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Antonio Brown and 'Dancing with the Stars' partner Sharna Burgess meet fans at Heinz Field
Celebrity dancing couple take break from practice to visit Great Hall
Updated: 6:25 PM EST Mar 10, 2016
Ray Petelin
Antonio Brown and Sharna Burgess
Fans of the Steelers and "Dancing with the Stars" showed up Thursday at Heinz Field to meet Antonio Brown and his pro dancing partner, Sharna Burgess, before the show's 22nd season premiere.Terrible Towels were waving as Pittsburghers gathered around to take selfies with the dancing duo, who are already putting in work to prepare for the new season that starts in less than two weeks."For the moment, we're four hours a day," Burgess said. "Then as the competition goes on, we end up doing more and more hours because we need to.""Football, I'm trying to be as explosive as I can with no technique to get where I'm going the fastest way possible," Brown said. "And dancers, you've got to remember every step with timing and rhythm, and I think being under control is going to help me a lot."VIDEO: Watch Ray Petelin's report from the rallySLIDESHOW: Photos from the rally at Heinz FieldThe quickstep will be the couple's first dance on the show."We throw him in the deep end. He's got, like, one of the hardest dances on Week 1, but so far he's doing really, really well," Burgess said.The season premiere of "Dancing with the Stars" will air live Monday, March 21, at 8 p.m. on WTAE Channel 4."Steeler Nation -- vote for us, me and Shawna, 'Team Boomin.' We're trying to bring home the trophy," Brown said.
PITTSBURGH —
Fans of the Steelers and "Dancing with the Stars" showed up Thursday at Heinz Field to meet Antonio Brown and his pro dancing partner, Sharna Burgess, before the show's 22nd season premiere.
Terrible Towels were waving as Pittsburghers gathered around to take selfies with the dancing duo, who are already putting in work to prepare for the new season that starts in less than two weeks.
'I will never wear his jersey again,' Steelers fan says after Antonio Brown meet and greet
Antonio Brown introduces Dancing with the Stars partner to Pittsburgh
"For the moment, we're four hours a day," Burgess said. "Then as the competition goes on, we end up doing more and more hours because we need to."
"Football, I'm trying to be as explosive as I can with no technique to get where I'm going the fastest way possible," Brown said. "And dancers, you've got to remember every step with timing and rhythm, and I think being under control is going to help me a lot."
VIDEO: Watch Ray Petelin's report from the rally
SLIDESHOW: Photos from the rally at Heinz Field
The quickstep will be the couple's first dance on the show.
"We throw him in the deep end. He's got, like, one of the hardest dances on Week 1, but so far he's doing really, really well," Burgess said.
The season premiere of "Dancing with the Stars" will air live Monday, March 21, at 8 p.m. on WTAE Channel 4.
"Steeler Nation -- vote for us, me and Shawna, 'Team Boomin.' We're trying to bring home the trophy," Brown said.


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Hear me out: why Gnomeo & Juliet isn't a bad movie | Emily Blunt
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Ignore the title. Whatever you do, ignore that title. And ignore the idea that the film itself sprang from the title's pun – because if it did, even I can't defend it.
Instead, picture the opening scene. An animated gnome on an animated stage tells us we're going to see a story about "two star-crossed lovers, kept apart by a big feud", which "has been told before … a lot", and "now we're going to tell it again, but different", and "it's all quite entertaining". This gnome then falls through a trapdoor, having just about avoided attempts by a big hook, creeping from the wings, to yank him off-stage. Confused? You probably should be. Just wait until you see …
Scene Two: two animated gardens, full of animated gnomes. The human owners of the gardens leave their homes for the day, and the gnomes come alive, just like in Toy Story. (Though I'm sure, for legal reasons, not quite just like in Toy Story.) "Laaaaaaa, la, la, la, la, laaaaa …" Is that 1973 Sir Elton John hit Crocodile Rock in the background? Strangely enough, yes it is. Slightly odd, but carry on.
The gnomes begin their day. I've never seen so many gnomes, in any context, ever. Five gnomes are trying to play football with a ball stuck to a gnome's backside. One gnome is wearing a mankini. One gnome has a distinctive Birmingham accent hoarse with age and drug consumption. Surely not. Somehow, yes. Ozzy Osborne is in this film! What is going on?
If I haven't yet persuaded you to watch Gnomeo & Juliet, then, realistically, I never will. Nothing in it makes sense, and it's gleeful. From those two opening sequences emerge a loose Romeo and Juliet plot, with a star-crossed lover emerging from each of the two gardens (voiced by Emily Blunt and James McAvoy), both of whose gnome populations are fiercely xenophobic towards other gnomes, despite looking almost exactly the same as them (except with differently coloured hats).
The critics were not thrilled with Gnomeo & Juliet when it was first released. Time Out thought its "lack of inspiration" a "tragedy"; the New York Times considered it "a discombobulated grab bag of jokes peopled with characters who have little emotional resonance". AV Club even accused it of "a particular kind of obnoxious, blinkered self-satisfaction". I think that's a little harsh on what is surely one of the most innocuous movies ever made. Don't even get me started on the Austin Chronicle's view that "novelty alone does not a good idea make, and in the case of Gnomeo & Juliet, it's rather a disturbing, even fetishy one." Yikes.
One thing many reviews did concede, largely approvingly, was the film's intrinsic strangeness. Empire praised its "near-constant sense of madcap invention"; the Daily Telegraph admitted that, if nothing else, Gnomeo & Juliet was "certainly novel".
I love the madness for its own sake, but I think, if you look hard enough, there's method behind it, too. All the film's chaos is channelled into the affectionate subversion of humdrum English life. Normally petrified gnomes crack into agile, dynamic action. Sacrosanct Shakespeare is lightly mocked, and his plots rewritten. Even the very pace of the British garden – gentle, stagnant – is accelerated madly, through fierce editing and bombastic set pieces. The most extreme of the latter comes at the film's climax, as a gargantuan American lawnmower spirals unhinged through both gardens, demolishing them. Is this a critique of brash American influence over quiet European life? Or is it an overblown finale designed to push kids' attention to the film's end? I'm genuinely serious when I say: maybe both?
The Hollywood Reporter called the film "a collection of shtick-heavy bits from reclaimed material, offering little that's fresh or fully dimensional". I agree with it being blended together, reusing past themes, humour and aesthetic choices. But I think the collage effect works an idiosyncratic treat, building in bricolage an image of eccentric Englishness and suburban camp.
If its Englishness is tweely old-fashioned, then, well, that's not necessarily a bad thing. With a voice cast of acting legends developed in the middle of the last century – Michael Caine, Maggie Smith, Richard Wilson, Patrick Stewart – and the throbbing early-70s glitz of Sir Elton sparkled over the soundtrack, the film feels like a ludicrous homage to a fading cultural world, generated 50 years ago, but clinging on to relevance with mad vibrancy into the 2010s. Gnomeo & Juliet gives us the unexpected last act of Swinging Britain. And wow does it feature a lot of gnomes.
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Aim: The overall aim of the thesis was to describe and evaluate the content and outcome of co-designing a mobile Internet service for self-management of physical activity in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) with active lead user involvement, within the action research paradigm.
Context: Physical activity is known for its health benefits. However, maintaining a physically active lifestyle is a great challenge for most people, and maybe even more so for people living with RA. IT and mobile phones provide additional means to deliver health care services, i.e. mHealth, for physical activity self-management. Further, involvement of lead users in the development of services has been reported to improve their usability and effectiveness.
Process: In the first phase of the co-design process, six focus group interviews were performed with lead users (n=26) to explore their ideas on core features (Study I). In the next phase, four workshops were conducted, which included lead users, clinical and researcher physiotherapists, an eHealth strategist and an officer from the Swedish Rheumatism Association (n=10). The aim was to specify the system requirements of the future service (Study II and III). Video recordings, natural observations, prototypes of the future service and an online notice board were used to collect data on the requirements and challenges of co-design. In the third phase, the first test version of the service was produced and evaluate in terms of the participants' utilization of and experiences with the service (Study IV). Log-data were collected during the six week test period. Web questionnaires were sent out to and telephone interviews were performed with the participants after the test period.
Content: Four core aspects that are important to consider in the development of the mHealth service were identified: features, customized options, user interface, and access and implementation (result Study I). To produce the requirements specification, the participants had to merge their different perspectives, which was the core challenge of codesign (Study II). The merging resulted in "tRAppen", an mHealth service for maintenance of physical activity. tRAppen included two key components: 1) "My self-regulation features" and 2) "My peer support features" (result Study III). The first test version of tRAppen included 22 different behavior change techniques.
Outcome: Twenty-eight participants tested tRAppen (result Study IV). Most participants registered physical activity, sent likes and made an exercise plan. tRAppen was generally rated as easy and fun to use, and all participants would recommend it to other people. The results also described the experiences of using tRAppen as being influenced by physical and mental state and personal preferences.
Conclusions: The use of co-design in the development of the physical activity selfmanagement service tRAppen was successful. The first test version of tRAppen was perceived as feasible and to have the potential to support a physically active lifestyle in people with RA. Co-design in collaborative workshops was an extensive decision-making process that put high demands on the participants' ability to find solutions, negotiate, come to agreements and reach final decisions.


S - Speak up if you have questions or concerns. If you still don't understand, ask again. It's your body and you have a right to know.
P - Pay attention to the care you get. Always make sure you're getting right treatments and medicines by health professionals. Don't assume anything.
E - Educate yourself about your illness. Learn about the medical tests you get, and your treatment plan.
A - Ask a trusted family member or friend to be your advocate (advisor or supporter).
K - Know what medicines you take and why you take them. Medicine errors are the most common health care mistakes.
U - Use a hospital, clinic, surgery center, or other type of health care organization that has been carefully checked out. For example, The Joint Commission visits hospitals to see if they are meeting The Joint Commission's quality standards.
P - Participate in all decisions about your treatment. You are the center of the health care team.
The Joint Commission has educational infographics on a variety of topics to help you Speak Up - ranging from anesthesia and pain, to palliative care and stroke. View the infographics and get more information to help you take an active role in your healthcare and prevent errors. Or, view the videos below.


In the days of the Emperor Henry the Younger, during the Pontificate of Pope Paschal the Second, in the year of the Incarnation of our Lord Jesus Christ, 1115, there lived in the town of Xanten a man named Norbert. He was a German from illustrious Frankish and Salic German stock. He was wealthy, handsome, thin and somewhat tall and full-grown. He was educated in both literature and the ways of the court and the world. He was a good speaker, a cleric, a subdeacon. However, in his live and conduct, for the times and secular custom, he was quite frivolous.
Fortune favoured his life and he prospered. Among other things he was well-known in the courts of the great, both in the court of Frederick the Archbishop of Cologne, and in the court of the emperor. In the former undoubtedly because he was a cleric and educated; in the latter because of his generous spirit and his demeanor. In both courts, however, he was admired because he was affable and cultured. Well-known in one, noble in the other, in both courts energetic. He was loved and honoured not less by his masters than by those who served him. He was pleasing to everyone and open to all, great among the great, slight among the unimportant, illustrious among nobles, less that cultured among the ignoble, eloquent among the educated and foolish among the unlearned. To all he showed himself lovable. He was a man of cheerful appearance, with calm face, pleasant speech, mild to deal with, affable in company, kind to his own, at peace with strangers, generous in giving, shy in receiving. Sensible and cautious, he was his own advisor and lived his life according to his own desires.
He denied himself nothing and left nothing that he desired untried. He did not attend to what was allowed, nor did he avoid what was not proper so long as the pleasant was sufficient and the unpleasant did not stand in his way. He gulped down the past, devoured the present, anticipated the future. He was a distinguished citizen of this age and a renowned inhabitant of Babylon. He moved forward with his eyes closed and his head turned backwards, ignorant of what the future held or what the next day had in store for him. He had no time for piety and quiet. He was a slave to unrest and impatience.
The passing of time with its favourable circumstances, the sound of human applause, so sweet to his ear, declaring "well done, well done," expanded the hope of his longings and broadened the desires of his heart. By comparison, the promise of the kingdom of heaven or the threat of the burning fires of hell or other similar ideas sounded mild and unthreatening. Such words were unappealing and confusing, offensive and annoying, like the ravings of old men or childish foolishness. In a word, anything that did not double his popularity seemed to him like empty words and a fabled story.


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Video shows 15 corpses at alleged Syria massacre site
BEIRUT - Syrian activists published a video on Friday showing the bloodstained bodies of 15 young men who they said were among over 200 killed in an alleged massacre in central Hama province.
It showed corpses with faces or shirts drenched in blood, laid out in a row on blankets on a concrete floor."The martyrs of Tremseh, July 12, 2012. God is greatest," repeated a voice in the video, panning his camera over the bodies. Some had been shot in the abdomen.
If confirmed, the killings in Tremseh would be the worst atrocity of at least four massacres reported in Syria, where a 16-month-old uprising against President Bashar Assad has evolved into a war between rebel groups and state forces.


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Tuesday, June 4, 2013 3:51 pm, Posted by Eye Sri Lanka Editor 0	| News
Rajaratnam's brother in plea talks over insider charges
Rengan Rajaratnam, the younger brother of imprisoned hedge fund manager Raj Rajaratnam, is negotiating with prosecutors on a possible resolution to his criminal insider trading case, including a possible plea.
U.S. District Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald in Manhattan agreed to delay a scheduled conference to July 30 from June 4, which federal prosecutors in a May 30 letter said would "permit the defendant and the government to continue discussions that may lead to the resolution of this case before trial."
Prosecutors said they had already provided trading records, wiretap transcripts and other "significant" evidence to Rengan Rajaratnam "to facilitate plea discussions," and that both sides "agree that it would be very helpful to have additional time for these discussions."
Prosecutors had accused Rengan Rajaratnam of conspiring with his brother to trade illegally in the stocks of technology companies Advanced Micro Devices Inc. and Clearwire Corp. in 2008, resulting in $1.2 million of illegal profit.
Rengan Rajaratnam pleaded not guilty on March 25, entering his plea after voluntarily returning to the United States from Brazil, where he had lived and worked for the prior year.
He was freed on $1 million bond and surrendered his passport. The defendant is a U.S. citizen born in Sri Lanka.
Rengan Rajaratnam, whose full first name is Rajarengan, had been a portfolio manager at his brother's hedge fund firm Galleon Group. He also faces separate U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission civil charges.
Prosecutors have charged close to 80 people and won convictions or guilty pleas on more than 70 in an insider trading probe that was unveiled in October 2009 and which has focused on hedge fund employees and corporate executives.
Raj Rajaratnam is serving an 11-year prison sentence. Rajat Gupta, a former McKinsey & Co. consulting firm chief and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. director, was sentenced to two years in prison for passing tips to Raj Rajaratnam. Both are appealing their convictions.
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In collaboration with the American Heart Association's "Move More, Live More" campaign, Mayor Bethune and the Bicycle and Pedestrian Committee co-host the Walk with the Mayor and City Council event, set for 3:00 p.m., Sunday, May 6. The walk was originally scheduled for Sunday, April 29, but is rescheduled due to various weekend events. The event route begins in the parking lot of Second Avenue Pier, continues to the SkyWheel and returns back to Second Avenue Pier's parking lot. Mayor Bethune is challenging all walkers to donate $5 to the American Heart Association. Questions? Call 843-918-1069.


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Over $40K in damage caused to Winchester house by fire
By Gary Scott on April 22, 2016 at 8:16am
A house in rural Winchester suffered major damage due to a fire on Thursday afternoon.
The Winchester Fire Department was called out to a home on Woodson-Winchester Road at around 1 p.m. Assistant fire chief Dick Coon says when firefighters arrived, the fire was out of the west side of the house.
Coon says a family of three or four people lived there, but no one was home at the time of the fire. No names were available this morning.
Coon says the fire started above the electrical panel in the house and broke through the exterior wall. He says the fire was mainly contained to the kitchen area and ceiling area between the kitchen and family room.
Coon estimates more than $40,000 of damage was caused, and says the house is not livable. He says there was major heat and smoke damage.
South Jacksonville's fire department was paged out for assistance. The departments were on scene for about two hours.
There were no injuries.


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Q: Lit-Elements external js file as storage changed by a property data binding i try to use in lit-elements a external js file for init values but if i do so, it isnt changebel anymore via property binding. if i write it without the extanal storage file just use this. scope and declare it in the constructor, everything works fine. But as an external file not ... ?:/
but why?
i have two files menu.js:
import { LitElement, html } from '@polymer/lit-element';
import '@polymer/iron-pages/iron-pages.js';
import './main.js'
import { store } from './store'

class MenuElement extends LitElement {

  constructor() {
    super()
    this.page = 0;
    this.ninjas = ['Ninja1', 'Ninja2', 'Ninja3']
    this.log()
  }
  static get properties() {
    return {
      page: {
        type: Number
      },
      header: String,
      ninjas: Array,
      store: {
        type: Object,
        page: {
          type: Number
        }
      }
    }
  }

  render() {
    return html`

 { this.changePage2(e) } }">Home

 { this.changePage(e) } }">Page

          ${this.ninjas.map(i => html`<li>${i}</li>`)}

      <iron-pages selected="${ store.page }">
        <slot name="lala"></slot>

<slot name="testSlot"></slot> Page 0

      </iron-pages>

    `;
  }

  changePage() {
    store.page = 1;
    console.log(store.page)
  }
  changePage2() {
    store.page = 0;
    console.log(store.page)
  }
  log() {
    console.log(store)
    console.log(store.page)
  }
}
customElements.define('app-menu', MenuElement);

and b store.js
export let store = {
  page: 1
}

thank You for any ideas =)

A: To quote dracco

Actually it's not about JS, every objective language can have a collection structure, but modifying the collection does not modify the object.
  Comparing in JS means comparing references (it would be impossible to make a universal and fast content comparison), so pushing things to an array keeps the reference the same (as it is still the same instance of an Array class) - just the contents change.
  Similarly in class Person { constructor() { this.isBanned = false; } }, if you create a new instance (const p = new Person();) and then modify the property (p.isBanned = true;), it is still the same instance it was before, just the property differs.

You can read the full story at https://open-wc.org/faq/rerender.html
In the object reference for the external store never changes and therefore no render is triggered.
What you can do
Trigger it manually
with something like this
changePage() {
  store.page = 1;
  this.requestUpdate();
}

Use a state library
For example

*

*https://github.com/adobe/lit-mobx

*https://www.npmjs.com/package/lit-robot

*...

they, of course, all come with their own set of rules and know how.

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Defalk transitive verb [ French défalquer . See Defalcate .] To lop off; to abate. [ Obsolete] B. Jonson.
Defamation noun [ Middle English diffamacioun , French diffamation . See Defame .] Act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication, written or oral; the wrong of maliciously injuring the good name of another; slander; detraction; calumny; aspersion.
» In modern usage, written defamation bears the title of libel , and oral defamation that of slander . Burrill.
Defamatory adjective Containing defamation; injurious to reputation; calumnious; slanderous; as, defamatory words; defamatory writings.
1. To harm or destroy the good fame or reputation of; to disgrace; especially, to speak evil of maliciously; to dishonor by slanderous reports; to calumniate; to asperse.
2. To render infamous; to bring into disrepute.
My blackness blotted thy unblemish'd name.
Rebecca is . . . defamed of sorcery practiced on the person of a noble knight.
Syn. -- To asperse; slander; calumniate; vilify. See Asperse .
Defame noun Dishonor. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.
Defamer noun One who defames; a slanderer; a detractor; a calumniator.
Defamingly adverb In a defamatory manner.
Defatigable adjective [ See Defatigate .] Capable of being wearied or tired out. [ R.] Glanvill.
Defatigate transitive verb [ Latin defatigatus , past participle of defatigare ; de- + fatigare to weary. See Fatigue .] To weary or tire out; to fatigue. [ R.] Sir T. Herbert.
Defatigation noun [ Latin defatigatio .] Weariness; fatigue. [ R.] Bacon.
1. A failing or failure; omission of that which ought to be done; neglect to do what duty or law requires; as, this evil has happened through the governor's default .
2. Fault; offense; ill deed; wrong act; failure in virtue or wisdom.
And pardon craved for his so rash default .
Regardless of our merit or default .
3. (Law) A neglect of, or failure to take, some step necessary to secure the benefit of law, as a failure to appear in court at a day assigned, especially of the defendant in a suit when called to make answer; also of jurors, witnesses, etc.
, in case of failure or lack of.
Cooks could make artificial birds and fishes in default of the real ones.
(Law) , to permit an action to be called without appearing to answer.
1. To fail in duty; to offend.
That he gainst courtesy so foully did default .
2. To fail in fulfilling a contract, agreement, or duty.
3. To fail to appear in court; to let a case go by default.
1. To fail to perform or pay; to be guilty of neglect of; to omit; as, to default a dividend.
What they have defaulted towards him as no king.
2. (Law) To call a defendant or other party whose duty it is to be present in court, and make entry of his default, if he fails to appear; to enter a default against.
Defaulting unnecessary and partial discourses.
1. One who makes default; one who fails to appear in court when court when called.
2. One who fails to perform a duty; a delinquent; particularly, one who fails to account for public money intrusted to his care; a peculator; a defalcator.
After his foes' defeasance .
2. A rendering null or void.
3. (Law) A condition, relating to a deed, which being performed, the deed is defeated or rendered void; or a collateral deed, made at the same time with a feoffment, or other conveyance, containing conditions, on the performance of which the estate then created may be defeated.
» Mortgages were usually made in this manner in former times, but the modern practice is to include the conveyance and the defeasance in the same deed.
Defeasanced adjective (Law) Liable to defeasance; capable of being made void or forfeited.
His unkindness may defeat my life.
2. To render null and void, as a title; to frustrate, as hope; to deprive, as of an estate.
He finds himself naturally to dread a superior Being that can defeat all his designs, and disappoint all his hopes.
The escheators . . . defeated the right heir of his succession.
In one instance he defeated his own purpose.
4. To resist with success; as, to defeat an assault.
Sharp reasons to defeat the law.
A damned defeat was made.
3. An overthrow, as of an army in battle; loss of a battle; repulse suffered; discomfiture; -- opposed to victory .
1. Overthrow; defeat. [ Obsolete] "Nothing but loss in their defeature ." Beau. & Fl.
2. Disfigurement; deformity. [ Obsolete] "Strange defeatures in my face." Shak.
Features when defeatured in the . . . way I have described.
Defecate adjective [ Latin defaecatus , past participle of defaecare to defecate; de- + faex , faecis , dregs, lees.] Freed from anything that can pollute, as dregs, lees, etc.; refined; purified.
Till the soul be defecate from the dregs of sense.
1. To clear from impurities, as lees, dregs, etc.; to clarify; to purify; to refine.
To defecate the dark and muddy oil of amber.
2. To free from extraneous or polluting matter; to clear; to purify, as from that which materializes.
We defecate the notion from materiality.
Defecated from all the impurities of sense.
1. To become clear, pure, or free. Goldsmith.
1. The act of separating from impurities, as lees or dregs; purification.
2. (Physiol.) The act or process of voiding excrement.
Defecator noun That which cleanses or purifies; esp., an apparatus for removing the feculencies of juices and sirups. Knight.
1. Want or absence of something necessary for completeness or perfection; deficiency; -- opposed to superfluity .
Make use of every friend -- and every foe.
Among boys little tenderness is shown to personal defects .
Syn. -- Deficiency; imperfection; blemish. See Fault .
Defect intransitive verb To fail; to become deficient. [ Obsolete] " Defected honor." Warner.
Defect transitive verb To injure; to damage. "None can my life defect ." [ R.] Troubles of Q. Elizabeth (1639).
Defectibility noun Deficiency; imperfection. [ R.] Ld. Digby. Jer. Taylor.
Defectible adjective Liable to defect; imperfect. [ R.] "A defectible understanding." Jer. Taylor.
Defection noun [ Latin defectio : confer French défection . See Defect .] Act of abandoning a person or cause to which one is bound by allegiance or duty, or to which one has attached himself; desertion; failure in duty; a falling away; apostasy; backsliding. " Defection and falling away from God." Sir W. Raleigh.
The general defection of the whole realm.
Defectionist noun One who advocates or encourages defection.
Defectious adjective Having defects; imperfect. [ Obsolete] "Some one defectious piece." Sir P. Sidney.
1. Wanting in something; incomplete; lacking a part; deficient; imperfect; faulty; -- applied either to natural or moral qualities; as, a defective limb; defective timber; a defective copy or account; a defective character; defective rules.
1. Anything that is defective or lacking in some respect.
2. (Medicine) One who is lacking physically or mentally.
» Under the term defectives are included deaf-mutes, the blind, the feeble-minded, the insane, and sometimes, esp. in criminology, criminals and paupers.
Defectuosity noun [ Confer French défectuosité .] Great imperfection. [ Obsolete] W. Montagu.
Defectuous adjective [ Confer French défectueux .] Full of defects; imperfect. [ Obsolete] Barrow.
Defence (de*fĕns") noun & transitive verb See Defense .
2. To prohibit; to forbid. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.
3. To repel danger or harm from; to protect; to secure against attack; to maintain against force or argument; to uphold; to guard; as, to defend a town; to defend a cause; to defend character; to defend the absent; -- sometimes followed by from or against ; as, to defend one's self from , or against , one's enemies.
4. (Law.) To deny the right of the plaintiff in regard to (the suit, or the wrong charged); to oppose or resist, as a claim at law; to contest, as a suit. Burrill.
Syn. -- To Defend , Protect . To defend is literally to ward off; to protect is to cover so as to secure against approaching danger. We defend those who are attacked; we protect those who are liable to injury or invasion. A fortress is defended by its guns, and protected by its wall.
That gave thee being, still shades thee and protects .
With men of courage and with means defendant .
1. One who defends; a defender.
The rampiers and ditches which the defendants had cast up.
2. (Law) A person required to make answer in an action or suit; -- opposed to plaintiff . Abbott.
» The term is applied to any party of whom a demand is made in court, whether the party denies and defends the claim, or admits it, and suffers a default; also to a party charged with a criminal offense.
Defender (de*fĕnd"ẽr) noun [ Confer Fender .] One who defends; one who maintains, supports, protects, or vindicates; a champion; an advocate; a vindicator.
Provinces . . . left without their ancient and puissant defenders .
Defensative noun [ Latin defensare , defensatum , to defend diligently, intens. of defendere . See Defend .] That which serves to protect or defend.
Better manned and more strongly defensed .


Red Oak is a fast growing oak, our irrigated Red Oaks have put on 5' of growth in some years, maturing with a broad round crown, leaves are 4-8 inches long, deeply indented, shiny dark green above turning a red or brown in fall. Red Oak acorns are 3/4-1" long, mature in two years. This oak tree will tolerate a wide range of soils and is an excellent lumber tree and transplants fairly easily if grown in root bags. Red Oak is moderately drought tolerant, prefers sandy loam, well drained and a touch on the acid side. It can tolerate medium shade and self prunes well to grow tall clear stems. Red Oak can withstand polluted air, full sun and should be planted more as it is a good landscape tree.
Some of you may have wished you could live in a house made of chocolate cake. Any time you desired something to eat, you might merely nibble off a piece of cake off the nearest wall. There are in the world of creatures just about as nicely settled so far as their eats are concerned as you would be if you lived in a chocolate cake house. The house in which these creatures live are even better than one of chocolate cake, because they are weather proof and able to protect their tenants from rain, snow, cold and even some of their enemies. The more they chew their house the bigger it becomes. Many sorts of creatures live in these home made houses. The homes are called galls. If one were to open the gall in winter they would find a little grub that can be used for ice fishing. Normally these galls do no serious danage to red or other oaks. Gypsy moth can de-leaf an entire Oak forest and is a major pest of all oaks. The red oak wood is used for flooring, paneling, furniture and construction. Red Oak is found through all of Michigan. In Michigan the red oak can attain a height of 90 feet and a diameter exceeding 24 inches.
The Red Oak is native to the following states: From new England to Minnesota, south to Louisiana to Georgia. Many of the native and non-native where these trees grow have a multitude of tree nursery outlets to choose from as well as many tree farm grown selections. We also have: Burr English Oak, English Oak, Willow Oak, Chestnut Oak, Columnar English Oak, Shumard Oak, White Oak , Swamp White Oak , Northern Red Oak, Heritage Oak, Regal Prince Oak, Rocky Mountain White Oak, Pin Oak , Oregon White Oak, Burr Gambel Oak, Scarlet Oak, Sawtooth Oak, Northern Pin Oak, Bur Oak , and Chinkapin Oak. Other great evergreens in our selection include a wide variety of pine tree species. Among our most popular is the beautiful White Pine tree , available in seedling all the way to full matured trees.
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We first met this family when our daughters played soccer together. Our kiddos are in the same school. They are one of those families that just shine from the inside out. They are kind and generous and are teaching their daughters to be the same. It's just fun to be around them… as you can clearly see from their photos.
I really have the most beautiful clients and friends ever. And I'm so thankful to be able to freeze these moments in time for them.
When someone tells me, "I just need ONE good one…", you'd better believe I'm going to over-deliver.
These sweet friends have 3 gorgeous boys who had fun running around & playing in the grass while we shot a few pics. It's truly an honor when a friend trusts me with their family photos. I hope I have the opportunity to do it again & again. They are adorable!
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Home • Blog • Spring weekend breaks in the UK: relax or keep fit – or both!
As you dust off the winter cobwebs in March, summer can still seem a very long way off, with memories of the dark and bitter cold still fresh in your mind. So to cheer yourself up as you count the months until July, why not check out the availability of weekend breaks in the UK and treat yourself to a couple of days off in the meantime?
Short breaks in Britain come in many different guises. If you're an adrenalin junkie, you'll no doubt think of making tracks for an outdoors centre in the Peaks or Fells – there to swing at dizzy heights on ropes and harnesses or to speed down sheer mountainsides on a sturdy bike built to absorb at least a few of the bumps.
Alternatively, if the idea of a high-impact activity weekend leaves you totally cold, perhaps you'd prefer a couple of days of contemplative meditation and chanting on a remote Scottish island, with only the sheep for company?
Or perhaps those are still not quite the weekend breaks in the UK that you were looking for… If not, here's an interesting idea for a short spring break – one that you maybe haven't given a moment's thought to before. How about a wonderfully relaxing spa weekend in an idyllic rural setting somewhere in the UK?
Now, if you've never set foot in a spa before and had no intention of ever doing so, don't just dismiss the notion out of hand.
Any preconceptions you may have harboured about austerity and rigour will simply melt away within minutes of your arrival at any leading health resort. The mellow, calming ambience and ubiquitous comfort would be hard for even the most die-hard member of the spa sceptics' brigade to resist for long.
In addition to providing a peaceful and pleasant atmosphere for a relaxing and fulfilling short break, modern-day spas offer the very best of health and beauty expertise, including state-of-the-art gyms, the very latest spa treatments and a team of professional beauty therapists.
All this is paired with traditional British comfort and hospitality to create the perfect short break destination – a venue that can be as soothing or as stimulating as you choose.
For instance, you could spend the morning working up an appetite with a couple of exercise classes. These often boast intriguing names, such as Bravo Broadway, Sinatra Swing or French Jive, and offer a fun way of burning off calories and giving your muscles a thorough workout.
Then, after a light lunch – and with your conscience clear, thanks to your active morning – you can succumb to an afternoon of complete and unadulterated pampering. Or maybe you'd prefer to while away a couple of hours in and around the dreamily blue spa pool, with occasional forays into the steam room or sauna.
Spring weekend breaks at UK spa resorts offer something for everyone – from keep fit fanatic to hedonist, and anyone in-between. And that's what makes spas a perfect holiday destination for holidaymakers who like to have the best of all worlds.


This Free Crochet pattern teaches you how to make some crocheted fingerless gloves using the Moss Stitch.
HOOK: 5 mm / H hook and tapestry needle.
The Moss stitch consists of 2 different stitches. HDC and sl st. If you wish to adjust the size of this glove, the multiples are 2.
* HDC in beginning st, sl st into next * repeat sl st into beginning ch to form a ring. Ch 1 and turn your work. You will be turning your work at the end of every round.
* HDC in beginning st, sl st into next * repeat sl st into beginning ch to form a ring. Ch 1 and turn your work. Make sure you are not going into this loop that's in front of the stitch. But use the actual stitch, going under both loops.
Now from here on out you will be working the rounds as follows. Start with a HDC in the beginning stitch, then sl, this is your first Moss stitch, continue this for the next 6 stitches. Then turn your work around to check to see if the loop part of the moss stitch are straight or diagonal as picture shows you below. See how the loops line up? This is where you can decide how you want your stitch to look.
I prefer mine diagonal. So I will look at the back of my stitches to see if they are going the correct way. If they are then continue pattern as normal with your HDC , sl st. But if they aren't then rip out to the beginning, and start with a sl st in the first stitch instead of a HDC, then continue as normal. You will have to keep checking every round to make sure the stitches are going the way you want them to. At the end of every round you want to sl st in the begging st and ch 1 and turn your work.
You want to continue to repeat round 4 until your gloves reaches, 17 ½ cms or 7 inches, or the desired length you want. Make them longer if you like. Once your done, lets make the thumb hole.
ch 6, skip 2 stitches and sl st in the 3rd. Sl st into the next stitch as well, then * HDC, sl st * repeat your moss stitch, making sure your stitches are diagonal from the back.
When you get back up to the ch 6, keep working your pattern over the ch 6, sl st in the beginning st and ch 1 and turn.
Now working over the thumb sts again, start with a HDC, then sl st, continue until you reach the main part of the glove and do about 6 sts in life you did before, then check to make sure your pattern is stitch running correctly from the back.
You won't be able to tell if your pattern is running correctly on the thumb part yet, so this is why you have to work your pattern until your about 6 stitches into the main part of the glove before you check. Continue on as normal, sl st in beginning st, ch 1 and turn your work.
Now you can continue on as normal with your moss stitch. Working the rounds like you did Round 4 of the main part of glove. You want to do this for 6 total rounds. You have already done 2 rounds above the thumb, so you need to do 4 more rounds.
If you want to do more rounds than 6, then go ahead. Until you have it as far up on your fingers that you like.
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Hi I'm Candy from Meladora's Creations and I design crochet patterns and film them for my YouTube channel. I want to start by saying, I am by no means a professional teacher. I figure things out as I go along and I love playing with yarn! This is how I have discovered new crochet stitches. I am a mother of two and I live in Israel presently, but I was born and raised in Oklahoma. I met a man on an online game and became friends and through time we fell in love and I came out here to Israel to be together. From lack of knowing how to speak Hebrew, I had to find a way to help take care of our two kids, so after sharing my crochet projects online and being asked to do a tutorial on one of them, I finally broke down and tried it. Click on the "About Me" on the top of the page to read a longer version of my story.
Welcome to my channel! My name is Candy and I'm a wife and mother of two. I've been crocheting since I was 5 and crochet has always been a passion of mine. I grew up in Oklahoma City but now currently live in Israel. Crazy story how I ended up out here, if you'd like to know more about me you can click on the "About me" section at the top of the site.
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As a supply teacher, you should find that work has been prepared for you. Sometimes however, this is not the case. It doesn't happen too often, so don't worry too much about it, but having a handful of great, adaptable supply teaching ideas up your sleeve can help calm your nerves, increase your confidence, and improve your chances of being invited to do supply work again!
I have a few emergency lesson plans here you might want to take a look at for one off lesson ideas, and there are plenty of time fillers to be found on the forum.
As for other ideas, you might want to start by writing a literacy lesson plan based around one story or poem (look at the 3rd category in the shop for inspiration). Then think about how this could be adapted to each year group, each ability.
If you do this exercise properly, it should give you the confidence you need to take it into any classroom. Don't sweat the small stuff: if no planning has been left, the Headteacher should be suitably embarrassed and will not be looking so closely at your planning that they notice you haven't included any visual stimuli for the visual learners!
When you've brainstormed that lesson idea, see if you can eke out a numeracy / history / geography idea from the same story / poem – you should be able to find something that's not too tenuous!
Take a bar, snap it into tiny little pieces. Pop all the tiny little pieces into a Tupperware snap-lock container. A small one. Put the container into your supply teaching bag.
Take one or two pieces as and when necessary during the school day.
Top tip: dark chocolate sticks to teeth like crazy. Also a good idea to carry a compact mirror in your bag to check!
Few noises are more satisfying than the snap of a good chocolate. Pre-snapped, you can carry it in your school bag for the ultimate break-time secret snack!
Do you have a secret stash? What's the essential, edible component in your supply teacher's tool kit? I hope you're not on of those savoury people like my partner! He carries chunks of cheese round for emergency situations!
Can you be a supply teacher with no car?
The answer to this is probably dependent on your location, location, location!
Working without transport may be your only option.
Me? No. I couldn't. I could use my bike to get to one school. The next closest school is not within cycling distance for me. The first bus through the village is after 10am. Taxi? Maybe, but it would cost around a third of my day rate to get to the third closest school. I live in a rural area, and schools are not only few and far between, but also have a relatively small intake. Small intakes mean low staff numbers, means barely any supply work on offer.
Consider what transport is available to you, and make a list of the schools you could access (in good time!) via a) Shanks's pony, b) bicycle, c) public transport and d) private hire transport. Whatever the number of schools however, you must also consider the likelihood of getting work with them. Just one friendly school that puts you to the top of their supply list may be able to provide you with enough work, 23 schools that already have regular supply teachers may not.
Do you do supply work without a car? Are you able to access the Cycle to Work tax-free bikes scheme?
Preparation – take 15 minutes each evening to prepare for the next day. Check your timetable, make any packed lunches, put a load in the washer, stack the dishwasher, lay out clothes and pack bags for the next day.
Allocate a day to each household task – Monday, focus on your online shopping order for the next week; Tuesday, deal with any letters to and from your children's school / nursery; Wednesday, love your kitchen; Thursday, love yourself, etc. Do make sure one of these days is about you, it will give you strength to manage the rest of the week!
Cherish the weekend – don't let it become your housework time, let it be your family's time. Even if you have to work every night after the children have gone to bed (leaving one night a week free for spending time with your partner), weekends are precious.
Communicate with your children's carers – while you are at work, your children may be at school, or with a child minder, at nursery, with their other parent or grandparents. Whomever they are with, you need to be able to communicate effectively with them. You need to trust that you can get hold of them whenever you need to, and that your child will be safe with them. You also need to have plans in place for if you are detained at work. Make sure you have all contact details not only stored on your mobile device, but also on paper.
Rope them in – from as young as 18 months my son was helping with the laundry! As long as its fun, it can be done. Don't start off with extrinsic rewards such as sticker charts, the rewards may end up getting larger as your child grows. Make it a game, a competition, a race, and let the children know that you really appreciate them helping you with a big kiss, a high five, and a cuddle at the end.
Raising a young family? Had a flurry of last minute calls recently? Share your top tips on how to manage the household and the job!
Supply teachers can have a hard time. A lot is expected of you as you walk into a strange room, in a strange location, full of strangers! There are many ways to help your day in the alien environment run more smoothly and effectively, and learning the names of the aliens, enhancing communication with them, is one of the best. Read on for top tips.
I have found over the years that nothing leaves a better impression with support staff (and therefore teaching staff!) than me having learnt all the children's names by first break. I've got it down to a fine art now.
It makes an enormous difference to the effectiveness of my voice when I am able to tag the name of a child onto the end of a sentence. Teaching becomes easier, therefore I am more enthusiastic, therefore the children are more enthusiastic, and more learning takes place.
If you know the names of the children, marking work at the end of the lesson/day becomes much more effective too. Use the child's name when marking, and remark on how well they contributed in the class discussion etc.
Below is a garbled list of things that I do, some stand by themselves, some needing support from the others.
Arrive early enough not only to read the lesson plans for the day, but also early enough to get a grip on the classroom layout and to find and use all evidence of children's names within it.
Collect the register early, and read it, and read it again.
Look at the names of the children on coat hooks/locker doors/drawers.
Look at the star charts, who has the most/least, and do they have teams/table names? It's easy to learn the group/table names before the children come in and use them effectively.
Often younger children will have photographs on the wall, especially in the autumn term, with their names, giving, for example, a character trait/favourite book.
Aim to learn another five, and revise those first five, while the children settle down in their chairs. These next five must be seated apart from each other – i.e. one from each table. If you arm yourself with the name of one child per table, you can then address each table separately – 'Can the children continuing their conversation above me on Rita's table, please stop now!' To get a hold of this second lot of names, look at the drawers/coat hooks etc., that they go to, and ask to look at their book as they settle down at their table.
Listen to the children. You will hear another five before you take the register just by listening to the first ten children you have addressed. They will say things like 'I haven't got my reading log, I left it at Tom's house last night,' whilst pointing in Tom's direction.
Do not pressure yourself into learning any more during the register. Simply use that time to confirm the 15 you now hold in your head. Ask the children to put their hand up when you call their name, before they answer you. Look directly at the child and, after they have said 'Good Morning Miss,' you say 'Good Morning Joe.' Take in the face of that child now sat in their correct place.
Repeat the child's name every time you talk to them, until you know you know it.
When you're going round the class, red pen in hand, look at the front of the child's book when you get to them, it's always got their name on… and use it while you're talking to them about their work.
Test yourself, and let the children know that that's what you're doing. At break time/lining up for assembly, let them know you're about to give yourself a test, get them to stand behind their chairs, and they can only line up if you know their name. They love this game! Make an extra effort to communicate with the children you couldn't name, after assembly.
SupplyBag.co.uk exists to support supply teachers. Here, we have many articles on how to get started as a supply teacher, and how to be a better supply teacher. It is in everyone's interests for you to continually improve your performance in school.
As part of the Government's commitment to raising the effectiveness of supply teaching the former DfES commissioned a set of self-study materials for post induction Supply Teachers in order to support their Professional Development.
The materials consisted of five books to enable independent study, but have since been lost into the ether.
The National Union of Teachers (NUT) offers a calendar of courses to aid in Continuing Professional Development, a good proportion of which are aimed specifically at supply teachers.
Most other teaching unions and associations offer CPD courses. It is worth contacting your local supply teacher recruitment agency regarding CPD that they may offer.
Swansea University often offers Continuing Professional Development courses for supply teachers.


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Peter Bourke new IT chief at CK Hutchison Hong Kong
Extensive retail experience helped him secure the role
Byron Connolly (CIO) 03 August, 2016 10:16
Peter Bourke
Former Westfield director of IT, Peter Bourke, has been appointed head of group information systems at Hong Kong-based conglomerate CK Hutchison Holdings Limited.
Bourke is responsible for IT activities across CK Hutchison's five businesses – ports and related services, retail, infrastructure, energy, and telecommunications. Hutchison Telecommunications Australia is a subsidiary of CK Hutchison Holdings.
Bourke left Westfield in December 2014 after 10 years in the role and since then he has consulted to Intel, TAFE NSW, and digital startup organisations.
He takes charge of a large IT group that manages technology infrastructure for more than 270,000 staff in around 50 countries.
Bourke will introduce shared services across the organisation's applications and infrastructure, set IT policy and standards, manage budgets and governance activities, and identify new technology to be implemented across the group.
CK Hutchison-owned A.S. Watson Group is the biggest retailer in the world with around 14,500 retail sites spread across Asia-Pacific and Europe. Bourke said his extensive retail experience at Westfield helped him secure the role.
At CK Hutchison, Bourke will introduce retail technologies, particularly in the areas of data analytics and business intelligence solutions, which he rolled out during his time at Westfield.
He will also be examining CK Hutchison's existing global contracts with the likes of Oracle, Microsoft and HP.
"There are good contracts in place but it's about getting more value out of them," he said.
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Bourke has spent the majority of his career working in Australia and this is his first role in Hong Kong. He has also previously worked in London and New York.
"For me, the opportunity was also about living in an exciting place where there's a lot of great business activity and a lot of innovative technology."
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Een berkenbasttekst is een handschrift op de binnenste laag van berkenbast en was een van de manieren om een document op schrift te stellen voor de uitvinding van papier. De Gandhāran-boeddhistische teksten zijn de oudste bekende berkenbastteksten. De teksten in het Kharosthischrift zijn ook de oudste boeddhistische geschriften. Ook teksten in het Brahmischrift zijn gevonden op berkenbast. Middeleeuwse Russische teksten stammen uit de periode tussen de 11e en de 15e eeuw en zijn voornamelijk aangetroffen in de stad Novgorod.

Oost-Slavische teksten

De vondst van teksten op berkenbast heeft een geheel nieuw licht geworpen op de taal van middeleeuws Rusland, het Oudrussisch. Voordien was deze taal namelijk vooral overgeleverd in oorkondes en kronieken, genres waarvan de taal vaak sterk beïnvloed was door het Kerkslavisch. Sinds de ontdekking van berkenbastbrieven zijn er nieuwe inzichten ontstaan over het echte Russisch van de middeleeuwen en is bovendien een aantal zeer opvallende lokale eigenaardigheden van het Novgorodse dialect aan het licht gekomen. Daarnaast geven de berkenbastteksten een beeld van het dagelijks leven in de middeleeuwse Russische steden.

De teksten betreffen voornamelijk brieven (zowel zakelijk als persoonlijk) en administratieve lijsten, maar ook schrijfoefeningen, gebeden, bezweringen en tal van andere zaken komen voor. Een groot deel van de berkenbastteksten is overigens niet of nauwelijks leesbaar doordat ze slechts uit zeer fragmentarische stukken van woorden of letters bestaan. In totaal zijn er ongeveer 80 complete brieven van 25 of meer woorden gevonden.

Ontdekking
De eerste berkenbasttekst (Russisch: берестяная грамота) werd op 26 juli 1951 in Novgorod gevonden door Nina Akoelova, tijdens archeologische opgravingen onder leiding van Artemi Artsichovski. Twaalf jaar later beschikte men al over zo'n 400 teksten. Novgorod is met grote afstand de belangrijkste vindplaats gebleven, daarnaast zijn er teksten gevonden in onder andere Torzjok, Staraja Roessa, Pskov, Smolensk, Tver en Zvenyhorod. De teller stond in 2005 op 1051 teksten, waarvan 956 uit Novgorod. Ook zijn er zo'n honderd griffels gevonden, de meeste van ijzer, sommige van been of brons.

De late ontdekking en de goede staat van de berkenbastteksten kan verklaard worden door het feit dat ze zich op grote diepte (tot 8 meter onder de oppervlakte) bevonden in een zeer vochtige kleilaag die zuurstof tegenhield. Opgravingen in Novgorod waren al in de jaren 1930 begonnen, maar werden onderbroken door de Tweede Wereldoorlog.

Datering
De belangrijkste methode om berkenbastteksten te dateren is de stratigrafie, dat wil zeggen op basis van de aardlaag waarin de tekst is aangetroffen. Een grote rol is hierbij weggelegd voor de dendrochronologie, een techniek die uitgaat van de unieke jaarringpatronen van in de laag aangetroffen stukken hout. Een andere indicatie voor de datering is de vermelding in de tekst van uit andere historische bronnen bekende personen. Met name kronieken kunnen hierbij zeer nuttig zijn, omdat deze altijd van data voorzien zijn. Vergelijking tussen de resultaten van beide genoemde methoden kunnen weer tot nieuwe inzichten leiden.

Als er eenmaal voldoende teksten met behulp van de bovengenoemde methodes gedateerd zijn, ontstaat de mogelijkheid orthografische, paleografische en taalkundige aspecten te vergelijken. Gedurende de 4 eeuwen die de berkenbastteksten bestrijken is de taal ingrijpend veranderd en het wel of juist niet voorkomen van bepaalde vormen levert sterke aanwijzingen voor de tijd waarin de tekst geschreven is. Deze dateringsmethode kan aanvullend gebruikt worden, maar kan ook uitkomst bieden als de stratigrafische methode geen of onvoldoende uitsluitsel geeft.

Taal
De meerderheid van de berkenbastteksten afkomstig uit Novgorod en de in vroeger tijden onder Novgorods bestuur vallende steden (Staraja Roessa en Torzjok) is geschreven in het Oudnovgorodse dialect, dat zich op een aantal punten onderscheidt van het uit de traditionele bronnen bekende Oudrussisch. Het dialect van Pskov, zoals overgeleverd in de daar gevonden berkenbastteksten, komt grotendeels overeen met het Novgorods, maar kent daarnaast nog een aantal eigen fonologische bijzonderheden. Vanwege de grote overeenkomsten worden beide dialecten samen wel noord-Oudrussisch genoemd. Enkele aspecten van het Novgorods en het Pskovs waren voor de ontdekking van berkenbastteksten wel bekend, maar slechts op kleine schaal aangetroffen als lokale invloeden in teksten die verder geschreven waren in het prestigieuzere Russisch Kerkslavisch of niet dialectisch Oudrussisch.

In de beginperiode van het onderzoek naar de taal van de berkenbastteksten werd er vaak van uitgegaan dat lokale eigenaardigheden fouten van halfgeletterden betroffen. Dit werd nog versterkt door het feit dat taalkundigen weinig inbreng hadden in het onderzoek. Aan het begin van de jaren 1980 kreeg de Russische taalkundige Andrej Zaliznjak belangstelling voor het onderwerp. Hij toonde aan dat er wel degelijk systematiek zit in de berkenbasttaal en dat de schrijvers van berkenbastteksten heel goed wisten wat ze deden. Het serieus en systematisch behandelen van de op berkenbast voorkomende taalvariëteiten heeft geleid tot een veel groter inzicht in de taal.

De berkenbastteksten bevatten een schat aan informatie over de ontwikkeling van de Russische taal. Veel duidelijker dan in de conservatieve manuscripten op perkament (kronieken, oorkondes) is de chronologie en mate van verspreiding van diverse morfologische, syntactische en fonologische aspecten vast te stellen. Zo zijn onder andere het verdwijnen van de dualis, het wegvallen van bepaalde onbeklemtoonde klinkers, het ontstaan van nieuwe woorden en de ontwikkeling van het modern-Russische systeem van bezielde en onbezielde zelfstandige naamwoorden nauwkeurig op berkenbast te volgen. Daarnaast komen in berkenbastteksten tientallen woorden voor die niet uit andere bronnen bekend zijn, waardoor vele lacunes in de Oudrussische woordenboeken opgevuld worden. De waarde van berkenbastteksten op al deze gebieden kan niet overschat worden.

Fins op berkenbast
Berkenbasttekst Novgorod 292, gevonden in 1957, is de oudste tekst in een Finse taal. Het document dateert uit het begin van de 13e eeuw en is geschreven in een Karelisch dialect.

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Alle berkenbastteksten zijn geschreven in het cyrillische alfabet en hanteren de, in die tijd algemeen gebruikelijke, scriptio continua, dat wil zeggen dat alle woorden zonder spaties aan elkaar worden geschreven. Sommige auteurs gebruiken puntjes (•) om woorden of zinsdelen van elkaar te scheiden, maar deze en andere vormen van interpunctie kunnen ook een zuiver decoratieve functie hebben.

Een complicerende factor bij het lezen van berkenbastteksten is het veelvuldig gebruik van de zogenaamde bytovaja-spelling (afgeleid van het Russische woord byt, dat dagelijks leven betekent). Deze spelling komt naast op berkenbast ook in andere bronnen voor, zij het alleen in niet-kerkelijke teksten. Het principe van de bytovaja-spelling is dat een aantal klinkertekens in alle posities volledig uitwisselbaar is. Hierbij gaat het met name om o~ъ en e~ь~ě.

Een voorbeeld uit Novgorod 644 (van Něžka aan Zavid):
ot Něžeke ko Zavidu
moet gelezen worden als
ot Něžьkě kъ Zavidu
Tegenover de bytovaja-spelling staat de knizjnaja-spelling (boekenspelling, kniga is het Russische woord voor boek), waarin wel altijd onderscheid wordt gemaakt tussen o en ъ resp. e, ь en ě. Het vrij uitwisselen van deze klinkers is geen spelfout en komt voor in teksten met een officieel karakter die verder foutloos zijn geschreven. Wel is er een beperking te geven van de tijd waarin bytovaja gebruikelijk is. Vroege voorbeelden dateren uit de 11e eeuw en in de 13e eeuw is het de standaard geworden. In de 14e eeuw begint het gebruik af te nemen totdat het in de 15e eeuw bijna geheel verdwenen is.

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Alle berkenbastteksten krijgen chronologisch op vinddatum een nummer, dat onveranderlijk is en gebruikt wordt om naar de teksten te verwijzen. De stad waar de tekst is gevonden wordt voor het nummer vermeld en iedere vindplaats heeft zijn eigen nummering. Berkenbastteksten worden dus bijvoorbeeld aangeduid als Novgorod 109 of Pskov 6. Voordat de stukken berkenbast geconserveerd worden opgeslagen, worden ze gefotografeerd en wordt er een proris gemaakt. Een proris (afgeleid van het Russische werkwoord prorisovat, dat lijnen trekken betekent) is een nauwkeurige overtekening van de tekst, waarbij de plaatsing en specifieke vorm van elk teken behouden wordt.

De berkenbastteksten uit Novgorod worden gepubliceerd in een speciale serie met naam Novgorodskije gramoty na bereste (Novgorodse brieven op berkenbast). In 2005 waren er in deze serie 11 delen verschenen, waarin alle teksten uit Novgorod t/m nr. 915 en de teksten uit Staraja Roessa en Torzjok zijn opgenomen. In de eerste delen van de serie werden ook foto's van de teksten opgenomen, maar vanwege de hoge kosten hiervan wordt in latere delen met een proris van elke tekst volstaan. Recent gevonden teksten van enige omvang worden ieder jaar gepubliceerd in het tijdschrift Voprosy jazykoznanije (Taalkundige kwesties, een gerenommeerd Russisch taalwetenschappelijk tijdschrift).

De tekst en interpretatie in de oudere delen van de serie is in veel gevallen inmiddels achterhaald. Veel nieuwe inzichten over de taal zijn te vinden in het boek Drevnenovgorodski dialekt (Het Oudnovgorodse dialect; Moskou, 1995) van de bekende Russische taalkundige Andrej Zaliznjak. In dit werk zijn alle berkenbastteksten (behalve extreem fragmentarische of niet-Slavische teksten) opgenomen en worden ze vertaald en besproken volgens de actuele stand van het onderzoek naar het Oudrussisch.

Externe links
  gramoty.ru - Beschrijving, foto's en prorisy van alle berkenbastteksten
 Inaugurele rede Jos Schaeken, Leiden, maart 2004 Een toegankelijk en informatief betoog, grotendeels over berkenbastteksten, met links naar bronnen op internet. Bezocht 31 augustus 2008
  Samenvatting INTAS-project Dit onderzocht van 2004 tot 2007 berkenbastteksten. Bezocht 31 augustus 2008

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Currently I am working at Bausch + Lomb as a development engineer in the lens design group and the CMTI program was a very large reason for the opportunity. The lens design group is involved in all aspects of product life cycle of the medical device, from designing and developing the contact lenses to communicating with clinicians to gain feedback about the lenses. The CMTI program is a great program in that we touch on all these different pieces. The two month rotation gave us the experience to communicate with different types of clinicians and allowed us to really understand how medical devices are used in a clinical setting. We also learned the business side of the medical device world and how the devices are regulated, along with many other topics. The ability of the program to supply us with such diverse skills in a short period of time is what makes the CMTI program unique and a great experience. Mohammad Musleh, M.S.


Two hip hop dance groups from the region won big in one of the biggest hip hop dance competitions in the country this year - the recently concluded World Dance Off presented by clothing brand Jagthug held in SM Mall of Asia Arena on May 30, 2015.
General Santos City pride XB Gensan was declared champion while Xtreme Dancers from the City of Koronadal bagged the 2nd Place in the competition participated by top dance crews from all over the country. Xtreme Dancers will go home with the P50,000 cash prize for their 2nd Place finish while the champions XB Gensan bagged the P300,000 cash prize and will compete in an international competition to be held in Zurich, Switzerland on November 2015 all expenses paid.
Check out the following photos from the Facebook page of Jagthug.
A second place finish for Xtreme Dancers from the City of Koronadal in the Jagthug World Dance Off.


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Q: Google Apps domain as OpenID provider
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*How can I make my Google Apps domain to be OpenID provider. Is there any documentation, tutorial, working example something?

*How to authenticate users in my own application using Google Apps domain authentication (I mean without OpenID). I've heard that it's something about gdata api but I don't know where to start. Are there any useful tutorials howtos or working examples?
I would like to know about free or open source solutions.

A: You don't have to do anything to make your Google Apps domain an openid provider.  BUT, Google's special OpenID service for Apps for Domains requires OpenID relying parties to implement a special (proprietary) discovery mechanism and most RPs don't [yet].  So, if you're testing against that, it won't work.
One way to test is go to an OpenID RP that uses RPXNow.  RPX is one of those RPs that do accept Google's new discovery mechanism.  jyte.com for example.  Try logging in there.

A: Regardin question number 1, i've been working on this for the past few days now.
Check it out here: How do you delegate your OpenId to Google Apps
It appears Google doesn't allow delegation, so you can't just put the meta information in the header of your document. I believe you have to create a file called yourdomain.com/.well-known/host-meta that points to the XRDS file on the Google server. It's explained better on the discovery API page. Sorry, that's all jargon, but I don't know how otherwise to explain it.
For Google federated OpenID testing try: http://www.puffypoodles.com/
The delegation issue is better in the Google group for the OpenID federated login API.
Regarding question number 2, the federated login API provides OAuth goodness, so you can pull in user info and use auth tokens etc. Check the federated login API.
Hope that helps.

A: Their OpenID Federated Login Service looks like the place to start.  It's based on OpenID and allows you to have users sign-in to your site using their Google Apps ID.  It looks like it's not supported with Google Apps Standard edition.
http://code.google.com/apis/apps/sso/openid_reference_implementation.html
There is also the Single Sign-On framework that doesn't use OpenID which may be the answer to #2.
http://code.google.com/apis/apps/open_source_projects.html#sso

A: Lots of people posted about OpenID, so I'll answer your second question.
ClientLogin is the API you're after.
http://code.google.com/googleapps/domain/gdata_provisioning_api_v2.0_developers_protocol.html#client_login
Note that the link above is from the provisioning API doc, but it is not dependent on access to provisioning API, it's just where this info lives now.
Lots of examples in different languages there.
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*no single sign-on for this

*Google will dislike you (they are trying to kill ClientLogin)

*you will get occasional Captcha failures and will need to deal with those


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#Korean history
1975 -- In the face of continuing popular unrest, Park Chung-hee promulgates the 9th State of Emergency decree, the final version of a series of emergency measures that led to the jailing of hundreds of dissidents.
1997 -- Two North Korean families defect to South Korea.
2006 -- South and North Korea agree to conduct test-runs of two sets of railways that were built across their heavily fortified border.
2009 -- South Korean President Lee Myung-bak and Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev agree to upgrade their countries' relationship to a "strategic partnership" and launch a number of joint projects to create billions of dollars in benefits for both sides.
2010 -- South Korean President Lee Myung-bak says the country needs to reconsider a long-term defense reform project crafted by the former Roh Moo-hyun administration, as it does not fully reflect the security conditions on the peninsula.
2013 -- South Korean President Park Geun-hye apologizes over allegations of sexual misconduct by her spokesman during her visit to the United States. Yoon Chang-jung was accused of committing a sexual misdemeanor against a Korean-American woman.
2015 -- A reservist goes on a shooting spree at a military training camp in Naegok-dong, southern Seoul, killing two colleagues and wounding two others, before committing suicide. It is the first time in South Korea's military history that a reservist has opened fire on people, though the country has witnessed several suicides and accidents involving reservists with firearms.


The purpose of this white paper is to illustrate the importance of KYC/CDD and the role of auditors in ensuring that the required testing is performed, issues uncovered during audit are remediated prior to the regulator's examination or the financial institution (FI) falling victim to the perpetrators of money laundering and terrorism financing. Proper KYC/CDD ensure and unveils the true identity of customer specially UBO's in simple as well as in complex structures of entities such as off shore, FZCO and companies set in secrecy heaven where the rights to monitor, control and dispose funds on behalf of true owners, are given to legal persons such as lawyers, and trustees etc. Auditing FIs KYC/CDD process using modern techniques determines that the desired results have been achieved from KYC/CDD as it subsequently impacts sanctions screening and transaction monitoring, if a FI KYC/CDD program is not stringent the entire AML/CFT program can collapse and the FI will always remain vulnerable to regulatory and ML/TF risk. This paper also defines the controlled environments other than audit, how to identify and resolve issues and how to conduct risk assessment of audited entities of an organization in relation to CDD.


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Industry, investors divided on proposed Ontario capital market reforms
Institutional investors, industry groups and experts are divided on a set of substantial capital markets reforms being proposed by Ontario's capital markets modernization taskforce.
The taskforce, set up in February by Ontario Finance Minister Rod Phillips, released a set of 47 proposed reforms over the summer that could impact mining issuers if they were implemented. The suggestions included introducing the option to move to semi-annual reporting from quarterly reporting; creating an alternative offering model for reporting issuers; introducing a well-known seasoned issuer model such as in the United States; and giving public companies greater flexibility to gauge investor interest in a prospectus offering. The three-month comment period concluded in September.
Commenting on the proposed changes, James Brown, partner in Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt's corporate group and co-chair of the firm's mining group, said the impact will depend on the size of the mining issuer. "[For] larger issuers that are cross-border, some of the proposals are intended to make their lives easier."
Brown pointed to the proposal to incorporate a well-known seasoned issuer model for capital-raising. The model would give certain public companies a less burdensome registration process for a shelf prospectus — a short-form prospectus that companies can file on SEDAR for a public offering when they have no intention to immediately sell all of the qualified securities. Qualifying companies would need to be above a certain free float or have issued debt securities above a set amount in a specific time period, with a strong disclosure record. "[That's] a proposal we think is going to be helpful to reduce regulatory burden," Brown said in an interview.
However, he noted, many junior miners won't be able to take advantage of that system because they choose not to file annual information forms due to cost-constraints or other reasons, cutting them out of the short-form prospectus system.
In its submission to taskforce chair Walied Soliman, the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) was supportive of several of the proposals that would seem to benefit junior mining companies, such as the suggestion to introduce an alternative offering model for reporting issuers.
While large public companies can absorb the cost of conducting a public offering, they present a barrier to small companies, the taskforce's report noted. The alternative model would allow smaller companies to raise capital based on a short offering document and their continuous disclosure record, rather than a full prospectus filing. Companies would need to be reporting issuers for 12 months and be up to date with continuous disclosure to participate.
PDAC proposed a $10-million maximum capital-raising limit within a 12-month period for smaller issuers, and more than that for larger issuers. It suggested the limit should be proportional to issuers' market capitalization so the alternative offering model couldn't be used to finance a material acquisition or change of business.
"One of the principle concerns PDAC has for its members is ensuring a smooth, effective access to capital, given the nature of their businesses, and something like this alternative offering model could certainly add a new flexible way for companies to reach markets," Jeff Killeen, the association's director of policy and programs, finance and taxation, securities, geoscience and health and safety, said in an interview with The Northern Miner.
Similar proposals have been entertained by the British Columbia Securities Commission and the Canadian Securities Administrators.
The Investment Industry Association of Canada, however, said such a model would "degrade the reputation of Canadian capital markets." It argued it would have a negative impact on continuous disclosure available to the secondary markets because of an absence of underwriter due diligence and regulatory review on such offerings, and expressed concern at the lack of proposals to protect retail investors if such a model were implemented.
PDAC expressed support for a proposal from the taskforce to move to semi-annual reporting. However, the association said such reporting should only apply to small issuers that reported no revenue from regular operations in the previous two years.
"For junior explorers, a move to semi-annual reporting could provide more time and resources for exploration, which is the principal way they provide value for their investors," Killeen said. As well, he noted, those companies are already required to disclose material changes to their business on a continuous basis through press releases.
On the investor side, the Pension Investment Association of Canada, which represents more than 130 of the largest pension plans in the country responsible for more than $2 trillion in assets under management, said it supports semi-annual reporting from issuers, with caveats. "PIAC is of the belief that providing quarterly reporting and guidance may lead some issuers to focus on short-term thinking and to make decisions that are short-term oriented to meet the demands of the market and lead to less than optimal outcomes for shareholders and the beneficiaries of the pension plans that PIAC represents," it said.
However, any move to semi-annual reporting should include timely disclosures of material changes to the issuers' business plans and activities to ensure transparency, it added.
The Investment Industry Association of Canada said it supports allowing semi-annual reporting for TSX Venture or Canadian Securities Exchange issuers, but not for larger companies on the TSX. "Issuers benefit from the structured and frequent communication with investors that comes with the quarterly reporting cycle."
Australia and the United Kingdom have implemented such reporting, but other provincial regulators and the United States have not. Osler's submission to the taskforce pointed out that a move to semi-annual reporting, and other proposed changes, would put Ontario out of step.
"While many of the proposals present interesting ideas for Ontario's capital markets, simply making changes in Ontario alone isn't helpful," Brown said. "Virtually all public companies in Canada report in more than one jurisdiction, so unless the changes are harmonized across the country, there is little benefit to making changes in Ontario to mining issuers, big or small, where they continue to have to comply with different standards in another province or territory."
Killeen said the PDAC is less concerned with harmonization with the United States. "Canada and Ontario are top destinations for raising capital for the mineral exploration industry, and we're certainly focused on maintaining that position," he said. "Alignment with the U.S. regulatory framework isn't always paramount. Ensuring our capital markets are nimble, streamlined and [have] strong investor protections, those are top priorities."
To encourage more public companies to use prospectus offerings for financings, rather than relying on private placements, the taskforce recommended greater flexibility for issuers and their advisors to gauge institutional investor interest in a potential prospectus.
"The Taskforce believes that a greater ability to communicate with potential investors to gauge the demand for a public offering would minimize the risk of failed transactions," it said, adding that such flexibility would need to be accompanied by increased monitoring and compliance examinations on the trading of investors that have advanced information about a potential prospectus.
This would bring Ontario up to speed with similar rules in the U.S., according to Brown. He said Ontario should attempt to more closely align its rules with the U.S., including those around testing the waters prior to a prospectus offering, as the U.S. markets provide a major source of capital for Canadian issuers. "We don't want Canadian companies to decide, 'I'm not going to bother with Canada because [it's] too difficult, I'm only going to go public in the U.S. All that does is it prejudices Canadian investors."
The taskforce also proposed prohibiting short selling in connection with prospectus offerings and private placements, by preventing market participants and investors that have previously short sold the same type of securities as offered under a prospectus or private placement from acquiring securities under those deals. It noted stakeholders have said short-selling around prospectus offerings has made the pricing and execution of those offerings more difficult, because they're generally priced at a discount to market price.
"Market participants and investors who expect to purchase under the offering may seek to profit through aggressive short selling prior to the offering to depress the price of the offering," it said, further noting that pre-arranged bought deals with hedge funds that are shorting the stock prior to the announcement are "rife in the Canadian markets and particularly targeting capital intensive industries."
PDAC called for more research into short selling before any changes are implemented. "[We don't] think there's a proper understanding of the impacts of short selling in the marketplace right now," Killeen said. "We certainly hear anecdotal comments about short selling in the marketplace around offerings and otherwise, but without that quantitative understanding of what the real dynamic looks like, we're reticent to recommend regulatory changes that may not address the issues that are out there."
— Kelsey Rolfe is a freelance journalist based in Toronto. She has written about the mining sector for more than five years and was previously a section editor at CIM Magazine in Montreal.
Source: The Northern Miner
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Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 7, 2019
UNITED CONTINENTAL HOLDINGS, INC.
UNITED AIRLINES, INC.
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of incorporation)
233 S. Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL
Registrant's telephone number, including area code
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligations of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
On January 7, 2019, United Continental Holdings, Inc. ("UAL"), the holding company whose primary subsidiary is United Airlines, Inc. ("United," and together with UAL, the "Company"), issued a press release related to certain special charges the Company expects to record for fourth quarter 2018. The press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
The information in this Item 2.02, including Exhibit 99.1, is being furnished and shall not be deemed to be "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, (the "Exchange Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section and shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document filed pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
Exhibit No.
Press Release issued by United Continental Holdings, Inc. dated January 7, 2019
Pursuant to the requirements of the Exchange Act, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
/s/ Chris Kenny
Chris Kenny
Vice President and Controller
Worldwide Media Relations
media.relations@united.com
United Airlines to Hold Live Webcast of
Fourth-Quarter and Full-Year 2018 Financial Results
CHICAGO, Jan. 7, 2019– United Airlines will hold a conference call to discuss fourth-quarter and full-year 2018 financial results on Wednesday, January 16, at 9:30 a.m. CT/10:30 a.m. ET. A live, listen-only webcast of the conference call will be available at ir.united.com. The company will issue its fourth-quarter and full-year 2018 financial results and first-quarter 2019 investor update after market close on Tuesday, January 15.
The webcast will be available for replay within 24 hours of the conference call and then archived on the website for three months.
Notable Special Charges
For fourth quarter 2018, the company expects to record a special non-cash impairment charge of $206 million ($160 million net of taxes) associated with its Hong Kong routes. The company conducted its annual impairment review of intangible assets in the fourth quarter of 2018, which consisted of a comparison of the book value of specific assets to the fair value of those assets calculated using the discounted cash flow method. Due to increased costs without sufficient corresponding increases in revenue in the Hong Kong market, the company determined that the value of its Hong Kong routes had been impaired. The collateral pledged under the company's term loan, including the Hong Kong routes, continues to be sufficient to satisfy the loan covenants.
The company expects to also record a one-time termination fee with a present value of $64 million ($50 million net of tax) related to one of its engine maintenance service agreements.
About United
United Airlines and United Express operate approximately 4,800 flights a day to 353 airports across five continents. In 2018, United and United Express operated more than 1.7 million flights carrying more than 158 million customers. United is proud to have the world's most comprehensive route network, including U.S. mainland hubs in Chicago, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, Newark/New York, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. United operates 770 mainline aircraft and the airline's United Express carriers operate 559 regional aircraft. The airline is a founding member of Star Alliance, which provides service to 193 countries via 28 member airlines. For more information, visit united.com, follow @United on Twitter or connect on Facebook. The common stock of United's parent, United Continental Holdings, Inc., is traded on the Nasdaq under the symbol "UAL".
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pressures on pricing and on demand; demand for transportation in the markets in which we operate; our capacity decisions and the capacity decisions of our competitors; the effects of any hostilities, act of war or terrorist attack; the effects of any technology failures or cybersecurity breaches; the impact of regulatory, investigative and legal proceedings and legal compliance risks; disruptions to our regional network; the ability of other air carriers with whom we have alliances or partnerships to provide the services contemplated by the respective arrangements with such carriers; costs associated with any modification or termination of our aircraft orders; potential reputational or other impact from adverse events in our operations, the operations of our regional carriers, the operations of our code share partners or the aircraft operated by another airline of the same model as operated by us, our regional carriers or our code share partners; our ability to attract and retain customers; our ability to execute our operational plans and revenue-generating initiatives, including optimizing our revenue; our ability to control our costs, including realizing benefits from our resource optimization efforts, cost reduction initiatives and fleet replacement programs; the impact of any management changes; our ability to cost-effectively hedge against increases in the price of aircraft fuel if we decide to do so; any potential realized or unrealized gains or losses related to any fuel or currency hedging programs; labor costs; our ability to maintain satisfactory labor relations and the results of any collective bargaining agreement process with our union groups; any disruptions to operations due to any potential actions by our labor groups; an outbreak of a disease that affects travel demand or travel behavior; U.S. or foreign governmental legislation, regulation and other actions (including Open Skies agreements and environmental regulations); industry consolidation or changes in airline alliances; our ability to comply with the terms of our various financing arrangements; the costs and availability of financing; our ability to maintain adequate liquidity; the costs and availability of aviation and other insurance; weather conditions; our ability to utilize our net operating losses to offset future taxable income; the impact of changes in tax laws; the success of our investments in airlines in other parts of the world; and other risks and uncertainties set forth under Part I, Item 1A., "Risk Factors," of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017, as well as other risks and uncertainties set forth from time to time in the reports we file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.


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Home Music Album Reviews Otis Redding: Complete & Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul (Rhino)
Otis Redding: Complete & Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul (Rhino)
by David Luhrssen
Fifty years ago Otis Redding released what some have ranked as the greatest soul album. Although it falls short of such high praise, The Dictionary of Soul is solid work from one of the genre's masters. The hint of a tear catches his voice on the sad numbers and his fervor when upbeat is unrelenting. His interpretive powers were remarkable: Redding reinvented The Beatles' "Day Tripper" and transformed "Try a Little Tenderness" into gospel testifying.
Many of the arrangements came from the same template, but with variation. Redding even handled straight-out blues with "Hawg for You," his voice mimicking a harmonica's wail. Dictionary of Soul would be Redding's final studio album released in his lifetime. The singer died a year later in a plane crash near Madison, Wis. The new reissue features one disc in stereo and the other in the more concentrated medium of mono. Included are unreleased takes and B-sides.
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