LEGOs were a reliable toy that occupied much of our playtime as children. In 2014 these fun building blocks were brought to life for us on the silver screen with The LEGO Movie. That film ended with everything awesome in Bricksburg. Much as it happens in the real world, however, childhood playthings often fall by the wayside.
In The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part, events in Bricksburg take an apocalyptic turn. Similarly to the heroes of Toy Story 3, the legos in this sequel face the predicament of their owners growing up and leaving them behind. The mother isn't too keen on the bricks that constantly attack her feet, and tries to put them in storage for good, or as the residents of Bricksburg call it, "a'mom'ageddon." The characters set out to prove how special they are to avoid being shelved and forgotten.
In keeping with the theme of the previous movie, LEGO 2 is jam-packed with pop culture references meant to keep everyone happy. Of course, I won't spoil any of the surprises, but there is something for everyone that is sure to make them smile. The references helped this movie feel fresh and exciting.
All of the original lego movie gang return for this adventure in space, and the entire cast does an excellent job of giving their roles distinct personality. Chris Pratt reprises his perfectly average minifigure Emmet Brickowski, and Elizabeth Banks is back as the heroic "Wyldstyle" Lucy. Though, perhaps the most triumphant return comes with the hilarious dry comedy of a narcissistic Batman voiced by Will Arnett.
Newly joining the cast are Tiffany Haddish as the devious Queen WatevraWa-nabi, and Stephanie Beatriz takes the reigns as General Mayhem. Pratt also voices a new character, Rex Dangervest.
The animation for LEGO 2 is stunning in its detail. Fingerprints and dust are visible on the bricks. The mix of the real world and the imaginative world of Bricksburg blend beautifully. I saw it in Dolby Digital, and recommend the format if it is an option at your theater.
While great voice acting paired with amazing animation is usually a recipe for a great movie, this is not the case for LEGO 2. The film takes a darker path than the first, which may be the reason it can't compare for entertainment value. There were a few funny lines, delivered mostly by Batman, but a good majority of the movie is an outright downer. The 90 minute run time felt like two hours because there were not as many jokes as in the previous movie.
Despite the more depressing tone, the family friendly LEGO 2 is still a really good movie and I enjoyed it. Just don't walk in expecting the same type of fun that was in the first movie. The story is strong and will keep you intrigued as you focus on the fate of your favorite characters.


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Photochemistry of methyltrioxorhenium revisited: A DFT/TD-DFT and CASSCF/MS-CASPT2 theoretical study
Paulo Jorge Costa, Maria José Calhorda, Julien Bossert, Chantal Daniel, Carlos C. Romão
Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB)
The electronic structure of (CH3)ReO3 was reanalyzed by means of DFT calculations (ADF and Gaussian03 programs). TD-DFT calculations were carried out, using the DFT-optimized structure and several functionals, to assign the electronic excitations and interpret the dissociative behavior under irradiation. The agreement between calculated and experimental wavelengths was very good and could not be improved when using highly correlated methods (CASSCF/MS-CASPT2). The lowest energy transition at 260 nm was assigned to a LMCT from p O to Re d (π* Re-O), correcting the earlier empirical assignment. The second transition, experimentally observed at 240 nm, is assigned to a charge transfer from C and O to Re in TD-DFT, but the weight of the C participation drops significantly in the CASSCF/MS-CASPT2 approach. (C2H5)ReO3 exhibits a similar behavior. On the other hand, for (C6H5)-ReO3 and {C 6H3(CH3)3}ReO3 the strong low-energy absorption results from a LMCT from the phenyl π* to d Re (π* Re-O), reproducing the experimental trends.
https://doi.org/10.1021/om0603868
Published - 23 Oct 2006
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Costa, P. J., Calhorda, M. J., Bossert, J., Daniel, C., & Romão, C. C. (2006). Photochemistry of methyltrioxorhenium revisited: A DFT/TD-DFT and CASSCF/MS-CASPT2 theoretical study. Organometallics, 25(22), 5235-5241. https://doi.org/10.1021/om0603868
Costa, Paulo Jorge ; Calhorda, Maria José ; Bossert, Julien ; Daniel, Chantal ; Romão, Carlos C. / Photochemistry of methyltrioxorhenium revisited : A DFT/TD-DFT and CASSCF/MS-CASPT2 theoretical study. In: Organometallics. 2006 ; Vol. 25, No. 22. pp. 5235-5241.
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Gold Boot and Bumper badges for MGB's made 1975!
Found this article in the Clausager Original MGB book. My MGN was manufactured 1975 and a vin that matches the article. So theoretically should have them fitted but over 40 years had been swopped to silver – perhaps when it was restored in 1996. Maybe the gold badges were removed by dealers in 1976 if their 1975 cars remained unsold – who would want to buy a year old model if buying from new?
Gold coloured badges now on shopping list.


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Blues Goalie Chris Mason Considering Move to Bullfighting
Posted By Nick Lucchesi on Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 11:17 AM
ST. LOUIS -- Blues goalie Chris Mason is considering a move to bullfighting, sources close to the player indicated Thursday morning.
"It's been a lifelong passion of his, don't you know," Christy Mathewson, a close friend of Mason's, said when reached at home. "For as long as I've known Chris, he's done nothing but dodged out of the way of stuff. I guess you could say he was just born to dodge."
News of Mason's matador ambitions first came to light in the St. Louis Blues' second game of the season, when Mason was seen consistently avoiding pucks as they whizzed by him on their way into the net. Following that performance, he was sent down to the minors, in an attempt to convince the young man to stop the pucks in question, but it proved to be a daunting challenge.
Speaking on condition of anonymity, one team official said of the young netminder, "Chris just has so much passion for dodging pretty much anything, that I just can't believe he hasn't pursued his dream of being a matador more seriously. When you have a talent, and a love, like Chris does, I just think you've got to grab hold of that dream and don't let go."
Mason himself is more reserved in his estimation of the situation, but he, too, admits there is some truth to the rumors.
"Well, you know, I mean, I've been a goalie pretty much as long as I can remember, but I'm just not sure it's me," he said when questioned by reporters after the team's 5-2 loss to the Anaheim Ducks on Wednesday night. "Hey, hockey's great and all, but man, I just don't know. Dodging things running at me, or flying at me at high speeds, that's just, I mean, that's what dreams are made of, you know? They keep trying to get me to just stand there, and let all these pucks and stuff hit me, but if you can dodge 'em, why would you want to let stuff hit you?
"I mean, if you've got the moves, why not flaunt 'em? Plus, have you seen the uniforms those guys wear? Now that's classy."
In the meantime, the Blues have been holding open tryouts to find a suitable replacement in case Mason does, in fact, leave the team for a life on the Iberian Peninsula. The coaches were particularly excited about an old mattress they found in the alley behind the ScottTrade center, saying it showed "excellent instincts," and "really knew how to hang in there against the tough shots."
Best of all, they say, the mattress lacks a five hole, thus limiting the number of soft goals it would give up.
-Aaron Schafer
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They say that every dog has its day and in this case the success of Southern Casanova is no exception.
Named after his beloved Labrador Retriever Casanova, Erik Hussey began creating his own line of clothing featuring the silhouette of his lab while still a student at Auburn University. With a certain look in mind, he was driven to study all he could about yarns, dyes, threads and textiles that would produce the quality product he envisioned. Once this was achieved he hit the road with samples and began visiting the exclusive men's boutique stores that he hoped would carry his brand.
By the time Erik graduated from Auburn he already had sold his Southern Casanova clothing and accessory line to several men's clothing stores. In less than a year, with a loan from his grandfather, Erik was in 38 stores in five states. He was eager and was poised to continue selling to many more stores except that a problem had developed – he had run out of money to purchase additional inventory to fill the orders he already had.
Because of their earlier support, Erik didn't want to go back to family for the additional funding he needed so he talked with a local bank who promptly turned him down for a loan. And then the second bank declined…and then the third bank…and then finally, a fourth.
Seeing that Erik's options were getting slim, a businessman and former client of the Troy University Small Business Development Center (TROY SBDC) advised Erik to contact the Center to set an appointment to speak with a Business Advisor. Thankfully, Erik listened and contacted the Center for assistance.
At that meeting Erik described how he had gone to bigger banks thinking that surely bigger meant a better chance of loan approval. What he learned though after speaking with a TROY SBDC advisor is that quite often larger banks will pass on new businesses simply based on a blanket formula from the top. In the end, it was a local community lender that gave Erik four times the amount of funding he requested.
Today Southern Casanova can be found in more than 100 locations across ten states. Erik also tells us that when he originally met with us three years ago he had only nineteen products in his line; today he has 200.
While his business is important to him, his community ranks high on the list as well. Not surprisingly a cause that's near and dear to his heart is the welfare of homeless pets. And while his schedule currently doesn't support him being an active, hands-on volunteer he does try to encourage others to volunteer for the Ozark-Dale County Humane Society by providing them with Southern Casanova t-shirts, retailing for $32, free of charge.
So, are you ready to begin your own success story like Erik? A network of Small Business Development Centers, in partnership with the U.S. Small Business Administration, are located across the state of Alabama ready to assist you. Find your local Alabama SBDC office by visiting here.


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Westinghouse 450 Watt Medium Dual Pass Defrost Element.
Replaces genuine part numbers 1433141, 1428878, 1439802, 5311438. Similar to Stokes Part No. 1825D, Wilson FR-03.
L-Shaped double pass defrost heating element to suit some Westinghouse & Kelvinator frost free refrigerators.
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Hello – I hope you are all feeling fine and festive on this glorious Monday morning. Today we have a three things post to kick off my December content.
As you can see I used Black Friday to bag myself a brand spanking new blog theme.
2018 hasn't been the best year for my blog as I've flipped between having all of the motivation and absolutely none of the motivation a fair few times. I'm hoping this new look will spur me on in 2019 and get me in the zone to blog properly.
Aswell as this, I was totally over my old theme if I'm being honest – I couldn't customise many aspects of it, I didn't like the font used and every time I looked at it I just thought 'meh'. It didn't feel particularly me anymore and I was ready for a refresh.
I ended up purchasing a theme from Etsy and I'm super chuffed with it. It's from Lucid Dreams and has a million different customizable options, they're super helpful and quick to reply and I think it looks pretty cool too. There's still some behind the scenes work to do (setting featured images, related posts you might like and getting my image sizes sorted) but for now, I'm happy.
On Thursday night husband and I headed to Hull to watch The Courteeners are the brand spanking new Bonus Arena and even though it was a short trip, I LOVED Hull. The drive is super easy, the hotel we stayed in served some delicious food (the room was only £36!!), the Bonus Arena was small, intimate and easy to get too and the Primark was absolutely colossal with loads of new stock that I can't get in my local branch. Hopefully more bands go there in future as it was GREAT for us.
Yes kids, it's the third of December meaning Christmas is practically here and Santa is coming. If you read this post you will probably be well aware that I'm part elf so I'm pretty buzzing that it's finally the most wonderful time of the year. This weekend I've watched Christmas movies, the tree has gone up and I even met some gorgeous reindeer at a local garden centre.
Safe to say I'm feeling pretty festive on this miserable Monday morning!
So how are you guys? Are you ready for Christmas?


In our last post we have learnt how dry density of soil is related to water content in compaction process. Here we will discuss this phenomenon in light of electric double layer theory and soil structure. Lambe in 1958 provided this relation as discussed below.
At first we will discuss about adsorbed water as it is related to this discussion. We know in some soil surface, there have electro-chemical charges which can hold water. This electro-chemically bond water is adsorbed water. As electrical force act on this water, the behavior of adsorbed water is quite different from normal water.
Plasticity of cohesive soil is due to this adsorbed water. Dear reader in our upcoming post we will learn in details about adsorbed water. Here we want to co-relate its influence on changes in dry density.
In this part we simply explain the phenomena like – the attraction forces in layer of adsorbed water are large when water content is low and produce more resistance against movement of soil particles thus wasting compacting effort.
When water content in soil mass in increased, the repulsive forces remain in particles are increased to allow sliding over one another and finally lead to closely packed condition.
We think you are not satisfied with this explanation, to know how do actually repulsive force developed please read next part, will be published consecutively.
Let consider a cohesive soil deposit to be compacted. In cohesive soil attraction force between adjacent soil particles is defined as van der waals' force. Dear reader we have already learnt about adsorbed water which produces repulsive forces.
When double layers of this water come close to each other the repulsive force is generated. Repulsive force between two layers has direct relation with size of double layers; but attractive force remains identical at the same magnitude.
If the resultant of these two forces is attractive, a flocculated structure is found. But if resultant is repulsive, our purpose of reducing resistance of movement is achieved i.e. particles will have tendency to move away i.e. dispersed.
When water content is low, double layer producing repulsive force do not developed completely; thus attraction force governs over repulsion. Thus more compaction effort is required to reach a certain degree of compaction and the consequence is low dry density of compacted soil.
With the increase in water content, double layer is expanded to increase repulsive forces. Now the particles can easily slide past one another reducing compacting effort and becomes packed easily and more closely. The consequence is high dry density.
The double layer's expansion is not infinite. At optimum water content (optimum moisture content, OMC), this expansion process is completed and we can notice from compaction curve that maximum dry density reached at this water content. Beyond OMC, water fills the space between soil grains increasing void in soil mass thus reducing dry density.


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Oprah calls her Legends Weekend one of the great highlights of her life. During the three-day celebration at her home in Santa Barbara, California, she honored African-American women who have paved the way for others. On Monday, May 22, at 8 p.m. ET on ABC, she's sharing the once-in-a-lifetime event during the primetime special Oprah Winfrey's Legends Ball.
Recently, the stars got a sneak peek at the premiere in New York. Janet Jackson, Mariah Carey, Barbara Walters, Tyra Banks, Alicia Keyes, Tyler Perry and many others were there for the big night. Rapper P. Diddy was especially moved—Gayle says that he got so emotional he said he was "buggin'."
Celebrate Oprah's Legends and the legends in your own life—throw a party to watch the party! Invite your friends over and toast the occasion.
Oprah's best friend, Gayle King, a former news anchor, is in for her sweetest assignment ever! In February 2006, she went on a mission in search of the best burger in America—but after traveling coast-to-coast, Gayle realized she had a higher calling...to uncover the country's best cake!
First stop, the Icebox Café in Miami! Before Gayle sits down with owner Robert Siegmann to sample the sweets, she asks for a moment to ogle the divine desserts in the bakery's display case. "Chocolate and cookies and pies, oh my!" Gayle says. "Am I in heaven and don't know it?"
She starts by tasting the cinnamon butter bundt cake. "This is very, very, very good," says Gayle. Other popular cakes at The Icebox include strawberry shortcake, coconut buttercream cake and "The Bomb," a cheesecake brownie sandwiched inside chocolate cake with chocolate mousse filling.
Shaq and Shaunie sit down with Gayle in the kitchen to sample the goods, starting with a favorite of Shaq's, strawberry shortcake. The coconut buttercream and "The Bomb" chocolate cakes are also a big hit with the couple. "Oprah, this is the best cake in Miami right here!" Shaq says.
Mr. and Mrs. O'Neal may have the same take on cake...but matters of the heart are another story. Shaunie says the two met when he "stalked" her wearing "an obnoxious white suit with white shoes and white tie."
"And a white hat," Shaq says.
"It was awful, Gayle," says Shaunie. "He sent his cousin over to talk to me for him. How [age] 12 is that?"
Before long Shaq's charms began to work their magic. "He was so funny. He made me laugh," Shaunie says. "And he's just really sweet."
Shaunie says that soon after she and Shaq met, he invited her to have lunch at his house and took her on a very memorable tour. She was shocked to see he'd decorated his bachelor pad with pictures of himself "all over the place"...but the biggest surprise came in the bedroom.
The room had a disco ball, smoke machine and computerized light show. When Shaq typed in "Shaunie," her name flashed across the walls. "Which was supposed to impress me!" she says. "Yuck!"
It wasn't game over for Shaq. He and Shaunie, married since 2002, are now celebrating the birth of their fourth child together—a beautiful baby girl named Me'arah Sanaa.
As editor at large of O, The Oprah Magazine, Gayle spends enough time working in New York City to be well acquainted with the town's tastiest sweet spots. There's one legendary place she hasn't tried...until now. Wimp's, located in Harlem, offers cakes "like your grandma used to make."
All the cakes follow the same recipes handed down by Wimp's own grandmother, says his wife, Donna. Wimp creates his sweet confections with the baking basics: real butter, lots of sugar, flour, buttermilk and all the fixins—coconut, pecans and chocolate. "It's not the best for the waistline," Donna says, "but they're definitely wholesome."
Gayle's next delicious delivery is to none other than "The Donald," Melania and baby Barron. Will this cake trump the others?
Wimp's whips up a chocolate cake with chocolate icing for Donald and Melania Trump. The bakery even adds a special birthday message for Melania, who's celebrating a birthday and the birth of her first child, Barron William Trump.
How did the Trumps come up with such a unique name? Donald says he suggested a name that he's always loved, but "never had the courage to use." Melania began calling the baby "Barron" while he was still in the womb, and it stuck!
Donald says it's terrific having a baby in the house again and that his wife is a fantastic mother, while Melania reveals a softer side of "The Donald."
"He's amazing with the baby," she says. "He takes him in the morning when he wakes up. He brings him in his room, and they are watching TV together and reading the papers."
At just five weeks old, Barron is ready for his close-up! Melania and Donald introduce Gayle to their latest addition...who's still a little groggy from his nap.
"I love the noise he makes. I love the smell," Gayle says as she holds Barron. "I want one, Oprah!"
Like the rest of the Trump home, Barron's nursery is warm and inviting. The room is filled with plush teddy bears and stuffed animals—including a giant stuffed frog from Gayle!
Gayle's cake quest takes her from New York City to Nashville, Oprah's hometown! She heads straight to Tennessee T-Cakes, a sweet shop known for their "ultimate Southern confections."
Inside the shop, bakers serve up bite-sized cakes in four flavors— original, chocolate truffle, luscious lemon and key lime. Each batch is baked for exactly 14 minutes, and then the cakes are finished off with a light sprinkle of powdered sugar.
Owner Frances Barkley reveals the secret ingredients that make her T-Cakes so special—flour, butter, sugar, eggs and vanilla. "What's so unusual about that?" Gayle asks.
"It's the portions and the brands of things that I use. That makes a big difference," Frances says. "Everything is top of the line in this T-Cake."
Tennessee T-Cakes may have brought Gayle to Nashville, but while she's in the neighborhood, she makes a surprise stop at Vernon Winfrey's barbershop to share these sweet treats with Oprah's dad.
The small shop is crowded with customers, who munch on T-Cakes while waiting for their turn in the barber chair. Vernon, who's hard at work cutting hair, says he told his daughter that he might retire when he turned 70, "but 70 came too soon," he says. "When I get to where I can't make folks look any better, I'll go home."
Gayle's next stop in Nashville is Oprah's childhood home! When she arrives at the modest, two-bedroom brick home—with a tray of T-Cakes in hand—Gayle learns that someone is sleeping in Oprah's old bedroom. After a surprising wake-up call, Gayle gets a look inside the room where Oprah slept as a child. "I wonder how she had it arranged back when," Gayle says.
Gayle takes a peek inside Oprah's childhood closet before saying goodbye to the current residents and wrapping up her Nashville "cakewalk."
Gayle has a sweet treat for Oprah and the entire audience—red velvet cake from Doughboys Bakery in Los Angeles! Oprah says the first time Gayle tried Doughboys' creamy frosting and moist cake, she sent her an e-mail that said, "Lord have mercy!"
"Most [bakeries] get it wrong," Gayle says. "Either it's too dry or the color isn't right, but this, I thought, was really perfection."
Oprah may not be as fond of sweets as Gayle, but even she thinks Doughboys' specialty is "exceptional"...especially with a cold glass of milk.
Which cake does Gayle rate number one? She says they were all delicious...but if she had to pick, she'd go with Wimp's Caramel Coconut Cake.
Queen of quick Rachael Ray is known for her 30-minute meals, but her Chocolate Cups dessert is beyond fast! Rachael's take on pots de crème—one of her mother's recipes and a personal favorite of Rachael's—is a five-minute, no-fuss dessert. "It's a knockout," she says.
"Fantastic!" Oprah says.
Simple recipes make great eats and great gifts! Rachael says she likes to transform her favorite recipes into last-minute gifts that are perfect for every occasion.
First, Rachael says to choose a super simple recipe from your collection, and print out the instructions on a recipe card. Then, head to the grocery store and stock up on all the ingredients you need to make the dish. Package all the ingredients in a gift bag or reusable grocery sack, throw in an affordable bottle of wine and your present is complete!
Rachael's go-to gift can also be adapted to suit any budget and recipient. "You can take it to any level," she says. "You can get, you know, really pricey with the bottle of wine. You can even adapt it for children. Buy a nice children's cookbook and put all the ingredients for one recipe in there. ... It works for literally every occasion."
Gayle and Rachael shared some of their favorites—so we caught up with actress Angie Harmon who shared some of hers! She says her favorite place on the planet is her hometown of Dallas, Texas. Angie and her husband, former NFL star Jason Sehorn, and their daughters, Finley and Avery, enjoy visiting the Dallas World Aquarium. "We come here every chance that we get!" she says. When the couple needs a quiet evening out, they leave the girls with family and head to their favorite restaurant, Al Biernat's. Angie loves the juicy 48-ounce prime rib!
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5101:2-50-04 Bridges Title IV-E eligibility and reimbursability determination.
(A) Pursuant to section 475(8)(B) of the Social Security Act, 94 Stat. 501, 42 U.S.C. 675 (1980) (the "Act"), a Title IV-E agency can extend foster care assistance for a young adult age eighteen but less than age twenty-one. This funding is provided in accordance with the federal "Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008" to cover foster care maintenance (FCM) payments, administration and training payments.
(B) The Title IV-E FCM program eligibility shall be determined in the statewide automated child welfare information system (SACWIS) by the Title IV-E agency representative within sixty calendar days of all parties signing the voluntary participation agreement (VPA).
(1) The young adult is program eligible for bridges and has signed a VPA pursuant to rule 5101:2-50-02 of the Administrative Code.
(2) The young adult met the aid to families with dependent children (AFDC) eligibility requirements per section 472(a)(3) of the "Act". AFDC eligibility is based on the young adult without regard to the parents/legal guardians or others in the assistance unit in the home from which the young adult was removed as a child.
(D) Once Title IV-E FCM eligibility is established, the young adult remains program eligible for the entire care and placement episode through the end of the month of the young adult's twenty-first birthday.
(4) The young adult dies. Eligibility ends on the date of death.
(F) A new FCM eligibility determination in SACWIS must be completed if a young adult is terminated from bridges or voluntarily leaves the program and reenters the program by signing a new VPA.
(1) The young adult's countable income is less than the cost of care paid by the Title IV-E agency.
(2) The young adult is residing in an approved supervised setting, in accordance with section 5101.1411 of the Revised Code.
(1) Reasonable efforts to finalize the permanency plan are not met in accordance with section 472(a)(2)(A)(ii) of the "Act" and 45 C.F.R. 1356.21(b)(2) (2012).
(2) The young adult is not residing in an approved supervised setting, as outlined in paragraph (G)(2) of this rule.


So Christmas came and went super fast and blink, we are in January 2019, which means new year's resolutions, dry January, being slightly broke and counting down the days until the sun appears again. So to help you get through this month, we've found some pretty cool things happening in London this month.
This pop up bar located at the Henrietta Hotel is helping those who aren't quite committed to the whole dry January thing but still want to lower their alcohol consumption this month with Below 20 – low-alcohol alternative drinks just for you. Recipes include artichoke juice, blended avocado, grapefruit and cold pressed tomato juice with spirits only containing less than 20% abv.
What better way to escape this January than with a virtual reality immersive art experience at the one and only Saatchi Gallery. As part of the experience, you will be whisked to an ancient forest to witness the incredible powers of the giant Sequoia tree, where you will be invited to step through the canvas to explore this magical world, bringing to life your every breath through an explosion of colour.
For the fifth year in a row, Winter Lights returns to Canary Wharf bringing together an exciting array of international light artists to create a compelling experience. From breathtaking artworks, installations and experiences, many of the lights are interactive / responsive so you can discover something new and exciting.


Montreal Mutek Music Festival Canada - 365 Festivals :: Everyday is a Festival!
If you have wasted your summer vacation by staying indoors and had planned to enjoy some EDM festival? Don't worry, you haven't missed everything yet! The Montreal's Mutek Music Festival is back with its 18th edition of EDM, enjoy Six days of performance given by hundreds of local and international artists, both indoors and out, in multiple venues in the heart of Montréal's entertainment district, the Quartier des spectacles.
GET YOURSELF to these unbelievable music festivals all around Canada. It's a chance for you to get to know Canada, and discover awe-inspiring music at the same time. The 17th edition of MUTEK is underway in Montreal, through June 5.
Alain Mongeau, the founded of Mutek in 2000. In 2005 MUTEK was among the first Western cultural organizations to send a delegation of electronic artists to China. In 2014, MUTEK clubbed with digital arts festival Elektra for the EM15 festival in Montreal.
With an emphasis on celebrating the unique live experiences electronic music, there are more things to do like Workshops, Conferences, Demonstration, Exhibitions, Shows.
MUTEK, which is as much about live, contemporary electronic music as it is digital installation and art, hasn't just weathered the industry-wide pressures of keeping a building and maintaining a fan base; the fest also rode out the EDM boom of the past few years, and holds strong amongst the procreation of festival culture around the world.
MUTEK features one-of-a-kind live sets, debuts of state-of-the-art audio/visual performances and challenges to artistic, musical and technological boundaries. From international techno masters to emerging Canadian artists with fast growing international praise.
Not to mention that the festival can be highly educational for those uninitiated to the minutiae of electronic music and didactic for aspiring artists to catch on to the techniques and trends of tomorrow, MUTEK features panels of discussions from the greatest thinkers and developers in the industry and presentations of new innovations in performance and music production.
The 2018 lineup hasn't been announced yet. The last edition included Daphni, Detroit Swindle, Max Cooper, Seth Troxler, Deathprod and more.2015 lineup Andy Stott, Boundary, Cobblestone Jazz, DBX, James Holden, John Tejada, Kiasmos, Lucy, Millie & Andrew, P. Trafford, Pole, Richard Devine, Rival Consoles, Rrose, Session Victim, Sherwood & Pinch, Steffi, AtomTM & Robin Fox present Double Vision, AtomTM & Tobias, and Strategy.
The new performers include Lee Gamble, Peder Mannerfelt, Jackson, Aïsha Devi, Lorenzo Senni, Laura Luna, Chic Miniature, Spatial, Nonotak, And The End Of Everything, Susy Technology, Peder Mannerfelt, T'ien Lai, Sarah Davachi, Lawrence Le Doux, Magnanime, Matthew Biederman & Pierce Warnecke, Tazz & Giovanni Randisi, White Visitation, Midnight Operator, Desormais and more.
2016 Check out the full lineup below: T'ien Lai, Tazz & Giovanni Randisi, Terekke, Tim Hecker, White Visitation, Aïsha Devi, And The End Of Everything, Ash Koosha, Atom™, Barac, Burnt Friedman, Chic Miniature, Colleen, Dasha Rush, Dasha Rush & Stanislav Glasov, Dawn Of Midi, Désormais, Essaie Pas, Off World, Orphx, Paul Jebanasam & Tarik Barri, Peder Mannerfelt, Powell, Project, Pablo, Romare, Sarah Davachi, Siete Catorce, Simon Chioini, Sonja Moonear and many others.


In this step I shot a few pictures after I had already started. Make sure to read the captions to the pictures, some of them note important deviances.
I did not have to do this because my leather is in great shape. However, most people trying to refurbish a Brooks will have to spend some time with this step.
The idea of setting a rivet is to have the right length of shaft (about 1/8th inch) sticking through the two pieces being joined and then hammering the shaft so it flares outwards, thereby clamping the two pieces between the factory made head and the one you are forming with the punch. Rivets come in solid or hollow shaft, difference being strength and ease of installation. Solid rivets like I used are installed with a special type of punch that has a hemispherical depression in the end so it forms a nice round head while flaring. I was impatient and had no immediate access to the correct punch so I used a normal flat tipped punch. The end result is not as beautiful of a head (then again it is the underside of my saddle) and if not done carefully could result in a weak rivet set, so I would recommend using the correct punch. Hollow rivets are installed using a rivet gun, these are much easier rivets to install due to the unique tool.
In this step one of the pictures is for demonstrational purposes only. Make sure to read picture captions for full instructions and notes on deviances.
To set a rivet, lay it head down on the anvil and use the punch in a vertical fashion to flare the excess shaft outwards. Tilt the punch about 10-15 degrees to every hour of the clock (imagine the protruding shaft of the rivet is the face of a clock) and hit the end of the punch once or twice and move to the next hour until you have completed two rotations (these are only guidelines-the actual number of blows and times you complete a rotation depend on how hard you hit and how strong/thick the rivet shaft is). This helps in creating a nice round even head that flares properly to all sides. Keep this method up until the two materials are tightly clamped together. There should be no movement between the two materials.
This is only done when using rivets with an unfinished head. I do not know of any rivets other than the ones from Brooks that require this step. I did not do extensive research, but I went to a local leather shop and they had no unfinished rivets.
Remove the old rivets by using a rotary tool of some kind with a grinding tip (I found a source who used a drill to drill the old rivets out. The end result was a damaged/enlarged hole in the leather, I would strongly recommend not using a drill). I used two different tips so that I could reach all the rivets while damaging the rails as little as possible.
The point is to grind off the material of the rivet which is flared outwards on the underside of the rail.
Starting at the back end of the saddle I ground all the flared rivet ends off.	(Note: I shot the pictures for this step after I had already finished it, so I am using the pictures of the nose of the saddle, the rear end of the saddle rail has 6 rivets.) When a rivet is ground off it will look like this. Grind all six rivets on the back of the saddle.
With that done the rear of the leather can be separated from the rail by pulling the two apart, you might have to pull hard, or grind or crush the rivet ends until they fit through the holes in the saddle rails. The nose of the saddle will come undone easily, as the tension adjustment is not securely fixed. Make sure to remember how the three pieces fit together for reassembling later.
Now you should have the leather attached just to the chrome nose piece by three rivets, follow the same steps to remove those as well, resulting in this.
Use needle nose pliers to pull the ground rivets out of the leather. If needle nose pliers cant grip the head of the rivet, push from the bottom. I would not recommend using a knife or screwdriver to pry between the head of the rivet and leather because it causes damage to the leather (my leather is cosmetically not pristine, I am not striving for looks, only comfort, but I want to keep it as strong as possible for long-term use).
The end result should be the leather (still in saddle shape) with no rivets or rails.
If leather conditioning is needed, this is the time to do it. My saddle did not need any work here because it is broken in nicely and I am merely replacing broken rivets. I did however notice that the front three rivet holes in the leather are elongated instead of being round. This is slightly worry-some since further elongation is bound to happen and at some point the rivet will pull through.
My chrome parts and the rail are slightly rusted because my bike lives outside and so I used a wire wheel to polish them up before reassembling the saddle.
I ended up with this, which I am fine with. If you want to be really thorough, sandblast the whole rail assembly and repaint with black.
This is the homemade anvil that I used. It is a large chunck of cast iron that I placed onto the concrete foundation at my house. I recommend a real anvil, but I am poor and have access to scrap metal.
I already set the front three rivets, so I am mocking up this step on the rear of the saddle rail. On the far left you can see the rivet protruding from the rail, its a little more than an 1/8th inch. Read above under step 3 Setting a rivet on how to set a rivet properly.
First assemble the chrome nose piece and the leather with all three new rivets sticking through, holding the two materials together for ease of setting. Set these three rivets first so you can assemble the tension adjustment correctly before setting the back six rivets. This is the result.
Because I used the largest copper rivets Brooks sells I had a gap between the leather and the edge of the rivet. This is normal because of how the rivet is formed, however if the gap is too big, the rivet might not be set tight enough or the rivet head on the top of the saddle might become a large bump after finishing that will be a nuisance while riding. When using rivets that already have a finished head, there should be no gap.
After attaching the chrome nose piece, assemble the tension adjustment (refer to picture in step 5) and mount the leather on the rails, pushing all six rivets through on the back end, this will help keep the leather in place while setting the first few rivets. Set the rivets in the same fashion as before starting with the two in the middle and working to the sides.
Check to make sure that all rivets are set tight enough to leave no play between the leather and the rails, ensuring a strong connection.
Unless you have unfinished rivets (like the medium and large copper rivets from Brooks) the seat is done, ready to adjust the tension, mount to your bike, and go for a ride. I still need to finish and form the heads on mine.
In order to finish a rivet, set the bottom head (underside of the saddle) onto an anvil and use the rounded end of the ball peen hammer to form the head of the rivet to fit the contour of the saddle. This is done by hitting the rivet head dozens and dozens of times, every time striking in a different spot. Start hitting the rivet from the center moving towards the outside. The impact hardens and burnishes the copper while forming it.
This is where the punch comes in: the rivet might not actually have a solid backing, which makes forming the rivet head hard and deforming the seat rails easy. It might be easier to set the saddle on top of the punch standing upright on the actual anvil in order to create a nice solid backing that will reach into the tight curve of the seat rail. I did not do this, so I ended up bending the pouch loops on the back of the Brooks B17.
The end result - a restored Brooks saddle - should be as shown, a seat with nine multifaceted rivets shaped to the contour of the seat. The forming also ends up being a finishing quality and after some riding they will take on a nice antique quality.


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For the early Christians, the Holy Spirit was experienced as a real power in their lives. The Holy Spirit empowered them to continue the work of Jesus. When a person received the Holy Spirit, they experienced a very real difference in their lives — and others noticed it. That is still true today.
Although all Christians receive the Holy Spirit through Baptism, God's Spirit works in many ways in the world, in both Christians and non-Christians. Yet the experience of being 'baptised in the Spirit' is a time of entering a deeper spiritual dimension. Similarly, St Teresa of Avila describes a person entering her 'Fourth Mansion': "Supernatural experiences begin here" (Interior Castle 4.1.1).
The ability to sense what God is saying to a group or an individual, and to pass on that message. This usually takes the form of encouragement, comfort, hope or exhortation.
This is a way of praying without words — a form of contemplative prayer that is very useful in personal prayer and in prayer ministry. It enables the person praying to focus on God without worrying about finding the right words.
There seem to be a variety of gifts given by the Spirit to enable people to be instruments of God's healing through prayer.
Paul describes some of the gifts of the Spirit in 1 Corinthians 12, but the Spirit works in many ways. The Spirit also empowers people to move into new roles of service and ministry to others. In all case, the gifts are given to serve others. God works through people, and these gifts help spread his goodness in the world.


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Maihueniopsis domeykoensis ist eine Pflanzenart in der Gattung Maihueniopsis aus der Familie der Kakteengewächse (Cactaceae). Das Artepitheton domeykoensis verweist auf das Vorkommen der Art bei Domeyko in der Atacama-Wüste.

Beschreibung
Maihueniopsis domeykoensis bildet niedrige Polster. Die konischen bis verkehrt eiförmigen, leicht gehöckerten Triebabschnitte sind bis zu 5 Zentimeter lang. Sie tragen etwa 40 kleine Areolen, die bis zur Basis der Triebabschnitte vorhanden sind. Die ein bis drei aufrechten, nadeligen, geraden oder leicht gebogenen, gelbbraunen bis schwarzen Mitteldornen sind an ihrer Basis weiß. Sie sind 2 bis 5 Zentimeter lang. Manchmal fehlen sie an den Spitzen der Triebabschnitte. Die ein bis drei schlanken, mehr oder weniger aufrechten Randdornen sind viel kürzer als die Mitteldornen.

Die Blüten weisen eine Länge von bis zu 8 Zentimeter auf. Ihre Blütenhüllblätter sind gelegentlich orangerot gespitzt. Ihr Perikarpell ist mit ungleich langen Dornen von bis zu 1,5 Zentimeter besetzt. Die Früchte tragen entlang ihres oberen Randes bis zu 3 Zentimeter lang Dornen.

Verbreitung und Systematik
Maihueniopsis domeykoensis ist in der chilenischen Region Atacama in der Provinz Huasco auf steinigen Hängen und in Tälern in Höhenlagen um 1600 Metern verbreitet.

Die Erstbeschreibung erfolgte 1980 durch Friedrich Ritter. Ein nomenklatorisches Synonym ist Opuntia domeykoensis  (1997).

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Maihueniopsis (Kakteen)
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redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


At Abergavenny Food Festival, we're passionate about growing the market-place for high-quality, delicious, craft food. Whether you're a farmer, cheese-maker, brewer or chocolatier, the festival has always been the place to come to talk to your customers, trial new products, tell your story, and grow your business.
As the festival has grown, we have been thinking about how to best help our food producing community to thrive. In the face of great political and economic uncertainty, we understand that many small businesses are facing real challenges, and we feel that the festival is well placed to deliver a national campaign to encourage the public to spend more with local farmers and food producers.
How do we grow the market, and increase consumer spend with independent food businesses across Wales?
What support and resources can we provide to help new entrants setting up food & farming enterprises?
In the first instance we want to hear from Welsh food businesses, with a view to expanding the project further in the future.
We might be asking you about communications initiatives that have really inspired you, or what resources would have been most helpful to you when you started your businesses. We'll be asking how people can get started with very little capital, or how to access land, equipment or production spaces.
At the end of the 6-weeks, we hope to have gathered valuable information about how a project like this could be useful to your business and have generated ideas on how we might all collaborate together to deliver significant public engagement campaigns on food in the future.
Got a minute? Then fill in the survey here. We've kept it short, with 10 quick questions. Your input is invaluable.
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Giulio Baldassarre Briccialdi (Terni, 2 de março de 1818 - Florença, 17 de dezembro de 1881) foi um flautista e compositor italiano.

Biografia
Depois de receber as primeiras aulas de flauta de seu pai, ele se formou na Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia em Roma aos 15 anos. Ele ensinou flauta tanto em Roma quanto em Nápoles, onde se torna mestre de flauta do irmão do rei. Virtuoso da flauta, ele tem uma brilhante carreira na Itália e no resto da Europa.

Em Londres, onde o produtor de flautas Rudall & Rose detém a patente para a flauta cilíndrica melhorada por Theobald Böhm, Briccialdi tem a ideia, em 1849, de adicionar uma nota sobre a nota do polegar esquerdo, facilitando a jogada para Lá. Este mecanismo agora é chamado de si bemolle - Briccialdi.

Em 1860, foi diretor da banda em Fermo e, a partir de 1871, ele ensinou flauta no Conservatório de Florença. Em 14 de junho de 1864, tornou-se membro honorário da Sociedade Rossiniana de Pésaro.

Ele compôs a obra teatral Leonora de' Medici (1855), várias peças para flauta (solo e com outros instrumentos) e exercícios didáticos.

Uma vez morto, seus concidadãos organizaram uma arrecadação de fundos para levar seu corpo de volta a Terni, que aconteceu quatro meses depois.

Um asteróide foi dedicado a ele, 7714 Briccialdi. A partir de 1904, ele também deu nome ao conservatório de música de Terni.

Composições
 Leonora de' Medici, ópera, Milão, Teatro Carcano, 11 de agosto de 1855
 Concerto n. 1 per flauto e orchestra em fá
 Concerto n. 2 per flauto e orchestra em dó
 Quartetto per flauto em um major
 Garibaldi al Tamigi, marcha militar para piano
 Una madre, romanza per mezzosoprano, flauta e piano
 Il lago delle sirene, capriccio de flauta com acompanhamento de piano
 Variazioni su un tema di Bellini: Qual cor tradisti para flauta solo
 Concertino per flauto con accompagnamento di pianoforte, op. 10
 Variazioni per flauto sopra un motivo dell'Opera: I Puritani, op. 11
 Ballabile di concerto para flauta com orquestra ou acompanhamento de piano, op. 15
 Concerto n. 1 per flauto con accompagnamento di pianoforte, op. 19
 Fantasia per flauto con accompagnamento di pianoforte, op. 25
 Fantasia sopra l'opera La figlia del reggimento, op. 27
 Studi per flauto, op. 31
 Reminiscenze dell'opera Maria di Rohan di Donizetti, fantasia romântica para flauta com acompanhamento de piano, op. 35
 Pot-pourri fantastico per flauto con accompagnamento di pianoforte sull'opera La straniera, op. 37
 Fantasia su motivi dell'Attila, op. 39
 Divertimento per flauto con accompagnamento di pianoforte, op. 44
 Macbeth di Verdi, fantasia de flauta com acompanhamento de piano, op. 47
 Concertino n. 2 em G maior, para piano e flauta, op. 48
 Pot-pourri pour la flûte avec accomp.t de piano sur des motifs de l'opéra I Montecchi e i Capuleti de Bellini, op. 55
 Norma, fantasia per flauto con accompagnamento di pianoforte, op. 57
 Concerto n. 2 per flauto con accompagnamento di pianoforte, op. 61
 Deux fleurs, obra de salão, para flauta com acompanhamento de piano, op. 63
 Concerto n. 3 per flauto con accompagnamento di pianoforte, op. 65
 Fantasia elegante per flauto con accompagnamento di pianoforte sull'opera Beatrice di Tenda di Bellini, op. 66
 Secondo pot-pourri fantastico per flauto con accompagnamento di pianoforte sulla Straniera di Bellini, op. 68
 Allegro alla Spagnuola, op. 69
 Capriccio originale para flauta com acompanhamento de piano, op. 71
 Pezzo originale a guisa di scena para flauta e piano, op. 77
 Variazioni sul Carnevale di Venezia, op. 78
 Le carezze, para flauta com acompanhamento de piano, op. 79
 Duetti per due flauti concertanti, op. 100
 Rigoletto: fantasia para flauta com acompanhamento de piano, op. 106
 Guglielmo Tell: fantasia para flauta com acompanhamento de piano, op. 107
 Lucrezia Borgia: fantasia para flauta com acompanhamento de piano, op. 108
 Il bravo: fantasia para flauta com acompanhamento de piano, op. 109
 La sonnambula: fantasia para flauta com acompanhamento de piano, op. 110
 Saffo: fantasia para flauta com acompanhamento de piano, op. 111
 Il vento, capriccio para flauta e piano, op. 112
 Gran duetto per due flauti, op. 118
 Fantasia n. 2 sul Don Carlo, op. 122
 Quintetto per fiati n. 1 em D major, para flauta, oboé, clarinete, chifre e fagote, op. 124
 Quintetto per fiati n. 2, para flauta, oboé, clarinete, chifre e fagote
 Lohengrin Fantasie para flauta e piano, op. 129
 16 duettini dialogati para duas flautas, op. 132
 Il giardinetto di Perugia, para flauta e piano, op. 135
 3 romanze senza parole para flauta e piano, op. 140
 Sonatine progressive per imparare a suonare il flauto, op. 141 póstuma

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 7714 Briccialdi

Compositores da Itália


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Your Portfolio: Near-Term Inflation
This post was part of a series on building a portfolio of mutual funds or Exchange Traded Funds. Much of the series has been moved to articles on the Portfolios menu:
Basic Portfolios: Some simple ideas that work remarkably well.
Diversify: Effective ways to diversify with bonds and stocks, globally.
Factor Investing: Specialized portfolios that employ techniques from academic research.
Respond to Inflation: Realistic options for inflation-protection, near-term and long-term. (Not yet moved, this topic is covered below, in this post.
On the topic of inflation, Andrew Ang's fine textbook, Asset Management, offers many good insights, to which I am much indebted (see his chapter 11). I've superimposed my own analysis, however, and sometimes relied on additional sources.
It's helpful, I think, to focus on inflation with three sets of questions:
Near-term: At a given time and for the next year or two, how should an investor's portfolio adapt to inflation or, equally important, to deflation? This question matters if, and only if, you plan to spend some of your investments in the next year or two.
Long-term: What investments, if held a long time, will best protect against inflation? Do the same investments protect against deflation? And how long is long enough?
Correlates: Both near-term and long-term, what investments (if any) are correlated with inflation (or deflation)? If one applies diversification criteria, do any of the popular candidates, such as TIPS, commodities, and real estate, truly add value?
An important conclusion will be that sensible protection against inflation and deflation is possible, but by different methods for the near-term than for the long-term. Furthermore, the popular candidates may not be the best or the only methods you should consider.
Near-Term
Here's an interesting test. You come to me in December, asking "What will inflation be next year?" I caution that nobody knows the perfect answer, but one indicator is quite good and amazingly simple. "It has correlated 0.64 with next year's inflation for the past 100 years," I proclaim. Then I show you data for the past century, using the chart below. Can you guess what my indicator is?
No, it's not the price of oil or gold. It's not the return on inflation-indexed bonds, or the median price of homes, or any exotic financial product. And it's a lot simpler than the economic model favored by this year's hot economist. It's last year's inflation. Yup. Next year's inflation is pretty well predicted by inflation over the most recent 12 months. That's because inflation (or lack of it) tends to persist. *
Despite the dire tone of some articles and commentary, inflation is not like a thief in the night who steals your heirloom jewelry, sets your home ablaze, and swiftly vanishes before dawn, leaving your wealth devastated. He's more like the unwelcome guest, your financially reckless cousin, who emails you one day and shows up on your couch the next, feasts from your pantry, maxes all your credit accounts, totals your car, and requires strenuous measures to be evicted, leaving you poor, thin, weary, and forgiveably ungracious after a prolonged ordeal.
The point is that you'll know when inflation is becoming a problem. One of the more obvious clues will be that interest rates are rising. That clue, as it happens, also defines your best defense.
T-Bills
As Ang and others before him have pointed out, the asset most strongly correlated with inflation and the best single hedge against it is a 3-month Treasury Bill. As inflation rises or falls, the interest rate on T-Bills tends to follow. Because T-Bills can be redeemed and reinvested at the newest rate every three months, the response to inflation, although lagging somewhat, is timely.
Even so, it's not a perfect hedge, mainly because policies of the Federal Reserve sometimes (not always!) hold T-Bill rates below the inflation rate. That happened for nearly two decades during the Great Depression and World War II, and again, more recently, for six years and still counting since the financial panic of 2008-2009.
These limitations notwithstanding, a T-Bill offers good protection against inflation for expenses you know you will have to pay within the next year or so. Here's a concrete example:
A hypothetical saver needs $1000 per month to pay expenses that are not covered by her other sources of income, such as work, Social Security, or an annuity.
In late December, she has $3000 in a bank account (earning next to nothing) to cover her expenses through March. She withdraws $12,000 from her investment or retirement account, and buys a 3-month T-Bill. (She can do so easily and with no fees whatsoever at www.treasurydirect.gov.)
In April, she redeems the T-Bill and puts enough in her bank account to cover the next three months' expenses. If her expenses have risen (or fallen) a bit in the past three months, she sensibly increases (or decreases) the amount set aside in her bank account, thus maintaining a smooth standard of living. (To simulate these adjustments, I exactly matched them to the change in consumer prices, up or down, for the previous quarter.) The remainder gets reinvested in a new 3-month T-Bill.
She does the same in July and October.
At the end of December, she looks at the amount she will get by redeeming the most recent T-Bill, to see if it will cover the first three months of the coming year. She wants it to cover her real expenses, which may have risen above $1000 per month because of inflation over the past year.
Had this strategy been followed every year from 1934 to 2014, the results would have been as shown in the chart below. The value depicted in the chart is the surplus (or deficit) over the amount needed for the first quarter of the coming year, adjusted for inflation.
Before 1952, when interest rates were restrained by the federal government, the results were weak. On average, the amount available after a year was nearly 9% less than the amount needed for the next three months. These were desperate times, financially, and it is not clear that any one-year savings plan could have done better.
From 1952 through 2014, the results were good. On average, there was a real 1% surplus, and surpluses occurred much more often than deficits. On the assumption that future federal policies may resemble those enforced since the early 1950's, the T-Bill strategy looks attractive.
Short-Term Treasuries
What if you were willing to take a bit of a chance on longer-term bonds? For example, how about a short-term Treasury fund whose bonds have average maturities around 2 years? One might expect such a fund to respond to inflation less quickly than T-Bills, but to pay a higher rate of interest and to be penalized somewhat less when federal policies suppress the interest on T-Bills. The next chart shows the results from using 2-year Treasuries instead of 3-month T-Bills.
Clearly, there is much more variation from year to year, which is not good for budgeting. On the other hand, the average surplus for the period 1952-2014 was higher, around 2%. In several years, the surplus was a full month's expenses. Here's an idea: What if the surpluses were carried over, to offset subsequent deficits?
A variant of that idea turns out to be highly effective, perhaps the best strategy of all. It works like this:
In the first year, save two years' expenses ($24,000 for our hypothetical saver) instead of one ($12,000).
Use a fund of 2-year Treasuries instead of T-Bills.
Don't spend any surplus. Don't try to replenish any deficit. Simply add next year's expenses at the end of each year, adjusted according to the past year's inflation, exactly as in the T-Bill strategy.
The extra deposit at the outset serves as a cushion, creating, in effect, a reserve fund.
This strategy accumulates unspent surpluses over time, even in difficult periods. The chart above illustrates how the strategy would have worked in three very different 26-year periods. The first period, 1934-1959, saw a toxic mix of occasional high inflation, recessions with steep deflation, and persistent suppression of Treasury rates. During this time, the strategy lost some of its reserves but never went to ground. Bear in mind that the values in the chart are real dollars (inflation adjusted). Thus, the $3000 of buying power that remained on reserve at the end of 1959 would have seemed much larger in nominal dollars. The second period, 1961-1986, spanned multiple recessions and successive years of high inflation. Yet it maintained good reserves throughout. The final period, 1988-2013, benefited from a bull market in Treasuries and ended with enough surplus to cover more than two years of inflation-adjusted expenses.
Short-Term TIPS
Originally, they were called Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities, or TIPS. But they never truly guaranteed protection from inflation, and the Treasury Department now calls them Treasury Inflation Indexed Notes or TIINs, if their maturity is five years. The new name is apt because in recent times, their value as an inflation hedge has been about as good as, well, TIIN.
Surprised? Consider this example. In October 2010, you could have bought TIPS from the Treasury Department that would mature four years and eight months later, in April 2015. Those TIPS would have paid a measly interest rate of 0.5%, which would have seemed reasonable because T-Bills paid even less. At the time, the big institutions that bid at Treasury auctions expected inflation to start rising. So they bid up the price of the TIPS, thereby forcing buyers to pay, on average, $1055 for a bond that could be redeemed in nearly five years for $1000 plus inflation. They were counting on inflation to recoup the extra $55 and then some. As it all worked out, the cumulative inflation between October 2010 and April 2015 was 8.2% (equivalent to 1.7% per year). The buyer was therefore paid about $1082 in April 2015, plus those flimsy interest payments twice a year. For the initial investment of $1055, the buyer got a real (inflation adjusted) total return of about 1% per year. The five-year bet on inflation paid off, in this case.
But what if the original buyers' expectations were wrong? It can happen. In July 2014, no one anticipated that inflation for the next 12 months would be virtually zero, but that's what it was (0.2%). If you had bid on TIPS in early 2014 expecting a 1% real return, you would be holding a loss after the first year. Because mutual funds and ETFs buy, sell, and redeem TIPS continuously, they are vulnerable to such miscalculations. They can lose money when their inflation bets are too high.
For some evidence, consider the chart below. It shows the real (inflation-adjusted) returns since late 2009 for two funds: STPZ, the PIMCO ETF for short-term TIPS; and VSGBX, a Vanguard fund for short-term bonds from the Treasury Department and other federal agencies. The PIMCO fund holds TIPS exclusively; the Vanguard fund holds no TIPS at all. Over the six-year period, both funds virtually matched inflation, with a terminal value near $1.00 for every dollar originally invested. But the TIPS fund was more volatile, rising or falling as its inflation bets came out winners or losers.
It would be nice to know if the long-term trend will resemble the short history shown in this chart. Alas, six years is the longest history available for a short-term TIPS fund as of September 2015. Pending additional evidence, a rational investor could use a short-term TIPS fund, instead of short-term Treasuries, but the outcome might not be any better, and the ride may be less smooth. An educated guess is that short-term TIPS may do better when inflation is rising, while short-term Treasuries might excel when deflation and recession are lurking.
Academic studies and historical data imply that near-term protection against inflation (and deflation) can be secured by either of these strategies:
Hold a year's worth of anticipated expenses in 3-month T-Bills, redeeming and re-investing every three months. Virtually as good, use a savings or money-market fund if it is safe, very liquid, and pays interest at or above the rate of T-Bills.
Or, hold two years of anticipated expenses in a fund of short-term U.S. government bonds. Withdraw expenses for a year, and replenish with anticipated expenses for the next year, keeping any surplus on reserve. A fund of short-term TIPS may be reasonable, but other U.S. government bonds are likely to offer more consistent performance.
In the next and final post in this series, we'll look at long-run inflation and the best strategies to mitigate its effects on your portfolio.
* In the chart, an outlier that goes against the trend is the solitary point in the lower right quadrant. It's for 1921 when, after World War I brought inflation that exceeded 15% annually, the economy sank sharply into recession. Within the year, high inflation switched to extreme deflation. It's the only such whipsaw in the past century. In fact, it's an exception that proves the rule because the preceding inflationary trend persisted for four years, and the subsequent deflation lasted for two, followed by several years of low inflation and the booming economy of the Roaring Twenties.
Disclaimer: Historical data cannot guarantee future results. Although a mixture of bonds and stocks may be safer than investing exclusively in one class of assets, diversification cannot guarantee a positive return. Losses are always possible with any investment strategy. Nothing here is intended as an endorsement, offer, or solicitation for any particular investment, security, or type of insurance.


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Producer | Director | Writer
Sarah Ferguson is Australia's leading journalist-documentary maker. No one else in Australia has reached the same levels of achievement across both genres. She has been awarded multiple times in Australia's top awards for both journalism and documentary making.
Amongst Sarah's awards are 5 Walkleys, the Gold Walkley, 5 Logies for long form television & documentary series, 2 AACTA awards for best documentary series and the Asian Academy Award for best documentary series in 2020.
She has made two multi award-winning television series with In Films. Hitting Home is a three part series on domestic violence involving unique access to women in extreme circumstances and violent men in prison. Revelation is a landmark 3 part series for the ABC on paedophile priests in the Catholic church, achieving another world first by interviewing convicted church abusers in prison and gaining filming access to their criminal trials.
Sarah's programs involve rigorous investigations, exceptional access, high end production and some of the best television writing in Australia. She is also one of Australia's best interviewers with a huge following for her combination of incisiveness, wit and warmth.
Sarah is currently working for the ABC in Washington, DC.
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Saint-Henri (en castellano San Enrique) puede referirse a lugares diversos en países francófonos:

Topónimos

( Quebec)
 Saint-Henri, municipio de Chaudière-Appalaches.
 Saint-Henri, barrio de Montreal.
 Place-Saint-Henri, estación de metro de Montreal.
 Saint-Henri-de-Mascouche, localidad de Lanaudière.
 Saint-Henri-de-Taillon, municipio de Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean.

Saint-Henri, barrio de Marsella.


I would like to convert powerpoint PPT files to PDF so these files cannot be modified.
Is it possible with office ? Are there any free software for that ?
MS Office 2007 Service Pack 2 is able to save presentations in PDF format.
You can also download PDF Creator (google will help you). It will install a virtual PDF printer which will let you print any document to PDF format.
Oh, thank you. This has been the answer to my queries and problems.
You are really most helpful and I am thankful I chanced upon this.
For this perpose it is possible to use the program Presentation to Video Converter.
Usually I use the program Presentation to Video Converter, nice prog and really simple.
You can have a look at MS office to PDF converting guide.
I see conversion code of PPT to pdf on it.


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Votyra is a middleware designed to generate 'Transport Tycoon' style terrain in Unity 3D.
Currently the terrain is generated based on plane but will be expanded to voxels.

The generation is fast and can be run on separate thread, as not to hinder performance.
The whole terrain can be animated and can be modified during in runtime.

[Github Pages](https://mgrman.github.io/Votyra/)

[Demo](https://mgrman.github.io/Votyra/demo.html)

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


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NCRI - A rapid foreign currency appreciation over the past few days has decreased Iranian rial's purchasing power by 40 percent.
This means that an Iranian worker or employee, who until a few days ago had to pay 1,000,000 tomans for purchasing some specific items, now has to pay 1,400,000 to obtain those same items.
Iranian regime officials meanwhile are trying to attribute foreign currency appreciation to such external factors like Telegram application and enemies' plots.
Even regime's economic experts believe that the government's decision to stabilize the value of US dollar at 4,200 tomans is just a maneuver and a shock to a collapsed economy that not only fails to resolve any of people's problems, but will even accelerate the fall.
It's clear that the currency crisis is the result of accumulated, unresolved economic problems that are now threatening the regime in its entirety. That's why Abbas Akhundi, Minister of Urban Development in Rouhani's government, sees the regime in a challenging situation with very low level of satisfaction among different social strata.
It now becomes clear what a 'disintegrated decision-making structure' means when it comes to resolving these challenges, and in this case harnessing the currency crisis.
The meaning of a 'disintegrated decision-making structure' is that the regime is too incapable to resolve such crises, inevitably driving the situation towards a nationwide uprising and a subsequent regime overthrow.


Tammy Cody is an interior designer and instructor specializing in design documentation and 3D visualization. Tammy runs SketchUp for Interior Designers where she helps other designers learn SketchUp specific to the interior design workflow. She enjoys teaching online and at live trainings throughout the country. Tammy is also the owner of Cody Design Studio, her interior design practice in San Luis Obispo, California where she provides interior design drawings and documentation to design professionals.


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Captain Fantastic and the Blue Tigers - Sunil Chhetri and the Indian football team keep delivering
Sunil Chhetri's strike was enough for India to beat Kyrgyzstan
Souvik Roy Chowdhury
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Modified 16 Jun 2017, 12:32 IST
"India football deserves this and it's about bloody time" - Stephen Constantine.
"Don't fall, that's all I thought really," blurted out a jubilant Sunil Chhetri after having scored his 54th goal in Indian national team colours. The result? An unprecedented eighth win on the trot for India and a step towards realising the nation's dream of qualifying for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup.
"That's all I thought really. The first tackle that was put on me (en route to his match-winning goal), I could have gone down, taken a tumble but I said to myself, 'don't fall'. I got through the second tackle and said the same thing, 'don't fall'. Gave the ball to Jeje and kept running and the form that he has been in found me with a great ball. The ball went into the net and that' all that matters. nothing else."
Off the field, down the athletic track, through the locker room, Sunil Chhetri appeared for the post-match press conference knackered – and rightly so after the performance, he had put in.
"Every day," he said, "this what we live for".
A bulge of the net, a roaring stand and a captain – overwhelmed by the victory that he had scripted, he still managed to remain calm, with his hands folded in the middle of it all.
"I want to win this man, I want to this so bad," I can recall Chhetri saying a few days back at the Trident Hotel, as charged up as I have ever seen him. The AIFF had awarded him the "Hero of the I-League" – fitting reward to the true talisman of Indian football. "You can say I am desperate for it. It's a huge game for us as a country. We need to win this," he had said.
His eyes were fixed. He is a man who never really played for trophies and that night was proof. The press conference had finished with calls of Sunil to come back to the podium. Not for another bite though; he had forgotten his trophy.
"He has been fantastic. He has held back and has concentrated on his rehabilitation. I am happy I didn't play him against Nepal (India's last game on the 6th of June)," quipped a delighted Stephen Constantine with a smile as big as the divide in our country between the so-called "nationalists" and "liberals". "He still had some scar tissues. If I had played him – he probably doesn't make that run today."
It has been a long time coming. A couple of years back and nearly to the day on the 16th of June, 2015, India had witnessed one of their most humiliating days – a loss to Guam had seen the Blue Tigers sink to the abyss – 173rd in the FIFA rankings.
The Indian players run towards their skipper after his sumptuous goal
"Rankings are not something we see when we see when we prepare for a side. But it's something that we (the players) really do keep an eye on. It's something to be happy about (reaching the top 100) but it's nothing more than that at the moment. It's a reminder how we are doing and the day we were down there at 173 I let them (the squad) clearly that we are much better than this."
And now finally, after these two long years, he along with all the football fanatics in this nation can finally see the light. The crusade is not over but we are nearly there, at doorsteps of the promised land.
As the final whistle blew, there were no words from the leader of men. Instead, there were hugs – muted ones as everyone wearing that awkward shade of blue on the pitch gravitated towards the man they always look up to.
There are crowns yet to wear for this team but they are surely set to earmark a red letter day in Indian football history as they well and truly move into the top 100.
History is set to be made and records re-written. But no one in the Indian footballing fraternity could have ever envisaged such a performance. This Indian team didn't only deliver eight wins on the trot but also stood up and answered its detractors. They are not a juggernaut that vanquishes their opponents – they are not there yet and it would be foolhardy to expect them to be there at this point in time.
But they are everything that an ardent Indian fan wants. A side who doesn't know when to stop; when to give up. And now they are one who has learnt to punch above its weight and as Gurpreet Singh Sandhu said right after the game, "the world of football needs to know that the Indian team are no pushovers. They need to learn to give more respect."
A third world country filled with untapped potential slowly emerging as a giant in the world economy, now that is a statement from our goalkeeper that every Indian can identify themselves with.
Also read: We've got Chhetri, Sunil Chhetri... I just don't think you understand
The battle cries were never loud. They were always ones that paid the utmost respect to their opponents. Others might feel them as tepid but they were, well, typically Indian. But the zeal inside has been strong, their belief – paramount.
"We are the favourites and we expect nothing but all three points," the Kyrgyz side had quipped the day before the game. And all that Chhetri had to say about was "Best of luck to them".
But there was a fire in his eyes and in his heart. It was there since the first day of the conditioning camp. For a week before the game against Nepal, Chhetri didn't touch the ball. A day before the Nepal game, he worked fervently with the support staff with the single aim of getting back into shape on the sidelines. His eyes, however, time and again belied where he truly wanted to be – on the pitch where his teammates were.
"I was hungry, man. It was like putting me on a leash. I want to be out there playing football. Whether it be on the streets or on any playground. Five on five or eleven on eleven, I want to be involved. And this is the national team you are talking about," he was charged up and equally impressed by his team's play without him.
Still a lot of work to be done
But somewhere that fire looked to be lacking in the first 45 minutes in the game against the Kyrgyz as the visitors stifled Blue Tigers on their own home turf. "What the f--- are we doing?" was what Constantine began his halftime speech with and the rest is a blurted contortion of expletives. And rightly so.
The second half performance was a fitting reply.
"I have played 12 years for my country and this by far was one of the best performances," Chhetri stated after the game. "And it's not only because of the result. We were badly battered at half time. We were not up to the mark. We allowed them possession. We showed character. We came back and won it.".
The Indian football team neither can be termed as the drama kings nor are they sure-fire fodder for documentaries anytime soon. But they are surely etching a fairytale of their own.
The last two years have been a whirlwind. A blunt start with five losses on the trot to Constantine's second stint as Indian coach had everyone up in arms, calling for his head. But flashing back now over the theatre in the past 24 months and we have seen 28 players make their Indian debuts under Constantine. He, as well as the team, were like a beetle on its back, kicking its legs in the search for survival.
And then something happened to tip it back to their side. Maybe it was the planning from hierarchy to finally featuring in regular games internationally or something on the field. It could be the win against Puerto Rico, the grit to come back and win against Cambodia or that run by Udanta against Myanmar. But at the heart of all of this was one man; Sunil Chhetri. In every game and at every moment, he has turned up and delivered.
But he is never one to take all the glory. "If Gurpreet (Sandhu) doesn't make those saves; if Anas doesn't make the goalline block or Jeje doesn't make that pass then it would have been a different story. I am just lucky that I play in a position where I can get to the end of it."
Even after all this success, we doubt both Chhetri as well as the Indian team. And I can't totally blame anyone for all the pain that the Indian football fan has suffered over the years, eight wins on the trot is not going to be enough. It will take more than that. But at least we are on the right path.
But with Chhetri, I think we forget sometimes. We forget what he has done and how long he has done it. But to all doubters that ever existed, he has firmly established that the Sunil Chhetri epoch is now.
Eyes upwards, hand clutched in a prayer and lips murmuring as he said his thanks to the All Mighty whilst Stephen Constantine held the mic - this win was as special as it gets.
Published 15 Jun 2017, 19:59 IST
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Papal preacher urges a courageous return to simpler church structures
Robert Mickens
Capuchin Fr Raniero Cantalamessa – the firebrand preacher of the papal household – has warned that divisions among Christians, overly bureaucratic Church structures and "the residue of past ceremonials, laws and disputes" are blocking the spread of the Gospel.
In his annual sermon for the Good Friday commemoration of the Lord's Passion in St Peter's Basilica, the bearded friar compared the Church to an old building that had "become filled with partitions, staircases, rooms and closets" to meet various needs over the centuries. "The time comes when we realize that all these adjustments no longer meet the current needs, but rather are an obstacle," he said in Italian before Pope Francis, scores of cardinals and bishops and a basilica filled with worshipers. "So we must have the courage to knock them down and return the building to the simplicity and linearity of its origins," he added.
"This was the mission that was received one day by a man who prayed before the Crucifix of San Damiano: 'Go, Francis, and repair my Church'," Fr Cantalamessa said.
"May the Holy Spirit, in this moment in which a new time is opening for the Church, full of hope, reawaken in men who are at the window the expectancy of the message, and in the messengers the will to make it reach them, even at the cost of their life," the brown-robed friar said.
The carefully choreographed service featured the veneration of the cross and the singing, by three deacons, of the Lord's Passion. The entire ceremony was in Latin and stretched to just over two hours long.
The full text of the homly is available here.
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