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Sustainable Shopping in Magnolia Park
Exploring Burbank's Green Business District
by Sophia Islas | March 8, 2018
Previously On. Photo by Daniel Deitch.
The countless thrift, antique and consignment stores in Magnolia Park offer our community a fun and eclectic shopping experience like no other. You never know what you're going to discover, so it's like hunting for treasure in your own backyard. But the area is more than a destination for scoring hard-to-find clothing and other vintage goods — it's also been designated as Burbank's first Green District, with the greatest number of stores in the city that reduce, reuse and recycle. Buying resale items helps lessen waste in landfills, saves energy and cuts down on environmental impacts from manufacturing and transportation. To help you get started on shopping with sustainability in mind, we've compiled a roundup of unique local businesses that show how easy going green can be.
One of the best benefits of shopping secondhand is the ability to switch up your wardrobe and refresh your closet without breaking the bank. With so much on-trend fashion spanning numerous decades packed into each store, you're bound to find something that fits your style.
It's A Wrap! Photo by Daniel Deitch.
A good place to start your treasure hunt is at a traditional thrift store, like American Way Thrift, which is popular for offering deep discounts on clothing and accessories almost daily, like 50% off all clothing during special promotions. Its overwhelming selection of items — which goes beyond clothing and into home goods — will have you sorting through tons of kitschy items for hours. Alternatively, you can try your hand at It's A Wrap!, which gives the public the special opportunity to purchase actual wardrobe and props from movies or television shows at 35% to 95% off retail. The highly organized store arranges clothing by type, with new arrival racks showcasing items from a particular set. Previously selected by costume designers, prop masters and set decorators to be worn or used for an hour or two on set, most pieces are in pristine condition. Costumes and props worn and used by actors like John Wayne adorn the walls, along with other movie memorabilia.
For strictly vintage fashion, Playclothes specializes in outfits and accessories from the '40s to the '80s. Costumers for period shows like Mad Men drop by often for well-preserved flapper dresses, poodle skirts and shift dresses, and menswear like gabardine suits, Hawaiian shirts and western button-downs. Other neighboring boutiques, like Skirt Chaser Vintage, Swift Vintage and Slone Vintage, carry curated and artful selections of vintage items, while others, like Reclaimed, specialize in more modern vintage fashions, such as '90s Gucci and Louis Vuitton.
Combining both vintage and costume store, Junk for Joy, Halloween & Vintage offers distinctive items handpicked by owner Kathleen Lenihan. "Our store is like a foster parent for vintage clothing, and our goal is to give these special items a second life," she says. Examples include clown costumes worn by actual circus performers and cowboy getups used in rodeos. Beyond being a source for niche costumes, Lenihan views the store as a way to have a positive impact on the environment and reduce waste by selling clothing with slight imperfections at reasonable prices. There's even a "Zombie Bin" filled with tattered, stained clothing and scraps of fabric. "I've been teased because I don't like to throw things away," she says. "But everything can be repurposed. For example, buttons and pins can be used as embellishments." Lenihan inspires people to be creative with their purchases, and many costumers from the surrounding studios visit the store for its authentic outfits.
New Homes for Used Décor
Elegant Designs. Photo by Daniel Deitch.
Antique and secondhand furniture stores often have pieces you won't be able to find anywhere else. If you're itching to redesign your home or are on the lookout for subtle yet striking décor accents, shopping these stores allows you to tap into your inner interior designer and experiment with an array of motifs.
The furniture counterpart to It's A Wrap! is Previously On, which liquidates minimally used furniture from TV shows. "About 90% of what we have comes from studios," says owner Nicholas Arellano. "We minimize the waste that impacts the environment by repurposing everything — like drapes, furniture, building materials and appliances — that studios would discard." In addition to selling furniture, the store makes eco-friendly custom furniture with organic materials.
The Blue Pig Store has a wide-ranging inventory of small home items and collectibles from all over the country, such as vintage license plates, movie posters and gumball machines. "Our store finds new homes for all of the items we remember fondly from our childhoods," says owner Robert DeFrancesco of all the nostalgic toys, figurines and knickknacks on the store's numerous shelves. Another option for furniture and accessories both large and small is Antiques on Magnolia, which has a warehouse full of vintage and historical finds, like leather couches, medical tools from the Civil War and photography equipment. "The shop has items that go back to 5,000 years B.C. to 1940s, with the occasional great piece from the '50s and '60s thrown in," says owner Sheryl Coughlan, who also handles professional estate sales and other services to help people sell their possessions. "We help the environment by making sure pieces that would otherwise end up on the side of the road have a purpose," she says.
Hobbies and Oddities
Secondhand shopping is also a great, inexpensive way to delve into and discover new hobbies, like learning how to play a musical instrument or collecting antiques.
Imperial Vintage Guitars. Photo by Daniel Deitch.
Imperial Vintage Guitars buys, sells and trades vintage, used, and new guitars and amps. Owner Shai Ashkenazi says that the business focuses on reducing its carbon footprint by recycling instruments and using recycled materials when shipping them out. "We believe there is a big contribution to the environment by keeping used guitars alive and functioning," he says. "We find them new homes rather than just [perpetuate the cycle of] manufacturing new instruments." The shop's two locations, on Magnolia Boulevard and in Sherman Oaks, display eye-catching Gibsons, Fenders, Gretschs and other popular brands on the walls. Also, if you're looking to repair or set up a guitar or have your string instruments appraised, the knowledgeable staff is on hand to help.
For those seeking a more unconventional hobby, Bearded Lady Vintage & Oddities and its sister store, the Mystic Museum, are your new go-to destinations for unusual collectibles. Both stores specialize in taxidermy and "haunted" items — like a real human articulated torso, an authentic '20s mortician makeup kit and a Victorian mourning hair brooch.
With plenty more businesses to discover, Magnolia Boulevard is worth taking the time to explore in depth. If our list has got you planning your next shopping trip, we recommend the Magnolia Park Ladies and Gents Night Out, held on the last Friday of every month. It's the perfect opportunity to shop your way up and down the boulevard and meet the proprietors of these environmentally minded businesses.
Elegant Restorations
Restoring and reupholstering furniture is a great way to "upcycle" items that might otherwise be thrown away. See below for a behind-the-scenes look at how Elegant Designs gives outdated and worn-out furnishings a custom makeover.
About Sophia Islas
Sophia Islas is an editor for Toluca Lake Magazine.
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Fast Forwarding at Reuters: Reuters Group Announces Losses, Buys Multex
by Marydee Ojala
It was not a good year for Reuters Group, PLC, the financial news and price reporting company. For the year ending Dec. 31, 2002, Reuters reported its first ever loss, at £493 million, roughly $794 million. At the same time as it reported its financial results, the company announced it was buying Multex.com, Inc., the provider of global financial information.
Reuters Group revenues were down by 8 percent, a figure heavily influenced by the 31 percent decline in revenues at Instinet, a unit 63 percent-owned by Reuters Group. The core Reuters business revenues declined by only 2 percent. Restructuring costs also contributed to the loss. Despite these dismal results, the company is keeping its 10 pence dividend. Even the promise of a dividend, however, did not boost the stock price, which is trading close to a yearlong low. Both S&P and Moody's are likely to cut their ratings on Reuters.
To stem its losses, Reuters has proposed a five point "accelerated strategy." It is calling the strategy "Fast Forward," causing one poster to a financial bulletin board to ask, rhetorically one assumes, if Reuters thinks it's in the VCR business.
The five points are:
Investing in new content (this is where the Multex acquisition fits)
Moving to a single product delivery system to lower costs and improve service
Selling fewer but more tailored products to increase revenue
Focusing on the company's core strengths of risk management, content management, and treasury products
Reshaping its cost base
Additionally, Reuters said it would lay off some 3,000 workers over three years.
Finance director David Grigson, in explaining what's behind the figures, divides Reuters into four parts: the core business (which he stresses made a profit before the restructuring costs were factored in), Instinet, the restructuring costs, and asset write-downs on the balance sheets of both Reuters and Instinet.
Reuters is in a tough spot. Its major clientele is investment banks, which have been badly hit by the economy and by questions about the propriety of their analyst reports. Although Reuters began as a general news service, back in the 1800s, it became known for its concentration on business and financial news. In the mid-1990s, it adopted a "Reuters Everywhere" strategy to spread its information across many different platforms. In the August/September 1996 issue of Database, I called this the Reuters Hall of Mirrors, noting that their reflection was everywhere. This is still largely true, but is apparently not bringing in sufficient revenue to keep the company profitable.
There are bright spots. Grigson points to Factiva, a 50-50 joint venture with Dow Jones, as being profitable, "primarily through strong cost control."
The purchase of Multex raises several questions. For one, why spend the money now to acquire the 94 percent of the company Reuters didn't already own? In such a down year, acquiring companies seems an incredible act of bravado. Then again, those of us who have followed Reuters over the years know that it's a company that has never been able to decide its role in the information industry.
Freelance journalist and industry observer Richard Poynder dubs it an "identity crisis," noting that at various times Reuters has seen itself as a host, a database producer, a real-time information company, and one that sells historical data as well. The most recent strategy of focusing on the core business leads some of us to wonder what Reuters thinks its core business is. Vacillation over that hugely fundamental point has hampered Reuters for years.
Multex, itself a publicly traded company, has followed a similar "everywhere" strategy. Information from Multex can be found via almost 30 distribution partners, including Reuters' archrival Bloomberg. It's also vended by Alacra, Bureau van Dijk, Factiva, Hoover's, LexisNexis, OneSource, SmartMoney, TheStreet.com, and Yahoo!, among others. Multex has one version for individual investors and one for institutional investors.
Reuters wants to integrate the Multex information into its own platform as quickly as possible. Whether this will result in that data disappearing from other channels is not clear. Certainly it won't happen immediately, given contracts already in place.
Analyst opinion is split as to whether the $195 million Reuters is paying for Multex is too high. David Curle, lead analyst for Outsell, believes it a fair price. Others are not so sure. They look at the 16 times 2002 EBITDA (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, and amortization) price and note that it's a 60 percent premium over Multex's closing stock price. Is it worth it to Reuters to acquire the Multex data at that price?
Multex's finances have risen and fallen as it rode the dot-com rollercoaster. It went public at $14 a share and once reached $70 a share. It is to be sold at $7.35 a share. Multex is still generating cash, and can be considered a genuine survivor of the dot-com crash, mainly because it had products that people wanted, delivered in a fashion that met market needs.
Reuters' CEO Tom Glocer notes that the acquisition of Multex: "substantially deepens our company information offering along with our news and pricing data. Second, it really makes real our play in the investment research area and third, the investor.com part of Multex will fold nicely into the reuters.com assets."
The appeal of Multex to Reuters also lies in its independent analysis. With some 5 million research reports on almost 50,000 companies, Multex has a large database. Not part of an investment bank, not subject to the pressures analysts may encounter from their lending and stockbroker colleagues, Multex offers an alternative to discredited reports from investment banking firms. It provides consensus analysis similar to those from Thomson's First Call unit.
For information professionals, Reuters is an important news source. Multex has provided business and financial researchers with much-needed company and industry data. One hopes that Reuters will not integrate Multex so totally that it becomes unavailable through other avenues, and that Reuters will continue Multex's tradition of providing products aimed at a variety of markets.
Marydee Ojala is the editor-in-chief of Online Searcher magazine, chairs WebSearch University, and is Program Development Director for Enterprise Search & Discovery.
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Unfreezing Myself
An earnest novice monk approaches the training monastery requesting entrance.
He is invited in briefly, offered tea and sweets, and told by a senior monk that this place is too difficult for him and that he had better give up. The novice is quietly shooed away.
A bit disheartened, the monk waits outside the monastery. He knows this is the procedure and that many before him have had to do this upon entrance to the monastery. But he did not know how difficult it would actually be when he himself had to do it.
He continues to sit in meditation outside the gates or to prostrate himself at the steps. The older monks inside the temple see him sitting there and taunt him. "Go away! You can't do it! You are too weak!"
The monk bears the insults and remains in seated meditation all day long. At the end of the day, out of pity for him, the monks inside offer him a little food and a place to stay for the night. They couch their generosity with, "But you must leave tomorrow morning!"
This pattern continues for the next week.
From an outsider's perspective it seems cruel. The monk, after all, wants to be of service to the world, to be helpful, to get on with his training.
From the insider's perspective this is an opportunity for the monk to build his resolve. Does he really want to do this?
There are countless Zen stories of monks building resolve to hear the Dharma. Two monks walked across China to receive the teaching from the National Teacher. When they finally met him after months of walking, he greeted the two monks by throwing a bucket of cold water on them.
The monks responded, "We will not be deterred by a bucket of water. We came for the Dharma."
There is the story of Taiso Eka not being admitted to see his teacher, Bodhidharma. Eka waited out in the snow while it piled up. Once he made a deep resolve by cutting off the mind of grasping and demonstrating this to Bodhidharma, he was allowed admittance.
In my own case becoming a monk took way more than a week of sitting outside the monastery gates. That would have been too easy. In my case I lived with my teacher, in the temple, for six years as a lay person. This was my time period to really build my own resolve to serve and free all beings.
One of the four vows of Buddhism is, "Beings are numberless, I vow to free them."
During that six-year period I was being tested by my teacher. Do you really care? Do you really want to do this? Do you really want to free everyone? She said, "No" several times to my request to be a monk, and she suggested that I leave, find a job, and get married.
During that six year period, I did not just sit in meditation waiting for entrance. I cleaned the temple, I cooked for my teacher and for my sangha. I had a role as Treasurer. I tended the garden. I accompanied my teacher to prison where she taught meditation. I helped organize retreats. I also worked part time as a nurse's aide at a nursing home close to the temple.
At one point, close to the end of that six years, I realized that I did not need to be a monk to free all beings or to enjoy my life. I just needed to continue to ask myself, "How can I be of service in this moment?" This was a constant question for me.
My resolve moved from wanting to be a monk, to wanting to free all beings. It moved from pumping up my own ego to noticing and caring for the needs of others.
The vow to free all beings, and the resolve to actually do that were the main forces that propelled me on the path of the Bodhisattva. I continue to come back to my vow, especially at times like these, where I feel a total blow to We the People moving forward as a country.
The election of Donald Trump is not simply a win for one party and a loss for another. As a country, we have told the world and our people here that it is okay to be openly racist and misogynist in our thought, speech and action.
But this is not just a "one moment in our history" event. The roots of this stem back to the racist foundation of our country. Our karma as a country is rearing its ugly head. America's chickens have come home to roost once again.
We thought we came a long way by electing an African American president. Our shadow side has resurfaced. This is a side of our history and of ourselves that many Americans would like to run away from or deny, and I see it most clearly in my own tendencies. But we are presented with a choice to once again face this head on and deal with it, or to run away from it and pretend that we are not a part of it, that our lifestyle does not benefit from it.
After this naïve monk received the shock of the election of a bigoted president, I grieved. It was not that it was beyond belief, but my faith in myself to do the work that lies ahead was very shaken.
For those of us who have been fighting for justice – racial, gender, climate – it's as though we got a big NOOOO from the universe. It's like the universe became that monk inside the temple saying, "You don't really want this. Go away!"
I admit to feeling frozen in my path, as though a big ice storm just came screaming through the land from nowhere.
I can't speak for others, but I feel that I am being asked to build my resolve once again in the fight for justice. Do I really want this or not? Am I prepared to buckle down and continue this fight? Can I meet the NOOOO with a YEEEESS!?
For me, there is no choice here but to move into the anger stage of grief, to unfreeze, and to continue to stand up. This is not a time for despair or to stay frozen, nor to listen to the lies of some so called leader, or to return to complacency of the white privilege type. This is not a time to justify inaction by pretending to be in some non-dual state of mind free from pain. This is the time for me to double down and continue to stand up for a just society. This is the time for me to accept this moment, to accept my history, in order to build my resolve to create a more lasting change that helps form this planet into a more just, caring and loving world where everyone of every color, sexual orientation, race and species feels they belong. Please join me in standing up together.


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Flume Teases New EP, Second Companion Piece To 2016's 'Skin'
And it's dropping right after Valentine's Day
by Eric Shorey
Imminently, the remixable Australian superstar Flume will be dominating playlists again in the near future with a forthcoming EP he just teased on Twitter. The new short collection of tracks will be debuting on February 17, just in time to cure (or perhaps exacerbate?) your Valentine's Day hangover.
Titled Skin Companion EP II, the quick one-minute teaser features technicolor images of flowers and thorns paired with a moody and menacing grinding bass line reminiscent of the production on Kanye West's Yeezus album. Not too much else is known about the new music right now, but if the title is any indicator, the tracks will likely push forward the themes and motifs of Flume's 2016 album Skin, which was described by Pitchfork as "mathematical... where the heavier his low-end distortion throbs, the more featherweight smoke curls follow."
Skin, of course, was followed by Skin Companion EP I at the end of 2016. Skin Companion EP II may complete the collection, but really who knows.
At only 25 years old, Flume has already been described as a darling of an emerging movement of electronica artists in an adoring New York Times profile back in 2015. "I don't think there's ever been a better time for music," the artist had said at the time.
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Q: Nebular programmatically close popover with form i started work with Neabular and i'm struggling with the documentation…
I've created a nebular popover with a form and i would like to close it when the form is validated and don't close it when the form is not validated. How can i do this ?
Here is the code :
<button [nbPopover]="addMenunItem" nbButton status="success">AJOUTER</button>
<ng-template #addMenunItem>

Créer un menu

    <form [formGroup]="createMenuForm" (ngSubmit)="onSubmit()" novalidate>

        <input type="text" placeholder="Titre" formControlName="title" class="form-control" [ngClass]="{ 'is-invalid': submitted && f.title.errors }">

Le titre est obligatoire

        <nb-checkbox id="private" class="private"></nb-checkbox>
        Privé

      <button type="submit" [disabled]="loading" class="btn btn-success w-100">Enregistrer</button>
    </form>

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A: For one popover (source):
@ViewChild(NbPopoverDirective) popover;
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this.popover.hide();

For multiple:
@ViewChildren(NbPopoverDirective) popovers: QueryList<NbPopoverDirective>;
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    pop.hide();
});

A: Found it :
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an interrogation remains : what if there are multiple popover in a component… ?

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My iPhone screen turned white and only returns to normal when pressure is applied to the top section of the iPhone. The LCD was replaced with a new one two months before this occurred.
The screen goes back to normal when pressure is applied to the top right hand side.
It seems that the connector of LCD loosens or was screwed too tightly. You'd better reassemble it.
Take the emi shield off and place 3 layer of electrical tape on top of connector when u place the emi shild back on this will force the lcd connector not to move..
best fix would be install a new lcd.. bcz as far as my experience in fixing screens.. problems like this are not just loose connectors.. they are some missing screws and possibly damaged flex for lcd too..
RECOMENDED BUYING A NEW ONE FOR LONG TERM NO HASSLE FIX.


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The Cycling Podcast
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episode 25: Gilbert ages like wine
The latest episode of The Cycling Podcast is all about Paris-Roubaix, where Philippe Gilbert almost completed his collection of monuments, sprinting to his fourth (of five) in the old Roubaix Velodrome.
Richard Moore was there and he reports from the start in Compiègne and the track centre in Roubaix, where he spoke to Marco Haller, a strong teammate to runner-up Nils Politt, and Bernhard Eisel, as he recovered from finishing his 16th Paris-Roubaix. We also hear from Patrick Lefevere and Dirk Demol of the two dominant teams, Deceuninck-Quick Step and Katusha-Alpecin, and there's an appearance by the podcast's favourite Italian, Ciro Scognamiglio.
Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe join Richard to analyse Paris-Roubaix and discuss Gilbert's standing in cycling's pantheon of greats. They also look back on last week's Tour of the Basque Country and ahead to Sunday's Amstel Gold Race.
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Principal Sheila ki pareshani!
31 December,2010 07:14 AM IST | | Natasha Gupta
Students of ICSE school punished for writing Sheila ki Jawani on the blackboard
If setting the Indian hearts racing wasn*t enough, Sheila ki Jawani has claimed some student victims. Three boys from an ICSE school in Nalasopara are now in trouble.
According to sources, a few students of Std IX of St Aloysius High School, Nalasopara, decided to trouble their principal named Sheila by writing Sheila ki Jawani on the blackboard.
While the students did have some fun, the incident that took place a few days before the Christmas break, resulted in an inquiry into the matter.
The erring students were pulled up with their parents being summoned up for an official warning.
The school principal, Sheila Manore, however, shared an entirely different version of the incident. "They were Std X students.
The incident took place on December 21, the second last working day of the school before Christmas break. The students were outside the school teasing our gym teacher and when we learnt about it, we took action."
A student, requesting anonymity, said, "We teased our gym professor calling him Robot.
Some students from another division were also there who were later caught for teasing. They might have said Sheila ki Jawani but I don*t know about it."
Manore said, "We held an inquiry and the guilty students wrote their exams a little later than other students the next day.
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If any student said or wrote Sheila ki Jawani, I am not aware of it. Our gym teacher thought it appropriate not to tell me and so I don*t know anything about it."
However, sources confirmed that the matter has been hushed up to avoid embarrassment for the school principal.
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Home Lifestyle Travel Queen Elizabeth National Park, A feast for all Senses
Queen Elizabeth National Park, A feast for all Senses
Tourists enjoy a boat cruise along Kazinga Channel in Queen Elizabeth National Park
Geoffrey Baluku
It's no idle boast that British Prime Minister Winston Churchill christened Uganda the "The Pearl of Africa."
When it comes to wildlife conservation and eco-tourism, Uganda does command outstanding respect. However, a visit to the country cannot be complete if some time is not set aside to visit Queen Elizabeth National Park.
The park can be reached from Kampala either by air or road. From Kampala, the park can be approached from the south via Mbarara (420 km) or the north passing through Fort Portal (410 km). Three airstrips serve Queen Elizabeth National Park and these include Ishasha, Mweya and Kasese airfield.
This 2,056 square kilometre park was established in 1952 when the two game reserves of Lake George and Edward were merged into Kazinga National Park. Two years later it was renamed Queen Elizabeth National Park when Queen Elizabeth II of England visited Uganda.
It is one of the oldest national parks in Uganda and is designated as a Biosphere Reserve for Humanity under the auspices of UNESCO. Together with Kyambura and Kigezi wildlife reserves, the park forms one of the most diverse eco-systems in Africa.
Queen Elizabeth National Park is really enticing. Take time off and visit it. Visit with your family or that special person in your life, but go prepared to fall in love all over again for the park is blessed with spectacular scenery and attractions to fill one action packed holiday and still leave scores of other experiences to be enjoyed on a return trip.
The low attitude and its location directly on the equator mean that the temperatures can be warm, rising from a mean minimum 18ºC to mean maximum of 28ºC. The park receives up to 1250mm of rain mostly from March to May and September to November.
The melting glacier waters of the Rwenzori Mountains create a vast wetland system comprising of two main lakes George and Edward. Edward was named by the explorer Henry Morton Stanley after the Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII.
The two lakes are connected by a 40km long channel whose shorelines are populated by thousands of hippos and birds all year round.
Birds Conference at the shores of Kazinga Channel, in Queen Elizabeth National park
This park is a paradise for dedicated ornithologists as well as the novice bird watcher. The bird list is 612 species including the rare Shoe Bill, the Martial Eagle, Papyrus Gonolek, White tailed lark, Verraux's Eagle Owl and the Lesser and Greater Flamingos.
The park is an ultimate feast for all senses. There are over 95 mammalian and hundreds of butterfly species.
Activities like the launch cruise along Kazinga Channel will offer you a unique unequaled wildlife experience. It puts one right in the heart of nature where many buffalos nest in the water while big herds of elephants can be seen enjoying themselves along the channel banks.
Many who experience it consider it the highlight of their entire African safari. The launch cruise schedules run in the morning and afternoon.
The open savannah dotted with Acacia and Euphorbia trees provides habitat for lions, leopards, buffalos and Uganda kobs. Among the many other animals seen frequently are the water bucks, giant forest hog, hyenas and topi.
Networked by over 200 kilometres of well maintained tracks, the visitors get access to the park's game as some of the tracks pass through large mating grounds of the Uganda kob.
The Kasenyi sector on the east side of Kasese road is best known for lions which prey on large populations of the Uganda kob while the famous tree climbing lions can be spotted on large fig trees in the Ishasha sector which is 100 km south of Mweya Lodge.
Another principal feature of the park is Kyambura Gorge. This steep gorge was formed by turbulent waters of the roaring Kyambura River. It provides a lush riverine forest that is home to chimpanzees, red tailed monkeys, black and white Columbus monkeys, olive baboons and other primates.
The park also has one of Uganda's largest tracts of tropical forest – Imaramagambo forest which translates as "the forest beyond description".
This forest stretches from the foot of the Kichwamba escarpment to Lake Edward. Pythons are often observed in the crevices of the bat cave floor using the bats as a source of food.
The cave is near the copper rich blue lake and hunters' cave. Beautiful crater lakes are spread throughout the park, the most notable being the Katwe explosion craters.
This cluster of extinct volcanoes north of Mweya peninsula can be explored by the winding 27km crater drive between the main and equator gates which provide superb views into the numerous craters.
A variety of accommodation caters for all budgets in this park ranging from budget to luxury.
Queen Elizabeth National Park is truly amazing – take your camera, for you will want to record all the wonders you will see
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Egypt Closes Great Pyramid on 11/11/11 Amid Ritual Rumors
Published 11:41 AM ET Fri, 11 Nov 2011 The Associated Press
Egypt's antiquities authority closed the largest of the Giza pyramids Friday, following rumors that groups would try to hold spiritual ceremonies on the site at 11:11 a.m. on Nov. 11, 2011.
The authority's head Mustafa Amin said in a statement Friday that the pyramid of Khufu, also known as Cheops, would be closed to visitors until Saturday morning for "necessary maintenance."
The closure follows a string of unconfirmed reports in local media that unidentified groups would try to hold "Jewish" or "Masonic" rites on the site to take advantage of mysterious powers coming from the pyramid on the rare date.
Amin called all reports of planned ceremonies at the site "completely lacking in truth."
The complex's director, Ali al-Asfar, said Friday that an Egyptian company requested permission last month to hold an event called "hug the pyramid," in which 120 people would join hands around the ancient burial structure.
The authority declined the request a week ago, al-Asfar said, but that did not stop concerned Egyptians from starting Internet campaigns to prevent the event from taking place.
"It has been a big cause now on Facebook and Twitter for many people to write about," al-Asfar said.
The closure was unrelated to the rumors, he said, adding that the pyramid needed maintenance after the large number of visitors during the Muslim Eid al-Adha holiday last week.
The rest of the complex, which includes two other large pyramids, numerous tombs, and the Sphinx, remained open Friday, though security appeared to be heavier than usual.
Dozens of police officers and soldiers were posted throughout the complex. Some patrolled on camel-back. One soldier stood next to his machine gun near a souvenir shop selling miniature pyramids.
Speaking by phone from the pyramids after 11:11 a.m. had passed, al-Asfar said he'd seen nothing out of the ordinary.
"Everything is normal," he said. "The only thing different is the closure of the Khufu pyramid."
Khufu is credited with building the Giza complex's largest pyramid, now one of Egypt's main tourist attractions. Khufu founded the 4th Dynasty around 2680 B.C. and ruled Egypt for 23 years.


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Reddit, the self-proclaimed "front page of the internet", has set to removing various communities (subreddits) in line with its new user agreement.
In an official announcement, an admin for the site spoke about why the changes were made:
"Today we are announcing a change in community management on reddit. Our goal is to enable as many people as possible to have authentic conversations and share ideas and content on an open platform. We want as little involvement as possible in managing these interactions but will be involved when needed to protect privacy and free expression, and to prevent harassment."
We won't list the names of the subreddits that were banned, as their names aren't something we wouldn't mention in polite company, but they deal with subjects such as racism, intolerance and shaming. If you would like to read them they are mentioned in the announcement.
If you try to to access the closed subreddits you'll be redirected to this page.
As expected, the impassioned Reddit community is divided by this change. Many believe the subreddits should be allowed to stand to enforce that freedom and the ethos of a free internet. Others believe that the right to speak should be limited when it is used to incite (or even discuss) hate or prejudice.
The announcements comments – and this post – give a broad indication of the community's reactions.
In the meantime, as any user is free to do so, many new subreddits have been created to replace the ones that were banned. Again, we won't be linking to them here.
It should be noted that one of the biggest reasons Reddit users are protesting the change is that hundreds, if not thousands, of other subreddits based around arguably worse topics – such as looking at corpses – are allowed to remain. Their argument is that the admins should not cherry pick what they ban and make some sweeping changes if they truly want to match the site's content with the guidelines laid out in their announcement.
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Arrakis is a laudable effort by fans of Westwood's revotionary Dune 2 to create another real-time strategy game in the Dune mythos, based largely on game concepts from Westwood's classic. Dune 2 veterans will be right at home with this fanmade "sequel." From the graphics and sounds (a lot of it ripped directly from Dune 2) and mission objectives, Arrakis feels like a beta of Dune 2 -- a decent replica of the original that lacks the polish and quality control of a commercial game. Similar to Super Dune 2, Arrakis is more difficult than the Westwood original, mostly because spice (the main resource in the game) is less plentiful, and units cost more and take longer to complete.
Unlike Super Dune 2, Arrakis doesn't add any new units or buildings that would expand the Dune 2 universe, although it adds some nice features such as "skirmish" mode where you can play a random map against computer opponent. You can also customize the random map by specifying the number of spice fields and rock tiles -- thereby adjusting the difficulty level to your liking. Still, it's a respectable tribute to Westwood's classic that manages to be faithful to the original while making the game more challenging. Well worth a look for all Dune 2 fans, although Super Dune 2 is by far a superior fanmade title.
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The new A-Class: intensive development work ensures exceptional acoustics
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The Mercedes-Benz A-Class constitutes an outstanding example of what the experts term "sound engineering". The development team used state-of-the-art test-bench technology to produce a vehicle which is considerably quieter than its compact rivals and boasts extremely pleasant acoustics, but avoids creating tiresome or obtrusive noise. This allows the second-generation A-Class to match the comfort standards of a large saloon in terms noise as in other areas, and to set new standards in its class.
The sound specialists at Mercedes-Benz achieved the remarkable acoustic qualities of the new A-Class through a process of rigorous and meticulous development work underpinned by the services of cutting-edge computer and test-bench technology. Even before the first prototype was built, powerful computers explored how the car's individual body components would respond to vibrations caused by engine or suspension movements. The next step involved the bodyshell – fresh from a process of virtual optimisation – being subjected to various critical frequencies on a structural dynamics test bench in order to analyse and enhance its responses to vibrations in practice.
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On the exterior noise test rig, each individual engine/transmission combination had to complete a variety of tests with a row of 21 microphones set up on either side. The aim of these exercises was to establish how loud the noise generated by the A-Class when accelerating and driving past was perceived to be by passers-by. And here, the compact Mercedes dips significantly below the limits stipulated by law.
The Mercedes-Benz sound experts used the interior noise test bench to explore the measures available for optimising the acoustic surroundings for the driver and passengers. One of the solutions they opted for was a glued-in roof lining, which significantly reduced the level of noise emissions compared with the conventional attachment method, whilst at the same time enhancing air-borne sound absorption. Further progress was achieved through the preference for innovative insulating materials such as melamine resin foam – in place of the mixed-fibre material previously used – for absorbing the noise emitted by the powertrain. The new material may be 25 percent more expensive, but it weighs around 40 percent less and is just as efficient. For other areas, the experts favoured a single-type microfibre material over a similarly effective mixed-fibre alternative.
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In addition to the aim of reducing overall noise levels, the Mercedes acoustics experts also devoted close attention to filtering out annoying disturbances caused by shaking and vibration. To this end, they used sensitive measuring instruments to identify components generating irritating background noise and introduced the optimisation measures necessary to eliminate the source of the disturbance.
In the fine-tuning process for the vehicle acoustics, the engineers employed a total of 19 sophisticated measuring devices to optimise the car's sound engineering. These included an echo chamber, in which the sound permeability of individual components – the doors and floor panel, for example – was measured and improvements made. Another was the small-assemblies test bench, which helped the engineers to develop a pleasant operating sound for specific components such as the motors for the power windows.
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Having said all that, the declared aim in the development of the new A-Class's sound characteristics was in no way to create a totally silent vehicle. After all, a variety of sounds give the driver valuable information on the status of the vehicle and also have an emotional effect. For this reason, the acoustics specialists defined a desired target sound for each engine and each driving situation as part of their overall focus on sound engineering. The result is a sonorous tone for the new A-Class which exudes power and strength but never becomes overbearing. At the end of the day, the compact Mercedes-Benz still has to pack the vocal punch of its bigger brothers.
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Outsourcing leader Philippines worries about impact of AI
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MANILA (Reuters) – The outsourcing industry in the Philippines, which has dethroned India as the country with the most call centers in the world, is worried that the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) will eat into the $23 billion sector.
AI-powered translators could dilute the biggest advantage the Philippines has, the wide use of English, an industry meeting was told this week. Other AI applications could take over process-driven jobs.
The Philippines' business process outsourcing (BPO) industry is an economic lifeline for the Southeast Asian nation of 100 million people. It employs about 1.15 million people and, along with remittances from overseas workers, remains one of the top two earners of foreign exchange.
"I don't think our excellent command of spoken English is going to really be a protection five, 10 years from now. It really will not matter," said Rajneesh Tiwary, chief delivery officer at Sutherland Global Services.
The Philippines, which was an American colony in the first half of the 20th century, overtook India in 2011 with the largest number of voice-based BPO services in the world.
"There's definitely reasons to be concerned because technology may be able to replace some of what could happen in voice," Eric Simonson, managing partner of research at Everest Group, a management consulting and research firm, told Reuters.
AI, which combs through large troves of raw data to predict outcomes and recognize patterns, is expected to replace 40,000 to 50,000 "low-skilled" or process-driven BPO jobs in the next five years, said Rey Untal, president and chief executive officer of the IT & Business Process Association of the Philippines (IBPAP).
Contact centers make up four-fifths of the Philippines' total BPO industry, which accounts for 12.6 percent of the global market for BPO, according to IBPAP.
BPO firms in the Philippines list Citibank, JPMorgan, Verizon, Convergys and Genpact among their clients. While the United States remain the biggest customers for the industry, demand for BPO services from Europe, Australia and New Zealand is also growing.
The Philippines' share of the global outsourcing pie, estimated to reach about $250 billion by 2022, is forecast by the industry to reach 15 percent by that year.
To get there however, the Southeast Asian nation must prove to the world it has more to offer than just a pool of English-speaking talent. BPO executives said the country has to take on high-value outsourcing jobs in research and analytics and turn the headwinds from Artificial Intelligence into an opportunity.
The key to stay relevant and ahead of the competition, they said, is to ensure workers are trained in areas like data analytics, machine learning and data mining.
"You will see in the next few years more automation coming in the way we do things in IT and BPO industry, robotic processing, the use of chat bots," Luis Pined, president of IBM Philippines told Reuters.
"If we are ahead of the game, we will be at an advantage where people will give us more work, because we are cheaper and productive," Pined said.
IBM Philippines divested its voice business in 2013.
IBPAP has projected a rise in the number of mid- and high-skilled jobs or those that require abstract thinking and specialized expertise which should bring overall headcount in the BPO sector to 1.8 million by 2022.
Augmenting the English language skills of the Philippines with technology will be a "game changer," said Untal, the head of the association. "Who else can compete with us?"
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Winter is one of the absolute best times of year to use your spa; there's no reason to close down your spa. In fact, it's one of the best ways to keep warm while enjoying the great outdoors. What better way to watch the snow fall than from the warm waters of a cozy hot tub or swim spa?
Who says you can't entertain in the winter months? In fact, owning a spa is one of the only ways to hold an outdoor party in the winter. Your guests won't care that it's four degrees outside when they're neck-deep in 104-degree water.
Stop prematurely draining those spas and get a little creative with your winter entertaining this year. Here are three different ways to make the most of spa entertaining during the winter months.
Reenact "Baby, It's Cold Outside" by cooking up a little romance of your own on a snowy evening. Start with a slow-roasted home-cooked meal, served over candlelight (don't forget homemade dessert!). Then cozy up together in the hot tub and enjoy your own winter wonderland under the stars. End your snowy romantic evening with a glass of wine in front of the fireplace.
Embrace being snowed in with the one you love. No shoveling the walk, no braving winter roads—you'll have a five-star date night without ever having to leave the house.
Little black dresses don't fare too well when the temperatures drop below 30 degrees. Forgo the heels without forgoing the cocktails by having a girl's night in—it's time for a ladies-only spa party. Instruct everyone to pack swimsuits along with their warmest pajamas and gossip the night away in the spa. When it's time to get out, dry off and cozy up in those pajamas—it's time for a night of chick flicks, sleepover-style.
Who says hot tubs or swim spas are just for grown-ups? After a long day of sledding, snowball fights and snowmen-making, nothing warms up cold noses and toes like a dip in the family spa. Surprise your family by bringing out a tray stacked with heaping hot chocolate mugs—don't forget the whipped cream and marshmallows!
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Gold is the most useful mineral on the planet thanks to its variable properties. The luster has led to its use as jewelry. The metal can also be alloyed, pressed into thin sheets and wire drawn. The following are just some of the many uses of gold.
Usage as Jewelry
This metal has been utilized as jewelry since the time of the ancient Egyptians. Today gold is still used the same way. Nearly 80% of all recycled or mined gold is intended for ornamental use. The biggest producer in 2011 was China at 355 metric tons followed by Australia with 270. The United States is third at 237 metric tons.
Gold Leaf and Gliding
When the metal is pressed into thin sheets (called gold leafs), it can be set on odd picture frame surfaces. Gliding can also be applied on furniture and molding. This practice is very common. It's possible because the metal is malleable. It is the only mineral that can be flattened to thousands of an inch thick.
Making Glass
Gold is also used in creation of glass, usually as a pigment. Typically, a small quantity is dangled in glass as it is annealed. The end result is a vivid ruby hue. Some companies use the metal to make specialty glass for climate controlled complexes. The process varies.
But generally a small quantity is scattered in the glass. Solar radiation is directed out, keeping heat out and the interior cool. The reverse happens during the winter. Heat is projected into the building, keeping it warm. Sometimes the metal is coated in the glass rather than dispersed. The result is the same.
For Trophies and Crowns
Since time immemorial gold has been applied for crowns worn by royals. It's the metal used for trophies and awards. The expression "gold standard" is equivalent to excellence of the highest form.
Usage in Space Technology
Gold is malleable but it is very dependable. That's why it is used by
NASA in their space shuttles. The metal is used in circuitry as a connector and conductor. Gold layered polyester film is applied in spacecraft. It assists in temperature stabilization and infrared radiation reflection. If this isn't used, heat will build up on the craft's dark colored areas.
This metal also functions as a lubricant for craft components. Standard lubricants can't be used in space due to radiation. The molecular structure of gold, plus its shear strength makes them suitable. An astronaut's helmet visor has gold film. The film protects an astronaut's skin and eyes.
Uses of Gold in Medicine
In cancer treatment, radioactive gold isotope particles are set in tissues and used as a source of radiation. Aurothioglucose injections help in dealing with rheumatoid arthritis. Gold is also applied in life-support devices and some forms of medical diagnosis.
Gold in Dentistry
Gold alloys are required for orthodontic appliances, bridges, crowns and fillings. Gold is costly, but it is used because no other metal works as well. When it comes to performance wise and aesthetics, it is the best among metals. It is also nonallergenic and chemically inert. There is evidence gold has been used this way since 700 BC. Early dentists relied on gold wiring to secure replacement teeth.
Use in Computers
Laptops, desktop computers and other electronic gadgets all have gold components. These devices require precise and quick information transmission. Computers need a good conductor, and no other metal does it as well as gold. The plug and socket connectors and edge connectors on computers have electroplated gold. Nickel and other metals are alloyed for increased strength.
Usage in Electronics
Because gold is such an efficient conductor, it is widely used in
electronics. Solid state electronics are susceptible to tarnish and corrosion. Gold can transmit the currents without risk of corrosion. The metal is used in electronic parts because of its reliability. The metal can be found in connection strips, connecting wires, soldered joints and relay contacts among other parts.
Traces of gold can be found in global positioning system units, personal digital assistants calculators and cell phones. TVs also rely on gold. Few if any electronics are devoid of gold.
Use in Finance
The metal has also been utilized as a form of money or exchange. Evidence shows the metal was used in financial dealings over 5000 years ago. Ancient civilizations used gold pieces or coins for business.
The appeal of gold is its desirability and rarity. Gold bars or bullion have often been used as currency backing. Bars were employed because it is convenient. This practice continues today. Many countries have gold bullion reserves. Gold is also traded in the commodities market.
There are many uses of gold and it is bound to increase over time. Society's dependence on electronics and computers means their usage will continue to grow. Limited supply and lack of substitutes makes them even more valuable.
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SAN DIEGO - Young athletes commonly develop bone marrow edema in their sacroiliac joints, and this damage is most frequent in the posterior lower ilium, or the lowest part of the spine where it connects to the pelvis, according to new research findings presented this week at the 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting in San Diego.
Researchers in Denmark conducted a study of runners and ice hockey players to determine the frequency of bone marrow edema (BME) and its distribution across eight regions of the sacroiliac joints. A better understanding of how BME develops in healthy, active individuals may improve evaluation of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the same joints in individuals with early axial spondyloarthritis, a disease where BME and structural lesions in the sacroiliac joints are common.
Axial spondyloarthropathy (axSpa) is an inflammatory disease with low back pain as its main symptom. Spondyloarthritis (SpA) can also affect the arm and leg joints, and organs like the skin, eyes or intestines. Inflammation often affects the entheses, or the sites where ligaments and tendons attach to bones. People in their teens and 20s, especially young men, are most commonly affected.
"There is an ongoing debate about what constitutes a 'positive sacroiliac joint MRI' in patients with axial SpA," said Ulrich Weber, MD, a researcher at King Christian 10th Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases in Graasten, Denmark, and a lead author of the study. The most common definition is bone marrow edema on fluid-sensitive MRI sequences. "However, we lack a data-driven threshold or 'reference range,' which reliably discriminates patients with SpA from the BME 'background noise' in healthy individuals, or from BME seen in patients with mechanical back pain."
This study's aim was to learn more about the "background noise" of MRI features in the sacroiliac joints of healthy athletes with mechanical axial strain to help determine the intersection between normal variation and disease, he said.
The researchers examined data on 20 healthy recreational runners and 22 professional ice hockey players from the Danish Premier League. Forty percent of the runners and all of the ice hockey players were men. The mean age of the runners was 27.2, and the mean age of the hockey players was 25.9. The mean BMI of the runners was 22.6, and the mean BMI of the hockey players was 25.7.
Both the runners and the hockey players had MRI scans of their sacroiliac joints: the runners were scanned before and 24 hours after a 6.2-km competitive run, and the hockey players at the end of their competitive season. Three independent, blinded readers assessed the scans for bone marrow edema, and paired images of the healthy runners were read blinded to timepoint.
Seven MRI scans of two paired images of spondyloarthritis patients under anti-TNF treatment were given to the readers as well. A pre-test reader calibration used MRI scans from 11 patients with active sacroiliitis and nine healthy volunteers. The analysis included the mean frequency of sacroiliac joint quadrants with BME and their distribution in eight regions: upper and lower ilium and sacrum, each subdivided into anterior and posterior.
The mean number of sacroiliac joint quadrants showing BME in the healthy runners was 3.1 before and after running, and 3.6 in the hockey players. The posterior lower ilium was the most affected region in all of these athletes, followed by the anterior upper sacrum. In both the recreational and professional athletes, BME was found in three to four sacroiliac joint quadrants on average.
"MRI has gained major interest as a method to complement the limited utility of clinical examination for sacroiliitis, the presenting feature in most patients with early axial SpA," said Dr. Weber. "A 'reference range' of sacroiliac joint BME defining frequency and anatomical clustering in physically active healthy individuals helps establish data-driven thresholds to discriminate from the lesion spectrum seen on sacroiliac joint MRI in patients with early axial SpA. The presence of solely low-grade BME, especially clustered in the posterior lower ilium or anterior upper sacrum, may not be sufficient to confirm axial SpA in these patients. This study's results may enhance management of SpA patients by allocating treatment resources more specifically, especially if a rheumatologist is considering effective, but expensive, biological therapy."


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1987 Chevrolet C-10
Model: C-10
1987 Chevrolet C-10 for sale
This pickup truck started life like any other C/K pickup. but thanks to an extensive upgrade. it looks like what a muscle car would look like if it had to grow up hauling bricks for a living. Hard to believe that a 1987 Chevy C10 pickup could attract this much attention. but when you look this good. it's probably easy to do. At first glance. even in bright sunlight. this sucker looks great. The charcoal gray paint is rendered in two-stage urethane that still looks good despite the build being a few years old. and that's a tribute to the care it has received since it was completed. It's not perfect and it's been driven. but this is a truck that looks better than most. Of course. a few choice of body mods give it that hunky look. including a cowl-induction hood and a billet grille. but it's still totally functional with big side mirrors and big chrome bumpers that shine up well. You can look down the sides of this truck and see how much time went into getting it straight. and it's obvious that this wasn't a backyard special. but a truck that took time and money to get to this level. If you like how it looks. you won't be disappointed by how it fits together. It's also ready to work. thanks to a spray-in bedliner in the 6-foot bed.
Inside. there are a few modifications. but mostly chose to keep it pretty stock. The factory bench seat was covered with a new black vinyl seat cover to give it a stock look. and black carpets are joined by matching mats to give it a luxurious feel and to help control noise and heat. The original dash has a cool metallic finish and the auxiliary gauges are modern white-faced dials that work with the low-mounted tach and shift light. Power windows are a nice find and there's an AM/FM/CD stereo head unit that makes for good entertainment out on the road. The 4-spoke steering wheel really dresses up the interior and with a light tint on the windows. it has a sinister look.
For reliability. there's a built 350 cubic inch V8 that includes a decent-sized cam that gives it a nasty idle. Edelbrock high-rise intake manifold. and a Holley 4-bartrel carburetor. The entire engine bay was nicely detailed with plenty of aluminum pieces and nicely finished inner fenders that make for a nice stain black backdrop. Long-tube headers feed a set of cackling Flowmaster race mufflers with turn-downs just ahead of the rear axle and it does indeed sound nasty. The stock suspension has been lowered but still rides quite well. and this sucker is amazingly clean underneath. A TH400 3-speed automatic feeds the original rear end. so it's a great highway cruiser that doesn't mind doing a little work now and then. Wheels are Pacer aluminum hoops wrapped in staggered 215/65/15 front and fat 295/50/15 rear blackwall radials that give it the perfect stance. This truck represents a lot of custom work and fun for not a lot of scratch with upgraded the visuals and took the mechanicals to the next level. so you can drive it anywhere without worries.


SAN FRANCISCO, NEW YORK, February 12, 2013 - Arnold & Porter LLP client PMI Mortgage Insurance Co. (in receivership) recently entered into definitive agreements with Arch Capital Group Ltd. for its U.S.-based subsidiaries, Arch U.S. MI, to acquire CMG Mortgage Insurance Company from PMI and CMFG Life Insurance Company. The agreements also involve the acquisition of PMI's mortgage insurance information technology operating platform and related assets from PMI. The value of the consideration for these transactions are estimated to be approximately $300 million. Arch U.S. MI will also enter into a services agreement with PMI to provide for necessary services to administer the run-off of PMI's legacy business at the direction of PMI. An affiliate of Arch U.S. MI will reinsure the run-off of in-force insurance on current, non-delinquent loans included in the primary mortgage insurance originated by PMI for book years 2009-2011.
An Arnold & Porter team from four of its domestic U.S. offices represented PMI in all aspects of the sale transactions, including corporate/M&A, tax, IT, real estate, bankruptcy, litigation, employment and employee benefits and professional responsibility/liability issues. The team was led by corporate partner Robert C. Azarow and included partners, Dipanwita Deb Amar, Michael L. Bernstein, Edward E. Bintz, David S. Berg, Bryce R. Giddens, Evan C. Hollander, Jeremy Kamras, Cynthia D. Mann, Kenneth A. Neale, Pamela Phillips and Douglas A. Winthrop, counsel Ira D. Moskatel and associates, Eleni Zanias (lead associate), Mohammad Amer, Christian D. Cheslak, Benjamin E. Danner, Rosa J. Evergreen, Ehab Farah, Wyatt M. Lipman, Matthew Morgenstern, John S. Throckmorton and Jan M. Siok.
PMI currently is in rehabilitation under the receivership of the Arizona Department of Insurance. It is anticipated that the transaction will close within 12 months, subject to necessary approvals and consents.
Arnold & Porter LLP is an international law firm of nearly 850 lawyers with offices in Brussels, Denver, London, Los Angeles, New York,Northern Virginia, San Francisco, Silicon Valley, and Washington, D. C. The firm, founded in 1946, maintains more than 26 practiceareas spanning a broad spectrum of the law, with a primary focus on litigation, transactional matters, and regulatory issues.


Last night we got a call from my father-in-law; he told my husband Dave that his younger brother Doug had committed suicide. The entire family is in shock.
Shock. Confusion. Devastation. Sorrow. Anguish. Disbelief. Denial. Anger. Despair. Guilt.
Just some of the range of emotions members of the family and friends are experiencing. Where do you turn when tragedy strikes at home?
Lamentations 3:22 says God's compassion never fails.
It seems the place to turn when tragedy strikes is to God, family, and friends. To those who truly care, who also have compassion, who comfort and not blame. We are to extend the comfort and compassion we have received to others in need of the same.
Not opinions, not judgments, not criticism, not speculation or gossip about why something happened the way it did or why someone–in a case like this–chose to end his or her life. Just compassion and kindness. A shoulder to cry on, a listening ear, a comforting embrace.
Do you offer comfort and compassion to others in need?
This is so awful, sorry to hear about your loss. I turn to God when tragedy strikes.
I know it will take time to process and I pray for you during this time. So very sorry. I, too, lean on those everlasting arms.
Oh, this is so sad. I hope that your family will be comforted. I hate to hear about suicide stories, sorry for the lost.
My heart goes out to you and the rest of the family. It's definitely a tough ordeal, but with love and understanding you will all get through it. I hope your husband is doing okay. I'm sorry for your loss.
This is so sad, I wish you all get well soon. I am sorry to hear what happened to him.
God, family, and writing. Sometimes it really can be quite hard to accept things that are so painful.
I wish the whole family will later moved on without having the feel of guilt. Please give my hugs to everyone.
I'm so sorry for your family's loss. This month has been so terribly dark and I think everyone is feeling it. Especially you on such a personal level. I love the verses you chose and we all need to focus on that love and light!
So sorry for your loss. I really love the Toni Hammer quote!
One thing I am thankful for is that we can talk more openly about suicide than even a few years ago. When my husband's uncle took his life, my mother in law instructed us not to send a card to her sister (who lived about 2000 miles away). It wasn't discussed. Then, several years later, her nephew, my husband's cousin, committed suicide. In the second case, a years long battle with bipolar disorder ended with that act. There was a lot more openness this time. People in your situation, we've, need to talk, and just need someone to listen and not pass judgement. It's hard. I hope the healing process will soon begin for you and your family. My condolences.
I am so very sorry for your loss. Suicide, especially, is so hard to understand. You are in my prayers. And I agree that Romans 12:15 is a very encouraging piece of scripture such as times as you are facing.
It's absolutely heartbreaking to lose such a beautiful person ,he will be missed so dearly and I hope that he is at peace with himself.we will never know the pain a person endure to take that step but we can only hope that we all can heal from this and that he is in peace.
I agree with you completely. In fact, I have a similar post going up next week on my blog. I'm very sorry for your loss.
When tragedy strikes, I always turn to God. My family is also an important support system too.
I always turn to God whenever tragedy strikes. I am sorry to hear about what happened to your brother in law. I am praying for your whole family.
I'm so sorry about your loss. We have had many suicides in our town over the years and it never gets easier. It's such a tragedy. You're all in my thoughts!
So sorry to hear about your loss. It really bothers and disturbs me a lot when I hear such stories and struggle to take my mind of such tragedies.
My deepest condolences on your loss. I always turn to God first. I wait and listen for his response or at least feel a little comfort. After I have opened up my heart to God, there is an overwhelming sense of peace inside of me. Hard to explain, but it just feels like I've been touched by God's comforting hands.
What a very difficult time for your family! My prayers are with you all!
I'm so sorry for your families loss. It's sad when you unexpectedly lose a family member. I hope your family is able to find closure somehow during the upcoming days, weeks, and months. My thoughts are with you.
I am so sorry for what your family is going through. The Bible is the first place that came to mind! And family and friends. I will be praying for your family.
This is so very sad. I am sending prayers your way.
I am so sorry for your loss. How horrible for you whole family. When tragedy strikes I try to turn my eyes to heaven (from whence comes my strength). Sometimes in my sorrow or anger I forget though.
This is so sad. I usually turn to God and pray more during tragedy. It's hard sometimes when you feel you have no one to turn to.
It is hard to try to understand these awful things.
My condolences to your family about your loss.
Indeed, it's best to seek the peace of God for our hearts.
So sorry about this! My prayers will be with your family!


Excalibur. - GBN Automated Pallet Nailers and Systems.
The Excalibur Series. Our top of the line in production of wood pallets. It is capable of making a stringer pallet in eight seconds and can optionally run block pallets at the same rate as the Trailblazer.


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0800 6126 831 | 0747 276 5834 info@toplawncompany.co.uk
New firm to give lawns in Uttoxeter 'a little TLC'
A LAWN care specialist with an impressive back catalogue of work on international golf courses and football pitches has set up business in Uttoxeter.
Peter Whitworth, of Lower Leigh, has set up Top Lawn Company (TLC) to service the lawns of Uttoxeter, after years of experience preparing high quality turf abroad, often in challenging weather conditions.
During the course of his career, Mr Whitworth has prepared courses for champions league football matches, the English Open and several high profile Scandinavian tournaments.
He will now offer a 'bespoke' service for both private clients and commercial clients.
He said: "I grew up in Uttoxeter and went to Thomas Alleyne's High School so have many friends here.
"I have lived in Copenhagen for nine years and I've moved back to be closer to family, friends and British values.
"My mum wasn't well at the end of the year, my brother turned 40 and my two nieces were rapidly growing up, so I felt it was time to return.
"My past experiences in lawn care are creating beautiful lawns for family and friends, here and abroad, including creating fantastic lawns around golf clubhouses and quality playing surfaces on golf courses.
"I have prepared courses for The English Open, British Masters at The Forest of Arden, USA Open at Pinehurst, North Carolina and several high profile Scandinavian tournaments.
"I have also prepared FC Copenhagen football stadium for champions league matches.
"These experiences have obviously had quite an effect on me and fuelled my passion for a beautiful lawn and quality turf.
"I've always worked outside and love to see great results, whether it be a lawn, landscaping or golf project.
"As a youngster, I played golf at Uttoxeter Golf Club and rugby at Burton and Uttoxeter.
"I have been a golf course manager in Scandinavia for the past 10 years.
"Through my broad experience of improving turf and lawns in both domestic and larger commercial projecst, I know it's important to react to customer need as well as wide weather changes.
"After improving turf areas in the warm climates of USA and Portugal, as well as the disease provoking cold weather temperatures of Scandinavia, I feel I should bring the developed skills home that were formed here in the UK.
"I believe TLC is a phrase that most home-owners and hobby gardeners use and a phrase I associate with the Staffordshire area."
Those interested should phone 0800 6126831 or email: info@toplawncompany.co.uk
Published 24th March 2014 – Uttoxeter Post & Times
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Sereno, Bertrand, Uren, Victoria, Buckingham Shum, Simon and Motta, Enrico (2004). Semantic annotation support in the absence of consensus. IN: UNSPECIFIED Berlin (DE): Springer.
We are interested in the annotation of knowledge which does not necessarily require a consensus. Scholarly debate is an example of such a category of knowledge where disagreement and contest are widespread and desirable, and unlike many Semantic Web approaches, we are interested in the capture and the compilation of these conflicting viewpoints and perspectives. The Scholarly Ontologies project provides the underlying formalism to represent this meta-knowledge, and we will look at ways to lighten the burden of its creation. After having described some particularities of this kind of knowledge, we introduce ClaimSpotter, our approach to support its 'capture', based on the elicitation of a number of recommendations which are presented for consideration to our annotators (or analysts), and give some elements of evaluation.


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NSW Government -NSW Police Force
Parramatta NSW, Australia
Clerk Grade 9/10
Ongoing - Full-Time
The NSW Police Force (NSWPF) is one of the largest police forces in the western world, with more than 20,000 employees, including more than 4,000 administrative employees who support the sworn officers that provide a range of law and order services 24 hours a day, seven days a week to the socially, geographically and culturally diverse community of NSW.
We have an opportunity for a Data Scientist to be part of our Workforce Reporting & Analytics unit, HR People and Culture Command. The position will provide high quality data analysis in Command. The role involves processing and cleaning data for analysis, performing analysis using predictive modelling and machine learning techniques. This position will present results in a clear, concise and practical manner for use by the NSWPF Senior executive, Commanders, Managers, law enforcement oversight agencies and stakeholders. The role also involves delivering high quality strategic submissions identifying emerging threats and opportunities in the organisation and managing and contributing to key projects assigned to the team.
At NSWPF our people have access to a range of benefits that help balance life at work and at home. Some of the benefits available when you join the NSWPF include:
competitive salary;
flexible work options;
opportunity to purchase leave;
annual leave loading;
corporate wellbeing programs including seminars and the Fitness Passport;
free annual influenza vaccination;
salary packaging options via superannuation contributions or a novated vehicle lease;
convenient location for public transport and to shops etc; and
in-house gym facilities.
Applications can only be submitted electronically via the I Work for NSW website.
To be considered for this role, attach a cover letter (2 pages maximum) and an up-to-date resume that clearly details your skills & experience as relevant to this role.
Please do not attach copies of qualifications, certificates or documentation (other than what has been requested) - you can bring these if called for interview.
Please address each of the following Target Questions (300 word limit per question) in the text boxes provided in the online application or attach as a separate document.
Target Question 1:
Please provide one or more examples of when you have built a predictive model or applying Artificial Intelligence to solve a business problem. Please describe the problem,the techniques, software you have used and the actionable insights you provided which led to a real business outcome.
Please provide one or more example whereby used Supervised / Unsupervised Machine Learning to solve a business problem. Please describe the problem, the techniques, software you have used and the actionable insights you provided which led to a real business outcome.
Your application must stand on its own merits, and the completeness and relevance of your application will determine if you proceed through to the selection process.
If you require any further information about this opportunity, please contact the hiring manager Raymond Kurniawan via 0424 942 451.
To be eligible to apply for this role, you must meet one of the following statuses:
an Australian Citizen;
a permanent resident of Australia; or
a New Zealand citizen.
All NSW Police Force employees are required to be fully vaccinated with a COVID-19 vaccine or have a valid medical contraindication certificate that can be accommodated in the workplace. You are required to provide a record of your COVID-19 vaccination status (including medical contraindication) as part of your application for consideration by NSWPF.
Prior to commencement, the successful candidate will be required to undergo a rigorous National Police (criminal history) Check and obtain and maintain a Security Clearance as determined by the NSW Police Force.
The NSW Police Force is a proud employer of a diverse range of people. We are committed to reflecting the diverse community we serve and creating an inclusive and respectful workplace for all employees. Differences are embraced, contributions are valued, and everyone has a sense of connection and belonging.
We welcome people with diverse skills, experiences, perspectives and backgrounds and encourage applications from Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander peoples, and individuals who may identify as LGBTIQ, with disability, a culturally and linguistically diverse background, and people of all ages.
If you identify as a person with disability and require further information on the role or you require specific arrangements to participate in the recruitment process, please contact the HR Diversity Team on 0429 275 709 or by email at HRDiversity@police.nsw.gov.au.
If you identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander and would like assistance with your application, please contact the NSWPF Aboriginal Employment & Engagement team at hraboriginal@police.nsw.gov.au.
This recruitment may be used to create a Talent Pool for similar future roles (ongoing or temporary) that may arise over the next 18 months.
Thank you for your interest in this role. We look forward to receiving your application.
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Small works painted on location; usually smaller than 12" x 16"
Mostly views of the natural world without man's visible intrusion.
Very freeing form of art!
The historic adobes around Tucson are one of my favorite subjects, and are usually painted on location. This is known in art lingo as 'Plein Air'.
My idea of this genre is painting mostly produce and flowers.


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Q: result set reading value strange behavior I've write my method like any other write until now (and all works fine), but this have a problem.
The code execute a select query on a database and create an ArrayList of MyObject type:
MyObject current;
ArrayList<MyObject> res = new ArrayList<MyObject>();
Connection conn=ConnectionManager.getConnection();
Statement stm = conn.createStatement();
ArrayList<MyObject> res = new ArrayList<MyObject>();
Result set rs = stm.executeQuery(QUERY);

while(rs.next()) {
    current = new MyObject();
    current.setField1(rs.getInt(1));
    current.setField2(rs.getInt(2));
    System.out.println(current.getField1+" "+current.getField2());
    res.add(current);
}

(MyObject extends a superclass that contains method setField2(int a) ).
The problem in the sequent. If i execute the query directly on database i have this result:

0 5000
1 5000
2 6000

but the execution of query on Java code returns

0 6000
1 6000
2 6000

MyObject and MySuperObject class
public class MyObject extends MySuperObject {
    potected int field1;
    public MyObject() {
        super();
    }
    @Override
    public int getField1() {
        return this.field1;
    }
    public void setField1(int f) {
        this.field1 = f;
    }
}

public class MySuperObject {
    potected int field1, field2;
    public MySuperObject() {
    }

    public int getField1() {
        return this.field1;
    }
    public void setField1(int f) {
        this.field1 = f;
    }

    public void setField2(int f) {
        this.field2 = f;
    }

    public int getField2() {
       return this.field2;
    }
}


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