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Former Executive Faces Prison in SC Nuclear Debacle
The company spent billions on two plants that never generated a single watt of power.
Jeffrey Collins
Former SCANA Corp. Senior Vice President Stephen Byrne enters the Matthew J. Perry, Jr. Courthouse in Columbia, S.C., July 23, 2020.
AP Photo/Michelle Liu
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The executive who spent billions of dollars on two South Carolina nuclear plants that never generated a single watt of power is almost certain to spend time in prison.
Former SCANA Corp. CEO Kevin Marsh signed a deal Tuesday agreeing to plead guilty to felony fraud charges in federal and state court. In exchange, prosecutors said they agreed with Marsh's lawyers to ask for 18 months to 36 months in prison — all spent in federal custody instead of a state prison, per Marsh's request.
Marsh also will have to pay $5 million in restitution, with $3 million of it due before he is sentenced. SCANA had paid Marsh $5 million in 2017, the year the utility abandoned the hopelessly behind-schedule project in Fairfield County and the massive federal investigation began. Under the plea deal, Marsh will be sentenced once the investigation into the debacle ends.
Marsh admitted presenting false information in earning calls, presentations and press releases, as did former SCANA Executive Vice President Stephen Byrne, who pleaded guilty in July. They were trying to keep investors pumping money into the project and the company's stock price up, prosecutors said. Their actions took more than $1 billion from the pockets of ratepayers and investors, authorities said in an 87-page Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit filed against them in February.
Marsh, 65, will plead guilty to conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud in federal court, and obtaining property by false pretenses in state court, according to the plea. A judge must approve the sentence agreed to by Marsh and prosecutors.
Byrne is also awaiting sentencing. His plea didn't include a negotiated sentence. Both men have agreed to cooperate with investigators or possibly face more charges and greater punishment.
Marsh's lawyers did not return emails seeking comment.
Details of the fraud committed by the executives are outlined in the federal regulator's February filing. The filing documented the history of the doomed nuclear project, which started in 2008. Marsh and Byrne never wavered from saying the two reactors being built at the V.C. Summer site north of Columbia would be finished by the end of 2020 — a deadline they had to meet if they were going to receive the $1.4 billion in federal tax credits needed to keep the $10 billion project from overwhelming the utility.
SCANA and its subsidiary, South Carolina Electric & Gas, were destroyed by the debt and poor management and were bought out by Dominion Energy of Virginia in 2019.
The debacle also hobbled state-owned utility Santee Cooper, which had a 45% stake in the project and ended up $4 billion in debt even though SCANA controlled management of the project. How to handle that debt and whether to sell Santee Cooper to a private company has caused sniping, and cast a large shadow over the 2018 and 2019 General Assembly sessions.
Dominion and Santee Cooper have said they are fully cooperating with investigators.
The problems with SCANA's new reactors began as soon as construction started in 2012. Contractors said modules that were supposed to be delivered fully built and ready to put into place needed extensive work.
By 2015, Marsh and Byrne were sent an email saying just 8% of the work was done, making it almost impossible to meet the 2020 deadline and get the federal tax credits. The executives did not share those concerns with SCANA shareholders or regulators overseeing the project.
That same year, SCANA commissioned an independent report for $1 million that estimated the reactors wouldn't be finished in 22 years. The executives pushed back to get that part removed from the copy shared with Santee Cooper and then didn't tell a government watchdog group, the Office of Regulatory Staff, that they hired the consultants, according to those court papers.
In 2016, federal officials said the watchdog group was preparing a report suggesting the deadlines would not be met and planned to subpoena an executive from Westinghouse, the company building the reactors, which went bankrupt three months before the project failed.
Marsh put pressure on the group, insisting — despite all evidence to the contrary — that the deadline would be met and saying shareholders, banks, credit rating agencies, bond underwriters and investment analysts would panic if they released that report, the complaint said.
"Your planned actions will send shock waves to this group," Marsh wrote in the email.
The watchdog group backed down.
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Hillary Clinton to attend Trump's presidential inauguration
Jan 4, 2017 7:13 AM PHT
Hillary Clinton will attend with her husband, former President Bill Clinton
WASHINGTON DC, USA – Defeated presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, a former First Lady, will attend Donald Trump's inauguration on January 20, as will former president George W. Bush, aides to the politicians said Tuesday, January 3.
In all, at least 3 former presidents will be at the US Capitol in Washington for the historic ceremony that kicks off Trump's term as the nation's 45th commander in chief: Bush, Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton.
Aides to both Clintons told Agence France-Presse that the Democratic former rival to Trump in last year's contentious presidential race, as well as her husband Bill who served in the White House from 1993 to 2001, will attend.
George W. Bush will attend with his wife, the former first lady Laura Bush, his office said.
"They are pleased to be able to witness the peaceful transfer of power – a hallmark of American democracy – and swearing-in of President Trump and Vice President Pence," the Bush spokesman said in a statement.
Democrat Carter, 92, confirmed in December that he would be there for Republican Trump's inauguration.
The only other surviving ex-president, George H.W. Bush, is in frail health at age 92 and is not expected to attend. – Rappler.com

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Bridges, Sir William Throsby (1861–1915)
by Chris Clark
William Bridges, 1920, by Florence Rodway
Australian War Memorial, ART03355
Sir William Throsby Bridges (1861-1915), soldier, was born on 18 February 1861, at Greenock, Scotland, son of William Wilson Somerset Bridges, naval officer and his wife Mary Hill, née Throsby, great-niece of Charles Throsby of Moss Vale, New South Wales. He was educated at Ryde, Isle of Wight, and from 1871 at the Royal Naval School, New Cross, London. When his father retired in 1873 the family migrated to Canada, settling at Shanty Bay, Ontario, and Bridges continued his schooling at Trinity College School, Port Hope. In April 1877 he entered the Royal Military College of Canada at Kingston, intending to train for a commission in the British Army. Next year, however, his parents were ruined by a bank failure and left Canada to settle at Moss Vale, leaving Bridges behind. He contrived to follow them by failing his studies and left the college without completing the course, thereby becoming the first Kingston cadet discharged for academic failure. He arrived in Sydney in August 1879 and that month joined the colony's civil service as assistant inspector of roads and bridges at Braidwood; he held similar appointments at Murrurundi and Narrabri until 1885.
That year Bridges volunteered for service with the Sudan Contingent but was too late. In May he was made a lieutenant in the temporary forces raised to protect the colony in the contingent's absence, and a vacancy in the permanent artillery allowed the confirmation of his commission in August. He married Edith Lilian Francis at St John's Anglican Church, Darlinghurst, on 10 October. In 1886 he attended the first course conducted at the School of Gunnery, Middle Head, and for the next four years served on its staff, gradually acquiring a reputation as a serious student of the military art. He became a founding member of the United Service Institution of New South Wales in 1889. That year he qualified as an instructor of gunnery and on his promotion to captain in September 1890 left for England to attend several gunnery courses which he passed with distinction. He returned in February 1893 to take up dual posts as chief instructor of the School of Gunnery and the colony's artillery firemaster, holding both until March 1902. He was promoted major in September 1895. Bridges came to the notice of Major General (Sir) Edward Hutton, in command of the colony's forces, who selected him to act as secretary to three major military conferences and committees in 1893-96. These appointments ensured that, though only a comparatively junior officer, he had a sound background knowledge of defence issues.
With the outbreak of the South African War Bridges was selected for special service with the British Army and from December 1899 was attached to the cavalry division at Colesberg. He took part in the relief of Kimberley and the battles at Paardeberg and Driefontein before being evacuated to England in May 1900 with enteric fever. While convalescing in London he gave evidence before a royal commission on the care and treatment of casualties in the South African campaign. He returned to Sydney in September and resumed duty at the School of Gunnery. In March 1901 he acted as secretary to a conference of State commandants convened by Sir John Forrest to draw up a defence bill for the amalgamated colonial defence forces now under Commonwealth control. He was involved in a second conference in June to comment on proposed amendments to the draft bill and was later appointed to a committee of inquiry to gather data for the formulation of a defence policy. In August he was called to give evidence to a Commonwealth committee considering service pay and allowances.
With the appointment of Major General Hutton to command the Australian forces, Bridges's career was again advanced. In March 1902 he became assistant quarter-master general on Hutton's headquarters, one of the prime staff appointments, which gave him responsibility for military intelligence, the formulation of defence schemes and organization of the forces. In May Hutton sent him to collect information on the defences of Noumea, New Caledonia, on behalf of the War Office, a task he successfully performed. He was promoted lieutenant-colonel in July. Next month Bridges was a member of a committee convened by the minister for defence to consider alternatives to the system of command of the military forces, and on 12 January 1905 he became chief of intelligence on the first military board of administration, which followed Hutton's return to England. He also became entitled to a seat on the five-man Council of Defence intended to settle policy and co-ordinate the naval and military boards. From the first meeting of the council in March 1905 Bridges came into sharp conflict with the director of the naval forces, Captain (Sir) William Creswell, over the proposal to form an Australian navy. Bridges opposed the concept, mainly because he believed a local navy would duplicate a task which could be done more effectively by the Royal Navy, but also because Creswell's scheme could seemingly only be funded by disbanding the major part of the military forces. His differences with Creswell extended into an acrimonious conflict over the question of control of procedures to establish the identity of all vessels entering Australian ports in war-time, a dispute which Bridges lost in June 1908.
On the military board he became a relentless advocate of efficiency within the forces. From early 1905 he urged it to pay at least as much attention to ensuring that Australia had properly trained officers as to acquiring war matériel. In 1906 Bridges was prominent in the establishment of a department of military science at the University of Sydney to qualify graduates for commissions in the militia forces—although he held that the 'proposed Courses of Instruction would not form a substitute for a Military College'—and he remained associated with the department until 1909. While working on the defence schemes Bridges realized the necessity of learning from the experience of other countries in mobilizing military forces, and induced the minister for defence to send him to the 1906 Swiss manoeuvres. His impending departure in January was seized upon by Prime Minister Deakin as an opportunity to refer the question of Australian defence to the Committee of Imperial Defence in London. Deakin directed Bridges to assist the committee but expressly restricted him to furnishing information and not opinions. Although Deakin recognized Bridges as 'the ablest of our Imperial officers' he also viewed him as being 'imperfectly in sympathy' with certain nationalist aims.
Bridges was promoted colonel in October 1906 and on returning to Australia next January came into conflict with the new minister for defence (Sir) Thomas Ewing, who insisted on the immediate implementation of a scheme for the protection of vital areas of Australia. Bridges argued that such a scheme was worthless unless a general staff was established to plan the work involved. Further differences developed in October when his report on the Swiss military system was used by the government as evidence that Australia needed compulsory military training, a proposal which Bridges privately deplored. In December he was successful in founding an intelligence corps and this body became the forerunner of a general staff.
Bridges had long had a hobby of canoeing, which he pursued frequently in these years on the Yarra River. In January 1908 he fulfilled a long-standing ambition by navigating the rapids of the Snowy River from near Dalgety, New South Wales, to near Buchan, Victoria—an astonishing voyage of nearly 200 miles (322 km), accomplished with three friends in two canoes.
Bridges's attempts to improve the efficiency of the forces also brought him into conflict with the inspector general, Major General (Sir) John Hoad. Long-standing antipathy between the two was compounded by Bridges's appointment as first chief of the Australian general staff in January 1909, during Hoad's absence in London. Bridges remained in the post less than five months, however, having been selected to attend the Imperial Conference that year. On his departure he was promised that he would be reappointed C.G.S. on his return, and the minister for defence agreed to put this in writing. After the conference he became Australian representative on the Imperial General Staff in London and was appointed C.M.G. in July. Queries were soon raised as to why he was at the War Office and whether his duties were those of observer or exchange officer. Bridges insisted that his proper function was to act as official representative, but his efforts to have his view accepted were cut short in January 1910 when he was recalled to found Australia's military college. At first he attempted to decline the post of college commandant but, on Defence Minister (Sir) Joseph Cook's insistence, accepted and arrived back in Australia in May, having visited military schools in England, America and Canada. On taking up his new appointment he was promoted brigadier general.
Following a recommendation to the government by Lord Kitchener, Bridges began establishing the college along the lines of the United States Military Academy, West Point. His personal impact was evident, however, in nearly every aspect of the college, from its location at Duntroon in the Federal Capital Territory to its organization and routine. It opened on 27 June 1911, and Bridges remained commandant until May 1914, by which time its reputation was firmly established. He left the college to assume the Australian Army's senior appointment as inspector general.
After the declaration of war Bridges was instructed by the government to raise an Australian contingent for service in Europe. His determination that the troops would fight as an entity instead of being fragmented among British formations did much to satisfy nationalist sentiment and set a precedent retained throughout the war. Despite his suggestion that command of the Australian Imperial Force (a name he chose himself) be entrusted to Hutton, Bridges was appointed commander, with the rank of major general, in August.
On arrival in Egypt in December, Bridges began a heavy programme of training for his division. Disciplinary problems with high-spirited troops were, in part, a reaction to the detailed training on which Bridges insisted, though the thoroughness of the training was essential preparation for the untried Australians. In the Gallipoli landing in April 1915 his division was first ashore on Anzac Cove. At the end of the first day Bridges and Major General Godley, commanding the New Zealanders, were convinced that disaster would follow next day and proposed taking the force off the beach. The suggestion was overruled and the Allied forces began consolidating the position.
In the following weeks Bridges became well known to his troops for the first time, through his daily inspections of the firing line; during these he showed great disregard for his personal safety. On the morning of 15 May he was shot by a sniper in Monash Valley and both artery and femoral vein in his right thigh were severed. He was evacuated to the hospital ship Gascon but his condition was such that doctors decided against operating to remove his leg. The wound became gangrenous and he died en route to hospital in Egypt on 18 May. He had been appointed K.C.B. the previous day. His remains were interred at Alexandria but in June it was decided to return the body to Australia for burial. After a memorial service in St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne, on 2 September, and a funeral procession through the city, his body was transferred to Canberra and reburied overlooking the Royal Military College. He was survived by two sons and two daughters; Lady Bridges died in 1926. His portrait, painted in 1919 by Florence Rodway, is in the New South Wales Art Gallery; copies hang in the Australian War Memorial collection and in the Royal Military College, Duntroon. His second son William Francis Noel (1890-1942) served with the A.I.F. at Gallipoli and on the Western Front, reaching the rank of major. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order in 1918.
Bridges's career was essentially that of an able staff officer who had had few opportunities to command troops before being placed at the head of a division. A shy and sensitive man, he attempted to mask himself behind an aloof, diffident and sometimes rude manner. He was not therefore a popular commander, though his personal courage was respected. Well-read in his profession, motivated by high ideals and possessed of uncompromising standards, he made many enemies, yet all he undertook was stamped with efficiency and success. His death early in the war caused his career and achievements to slip from public view, but he can rightfully be regarded as Australia's first notable general.
C. E. W. Bean, Two Men I Knew (Syd, 1957)
C. D. Coulthard-Clark, A Heritage of Spirit (Melb, 1979), and for bibliography.
army personnel file, B2455, Bridges W T (National Archives of Australia)
funeral arrangements, A207, G1915/2185 (National Archives of Australia)
funeral service, A1194, 12.64/15316 (National Archives of Australia)
funeral service, Weekly Times (Melbourne), 11 September 1915, p 23
Karen Fox, A City and its People: Canberra in the ADB
Bridges, Sir William Throsby
Bridges, Ethel Lilian (wife)
Creswell, William Rooke (work colleague)
Ewing, Thomas Thomson (work colleague)
Hobbs, Joseph John Talbot (colleague)
Coates, George James (acquaintance)
Rodway, Florence Aline (artist)
Spalding, Warner Wright (senior officer)
Hutton, Edward Thomas Henry (senior officer)
Hoad, John Charles (senior officer)
Chauvel, Henry George (subordinate officer)
Chris Clark, 'Bridges, Sir William Throsby (1861–1915)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/bridges-sir-william-throsby-5355/text9055, published first in hardcopy 1979, accessed online 16 July 2019.
Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland
war wounds
School of Gunnery (Sydney)
colonial militia (Australia)
Dardanelles campaign, 1915-16
Landing at Anzac Cove, 1915
1st Division Headquarters
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Key Organisations
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Dept of Lands (NSW)
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Text: Susanne Heinlein
In these times of digitised communication, privacy has become a sensitive and complex issue. We keep hearing of cases where information has reached not only the addressees, but also undesirable third parties. During their studies in visual communication at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Moritz Ebeling and Leon Lukas Plum have developed a tool which can be used to encrypt texts and images in such a way that these risks are averted. We talked to the two designers.
What is Crytch's contribution to digital privacy?
As a kind of prototype, Crytch enables the design and encryption of visual messages. This requires neither prior knowledge nor a particular programme – everything happens directly in the browser. Crytch makes it possible to encrypt your own messages visually and is thus a starting point for dealing with digital privacy. The point of Crytch is to show that this isn't something only for specialists, but something that can also be approached playfully and creatively.
What are the technical and visual principles according to which Crytch works?
The basic functionality is inspired by a visual encryption process developed by Moni Naor and Adi Shamir in the 1990s. With it a picture is divided into different planes that only revert to the complete original when they are superimposed perfectly. Crytch moves and shifts shapes on a grid so that they become unrecognisable. When the password is entered, the created message is gradually manipulated by each character and thus becomes more and more illegible.
The finished, encoded message is then stored on the server and can be retrieved from its own URL and then decoded by entering the password. Here, the encryption process is reversed step by step until the original message is restored. The password itself isn't saved or stored anywhere; it is only "incorporated" in its manipulated form. The only way to verify a correct password is via the readable message.
How is it different from other encryption methods?
You don't have to install, buy, prepare or learn Crytch. It can be used by anyone at any time. What is really special about it is that you can see the encryption of your own message as it is happening, so it's not just the process, but also the degree of encryption that is visible and can be influenced by the user. Moreover, there are a number of tools available to the user to give each message a personal character, with the use of colours, weightings, letters or a drawing tool. So each message consists not just of the pure information, but is a small work of art, a digital postcard. Encryption has its own special aesthetics.
Is Crytch an experiment or do you envisage its everyday application?
Both. But for us it is first and foremost about experimentation: we're interested in how an abstract phenomenon such as cryptography can be visualised, and how this visualisation gives us insights into the process, and how a stylistic idiom can be created from it. What is more, Crytch tests the boundaries between creative freedom and clearly defined conditions.
In future, the method we've developed for Crytch could be used as a messaging tool or as an encryption and decryption mechanism for entire documents, for example. Until then, Crytch is a working tool and is "suitable for everyday use" in that it allows you to create, encrypt and send short messages.


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Famous Residents of Pleasant Hill
Pleasant Hill's vibrant community and unique charm have drawn many notable people to the area, and some even call Pleasant Hill home.
From exceptional artists to race car drivers and innovative creators, Pleasant Hill's residents consist of some of the most outstanding individuals in their fields.
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Pleasant Hill's arts and entertainment scene has always been an important part of the city's character, so it is no surprise that some of the most accomplished actors and musicians are from here.
Celebrated by Hollywood and decorated with awards for his acting, Tom Hanks grew up and spent a lot of time in the Pleasant Hill area. Hanks has been quoted speaking fondly of the area's beauty and has referred to his nearly 2 decades in the Bay Area as "seminal." He is best known for his roles in celebrated films such as Forrest Gump, Cast Away, Toy Story, and so many more. Now an academy award winner, Hanks has credited his time growing up here for exposing him to the dramatic arts.
Bob Wilson
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Ron Wotus
Ron Wotus, a Pleasant Hill resident, is a former Major League Baseball player who currently serves as the San Francisco Giants' third-base coach. Wotus was first drafted in 1979 and has since made an incredible career out of the sport.
Leslie Smith
Leslie Smith, another Pleasant Hill resident, is an American professional female mixed martial artist. She currently competes in Bellator MMA and has formerly fought in Invicta FC and the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Smith and her team train and fight out of the Cesar Gracie Jiu-Jitsu training facility, located right here in Pleasant Hill! Smith has had an amazing career and even has a documentary named Fight For It that highlights her early career.
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I looked at all the curtains around me, and see how light passes through, and how lights spreads on them, how curtains behave towards light and different light conditions. I tried to see with child eyes what I see when I look at them and what it feels like when touched.
When I look at it I see white color with some stripes. (Of course this is the curtain I want to create. You may want to have a much different curtain with lace or with embroidery or with green leafs etc).
Curtain seems to be more transparent in the viewing direction and gets less transparent on sides. This is like the Fresnel reflection property. Another reason for this is the folds (which is very important for the modeling stage which is not in the scope of this mini-tutorial).
On silky curtains, there are reflections.
I will disregard the tactile surface properties (bumps) as I am not going to make any close-up shots for curtains.The main form is made up of folds which is related with how the curtain is sewn and hang (again this is the coverage of the modeling stage).
The light coming from the window diffuses through the curtain.
It is a V-Ray 2-Sided Material to create the translucent look and imitate how light scatters through.
There is a falloff map for refraction which makes the curtain less transparent on sides. There is also a map (the same map for both side and front colors) which creates the stripes on my curtain. You can see the adjustment of the falloff curve.
I hope I was able to make a clear tutorial. I want to thank so much to everyone who commented on my works showing me my mistakes and showing me how to make it better and for all the inspiration you bring.
And thanks to Ronen for this great site.
Congrats Alfa, awesome tips! Thanks!
Thank you Alfa for sharing. I will use these tips for sure 😉 Best wishes!
Great tutorial Alfa! It's so easy to skip over the observation phase of material creation, thanks for reminding me to really look and think about what I'm making before I make it!
thanks for this mini tutorial! simple, but very useful.
🙂 I am happy if it is helpful.
@arkinesref Thank you 🙂 I wishtoo! Yes hopefully next year!!!
I will be very useful for future work. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
@pixela25 Thank so much for this tutorial Alfa!
@thangnguyencg welcome:) glad if was useful!
@arkinesref 🙂 I love Italian food sooooo much!
That's really helpful thanks for the tip!
Thanks for this, but don't you think that adding the falloff map to the opacity Chanel is much better than adding it to the refraction one, and hence will reduce render time?
Hi, Nice thanks alot! Say, how could i get my shadows to be transparant too? My 'affect shadows' is ticked under Refraction but cant seem to get my shadows to act realistic. I'd love them to overlap as u will but they just fill up the whole shadow Thanku!
Where can we find the bitmap refraction texture?


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"Let Her Entertain: Manhattan Beach's Chantelle Barry, actress and singer, prepares to release new EP" Reposted from The Beach Reporter
Filed Under: Film and Music, General Interest by Phil
Mar.05, 2015
Reposted from http://m.tbrnews.com/lifestyle/let-her-entertain-manhattan-beach-s-chantelle-barry-actress-and/article_e3c6d40c-c203-11e4-b075-7b7fc980eeb1.html?mode=jqm
by Michael Hixon
With singing, acting and voice-over work, there's little in the entertainment industry that Manhattan Beach resident Chantelle Barry hasn't tackled. Currently, she's in the process of recording her newest EP, which is set to be released this spring.
Barry's next single, "One Step Closer," and its video will be released at the end of March. Barry will perform some of her new material on Friday, March 6, on the Hermosa Beach-based Internet radio station, Static Beach (staticbeach.com).
With the new EP, Barry puts on another hat: producing.
"I learned how to produce out of necessity, just having to make my own demos and having to get the songs out of my head. I'm very prolific. There are songs every day in my head," Barry said.
"One Step Closer" is a song about relationships.
"It's about being so close, but so far to that idealistic notion of love, where a loving relationship should be … it came from how I was feeling in the moment," Barry said.
The video was shot by videographer Aaron Nickels.
"We shot it pretty much on the spot," Barry said. "It was the least prepared video I've ever done. I think because of that it turned out pretty cool. There wasn't any preconceived notion of how it would be. It was a very honest performance."
Barry said she has an album worth of music, including a song she wrote last weekend, but she said it has been a challenge to narrow the song selection down to four or five for the new EP.
"Being independent is really great because you have so much creative freedom," she said. "But at the same time, sometimes I would like people to come along and go, 'These are the four songs that are the best' … how can you be objective? At the same time, it forces me to step up to the plate and make better business decisions."
Musical childhood
Barry is a first generation Australian. Her mother was born in Italy and her father is from Burma, now known as Myanmar, a small country between Thailand and India.
"My dad was a musician so (my sisters and) I grew up in a very creative household, always doing music, always having band rehearsals and putting together cover bands," she said. "My sisters and I performed in a group called The Barry Sisters for a long time. My parents had us perform at any event there was. It was really fun. Performing and entertaining and singing is always something known and always loved. I feel very comfortable doing it."
She attended a performing arts high school on scholarship and spent one year at the West Australian Academy of Performing Arts. She moved to Sydney where she attended the Actors Centre Australia. But in 1999, her life changed when she auditioned for Australia's first reality show, "Popstars," which was an early inspiration for "American Idol."
She "breezed" through the audition process of "Popstars."
"I was very used to showing off and being in the spotlight at that point, very confident in what I was doing. I was 18, it was all I knew," she said.
The show's producers put her into a group named Bardot as its lead singer and forced the band members to live together.
"It was something no one had any expectation of and I certainly didn't," she said. "For me, it was doing what I love. It was this weird process. I remember the camera guys asking me the second morning in, 'Can you just re-wake up?' I was like, 'What do you mean?' (They said), 'We need to get that coverage.' It was a lot of staged types of things. Now I'm fully aware that reality TV is not reality."
The full season of "Popstars" aired in early 2000.
By that time, she was already estranged from the group after a seemingly controversial departure. Bardot won that first season, but it wasn't a live audience vote like "American Idol" or "The Voice."
"It was a learning curve for me," she said. "I had no way of being prepared for the media whirlwind and the paparazzi and weirdness and having my name in tabloid magazines."
After Barry had left the group, she had already signed a solo deal at the end of 1999 with the creators of "Popstars." She toured Australia and started writing her own songs. She lived shortly in London in late 2000, but the "morbid" weather didn't bode well with her, so she decided to pack her suitcase and head to Los Angeles in early 2001. She bounced back between Australia, London and L.A. before making her home in California in 2003.
Film career
Barry worked at the clothing store Cosmo and Nathalia on Melrose Avenue to pay the bills while focusing on her career, which got a lift when she landed a role in the indie film, "The Company You Keep," starring Corbin Bernsen, Maria Concita Alonso, Linden Ashby and Brett Haley.
"I was the newbie and we were in South Africa," Barry recalled. "We got to shoot in Johannesburg for two months and it was an amazing time. I try to learn something from everything. Most of the time I don't need to try, the lessons are there. I felt really enriched when I came back, just seeing how people in South Africa lived and what they put value on as opposed to a lot of places (such as) Australia (and) America where there's more emphasis on material things here. It was an enlightening experience."
She also suffered her first injury on a set while filming "The Company You Keep," when she got hit in the head with a gun, causing a laceration that required stitches. But on an indie film with a low budget, the show must go on.
"I cleaned the blood out of my hair and went back to set like a trooper," she said.
Since then, she's landed more roles in small films and parts in hit TV shows like "How I Met Your Mother," "Entourage" and a recurring role in "90210" in 2008 and 2009.
"Things like that pay the bills, get you residual checks and it makes for a sustainable career," said Barry of her high-profile roles.
Last year she shot the Eric Chambers directed short film, "First Timers," where she plays an ex-con, with two accomplices, who kidnaps the son in a wealthy family. The problem is, it's the wrong person they kidnapped. She's also been busy with voice-over work on video games, commercials and animation.
"It's my way of staying young and being a kid and experiencing these different emotions I haven't necessarily experienced in my life, but other people do. These characters definitely give me a chance to do that," said Barry of her acting career.
Other endeavors
Besides her busy entertainment career, Barry has created her own jewelry line called White Elephant Designs, which features bracelets and necklaces that promote "health, courage, love and abundance." The jewelry is made with gem stones, sterling silver and spiritual pendants. Celebrities like Lionel Richie, David Beckham and Steven Tyler have purchased her handmade jewelry.
The jewelry can be found at @Mike's Guitar Parlor, located at 1301 Manhattan Ave. in Hermosa Beach, and online at whiteelephantdesigns.com.
"I especially love gifting this stuff … while I'm doing it, I try to put all my energy and love into this one gift," Barry said.
For more information, visit instagram.com/Chantellegence or chantellebarry.com.
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First look at the Microsoft Surface Studio | Ars Technica
Ars Technica's Peter Bright gets a first hands-on with the new Microsoft Surface Studio all-in-one PC.
(upbeat synthesizer music)
The rumor mill was right.
Microsoft has built an all-in-one PC.
It's called the Surface Studio.
Absolutely beautiful, 28 inch,
4500 by 3000 screen, so that's a 3:2 aspect ratio,
just like the Surface Pro 4 and the Surface Book,
quad-core processor, NVIDIA graphics,
and plenty of storage.
But what is it at first glance?
A fairly conventional all-in-one PC.
Large, beautiful monitor, 28 inch,
3:2 aspect ratio, just like the other Surfaces,
4500 by 3000 resolution, so better than 4K.
In the base we have a
quad-core Intel processor, up to 32 gigs of RAM,
and up to two terabytes of storage
with discreet NVIDIA graphics.
It's a nice, attractive machine.
But the point of the Surface line has never been
to build just attractive PCs.
It's always been to try to define new kinds of device
and create new markets.
With the original Surface and Surface Pro,
after a couple of iterations and some teething issues,
Microsoft defined the two-in-one laptop,
and a bunch of competitors now exist
that have the same kind of tablet plus keyboard combination.
That desire to define and create a new market
exists with the Surface Studio.
Of course this is a touchscreen.
It's a Microsoft PC, it's always going to be a touchscreen.
And of course, it's a pen screen.
So Surface Pro had a trick,
it was a tablet, but the cover was also a keyboard.
Surface Book had a trick, it was laptop,
but you could tear the screen off and turn it into a tablet.
Surface Studio has a trick,
it has a clever hinge behind the screen.
That's a neat party trick.
This screen is actually really heavy.
It's about 13 pounds,
and holding it on its own, you feel it.
With the clever hinge they put in,
it's pretty effortless moving it back and forth.
So, of course, we have a pen.
It wouldn't be a Microsoft computer if it didn't have a pen.
But we also have
this funny-looking thing, the Surface Dial.
What the Surface Dial does is it gives me something
to do with my off-hand.
I'm right-handed, so I hold the pen in my right hand.
And I'm not an artist, so I don't do anything good.
But I can be scribbling around with a nice, low-latency,
smooth, easy-to-use pen.
But with my left hand,
I can cycle through the colors,
or change the saturation, so if I wanna...
Now, I'm not the best person to appreciate this
because this is my artwork,
but it actually changes how I interact with the system.
It has sort of intuitive convenience of pen,
which many artists
know and love,
but it has that with this dial.
Now the Dial can also exist offscreen.
Ooh, it vibrates, that's cute.
I can control system features,
so I can use it as a
volume dial.
make the pen
or smaller
with the twist of the knob.
I can change the
opacity of my brush.
Applications who wanna support the Dial
can choose how they use it.
So what Microsoft has built is not just an all-in-one PC,
though it is that, it's an all-in-one PC that is
designed for content creation.
Obviously painting and drawing onscreen
are going to be prime candidates,
but it could be used for,
you could be scribbling annotations on a Word document,
writing presentations to bore people with in PowerPoint,
or whatever creativity means
in your field.
Microsoft has,
I think in a lot of ways, done it again.
This is not a regular all-in-one.
It is actually quite an
unusual, quite specialized device
that I think artists are going to fall in love with
as soon as they use it.
It's not going to be mainstream.
The pricing reinforces that.
The base model
is 3000 bucks,
and that's with the slowest processor,
the least RAM, the least storage.
So this is not a computer for everyone,
but what it is is a computer that changes,
in some way, what a computer is.
It's a computer that makes a real effort
to move beyond mouse and keyboard.
It makes pen a really integrated part of desktop computing.
So with the Surface Studio and the Windows 10
Creators Update,
Microsoft is very
cleanly pushing in a different direction.
We had tablets that had been
so heavily focused on content consumption.
A lot of innovation for the last 10 years
has been around how to consume content.
Having your Amazon Echo listen to you when you tell it,
Oh, I wanna play the latest song.
With Windows 10 and this hardware,
Microsoft is trying to do something different.
content consumption is important,
we're all gonna consume a lot of content.
We're gonna Netflix and chill, it's not going to go away,
but they wanna push further, and say,
Oh, actually,
humans are creative, they're innovative,
and they want to build the best operating system
and hardware to take advantage of that.


By James Bishop| Philosopher Edward Feser perhaps has one of the most well articulated and detailed testimonies I recall having read (which at this point is quite a few). Feser is a professional philosopher after all, so it shouldn't be too much of a surprise. Nonetheless, in this short post I have attempted to summarize Feser's journey while also attempting to outline some of the key moments that had taken place within it.
I am confident that this summarized testimony will be helpful to those who don't necessarily have the time to read through the 7000 word testimony on Feser's own website. However, I do encourage reading the full testimony for there is much in the details not included here.
As a way of biography, Feser is a well-known philosopher in the profession having penned numerous academic articles on several subjects ranging from the philosophy of mind to metaphysics. He is the Associate Professor of Philosophy at Pasadena City College, previously a Visiting Assistant Professor at Loyola Marymount University, and a Visiting Scholar at the Social Philosophy and Policy Center.
He has authored numerous books including Aquinas, Five Proofs of the Existence of God, Scholastic Metaphysics: A Contemporary Introduction, and The Last Superstition: A Refutation of the New Atheism. Feser was also once an atheist naturalist until he converted to Christianity.
Feser explains that he was a convinced atheist naturalist for a period of 10 years in the 1990s and that his transition away from it "was no single event, but a gradual transformation." He was brought up Catholic but ultimately lost his faith while a teenager around the age of 13 or 14. His atheism stayed with him well into his university years as a passionate philosophy student.
While at university he discovered a new interest in existentialism and existentialist philosophers, particularly Soren Kierkegaard. This interest led him to discover other existentialists such as Friedrich Nietzsche and Walter Kaufmann of whom he both appreciated but especially Kaufmann in particular. In the more modern philosophical climate, the atheist analytic philosopher J. L.
Feser could no longer rationally sustain his philosophical naturalism in the face of these arguments. In fact, not too long after, and perhaps to his own surprise, he was trying to convince and convert his wife's skeptical physicist brother-in-law of the truth of philosophical theism while they were on a train trip through eastern Europe.


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The ultralight rack accommodates disc brakes and is finished in matte black to look good with any colours scheme. It is supplied with fitting brackets and steel bolts.
Does this rack attach to the bike at three or four places?
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Two attachments to the frame in the usual spots by the rear axel, two attachments to the frame by the seat post, so four in total.
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Is the tubing on these 8mm or 10mm?
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The main tubing varies between 11mm and 14mm.
Will this rack fit a Carrera Subway?
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I can confirm that this rack will fit your Carrera bike.
What is the maximum load carrying capacity of this rack? thanks.
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how much does the alloy ultralite rear rack weigh?
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Very lightweight, alloy, sturdy. Not sure of exact weight.
I can confirm that the list weight on this one is 3lbs. I hope this helps.
Can you confirm the exact weight?
So far I have seen two widely different quotes for the product weight (3lb =1.36kg and 0.9kg). And both appear way too excessive. I have a similar rack and it weighs 0.57 kg (1.25 lb) and need another one for my other bike.
Can someone put it on the scales please (together with mounting hardware)?
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I have the silver version of this rack that has a slightly squarer front and doesn't have the sprung loaded clasp.
It weighs 527 gms and the mounting bolts and clips weigh another 40 gms.
That spring and clasp must be very heavy to up the weight to 900gms.
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I can confirm that the approximate weight for this rack is 900 g.
Will this rack fit a 29er?
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We would advise that this rack will indeed be suitable for the GT Timberline.
Will this fit a bike with a fork without eyelets?
If not, would buying a set like https://www.wiggle.co.uk/tubus-lm-1-mounting-set-for-forks-wo-eyelets/ allow it?
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The normal installation of this rack bolts to mudguard and seat stays which are provided with threaded bosses. The link you provide is for a product that fits to 20-32 mm diameter forks, so I think it unlikely that they would fit normal seatstays. You would also need to provide a mounting at the drop drop outs, which I don't think this product could do.
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Sadly this would not be compatible for use on a bike without eyelets. The adapters you have listed will not be suitable either sadly as these are designed for forks rather than the rear of a bike.
It specifies in the product details that this rack will fit a bike with rear disc brakes. However, someone has asked the same question and the answer is no.
Can you clarify whether this rack does actually fit a hybrid with a rear disc brake?
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I can confirm this will be disc brake compatible for bikes that have the calliper mounted on the inside of the rear triangle, as highlighted in the provided image.
It fitted my Carrera Subway with disc brakes. The rack does come close to the caliper but doesn't foul it in any way.
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What is the platform area approx?
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My brother is really big into the Mardi Gras scene in Mobile, Alabama. He is part of the MOT's which is Mystic of Time...they had their parade on this past Saturday. Here are a few shots of him with his dragon float that he rides on. One pic of him and his youngest daughter, who went down to be with him during Mardi Gras. Also a bit of history for those who may not know about Mardi Gras being celebrated in Mobile. " Before New Orleans, there was Mobile, Alabama-the birthplace of Mardi Gras in America. Mobile, was founded by Roman Catholics from France in 1702 and was home to the first mystic society or "krews", which held America's first Mardi Gras celebration in 1704, 14 years before New Orleans was even founded."
Oh Wow! That is a bit of very interesting Mardi Gras information. The dragon float is pretty impressive too. Looks like a good time.
I did not know of this Marci Gras history. Your son certainly looks like he enjoys celebrating. Awesome Dragon.
It's actually my brother...and he loves it.


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This article is in response to Trudeau and Scheer shouldn't shy away from complex problems in the next election. Click here to view the lesson plan.
Trudeau and Scheer shouldn't shy away from complex problems in the next election
Current Events	, Social Studies	| In the News	| January 8, 2019
Toby Fyfe is president of The Institute on Governance
We are told that both the Liberals and Conservatives are preparing for an election campaign that will be the "nastiest ever" while being reassured by both leaders that negative campaigns are a bad thing. The governing Liberals, as the incumbents, will defend their success in accomplishing their goals while the Opposition will belittle it.
It is perhaps worth noting that since taking office four years ago, the Liberals have been the most activist government since Brian Mulroney's Progressive Conservatives were in power (1984-1993). Mr. Mulroney negotiated the first Canada U.S. free-trade agreement – winning the 1988 election on the issue – brought in the GST, and was in power during the divisive Meech Lake and Charlottetown accord debates.
Since taking power, the current Trudeau government also negotiated a free-trade deal with the United States, and from an activist perspective has stuck its neck out as far as Mr. Mulroney did in his day to take bold steps on a number of game-changing issues: reconciliation with Indigenous peoples, gender equality, climate change and the legalization of cannabis, to name four. These are all complex problems.
Governments in general don't voluntarily take on these types of complexities for a number of reasons, the main one being that they do not control either the issue or, in fact, the outcome. That is because by definition, the exact nature and scope of the problem is unclear. It usually has multiple dimensions, many shades of grey and no clear route to success.
Thus, a complex problem involves many players, each of whom will have a legitimate view on, and stake in, defining it and what is needed to solve it. For example, what exactly does "reconciliation" mean to you, to the Inuit, to First Nations leaders, to First Nations community members, to the Métis, to the Newfoundland fisher, to the Regina housewife, to other governments?
It is safe to say that every one of those mentioned (and the list is by no means exhaustive) has their own take on reconciliation, what it means for the country, and how to get there. Their views need to be considered and included in the discussion. In a world where opinions can be amplified by social media and confirmation bias, the process of finding a middle ground – the traditional goal of governments, by the way – can be time-consuming, expensive and frustrating for all.
Quite simply, a government alone cannot resolve complex problems such as climate change, reconciliation or gender equality – not to mention immigration, poverty and many other issues they did not invent – even with the best intentions, and certainly not in a four-year mandate. As Mr. Mulroney learned and Justin Trudeau is learning now, you do not even get much respect for trying.
Add to this the fact that in today's world impatient citizens and a headline-seeking media are constantly demanding immediate results rather than nuanced progress toward agreed-upon outcomes, then one can see how the incumbent government is at an electoral disadvantage.
The Opposition will attack the government for not solving all the complex problems. The Liberals will be forced to conflate interim accomplishments and processes into achievements because it is difficult to say, "Look, we couldn't solve them, but we made a start."
Our society faces a myriad of complex issues today that do not have quick and easy solutions, and the political process does a disservice by pretending that simple answers will do the trick. Unfortunately, they resonate: U.S. President Donald Trump's simple solution of building a wall to solve the challenges of immigration and a changing economy not only galvanized votes, but has led to a partial government shutdown and political stalemate in Washington. The lesson? While simple solutions to complex problems may appeal to the popular imagination, their capacity to drive political division and cause significant damage – as opposed to actually solving things – is real.
Both the Liberals and the Conservatives need to move beyond simple political point-scoring to help Canadians realize the country faces complex issues that will only be solved by working with interested parties to confirm the scope of the problems and then determine a way forward. That is their non-partisan responsibility.
Then, from a partisan perspective, they can talk about the kind of country they stand for, and how they will work with all Canadians to get us there.
Editor's note: This version has been updated to reflect that Brian Mulroney negotiated the first Canada U.S. free-trade agreement not NAFTA.
TOBY FYFE
The Globe and Mail, January 8, 2019
Oh, Canada!
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Q: Java thread pool: is it better to have lots of smaller tasks, or less task with larger batches we are currently trying to tweak performance by using multithreading in our java app.
We have a long running serial task which we would like to split to multi CPU cores.
Basically we have list with let's say 100.000 items / things to do.
My question now is is it better to do:
Option 1 (Pseudocode):
for(i = 0; i < 100000; i++){
  threadpool.submit(new MyCallable("1 thing to do"))
}

This would add 100000 runnables/callables to the queue of the threadpool (current LinkedBlockingQueue)
or is it better to do:
Option 2 (Pseudocode)
for(i = 0; i < 4; i++){
  threadpool.submit(new MyCallable("25000 things to do"))
}

We have tried already option 1, and we didn't notice any performance improvement, although we can clearly see that multiple threads are working like crazy and also 4 CPU cores used. But my feeling is that there is some overhead in option 1 because of the many tasks. We haven't tried option 2 yet, but my feeling is, that it could speed up things as there is less overhead. We are basically splitting the list into 4 larger chunks instead 100000 single items.
Any thoughts on this?
Thanks

A: Your analysis is correct: there will be less cost (memory, context switching, and general instruction count) in batching the items - at least, generally speaking.
This becomes less and less relevant as the individual tasks get larger, though - if you already spend 99 percent of your time doing work, rather than threadpool overhead or object creation, you can only optimise the 1 percent left this way.

A: What matters is that you minimize the amount of context switching, and maximize the amount of work per task that it spends computing.  As a practical matter, if your tasks are computing, exceeding the number of physical CPUs isn't going to help.  If your tasks actually do a lot of I/O and I/O waits, you want to have many of them so there is always a bunch of "ready" tasks available when one blocks.
If you really have 25000 things to do, and the things are computation, I'd probably set up 32 threads (more CPUs than you have, but not a lot of extra overhead) and parcel out 10-50 units of work to each one if those units are relatively small.

A: Well, it depends on your use-case.
Performance wise, I think having larger chunks of work is better than smaller many threads. Context switching would be lesser, and thus, you would be able to save your CPU cycles and RAM.
When the number of tasks are smaller, this might not matter much, but yeah, if you have 10000 threads, it does matter.

A: You have N cores in your machine.  You want to make use of all your cores but with a minimum of overhead.  Thus the minimum number of tasks is likely to N if the tasks are equal in size.  If they are not equal having M*N tasks can be better as it can mean all cores are equally busy even though some tasks are relatively short. e.g. one core does one long task while another does three short ones. I use an M of 2-4 for most of my use cases.
If you can, you can sort the longer running tasks to be started first to get the best balance. i.e. sort the tasks from longest to shortest before adding them.
e.g. if you have 8 cores, you may find that 8 tasks is optimal for CPU bound processing. For IO bound processing or tasks which takes differeing amound of time 2*8 to 4*8 tasks may be optimal.

A: The problem with 4 batches can be that if one of them finishes in 10 minutes, and three of them are for 20 minutes, than 1 core will not be used for 10 minutes while 3 other threads will process items at 3 cores. But you are right about overhead. But the only way to verify is to check it, because a lot of things depends on your data.

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This early 1900s coin-operated automaton mortuary features sobbing mourners and working morticians. The automaton was part of a recent auction by Skinner Auctioneers & Appraisers.
"St. Dennistoun Mortuary" Coin-Operated Automaton, attributed to Leonard Lee, c. 1900, the mahogany cabinet and glazed viewing area displays a Greek Revival mortuary building with double doors and grieving mourners out front, when a coin is inserted, doors open and the room is lighted revealing four morticians and four poor souls on embalming tables, the morticians move as if busily at work on their grisly task and mourners standing outside bob their heads as if sobbing in grief.


We all have seen it: when talking about pastors, deacons, and the ministry of the church, there are many applications on a local church level. In my own research on deacon ministry, for example, I found as many varieties of deacon ministries as I did churches!
When applied, is it sustainable?
Ministry of the Pastors– the pastors primarily preach, teach, oversee, and minister to the spiritual needs of the church (1 Tim 3:1-7, Titus 1:5-16, Acts 20:28, 1 Pt 5:2).
Ministry of the Deacons– the deacons primarily care, visit, serve the poor, and ministering to the physical needs of the church (Acts 6:1-7, 1 Tim 3:8-13).
Ministry of Teams– the ministry teams primarily reach, teach, fellowship, worship, serve, and pray for the work of the gospel (Eph 4:11-16, Ex 18:17-26).
So how does this work together? First, all ministries at First Baptist Church submit to the Scriptures for all guidance and practice. Second, all ministry leaders abide by the decisions of the church, knowing that the church is the Bride of Christ. Third, the support for one another in various ways will assist each another in their ministry functions and gifts. But last, these three areas (pastors, deacons, ministry teams) will help the church as a whole get healthy and be able to attend to physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of each other and of unbelievers.
Balanced ministry, biblical ministry, led by pastors, served by deacons, ministry in the teams. In a quick summary, this is how we do it.


Here are five things that could go wrong (and the latest odds that they will).
With the Dow Jones industrial average regularly hitting record highs in November, investors seem convinced that the economy is in Goldilocks mode -- not too hot, not too cold. But before you get too complacent, consider some of the potential economic and political risks to this sanguine scenario.
Geopolitics. It's a dangerous world out there. Think of Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Pakistan, North Korea and Venezuela, not to mention a resurgent, oil-emboldened Russia seeking to flex its muscles. Heightened global tensions involving any of these countries could torpedo the stock market. The odds: 30%.
Oil. Terrorism in the Persian Gulf or instability in a major oil-producing nation could easily send oil prices shooting up to $100 a barrel. The stock market would not like that. Odds are 30%.
Recession. We're not forecasting an economic contraction. But given falling housing prices and rising gasoline prices, a recession isn't out of the question. If that happened, corporate profits would tumble, and stocks would certainly suffer big losses. The odds: 20%.
Inflation. Core inflation -- excluding volatile food and energy prices -- rose at an annual rate of 2.2% in 2005 and 2.4% for the first nine months of 2006. That's making the Fed nervous. Strong wage gains or higher oil prices could force the Fed to raise interest rates, upsetting markets. Odds are 35%.
Dollar doldrums. Our yawning trade and budget deficits could spook foreign holders of the greenback. A collapsing dollar would boost inflation and force the Fed to jack up interest rates to defend the currency. The odds: 10%.


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Funding available for female and disability teams as The FA's 'Grow the Game' returns
A community football scheme that saw more than 1,000 new female and disability teams created across the country last year is returning to encourage even more people into regular football participation
Grow the Game, which is delivered by the Football Foundation and funded by The FA, was first launched in 2010 to provide clubs with funding for the creation of new teams and chances for aspiring footballers in the local community to play. Since launching, the scheme has helped to create over 11,000 new teams, delivering new playing opportunities to an estimated 144,000 community footballers.
The scheme will provide an investment of £1.5m to traditionally underrepresented groups in community football and give further playing opportunities in new disability, women's and girl's teams in the process.
Grow the Game grants of £1,500 will be made available to every new team created, helping to relieve the financial burden on clubs by helping towards FA coaching courses, league affiliation costs, referees' fees, first aid kits or even kit and equipment. In 2018, the scheme helped to support the growth of 872 female and 294 disability teams respectively.
The application window for Grow the Game is now open and closes on Thursday 28 March. Clubs seeking more information on the scheme should contact their local Football Development Officer (see contact details below) or visit the Football Foundation website.
Karl Lingham, Hertfordshire FA County Development Manager and Acting CEO, said "We are delighted to see the return of Grow the Game which last year saw clubs across Hertfordshire gain access to £27,000 worth of funding to start new female and disability teams. Combined with the Retain the Game funding for male teams that will also be back soon, we look forward to helping more teams than ever get the support they need in 2019".
Phil Neville, England Women's Senior Team Head Coach, said: "Given both my professional and personal backgrounds, this scheme is particularly close to my heart. Firstly, I work with some fantastic professionals in the England Women's Senior Team and if this scheme can help inspire more women and girls to play football and provide them with the opportunities to chase their dreams then it deserves to be applauded."
"Secondly, as a father of a daughter with a disability, I firmly believe this should never act as a barrier to sports participation. I'm delighted to learn of the growth in the number of disability teams across the country, and the further funding that has been made available to support future development, giving more people than ever before the chance to get involved in the game."
Alex Greenwood, England and Manchester United Women's full-back, also praised the scheme: "Having joined Everton academy at eight years old, I was lucky enough to have access to top quality coaching and regular football from such a young age."
"However, I know plenty of girls that were never able to access the same footballing education that I was because the number of opportunities simply weren't there. It's therefore incredibly important we make sure this is no longer an issue going forward and that if girls want to play competitive football they have ample opportunities to do so.".
More funding coming soon
In addition, existing male adult clubs and teams from will also be able to apply for financial support from The FA, with the return of the retention-based scheme called Retain the Game. The scheme, which launched for the first time last year, helped to support over 2,300 male teams, with grants given to help provide financial support for clubs across the country. The scheme will launch again on Wednesday 17 April.
For more information regarding Grow the Game and how it could help your club could apply for funding to help create new teams, please contact your relevant Football Development Officer at Hertfordshire FA.
Beatrice Thirkettle – (Dacorum, Three Rivers, Watford, Welwyn and Hatfield)
01462 650224 - beatrice.thirkettle@hertfordshirefa.com
Beth Dawes – (North Hertfordshire, St Albans and Hertsmere)
01462 650210 - beth.dawes@hertfordshirefa.com
Kieran Fox – (East Herts, Stevenage and Broxbourne)
01462 650223 - kieran.fox@hertfordshirefa.com
Steve Maker – (Disability)
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Because they are so gracious, when I recently begged Faith and Ben Hall for an opportunity to follow them on a trail through the Perley Mills Community Forest, they not only invited us to walk, but planned out an intinerary, pre-hiked the trail, made chicken noodle soup for lunch and took us for a boat ride. All of this before the great solar eclipse of 2017.
After taking a tour of their neighborhood, Faith dropped Ben, my guy, and me off to begin our first bushwhack beside Perley Pond. In a few minutes, we came upon an earthen structure and I couldn't help but wonder if it was an old beaver dam.
We were at the base of the pond and perhaps just as those who dammed it up for their mill sites, the beavers had their own intentions. Of course, I could be totally off and it could have been manmade, but such was the formation and growth above, that I'm sticking with my original thought.
Moments later, we emerged into a clearing and grabbed handfuls of fine saw dust, letting it sift through our fingers as it slowly drifted back to the ground. Occasionally, on our tramps through the woods, we've encountered such mounds and have been amazed that they still exist with little vegetation.
The mound bespoke the reason for the mill up ahead. (Notice the stream beside–we crossed over it, two of us more successfully than the third, but fortunately for him, I didn't take a photo. He preserved the rest of the hike with soaking wet pants, socks and boots, but never complained, such is my guy. Oops–don't tell him I told.)
Climbing up, we looked down. According to the "History of Perley Mills" by Arthur Rankin on the Denmark Historical Society's website, the part of town known as Perley Mills was "1st settled by a family named Cliffords in the early 1800s. They built a road by Little Pond to connect with the stage road from Denmark to Ingalls Road and Cole Road in South Bridgton and to Biddeford. The Cole Family had apple trees. Mr. Cole was a fiddler and he used to play for the dances in Denmark and Sebago. Mr. Wallis Berry purchased the Cole farm. About 1807, Mr. Berry and Mr. Perley built a dam at the outlet of Pickerel Pond. They built a saw mill to saw staves and shingles. They made barrels. They employed many men."
We weren't sure exactly what we were looking at below, but pieces of the former structure remained intact in what looked like a sluiceway.
The stone had been split using the feather and wedge technique.
As we looked back, I was once again reminded of the work that went in to creating the foundations of yore.
Our bushwhack included a few other fun finds, such as a small patch growing in an unexpected place.
The little green balls actually threw me off when we first looked at them.
But it was my guy and his well-trained naturalist eye that knew they were cranberries.
We also spied a clump of Virginia meadow-beauty with its delicate petals and prominent stamen. It's also known as Handsome Harry, but I think Harriet would be more fitting.
When we reached the Narrow Gauge Trail, Ben showed us the elevation maker that neither of us recalled seeing previously.
We stood beside the pond for a few minutes, looking for frogs.
And realized we weren't the only ones on the hunt.
As our journey continued down the old rail bed, we all wondered about the work that went into building it. Years ago, we used to find railroad spikes, but the trail has been improved recently and that seems hardly possible any more. Instead, we found gall of the earth in flower,
raccoon prints showing their opposite diagonal manner,
and either one large turkey print or a message in the sand. We knew it was the latter for Faith had preceded us and as we passed her she mentioned she'd left a note.
It wasn't long after Faith's message, that Ben veered off the rail trail and took us up an old logging road.
We followed him through thick and thin, the thickest being where the goldenrods bloomed and bees buzzed in former log landings.
Along the way, he spoke of a stone cemetery. We both conjured up images of an old cemetery reflecting an earlier time. But . . . he meant a large pile of rocks that had been dumped by a previous owner who had logged the area.
Eventually, we met up with Faith again, then she drove to our next meeting point, while the three of us walked the Narrow Gauge in a direction my guy and I had never traveled.
It was there that we saw beaver works we were certain of, including a dam that created an infinity pool above.
Beside a swamp, we kept searching for moose, but never spied one.
At last our journey by foot came to an end . . . almost. Faith had a surprise waiting for us. And so she drove us back up their road and just past their house pulled off to the side on land owned by their oldest son. We've explored that property with them previously, but today she wanted to show me one of my favorite plants, which also happens to be hers.
Thistle . . . in all of its forms, it deserves reverence.
And so we revered.
Back at their camp, our time together wasn't over for we broke bread. And then they offered a quick boat ride. On the way to the dock, we knew we were in the right place, such did the signage on one bucket indicate.
Out onto the pond we went, thankful for a few more minutes with Ben and Faith. We cherish any time spent in their company before they head south again. And today, we were also excited to explore our local area and visit places we've never been to before. Thank you both for everything, from the hike to thistles to lunch and the boat ride and all the conversation in between.
Before we departed, we had one more stop to make–at Ben's sand table, where he recreates the natural world with found rocks.
Today's creation–a red squirrel devouring the seeds of a white pine cone as the moon covered the sun–an artful eclipse on this Mondate.
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Robert spencer says:
Re: the split stone foundation. Feathers and wedges only came into use to cut stone around 1830. Before that time the splits were much less regular and were commonly broken from glacially deposited boulders. Earlier dams may have been rebuilt using f and w cut stone at a later date.
lmachayes says:
Ah, good point, Bob. Thanks for reminding me. Curiously, the farmer's method of doing such began in 1774, commercial in the 1800s.
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Eduardo Camavinga is under heavy pressure with countless criticisms from the press such as Vn88.cx, disparaging social networks. The French Football Federation and the person he was "removed" from the 2022 World Cup, Christopher Nkunku, had to defend this Real Madrid midfielder.
The French Football Federation confirmed to Vn88 mobile that Christopher Nkunku had injured his leg after a tackle on Eduardo Camavinga in training the day before. This injury has cost him, one of France's best strikers at the moment, to lose the 2022 World Cup.
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And the French team also lost a very quality option in attack. Remember, Nkunku has been directly involved in 33 Bundesliga goals in 2022, more than any other player in the league.
The fans of the French team are very sorry about this injury. They put all their anger on Camavinga's head, causing the Real Madrid midfielder to face countless insults and disparaging words on social networks, despite trying to protect the striker.
The situation was so tense that the French football federation (FFF) had to speak up. "Following the injury of Christopher Nkunku, Eduardo Camavinga reluctantly became the victim of racist messages on the French social network Vn88 at the moment. FFF condemns these attacks in the strongest way and We fully support Eduardo Camavinga", emphasized FFF.
In addition, the "victim" of Camavinga's dangerous tackle, Nkunku, also had to apologize for his teammates: "Think of my teammates, Eduardo Camavinga, who was brutally attacked. ," wrote Nkunku.
"The World Cup should be a moment of harmony, not division. Thanks to all my teammates for their help. I will be the biggest supporter of the French team, make us proud."
Either way, Camavinga is really under pressure. And this is not easy for a 20-year-old player, the youngest member of the French team like him.
The Costa Rica team yesterday decided to cancel the press conference with Vn88.cx for the friendly match against Iraq for good reason. They refused to let the Iraqi side stamp their entry into their passports, while the Iraqi side insisted on following the process.
Iraq, a national team in the Middle East, is becoming "attractive" in this period because when the World Cup is held in Qatar, the participating teams tend to invite opponents in the vicinity to play friendly matches. . Oman, Jordan, UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait all face strong teams, Financing for Affordable Housing while Iraq receives many invitations from Denmark, Belgium, Costa Rica…
And after considering, they chose Vn88 mobile because anyway, the Central American team is also a name that is "more affordable" than the giants from Europe. Even Costa Rica was so "enthusiastic" that it accepted to travel nearly 1000km by road from Kuwait to enter Iraq, rather than choose air. Unfortunately, their entire delegation, including officials, coaching staff, players and logistics crews were blocked.
Previously, Costa Rican football federation officials had negotiated with their Iraqi counterparts that all Costa Rican members would be allowed to enter the Gulf country without customs stamps.
The Iraqi side initially agreed. But when the guests were at the border, the host changed his mind, determined to follow the process as set out by Vn88cx. This caused the Central American team to "turn the car around", accepting empty-handed going to its headquarters in Kuwait.
The reason why Costa Rica does not let Iraqi customs stamp their passports is because they are concerned that if they are recognized as having appeared in Iraq, they will have difficulty entering other countries in the future.
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Group of unidentified members of the Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society standing inside of National Jewish Hospital in Denver Colorado. National Jewish Hospital is located on the corner of Colfax Avenue and Colorado Boulevard. This photograph was taken during the Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society's Historic Denver Tour in 1982.
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A vehicle is stolen every 45 seconds in the United States, according to the FBI.
Despite the rate of thefts falling in past years due to better technology and increased awareness, some areas are still not great places to park your ride.
The National Insurance Crime Bureau compiled the top 10 cities for vehicle theft by comparing the population of a Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), with FBI crime statistics and census data.
Compiling the data was no easy task, said Frank Scafidi, Director of Public Affairs for the bureau. Because MSA's often have multiple towns within the area, NICB staff had to comb through each one to find component police forces, and then compute a total number of thefts for the MSA in a given year.
Each area's rate of theft was determined by dividing the total number of car thefts (in 2014) by the estimated population of the area. The resulting decimal was then multiplied by a factor of 100,000 so that the rate corresponds to thefts per 100,000 people.
As states go, California tops the list. San Francisco alone was blemished by almost 30,000 vehicle thefts in 2014. Cities in the Golden State make up seven of the top 10.
The best place to avoid having your car stolen? State College, Pennsylvania had just 34 vehicle thefts in 2014. Impressive, for a place with over 95,000 students and their cars.


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The secret is out. Stephen, and everyone he loves, have payed dearly for Weylyn's actions. Once a sanctuary for a handful of displaced elementals, Caldera is now their only hope of survival.
The king wants all elementals dead and his men scour the kingdom for any hint of their location. They live in fear of discovery, but one has more to fear than any other. From the ancient fortress of Caldera to the royal palace in Cathal, no one is safe from the King's wrath.
As the kingdom is torn apart from the inside, a new threat emerges. The King of Ionia has plans of his own and invades Theron. As his army marches across the land, destroying everything in their path, the kingdom lies on the brink of destruction.


No one found that clue, but otherwise, we have winners and a new scoreboard. I am mystified that none of the quests in the five eggs that were located have been done.
As for the online egg-hunt. The Haikus came in with ferocity, and all of them followed the 5-7-5 rhythm for the poems. All of them were very creative and made me laugh, so all our haiku writers got an extra point.
I suppose Cline was being ironic, and Wade is a horny teenaged boy who has really fallen hard for Art3mis. But that cheese-factor here earns five wedges of Gorgonzola.
The mood of the house of the fall of usher is definitely a mood of suspenseful caveat. From the beginning of the stories description of the house being decrepit, just barely holding itself together, the story is being set up for the house to crumble. Also the fact that the story begins with Roderick in a similar state as the house (mentally and physically) from the start, the reader knows that Roderick is unstable, and that he's going to go over the edge at some point in time during the story, we just don't know exactly when. Also the story of the dragon at the end is a definite give-away of the suspenseful nature of this story. As he reads the book, all of the actions and sounds from the story play out, but slowly. First he hears a sound, but he's unsure if he made it up or not, then the situation escalates to Roderick speaking to himself and the door being banged down, and then Madelyn finally coming in. these are all very suspenseful parts of a very suspenseful tail, and the warning in the story is unclear, but I feel that it is definitely foreboding of something.
Good job, Gunters. Now on to my swan-song teaching with Second Life's simulation of Usher, for the foreseeable future. Traditional papers are a lot less work, but not nearly as fun.