in the back lid so the solar panel would be visible. Then, I taped the back lid to the front lid so the solar light component was secure.
The monster eye was then taped to the coat hanger. I bent the coat hanger until it was balanced and could stand on its own without tipping over.
A mouth, tooth, and legs were added to complete this useful monster.
I told you he was excited about his project!
A MONSTORE face from my youngest son!
My oldest daughter made a multi-colored-rainbow-peace-sign-Glow-in-the-Dark monster! Check out the Monster Care Instructions sheet she designed below! Free to download!
We won't be returning or exchanging this monster to The Monstore. He works just fine!


A 20-year-old college student tragically died on Sunday after she choked during a Greek life pancake-eating contest at her school three days earlier.
On Thursday night, Caitlin Nelson was participating in a charity event at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Connecticut. During the pancake-eating contest, Caitlin ate four or five flapjacks. Then "she suddenly fell to the floor and started shaking uncontrollably." Two nursing students rushed to help her. Then police and paramedics quickly arrived on the scene and she was taken to a local hospital, where doctors said she was in critical but stable condition.
Caitlin was later transferred to New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center and was pronounced dead on Sunday. Sadly, this was the same day that a man choked to death during a doughnut-eating contest. Her vital organs have been harvested to be used to help people in need.
Caitlin lost her life, but in her passing sacrificed to those who needed help. She was much like her father, Port Authority Officer James Nelson, who was killed during the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center.
When Caitlin was 5-years-old, James Nelson was on the 27th floor of one of the Twin Towers helping evacuate people when the iconic skyscraper collapsed.


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Q: MSDTC.exe listening on port 5357 but DCOM port range restricted to 5000-5020 I've been having problems trying to get DTCPing.exe to work between 2 servers. I read this article and tried to troubleshoot the issue.
One of the suggestions to to run netstat -anob to determine what port DTCPIng.exe or msdtc.exe was listening on. When I run the command it says it's listening on port 5357, even though I have restricted the DCOM port range to 5000-5020 on both machines. (I have rebooted both machines, and my system admin says the firewall is open bidirectionally for ports 135, and the range 5000-5020)
Am I missing something? Shouldn't msdtc.exe be listening between the DCOM port range and not on port 5357?

A: Solved it. The port ranges were being exhausted as quite a few RPC calls were taking place. We increased the DCOM port range to 5000-5300 and that then started to work. However every server that participates in the DTC transaction would need identical port ranges and the firewall's would also need to allow the ranges bidirectionally.


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Archive for the 'John Mearsheimer' Category
McCain Ahead?
Reuters reports its new poll that shows John McCain leading Barack Obama by 5 points. Just as I wrote yesterday that the race in key swing states, such as Pennsylvania, is far closer than the media perception, I'm not buying into the idea of a 5 point McCain lead.
My take on the race nationally is that it is very much in flux and subject to key events, such as the Democratic and Republican conventions as well as the announcement of running mates. Obama's week off the campaign trail surely contributed too.
The theory of the pollster, John Zogby, is that Obama's move to the center is depressing his core supporters of liberals and young people. "That was one of several recent policy shifts for Obama, as he positions himself for the general election battle. But Zogby said the changes could be taking a toll on Obama's support, particularly among Democrats and self-described liberals.
" 'That hairline difference between nuance and what appears to be flip-flopping is hurting him with liberal voters,' Zogby said.
Obama's support among Democrats fell 9 percentage points this month to 74 percent, while McCain has the backing of 81 percent of Republicans. Support for Obama, an Illinois senator, fell 12 percentage points among liberals, with 10 percent of liberals still undecided compared to 9 percent of conservatives."
Zogby also narrowed the sample. Instead of a poll of registered voters, which would include more young people, Zogby focused on "included 1,089 likely voters nationwide." McCain does better among likely voters.
Don't get me wrong. By no means do I think that Obama is running away with the race, not at all. Slowly, McCain has chipped away at Obama. And, remember, when we look back at the primary contest, Obama never sealed the deal with most Democratic voters. Aside from a convincing victory in Virginia, Obama's delegate advantage came from winning the caucuses in sparsely populated Midwestern and Mountain states. When he became the presumptive nominee, members of the press became treating him in triumphant fashion — but that did not reflect the reality of his razor thin and largely procedural victory. At every almost every key juncture in the primaries, New Hampshire, Super Tuesday, Ohio, Pennsylvania, media and pundit enthusiasm in Obama exceeded voter totals. I'm just not convinced that McCain is actually ahead yet.
A final note. A prominent progressive friend of mine assured me privately he was convinced that Obama was going to lose the general election. This was in the immediate wake of Obama's trip abroad. "Obama's just not that strong a candidate," he said. "McCain will win. I know it." This surprised me. But when you put aside interest and energy surrounding Obama's campaign and just look at the numbers, there are some disturbing trends. During the last election cycle, John Kerry held a lead over George Bush right now. And look what happened to him.
Tags:Barack Obama, John McCain, John Zogby, Zogby Poll
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Foxman Confronts "The Israel Lobby" Thesis
Abraham Foxman, who spent his childhood in Vilnius hiding from the Nazis, has a new book out critiquing Stephen Walt, John Mearsheimer and Jimmy Carter (two of whom, Mearsheimer and Carter, were prominently featured in CNN's "God's Warriors.")
For Mr. Foxman, the current arguments have an ugly resonance given the historical context: He cites the Dreyfus Affair, Hitler's allegations that Jews undermined the German effort in World War I, and Stalin's doubts about Jewish loyalty as significant precedents to the recent charges. "To survive Hitler and to survive postwar communist Europe and to relive these hideous canards, just because they're being paraded by professors with titles from Chicago and Harvard, does not change their reality," said Mr. Foxman, making clear he does not equate the current authors with either Hitler or Stalin.
At stake, says Mr. Foxman, is the ability of Jews to engage in American democracy as citizens, much like Irish Americans, Cuban Americans, Italian Americans and members of other ethnic groups. "Will Jews be less willing to act out their full citizenship on issues for fear of being accused of being disloyal or not loyal enough or more loyal to Israel than America?" If some American Jews want to advocate on behalf of Israel or any other cause, he added, "that's what American democracy is all about."
"The Deadliest Lies," which Mr. Foxman hopes will find its way onto academic reading lists that include the books addressed in his account, provides a litany of errors and illogicalities in the works it disputes. Among the offenses: the "denigration" by Messrs. Walt and Mearsheimer of Israel's offer to Yasser Arafat at Camp David in 2000; their "minimization" of Palestinian-Arab terror attacks on Israeli civilians; their account of the demise of Senator Charles Percy of Illinois, the only politician they believe was forced out of office by the "Lobby," in an electoral defeat that Mr. Foxman attributes instead to the power of Chicago's Democratic machine; and numerous examples, omitted from the work of Messrs. Walt and Mearsheimer, of American administrations acting in opposition to Israel and its advocates.
Regarding Mr. Carter, Mr. Foxman quotes Kenneth Stein, a former aide to the president, to dispute the former president's assertion that Menachem Begin ever made any commitment during Camp David discussions on settlements in the West Bank, and certainly none involving stopping their growth.
Mr. Shultz goes even further in refuting the idea that any "Israel Lobby" dictates American foreign policy, enumerating America's sale of arms to Saudi Arabia during the Reagan administration and recounting Reagan's decision to visit the Bitburg cemetery. He also cautions against scapegoating. "When we make a wrong decision – even one that is recommended by Israel and supported by American Jewish groups – it is our decision, and one for which we alone are responsible," Mr. Shultz writes. "We act in our own interest. And when we mistakenly conclude from time to time – as we will – that an action or policy is in America's interest, we must take responsibility for the mistake."
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Boston Lawyer Takes on the "Israel Lobby Gang"
The authors of "The Israel Lobby", Steve Walt and John Mearsheimer, are getting a lot of press these days. These are the university professors who contend that "The Israel Lobby" has hijacked American foreign policy and proved the U.S. war with Iraq. To me, this smacks all too much of anti-Jewish scapegoating at a time of an unpopular war.
Jeff Robbins, a partner at the Boston law firm of Mintz, Levin, has a terrific op-ed in The Wall Street Journal rebutting this thesis. He reports an anecdote about Saudi Arabia's attempt to purchase positive opinion in America in the wake of 9/11.
"Not long after Sept. 11, 2001, I received a call from a major defense contractor asking for a favor. I was serving as president of the Boston chapter of the World Affairs Council, a national organization that debates foreign policy, and the defense contractor was one of the Council's principal sponsors.
The Saudi Arabian government was sponsoring a national public relations campaign to cultivate American public opinion, and was sending Saudi emissaries around the country to make the case that Saudi Arabia was a tolerant, moderate nation worthy of American support. Would the Council organize a forum of Boston's community leaders so that the Saudis could make their case?
While this was patently no more than a Saudi lobbying effort, we organized the forum, and it was well-attended by precisely the slice of Boston's political and corporate elite that the Saudis and their defense contractor benefactor had hoped for. The Saudis maintained that their kingdom should be regarded as a promoter of Middle East peace, and that the abundant evidence that Saudi Arabia was in fact promoting a virulent brand of extremist Islam should be discounted.
Saudi Arabia paid for the trip of its emissaries to Boston, for the Washington-based public relations and lobbying company that organized the trip, and for the Boston public relations and lobbying company that handled the Boston part of the visit. And it drew upon the resources and relationships of the defense contractor, which sells hundreds of millions of dollars of military equipment to Saudi Arabia, to support and orchestrate its public relations effort."
Here is Robbin's essential point: "It is apparently the authors' position that, even in the face of the overwhelming leverage of an Arab world swimming in petrodollars, with a lock on the U.N. and an unlimited ability to pay for pro-Arab public relations, American Jews are obliged to stay silent. In essence, Messrs. Walt and Mearsheimer have repackaged the "the-Jews-run-the-country" stuff which has long been the bread and butter of anti-Semites."
Two other important points. Longtime readers will remember this 2002 story.
"A series of radio advertising spots ran in 30 cities across the United States in early April. One, titled "Occupation," extolled the Arab League's "fair plan to end the senseless violence in the Mideast." The plan, according to the advertisement, involved Israel's "withdrawal from the Palestinian land it has unjustly occupied for years…. There will be no more midnight raids and random searches, no more violence." It did not condemn Palestinian terrorist bombings aimed at Israeli civilians. Another ad, titled "Peace Plan," stated: "To stop the cycle of violence, we must first end the military occupation of Palestinian towns and neighborhoods." Again, no mention of Palestinian terrorism and no mention of the peace offer made by former Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak, which would have given the Palestinian Authority possession of 97 percent of the West Bank — an offer Yasser Arafat turned down in 2000. Both ads concluded with the slogan "Start the peace — end the occupation," followed by the words "paid for by the Alliance of Peace and Justice."
Must be just another grassroots group fighting to get Israel out of the West Bank, right? Not exactly. The ads were placed by Sandler-Innocenzi, a political-advertising agency that has done spots for Republican House majority whip Tom DeLay and the Republican National Committee, among others. A Sandler-Innocenzi staffer contacted by the Phoenix acknowledged involvement with the ad and gave a phone number and address for the Alliance of Peace and Justice. The address — 8484 Westpark Drive in McLean, Virginia — is the home of media firm Qorvis Communications. Where does this complicated trail lead? To the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, which, according to the federal government's Foreign Agents Registration Act office, hired Qorvis on March 6. Qorvis did not respond to phone calls requesting comment on the ads."
I will post a link to my feature story on a new book rebutting the "Israel Lobby" thesis. Here's my write-up of a June encounter with Stephen Walt.
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