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We've all seen them. Movies when a cry goes out for a doctor on board. If you fly United and you are a doctor you should put your head down, because you may be about to be thrown off the flight.
What a disaster! For everybody concerned.
A doctor was violently removed from a United Airlines flight by aviation police officials at Chicago's O'Hare international airport on Sunday, in an incident captured and shared via social media several million times on video by fellow passengers.
Airport guards can be seen aggressively grabbing, bouncing his face of an aisle seat and then dragging, the passenger down the aisle of the plane, which was bound for Louisville, Kentucky. Other passengers can be heard screaming and shouting "Oh my God" and "Look at what you did to him."
The airline said in a statement that the flight was overbooked, and that as no passengers agreed to voluntarily give up their seats the airline representatives had to choose four passengers to leave the plane at random based on ticket class, flier status and check-in time, and that one man who had been selected refused to leave his seat.
This apparently is pretty standard industry practice, airlines regularly overbook flights (betting on 5% of travelers not showing up) and then bump people off and give them a later flight and perhaps a voucher against future travel.
Now of course this is potentially good news if you are not chasing a connecting flight, a doctor's appointment (especially if you are the doctor), a wedding, a funeral, or even a really important business critical meeting. You might end up ahead of the game.
One of your sources of power in a negotiation (which this should become) is what you have that the other side wants. If you have a seat that the airline wants back pretty desperately then you could trade that back for a better deal.
In this case the passenger was not prepared to leave the flight despite the incentives offered. Whilst he technically had to by law, the force and violence that bore down on him from a frankly zealous (to put it mildly) airport official had to be seen to be believed.
The opportunity for the doctor now is that as person with some considerable grievance he should make a proposal to United to help make the problem go away.
Whilst complaining and arguing about who was to blame may be remarkably cathartic, it will not get you very far. Free flights for life and a healthy compensation package may go a lot further.
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VERNON – The Greater Vernon Chamber of Commerce supports the federal budget's focus on bolstering the economy and easing pressure on young families and seniors, but concerns exist about the country's overall financial condition.
Finance Minister Bill Morneau's budget makes significant investments in the forestry, tourism and oil and gas sectors, while employees will be able to take paid leave for training at 55 per cent of weekly earnings.
"These measures will go a long ways towards supporting sectors critical to the overall economy of the North Okanagan. As for paid leave for training, this will certainly help individuals switching careers, but the program doesn't start until late 2020 and could escalate costs for employers," said Dione Chambers, Greater Vernon Chamber of Commerce general manager."
"We also welcome the $1.7 billion for high-speed internet in rural and remote areas and the one-time transfer of $2.2 billion to address short-term priorities in municipalities as infrastructure, whether it's roads, water lines or the Internet, provide the basic building blocks for business to succeed," said Chambers.
Another positive aspect of the budget is removal of the federal requirement that alcohol moving from one province to another be sold or consigned to a provincial liquor authority. And an external advisory committee on regulatory competitiveness will identify opportunities to streamline regulations.
"We hope the advisory committee will consider the excise tax that is levied on distilleries but not other alcoholic products and creates an uneven playing field for distillers, particularly when competing with U.S. companies. The Greater Vernon Chamber will continue to develop policy related to distilleries and the excise tax," said Chambers.
Other budget measures include programs for first-time home purchasers, incentives for seniors to save for retirement and lower interest rates on student loans.
If the Chamber has a specific concern about the federal budget, it's the $22.8 billion in new spending over the next five years comes at the same time that the 2018/19 deficit is projected to be $14.9 billion and debt of $685.6 billion is expected to climb to $761.7 billion by 2023/24.
"We understand that it takes a considerable investment to meet the needs and wants of Canadians, including business, but a home with a poor foundation puts the occupants at risk and the same goes for a nation's ability to function effectively if the financial foundation is fractured. We need the government to put its house in order," said Chambers.
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Guys beware of your GTR power steering lock....it can fail suddenly and then you have to tow your car to a workshop and wait 3 weeks for parts to arrive from Japan.
This happened to me recently at a SHELL station near Subang Jaya. Luckily ST Wangan had the spare part in stock and I got my car repaired in 2 hours....very expensive.
Please note : This is a common problem.
US model have upgrade this lock, hope yours is the new model. any part numbers?
Last edited by Norman; 08-20-2010 at 04:28 AM..
I will get you the part number next week....the box is in my KL apartment. Not sure if it is the new one.
I will back from China around 30 Aug too.
Saw someone in SIN having the same problem too guys.
it happenned to me last Friday. Good thing the car was in my office parking lot. kee from Links came on Saturday with a new steering lock unit and replaced it on site.
After owning my GTR for 1 year 4 months, I must say that I can get better service for this car than I can get for my 335i, Golf GTI, my CLS or my Cayman S.
Parts are so easy to obtain....a few phone calls around and parts are available withnin a week ( unlike what I expereinced... a 3 months wait for a warranty replacement for the Glenmarie car).
Guys who are hesitant about buying GTR...dont hesitate.
Dont listen to stupid comments like it drives like a video game. The fact is you and me , we are not expert drivers. We need the electronics to help us drive this car well.
And indeed it drives like a rocket. Just make sure you upgrade your brakes before you do any mods becuase your life is more precious that horsepower.
Yes Peter ^^, we really enjoy the ride.
And just receive a new method to prevent steering lock malfunction ~ "On" the start button first then press brake/ push start button again.
it reduce the lock electric surge.
btw, JDM chasis number 5000 above upgrade the lock already.


A fluorescence in-situ hybridization (FISH) test of cholangiocarcinoma cells with FGFR2 rearrangement, left, shows distinct orange and green signals present in most of the cells. A patient, right, with the same type of cancer that has no rearrangement shows that the orange and green signals remain fused. FISH tests help visualize and map the genetic material in an individual's cells, including specific genes or portions of genes.
Physicians at Mayo Clinic's Center for Individualized Medicine and researchers at the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) have personalized drug treatments for patients with cholangiocarcinoma using genomic sequencing technologies. Potential new treatment approaches are being validated to develop new tests that physicians can use to guide therapy for this aggressive cancer of the bile ducts that progresses quickly and is difficult to treat.
Clinically important findings suggest that targeting the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and the fibroblast growth factor receptor (FGFR) cellular pathways may benefit thousands of patients with this disease, according to the study published today in the journal PLOS Genetics.
A patients' tumors from cholangiocarcinoma, a rare liver cancer that typically fails chemotherapy, shrunk significantly after treatment with FGFR inhibitors, which were prescribed based on results of next generation sequencing. The drugs used, pazopanib (top) and ponatinib, are typically used to treat kidney cancer and certain types of leukemia, respectively.
Half of the patients treated in this study responded to either ponatinib (typically used for certain types of leukemia) or pazopinib (a kidney cancer drug), depending on the genetic alterations identified through sequencing.
Because of these encouraging early results, the team of 49 doctors and researchers proposes large-scale clinical trials to test EFGR andFGFR inhibitors as possible treatments for biliary tract cancers that harbor mutations in these genes and pathways.
Bile duct cancer is a rare cancer that occurs mostly in people older than age 50. Surgical approaches, such as resection and liver transplantation, represent the only curative treatment approaches, says Dr. Borad. Most patients, however, present with surgically unresectable or metastatic disease at the time of diagnosis. Standard-of-care chemotherapies are not curative and there is an unmet need for newer approaches, Dr. Borad adds.
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My mother was recently diagnosed with cholangiocarcinoma and it is unresectable. This study is interesting because I have scene some other research on the topic and it seems to be promising. Mainly I have found a company, foundation one, that at least from my research, seems to sort of specialize in the initial testing. Is that the first step for someone who is interested in this as a possible treatment? Then, one the molecular context is known where is the best place to get advice on the specific treatments that would be best? I'm looking for whatever advice I can get, the why I feel the more information I can find out the better informed decision we can make.


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Running $ php -i shows date.timezone => America/New_York => America/New_York
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I've tried deleting and copying the php.ini.default and restarting apache multiple times.
Adding the php.ini file to a project folder also doesn't set a default value. But setting date_default_timezone_set('ZONE') works. I'd prefer to set it globally.
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A: Within the httpd-vhosts.conf file I defined a PHPIniDir value for a local server address.
After removing that line, the default values loaded in again. Now I'm running into a different issue (per directory ini files), but defining the date.timezone's default value has been resolved. Other settings can be overridden using the directory's .htaccess

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> AmE PST for PSP has been voluminously commented on, from Mencken on (and surely before).
originally - the R&B group, The Moonglows. IAC, before "Sincerely"
Wrong." This work contains the verse.
As far as Mencken et al., their attitude was entirely proper!
himself to a higher standard!


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Security's bottom line
By John x_Zyskowski
Homeland security's secret weapon
Emergency funds
Security on a shoestring
Is it working? That's the simple question that can be asked of an enormous and expensive effort in which the goal is to protect the United States and its citizens from the threat of terrorism. Put more directly, are we safer now than we were two years ago before the strikes in Washington, D.C., and New York City?
Unfortunately, there are no simple answers to those kinds of questions. But there are some things we can evaluate to get a better sense of how much progress we've made and whether we are getting the most out of the money we're spending, an exercise that we tackle in this special report. Our analysis takes into account the processes the government is using to plan, fund and manage security efforts. We also evaluate the results embodied in the programs and the systems they have produced.
Of course, Federal Computer Week's primary focus is on systems that involve information technology. As it turns out, this special interest is well suited to reviewing homeland security initiatives because so many of them depend heavily on IT-based
systems to create, share and analyze information.
In the lead story, we assess progress on six critical fronts, among them entry/exit controls, transportation security and tools for emergency responders. As the article illustrates, progress has been uneven. In fairness, the initiatives did not all begin from the same starting line in terms of previous funding and program maturity.
The fuel propelling all of those programs is money, and how that money is allocated and distributed is the subject of another story in our report. Cities and states blame each other for funding problems that delay many homeland security programs. What the two camps do share is the conviction that the federal government — the source of most of the money — must provide more money and better leadership in how to spend it effectively.
As we know, spending money wisely on IT programs is not easy even in the best of times, but the challenge grows when the high stakes of homeland security are in play. Encouraging developments on this front are covered in our story on enterprise architectures. This once esoteric exercise in modeling the business processes and supporting IT systems of an organization is being recognized and embraced as a way to help government make better IT spending decisions, particularly in the area of homeland security.
Our last story reminds us that although money is crucial to all these programs, another critical asset is the people who work in government. On one level, our story is about the resources that are available — in most cases for free — to help government IT security managers do their jobs better even when budgets are tight. On another level, it underscores the fact that much of our success will come from the creativity, dedication and resourcefulness of government employees, and that's something that can't be bought.


Iran's answer to Sylvia Plath, Forugh Farrokzhad, came of age in the 1940s and ´50s when the country was gearing up for revolution. Although Iran was becoming Westernized during Farrokzhad's childhood, her culture was openly hostile to women who expressed a desire for independence. Forugh is raised by a father whom she refers to as "the Colonel," a harsh disciplinarian who shows a softer side when he recites poetry. She writes her first poems to please him. However, Forugh is a true rebel, speaking her mind and acting on her desires. The consequences are severe for her but liberating for the younger generation of Iranian women.
Darznik's novel transported me to mid-20th-century Iran. I could smell the black tea steeped with rose petals and cardamom pods and hear the calls of street peddlers. My heart broke for the young Farrokzhad as she and her sister were "protected" by imprisonment on a tiny balcony as their brothers roamed free on the streets below. The first-person narration, complemented by excerpts from Farrokzhad's poetry, richly evokes the poet's state of mind as well as concrete sensory details.
My only quibble is that the epilogue and the passages about Iran's history are narrated in Farrokzhad's voice even though she couldn't have witnessed them. While on the one hand this technique conveyed the power of her voice, on the other, it sometimes felt contrived.
Darznik was only five years old when her family emigrated to America from Iran, and she explores her roots through this iconic feminist poet. I had never heard of Forugh Farrokzhad before I read this book, and her story needs to be more widely known. Highly recommended.


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ACLU v. Javed Mohammed: 8th Circuit Hears Argument on Parents' Motion to Intervene
The ACLU v. TiZA First Amendment litigation has been a repeat-customer of Minnesota Litigator. Putative add-on "intervenors" (parents of school kids and kids) were denied the right to intervene in the action before the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota (Frank, J.) and they have now taken that denial to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit and argued the appeal (before the appellate panel comprised of Loken, Melloy, Shepard) in mid-February.
Well-known First Amendment scholar Michael W. McConnell argued on behalf of the appellants/parents of kids at the challenged TiZA charter school. The 8th Circuit panel was fairly taciturn during Prof. McConnell's presentation.
Dorsey & Whitney LLP trial partner, Peter Lancaster, argued on behalf of the ACLU. Out of the blocks, Judge Loken came at Lancaster, questioning whether intervention would truly have prejudiced the ACLU. The ACLU argued that the intervenors' efforts were untimely and would drag this case on. Judge Loken suggested that this type of litigation drags on for years and that a few months delay would be inconsequential in big picture.
Echoing a recent call by the trial judge, Lancaster for the ACLU also implored the Court to spare the children, to not allow them to be dragged into the case. "We have a trial date of May," Lancaster concluded, and he urged the Court to keep the case on track.
The panel came at Lancaster fairly relentlessly. It seems clear that the Eighth Circuit was leaning toward reversal of the denial to intervene although we'll have to wait and see…


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Wilder, Laura Ingalls, 1867-1957.
New York : Harper Children's Audio, p2003.
4 sound discs (3 1/2 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Little house ;
Wilder, Laura Ingalls, 1867-1957-Family-Fiction.
Frontier and pioneer life -- Wisconsin -- Fiction.
Families -- Wisconsin -- Fiction.
Pioneer children -- Wisconsin -- Fiction.
Wisconsin -- Fiction.
Woodiel, Paul.
A year in the life of two young girls growing up on the Wisconsin frontier, as they help their mother with the daily chores, enjoy their father's stories and singing, and share special occasions when they get together with relatives or neighbors.
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Based upon her childhood growing up in the Midwestern frontier, American novelist Laura Ingalls Wilder presents the Little House series, a literary collection of children's classics. Told in the third-person, the books follow central character Laura as she and her family experience pioneer life in the mid-late nineteenth century. In the series' first book, little Laura introduces listeners to her growing family and their quaint home in the Big Woods of rural Wisconsin.
Five year old Laura Ingalls and her family, Pa, Ma, Mary and Baby Carrie, live in a snug log cabin in the woods of Wisconsin, a full days walk from the nearest town, Pepin. Lauraleads a traditional farm life: spending time churning butter and making cheese and maple syrup. Laura goes to town for the first time, and plays with her sister. Each night, while the wind blows, and the wolves howl, the happy sound of Pa's fiddle, brought vividly to life on this recording, keeps the family safe and warm.
Little House in the Big Woods is the first book in the Laura Years series.
Wilder was born near Pepin, Wisconsin; attended school in DeSmet, South Dakota; and became a teacher before she was 16, teaching for seven years in Dakota Territory schools. She and her husband, Almanzo Wilder, farmed near DeSmet for about nine years and then moved to Mansfield, Missouri, where they lived out the rest of their days.
Wilder did not write her first book, Little House in the Big Woods, about her early years in Wisconsin, until late in life, on the urging of her daughter, Rose Wilder Lane. It was first published in 1932. She followed this with Farmer Boy (1933), a book about her husband's childhood in New York State. She then completed a series of books about her life as she and her family moved westward along the frontier. Little House on the Prairie (1935) records the family's move to Kansas. On the Banks of Plum Creek (1937) describes the family's move to Minnesota. By the Shores of Silver Lake (1939) records the family's move to South Dakota, as do the final three books in the series: The Long Winter, Little Town on the Prairie (1941), and These Happy Golden Years (1943), which ends with her marriage to Almanzo Wilder. Three of Wilder's books were published posthumously: On the Way Home, a diary of her trip to Mansfield; The First Four Years, an unfinished book about her first four years of marriage; and West from Home, letters she wrote on a visit to her daughter in San Francisco, none of them up to the quality of her earlier books.
At her best, Wilder employs a clear, simple style, a wealth of fascinating detail, and a straightforward narrative style. Her tales of a strong, traditional frontier family that endures the hardships of the late eighteenth century are seen through the eyes of a child, which endears them to young readers. Her work is possibly the best example of historical realistic fiction for children.
(Bowker Author Biography)
Publisher's Weekly Review
Wilder's classic autobiographical series about growing up in a pioneer family in the late 1800s makes its audio debut in the very capable hands of stage actress Cherry Jones. This first installment introduces the Ingalls family living in the seemingly endless wild woods of Wisconsin prior to their eventual move west (to Kansas and later Missouri). Tennessee-born Jones brings a subtle (never hokey) homespun sound and comfortable pace to her reading; listeners may well imagine gathering in front of the fireplace or around a campfire for one of her storytelling sessions. But what Jones does best here is use her voice to sustain an appropriate childlike point of view. Her performance invites listeners to join in Laura's adventures and see things as she does, even though the books are written in the third person. (With this approach, for example, Jones livens up the occasional descriptive passages that can be slow going for some readers of the novel.) Award-winning fiddler Paul Woodiel provides lively interludes of "Pa's fiddle music," a joyful sound that was purportedly a staple of the Ingalls home. Ages 8-up. (May) FYI: Wilder's Little House on the Prairie and On the Banks of Plum Creek are being simultaneously released on cassette and CD, also read by Jones. (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
Horn Book Review
The Little House books, beloved by generations of readers, have been reissued in editions that demonstrate some poor design choices, including a narrower, sharper typeface and a thoughtless layout. The Garth Williams covers have been reproduced so that they are more brightly colored than the originals. From HORN BOOK 1994, (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
School Library Journal Review
Gr 3-6-Laura Ingalls Wilder fans will rejoice at the fine presentation of her novels in audio format. Cherry Jones brings to life Pa, Ma, Laura, and all the other characters. Performed at the right tempo for the intended audience, Jones changes her voice just enough for each character so they can easily be distinguished. Singing period songs as Pa, exclaiming with delight over some new discovery as Laura, or gently scolding as Ma, Jones keeps listeners entranced. Pa's fiddle music, performed by Paul Woodiel, enhances the presentation. As with the print versions, putting the books' content into the context of events which happened over 100 years ago will help intermediate students understand why a song about "darkeys" would be included (Little House in the Big Woods), and why certain attitudes toward minorities, particularly Native Americans, are acceptable to the characters in the books.-.Judy Czarnecki, Chippewa River District Library System, Mt. Pleasant, MI (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Little House in the Big Woods Book and Charm Chapter One Little House In The Big Woods 0nce upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the Big Woods of Wisconsin, in a little gray house made of logs. The great, dark trees of the Big Woods stood all around the house, and beyond them were other trees and beyond them were more trees. As far as a man could go to the north in a day, or a week, or a whole month, there was nothing but woods. There were no houses. There were no roads. There were no people. There were only trees and the wild animals who had their homes among them. Wolves lived in the Big Woods, and bears, and huge wild cats. Muskrats and mink and otter lived by the streams. Foxes had dens in the hills and deer roamed everywhere. To the east of the little log house, and to the west, there were miles upon miles of trees, and only a few little log houses scattered far apart in the edge of the Big Woods. So far as the little girl could see, there was only the one little house where she lived with her father and mother, her sister Mary and baby sister Carrie. A wagon track ran before the house, turning and twisting out of sight in the woods where the wild animals lived, but the little girl did not know where it went, nor what might be at the end of it. The little girl was named Laura and she called her father, Pa, and her mother, Ma. In those days and in that place, children did not say Father and Mother, nor Mamma and Papa, as they do now. At night, when Laura lay awake in the trundle bed, she listened and could not hear anything at all but the sound of the trees whispering together. Sometimes, far away in the night, a wolf howled. Then he came nearer, and howled again. It was a scary sound. Laura knew that wolves would eat little girls. But she was safe inside the solid log walls. Her father's gun hung over the door and good old Jack, the brindle bulldog, lay on guard before it. Her father would say: "Go to sleep, Laura. Jack won't let the wolves in." So Laura snuggled under the covers of the trundle bed, close beside Mary, and went to sleep. One night her father picked her up out of bed and carried her to the window so that she might see the wolves. There were two of them sitting in front of the house. They looked like shaggy dogs. They pointed their noses at the big, bright moon, and howled. Jack paced up and down before the door, growling. The hair stood up along his back and he showed his sharp, fierce teeth to the wolves. They howled, but they could not get in. The house was a comfortable house. Upstairs there was a large attic, pleasant to play in when the rain drummed on the roof Downstairs was the small bedroom, and the big room. The bedroom had a window that closed with a wooden shutter. The big room had two windows with glass in the panes, and it had two doors, a front door and a back door. All around the house was a crooked rail fence, to keep the bears and the deer away. In the yard in front of the house were two beautiful big oak trees. Every morning as soon as she was awake Laura ran to look out of the window, and one morning she saw in each of the big trees a dead deer hanging from a branch. Pa had shot the deer the day before and Laura had been asleep when he brought them home at night and hung them high in the trees so the wolves could not get the meat. That day Pa and Ma and Laura and Mary had fresh venison for dinner. It was so good that Laura wished they could eat it all. But most of the meat must be salted and smoked and packed away to be eaten in the winter. For winter was coming. The days were shorter, and frost crawled up the window panes at night. Soon the snow would come. Then the log house would be almost buried in snowdrifts, and the lake and the streams would freeze. In the bitter cold weather Pa could not be sure of finding any wild game to shoot for meat. The bears would be hidden away in their dens where they slept soundly all winter long. The squirrels would be curled in their nests in hollow trees, with their furry tails wrapped snugly around their noses. The deer and the rabbits would be shy and swift. Even if Pa could get a deer, it would be poor and thin, not fat and plump as deer are in the fall. Pa might hunt alone all day in the bitter cold, in the Big Woods covered with snow, and come home at night with nothing for Ma and Mary and Laura to eat. So as much food as possible must be stored away in the little house before winter came. Pa skinned the deer carefully and salted and stretched the hides, for he would make soft leather of them. Then he cut up the meat, and sprinkled salt over the pieces as he laid them on a board. Standing on end in the yard was a tall length cut from the trunk of a big hollow tree. Pa had driven nails inside as far as he could reach from each end. Then he stood it up, put a little roof over the top, and cut a little door on one side near the bottom. On the piece that he cut out he fastened leather hinges; then he fitted it into place, and that was the little door, with the bark still on it. After the deer meat had been salted several days, Pa cut a hole near the end of each piece and put a string through it. Laura watched him do this , and then she watched him hang the meat on the nails in the hollow log. Little House in the Big Woods Book and Charm . Copyright © by Laura Wilder. Reprinted by permission of HarperCollins Publishers, Inc. All rights reserved. Available now wherever books are sold. Excerpted from Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder All rights reserved by the original copyright owners. Excerpts are provided for display purposes only and may not be reproduced, reprinted or distributed without the written permission of the publisher.
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Lions boss Neil Harris rues missed chances
One defensive lapse also proves costly
Lions boss Neil Harris could scarcely hide his frustration after watching his side create a hatful of chances against bottom club Shrewsbury Town, but finish pointless after failing to find the breakthrough.
"Well what do you say after that?" he asked. "The initial stats say we had 19 shots on goal. They've had three, one being a header from 15 yards. Two things really, we couldn't score today, but even so we should have had a point from a 0-0 draw.
"It was a rubbish goal to give away once more. At the other end some of our play around their box was good and we just couldn't find an end product, but some of our finishing was also wasteful.
"To win football matches it's all about what you do in both boxes. My team is never going to be short of effort or competitiveness, but at either end we have to be better.
"It's not often I've bemoaned bad finishing because we've scored plenty of goals this season, but today we looked a bit nervy and lacked composure, and we can help ourselves in that respect by not conceding the first goal."


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With "An Arm and a Leg" journalist Dan Weissmann explores the cost of health care
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Posted: Jun 17, 2019 / 10:20 PM CDT / Updated: Jun 17, 2019 / 10:20 PM CDT
Journalist Dan Weissmann and Justin Kaufmann
Reporter, editor, and audio producer Dan Weissmann joins Justin on Extension 720 to discuss his "An Arm and a Leg" podcast that tells stories about the cost of healthcare. Dan talks about why he started the podcast, the amount of stories that people have about dealing with their health care, how many of the stories are relatable, the decision people have to make between receiving health care or not based on the cost, the reasons why health care costs are so high, the connections between health care and the economy and if he's changed his view of the health care system since he started the podcast.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Ghislaine Maxwell has formally requested a new trial,less than a month after her conviction on sex trafficking charges.
In a Wednesday letter to U.S. District Judge Alison J. Nathan, Maxwell lawyer Bobbi Sternheim said the motion for a new trial had been filed under seal and requested that all submissions related to "Juror No. 50 remain under seal until the Court rules."
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The European Union is ordering Poland to pay a fine of nearly 70 million euros ($80 million) for its failure to shut down a disciplinary chamber with the power to suspend or otherwise punish judges for their rulings, an official said Thursday.
The move is just the latest in a series of confrontations between the EU's executive branch, the European Commission, and the right-wing government in Warsaw over the state of the country's justice system, rule of law standards and media freedoms.


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Kazakhstan / Kyrgyzstan
by: Emma Bekrine
The EU held its first economic forum with Central Asia
The first economic forum between the European Union and Central Asia was held on November 5 in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan. An opportunity for constructive exchanges, but also to confirm or repeat declarations of intent on bilateral projects between Central Asian and European states.
This article was originally published on Novastan's French website on 15 November 2021.
On 5 November, the president of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov opened the first economic forum between the European Union (EU) and Central Asia in Bishkek. The Kyrgyz president celebrated "a new step towards further cooperation between the European Union and Central Asia, which allows for legitimate optimism," reports the Kyrgyz news agency 24.kg.
Sadyr Japarov underlined the symbolic aspect of this first economic forum, 30 years after the independence of Central Asian republics. He acknowledged the ongoing partnership process of the European Union, which "supported democratic changes and changes of the market."
The idea behind this economic forum between the EU and Central Asian countries was launched in December 2020 in order to support a green and resilient revival after the socio-economic crisis, caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, declares the EU. It aims to quicken the pursuit of diversity in Central Asian economies, to stimulate trade, to strengthen the rule of law and to modernize the regulatory framework.
Before the summit, the European Union estimated that the forum would serve as a platform for dialogue between and towards regions, which will help to translate into concrete actions goals of the European Union strategy for Central Asia. This strategy was presented in May 2019.
The green relaunch, digitalization, and the Central Asian business climate
The result of this forum was primarily the declarations of intent. The joint press statement by the EU and the five countries of the region can be summarized as the acknowledgment of some issues and the reiteration of wishes, without figured agreements and concrete promises. Covered topics include the environment from an economic perspective with the green relaunch.
Thus, Kyrgyz prime minister Akylbek Japarov reiterated that Central Asia is deeply impacted by the melting of glaciers and the shortage of some resources, describes 24.kg. Three weeks after he came into office, Akylbek Japarov however took an optimistic view, estimating "factors which favour both green revival and the overall building of a green economy" existed in Kyrgyzstan.
Beyond Kyrgyz declarations, all representatives of Central Asian republics expressed their will to expand the Euro-Central Asian cooperation. Representatives of both parties stressed the importance of the forum for the economic development of the region, describes Kyrgyz media Kabar.kg.
The president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, also participated in this forum. In a video conference, she emphasized the fact that the green relaunch, digitalization and the strengthening of the business climate were domains upon which "Europe has unprecedented expertise".
Hungary dives in Kyrgyzstan in particular
However, also some more concrete points have been tackled during the forum. Thus, Austria was able to express its interest in the building of a hydroelectric power station in Kyrgyzstan during an interview between Sadyr Japarov and the Austrian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Michael Linhart, says 24.kg.
Hungary is one of the European countries which offered the most concrete elements at the forum. Budapest indeed has announced its recognition of vaccination passports of Kyrgyz citizens, says 24.kg. Furthermore, direct flights from Budapest to Bishkek will be available in 2022.
At large, the Hungarian minister for Foreign Affairs Peter Siyjarto and the Kyrgyz Minister of Economy Daniyar Amangeldiev have officially launched a Kyrgyz-Hungarian fund for development worth 16 million dollars (14 million euros), reports Kabar.kg. The fund is aimed at helping Kyrgyz small and medium size businesses.
Reinforced by the success of this first edition, this forum is to be organized yearly, says Kabar.kg. Set for 2022, the second session will take place in the Kazakh capital Nur-Sultan, after the evaluation of the outcomes of the work carried out in Bishkek.
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Quick Hits: GM Turnover, Williams, Zduriencik, Prospects
By Jeff Todd | August 20, 2015 at 2:03pm CDT
Baseball has experienced intense turnover in its front offices of late, as Bob Nightengale of USA Today notes in a column today, and there could be more to come. Nightengale cites Ruben Amaro Jr. of the Phillies, Jack Zduriencik of the Mariners, and Walt Jocketty of the Reds as candidates for dismissal. The frequency of change represents a "new state of the game," argues Nightengale.
The Mariners could end up bringing in White Sox president Kenny Williams to head its front office, Nighengale reports. But Williams may also be in the running to become the new president of the Blue Jays. Reds special assistant Kevin Towers also increasingly seems to be an option for Seattle, Nightengale adds on Twitter.
Zduriencik says that he pays no heed to the rumor mill, Bob Dutton of the Tacoma News Tribune writes. Though he's aware that there is chatter that he could be vulnerable, the Mariners general manager explains that he can't let that affect his work. "I've got eyes," said the seven-year veteran GM. "I can see what's going on here. I know what has not worked and what should be working and isn't. For me to focus on any outside distractions (is non-productive)." Zduriencik stressed that he still believes in the talent base he's compiled, explaining: "I think when you start to piece it together, there are things we need to do going forward, but I do think that there are some really solid pieces there."
Kiley McDaniel of Fangraphs provides an overhauled, mid-season look at the game's best prospects. He breaks down a series of different prospect classes. One of those is his list of the game's premium pre-MLB players, which is made up of the 26 names who separated themselves from the pack. The usual suspects sit atop that list, but there are some quick-rising players as well, including shortstops Orlando Arcia (Brewers, #8), Franklin Barreto (Athletics, #14), and Trea Turner (Nationals, #15), outfielders Bradley Zimmer (Indians, #21) and Gleyber Torres (Cubs, #23), and Rays lefty Blake Snell, who shot all the way up to the 16th slot. McDaniel also lists the year's newly-emerging prospects, the newly-professional crop of players added over the summer, and the impressive list of young players who no longer qualify as prospects.
Ben Badler of Baseball America takes a closer look at one such swiftly-rising prospect, Nationals outfielder Victor Robles. The 18-year-old drew the attention of the organization because of his quick-twitch athleticism and high energy, and the club's $225K bonus has paid out amply so far. It's a lengthy piece, but well worth a read for any prospect hounds or Nats fans.
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I will personally pick up Kenny Williams from his house, pack his bags, and drive him straight to Seattle or Toronto. #HEGONE
As a Sox fan, it seriously blows my mind that any team would want anyone from that front office.
stl_cards16
I wasn't a huge fan of Hahn as GM, but he seems to be doing a nice job. They're rebuilding on the fly without completely tanking like some recent rebuilds and I think they have some nice pieces in place.
nrd1138
If Hahn can break the cycle of picking up players to DH who cannot do it, then maybe. In my opinion, the problem is Garcia, Eaton, and Davidson are not really panning out like promised. Garcia (yknow the guy trumpeted as 'mini Cabrera') should have about 15-20 homers now (at least), he has one more (11)than a certain DH who cannot DH. One has to wonder if his shoulder is still bugging him. Eaton, well still really has some brain cramps in the field, cannot bunt, and gets caught stealing a lot. Davidson, well he is still in the minors for a reason. Yeah yeah I know that not every move is golden but even still.
I was about to say there is likely a long list of folks that would be willing to take KW to the airport and pay for his ticket.
Red_Line_9
Side note on organizations. If the Tampa Bay Rays finish over .500, then they deserve to be named organization of the year, and Kevin Cash manager of the year. I saw them in April down there and they win more with less than can possibly be imagined.
It helps that they take guys like Logan Forsythe who was a bench player and turn him into a 4 WAR player, they take Kiermaier who was a 31st round pick whos put up 8.8 WAR the past 2 years in 227 games.
They take a Mariner cast-off like Erasmo Ramirez and get 116 IP of 3.57 ERA ball out of him.
Oh, and they got Xavier Cedeno from the Dodgers for cash considerations. He only has a 1.83 ERA in 34 IP.
They just take bad players and make them really good..
Bad players elsewhere maybe. They also develop well. Sousa looked really solid when I saw him in April.
Stonehands
If Seattle seriously picks up Kevin Towers to replace Jack Z, God help them.
Weighed
Zduriencik has a terrible record. His trades have the best intentions but the results are the final score.
Kendrys Morales, Michael Morse, Jesus Montero, Cliff Lee & Justin Smoak all failed.
The drafting has been the worst.
Adding Trumbo hasn't really sparked the line up, when Wellington Castillo becomes Barry Bonds in ARI.
Trading away young arms from the bullpen has back fired and left McClendon no options. Not even giving them time to work things out.
The things that are positive about Zduriencik are bringing in big FA names like Robinson Cano (so far) Nelson Cruz & extending future Hall of Fame pitcher Felix for 7 years. And the way he works out deals with zero word or rumour.
He can pull off a trade as good as anyone, but results have been weak. Drafting has killed him. It will be his down fall.
Only thing he had going for him were some solid drafts in Milwaukee…maybe he's more of a player development guy than a gm
Alex Nelson
We need a good GM in Seattle. Enough is enough.
We don't want Towers or Williams


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Pokémon Alpha Sapphire
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Fall is definitely a time when I think about Pokémon, primarily because most of the games in that venerable series have been released in the autumnal months. As leaves pile up around me I'll usually be found on a bench, enjoying the chilly breezes and heated battling, collecting, and training. With the release of Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, the long-desired remakes of the third-generation core titles, the rite of fall continues.
Note: While this review is taken from gameplay of Alpha Sapphire only, it will use the acronym ORAS to refer to the game, as most of the features mentioned will be applicable to both titles in the set. Anything specific to Alpha Sapphire will be mentioned as such.
Taking place in the archipelago region of Hoenn, ORAS brings the player back to the gorgeously-rendered 3-D world first glimpsed during X and Y. The story is true to the original, with the player– choosing either Brendan or May as their avatar through the game– traveling the region, battling wild Pokémon, performing errands for adults that they happen across, and along the way saving the world from the machinations of Team Aqua and/or Team Magma. Like the originals and also like X/Y, the story is subtly different between the two versions in order to accommodate the myth arc surrounding the generational mascots, Kyogre and Groudon, as well as to introduce a new chapter revolving around Emerald's mascot Rayquaza and the generation's most enduring of its hidden Legendaries, the cosmic Deoxys. However, if you've played through Ruby or Sapphire before, you know what to expect, both in a general sense and in some of the specifics.
The Pokémon Company's general modus operandi when creating a game remake is in full effect here: there are only mild upgrades to the layouts of the routes and trainers along them, in order to maintain a verisimilitude between the old and the new. However, visually and musically, the game is as much a leap forward as the GBA series were to the first and second-generation titles. While it retains the graphical engine of the Kalos-region set from last year, that's not a bad thing at all– it actually improves upon it by eliminating a good deal of the frame rate drops and other annoyances that plagued X/Y. The improved sound hardware of the 3DS also means that the big, brassy soundtrack of the games comes through in its full orchestral glory. Yes, Vileplume-ginia, there are horns. ORAS also returns to using the touch screen as a strong tool for capturing Pokémon and tracking friends' synced data relatively unobtrusively; the PSS, Super Training, and Pokémon-Amie apps are now augmented by an area map, PokéRadar-like tool, and Trainer's Eyes-like news channel. Finally, Pokémon Contests return, allowing players to pit their Pokémon against others in a non-combat competition of style and spirit. With them come also the vast and time-consuming Berry system and Pokeblock creation, which fortunately has been simplified greatly from its original minigame roots.
However, in the process of fixing things, some things that were never broken to begin with got rearranged. All of the cities are redesigned to utilize the new engine's capabilities, and unfortunately this makes things harder than they should be due to the closeness of the camera (which can't be adjusted). It can be difficult to tell at first glance what the city has to offer, even considering the now-standard practice of coloring the Pokémon Center, shop, and gym roofs. What's worse, the solution to this is shown in the first city– examining the town's name placard shifts the camera to a bird's eye view of the whole town– and then never utilized again. It took me several tries to wrack my brains around the concept that there was no gym in Verdanturf, and by then I was getting impatient to advance the story and activate new features.
Unlike the refinements between Pokemon Platinum and HeartGold/SoulSilver, some of ORAS feel like a step backwards. While the battle engine is virtually identical to that of X/Y– again, why mess with a good thing– some of the ancillary features such as clothing changes and riding Pokémon are missing. Worse still, the game actually introduces incompatibilities with X/Y that TPC and Game Freak have already said are intentional and will not be patched into the older games. This includes certain new Mega Evolutions and new moves. Despite Kalos' wide-open spaces and relative freedom to explore, Hoenn feels cramped and rushed in comparison; this may be a concession to the fact that the Gen 3 games still had an over-reliance on HM moves and Gym Badge progress gating, rather than the more natural feel of Kalos' gating or even Unova's (as of Black2/White2). Though take heart, hydrophobes, certain Pokémon used for surfing will move faster; and using Latias or Latios to soar through the region is much more expedient than the traditional Fly HM.
As the series starts to wind up its second decade, at this point it's extremely hard to judge a Pokémon game as anything other than its own thing in and of itself. Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire neatly sum up the difference between something being formulaic and something being generic: a formula allows the developer, and the player, to work within a known and accepted structure to produce new and exciting experiences, while genericness is a failure to do anything new with the formula, and commodifies the thing which it is trying to express. ORAS are, like X and Y before them, formulaic to a T; and for the most part, that's not a bad thing. If you like the established and almost inflexible formula of "get starter, collect badges, save world, battle rival", most every Pokemon game will be for you. If, however, you're weary of the same game being incrementally improved upon year after year, ORAS will likely not spur a rebirth of interest in the franchise.
Where things get weird is that, honestly, ORAS is an implementation of the formula as it stood ten years ago. For a game series that justifies its continued reflection on the past through incessant reimplementation and refinement, ORAS feels like a throwback trading largely on nostalgia mixed with sensory flair. For those who first threw a Pokéball in Hoenn, this game is a must-own as it returns those players "home". For those who didn't, however, it's hard to say whether this is the beginning of a new respect for the region– or merely the beginning of the end for their habit of buying each new core game.
Overall, though, I have to place the games in Fourth Gear (out of six), because they are still solid games, just not solid Pokémon games. It remains to be seen at the moment where the series is headed, but if Nintendo and Game Freak keep up their pattern of annual releases, this January we should see just how long we'll be staying in the land of too much water.
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The Best Time to Visit Sofiivska Borshchahivka, Ukraine for Weather, Safety, & Tourism
The best times to visit Sofiivska Borshchahivka for ideal weather are
April 30th to October 7th
Sofiivska Borshchahivka Travel Guide
Weather in Sofiivska Borshchahivka
Average temperatures in Sofiivska Borshchahivka vary drastically. Considering humidity, temperatures feel cold for about half of the year and otherwise nice with a fair chance of precipitation about half of the year. The area is less temperate than some — in the 36th percentile for pleasant weather — compared to tourist destinations worldwide. Weeks with ideal weather are listed above. If you're looking for the very warmest time to visit Sofiivska Borshchahivka, the hottest months are July, August, and then June. See average monthly temperatures below. The warmest time of year is generally mid July where highs are regularly around 83.7°F (28.7°C) with temperatures rarely dropping below 62°F (16.7°C) at night.
Sofiivska Borshchahivka Temperatures (Fahrenheit)
Sofiivska Borshchahivka Temperatures (Celsius)
Sofiivska Borshchahivka Perceived Temperature (F)
Sofiivska Borshchahivka Perceived Temperature (C)
Average Sofiivska Borshchahivka Temperatures by Month
Jan 30.5 26 20.8
Feb 32 26.5 20.6
May 72.4 62 50.8
Jun 78 68.2 57.2
Jan -0.8 -3.3 -6.2
Feb 0 -3.1 -6.3
Mar 7.3 2.9 -1.6
Apr 15.3 10.1 4.5
Sep 20.4 14.9 9.6
Oct 13.1 8.3 3.4
Nov 6.7 3.9 0.9
Dec 0.9 -1.4 -4.1
If dry weather is what you're after, the months with the lowest chance of significant precipitation in Sofiivska Borshchahivka are October, August, and then April. Note that we define "significant precipitation" as .1 inches or more in this section. The lowest chance of rain or snow occurs around late October to early November. For example, on the week of October 29th there are no days of precipitation on average. By contrast, it's most likely to rain or snow in early to mid July with an average of 2 days of significant precipitation the week of July 9th.
When can you find snow in Sofiivska Borshchahivka? Weather stations report very large amounts of snow likely to be deepest around April, especially close to late March. The best time to ski (if at all) in Sofiivska Borshchahivka is often around around March 12th when fresh powder is deepest. Please note that a value of 0 for snow in the graph below may either mean there was no snow, or that snow is unreported.
The graph below shows the % chance of rainy and snowy days in Sofiivska Borshchahivka.
The graph below shows the average snow on the ground in Sofiivska Borshchahivka (in).
Jan 20% 5.8 1.9
Feb 20% 7.3 1.8
Mar 17% 7.7 1.6
Apr 16% 8.6 1.6
Jun 23% 0 3.1
Aug 14% 0 2
Sep 20% 0 2.7
Oct 12% 0 1.4
Nov 17% 3.9 2.2
Dec 18% 5.5 2.4
Jan 20 14.7 4.8
Feb 20 18.5 4.6
Mar 17 19.6 4.1
Apr 16 21.8 4.1
Jun 23 0 7.9
Jul 23 0 7.9
Aug 14 0 5.1
Sep 20 0 6.9
Nov 17 9.9 5.6
Dec 18 14 6.1
Sofiivska Borshchahivka has some extremely humid months, with other moderately humid months on the other side of the year. The least humid month is April (49.5% relative humidity), and the most humid month is December (83.8%).
Wind in Sofiivska Borshchahivka is usually calm. The windiest month is March, followed by January and December. March's average wind speed of around 7.5 knots (8.6 MPH or 13.9 KPH) is considered "a gentle breeze." Maximum sustained winds (the highest speed for the day lasting more than a few moments) are at their highest in mid March where average top sustained speeds reach 15 knots, which is considered a moderate breeze.
The graph below shows the average % humidity by month in Sofiivska Borshchahivka.
Jan 7.4 Gentle breeze 11.8 Significant breeze
Feb 6.7 Light breeze 11 Significant breeze
Mar 7.5 Gentle breeze 13 Significant breeze
Apr 6.7 Light breeze 12.7 Significant breeze
May 6 Light breeze 12.3 Significant breeze
Jun 6.1 Light breeze 12 Significant breeze
Jul 5.9 Light breeze 12 Significant breeze
Aug 5.4 Light breeze 11 Significant breeze
Sep 5.8 Light breeze 11 Significant breeze
Oct 5.8 Light breeze 10.5 Gentle breeze
Nov 6.7 Light breeze 11 Significant breeze
Dec 7.2 Gentle breeze 11.5 Significant breeze
Mar 62%
Sep 63%
Nov 80.7%
Is it Safe to Travel to Sofiivska Borshchahivka?
Our best data indicates this area is somewhat safe, but with extra warnings in a few regions. As of Mar 17, 2019 there are travel warnings and regional advisories for Ukraine; exercise a high degree of caution and avoid some areas. Check this page for any recent changes or regions to avoid: Travel Advice and Advisories. This advisory was last updated on Feb 21, 2019.
The busiest month for tourism in Sofiivska Borshchahivka, Ukraine is December, followed by August and October. Prices for hotels and flights will be most expensive during these months, though you can save if you purchase well in advance. Tourists are unlikely to visit Sofiivska Borshchahivka in January. Those willing to visit at these times will likely find it the least expensive month.
Tourism graph is based on Google searches for services used by tourists relative to the rest of the year. Tourism data for this area is extrapolated based on nearby areas. Displayed data is calculated relative to the peak, so a score of 30.4 in January means 30.4% of the tourists vs. December.
Overall Sofiivska Borshchahivka Travel Experience by Season
Humidity and temperatures combine to make this season feel moderately cold. Highs range from 76.7°F (24.8°C) and 37.8°F (3.2°C) with far warmer temperatures in the later months. Rain is somewhat common with 5 to 8 days of significant precipitation per month. Spring is the slowest for tourism, which makes it a good time for those looking for deals.
The middle-year months have very comfortable weather with high temperatures that are comfortable. These months see the most precipitation with 4 to 7 days of precipitation per month. June – August is the second busiest season for tourism in Sofiivska Borshchahivka, so lodging and other accommodations may cost slightly more.
Fall daily highs range from 71.4°F (21.9°C) and 38.1°F (3.4°C), which will feel chilly given the humidity and wind. It rains or snows a significant amount: 4 to 6 days per month. Tourism is the busiest during these months due to the weather, so hotels may be higher priced.
Weather is far too cold this time of year in Sofiivska Borshchahivka to be enjoyable for warm weather travelers. The average high during this season is between 37.8°F (3.2°C) and 26.4°F (-3.1°C). On average, it rains or snows a fair amount: consistently 6 times per month. These times of year are fairly slow with tourists.
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Contra-compositie IV (Duits: Kontra-Komposition IV, Engels: Counter-Composition IV, Frans: Contre-composition IV, Italiaans: Contro-Composizione IV) is een schilderij van de Nederlandse schilder en De Stijl-voorman, Theo van Doesburg.

Beschrijving

Contra-compositie IV is het derde schilderij in de serie contra-composities, waarmee Theo van Doesburg in 1924 begon. Hij noemde het zelf daarom aanvankelijk Contra-compositie III. In het boekje Unique studies for Compositions, waarin Van Doesburg alle voorstudies van zijn contra-composities opnam en van nummers verzag, komt het echter voor als vierde.

Eind 1923 vond in Parijs een architectuurtentoonstelling van De Stijl plaats. Voor deze tentoonstelling voorzag Van Doesburg een ontwerp voor een universiteit in Amsterdam van de architect Cor van Eesteren van kleurontwerpen. Eén van deze ontwerpen, een ontwerp voor een plafond uitgevoerd in beton en steenglas, vertoont linksboven overeenkomsten met Contra-compositie IV. Het is niet onmogelijk dat dit ontwerp ten grondslag ligt aan het schilderij. Van Doesburg gebruikte vaker dit soort ontwerpen voor zelfstandige kunstwerken. Een tweede voorbeeld hiervan is Compositie (IX).

Herkomst
De huidige verplijfplaats van Contra-compositie IV is onbekend. Het werd voor het laatst gesignaleerd op de veiling bij veilinghuis Sotheby's in Londen op 3 december 1985. Hiervoor was het echtereenvolgens in het bezit van de beeldhouwer François Arp (de broer van de kunstenaar Hans Arp) zijn vrouw Mary Arp en hun dochter Ruth Tillard-Arp. Volgens het archief Fondation Arp kreeg François Arp het omstreeks 1927 cadeau van Van Doesburg.

Tentoonstellingen
Contra-compositie IV maakte deel uit van de volgende tentoonstellingen:
Works by Leger, (...), Theo van Doesburg, maart-11 april 1925, The Little Review Gallery (van Jane Heap), New York (?).
Groepstentoonstelling, april-mei 1926, The Little Review Gallery, New York (?).
Theo van Doesburg, 13 december 1968-26 januari 1969, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven.
Theo van Doesburg, 17 februari-23 maart 1969, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag.
Theo van Doesburg 1883-1931, 18 april-1 juni 1969, Kunsthalle Neurenberg, Marientor.
Konstruktive Kunst, 9 augustus-7 september 1969, Kunsthalle Bazel.

Zie ook
 Lijst van werken van Theo van Doesburg
 Exposities van Theo van Doesburg

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KFC launches vegan burger days before Lords committee meets on 'veggie discs' and 'veggie tubes'
Video report by ITV News Correspondent Rupert Evelyn
KFC has launched its own vegan burger, just days before the House of Lords meets to discuss whether words like 'burger' or 'sausage' should be used to describe meat-free products.
The fast-food giant is trialling the vegan 'chicken' burger made of a deep-fried vegan Quorn burger, non-dairy mayo and iceberg lettuce, plus KFC's famous 'secret blend of herbs and spices', in a bun.
Vegans will be able to get their hands on the Imposter burger for just four weeks from Monday at selected outlets in London, Bristol and the Midlands.
The new venture comes as a House of Lords Select Committee is due to meet on Wednesday to discuss a ban on the use of ' burger', 'sausage' and 'steak' for vegetarian alternatives of meat.
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Subway becomes latest fast-food outlet to offer vegan options
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MEPs voted to ban the use of 'burger' or 'sausage' to describe meat-free products. Credit: PA
Supporters say the change is needed to make it clear to customers the products on sale are suitable for vegetarians.
Whereas opponents to the proposed change in EU food labelling rules say it could make vegetarian food less appealing and would have an impact on people trying to cut down on meat in their diet.
The committee will hear the views from experts from the vegetarian and vegan food industry, meat industry, food retailers and a chef.
In early April, the European Parliament's agriculture committee voted to ban producers of vegetarian food from using the meaty names on packaging.
Some MEPs believe the ban has come from the meat lobby to curb the trend of veganism. Credit: AP
The ban would make it illegal to sell veggie 'burgers', 'sausages', 'escalopes', and 'steaks'.
Instead 'veggie burgers' could be renamed 'veggie discs' and 'vegetarian sausages' become 'vegetarian tubes.'
Many believe the meat industry is behind the ban to curb the upward trend of veganism.
The revised regulation was passed with 80% approval and will be voted on by the full European parliament, before being put to member states and the European Commission.
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With these heart-shaped DIY bottle charms, you'll never lose track of your beverage. They're an adorable decoration for milk-and-cookies party or a Valentine's Day brunch.
This little project warms my heart!
These painted heart milk bottle charms are the perfect thing for a kid's Valentine's Day party. They're decorative and functional — a twofer!
I first shared this tutorial on the DecoArt blog, but in case you missed it, I wanted to share it here, as well.
Whenever my son has friends over, it's always hard to keep track of which drink belongs to which kid.
But tie one of these DIY bottle charms around a mini milk bottle and there's no more confusion. They work just like those wine charms that help adults keep track of glasses. (And you could certainly modify these to work with wine glasses for a Valentine's Day, or Galentine's Day, party.
Making these couldn't be easier.
DecoArt Americana Paint in Poodleskirt Pink, 2 oz.
DecoArt Americana Paint in Indian Turquoise, 2 oz.
DecoArt Americana Paint in True Red, 2 oz.
DecoArt Americana Paint in Snow (Titanium) White, 2 oz.
DecoArt Americana Paint in Peony Pink, 2 oz.
DecoArt Americana Paint in Turquoise Blue, 2 oz.
Sand the edges of each heart, if necessary, to create a smooth painting surface.
Next, paint each heart with two coats of paint, in your choice of colors.
Allow to dry, and then paint distinctive designs, like polka dots and stripes, on each heart.
You want them all to look different so there's no confusion about whose drink is whose.
Finally, thread baker's twine through the predrilled holes and knot at each end.
I can't wait to surprise my son and his friends with some milk and cookies for Valentine's Day.
This is such a fun after school treat for my kids on Valentine's Day! I love the idea of drink charms: a cute way to remember who's drink is who's! Thanks for the easy to follow instructions.


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Employer helps nurse get word from stranded dad in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria
Local VA sent doctors to check on her father
By: Isabel Rosales
It's not every day your employer helps you out with personal problems but for a Tampa nurse worried sick after she couldn't get in contact with her father in Puerto Rico, that's exactly what happened.
Wanda Valakos is used to easing her patient's fears but those under her care at James A. Haley Veteran's Hospital wouldn't know behind her smile; she was fearing for her own father and sister in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria.
"It was bad," described Valakos. "We couldn't sleep."
Unending calls to her father in San Juan all going unanswered. Valakos knew she had to do something so she asked for help from her employer.
"And you know by the tone they weren't blowing you off, I knew they were concerned," she said.
A social worker tried calling and radio transmissions. Everything to reach the Korean War vet. Carlos Rivera was bunkered down in a San Juan assisted living facility with other veterans.
Unfortunately, Valakos employer was getting nothing but silence. While the work days continued so too did the hospital's attempts until they managed the unthinkable. They worked with San Juan's VA and coordinated for a social worker and two doctors to drive to the vet. They reached him.
"I knew they were going to help," she said, I knew they cared.
From zero communication to a heart warming reunion. Valakos sister sent her a video showing the united family.
"Oh we all cried," she said, "I mean it's hard, more than a week and not knowing."
As her heart calmed from hearing the voice she desperately needed to hear it also warmed knowing her coworkers are more than just that.
"We are a family and they convinced me more that we are a family," she said.


Thank you for reporting the bug -- please describe what you were doing that triggered this?
Using the gmail gadget. Right-clicking on some mails. Occurs intermittently but regularly.
I'm still getting this issue now on Fedora 14, only it seems to be whenever you open a detail view in any gadget.
Any idea when this will get fixed?
every time you access the gadgets that happens I wonder what the problem is.
> open a detail view in any gadget.
> Any idea when this will get fixed?
The project upstream seems to be somewhat stalled. The last release was in Jan 2010 and the last commit was in May. So its looking more like this is a dead project. meego are using it but I'm not sure if they're patching or pushed patches upstream or if they've forked it to make it work with their interface.
Oh no, shame, it's the best cross-platform gadget engine. Maybe it's time for a fork?


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