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Retire by tomorrow or face expulsion from congress: Amarinder Singh warns rebel leaders
In a stern warning to the rebel candidates who failed to withdraw their nominations in time, Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh has asked them to retire from the race by Tuesday evening or face permanent expulsion from the party.
Urging the rebels to opt out in favour of the Congress nominees and put up a united front to defeat the "anti-people" SAD and AAP, Amarinder Singh said the interests of Punjab and its people were supreme and could not be allowed to be compromised for personal gains.
Hitting out at the rebels who refused to heed the party leadership's request for withdrawal of nomination, despite the promise that they would be accommodated once the Congress forms government in the state, he said it amounted to violation of the party's disciplinary ethics, which could not be permitted at any cost.
Captain Amarinder, however, said the presence of rebel candidates in the fray would not have a serious impact on the poll prospects of the Punjab Congress.
The party, he asserted, had selected winnable candidates to contest the Assembly elections and they would help the Congress sweep the polls with two-thirds majority to ensure restoration of Punjab's "lost glory".
Adamant on his tough stance against the rebel candidates, the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) president said he had asked party national president Sonia Gandhi and vice president Rahul Gandhi to show no laxity in dealing with the dissidents.
He has urged the Congress high command to expel such rebels for life and close all doors for their re-entry, giving them a last chance to toe the party line by announcing their retirement by Tuesday evening.
He also thanked those who had heeded the party leadership's request to withdraw their papers before the last day of filing nominations, saying it was now the party's responsibility to take care of their interests.
He said he would personally ensure that they are not let down on this count and are accommodated in key positions to take the Congress agenda of governance and development forward after the formation of its government in the state.
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16th Annual IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards (2001)
Divas and Kings 2000 and Beyond: The Soul Train 30th Anniversary (2001)
The BET 20th Anniversary Celebration (2000)
Masters of Illusion -- The Magic of Christmas (2000)
The 14th Annual Soul Train Music Awards (2000)
The College of Comedy With Alan King, Part II (2000)
6th Annual Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards (2000)
Surprise Wedding (2000)
Soul Train Christmas Starfest (2000)
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Mark Curry -- The Other Side (1996)
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Barbra: The Concert (1994)
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Count on Me (1993)
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Family Night (1992)
Gladys Knight's Holiday Family Reunion Concert (1991)
Celebrate the Soul of American Music (1991)
Sinbad & Friends All the Way Live ... Almost (1991)
Clippers (1991)
In the House (1991)
Ray Charles: 50 Years in Music, Uh-Huh! (1991)
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Da Nang City police have arrested Nguyen Viet Dong Nhi, deputy director of Linh San Company Ltd., who has traded in simcards. She stands accused of allegedly cheating others to acquire their property.
Preliminary investigations reveal that Nhi, 30, had attained a number of loans for personal spending that were subject to high interest rates. On March 10, the repayments of these loans were due, but Nhi did not have the finances to repay her debts. Hence, Nhi decided to cheat Nguyen Minh Quang, a regular customer of her company, to make money from him.
The woman, a resident in Hai Chau District, had phoned Quang, residing in District 10 of Ho Chi Minh City, to offer 15,000 Viettel simcards worth VND1.5 billion at a discount rate at 6.8 percent to him. He agreed with the deal and thereafter transferred VND1.27billion as a deposit to her account.
Instead of using the money received from him to buy simcards as agreed, Nhi used part of the money to repay the debts and gave her husband Bui Ba Thanh VND573 million to release the land use right certificate of their house that she had used as collateral for a loan from Phuong Dong Bank. On that same day, Nhi and her husband sold the house to Bui Thai Phong, her husband's blood brother in order to disperse their property.
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Reading is a complex skill comprising several interconnected sub-skills. Development follows a somewhat predictable sequence that begins with pre-language skills in infancy and extends into complex text interpretation and meaning-making skills, which continue to develop through adulthood. The CCSS offers one potential learning progression for Reading. EdInstruments has adopted Common Core's English Language Arts standards framework by including Reading, Writing, Speaking & Listening, and Language as domains within this category.
CCSS believes that students who are able to successfully meet the English Language Arts standards should possess the following general abilities as well:
Demonstrate independence
Build strong content knowledge
Respond to varying demands of audience, task, purpose and discipline
Comprehend as well as critique
Value evidence
Use technology and digital media strategically and capably
Come to understand other perspectives and cultures
If you would like to learn more about CCSS in English Language Arts or grade-level specific standards, please visit the Common Core website.
English Language Arts assessments can serve a range of purposes for researchers and practitioners. These uses may include individual diagnostics, universal screening, progress monitoring, accountability, academic research, and/or evaluation, among others. As such, content coverage of a given assessment will vary depending on its intended purpose and use. Users should carefully consider their needs and ensure alignment with the intended purpose of the assessment, as well as the appropriate grade-level learning objectives.
Abecedarian Reading Assessment
The Abecedarian Reading Assessment is a comprehensive test that covers the 6 essential domains for reading. The test consists of the decoding, vocabulary, phonological awareness, letter knowledge, phoneme awareness, and knowledge of the alphabetic principle subtests.
Sub-Category: English Language Arts
Grades: Kindergarten, 1st Grade
aimswebPlus Reading
The aimswebPlus reading subtests screen and monitor the reading skills of PreK–12 students. aimswebPlus also has add-on screeners for behavior and dyslexia.
Bader Reading and Language Inventory (BRLI)
The BADER Reading and Language Inventory was constructed for use by teachers of K–12 and adult students to determine students' literacy levels, plan instruction, and make referrals to appropriate specialists. Portions of this test can also be used for quick screening or initial placement for students.
BRIGANCE Inventory of Early Development (IED) III - ELA
The Inventory of Early Development III (IED III) is a comprehensive tool that contains over 100 assessments (including literacy assessments) that are aligned to state and national standards as well as IDEA requirements. The tool can be used to provide ongoing assessment, monitor progress, and write IEPs for students from birth to grade 8. The IED III offers both criterion-referenced and norm-referenced measures.
Grades: < 3 Years, Pre-Kindergarten, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade
Comprehensive Test of Phonological Processing, Second Edition (CTOPP-2)
The Comprehensive Test of Phonological Processing Second Edition (CTOPP-2) is an assessment that focuses on measuring the phonological processing abilities of students grades PreK-12. The CTOPP-2 contains several composites: phonological awareness, phonological memory, rapid symbolic naming, rapid non-symbolic naming, and alternate phonological awareness.
DIBELS (Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills) 8th Edition
The Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS) 8th Edition is an assessment that can be used for benchmark screening and monitoring growth of students in grades K-8.
Early Childhood Longitudinal Study (ECLS-K:2011) Reading Assessments
The ECLS-K:2011 is a longitudinal study, with the same children followed from kindergarten through the fifth grade. The direct cognitive assessments were designed to measure children's knowledge and skills, as well as track their academic growth in different subject areas. Among these subjects included reading.
Grades: Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade
Early Reading Assessment (ERA)
The Early Reading Assessment (ERA) is an assessment for children in grades K-2 that helps educators identify students with delays in reading abilities. Teachers, special educators, speech pathologists, and school psychologists can administer the test. The ERA, which takes 10-15 minutes to complete, contains the written word vocabulary, rapid orthographic naming, and silent orthographic efficiency core subtests that combine to create the Early Reading Index.
Grades: Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade
FastBridge aReading
aReading, or Adaptive Reading, is an assessment that measures the reading skills of students grades K-12. The test can be used to screen and identify students at risk for academic delays, but is not meant for progress monitoring. aReading is computer adaptive and contains both multiple choice and open response questions.
FastBridge CBMreading
FastBridge CBMreading is an assessment that can be used for screening and monitoring the progress of students in grades 1-12. CBMreading is an index of word reading efficiency, and can be administered in one minute per assessment. The test can be used up to five times per year to screen students and is available in both English and Spanish.
FastBridge earlyReading
The earlyReading assessment is used to monitor the progress of and screen students in grades PreK-1 but can be administered to students up to grade 3. The earlyReading tool can be used up to five times per year to screen students, and is available in both English and Spanish.
Grades: Pre-Kindergarten, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
Gates-MacGinitie Reading Tests, 4th Edition (GMRT-4)
GMRT-4 measures overall reading achievement spanning each important stage along the reading continuum—from oral language to mature reading comprehension. The underlying foundation of GMRT is that it is useful for teachers and schools to know the general level of reading achievement of individual students throughout their entire school careers.
Gray Oral Reading Test | Fifth Edition (GORT-5)
The GORT-5 is an individually administered assessment of oral reading sold by Pearson.
Group Reading Assessment and Diagnostic Evaluation (GRADE)
The GRADE (Group Reading Assessment and Diagnostic Evaluation) is a reading assessment for students from grade PreK to adult. For grades PreK-3, the diagnostic test measures reading skills that are consistent with the National Reading Panel and Reading First. The GRADE can be used with an RTI program to identify strengths and weaknesses and to track student growth.
HMH Reading Inventory
The HMH Reading Inventory, an adaptive test of reading comprehension developed by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH), consists of two subtests: the Foundational Reading Assessment and the Reading Comprehension Assessment.
Iowa Assessments - ELA
The Iowa Assessments replaced the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills (ITBS) and Iowa Test of Educational Development (ITED) in 2011-2012 to align with the Iowa Common Core Standards. The assessment can be administered to students in grades K-12 and can be used for monitoring student growth, making relative comparisons, predicting future performance, and identifying students who may need intervention. The Iowa Assessments measure students' abilities in reading, language, mathematics, social studies, and science.
i-Ready - ELA
i-Ready is a system that provides assessments to identify strengths and weaknesses of students in grades K-8. i-Ready offers a Diagnostic test that adapts to student responses and measures skills that fall below and above the student's grade level. The Standards Mastery test assesses grade level standards and helps educators measure and monitor growth for each student.
ISIP Reading
ISIP is a computer administered assessment of reading ability. ISIP Early Reading is inteded for use with children in grades K-3 and can be administered to an entire classroom in a 30 minute time frame. ISIP Advanced Reading is meant to be used with students grades 4-8 and can also be administered to an entire class in a 30 miniute time frame.
Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) Growth - Reading
MAP Growth is a comprehensive assessment that focuses on tracking the growth of students in grades K-12 through the school year. The computer adaptive assessment is aligned with the Common Core State Standards generates a personalized assessment to measure student growth.
Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) Reading Fluency
MAP Reading Fluency is an assessment for students in grades K-5 that tests their reading fluency, comprehension, and foundational skills.
PALS (Phonological Awareness Literacy Screening)
The Phonological Awareness Literacy Screening (PALS) is a tool that focuses on fundamental literacy skills. The assessment offers instruments for PreK-3, with a Spanish version available as well. PALS is the state-provided screening assessment for Virginia's Early Intervention Reading Initiative (EIRI). PALS Plus can be used for grades 4-8.
Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test | Fifth Edition (PPVT-5)
The PPVT-5 is an individually administered measure of receptive vocabulary based on words in Standard American English sold by Pearson.
Phonological and Print Awareness Scale (PPA Scale)
The PPA scale is an individually administered assessment of phonological and print awareness. The examiner reads items from an easel stimulus book, and the examinee provides nonverbal responses.
Predictive Assessment of Reading (PAR)
The Predictive Assessment of Reading (PAR) can be used to measure a student's reading level, identify skills in need of intervention, monitor progress, and predict future reading achievement. The assessment contains four reading subtests that can be administered to special needs, gifted, ELL students, and developing students in grades PreK-3.
ReadBasix
ReadBasix is a web-administered reading assessment for students in grades 3–12. ReadBasix measures foundational reading skills including word recognition & decoding, vocabulary, sentence processing, reading efficiency, and other skills involved in reading comprehension via separate subtests. The assessment has multiple forms and is vertically scaled, allowing it to be used for progress monitoring, measuring student growth, or detecting changes in reading as a result of intervention.
Stanford Achievement Test-Tenth Edition (SAT10): ELA
The SAT10 reading subtests are specifically aligned with IRA/NCTE standards, state standards, and the National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP). The standardized assessment can help monitor students' progress and also identify strengths and areas in need of support for placement and instructional planning. The test is sold only to accredited schools and districts. Aprenda-3 is the Spanish version that allows educators to test Spanish-speaking students in their native language.
Star Early Literacy
Star Early Literacy is a comprehensive assessment that quickly measures early literacy and numeracy skills for students in grades K-3. It allows educators to identify strengths and weaknesses, set goals for students, and identify students who are not on grade-level. Star Early Literacy offers assessments in both English and Spanish and is computer adaptive.
Grades: Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
Star Reading
Star Reading is a comprehensive assessment that guides literacy growth for K-12 students. This progress-monitoring and screening assessment helps teachers and educators measure student performance on state standards within a short amount of time. STAR Reading offers assessments in both English and Spanish and are computer adaptive.
TerraNova3 - Reading
TerraNova 3 reading assessments are designed to measure important higher order thinking skills as well as basic and applied skills. These assessments include norm-referenced achievement scores, criterion-referenced objective mastery scores, and performance-level information.
Test of Early Reading Ability-Fourth Edition (TERA-4)
The TERA-4 is an individually administered assessment of early reading mastery.
Test of Reading Comprehension - Fourth Edition (TORC-4)
The TORC-4 assesses students' silent reading comprehension. It can be used to identify students in need of targeted reading intervention, monitor student progress, and serve as a research tool. The assessment measures word identification and contextual meaning across five subtests for students in grades 1-12.
Test of Silent Contextual Reading Fluency-Second Edition (TOSCRF-2)
The TOSCRF-2 is an assessment of reading comprehension and general reading ability.
Grades: 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade, 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade, Post secondary
Test of Silent Reading Efficiency and Comprehension (TOSREC)
The TOSREC is a test of silent reading efficiency and comprehension designed for screening and progress monitoring.
Test of Silent Word Reading Fluency-Second Edition (TOSWRF-2)
The TOSWRF-2 is an assessment designed to measure the ability to recognize printed words accurately and efficiently.
Texas Primary Reading Inventory (TPRI)
TPRI was created to assesses student progress in critical reading domains, including phonemic awareness, graphophonemic knowledge, word reading, comprehension, accuracy, and fluency.
Wechsler Individual Achievement Test - Fourth Edition (WIAT-4) - ELA
WIAT-4 is an achievement test that can be used in a multitude of settings by a wide range of professionals. It assesses individual's academic achievement (or ability to apply cognitive skills and learned knowledge to grade-level expectations) in reading, math, and written and oral language. It can also be used to support diagnoses of specific learning disabilities, academic program placement, and Dyslexia screening and evaluation.
Wide Range Achievement Test, Fifth Edition (WRAT5) - Reading
The Wide Range Achievement Test Fifth Edition (WRAT5) assess students in several areas including reading and spelling, as well as assessment of math skills. These assessments can also be used to identify possible learning disabilities.
Woodcock Reading Mastery Tests | Third Edition (WRMT-III)
The WRMT-III are individually administered assessments of reading readiness and reading achievement.
Woodcock-Johnson IV - ELA
The Woodcock-Johnson IV contains three co-normed batteries that measure strengths and weaknesses and diagnose learning abilities. The WJ IV is an individually-administered comprehensive assessment suite that can identify patterns of strength and weaknesses in cognitive, language, and academic abilities. In addition to oral language, reading, and writing, the WJ IV also assesses mathematics.


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Q: How to implement retry not on the superclass exception like on RuntimeException But my code throws RestClientException? Here is my code for retry:
@Retryable(value = RestClientException.class, maxAttempts = 3, backoff = @Backoff(delay = 1000))
    public <T, S> ResponseEntity<T> sendPostRequest(String url,
                                                    S requestObject,
                                                    Class<T> responseClazz,
                                                    HttpHeaders headers) {
        ResponseEntity<T> response = null;
        try {
            headers.setContentType(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON);
            HttpEntity<S> request = new HttpEntity<>(requestObject, headers);
            response = restTemplate.exchange(url, HttpMethod.POST, request, responseClazz);
            return response;
        } catch(HttpStatusCodeException ex) {
            response = new ResponseEntity(ex.getResponseBodyAsString(), ex.getStatusCode());
        } catch(RestClientException rce) {
            log.error("Error occurred.: {}", rce.getMessage());
            throw new ServerErrorException("Exception throw");
        }
        return response;
    }

log in console:
Error occurred.: I/O error on POST request for "https://thirdpartyapi.com": Read timed out; nested exception is java.net.SocketTimeoutException: Read timed out

According to my code it needs to retry for 3 times and after that it will throw error. But it is throwing on the first attempt.
When I change the retryable annotation to this:
@Retryable(value = RuntimeException.class, maxAttempts = 3, backoff = @Backoff(delay = 1000))

Now my code works in the correct logic.
RuntimeException is the super class of the RestClientException and spring-retry is working for the superclass exceptions only.
But I want a more control on my code and implement the retry logic for the fewer Exceptions. RuntimeException is extended to various others exception.
How to implement the retry logic to the non super class exception?

A: Your code doesn't throw RestClientException, it throws ServerErrorException (you're catching it and throwing a new one).
So when you're using RuntimeException it does work, as ServerErrorException fits. either change your catch clause to throw the original exception or use ServerErrorException on the annotation.

A: Actually, you can set any exception in the "value" attribute, not only the base one.
Also, you can specify more than one exception:
@Retryable(value = {FirstException.class, SecondException.class}, maxAttempts = 3, backoff = @Backoff(delay = 1000))

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UWC is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Sarojini Nadar (NRF B rated scholar) as the Desmond Tutu Research Chair in Religion and Social Justice, under a bilateral cooperation agreement between the National Research Foundation SARCHI initiative and the Lund Mission Society. The purpose of the Desmond Tutu Research Chair in Religion and Social Justice will be to develop and promote advanced research that examines the ways in which religious and faith traditions challenge or hold resources for social justice imperatives that produce sustainable societies. Based on the premise of the power of faith, religion and cultural traditions to determine and prescribe social norms for matters relating to social justice - how we treat other humans and the natural, financial and physical resources which we have - the Desmond Tutu Research Chair in Religion and Social Justice will explore how religious traditions may support or hinder quests for creating and sustaining justice. Such research on the authority and power of religious traditions in maintaining normative social, and cultural ideals about just ways of relating with humanity and the environment can produce important knowledge about how to create sustainable societies.


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Hidden emails, Climategate, Skew data, IPCC Plots Uncovered.
And so on. Since their release last November, the famous hacked emails from scientists in the Climate Research Unit (CRU) at the University of East Anglia have provided a rich source of such incriminating phrases. Participants, including some of the leading figures in the UN Intergovernmental Panel on CLIMATE CHANGE (IPCC), discuss how to prevent skeptics from publishing in peer-reviewed journals, plot to destroy or suppress the raw data underlying their studies, suggest ways to massage the figures for better effect, and generally carry on in a tone more evocative of the "war room" than the common room.


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Simon Business School (formerly known as the William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration) is the business school of the University of Rochester. It is located on the university's River Campus in Rochester, New York. It was renamed after William E. Simon (1927–2000), the 63rd United States Secretary of the Treasury, in 1986. The school's present dean is Sevin Yeltekin.

Simon Business School offers full-time, part-time, and executive (based in either Rochester or Switzerland) Master of Business Administration (MBA) programs, as well as Master of Science (MS) programs. The school is home to substantial academic research enterprises and a PhD program in several business disciplines.

History
The University of Rochester started as a small business program in 1958, and awarded its first MBA degree in 1962, but the School's impact in the business world can be traced to a later decision by then University President W. Allen Wallis to create a first-class business school in Rochester. In 1964, he was recruited as dean. Dean Wallis believed in the power of economics to solve a host of problems.

William H. Meckling—who would remain dean for 19 years—was a noted economist known for his analysis and leadership in support of an all-volunteer U.S. armed service. As dean, he committed the school to an economics-based approach to problem solving, recruited a faculty for researches at school, initiated new finance and accounting journals that incorporated economics, eliminated boundaries between functional departments, and transformed what had been a small, undergraduate and evening business school into a graduate business program.

As a result of work by Meckling and Michael C. Jensen—one of the faculty members he recruited—and other faculty members, the Simon became known for its contributions to the areas of finance, accounting, and organizational theory. The faculty's contributions, in turn, helped shape the research agenda of a generation of business scholars around the world, influencing teaching in graduate business programs and changing how many companies and executives in the US and abroad conduct business.

In 1986, another milestone in the school's history occurred when the school was renamed the William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration. William E. Simon, a financial entrepreneur and former U.S. Treasury Secretary, believed in the principles and ideals of the school. He offered his name and an enduring financial commitment to the school's continued success. He chaired the Executive Advisory Committee from its inception in 1986 until his death in June 2000.

Today, Sevin Yeltekin, who succeeded Andrew Ainslie in 2020, serves as dean of Simon Business School.

MBA programs

Full-time MBA program
The Full-Time Master of Business Administration (MBA) Program is the two-year in duration and begins in August. With an average full-time MBA enrollment of 100 students per class, the Full-time MBA The program consists of approximately 50 percent international students.

The Full-Time MBA degree requires 67 hours of study, consisting of a total of 20 classes (9 core required courses and 11 electives) and an additional 3-credit course on Business Communication and Career Success. Full-time students complete the MBA course requirements in six academic quarters of varying lengths with an internship in the summer between the first and second years of study.

The first year of the Full-Time MBA Program is divided into three quarters (Fall, Winter, and Spring), followed by a summer-long internship. During each of the first three quarters students are assigned to teams of four-to-five students. During the second year, which consists entirely of electives that allow students to focus on their preferred concentrations, students form their own teams.

Rankings
The full-time MBA program is among the top 50 in the U.S., as rated by several prestigious publications. Simon is among the top 150 business schools in the world, according to Times Higher Education.

In 2021, Rochester (Simon) was ranked #25 by Bloomberg Businessweek.

Concentrations
Students in the MBA program have the opportunity to graduate with one or several concentrations. Some of the major areas of study include:
•	competitive and organizational strategy, including tracks in strategy and organizations and pricing
•	corporate accounting
•	entrepreneurship
•	finance
•	marketing, including tracks in marketing strategy, pricing, and brand management
•	business systems consulting
•	computers and information systems
•	health sciences management
•	international management
•	operations management
•	public accounting

Part-time MBA program
Simon's Part-Time Professional MBA Program offers the same educational opportunities and choices for a concentration as the Full-Time MBA Program, but through evening courses, tailored for individuals who are working while completing the degree. The program delivers a cohort-style experience for core courses, with assigned study teams, support services, and scholarships to support the accelerated timeline. The program begins each September (Fall) or March (Spring), with students taking two courses per quarter and completing the program in 2.5 academic years.

Executive MBA programs

Simon's Executive MBA program is offered on the Rochester campus, as well as in Bern, Switzerland, in conjunction with the Institut für Finanzmanagement at the Universität Bern.  The Bern program is equivalent to the Rochester program and is taught by Simon School faculty and European scholars.  Students are typically sponsored by their organizations and earn a University of Rochester degree.  Like Rochester's Executive MBA students, the students of the Rochester-Bern Executive MBA program in Switzerland come from a wide variety of countries and cultures. Bern students spend their four-week summer term in Rochester studying alongside American students.

MS programs
Simon Master of Science (MS) Programs generally only require one year of full-time study. Students also have the opportunity to take some classes with MBA candidates, work on multicultural teams, and participate in a variety of extracurricular activities. The school offers MS programs in accountancy, business analytics, finance, health care management, management, marketing analytics, and medical management.

The University of Rochester's Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences also offers a Master of Technical Entrepreneurship and Management (T.E.A.M.) program, with some courses completed at Simon Business School.

MS in Health Care Management in New York City
The MS in Health Care Management curriculum is designed for working professionals who want to develop the skills to better evaluate their organizations, optimize care delivery, and prepare for the next round of fundamental industry change.
The program consists of six core courses from the Simon MBA curriculum and six health care courses covering key topics such as industry structure and reform, financing, insurance, operations, information technology, and investments. At the end of the program, a Medical Entrepreneurship Business Plan Project lets study teams apply their knowledge to a real-world situation selected by team members with faculty guidance. Typical projects include developing business plans for new or existing services, and identifying opportunities to improve clinical quality and efficiency.

The residency weeks—Orientation and FACt Workshop, and Special Topics in Finance, both held in Rochester, NY—offer students the opportunity to immerse themselves even more deeply into the subject matter. During residency weeks, students work closely with Simon professors, meet guest lecturers, and network with each other and Simon alumni to round out their graduate education.

Simon's Master of Science degree in New York City is a 13-month program that begins in July.

Simon Business School's NYC home is located at 185 W. Broadway in the Tribeca area of lower Manhattan. Simon's facility at New York Law School provides direct access to Wall Street, the city's civic center, and tech corridor. This is the only co-located law school and business school under one roof in New York City.

PhD program
Introduced in 1965, Simon Business School offers an extensive PhD program with a variety of concentrations.

The most common majors are Accounting, Finance, Marketing, Computer Information Systems, and Operations Management. Regardless of the major, all students' first-year studies include a core program designed to build a firm foundation of mathematics, statistics, and economics. While the majority of the courses are taken in common by all the incoming students, there is some specialization. This specialization gets more intense in the second year when the students concentrate on their major and minor fields of study.

A majority of Simon's PhD graduates attain academic positions in top business schools, with 20 percent getting their first job in a top-10 ranked business school.

Notable alumni and students
 Arunas A. Chesonis – chief executive officer (CEO) and chairman of the board, Sweetwater Energy; former chairman of the board and CEO, PAETEC Holding Corp.
 Tim Cost – president, Jacksonville University
 Gerry Gitner – former CEO, Trans World Airlines (TWA); co-founder and former president, People Express Airlines (PEOPLExpress); former senior executive, Pan American World Airways (Pan Am); former chairman and CEO, Pan Am World Services
 Pramit Jhaveri – CEO, Citibank India
 Robert E. Rich Jr. – chairman, Rich Products Corporation
 Dominic Seiterle – former Canadian Olympic rower and gold medalist

Academic contributions and research
Several innovations in business economics were developed by faculty at the school, including advances to agency theory and positive accounting theory. The school is also home to three  academic journals in management: the Journal of Accounting and Economics, the Journal of Financial Economics, and the Journal of Monetary Economics.

See also
List of United States business school rankings
List of business schools in the United States

References

External links

University of Rochester

Business schools in New York (state)
University of Rochester
Educational institutions established in 1958
1958 establishments in New York (state)

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The SCIREA project gives five fellowships with duration of six months each, with a view to re-integrate into the research and academic community highly skilled refugees.
The leader of dissemination and exploitation presented the SCIREA program on the 12th of April 2018 in a meeting held by the United Nations High Committee for Refugees (UNHCR).
The SCIREA program was also presented to the community leaders in the Moria camp. Community leaders were asked to communicate the information to their communities.
Announcements were hung up in certain spots in Moria camp and in other places populated by refugees.
Information about SCIREA was also given to a legal advice office, which deals with refugees.
Five refugees were selected on the basis of academic qualifications. The eligible candidates were experts in applied maths, engineering, economics, psychology and computer science.
Academic Mentors are used in number of ways by different refugees, depending on their own tradition, pedagogical styles, requirements of fellowship project. The Academic Mentor position is usually set up to accommodate and offer an extra, more academic. This position enables gifted refugees to remain engaged and performing to the best of their abilities.
to make initial contact with their mentees to arrange the dates and times of proposed mentor sessions.
to provide advice and support to mentees in matters related to their academic progress and personal development and support mentees in identifying help with welfare issues.
to provide information to mentees on other sources of guidance and support available in the University.
to discuss academic progress, assessment and examinations.
to assist mentees in reviewing their progress, skills and achievements to date.


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Randwick is a village bordering the market town of Stroud in Gloucestershire, England, the United Kingdom. It is known locally for its folk traditions such as the Randwick Wap, a celebration of May Day, and its annual pantomime.

The population at the 2011 census was 1,423.

Governance
The village falls part of the 'Randwick, Whiteshill and Ruscombe' electoral ward. This ward stretches from Randwick north easterly to Whiteshill. The total ward population at the 2011 census was 1,747.

Randwick Wap
The Wap is an annual series of events during spring which culminates in a traditional procession and festival dating back to the Middle Ages. Various theories exist on how it began, although most villagers believe it was a celebration that followed the completion of building Randwick's parish church.

The Wap was traditionally held on Low Sunday and Monday, the first Sunday and Monday after Easter. On the Sunday, the bells of the village church would be rung, a special service was held and a collection taken. On the Mon evening, a 'Mayor' was elected and he would be carried by chair to an ancient pool where he was immersed. Hordes would gather from far and wide including fiddle-playing and fortune-telling gipsies. By the late 19th century, however, the Wap was becoming better known for its drunken revelry rather than as an ancient spectacle and it was evident that something had to be done. In 1892, the church officials refused to ring the bells or hold a special collection to mark 'Wap Sunday' and although a mayor was elected, the Wap in its then form had run its course.

The Randwick Wap was eventually revived in 1971 by the vicar Rev Niall Morrison (son of William Morrison, 1st Viscount Dunrossil) and now the festivities take place in the month of May.

References

External links
 Stroud Voices (Randwick filter) - oral history site

Villages in Gloucestershire
Stroud District


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The 33rd America's Cup Preview
by Baron K
The America's Cup is a sailboat racing contest that has been going since 1851 when the schooner America beat all-comers on the Solent in England. Since then there's been a rich (yes, very) history of shenanigans and epic mental and physical efforts. The cast of competitors has a very rich history as well - from the tea man Sir Thomas Lipton, William K., Cornelius, and Harold Vanderbilt, J. Pierpont Morgan, and more recently Australia's Alan Bond, Oracle's Larry Ellison, and the boss of the current cup holder Alinghi, Ernesto Bertarelli - the continuous thread that runs here is loads of money.
The last contest was held in Valencia, Spain in 2007 and was won by the Switzerland-based Alinghi against a New Zealand entry. Alinghi was, ironically, mostly crewed by New Zealanders... who are now sailing for the American contender financed by Oracle Software's Larry Ellison.
was Ras Al-Khaimah now Valencia?
The preliminaries to the next contest in February 2010 have been mostly in the courtroom and are ongoing. A sort of overview can be seen here. As we go to press the latest issue is the decision by the defenders to hold the cup in Ras Al-Khaimah, an emirate just a hop-skip up the coast from the more well known Dubai. Eh? you might question ... is this a fine sailing spot? Well no, but if you have to have it in February then the weather will be nice. Latest news can be seen here.
The latest news in late October '09 is that a New York court has ruled Ras Al-Khaimah out on the grounds that the Deed of Gift says (or implies) that if the Cup is held in February, it must be held in the Southern Hemisphere or in Valencia. This is rather nasty for the folk at Ras Al-Khaimah but perhaps they were badly advised legally. In any case, it is still quite possible that the America's Cup will take place in some place other than Valencia, and at some time other than February! Not the Cup's finest moment.
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After much to-ing and fro-ing at the courtrooms, it looks like the defender Alinghi 5 is to be a large catamaran and the contender will be a 100 foot trimaran, BOR 90, both being built in composite materials. The defending club is Societe Nautique de Geneve (in French) and the contender club is San Francisco's Golden Gate Yacht Club.
These are both very interesting boats with little in the way of tradition to guide their design other than the big ocean racing multihulls which have mostly been championed by the French. The cost of building and fine tuning these boats is fairly huge. BOR 90's boat costs are said to be around $10 million so far.
These costs have just taken another jump as in another court-related proceeding, BOR 90 has been able to replace its sheet grinders with powered versions - sheets are the ropes that trim the sails: pull them in or let them out. This means that the hefty men who operate these things go off the boat and the very expensive winches themselves are changed.
Another learning area is match racing tactics as there has been little history of match racing these types of boats. If history is any indicator and there are no design breakthroughs, the tacking duel upwind will be a thing of the past as multihulls don't spin on a top and don't go upwind as well as a monohull - they don't 'point as high' (but are much faster just off the wind). They will try and to shadow each other however.
One outcome is quite likely - that the contest will be very one-sided and the Cup will be over quickly. This is mostly because we're in new territory with these boats and one is a trimaran and the other a catamaran. In theory (and ceteris paribus) a cat will be faster in heavier winds but ceteris is rarely paribus.
Alinghi website
BMW Oracle Racing website
Baron K spent a fair bit of time mucking about on big boats as his father was a very keen cruising yachtsman, and amongst a number of sailing yachts and one 'stink boat' as he called it, was an early Prout designed catamaran. Baron K also got to admire the America's Cup in its then home of the New York Yacht Club and has been following the America's Cup for some years but isn't so keen on the new ultra-commercial cup but acknowledges that the cast is actually pretty much the same. Baron K is our Classical Music correspondent.
photo credits: Alinghi - copyright Carlo Borlenghi/Alinghi; BOR 90 - BMW Oracle Racing
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An ambitious project. A unique project. A project that involves a story of passion. These are the guiding principles that have guided the Quintavalli family to invest in the world of Reggiana Soccer. An investment in the long run it based on a two-year agreement, with an option for a further two seasons.
"When we met Reggiana _ says Luca Quintavalli vice president of the group _ we decided to invest not only in the sporting world in our area, but we chose to embark on an important journey alongside our brand to an international figure and human depth like Mike Square".
There are many initiatives that Olmedo will pursue shared with Reggiana. From a single project involving the transportation of disabled persons at Mapei Stadium during the home games Reggiana. Ambitious and challenging initiative that shows how Olmedo is close to the world of sport and disability.


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Fort Collins police effort quashes car-camping, frustrates homeless residents
After a spate of car-camping tickets and tow notices on Linden Center Drive, some homeless residents feel they have nowhere to go.
Fort Collins police effort quashes car-camping, frustrates homeless residents After a spate of car-camping tickets and tow notices on Linden Center Drive, some homeless residents feel they have nowhere to go. Check out this story on coloradoan.com: https://www.coloradoan.com/story/news/2019/07/16/fort-collins-police-issue-tow-notices-tickets-homeless-car-campers/1714919001/
Jacy Marmaduke, Fort Collins Coloradoan Published 11:39 a.m. MT July 16, 2019 | Updated 2:38 p.m. MT July 16, 2019
Fort Collins police issued this tow notice to 11 vehicles parked on Linden Center Drive. (Photo: Courtesy of Dave Zick)
A police crackdown at a popular car-camping spot in Fort Collins has narrowed options for homeless residents who don't feel comfortable at shelters or rely on their cars for privacy.
Fort Collins Police Services issued 11 abandoned vehicle notices in mid-June to vehicles parked along Linden Center Drive, which is south of the Catholic Charities shelter and wraps around the Matrix Lot used by New Belgium Brewery customers. The notices, most of which were handed directly to people in or near the vehicles, said police would tow the vehicles if their owners didn't move them within 48 hours.
Police later issued camping tickets to people who'd gathered in the Linden Center Drive area, according to two homeless Fort Collins residents who said they received tow notices and camping tickets.
The residents, Dave Zick and Dorothy Chartier, told the Coloradoan they don't sleep at shelters because they don't want bed bugs and can't sleep through the noise of guests' snoring, coughing and conflicts. Shelter schedules also make it difficult or impossible for most people to get more than 6 or 7 hours of sleep, they said.
So Zick and Chartier sleep in their vehicles, which they used to park on Linden Center Drive.
But parking there for extended periods of time violates city traffic code, according to Fort Collins Police Services. The code's section on towing and storage states any vehicle is considered abandoned if it's left unattended on public property, including streets, for more than two days. Vehicles that aren't operable are also considered abandoned.
The city's camping ordinance prohibits camping or pitching a tent on public property, although it doesn't specifically mention vehicles.
"They said they're trying to do it humanely, but you're still giving a ticket to someone who basically can't afford to live in the first place," Chartier said. "I'm feeling a little harassed."
PRELIMINARY PLANS: Stryker, city in talks to build centralized homeless services in north Fort Collins
Assistant Chief Tim Doran said police visited the area after several residents and business owners complained about the cars. Officers marked all the vehicles and returned a few days later to see which ones were still there. Those vehicles were given the tow notices, Doran said, and officers returned four or five days later to make sure all 11 had moved. He said the camping tickets were unrelated.
Doran said Catholic Charities staff told police they'd seen people using drugs in the area. He also referenced the May removal of a vehicle parked on Linden Center Drive that cost the city $3,500. The vehicle's owner had screwed plywood boards around its sides to construct a makeshift shelter, and officers found a large amount of human feces under the vehicle after arresting the man on a warrant.
"I think it's important that everyone feels safe and welcome in our community, and that we're not trying to give any one slice of that community more attention than the other," Doran said. "The citizens and business owners who live in that community are just as important to us as any transient or homeless individual who's struggling with finding a place to stay."
Outreach Fort Collins program director Nick Verni-Lau and others visited the area after police asked the group to talk to the people camping there and make sure they knew about local homeless resources, which is one of the nonprofit's key goals. Verni-Lau said he and staff didn't witness any illegal behavior that seemed to be a safety concern.
Joe Domke, Catholic Charities' Fort Collins shelter director, said it's no secret that "there's probably some illicit drug and alcohol activity there," but he said he doesn't want to vilify an already-marginalized group of residents.
"We're cognizant that part of the reason they're in this immediate geography is because we're here, and so we feel a certain responsibility to not merely maintain our own space as a safe environment but also to try to keep this circle on Linden Center Drive safe as well," he said. "It has become a location for people to park, and if you have struggling people in a community with each other trying to survive, things happen."
30 YEARS: Homeless shelter, soup kitchen celebrates bittersweet milestone
Zick and Chartier said it's unfair to penalize some homeless people for others' actions. They said they haven't committed any crimes and haven't seen much illegal activity in the area.
"We're characterized like we're making a mess and causing all these problems," Chartier said. "I always make sure my area's nice and clean, and I don't have people hanging around outside it … it's just me and my dog."
Zick and Chartier said they aren't sure what to do next. Zick, who has cancer, said he gave up his housing a year and a half ago because he couldn't afford both rent and food with his $700-a-month disability payment. He's on a nearly two-year waiting list for affordable housing.
Chartier said she left her full-time IT job after chronic Lyme disease zapped her ability to focus and process complex information. She's working a part-time labor job, but she said the pay isn't enough to cover living expenses.
Other areas where homeless people used to park their cars, like the Interstate 25 rest stop off Prospect Road, aren't options anymore after police expanded their monitoring and ticketing efforts.
"When they take actions like this, it doesn't stop anyone from being homeless," said Lynn Thompson, a member of Fort Collins Homeless Coalition. "It doesn't create any new housing opportunities or places to park a car. It just pushes people out and moves them along."
Doran said the situation is tough for police, who are dedicated to enforcing laws but also want to do so in a "professional, compassionate manner."
"I think everyone is trying to do the right thing here, and there's really no blame here," he said. "If we could establish that there was one person to blame or one entity to blame, then we could really solve this easily, but I don't think there is."
At the city level, council and staff are working toward a goal that 10% of the city's housing stock is affordable by about 2040. Affordable housing is reserved for people who earn no more than 80% of the area median income, which is currently $48,850 for a single-person household.
The city is also in talks with local billionaire philanthropist Pat Stryker about a potential campus for homeless services in north Fort Collins, the Coloradoan previously reported.
Catholic Charities staff hope to improve conditions at the shelter so more people feel comfortable staying there. Domke is considering daily laundry service and modified storage for people's personal belongings to prevent the spread of bed bugs at the shelter, which he called "a daily battle" despite the shelter's purchase of a heat treatment system last year.
"We're always striving to increase the hygiene, increase the dignity component, increase the cleanliness of our physical environment," he said. "If people can't get a good night's rest, they're not going to be able to accomplish their goals."
Jacy Marmaduke covers government accountability for the Coloradoan. Follow her on Twitter @jacymarmaduke. Support stories like this one with a digital subscription to the Coloradoan.
Camping tickets issued by Fort Collins police in 2019
January: 12 tickets
February: 6 tickets
March: 14 tickets
April: 13 tickets
May: 22 tickets
June: 17 tickets
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Most sane people go watch a movie or find a happy hour when they get bored on a Saturday. Me? I drive 200 miles for lunch. Yes, seriously. That's my idea of fun. And hey, it makes for a humorous "you did WHAT?!?!?!?!" reaction when I tell people about it. Well, I've found myself a little bored the past few weeks as I wait for tax season to get going, and that's given me an excuse to scour Interstate 35 for the country's best barbecue. And some good old interstate rivalry, to boot.
In one corner, from Lexington, Texas – Snow's BBQ. Until June, 2008, Snow's was an obscure BBQ pit in a small Central Texas town of around 1,100 people. But then, it became an overnight sensation following being named the #1 BBQ joint in the state by Texas Monthly magazine (it has since lost that title to Austin's Franklin BBQ). Since then, it has become a magnet for BBQ lovers and curiosity seekers from across the country, some who (like me) drive long distances to snag a piece of their prized beef brisket before it runs out.
In the other corner, from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma – Leo's Barbeque. Leo's has been around since 1974, but rose to prominence after being featured on Food Network's Diners, Drive Ins and Dives. The speciality here, though, isn't brisket – it's ribs, a specialty usually associated with OKC's neighbor to the north, Kansas City. When a co-worker, a long-time OKC resident before moving to Dallas, found out about my plan to visit Snow's, she insisted that I also check out Leo's. And thus, this interstate BBQ grudge match was born.
Directions: way out in the country. Closest major city is Austin, about an hour to the west. From there, take US 290 east to Bastrop, then SH 21 east to Lincoln, then finally US 77 north to Lexington. Turn left on Loop 123 to enter town. Turn left on First Street, then right on Main Street; Snow's is on the right. Park anywhere you can find a spot, either in the lot, or along the sides of Main Street.
This was a tough trip to make work. As mentioned above, Snow's is only open until the meat runs out. Reliable sources told me they're completely cleaned out by noon, with brisket availability being hit-or-miss after 11, sometimes even earlier if someone places a big order early. Lexington is a roughly 3 hour, 15 minute drive from Plano, and I'm not the type that can get up really early in the morning. You see the problem. I managed to get going by 7:10, but was sweating bullets the entire way down, wondering if I'd drive 204 miles and come up empty handed.
We got there at 10:25, and much to our relief, there was still plenty of everything available. If you're planning to visit from Dallas or Houston, unless there's a special event of some kind in either Austin or College Station that weekend, contrary to what you might read online, no, you don't have to leave at 5 am to get to Lexington by 8 to guarantee a taste of meat. Get here by 10:30 and you'll be fine, though you're pressing your luck past about 11. They started running out of things just as we were leaving.
It's not in a fancy new building, and as for menus? It's on a dry erase board at the ordering counter.
What a place like Snow's IS about is meat, specifically, the signature dish of traditional Central Texas barbecue – beef brisket. I kept the order simple, a half bound of brisket, and a half a link of jalapeño sausage. Accompanying the meal were sides of potato salad and pinto beans (no extra charge for the pinto beans). The award winning meat was served in traditional Central Texas style, on butcher paper. Sauce is available at the table.
I'll get straight to the point. This was quite possibly the best beef brisket I've ever had, certainly in the top three. The hearty reddish-pink smoke ring around the sliced beef gives away the significant amount of time this meat spent under the smoker, and indeed, the meat has a deep smokey flavor. It is incredibly tender, with just the right amount of fat to give you melt-in-your-mouth feel. The crust was also very nicely done, featuring a crunchy black with just the right helping of salt and black pepper – simple, yet well executed. The sausage was also very good, with a good snap to the casing, a healthy kick thanks to the pepper, and a firm, lean texture inside, and the smokiness meshed well with the heat level.
The sides kind of take a back seat, though largely because the meat is so good. The potato salad was tender and creamy, though it lacked much in the way of flavor besides potatoes and mayonnaise. It could have used a little something else, maybe some relish or pimentos. The beans were good, featuring a nice, thick sauce, thought when they're coming out of a big communal pot, there's only so good they can be. In this case, I think I got the bottom of the pot, as the beans themselves were a bit overdone. I also wasn't a huge fan of the BBQ sauce, which I found a bit vinegary by Texas standards. But really, I'm nitpicking. This was darned fine BBQ.
As far as the restaurant itself, we ate in the small interior dining room as it was cold that day, though there is a larger outdoor dining area.
Contrary to the sign, we found no long lines this day; we waited maybe 3 minutes to order. Oh, and if you're a University of Texas partisan, beware that this is an Aggie stronghold.
And when I said earlier that people from all over the state, from all walks of life, flock to Snow's for a piece of brisket, I meant it. Someone even drove all the way down here in their Aston Martin.
Anyway, if I had one legitimate complaint about Snow's, it's the service. You would expect friendly Texas hospitality in a little town like Lexington, but it wasn't on display the day of our visit. The counter staff weren't rude, but weren't particularly warm or inviting, either. They seemed very harried, and didn't exactly give off that "we're happy you're here" vibe. Disappointing, especially since they didn't appear to be that busy.
So how would things compare to the challenger from the Sooner State?
Directions: From I-35 or I-40, take I-235 north and exit at 36th Street. Turn right, and the restaurant is on the right (you'll have to watch carefully for the sign). NOTE TO ROUTE 66 TRAVELERS: though listed in some Route 66 guides as a Mother Road attraction, the restaurant is technically NOT located on Route 66, which follows Lincoln Boulevard through this stretch of OKC (a couple of blocks to the west). If following Lincoln through town, head east on 36th Street to get here.
In some ways, Leo's is a very different experience from Snow's. For starters, Leo's is smack dab in the middle of the bright lights of the big city, standing in the shadows of the Oklahoma State Capitol about a mile or so to the south.
And there are actual menus here, though of the simple, laminated variety.
Plus, though OKC is pretty much the same distance from home as Lexington, Leo's operates during more traditional lunch and dinner hours, so if you want to sleep in a little and arrive between 12 and 1, you don't have to worry about there not being any food left.
Aside from that, though, the two joints are remarkably similar. For starters, like Snow's, Leo's is definitely a dive, located in a converted gas station. People come from all around to eat here. And of course, the specialty is meat, though in this case, beef ribs, and – wait for it – barbeque bologna. Wanting to get the full experience, I ordered the "Leo's Special Light", which features 1 rib, 1 hot link, small portions of chopped brisket and bologna, and two sides, for which I chose macaroni salad and baked beans.
The star of the meats was the rib, which was thick, rich, and tender all in one, with a delicious dry rub and hearty smoke flavor. While perhaps not quite to the level of the legendary Pappy's Smokehouse in St. Louis, the ribs definitely rank in the Top Three. The brisket was mediocre. The meat was overdone, and really tasted more like steak than brisket. The sausage, limp casing notwithstanding, was really tasty, with a creamy, fatty texture and a decent amount of heat.
Perhaps the most surprising item was the bologna. At first blush, you'd think it would be heinous, but this thick cut, smoked variety was actually pretty good, especially on a DIY sandwich. I also liked the sauce here better than Snow's, as it was the tomato-based variety I'm more used to. Beware, however, of the hot version in the red bottle. It's downright diabolical, and will have your mouth burning for several minutes afterwards.
As for the sides, I was a big fan of the baked beans. I can't put my finger on what was in the sauce – paprika and a little cumin, maybe? – but it was rich and meaty, and downright addictive. The macaroni salad, though a bit dry, had good flavor, with just the right amount of sweet relish.
But wait, there's more! I'm not sure if this was included as part of what we ordered, or if the waitress was just being nice since we told her we'd come all the way from Dallas, but she brought us each a slice of Leo's signature strawberry banana cake..
As mentioned earlier, Leo's is definitely a dive, in this case consisting of two simple dining rooms, with kitchen visible in the back. Surprisingly, it wasn't busy at all at noon on a Saturday, though my co-worker who recommended this place said it's typically much busier on weekdays, when state employees from the capitol drop by for lunch.
So who wins this grudge match? It's a little difficult to pick a "winner", as both restaurants specialize in different things, even though they're both BBQ joints. I'd say both are worthy of 5-star ratings based on the food alone. Snow's probably has the single best barbecued meat you'll find anywhere – that incredible brisket – and I have to appreciate their sticking to one of the oldest Texas traditions, BBQ for Saturday breakfast. But, Leo's has the most unique offering, the bologna. And the service was better at Leo's, at least on this one visit. For those reasons, though it pains this native Texan to declare Oklahoma the winner at everything, I'll have to declare the challenger from north of the Red River the winner of this contest.
Photo at top: a smorgasboard of meat from a third BBQ joint, Lockhart Smokehouse in Plano.


More lethargic than he had been last night.
This coyote pup, found weak and dehydrated by a road somewhere in the area yesterday, came into the local rehabilitation center last evening.
M. and I paid him a brief visit after dropping off yet another fawn, this one supposedly found in the East Peak FIre zone near Walsenburg.
He had been pumped up with Ringer's solution and had taken some food and water orally, but he was still quite wobbly.
Our local rehabbers do ungulates, bears, and cats, but not coyotes. They made arrangements this morning to transfer up him to someone else up north who does have coyotes. Since we were coming to Colorado Springs anyway, we agreed to drive him up and hand him off.
The second rehabilitator was not too optimistic when she saw him. He was lethargic and dehydrated again. The possibility of distemper had already been discussed. The vet will see him soon, and if it's distemper, that means the needle. Not every animal survives.
EVENING UPDATE: It did have distemper, which meant the end of the trail.


Second-hand cars — aka tokunbo — are popular in Nigeria for different reasons, but price and affordability are their best value proposition. Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing (IVM) is Nigeria's premier vehicle manufacturing company that wants to eradicate tokunbo cars from Africa's most populous country and the continent as a whole.
You have probably heard about Innoson in different mediums and instances, but what do you really know about IVM? What do you know about the manufacturing of motor vehicles?
During the Techpoint Innovation Tour 2017, Mr. Nnamdi Onusogu, the General Manager of Innoson Nigeria Limited, led us on a guided tour of the Innoson vehicle manufacturing facility.
Located in Uru Umudim in Nnewi, Anambra State, the plant is a wonder in itself. We took a pictorial tour of the facility and documented an abbreviated version of the vehicle manufacturing process.
The facility tour proper kicked off at the car plant with technical details and assistance from Ekene Orazulike, Quality Control/Production Manager.
Ekene Orazulike, Quality Control/Production Manager.
We started at the Welding Section which is regarded as the first official stage in the vehicle production process.
Here, sheet metals are bent and folded, filed, then cut up to size with appropriate dimensions.
After the sheet metals are processed, they are placed on a jig and held down with clamps firmly. There is the parent jig that can accommodate the car's whole frame, then there's a side jig for the different sides of the bus.
When placed on the jig, a spot welding machine pieces the sheet metals together with sparks to mould the car frame.
When the welder is done, the car's frame is dropped from the parent jig for filing and smoothing all the rough edges. Mite steel is used for this finishing process because of its low carbon qualities.
Filing to smoothness is very important because if not done properly, too much filler will be applied and when the car is subject to extreme conditions like temperature or impact, it cracks and shows fault lines. So it has to be done well so little or no fillers will be needed.
Having people smoothen the car frame can be a tedious and time consuming effort so machines are mostly employed for this task instead. But Ekene says sometimes depending on urgency and complexity, 2 or 3 people are assigned to file.
Astro Coat is a water-based, acrylic, ablative coating with excellent fire, water, air permeability properties — to avoid rusting.
Then the carcass is placed in a preheated oven for drying at 160 degrees Celsius.
From the oven, it moves to the painting section where a maxer and sealant is applied.
After this, a primer is applied so paint can go on smoother and last longer on the car frame. This primer is also a second anti-rust treatment, then the frame is put back in the oven and baked a second time.
After the priming, deflections, holes and dents are spotted and fillers are used to cover them.
When this body work is completed, it is on to painting proper. The body is first smoothed out to improve paint adhesion to the car before it is coated twice. The second coat is put on few seconds after the first to avoid ugly paint runs.
After the painting, it goes through the oven again and then a quality control officer comes for an initial paint related inspection. If the officer notices anything like a sac or paint run, the vehicle is taken back to the painting section for correction.
If it's certified 'OK', it moves on to the production line for coupling of component parts.
Here, all parts and accessories are intact and in perfect working condition before they're mounted on the vehicles. This department is basically the quality control of engines.
From the engine department, the car is outfitted with air conditioning systems and then moved to quality control(QC).
It is usually not possible to calculate the time expended on a particular car as efforts are spread and dependent on a lot of factors. We produce on average 10 small buses everyday so there's no way to say exactly what time it will take to move through this process.
How are bigger vehicles — like the IVM 6601, IVM 6857 and IVM 6800 — made?
Ekene said except for a few variations in the process, all the other steps are the same. For bigger cars, materials are already pre-treated with Astro Coat as they cannot fit whole into the dipping vat.
Painting booths are also bigger for big buses. For bigger vehicles, carcass and chassis are dropped with an overhead crane and assembled atop a mechanics pit to access engine area.
Vehicles, like the IVM SUVs, that their chassis are together with the body are moved through a conveyor on top of the production line so workers can access underneath to fix parts and necessary fittings onto the chassis.
After this process that distinguishes smaller and bigger vehicles, all cars are moved to individual production lines where final components — like windshields, electrical wirings, lights, upholstery and plastic components — are fixed. The air conditioning systems are installed next.
From alignment, quality control which is regarded as the last and most crucial stage of the production process is next.
The officer in charge at Quality Control (QC) checks for conformity with general and company [Innoson] standards.
The rain test simulates extreme amounts of rainfall. If the vehicle does not leak in the rain test chamber, no amount of rainfall will ever penetrate it.
After rain test, quality control still checks that the vehicle conforms to general standards like airbags, seat belts, rear view mirrors and also conforms to Innoson standards like making sure sensors and minor modifications work perfectly.
If certified OK, the car goes for a road test outside the factory. If not, it is returned to the department concerned with the particular flaw for correction.
Regardless of the fact that a bulk of the production is done in-house, there are still a lot of imported components lying around.
Car seats, steering wheels and engine blocks still had their fresh wrappings from shipping containers.
Nnamdi said Innoson intends to produce these materials in Nigeria in the nearest future.
We have had major suppliers for these car seats but they've not been able to meet up demands so we have had to import to subsidize what they supply. As you probably already know, nobody currently produces engine block in Nigeria. When this place was commissioned, our chairman [Dr. Innocent Chukwuma] promised the government that with the help of the govt that in five years we'll produce an engine here. Even the people we currently buy engines from have agreed to come and establish a manufacturing plant here if and when they see an appreciable sales volume.
So at the end of the day, according to Nnamdi, it all depends on Nigerians.
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            ->shouldReceive('run');
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                ->getMock()
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            ->shouldReceive('create');
        \Mockery::mock('alias:Hamdrew\AdventOfCode\Day6\LightGridAnalyser')
            ->shouldReceive('countLightsOn', 'totalBrightness')
            ->andReturn(123);

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        $this->assertSame('123', $solutionDay6->part1());
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}

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Jason recently won his fifth consecutive world solo 24 hour title in Fort William, Scotland to cement his claim as the most dominant endurance mountain biker on the planet.
Ed is one of Jason's main rivals in 24 hour races. He hails from Canberra and rides for Team Onya Giant. He is the winner of the 2014 STM solo 7 hour series.
Lloydy has a motorbike background, racing Enduro three times for Australia before succumbing to a back injury and taking up mountain biking. Andrew came 2nd to Jason English at WEMBO, Australia in 2013.
Callum is another rider from Canberra, who consistently performs well in endurance events.
Rarely beaten in marathon races in Australia, Jenny is an Irish national who is based in Australia but races in Europe. She rides for the Swell-Specialized team and regularly mixes it with the top elite men.


To provide the principal security for the successful completion of the project, Steegman electronics Ltd. uses when designing / developing, manufacturing, installing and aftercare a quality system based on ISO 9001: 2008. Also, we can call ourselves BORG Technical Security company and we are certified to perform electrical safety tests in accordance with the criteria of Supervision in the context of safety legislation for VCA **. Partly from this we derive our 80-year existence. This is partly evidenced by the already long-standing relationship with various clients. Each project shall assess and apply specific qualities and is drawn up into a plan and incorporated into the planning.
Our company has the predicate VCA ** and is fully in accordance with the procedures of this safety management. To promote good working conditions at work we use a Health and Safety Policy Plan. In carrying out activities they usually occurs next example, a building contractor. This occurs in many cases to coordinate the work. It is customary that one of them in cooperation with other contractors jointly a project (Occupational Health / Safety) is produced for all contractors. In addition to this project are additional guidelines / instructions specific to that job, provided to the manager mechanic.
As part of the promotion of working conditions, the majority of staff completed the first aid training successfully and are provided regular training courses. Also, most of the mechanics, the course 'Safe working on low voltage installations followed. Incidentally, in our work the Occupational Health and Safety Policy and the provisions set out in the NEN 1010, NEN 3140 and where appropriate handled NEN 3134, indicating the precautions to prevent accidents.
The organization of the company and the implementation of optimizing the work itself and to manage that the needs and understandings of the clients can be met.
The continuous improvement of the working and environmental conditions in order to avoid possible personal injury, as well as environmental and material damage. Both for its own employees and third parties.
This process is captured and secured in an internal management system that meets and is certified in accordance with DIN EN ISO 9001: 2008 and VCA **.


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Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate the validity of swept-source optical coherence tomography (SS-OCT) for detecting sealant microleakage. Materials and Methods: A total of 31 extracted sound human molar, assigned as suitable for sealant application, were chosen and divided into two groups: (1) no microleakage group and (2) microleakage group by applying sealant using the different methods. All specimens were immersed in 1% methylene blue for 24 h and sectioned to confirm the absence or presence of sealant microleakage as a gold standard method. Subsequently, all the sectioned specimens were digitally photographed using a microscope with a magnification of 50. Presence of microleakage was evaluated on a 2-point rating scale. The association of histological method with conventional methods (visual and tactile assessment) and SS-OCT was assessed using a chi-squared test. The intra- and inter-examiner reliability was calculated using Cohen's Kappa. Results: The SS-OCT showed a sensitivity of 0.73 and a specificity of 1.00, while visual and tactile assessment showed a sensitivity of 0.67 and a specificity of 0.86. The inter-examiner reliability of SS-OCT was 0.79, whereas that of the visual and tactile assessment was 0.53. Conclusions: SS-OCT can be used to non-invasively detect sealant microleakage and to monitor pit and fissure sealant in the clinics.


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Well, gang, for 10 straight days, this was basically my precious Bunny after her stroke. She would barely eat anything and would rarely move from the living room couch unless I helped her.
After 3 1/2 days of playing her the 528 Hz tone (see post below) for a total of 2 hours a day, she seemed to be noticeably responding, and then bright and early this morning, she was up and about and hanging out in the kitchen with all the other cool cats, wanting some breakfast! And she has been alert and hanging out under the coffee table all day. She has not once gotten back up on the couch to sleep.
Remarkable, no? I am so happy. She has lost a lot of weight, but she is alert and talkative and her appetite has completely returned. Yay!
All right, on that happy note…to all my East Coast friends, enjoy that massive snow day!! Stay cozy! See ya!


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https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-seafood-industry-vulnerable-to-tariffs-aimed-at-china-1533812400
Proposed tariffs on imports from China included dozens of varieties of fish, from tilapia to tuna. Above, employees work at Boston-based fish company Slade Gorton.
Fish Caught in America, Processed in China Get Trapped by Trade Dispute
Trump's proposed tariffs include an estimated $900 million worth of seafood, including fish sticks and fillets
Heather Haddon
@heatherhaddon
heather.haddon@wsj.com
Jesse Newman
@jessenewman13
jesse.newman@wsj.com
| Photographs by Simon Simard for The Wall Street Journal
Aug. 9, 2018 7:00 am ET
The next round of U.S. tariffs aimed at Chinese imports could wind up hurting a major trade product that initially comes from America: fish.
A 10% duty proposed by the Trump administration last month on $200 billion worth of imports from China included dozens of varieties of fish, from tilapia to tuna. The proposed tariffs, which could increase to 25%, are set to be decided in September by trade representatives.
An estimated $900 million in fish and seafood on that list is first caught in the U.S., sent to China for processing into items like fish sticks and fillets, and then imported by U.S. companies to sell to American consumers.
"The value added is in another country, but essentially it's an American-raised product," Joseph Glauber, former chief economist at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, said of goods like fish sourced in the U.S. but processed overseas and re-imported. He said the proposed tariffs could cut profits or boost prices throughout seafood supply chains, from fishermen to consumers.
The practice of sending fish to China to be breaded, seasoned, portioned or packaged has grown in the past two decades, according to U.S. fishing groups. Domestic seafood-processing plants have faced high costs and labor shortages, while cheaper facilities have sprung up in China to support its extensive domestic fish-farming industry.
That has helped make China the top source of seafood for the U.S., with the 1.3 billion pounds sent to the U.S. last year double that of second-ranked India, according to market-research firm Urner Barry.
The exposure of U.S. seafood to tariffs aimed at another country highlights how intertwined global supply chains have become. Many pink salmon, for example, are caught by commercial fishermen in southeast Alaska. The fish are transported to processing plants in the region to be headed, gutted and frozen, before being loaded into shipping containers bound for China. Once there, they are thawed, deboned, smoked, filleted or turned into salmon burgers for sale world-wide, including in the U.S.
More than half of Alaskan seafood sent to China is processed and then re-exported, said Garrett Evridge, an economist with McDowell Group, an Alaskan research and consulting firm. The percentage can be as high as 95% for fish like sole, he said. The fishing industry, one of the largest private-sector employers in Alaska, provides about 60,000 jobs, he said, and Alaskan seafood makes up 60% of the nation's catch.
Some Gulf Coast seafood producers had lobbied for the latest round of tariffs to include fish. In a letter to the Trump administration in May, the Southern Shrimp Alliance trade group said that Chinese-farmed fish tend to be raised with antibiotics, and imports unfairly compete with the group's members.
A spokeswoman for the U.S. Trade Representative said the agency was soliciting public comments on the proposed tariffs, and the duties "were selected to increase pressure on China to change its harmful behavior."
With supplies of wild-caught U.S. fish unable to meet domestic demand, more than 80% of the seafood Americans eat is imported, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. And the U.S. seafood companies that import fish products back from China are bracing for lost business. Tariffs could translate into lower seafood sales, hitting small, family-run boats, large seafood processors and myriad suppliers selling gear like nets and boat engines.
Because fish sellers are in a low-margin business, they would need to pass on higher prices to restaurant and grocery customers, which in turn would likely raise prices for consumers, companies said.
China has pledged to retaliate against U.S. tariffs in "equal scale and equal strength." In addition to tariffs, here are three ways Beijing could hit back at Washington. Photo composite: Adele Morgan/The Wall Street Journal
"Being able to pass along 25 cents to 50 cents a pound are real costs," said Kim Gorton, chief executive of Slade Gorton & Co., referring to potential wholesale-price increases. The Boston-based company imports U.S.-caught cod, pollock and salmon after the fish have been processed in China. Some companies say they are contacting their Chinese suppliers to negotiate prices in case the tariffs come to pass.
Seafood, which tends to be more vulnerable to price increases, already averages higher than other forms of protein. Fish and seafood averaged $7.22 per package for the 12 months through June, up from $6.77 in the year-earlier period, according to Nielsen Total View data. Meat averaged $3.54 a package in the year through June, Nielsen found.
"If I raised my price by 10%, the customer wouldn't take that order," said Sean O'Scannlain, president of Chicago-based Fortune Fish & Gourmet, a midsize wholesaler that imports about 330,000 pounds of squid, tilapia and snow crab a year from China. He said he has accelerated orders from China to try to beat the proposed tariffs.
In contrast to seafood, rising supplies have driven down meat costs. Meat prices are down nearly 6% from 2015, with beef and veal declining 5%, according to federal data. Fish and seafood prices, in comparison, increased more than 1%.
The exposure of U.S. seafood to tariffs aimed at another country highlights how intertwined global supply chains have become. Above, employees at Slade Gorton place stickers stating "Fresh Never Frozen."
Some segments of the U.S. seafood industry were hurt after China in July responded to tariffs imposed by the Trump administration with duties on $34 billion worth of U.S. products, including a range of American fish. In recent weeks, retaliatory tariffs have stifled U.S. exports as some buyers shift to Canadian suppliers with less burdensome duties.
Stephanie Nadeau, president of The Lobster Co. in Arundel, Maine, counts on China for more than 30% of her $30 million in annual sales, and orders have stalled since tariffs took effect.
"There is no magic I could do to sell lobsters against Canadians that aren't getting taxed at 25%," said Ms. Nadeu, who said lobsters destined for overseas markets are now sitting in tanks.
For Seattle Shellfish, which sells 85% of the geoduck clams it harvests from the tidelands of Puget Sound to China, sales are down about 25% from levels typical for this time of year, said Jim Gibbons, the company's founder and chief executive.
If sales remain subdued in September, when the company's busy season begins, Mr. Gibbons said he could be forced to cut pay for his 60 employees or eliminate jobs.
Any reduced demand for U.S. fish processed in China could hurt fishermen's livelihoods from Alaska to Massachusetts. Above, an employee stacks boxes of salmon at Slade Gorton.
Write to Heather Haddon at heather.haddon@wsj.com and Jesse Newman at jesse.newman@wsj.com