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McCain the maverick returns with a vengeance
A joke made its way around the Capitol yesterday: How do you know the 2008 election is really over? Because John McCain is causing trouble for Republicans again.
Colleagues say John McCain will play a "very active role" in the Senate.Michael Reynolds / EPA file
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By By Shailagh Murray
Two and a half months removed from his defeat in the race for the presidency, colleagues say, McCain bears more resemblance to the unpredictable and frequently bipartisan lawmaker they have served with for decades than the man who ran an often scathing campaign against Barack Obama. In some instances, he's even carrying water for his former rival.
"Mac is back!" one of his devoted friends in the Senate declared as McCain walked into the chamber Wednesday to deliver his first speech of the 111th Congress: a blunt admonishment of Republicans delaying Hillary Rodham Clinton's confirmation as secretary of state.
"I remind all my colleagues: We had an election," McCain noted. "I think the message the American people are sending us now is they want us to work together, and get to work."
In the weeks after his loss to Obama in November, McCain kept a low profile. He often cut a lonely figure as he walked from his office to the Senate floor for votes, fending off reporters with a clipped "Not now."
This week, McCain appeared to be loosening up. He was hailed as a hero by Obama at a bipartisan dinner on Monday night and had a prime seat at the post-inaugural congressional luncheon, wedged between White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel and Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Obama offered a warm greeting to McCain and his wife, Cindy, as he made his way to the dais.
The two met again at the National Prayer Service on Wednesday.
Yesterday, as McCain hurried to the Senate floor to vote, he stopped to shake hands and make small talk with a group of California students. "I'm the greeter here," he quipped to Michael Bennet, Colorado's new Democratic senator, as Bennet headed to the chamber yesterday to take the oath.
'He won't shy away from controversy'
The surest sign of McCain's return to his "maverick" ways came when he caught wind of an effort by Sen. John Cornyn (R-Tex.) to delay Clinton's confirmation vote by a day, pushing it from Tuesday to Wednesday because he was seeking greater disclosure about foreign donors to former president Bill Clinton's charitable foundation. McCain found the objection gratuitous — despite policy disagreements with Clinton, he and most Republicans consider her well qualified — and said so publicly.
"I think that's indicative of the role that John McCain is going to play," said Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), who hatched the push-back against Cornyn's gambit over dinner with McCain on Tuesday night, and who followed him to the floor to support Clinton's confirmation. "He's going to play a very active role. He's going to try to forge bipartisan coalitions. And he won't shy away from controversy."
And he continues to march to his own tune. Yesterday, McCain applauded Obama's executive order to close the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, within a year, but he said that Obama had failed to address key issues, including the fate of the detainees being held there. He voted this month against releasing $350 billion in additional money to bail out the financial sector, even after Obama trekked to the Capitol to lobby for the aid. McCain had supported the original bailout bill when it came before Congress last fall, during the heat of the presidential campaign.
Republicans have largely split into two camps in these early days of the Obama administration: those looking for any opening to assert their diminished authority, and those aspiring to help broker deals with a popular new president who has pledged a bipartisan approach to governing.
"He's an activist legislator. He's not an obstructionist," Collins said. "He wants to roll up his sleeves and solve problems, and those are the same signals that the new president is sending."
Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman (I-Conn.), one of McCain's closest allies and his co-sponsor on climate-change legislation, recalled advice his longtime friend gave him in early 2001, when Lieberman returned to the Senate after serving as the Democratic vice presidential nominee on a losing ticket. McCain had suffered his own defeat the year before, to George W. Bush in the GOP presidential primary.
"John said to me, 'I know you're disappointed, but you've gained in stature and you have the most productive years of your Senate life ahead of you,' " Lieberman said. "I'd say the same about John. He's been through it twice now, unfortunately. Obviously he would have rather won, but he's a realist."
Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) said McCain has accepted the election outcome and decided, "Let's move on with it." He said McCain's campaign agenda remains his agenda in the Senate: immigration reform; overhauling energy and environmental policies; budget restraint; improving Social Security. "He'll be one of the leaders of the loyal opposition and he will obviously try to find that middle ground on big items," Graham said.
As for Cornyn, he said he was surprised by McCain's objection, and he still sounded annoyed a day later. "I understand his point. But there was also a serious policy reason for why I think we needed some debate and discussion," he said yesterday. Asked if he had a sense where McCain's maverick streak would take him from here, Cornyn responded: "In a word, no. I have no sense. I'm ready for whatever happens."
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Q: Can 'outgrow' be used to metaphorically mean 'overcome'? I have this gut feeling that 'outgrow' can be used here, but the definitions seem to be completely different.
"Growing up without a father has affected many aspects of my life, but I later learnt how to outgrow my weak points. "
"Growing up without a father has affected many aspects of my life, but I later learnt how to overcome my weak points. "
Thanks.

A: Outgrow and overcome have slightly different meanings, with overcome suggesting more effort and outgrow natural change with greater maturity. Hence overcoming something is more impressive than outgrowing something.
outgrow suggests something that's a more or less natural change as you get older, either literally growing too big, like clothes, or metaphorically, like outgrowing the need for nappies or youthful rebellion. Merriam-Webster gives as one definition "to grow too large or too mature for". This is supported by two quotations, one literal "outgrew his best suit" and the other "the need to outgrow the habit of war" (referring to growing out of a habit).
In contrast overcome suggests more of a deliberate effort to defeat something.

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Quick Caricatures. Or Quick Cacs, as I like to call them.
Just quickly posting a few of them here tonight. No fuss.
Party coming up for which I was asked to Cariature people as though they're Gingerbread Cookies. Ooooh. That's interesting.
Tried it ahead of time. Came up with these. It's Fun to envision people as Cookies!
And the Library offered Face Painting also. At the recent event where I was doing CARICATURES, some of the Guests were already painted up by a Different Face Painter. The Library gave out CARICATURES. And Face Painting. And Gifts. And Activities. AND there were plenty of Fabulous BOOKS there too. All for us. All for Free. Wow. I do like seeing how they Enjoyed my ARTWORK.


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Mouser Electronics Now Stocking ST's LoRa-Enabled STM32WL Nucleo-64 Boards, Supporting World's First LoRa SoC
Mouser Electronics, Inc., the authorized global distributor with the newest semiconductors and electronic components, proudly announces that it is now stocking the STMicroelectronics (ST) STM32WL Nucleo-64 boards, based on the new STM32WL Series microcontroller. The STM32WL is the world's first wireless microcontroller to integrate a LoRa® transceiver on its silicon die, meeting the requirements of a wide range of low-power wide area network (LPWAN) wireless applications in industrial and consumer Internet of Things (IoT) markets.
ST's NUCLEO-WL55JC1 and NUCLEO-WL55JC2 boards, available from Mouser Electronics, provide an affordable and flexible way for design engineers to try out new sub-GHz wireless communications concepts and build prototypes with the STM32WL Series wireless microcontroller, choosing from the various combinations of performance, power consumption, and features. The boards include support for both Arduino Uno headers and ST morpho headers to provide an easy means of expanding the functionality of the STM32WL Nucleo open development platform with a wide choice of specialized shields. The STM32WL Nucleo-64 boards also integrate the STLINK-V3E debugger and programmer, removing the need for a separate probe.
The onboard STM32WL55JC microcontroller incorporates two 32-bit Arm® Cortex®-M4/M0+ cores with 256 Kbytes of flash memory and 64 Kbytes of SRAM. The device's specially engineered radio offers two power outputs — one up to 15 dBm and the other up to 22 dBm — and supports LoRa, (G)FSK, (G)MSK, and BPSK modulations. The NUCLEO-WL55JC1 supports the high-frequency band from 865 to 928 MHz used in the Americas and Europe, while the NUCLEO-WL55JC2 supports the low-frequency band from 433 to 510 MHz used in Asia, allowing design engineers worldwide to use the STM32WL in their designs.
The STM32WL Nucleo-64 boards come with the STM32WL comprehensive software HAL library and various packaged software examples available with the STM32CubeWL MCU Package.
To learn more, visit https://www.mouser.com/new/stmicroelectronics/stm-stm32wl-nucleo-64/.
As a global authorized distributor, Mouser offers the world's widest selection of the newest semiconductors and electronic components — in stock and ready to ship. Mouser's customers can expect 100% certified, genuine products that are fully traceable from each of its manufacturer partners. To help speed customers' designs, Mouser's website hosts an extensive library of technical resources, including a Technical Resource Center, along with product data sheets, supplier-specific reference designs, application notes, technical design information, engineering tools and other helpful information.
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Isabelle Langlois est une femme de lettres québécoise.

Elle est notamment connue grâce aux séries télévisées à grand succès, Rumeurs et Mauvais Karma.

Biographie
Elle est détentrice d'un certificat en publicité et d'une majeure en études françaises de l'Université de Montréal.

Télévision
 1990 à 1993 - Fripe et Pouille : scénariste
 1996? à ?? - Watatatow : coauteure
 1997 à 1999 - Lapoisse et Jobard : auteure-principale
 1995 à 2001 - Radio Enfer : idée originale, développement et coauteure
 2000 - Le monde de Charlotte : scénariste
 2001 à 2008 - Ramdam : conception et coauteure
 2002 à 2008 - Rumeurs : idée originale et auteure
 2008-2016 - Les Parent : Scénariste
 2010 à 2012 - Mauvais Karma : idée originale et auteure
 2016 - Boomerang : Scénariste
 2017 à 2020 - Lâcher prise : créatrice auteure

Filmographie

Scénariste
 2019 : Merci pour tout

Distinctions
 2003-2005-2006 : Prix Gémeaux : Meilleur texte - comédie pour Rumeurs
 2004 : Prix Jean-Besré
 2007 : Gémeaux : Immortel de la télévision pour Rumeurs
 2011-2012 : Prix Gémeaux : Meilleur texte - comédie pour Mauvais Karma
 2017 : Prix Gémeaux : Meilleur texte - comédie pour Lâcher prise
 Nomination au Festival de fiction TV de Larochelle, catégorie Meilleure fiction internationale

Note : Pour la série Rumeurs, Isabelle Langlois a gagné plus de 19 Prix Gémeaux (prix de l'industrie).

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Liens externes

Femme de lettres québécoise
Date de naissance non renseignée (XXe siècle)

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Australian Rules footballers are elite athletes that have made it to the top and are playing in the greatest football competition in Australia. They're household names around the country and genuine stars! But who are the unsung heroes that helped them reach the top? The pals that keep them fit during the off-season? The buddy that's always there for them whether they win or lose? The only mate that truly understands what they've gone through to reach the top – their woofers!!
Well now it's time Rover got his bone and is given the recognition he deserves. Footy dogs of Australian Rules football... your time has come.
Footy Dogs is a 280 page, hardback, full colour, cloth-bound coffee-table book on the dogs of Australian Rules football. It features glorious photos of players and their dogs from all sixteen AFL teams.
Along the way, the mutts and purebreeds are interspersed with short essays by Ron Barassi, Lynda Carroll, Sam Kekovich, Trisha Broadbridge, Mick Millett, Diego Maradogga and many more.
Footy Dogs is a photographic journal of stunning photography and great yarns – created all for the love of dogs and footy.
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Agrotis andinicola är en fjärilsart som beskrevs av Köhler 1979. Agrotis andinicola ingår i släktet Agrotis och familjen nattflyn. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

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Information on how to operate your integrated cooker hood, which prevents steam and cooking smells from lingering in your kitchen.
Fitted with double glazed windows throughout, your apartment includes openable window panes which are easy to open, shut and lock.
How to use your air extractor to allow air to circulate throughout your apartment.
How to operate the turn plug in your bath.
Within your apartment, there are a number of panels that offer access to plumbing pipe work.
Your new kitchen includes a ceramic hob, which is easy to use and maintain.


Tower Bridge City Apartments in London is an apartment building.
Located in London with Tower Bridge and Tower of London nearby, Tower Bridge City Apartments provides accommodation with free WiFi. Each apartment fea...tures a dishwasher, oven, a coffee machine, as well as a microwave and kettle. A flat-screen TV and DVD player are also available. London Bridge is a 13-minute walk from Tower Bridge City Apartments, while Sky Garden is a 16-minute walk from the property.
Children and extra beds All children under 2 years are charged GBP 20 per night for children's cots/cribs. All further older children or adults are charged GBP 20 per night for extra beds. The maximum number of extra beds in a room is 1. Supplements are not calculated automatically in the total costs and will have to be paid for separately when checking out. Any type of extra bed or child's cot/crib is upon request and needs to be confirmed by the innkeeper.


Use high quality silicon dioxide as raw material for ultrafine processing to make micron size particles,Close to the fumed silica in chemical property, With advanced equipment and technology, the product have extremely narrow particle size distribution and uniform particle size, so the product has the rare excellent reinforcement and dispersion. Used in high temperature rubber and silicone resistant rubber to improve the tearing strength, therefore, it can Partly instead of fumed silica and lower the cost. It's an ideal choice.
Precipitated silica mainly used in silicone rubber, silicone rubber intermediate, mold gel, glass glue, aslo suitable for paint, ink, tyre, sole, coating, cosmetic, pesticide, textile and toothpaste and etc.


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Q: Tunneling proxy on VS 2008 Is there a way to tunnel a proxy to access a remote sql server database on visual studio 2008?
I'm working in a project at college that uses a sql server database but the access is restricted to the internal network. I'd like to access the database from my home too.
Thanks in advance.

A: You can setup a VPN easily...
Take a look to Hamachi and Rebombo, very easy 0 configuration vpn...

A: In the event VPN access is not granted and the highly unlikely event that the SQL Server is exposed through the firewall, could you not get a copy of (or subset of) the database for development on local machine?

A: If the colledge has VPN set up, you can set up the VPN on your computer to access the database from home.

A: You can try this vpn service,it works really well


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Regional Social and Epidemiological Vulnerability to COVID-19 in Kenya
KWTRP
Epidemics and pandemics disproportionately affect populations with greater impacts on the most vulnerable and less resilient communities. Hence Kenya's response to the COVID-19 pandemic calls for more context adapted public health measures reflecting our improved understanding of who is the most vulnerable and their geographical location. This policy brief presents evidence on localized vulnerability indices to identify areas and people who require greater support while highlighting inequities to inform the COVID-19 response in Kenya.
(A) Social vulnerability and (B) Epidemiological vulnerability to COVID-19 in Kenya
Social vulnerability index and epidemiological vulnerability
VAnguard Launch
KWTRP hosted the launch of the VAnguard research project. The NIHR Funded Project Builds Knowledge-base on Factors Influencing Vaccine Impact among Communities in Kenya and Uganda. The project aims to strengthen collaborations between national and international stakeholders in the identification of social and biological factors that impair vaccine impact in African communities, to develop integrated strategies and recommendations to optimize vaccine impact, and to contribute to health equity in Africa. The launch concurrently took place in Kenya and Uganda from 28th – 30th November 2022.
Four CTMGH researchers awarded full professorships
We are delighted to announce that four of our researchers have been awarded the title of Professor, in recognition of their research achievements, contribution to teaching, and contribution to the general work of the Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford.
Quality of care, health workers' well-being and COVID-19
Nurses are central players in the provision of quality health care globally. Although neonatal units have not been at the epicenter of the current COVID-19 pandemic, challenges have also been raised for neonatal nurses. KWTRP share their COVID-19 related experiences and challenges, highlight strategies they used to manage the challenges and show how elements of the communication skills and emotional competence course helped them cope.
High prevalence of antibodies against COVID-19 within the general population: Evidence from Nairobi and Kilifi
By May 2022, 69% of individuals residing within the Kilifi Health and Demographic System (HDSS) and 91% residing within the Nairobi Urban HDSS had evidence of an immune response to COVID-19 resulting from natural infection and/or vaccination, i.e., anti-spike IgG antibodies.
Taking relationships seriously
Community Engagement (CE) is a critical aspect of health research because of its potential to make research more ethical, relevant, and well implemented. Many research programmes now aim to incorporate CE activities at all stages of their work. This KWTRP brief summarises key findings from a malaria trials, and provides an illustration of how CE works more generally. It highlights facilitators and challenges to engagement, and the ethical issues that are particularly relevant in LMIC settings with under resourced health systems.
Congratulations to our new Associate Professors
Our heartfelt congratulations to Melissa Kapulu, Francis Ndungu and Emelda Okiro from KWTRP, and to Hoa Thi Ngo and Sophie Yacoub from OUCRU who have been awarded Associate Professorships


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Канівщи́на — село в Україні, у Градизькій селищній громаді Кременчуцького району Полтавської області. Населення становить 113 осіб. Населення сільської ради на 1 січня 2011 року становить 82 особи.

Географія
Село Канівщина Глобинського району Полтавської області розташоване за 25 км від м. Глобине, за 2 км від лівого берега річки Сухий Кагамлик. За 1 км розташоване село Погреби. На річці велика загата. Поруч проходить залізниця, станція Рублівка.

Населення
Станом на 1 січня 2011 року — 82 осіб, кількість дворів — 76.:

Інфраструктура
Село газифіковане.

Примітки

Посилання
 Погода в селі Канівщина

Села Полтавської області
Населені пункти Кременчуцького району


A Wall Street Journal article syndicated under the headline "Computer Disc Spurs New Fears About Privacy" in the November 18, 1990 issue of the Joplin Globe in Missouri explained the concerns. And they sound downright quaint to people here in the early 21st century.
Privacy advocates are raising the alarm about a new Lotus Development Corp. product that lists names, addresses, shopping habits and likely income levels for some 80 million U.S. households.
Due for release early next year, Lotus Marketplace packs the data on palm-sized compact disks aimed at small and midsized businesses that want to do inexpensive, targeted direct-mail marketing.
But critics say the product is just too good. "It's going to change the whole ball game," says Mary Culnan, an associate professor at Georgetown University's School of Business Administration. "This is a big step toward people completely losing control of how, and by whom, personal information is used." Junlori Goldman, a staff attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union, adds that the product raises "serious legal and ethical questions."
It may have indeed "changed the whole ball game" insofar as companies could now buy this information in electronic form. But it almost makes you nostalgic for an age when the biggest concern about your digital privacy was getting some obnoxious junk mail.
Marketplace is the latest in a seeming explosion of commerce in detailed consumer information, giving marketers increasingly accurate portraits of their potential customers and guaranteeing that the flood of junk mail and telephone pitches will keep rising.
"Today, any time you take part in a commercial transaction, it is likely the information will be recorded and sold to others, without your knowledge, for purposes you never expected,'' says Evan Hendricks, publisher of the Washington-based journal Privacy Times.
"They've crossed the line," says Marc Rotenberg, Washington director for the nonprofit Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility. "It simply shouldn't be allowed on the market."
Well, naturally, Mr. Rotenberg didn't get his wish. In reality, fears about computer privacy and the kind of information being stored on you date back to a time when computers were the size of entire rooms.
And I guess if we're being totally honest with ourselves, the rest of the headlines from this November 18, 1990 issue of the Joplin Globe would be perfectly at home in 2015. Did I just slip into a time warp? The year... WHAT IS THE YEAR?


Shopping for a second-hand car may not be an easy task. Of course, most people buy a used car to save a little cash. But then, even if the deal is good, safety and reliability are equally important to consider. If you want to buy the perfect car, various things are important considering. So, what are some factors you need to consider to buy the perfect car?
The exterior might look shiny and attractive, but then checking the interior of the car is a must-do thing. You should look at the interior to determine if there is any serious damage. You can check the seats or any signs of holes in the floor. You can also check if there are serious stains. Nevertheless, dealers have already inspected the available second handutes for sale to ensure they do not have any serious interior damages.
When it comes to buying a used car, examining the car body is crucial. One way of determining the quality of the car body is by lightly tapping on the car. This will help you know if the car has been involved in an accident before or repaired. If it sounds like it is padded after tapping, then it's likely that the car has been repaired before. If there are any signs that the car might have been involved in a serious accident, then this may be a risk. You can also consider inquiring more about the car to know it has been involved in a serious accident.
No matter how much you think it's the perfect car, test-driving the car is one of the essential things you must do. You should spend some time behind the wheel to know how it responds. You need to consider driving it until the engine warms up to determine if the engine knocks. While driving, you can also listen if any abnormal noises are being produced by the car.
Before making a purchase, it's important to let a trained mechanic check it. A pre-purchase inspection is essential because it will help determine if the vehicle has any problems that may be hard for you to know.
The exterior and interior of the car may look great, but then don't be so sure. Doing a background check of the vehicle will help you know various things such as if there any cases of a serious accident before if the vehicle has been involved in a crime etc.
It is always important to ensure that you are informed about the warranty before buying. You should be sure about the warranty agreement and also check if it is a certified used car. If you want peace of mind, you need to know if the seller is legally responsible for any damages.
No matter how good the deal appears, take some time to determine if the seller is the real owner of the vehicle. You need also to consider if there is a lien or loan on the vehicle.
These are some factors to consider when buying a used car. If you consider these factors, then you will probably get the perfect car for you.
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Logicalis In The Channel Islands Find out more
Chairman's statement
Chief Executive Officer's Review
Jens Montanana, Logicalis Chairman and Chief Executive of Datatec, commented:
Overall this was a very pleasing year with a good set of results for Logicalis; our strongest revenue growth in five years, and the highest profit since FY15. All regions grew except North America, which has been impacted by lower product sales and reduced capex demands from many customers.
Revenues from continuing operations were $1.6 billion (FY17 $1.5 billion), including $39.1 million of revenue from acquisitions made during the period. Overall, revenues from product sales were up by 3.5%, with an increase in Cisco solution sales. Services revenues now represent 37% of the total revenues and were up 12.1% with strong growth in both professional services and annuity revenues.
Our European region contains the newly created shared services operation of South Africa, which has become a centre of excellence for managed services and supports many of our European customers. In Europe, the UK results improved significantly and Germany had a strong year. The UK benefited from a large supplier credit.
Latin America showed improvements, notably in Brazil, Argentina and a recently set up operation in Puerto Rico. In September 2017, Logicalis won a large multi-year project with a regional service provider covering multiple territories within Latin America which will contribute significantly to the business.
In July 2017, Logicalis acquired 51% of the share capital of NubeliU Limited, a South American company specialising in cloud computing projects based on OpenStack. NubeliU's expertise in OpenStack will accelerate the global expansion of Logicalis'
cloud computing and SDx (software defined everything) practices, strengthening its position as a cloud integrator and ensuring its ability to meet its customers' requirements on their journey to digital transformation.
During FY18, Logicalis acquired 54% of the share capital of Packet Systems (Indonesia), which was integrated with the existing Indonesian operation, and made a strong contribution to the Asia Pacific region.
The sale of the SMC business in the Netherlands in October 2017 brought $42 million of cash into the business in H2 FY18.
Logicalis' gross margins from continuing operations were 25.0% (FY17 24.1%), benefiting from the improved services mix and a large supplier credit.
Gross profit from continuing operations was up 10.9% to $392.5 million (FY17 $354.0 million). Before restructuring costs, EBITDA from continuing operations was $91.4 million (FY17 $78.5 million), with a corresponding EBITDA margin of 5.8% (FY17 5.3%), and we expect to see the EBITDA margins continue to trend upwards. Operating profit from continuing operations before restructuring costs was $65.4 million (FY17 $54.1 million).
Digital innovation is accelerating and business technology is continuing to undergo a major shift. Logicalis is transitioning itself into a digital enabler for its customers, driven by the explosion of data, the rise of mobile and the cloud. Many opportunities exist to tap into themes such as security to augment its strong networking heritage.
Logicalis is also investing in areas such as business intelligence and data analytics to grow its data centre infrastructure offerings for customers. Cloud continues to be a key feature in the business and IT strategies of customers and Logicalis is well positioned to support customers, embracing all cloud strategies.
Logicalis remains confident about the prospects for the industry and its positioning and expects to build on the solid progress made in the past year to deliver a strong financial performance in FY19.
*2017 figures have been re-presented
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UK Lags in IPv6 Readiness – Threat to Business Innovation and Growth
Logicalis announces acquisition of iConsult
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This course is an intensive 1-day, 4-5 hour, one on one training with me to sharpen your psychic abilities. It is meant for the student who is already aware of psychic abilities, and wishes to take them to the next level, where they can fully implement them into their daily life, or go forward into using them as a professional. The course includes workshop manual and development exercises. The manual gives you tools and lifestyle guidance to further develop your skills after you complete the course. You will also be educated on how to raise your vibration using the Natural Laws of the Universe, and therefore; create the life you truly desire.
This course is for the person who was born with mediumship abilities - the ability to see, hear or feel those who have crossed over to the Other Side. The student who signs up for this 1-Day, intensive 4-5 hour one on one training course has the desire to sharpen their skills in order to serve others. The course includes workbook manual, exercises, and coaching while conducting a mediumship session.
The Life Transformation Program is a 4-week Life Coaching Program that will assist you in finding Life Purpose, Setting Goals, Removing Blocks, and understanding The Law of Attraction and your ability to create the life you desire.


Click here to view the video regarding this project or to order the shirt!
In short, all money raised will be donated to La Salle Learning Centre Penang.
La Salle Learning Centre is a learning centre for children from disadvantaged backgrounds/underprivileged children, where they can find opportunities to grow. It is a non-profit learning centre and majority of their staffs are volunteers. The children will not only be taught academically but also emtionally and mentally, having a balanced growth to live a harmonious life.
I kid you not. *laughs* Though technically we haven't gotten the shirts (pre-order will arrive next month) but we were having this conversation when we were purchasing them together.
Wow this is for a good cause! Well done ms bulat!
I will take a look at the video later.
How much is your power?


Charged with building a new airport on the small island of St. Helena, construction group Basil Read are successfully employing the use of 3D machine control to maximise the project's concrete-laying efficiency.
St. Helena, located in the South Atlantic Ocean, is a small tropical island of volcanic origin, measuring 17 x 10 kilometres (11 x 6 miles) and is an overseas territory of the United Kingdom, even if the island is almost 7,000 kilometres (4,670 miles) away. It is one of the most remote places on earth. The closest landmass is Africa, roughly 2,000 kilometres (1,333 miles) away from the island.
Cargo, mail and equipment transportation limitations make life for the residents of St. Helena difficult and when the aging British ship, the RMS St Helena, broke down in 1999, the 4,000 residents of St. Helena were stranded with no means of coming or going and with no delivery of vital supplies because this ship was the island's only transportation to the mainland. It was decided to finally construct a green field airport, an airport built from scratch on an undeveloped site, on St. Helena and replace the ship as the main access provider to the island.
After many years of negotiations and planning, the project commenced in 2012 with a budget of roughly £ 240 million (398 million USD, 300 million Euro), scheduled to be completed in 2016.
"Without a modern airport, there is very little chance of economically competing with anything," says Nigel Kirby, Project Manager at the British Department for International Development. This international airport represents a historic milestone for St. Helena and will offer the island a chance to create economic opportunity by developing tourism and jobs, perhaps eventually leading to the island's economic self-sustainability. The project of building this airport is one of the largest being undertaken in the southern hemisphere and was given to the South African construction group, Basil Read.
The construction site, located in the eastern part of the island, near Prosperous Bay, was one of the few areas to actually come in question because of the island's rocky terrain and environmental issues. Dry Gut is the name of the gorge that will be part of the future airport's runway. This gorge had to be drilled, blasted and filled with 8 million cubic metres (8 million cubic yards) of blasted rock for a depth of over 100 metres (328 feet) in order to become part of the airport's 2,000 metre (6,562 feet) runway. After the gorge was filled, it had to sit for at least six months to avoid settlement problems and cracks in the runway, after which paving could begin.
But first the resources and equipment had to be shipped to the island. Basil Read contracted the NP Glory 4, a massive cargo vessel to transport amongst other things, a slipform paver equipped with Leica Geosystems PaveSmart 3D machine control, which was also used with Wirtgen Group's paving & milling equipment, Leica Viva TS15 total stations and 45,000m³ (58,860yd³) of dune sand from Namibia, which was needed to pave the runway. To mix the concrete, more than five million kilograms of sand was needed and this was shipped in plastic bags weighing 1,000kg (2,205lb) each.
Before the ship set off from Namibia, both the Leica Geosystems specialist and Wirtgen technician worked together on a pre-delivery inspection. With the ship's journey taking five days and only traveling once a month, all equipment had to work, even if an extra set of all equipment was also on-site.
The paving width of the paver is 2.8 metres (9.2 feet) and was designed to match the capacity of the concrete batching plant, which could, at peak operation times, run two shifts six days a week. The teams were able to keep up with concrete production using Leica Geosystems PaveSmart 3D machine control and Leica Viva TS15 total stations. Together, they achieved an optimised yield of concrete by means of measuring with the total stations to precisely track the paver's position and elevation and sending any tracking corrections back to the PaveSmart 3D machine control, which calculated and corrected the paver's positions. This helped simplify the logistics of the paving immensely.
Basil Read is also well into completing the airport's terminal building, air traffic control tower, fire facility and fuel storages, all part of a modern airport's infrastructure and the first international flight should land on the completed runway by February, 2016. Basil Read, together with Lanseria, will also continue to maintain the airport for an additional ten years.
Fredrik Rudqvist is a product specialist at Leica Geosystems and has a history together with Basil Read since 2010. Original article available at Leica Geosystems.


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Eduard Thelen  (Keulen, 7 september 1946) is een voormalig hockeyer uit Duitsland.

Thelen won met West-Duitse hockeyploeg in 1972 de gouden medaille. Thelen werd met Rot-Weiss Köln driemaal kampioen van West-Duitsland.

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1972 –  Olympische Spelen in München

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Sample Resume : Pizza Hut Essay
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P Unit 27767 National Diploma in Business, Level-6 Credits- 6 Submitted to: Navdeep Kaur Submitted by: Sachin Kapoor Introduction Pizza Hut is an American restaurant chain and international franchise that offers different styles of pizza along with side dishes including salad, pasta, chicken wings, chicken tenders, fries, breadsticks, and garlic bread. Corporately known as Pizza Hut, Include it is a subsidiary of Yum Brands include the world 's largest restaurant company. As of 2013, there were more than 57 Pizza Hut restaurants in the New Zealand with more than 800 Staff memebers, and more than 5,139 store located in 94 other countries and territories around the world. About the future: Low pricing Low pricing strategies is a very helpful strategy which can increase the customers and also the sales of pizza hut. If Pizza hut is selling their product in low price they can get good profit because sometimes students can't afford the expensive food so they don't buy but if it will be cheap then they can get good sale. Strategic plans for the envisioned future: 1.	Launching a new pizza size which has a cheap price. 2.	Reducing the prices of current pizzas. Plan 1. Launching a new pizza size
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Last Friday night I fell asleep on the sofa (as is my custom), but when I got up at midnight I opened all the windows as I stumbled up to the bed to let in all the wonderfully cool night air.
"Where's the cat?" I asked.
Another reason it doesn't bother me: if she's on the roof she can't get pregnant.
I guess we'll know in five weeks if she's expecting or just fat. There's no polite way to ask that question, you know.
If she's pregnant, you can start bringing kittens as a hostess gift when coming to dinner at someone's house.
Remind me not to invite you for dinner.
Last week Friday there was a garage sale across the street from you. The kids and I stopped. And while at the garage sale, Tara decided she needed to go potty. NOW. So, we walked over to your house. I apologize for not telling you sooner. It was an emergency of Tara proportions. I'm sure you understand.
Anyway, we went in for Tara to go potty. PB was lounging on your couch. And I scritched her head. And wondered to myself…hmmm…is she pregnant?
The children will want kittens. The husband will not.
Harold and I can just discuss this over dinner. Your place.


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Knee-jerk takeaways
1. This could — and maybe should — change the way Democrats and Republicans approach statewide races. Democrats spent $3 million (much of it from Balukoff himself) in the governor race alone. He still didn't break 40 percent of the vote statewide.
It's a different race, but let's look at the other extreme. Ybarra raised about $35,000, but focused on community forums and debates. Though Jana Jones had experience working with education on the state level, Ybarra still won with about 5,000 votes. Did voters like her, or was it the R by her name?
This isn't a Why-Should-Democrats-Bother post. But it's been said before: Idaho liberals need to do some serious soul searching about their approach to campaigning on a statewide level. (And Republicans might start spending less on statewide seats after the primaries. Is all that money really needed?)
That said, Democrats had a net gain of one seat in the legislature, and came very close in other races. In the next several years, we might see a much bigger focus (and bigger investment) on those seats.
2. One factor in Ybarra's win might be the people who were so fed up or unimpressed, they voted for neither candidate. Look at the vote totals. Ten thousand more votes were cast in the US Senate race. I chatted up Republican and independent politicos over the last two weeks. Many voted for Jana Jones or left the race blank altogether.
3. Should Idaho media change the way we cover these races? That's something to explore when we've all had some sleep.
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Woman of the Week (WOW): Amiso George
Our ANWEP Woman of the Week (WOW) is Dr. Amiso George.
Amiso M. George (Ph.D., Ohio University); Accredited in Public Relations (APR); Fellow of the Public Relations Society of America [PRSA] is associate professor and former chair of the Strategic Communication Department in the Bob Schieffer College of Communication at Texas Christian University (TCU), Fort Worth, Texas. She is the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) 2017 Educator of the Year. She also received the 2017 Bridge Award for Excellence in Strategic Communication Research from the International Crisis and Risk Communication Conference (ICRCC) and the University of Central Florida Nicholson School of Communication.
George was director of the Public Relations program at the Reynolds School of Journalism, University of Nevada, Reno, where she developed and taught the first course in crisis communication.A visiting professor of strategic communication at Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia, in 2012, she had worked as a journalist and freelance broadcaster in radio and television and consultant for nonprofit organizations in the United States, including C-SPAN, and universities in Nigeria, Australia and Malaysia. President-elect of the Greater Fort Worth Chapter of Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) and a Carnegie Foundation Fellow, George is co-editor of Culture and Crisis Communication: Transboundary Cases from Nonwestern Societies (Wiley, 2017), Crisis Communication: An International Perspective on Hits and Misses (Routledge/Taylor Francis, 2012) and Race, Gender and Other Minorities: Readings for Professional Communicators (Cognella, 2012).She consults in crisis communication.
Contact her at a.george2@tcu.edu.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ dr-amiso-george-apr-fellow-prsa.
Follow her on Twitter @Tampriye


Launched in July 2015, Ampleforth Plus chocolates use only the finest Belgian chocolate to create a range of artisan chocolates, truffles and novelty items, hand-crafted by our expert chocolatiers.
Ampleforth Plus is the trading name of a social enterprise wholly owned by the Yorkshire based charity, Autism Plus and is situated in the heart of the Howardian Hills, near the picturesque market town of Helmsley, North Yorkshire.
A series of derelict farm buildings belonging to the Ampleforth Abbey estate – the neighbouring Benedictine monastery and College – have been transformed into a bespoke chocolate factory with a difference – it is designed to provide training, work experience and job opportunities for adults with autism and associated learning disabilities.
The enterprise manufactures its own range of artisan chocolates as well as producing bespoke ranges to order. It has the in-house capability to literally make 'anything in chocolate' including hand sculptured and decorated table top masterpieces.
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We've already established an excellent reputation for quality and design; our customer care is second to none putting the needs of all our customers at the forefront of our business.
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The Stafford High School Smoke Signal Newspaper has been around as long as the school has been.
The Stafford High School Smoke Signal Website came into being 16 years ago and has since undergone many changes. It currently has a staff of three seniors and an advisor. Students who work on the newspaper, the Stafford Smoke Signal, may write on the website from time to time as well.


In a referendum on October 2 the citizens of Hungary will vote on whether to accept mandatory quotas for the distribution of refugees among EU member states. Prime Minister Viktor Orbán rejects the quota system already approved by Brussels. For some commentators the result is already clear. Others believe that a lack of voter participation may put Orbán in a tight spot.


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'The mood has turned': Prized seat of Higgins on a knife-edge as Liberal vote heads south
Australia votes
By Bevan Shields
May 11, 2019 — 11.45pm
The Liberal Party is sandbagging one of its most-prized seats amid growing fears that a backlash fuelled by women and young voters could deliver it to Labor for the first time in history.
The government holds the affluent inner-Melbourne seat of Higgins on a margin of 7.4 per cent, but both major parties say the retirement of sitting MP Kelly O'Dwyer, an influx of young residents and concerns about leadership instability and climate change have dragged the Liberal Party's primary vote below 50 per cent, putting it at risk of a shock loss.
Internal opposition polling recently placed the Coalition just ahead of Labor by about 51 to 49 per cent on a two-party preferred basis - a sharp fall from the healthy 58-42 per cent margin Ms O'Dwyer secured at the 2016 election.
Ms O'Dwyer, the Jobs and Industrial Relations Minister who took over the seat from Peter Costello, is using her profile and connections to support the campaign of Liberal candidate Katie Allen. The Liberal Party has also had access to the $500,000 war chest the cabinet minister and leading moderate amassed through recent fundraising.
Labor ran dead during the 2016 election, allowing the Greens to finish second. But in a sign of confidence it has a shot in 2019, Labor dumped its previous endorsed candidate in March and replaced him with high-profile barrister and former Law Council of Australia president Fiona McLeod, igniting a three-cornered contest between Labor, the Liberals, and the Greens' Jason Ball.
Ms McLeod will introduce Mr Shorten at a rally on Sunday and had shadowed the leader whenever he has campaigned in Melbourne.
Katie Allen and Kelly O'Dwyer campaign on a pre-poll booth in Higgins on Saturday. Credit:Joe Armao
Asked on Saturday whether he could win Higgins - which includes Melbourne's richest suburb of Toorak - Mr Shorten replied: "Something is going on in Victoria. People don't want more of the same with the government."
To have a chance of victory, Labor would need to come second on first preferences and the Liberal primary vote would need to fall from 52 per cent to below 45.
Liberal sources said "the mood has turned" in the electorate over the last two months. They were also struck by how many early voters - particularly those in their late 30s and 40s - had made up their minds and respectfully told volunteers they liked Ms O'Dwyer and Dr Allen but could not vote Liberal, citing the party's approach to women, climate change and the dumping of Malcolm Turnbull.
While enrolment statistics show an 11.6 per cent increase in the number of voters aged 70 or older in Higgins since the 2016 election, there has also been sizeable increase in the number of voters aged below 40.
The number of voters aged 18-19 increased by 13.1 per cent over the past three years, driven by the same-sex marriage plebiscite. There are nearly 600 extra voters aged between 20-24, and 860 extra between 40-44.
Ms Allen, a paediatrician, contested the Greens-held seat of Prahran at the November state election but was caught up in a whopping swing against the Liberals in affluent suburbs and fell short. State Labor recorded double-digit swings in some of the state seats in and around Higgins.
Ms O'Dwyer has strongly backed her replacement in a series of paid Facebook ads targeting voters.
"She's been caring for our community but now she will be that strong voice for us in Canberra," Ms O'Dwyer says in the ad.
Jason Ball is contesting his second election in Higgins for the Greens. Credit:Eddie Jim
Mr Ball said the Greens had run a strong ground campaign for many months and Labor was playing catch-up.
"It's great they are finally paying attention to the seat, but my estimate is it may be too little too late," he said.
"I have been hearing today - and ever since voting started - that people are saying climate change is their number-one issue, and Labor and the Liberals are both not doing anywhere near enough on that."
In addition to Higgins, the opposition believes it had a chance in the Liberal-held seats of Deakin and La Trobe and is confident it will win Corangamite, Dunkley and Chisholm.
Kelly O'Dwyer
Bevan Shields is the Europe correspondent for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age.Connect via Twitter or email.


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Council needs to be honest about effect of not hiking property taxes, says Nenshi
Mayor Naheed Nenshi said councillors need to be honest about what a 2017 property tax freeze would mean, as council prepares to examine the rate for next year at a meeting on Monday.
Amid a stressed economy, some councillors have spoken in favour of giving Calgarians a one-time break in the form of a zero per cent property tax hike — an endeavour that would require cutting $48 million in spending or dipping into the rainy day fund.
But, Nenshi said not increasing property taxes would come with consequences that councillors need to be upfront about, such as service cuts or a potential tax increase in 2018.
"If you're going to do that, you have to be honest about it. I've urged my councillors not to paper it over, because (2017) happens to be an election year. If you really want to cut, then you have to be honest to people and say these are the services we're going to cut," Nenshi said Tuesday.
"If you want to use one-time money, then you have to recognize that that one-time money means that you're going to have a double increase in (2018), coincidentally the year after the election."
The mayor's comments come as city administration prepares to present council with details on the effects of lowering the 2017 increase to between zero and 3.2 per cent.
Nenshi said councillors will have an opportunity to discuss different scenarios, which range from zero dollars per month to an increase of four dollars per month for the average household, before a decision is made Monday.
"I'll be looking to council at the end of the day on Monday to actually set the tax rate for 2017, and potentially for 2018 as well," he said.
Calgary city councillor Ward Sutherland. Colleen De Neve / Calgary Herald
Ward 1 Coun. Ward Sutherland is in favour of a zero per cent increase, and said it should be funded through cuts, not dipping into the fiscal stability reserve, or rainy day fund.
"If we just simply pull money from the FSR to cover, then, absolutely, it creates a problem. That money shows up the next year, it becomes a cumulative issue," he said.
"The core of the matter is we have to address the current operating budget, that's what I'm encouraging to do."
Discussion on what can be cut to save money has thus far ranged, and Nenshi said it would be "almost impossible" to make cuts without touching fire, police or transportation — three departments he said together make up 75 per cent of the city's budget.
"We've got a great police chief, we've got a great fire chief, who understand that this is not an endless pit of money and who are looking for efficiencies," he said.
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Best Backcountry Skiing In North America
Filed Under:Eat See Play, Randy Yagi, travel
By Randy Yagi
Although it's certainly not for everyone, backcountry skiing has been rising in popularity amongst winter sports, particularly in North America. Also known as off-piste skiing or off the trail, without groomed snow in the outer reaches of ski resorts or mountainous hidden treasures, backcountry skiing can be as exhilarating as it is potentially dangerous. While many skiers at the expert level with the knowledge and training with avalanche skills might not require the use of a guided tour service, it is strongly recommended that these type of services be considered for most other skiers. The payoff, of course, is to experience a vast winter wonderland like no other in the backcountry of North America.
10230 UT-210
Alta, UT 84092
www.alta.com
Named Utah's Best Overall Ski Resort by Powderhounds, Alta is one of the oldest ski resorts in the country, having first opened during the 1938-1939 winter season. Also Utah's first resort to install a lift and one of just a few remaining in the U.S. that's completely snowboard free, Alta Ski Area features two base camps, has a peak elevation of 10,550 feet, 2,200 acres of skiable area, more than 115 trails and an exceptionally challenging off piste terrain. Backcountry Adventure packages are available, such as guided backcountry skiing with Alta Snowcat Skiing and helicopter skiing for individuals, private groups and private charters available through Powderbird Helicopter Skiing, with departures from Snowbird and Park City. Avalanche conditions should be reviewed in advance through the Utah Avalanche Center. There are five lodges available at Alta Ski Area and includes Goldminer's Daughter Lodge and Alta Peruvian Lodge, considered the Area's best ski-in/ski-out mountain lodge.
Related: 5 U.S. Winter Vacations For Thrill Seekers
Jackson Hole Mountain Resort
3395 Cody Lane
Teton Village, WY 83025
www.jacksonhole.com
Consistently among the most acclaimed ski resorts in the U.S., Jackson Hole is well known for having some of the most challenging terrain for backcountry skiing. Featuring the longest continuous vertical rise (4,139 feet) of any ski area in the country, this multi-award winning resort with a top elevation of 10,450 feet features 2,500 acres of skiable area and 3,000 more acres in its backcountry region, which opened in 1999. While the backcountry is best suited for advanced skiers and snowboarders, Jackson Hole Mountain Resort also offers private guides and 4-day Backcountry Camps, with upcoming dates in January and February. Certain backcountry equipment is required to attend these classes and includes a backpack, shovel, probe and transceiver in addition to suggested equipment like wicking long underwear, lightweight down coat, headband, water bottle or hydration system and an ABS Avalanche Airbag Pack. Reservations for private backcountry guides are required and all backcountry skiers and snowboarders are strongly advised to check the Bridger-Teton National Forest Avalanche Hazard and Weather Forecast through the Bridger Teton Avalanche Center. Smart choices for lodging options include Hotel Terra Jackson Hole and Teton Mountain Lodge and Spa.
Squaw Valley-Alpine Meadows
1960 Squaw Valley Road
Olympic Valley, CA 96146
www.squawalpine.com
Recently named the Best Ski Resort in North America for three consecutive years by USA Today, Squaw Valley-Alpine Meadows features more than 6,000 skiable acres. The merged resorts of Squaw Valley, the host of the 1960 Winter Olympics and Alpine Meadows are collectively known as the spring skiing capital of Lake Tahoe, possessing the longest ski and snowboard season in the area. Squaw Valley-Alpine Meadows in conjunction with the U.S. Forestry Service (USFS), has a Backcountry Access Program, allowing access to the backcountry terrain and passage between the KT-22 lift in Squaw Valley and named the best on the continent and the top of Summit Chair at Alpine Meadows. Anyone interested in visiting the backcountry area must be aware of the resort's Mountain Safety Policies, obey all posted signs and warnings and know that the off-piste skiing/riding is intended for experts only. Additionally, anyone entering the backcountry area are advised to ski or ride with a partner, consider alpine tour or telemark equipment and climbing skis, know how to use and carry an avalanche beacon, probe and shovel, and know that there will be no cell phone coverage. Recommended backcountry tours of Squaw Valley-Alpine Meadows are available through Alpenglow Expeditions. Among the exceptional lodging available at this captivating resort are PlumpJack Squaw Valley Inn and the Village at Squaw Valley.
www.tellurideskiresort.com
Telluride is just one of a wealth of outstanding destinations in Colorado, by far the best state in the country for skiing. As the top choice by Condé Nast Traveler as the No. 1 Ski Resort in North America for four of the last five years, Telluride features more than 2,000 acres of skiable area and is also world renowned for its backcountry skiing, with recommended services provided by professional guides, Snowcat and helicopter. For those interested in staying overnight, the San Juan Hut System within the San Juan Mountains offers backcountry ski huts that links a ski route between Telluride and Ouray. Additionally, Backcountry Education Courses are taught at the San Juan Field School in the adjacent city of Telluride. Visitors have a variety of lodging choices including hotels like Peaks Resort and Spa, Mountain Lodge and the venerable Franz Klammer Lodge, as well as condos, townhomes and private homes.
Whistler-Blackcomb
4545 Blackcomb Way
Whistler, British Columbia V0N 1B4, Canada
www.whistlerblackcomb.com
By far the largest ski resort in North America, Whistler-Blackcomb has a combined skiable area of more than 8,000 acres. Named after the two mountains that are connected by the famous 2 Peak Gondola, Whistler-Blackcomb has its own set of distinguished awards including being named the No. 1 Overall Ski Resort in North America and Best Terrain Variety by SKI Magazine, as well as among the Top 5 for lodging, après, lifts, dining and terrain challenge. Backcountry tickets are available through the resort and proper gear is required, such as an avalanche receiver, probe, shovel and cell phone. Among the available backcountry services are avalanche skills training and/or backcountry adventures by Extremely Canadian, with guided backcountry options for skiing, snowboarding or telemarking and helicopter trips with Whistler Heli-Skiing. Whistler-Blackcomb has a wealth of lodging options, including recommended spots like the ski-in/ski-out Fairmont Chateau Whistler and the Four Seasons Whistler in the Upper Village.
Related: Best Ski Lodges In The U.S.


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Q: Cloud Functions for Firebase not setting Access-Control-Allow-Origin While attempting to get CORS working with Cloud Functions for Firebase, I tried to follow the official example here: https://github.com/firebase/functions-samples/tree/master/authorized-https-endpoint
However, even following the tutorial instructions as exactly as possible, I still get this error in the console:

A: I never got CORS working, but the workaround I found was to use hosting redirects for the functions. That way, HTTP function calls are not cross site at all.
https://firebase.google.com/docs/hosting/functions (See "Direct Hosting requests to your function")
{
  "hosting": {
    "public": "public",

    // Add the following rewrites section *within* "hosting"
   "rewrites": [ {
      "source": "/api/bigben", "function": "bigben"
    } ]

  }
}

Note: I have to define a redirect for every endpoint. Is there a way to have general rewrites? e.g.
"source": "/api/*", "function": "*"

A: Try following this ?

https://stackoverflow.com/a/42756623/6650162
Handling CORS in Google Cloud Functions

Hope that helps!


Sarmento is well known for his thickly impastoed, textured paintings where the paint field forms a ground from which he teases out his imagery in graphite, reversing the traditional basis of painting. His imagery is often partially or fully erased. He then draws on top of the erasure, creating fragmented and layered forms, which evoke disconcerting, mysterious gestures and relationships. Recent paintings no longer focus on line as a representation of female form, but utilize monochrome silhouettes to represent the figures.
Sarmento has exhibited extensively worldwide since 1979. He has been included in two Documentas and has represented Portugal in two Venice Biennales. His work is represented in public and private collections worldwide such as: The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.; the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; The Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Musée National d'Art Moderne Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; the Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Holland; and the Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo.


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Surface collisions are available in Obi 6.0. and up only. Previous versions can only use particle-based collision detection.
Surface collisions
Two ropes with surface collisions disabled. Only particles are considered for collision detection, so ropes pass cleanly trough gaps in between particles.
Same two ropes, with surface collisions enabled.
Since 6.0, Obi includes an advanced collision detection pipeline that will noticeably improve collision detection accuracy. You can use surface collisions with regular cloth, ropes and rods. Surface collisions for softbodies will likely be added in the future. Fluids are not compatible with surface collisions.
You can activate surface collisions in your actor's inspector:
For the most part, you can just enable them and be done with it. However there's some things to keep in mind when choosing surface collisions over regular, particle-based collisions. Also, contacts will contain slightly different information for actors using surface collisions, this is worth noting if you're using contact callbacks.
Existing pre-6.0 actor blueprints will need to be re-generated for surface collisions to work. In case of ropes, changing any rope parameter in the path editor will trigger a blueprint re-generation. Keep this in mind when upgrading existing 4.X or 5.X projects to 6.X.
When to use them
Ropes/rods which heavily rely on self- or inter-collisions.
Actors that must accurately collide against sharp and/or small colliders (eg. box corners, thin cylinders, small spheres)
Situations in which no contact gap between the actor and colliders is acceptable.
When not to use them
Dense self-colliding cloth, as it will generate a lot of complex contacts. This will negatively affect performance.
Most character cloth, as particle-based collisions are often good enough.
If you are using surface collisions for an actor, chances are you can the reduce the amount of particles used in it. This will improve convergence speed and performance (since there's less particles and constraints to work with). For instance, reducing rope resolution and enabling surface collisions will result in a rope that's both faster and more robust. The same concept applies to cloth: thanks to surface collisions, lower resolution cloth can be used while maintaining high collision detection accuracy.
This low-resolution rope is a good candidate for surface collisions.
For a high-resolution rope, you can either disable surface collisions (particles already give good surface coverage) or decrease resolution and enable surface collisions.
Particles that are close to self-intersecting at rest will force the pipeline to perform a lot of self-intersection tests. This will negatively affect performance. It's better to use smaller particles, this will both improve performance and reduce contact gaps between the cloth and collider surfaces. Obi's continuous collision detection will take care of tunneling when using small particles.
Small particles ensure simplices don't intersect at rest, improving performance. This also reduces contact gaps.
Large particles cause lots of simplex self-intersections. This will negatively affect performance.
Surface collisions are slightly more costly than particle collisions. This extra cost is often well worth it as it allows to use cheaper, lower-resolution actors. However, for high-resolution actors (particularly self-colliding cloth) the overhead can be significant. Keep this in mind when "upgrading" existing actors to surface collisions.
Surface collisions work by generating contacts between simplices, instead of individual particles. A simplex could be intuitively defined as the simplest possible convex shape in a given n-dimensional space.
In 0-dimensional space, a simplex is a point.
In 1-dimensional space, a simplex is a line.
In 2-dimensional space, a simplex is a triangle.
In 3-dimensional space, a simplex is a tetrahedron.
From left to right: a point, a line, a triangle and a tetrahedron.
By generalizing particles (points) to higher-order simplices, gaps in between particles disappear and the actor becomes a continuous surface. This allows for robust collision detection even with very few particles per actor. Ropes/rods use edges (aka lines, aka 1-dimensional simplices) to fuse particles into a smooth, continuous cylindrical surface. Cloth uses triangles (aka 2-dimensional simplices) to fuse particles into a smooth, flat continuous surface.
When surface collisions are disabled, all particles are considered points (aka 0-dimensional simplices). So, the traditional particle-based collision pipeline is just a particular case of surface collisions where all simplices are 0-dimensional.
Left: particle-based rope. Right: surface-based rope.
Left: particle-based cloth. Right: surface-based cloth.
Simplices are defined and stored in blueprints as particle index tuples. For instance, the simplex <1,3,4> is a triangle using particles 1, 3, and 4 as vertices. Simplex <7,8> is a line using particles 7 and 8 as vertices. Particle properties such as radius, mass, or velocity are interpolated over the surface of the simplex using barycentric interpolation, just like varying variables (eg. per-vertex colors) are interpolated to fragments in a rendering pipeline.
Note that internally, the physics backend still does not know what kind of actor it is dealing with, or even what an "actor" is. All it cares about are simplices.
Let's take a look at how the 3 collision pipeline phases are altered when dealing with simplices instead of particles:
Broadphase
The broadphase works exactly like it does for particle collisions: all simplices are inserted into a spatial acceleration structure, then collision pairs are generated by testing for bounding box intersections and potential collision courses. It just deals with simplices instead.
Narrowphase
Once a potentially colliding pair (simplex-simplex or simplex-collider) has been detected, instead of performing a point-point or point-collider distance test Obi uses an iterative convex optimization algorithm (the Frank-Wolfe algorithm) to determine the actual contact point. This algorithm starts by guessing the contact point to be at the simplex barycenter, and progressively refines this guess over multiple iterations until a error tolerance threshold is reached. You can control the amount of iterations used as well as the tolerance threshold in the solver.
Iterative optimization of the contact point (green dot) between a 1-dimensional simplex (black line) and a triangle. The simplex is parallel to the triangle's normal. The gray dot at the center of the triangle is the initial guess.
There's three good reasons to use iterative optimization instead of closed-form intersection tests:
By adjusting the amount of iterations spent, you can trade precision for speed.
For complex pairwise tests (eg. triangle vs box) a few optimization iterations are often cheaper than the analytic solution.
It's simple, elegant and general: works for any n-dimensional simplex and any collider, convex or concave. All it needs is a distance function for colliders. This distance function can be either analytic or precalculated and stored into a distance field.
Collision projection
To resolve a collision, the position of the simplices involved in the contact needs to be adjusted. This is done by calculating a position delta for the contact point, and interpolating it back to the particles using barycentric coordinates.
A positional correction (black arrow) is calculated to take the contact point (black dot) outside the rectangular collider. This correction is distributed to each particle (orange arrows) using the contact point's barycentric coordinates.
Simplices sharing at least one particle will not collide with each other, to avoid constraint fighting. For ropes this is not a problem at all. For cloth however, it can cause vertices to miss collisions against adjacent triangles. This is generally not an issue as it only takes place at the edges of crumpled cloth with close to zero bending resistance, where unsolved self-intersections are not apparent to the naked eye.
Only one contact will be generated for each simplex-collider pair, at the closest points between both. This is no problem for most convex colliders (since two convex shapes can only have one contact manifold) but for concave colliders it can cause missing collisions in some situations, specially where "pointy" collider features are smaller than a single simplex. This is often not an issue as any unsolved collisions are generally detected and resolved in subsequent frames, but can result in jittering.
Despite the line having 3 intersections with the gray collider, only one contact between them is generated.
A box colliding with a single simplex results in jittering, since only one contact per frame is considered between them.
A few more simplices ensure the box never needs more than one contact against the same simplex.


There's something very special about interviewing a family-owned transport business, especially when there's a rich history relating to the ancestors that started the business from zero.
Back in 1923, Syd Miller recognised the need for reliable transport services in the East Melbourne area, and, with his horse and cart, he founded Miller's Transport and began transporting firewood, ice, briquettes and furniture.
As Syd's reputation grew, the business branched out to include warehousing and distribution. In the 1970s, the second generation of the Miller family, Malcolme Miller, expanded the business to include wharf cartage, distributing containers to and from the docks precinct in Melbourne.
Thanks to the family's foresight in appreciating the potential for the growth in containerisation, the company focused on this aspect of transport and it remains today the core business of the company.
Under the guidance of third-generation family members Glen and Sue Miller, the Millers Transport Group continues to prosper from its headquarters in Dandenong South. For those unfamiliar with southeast Melbourne, this area has experienced significant growth in recent years in both residential and industrial properties.
The five-acre site at Dandenong South includes the head office and workshop, truck and trailer parking areas, as well as a hard standing that provides space to store up to 600 containers.
Quarantine facilities are also available on-site for the packing and unpacking services Millers offers its customers, and Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service officers (AQIS) are on-site most days inspecting freight. This link with AQIS is both more efficient and cost effective for customers, especially when compared to the alternative option of completing these tasks at the wharf.
The range of goods typically handled by Millers Transport Group varies greatly, but can typically include timber, steel, grain, raw plastics, as well as many consumer products.
On arrival at the Dandenong South facility the freight is unpacked from the containers and then distributed to customers on either flat-top/drop-deck open air trailers or alternatively in curtainsiders. This benefits the customer as it saves them from the laborious task of unpacking the container, while also reducing costs by negating the need to double handle the container and return it when empty to the Millers' facility. The customer is therefore exempt from the additional expense of container rental fees or secondary loading or unloading costs at the customer's site.
Millers operates a fleet of 30-plus prime movers, which include trucks from Volvo, Iveco, Scania and Mercedes-Benz.
The recent purchase of six Fourth Generation Mercedes-Benz Actros prime movers was one of the reasons PowerTorque Magazine met with business manager, James Vine, to find out more about the business and the decision-making process behind the company's decision to once again include Mercedes-Benz in the company fleet. Although in previous years Millers had operated a number of Mercedes-Benz 1418, 2228, and 2235s, it had been many years since the three-pointed star was adorned in Millers' livery.
The decision to trial the new Actros resulted from the enthusiasm of Mitchell Hynd from Whitehorse Truck Centre, who was convinced the Actros could make a difference to Millers' bottom line. On this basis, Millers commenced an Actros evaluation programme of the three different engine options, with the 11, 13 and 16-litre models joining the fleet.
In a relatively short time, the Benz's were proving themselves in both driver satisfaction and also in fuel economy. Against the other trucks in the fleet, Millers witnessed a 0.4 km per litre fuel economy gain on sideloader operation and a 0.2 km gain per litre on skel' and curtainsider operation while operating the 11-litre Actros in both 430 and 460 hp guise. On the B-double operations, a 0.2 km per litre fuel gain was proven, with the 2651 Actros with the OM471 13-litre engine at 510 hp.
The 2651 Actros is currently undertaking standard B-double work at 68.5 tonnes gross, but Millers intends to utilise them in the future on its Super B-double work at a gross weight of 74.5 tonnes.
When queried on the decision for relatively low horsepower rating for these high weights, James explained that, although the 16-litre engine was trialled, Millers found the 2651 more than adequate for the work, given the high torque rating of 2500 Nm and also due to the traffic conditions frequently experienced on the Monash freeway, which limits speed significantly.
In addition to the fuel economy gains, the other reasons behind the decision to purchase Mercedes-Benz included Euro 6 emissions standards, which are demanded by some of their customers, the safety package including proximity cruise control, and also the complimentary BEST BASIC service plan with additional warranty provided by Mercedes-Benz compared to its competitors.
According to James, the new Benz's have been well received by the drivers in the fleet with positive feedback with regards to comfort and ease of operation.
James confirmed that, while the initial purchase price of the Mercedes Actros was higher than its competitors, once factoring in the total cost of ownership, including the reduced fuel consumption and the standard BEST BASIC service plan, the total cost of ownership of the Mercedes was actually less than the other trucks in consideration for purchase.
In the Millers fleet the company anticipates running its trucks on a seven-year life cycle before replacement, with all vehicles covered by a repair and maintenance contract provided by their respective manufacturers.
For the 100-plus trailers in the company fleet, Millers itself carries out maintenance in its own on-site workshop. A long-standing tyre service agreement has the supplier's technician on-site daily, checking trailer tyres for pressures and replacing and rotating them as required.
The trailers run by Millers include a range of skels in both single trailer and B-double application as both Super B and regular tri-tri axle configurations. Due to the route covered from the Melbourne ports to Dandenong, the highest permissible gross weight is 74.5 tonnes. In addition to the skels, Millers runs a range of sideloaders and also flat-tops, curtainsiders and drop-decks for distribution of goods. Trailer brands are varied but include Vawdrey, Steelbro, Krueger, Barker and CIMC.
When summing up the success of the group and the reasoning behind its continual growth, James Vine explained that Millers prided itself on its service.
"We allocate one point of contact at Millers to each customer for day-to-day operations," said James.
"We have multiple sites in the southeast and Port (Melbourne) area, meaning we can run efficiently with Super B-doubles between depots, keeping costs down for customers yet still delivering on time".
James went onto explain the success is also down to the staff Millers employs, with a large number of long-term employees: "Just last week we had a driver celebrate 28 continuous years with Millers, which is testimony to the strong working relationship the company has with its drivers".
Summing up, James stated, "We are a family business that never says NO, with a can-do attitude that is continually investing in its staff, equipment, systems and customers to provide an ever-increasing level of service to our customers".
Millers Transport Group is a family business in its fourth generation that was founded upon high levels of service and its commitment to an integrated logistics package with quality customer service. The newly-formed relationship with Mercedes-Benz trucks seems an ideal fit, as both businesses continue to push the boundaries on finding efficiencies and ever-improved service levels for their respective customers.


A Knight on Bald Mountain?
Our achievements speak for themselves. What we have to keep track of are our failures.
The software described below is a start, but much more would be needed to enable unitholders to track forests online. First, each forest would need to be a legal entity. Each change in the size of the forest (plantings, partial or full harvesting, wind damage, et cetera) and each change in ownership would need to be captured. With automated links to both LINZ and the Companies Office, forestry could actually become the ideal investment it's touted to be.
Niche software firm TimberSmart has developed a product which uses the Internet to enable timber companies to efficiently track their inventories. The TimberSmart software enables sawmillers and timber processors to keep track of timber as it is moved about. TimberSmart director Darryl Nicolson says efficient inventory management is vital for timber processing and trading companies.
"However, outside of the two large players - Carter Holt Harvey and Fletcher Challenge Forests - the industry uses limited information technology. Even now, IT for some industry members consists of little more than an electronic calculator."
No one was using the Internet to swap timber information, which is what the new software does. "New technology makes information readily available and can change how enterprises work," he says. "Timber is a difficult product from a computer perspective. Company A, for example, might call a grade of timber, say, FR1, but another company might call the same grade No1FR. The software developed by TimberSmart allows the different companies to keep their own naming systems, but still allows the product to be tracked."
Nicolson believes that by using the new system, companies could cut 20% from clerical costs and lift profits by up to 10%.
TimberSmart has 10 staff but Nicolson thinks the new program could create more jobs overseas as people track timber over the Internet. "Our vision is to establish the model domestically, then move it to international markets including Australia, South Africa, Chile and Argentina. These are key radiata pine growing regions of the world."
I apologise for the poor quality of the photograph of Darryl Nicolson. My copy of the Logging Online article was too dark to scan properly.


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Steamboat Bay Fishing Club is an exclusive venue for spectacular angling adventures with family and friends, the nearest lodging to Southeast Alaska's best fishing spots. The Club hosts groups of up to 24 on remote Noyes Island, 31 square miles of privacy perfectly suited for an idyllic getaway. Guests choose from two stunning guesthouses—The Lodge or The Residence—both appointed with regional decor and Alaska Native artwork, and each offering a dedicated crew, a private chef, and a wealth of comforts and amenities on the last frontier: gourmet dining, open bars, saunas, hot tubs, Club rooms…. Fish for king and silver salmon, halibut, lingcod, and more than 20 other species, while enjoying high-performance cabin cruisers, top guide service, professional fish processing, kayaking, nature trails, and wildlife watching.


Read the rest of the essay by Mark P. Mills in City Journal.
In hindsight, I might be considered to have been born in the golden time - old enough to have entered the workforce (as an accountant) when there was still a strong apprenticeship model which taught me how to be a good accountant, and young enough to now be managing computer systems which do the work junior accountants such as I once was used to do, thereby making myself far more productive and valuable than I would have been in those days.
Now when we hire new people they must learn accounting, how to manage accounting computers and systems, and the intricacies of the business all at once, which is far harder than the slower pace of 20-30 years ago.


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Today (December 14th), confirmed just how ugly humanity can be. In Newtown, Connecticut, 26 people, including 20 grade school children were killed by Adam Lanza, allegedly spawned dispute with his schoolteacher mother. Also today, in China a man stabbed 22 children at a primary school.
Fortunately, none of the victims, including one adult, in the attack suffered life threatening injuries, reports the BBC.
Security at China's schools has been increased in recent years following a spate of similar knife attacks in which nearly 20 children have been killed.
The BBC's John Sudworth in Shanghai says many of the attackers have been mentally disturbed men, prompting a debate about the effects of China's recent, rapid social change and the inability of an antiquated hospital system to cope with rising levels of mental illness.
Yahoo News reports that the knife wielding attacker, 36 year-old Min Yingjun was arrested, and according to a representative of the Guangshan county government is being held in Henan.
Especially scary, no motive has been given for the stabbings. Photos of some of the children recuperating in the gallery.
Hug your children, nieces, nephews, grandchildren, godchildren and play cousins extra tight today, and every day.


FOUND!! Love Wins Out!! What This Blog Is All About!!
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Greg was not the only one looking for this You Are My Sunshine yellow elephant. Try as I might, I wasn't able to locate one, or even a picture of one. But one of our readers, Janice, let me know there was one on eBay, and, after quite a bidding war, he won it!!
He posted this heart wrenching story as a comment on a previous search request here on Plush Memories, but I just couldn't leave such a story buried in the comments!
This must have been some Elephant! My wonderful girlfriend, and soul mate, told me stories about her Elephant (which is identical to the one you're looking for) She got hers from her father as she was torn from him arms in Saudi Arabia (she's American) Her and her mother spent some time in Saudi custody before the American Embassy stepped in and had them sent back to America. The trauma was too much for her mother and my girlfriend was eventually put into an orphanage where she was separated from the only thing she had left to remember her family (her elephant). She got a letter when she was 15 telling her that her father in Saudi desperately wanted to come to her, but was killed in the process.
She cries when she talks about it, and she's pretty much come to terms with the fact that she'll never see him or her elephant again. If I can find an elephant like this one, my plan is to tie an engagement ring on a ribbon around it's neck and give it to her. It's very symbolic of "family" to her and I think would be the perfect way to tell her I want to spend forever with her and start a family with her. If anyone can help me locate this elephant it could help a beautiful young girl get some closure to a horrible childhood, and could help me give her a feeling of security for the future! Please help!
The elephant was yellow, had pink inside the ears, sang "You Are My Sunshine," and the head softly moved while it was playing. I believe it was made by Eden. Thank you so very much!
Hopefully, Janice will check back to see if he won it, as I have no way to contact her. I'm sure Greg would want to send her a Thank You email, himself!!
I've asked Greg to tell us about how she reacts when he proposes to her with the Sunshine Elephant, and I'll be adding to this post then.
Just an update! I received the Elephant, in authentic worn condition, works great and it is the sweetest little thing! I'm having a jeweler friend help me make a "daisy" engagement ring for me out of Black Opals. My plan is to have the ring tied with ribbon around the elephants neck under the Christmas tree! Let's hope everything else falls into place and the jeweler can get the ring done in time! Thank you SOO much everyone who helped out, this is such a great situation and it warms my heart to know there are people out there that are willing to help. This is a GREAT service and I'm going to visit regularly and keep my eyes open and maybe one day I'll be able to return the favor. I have a tear in my eye, thank you everyone!
You're not the only one with a tear in your eye, Greg. Thanks for keeping us posted!
I got my engagement ring on Christmas, too, and still have the huge box he hid it inside.
This is a great story! While the teaser is not exactly accurate in the Surfer's Paradise Hullabaloo! Carnival I thought it would help people understand what this is about upon arrival.
Thanks a ton for helping make the carnival a success!
We have not been able to help everyone who has asked for help, but sometimes we get lucky. I had 2 emails yesterday, thanking me for finding the exact toy they were looking for. It just makes my day!! And it spurs me on to keep looking and keep posting more of these great stories!
Thanks for the chance to spread the word about our Search Service through your HULLABALOO Carnival, Anthony!!!
well, now Greg could possibly say he bought an elephant on ebay!
Yep, he did buy an elephant on eBay!! And he's warmed my heart, and everyone who reads this story, too!!
Thanks for stopping by, Jay Cam.