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Re-COP - Day 10 at the Paris COP21 summit on climate change
By Luca Bonaccorsi in Paris and the BirdLife Team in Brussels
Day 10 - Wednesday 9th December
16:00 - BirdLife's Edward Perry has a copy of the new draft text (which you can read here) - we'll have some thoughts on it shortly:
15:00 - The Committee of Paris is first delayed, then meets only briefly at COP21 - a new draft text is trailed by COP21 President, Laurent Fabius. It is significantly shorter than the version released on Saturday we're told, down to 29 pages with 75% of the bracketed text removed. The Committee will meet back at 8pm tonight to discuss. As for the content, the text is being handed out in the plenary room, with a copy now online here: http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/2015/cop21/eng/da01.pdf
14:30 - A new short film by Jeff Horowitz featuring Dr. Jane Goodall has just been shown at the IUCN pavilion at COP21 - called 'Stop The Burning', it incorporates the voices of 30 global leaders during the World Economic Forum in Davos speaking out to save our planet by saving our forests. For more information, click the image below:
14:00 - Our CEO, Patricia Zurita, has been speaking to TckTckTck from COP21 - you can see the interview here:
13.00 - Today the biggy at the COP is clearly the release of draft 2 (of the notorious, much expected Treaty). It was expected at 13:00. But they've already announced it's been delayed till 3pm.
Our latest intelligence suggests that:
· The ambitious 1.5°C target could be in there. Of course for this to happen compromises are probably being made: no strict timeframe (1.5° yes but... in some undetermined future) and dropping the language on decarbonistaion (apparently Saudi's request). India, however, opposes it (and strict reviews) because it would require substantial re-writing of its NDCs (i.e. its plans to reduce emissions).
· French Minister Fabius has said informally: there will be an agreement but don't expect too much from it (we knew that much!).
On Markets: EU + Brazil very keen on keeping CDMs (Clean Develeopment Mechanisms) alive. Although the EU has already said it will not be using those credits in the new ETS. Most developing countries seem to want CDMs (even when few use them). It is a rather technical issue. We might go back to this.
A Guardian article revealed a "coalition of the willing" including EU, less developed and small island nations (more than 100 countries) has formed. The coalition clearly serves the purpose of rebalancing the G77+China one. What role will it have in negotiations? Stay tuned and you'll know (basically the richer countries (EU members, US etc.) have found allies to counter China+India etc).
This is going to be a fun fun day. Stay tuned!
10:00 - BirdLife's Director of Science, Melanie Heath, has been speaking with the President of Kiribati, Anote Tong, and presented him with a copy of our climate change report The Messengers (you can take a look at it here). Kiribati (a collection of 33 islands) is one of a number of island nations whose very existence is under threat from rising sea levels. They're also part of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS), who's banded together to give their countries a louder voice:
09:30 - An important message from Amnesty International and Greenpeace (which we thought we'd share here) - a strong joint appeal from them with a clear demand - 100% of of our energy should come from renewables by 2050:
09:00 - A new draft Paris text to be presented at the 'Committee of Paris' at 1pm this afternoon:
At 1PM 3rd Comité de Paris #COP21 and new draft Paris Outcome https://t.co/Os9PYkk72k pic.twitter.com/gOWAxyx0fO
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7 reasons why this month's Biodiversity Conference affects us all
From 17th – 29th November, governments from across the world will meet at the UN Biodiversity Conference in Egypt to review progress towards conserving biodiversity for people and planet and start to craft a new deal...
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Birdfair 2019 project announced: Conserving Cambodia's 'Big Five'
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Fighting for the last Eden: saving Madagascar's unique species
Life hangs in the balance in Tsitongambarika, Madagascar's anti-extinction frontline
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Back from the Dead? The Story of the Blue-eyed Ground-Dove.
Just three years ago, the Blue-eyed Ground-Dove was thought to be extinct. Then, after 75 years without a confirmed sighting, twelve individuals were found in the wild. But with such a small population, can the species...
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Building birding trails in Colombia - before loggers can get there
Peace in Colombia is attracting tourists – but also logging. Can a new generation of young birding guides protect its spectacularly species-rich habitats?
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Nuevo récord en la Reserva Laney Rickman
Un número récord de pichones de la críticamente amenazada Paraba Barba Azul volaron de las cajas nidos en la Reserva Laney Rickman de la Asociación Armonía. Tras el período de reproducción 2018-2019 doce pichones...
Algerian forest reinstated as National Park after turbulent history
Djebel Babor forest in Northern Algeria was a National Park for 60 years before being stripped of its status. Now, despite political upheaval, the hard work of conservationists has paid off once again.
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Up to 100 vulture deaths prevented by rapid response to poisoning
On Sunday morning, a wildlife ranger in Nairobi, Kenya discovered 20 dead and 5 critically ill vultures slumped around a poisoned hyena carcass. Despite these tragic casualties, a rapid response protocol set up with the...


Hangouts on Air for Google+ was released last September but stayed unavailable to the general public, but Google has recently announced that it will start rolling out this new Google+ feature to users worldwide. Google+ Hangouts on Air is a live video chat that allows for up to nine other participants to join in the conversation via webcam. This new broadcasting capability opens doors for huge opportunities for businesses to use in a variety of marketing efforts.
Google+ Hangouts on Air offers a way to offer public broadcasting that can be uploaded to your business website, YouTube channel and Google+ page because it records broadcasts and creates easy way to share the recorded broadcasts. While the Hangout on Air is live is also offers engagement tracking so you can view how many users are tuning in during the broadcast time. It is also simple to start a Hangout on Air by clicking the yellow button in your Google+ account, name your broadcast and invite attendees. Make sure and click "Connect to your YouTube account" so Google+ can record to your YouTube channel. You will then have time to adjust your camera and lighting and get any notes together before your Hangout on Air goes live. When the Hangout on Air has ended, it will automatically post publicly so others that were unable to attend can view it. It does have editing options as well.
You can use Google+ Hangouts on Air as you would use any other public broadcasting venues. Holding virtual press conferences to announce exciting new developments is a great way to promote news for your business. Webinars are also expected to be a popular way to use Hangouts on Air in order to offer educational or informational resources. Other ideas to use Google+ Hangouts on Air for your business include industry expert roundtable discussions, interviews, virtual conferences, livestreaming events such as fundraisers or other industry events, ongoing user group discussions and question and answer sessions.
To further optimize your success with using Google+ Hangouts for your business, make sure and promote your events, create summary articles to include with the recordings at your business website. Writing a 400 word article using keywords and keyword phrases to summarize what the recording is about will help with search engine optimization efforts. It will also allow those who may not watch the recording right away to review the information quickly to see what they can come back to later.
US: Is NPR ruining it for the rest of the Public Broadcasting venues, especially PBS TV?


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Ritter v. Cobra Kiosk Hand Fingerprint System
United States District Court, W.D. Kentucky, Owensboro
STEPHANIE L. RITTER PLAINTIFF
COBRA KIOSK HAND FINGERPRINT SYSTEM et al. DEFENDANTS
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Joseph H. McKinley Jr., United States District Court Senior Judge
This is a pro se action filed by a convicted prisoner on a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint form. The Court has granted Plaintiff Stephanie L. Ritter leave to proceed in forma pauperis. This matter is before the Court for screening pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915A. For the reasons set forth below, the Court will dismiss this action.
Plaintiff is incarcerated at the Daviess County Detention Center (DCDC). She brings suit against Daviess County; DCDC; Cobra Kiosk Hand Fingerprint System; and the "Social Security Department."
In the Statement of Claim(s) section of the complaint, Plaintiff writes as follows:
On 2016, I was arrested for DUI, and I use to have with Marines Cobra Choppers and my Dad was a detective who died because of heart attack. When I was arrested, I swore on my bible about complaints of being harassed by the Cobra and [illegible] System. I'd see colors of Marines jobs around town and I was harshly punished as a child by Marines. The problem is with my palms are all ruined cut up do to making the legal system work. It's like hundreds of pounds metel on metel. I believe I've been constitutional violated by this fingerprinted and scanner body scan because every time I've been arrested this facility Daviess County Detention Center gets new equipment. My nerves were clenched on in one of the cell rooms after swearing on bible and it about paralized me. And my middle finger's twisting up and in. In 3rd grade I calapse in teacher's arms because main veins in skull whent through skulls. I've worked with only flying chopper vehicles groundsman. Passing over the color core to the airmen. This town had a lot of murders and they needed this system with the alcohol distillery. The system keeps wanting me to pass their laws and I've had a stroke at times due to an broker newspaper stock and bond back in the 80's, and the business the detention center has. I have seen brown bubbles with faces in the sky, high computer technologys. My right thumb has grown bigger in the 80's due to China or America it happened in Shawnee Dr. Owensboro Ky. With my stroke I have to exercise a palm exercise also I was hit by a radiatron loom of the solar system and hospitalized by [illegible] in a children hospital. Most recent incodent was 2019.
In the Relief section of the complaint, Plaintiff writes, "I just want to get some of the hacking system off."
Because Plaintiff is a prisoner seeking relief against governmental entities, officers, and/or employees, this Court must review the instant action under 28 U.S.C. § 1915A. Under § 1915A, the trial court must review the complaint and dismiss the complaint, or any portion of the complaint, if the Court determines that it is frivolous or malicious, fails to state a claim upon which relief may be granted, or seeks monetary relief from a defendant who is immune from such relief. See § 1915A(b)(1), (2); McGore v. Wrigglesworth, 114 F.3d 601, 604 (6th Cir. 1997), overruled on other grounds by Jones v. Bock, 544 U.S. 199 (2007).
A claim is legally frivolous when it lacks an arguable basis either in law or in fact. Neitzke v. Williams, 490 U.S. 319, 325 (1989). The Court may, therefore, dismiss a claim as frivolous where it is based on an indisputably meritless legal theory or where the factual contentions are clearly baseless. Id. at 327. "Examples of the former class are claims against which it is clear that the defendants are immune from suit . . . and claims of infringement of a legal interest which clearly does not exist[.]" Id. "Examples of the latter class are claims describing fantastic or delusional scenarios, claims with which federal district judges are all too familiar." Id. at 328; Denton v. Hernandez, 504 U.S. 25, 33 (1992) (indicating that an action has no arguable factual basis when the allegations are delusional or "rise to the level of the irrational or the wholly incredible"). The Court need not accept as true factual allegations that are "'fantastic or delusional'" in reviewing a complaint for frivolousness. Hill v. Lappin, 630 F.3d 468, 471 (6th Cir. 2010) (quoting Neitzke, 490 U.S. at 327-28).
Here, Plaintiffs allegations contain no legal theories upon which a valid federal claim may rest and are fantastic and wholly incredible. Therefore, dismissal on the basis of frivolousness is appropriate. See Abner v. SBC (Ameritech), 86 Fed.Appx. 958, 958-59 (6th Cir. 2004).
In addition, "a district court may, at any time, sua sponte dismiss a complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction pursuant to Rule 12(b)(1) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure when the allegations of a complaint are totally implausible, attenuated, unsubstantial, frivolous, devoid of merit, or no longer open to discussion." Apple v. Glenn, 183 F.3d 477, 479 (6th Cir. 1999). The instant complaint meets this standard as well.
For the foregoing reasons, the instant action will be ...

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Abolitionism and the paradox of penal reform in Australia: Indigenous women, colonial patriarchy and co-option
Baldry, Eileen, Carlton, Bree, and Cunneen, Chris (2015) Abolitionism and the paradox of penal reform in Australia: Indigenous women, colonial patriarchy and co-option. Social Justice, 41 (3). pp. 168-189.
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.2200781
View at Publisher Website: http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2200781
In this article we provide an explanation of abolitionism in the context of the Australian colonial project. Our intention is 10 advance a critical understanding of the paradoxes and challenges presented to the abolitionist vision by the project of penal reform. During the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Australia has witnessed the emergence of a diffuse patchwork of abolition and prisoner rights campaigns, which have been informed by the unique political and cultural contexts of the various Australian state jurisdictions. 1 Some of these campaigns, specifically in States such as New South Wales (NSW) and Victoria, have had a profound impact by eliciting and shaping government and correctional penal reform programs (Brown and Zdenkowski 1982: Carlton 2007). Paradoxically, Australia has witnessed at the same time a revalorization of the prison and of punitive measures as primary solutions for dealing with social problems and structural disadvantage (Baldry et al. 2011).
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16 STUDIES IN HUMAN SOCIETY > 1602 Criminology > 160201 Causes and Prevention of Crime @ 30%
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Q: Resizable photos on drag when photo is rotatated expand on diagonal not x axis I have resizable photos that I resize on drag. When there is no rotation I expand on the x axis by getting the X current mouse and on drag the next X mouse position.
My photos can also be rotated so when the photo has a rotation I don't want to expand the photo by the px that the mouse has moved on the x axis, but from the diagonal towards which the photo is rotated. Is there a way to do this?
https://jsfiddle.net/p1j9nys5/4/
What I want is when I expand the second div (the rotated one) the expanding to be calculated from the diagonal at the direction of the arrow not the X axis.

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LA to launch carsharing pilot project for the poor
An NGO in California is collaborating with state and city agencies to provide electric carsharing options, including 100 charging stations, in low-income residents, the first such program in the country. (Mariordo/SUMC)
Shared mobility is getting a jump-start in some of Los Angeles's most disadvantaged neighborhoods. A first-of-its-kind carsharing pilot project would provide transportation for hundreds of thousands of Angelenos, according to the Shared-Use Mobility Center. The national advocacy group has teamed up with the city on the project.
The three-year, $1.6 million program also is designed to reduce emissions, encourage private-sector investment and raise awareness about electric vehicles. The effort is being spearheaded by LA's municipal government and the California Air Resources Board (CARB).
About 100 electric and hybrid carsharing vehicles, and more than 100 charging stations, would be added to poor sections of central Los Angeles. The estimated 7,000 users would be expected to make to some personal sacrifices in exchange for participation. They would have to sell (or avoid buying) a total of 1,000 vehicles, the article says.
The center's responsibilities range from establishing rental rates to generating community support.
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Wojciech Głoskowski herbu Jastrzębiec (zm. w 1624 roku) – sędzia ziemski warszawski w 1620 roku, sędzia ziemski czerski, wojski czerski.

Bibliografia

 Rodzina, herbarz szlachty polskiej, t. IV, Warszawa 1907, s. 196.

Przypisy

Członkowie stanu rycerskiego I Rzeczypospolitej
Wojciech Głoskowski
Sędziowie ziemscy czerscy
Sędziowie ziemscy warszawscy
Urzędnicy ziemscy I Rzeczypospolitej
Wojscy czerscy
Zmarli w 1624

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Microsoft on Wednesday revealed it will pay developers 70 per cent of sales for applications they develop and sell on a Windows Mobile application marketplace introduced at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona last month.
Microsoft also has released tools to enable developers to build applications for the Windows Marketplace for Mobile, which will be offered on Microsoft's Windows Mobile 6.5 software and allow developers to sell thousands of applications to users of Windows Mobile devices. Handsets running Windows Mobile 6.5 should begin shipping in the second half of the year.
The Windows Mobile marketplace is Microsoft's answer to the App Store of iPhone applications Apple offers as part of its software for the iPhone, which popularized the idea of buying and downloading mobile applications from the devices themselves.
For an annual fee of US$99, developers can sell up to five applications on the marketplace and set the prices for those applications, receiving 70 per cent of fees paid for applications sold, Microsoft said Wednesday. However, the company will waive the annual registration fee for student developers who are enrolled in the Microsoft DreamSpark program. Developers also can offer free applications on the marketplace is they so choose.
Microsoft also said it work with developers to test and certify their applications to run on Windows Mobile to ensure a smooth experience for end users.
Registration for Windows Marketplace for Mobile will begin sometime in the next couple of months, and developers will be able to submit applications to the marketplace in the summer time frame, which in the U.S. begins June 21.
Cisco downsizing on the sly through outsourcing?


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North Long Beach as seen from track near Haycock Point credit J Yurasek OEH
Heritage NSW works with communities to protect, celebrate and manage our incredible heritage across NSW.
We provide an integrated approach to conserving Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal heritage. We have the responsibility to review applications, to list items on the State Heritage Register, declare Aboriginal Places and register state shipwrecks.
We work with the community to repatriate Aboriginal ancestral remains, administer grants for heritage conservation and provide secretariat services to the Heritage Council of NSW and the Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Advisory Committee.
Some of our responsibilities include:
State Heritage Register listed items
Permits and approvals for works
Our staff are located across the State and work together to make sure our heritage is protected and conserved for future generations, providing guidance to owners, managers, local government and the wider community about the management of heritage items.


Warning! Danger! High voltage! The words have lost all meaning to me, all I can do is sit and stare. SuperChic Lacquer Electrified is the perfect flashy yellow for a warning sign but I just want to gawk at it and wiggle my nails in the sun. Ofcourse I have a video tutorial too, so click to see more!
Can we just take a second to admire the holo glory of this polish? I was SO happy to catch some rays to take this picture!
If you have been drooling over the High Voltage collection, but have only been disappointed by sold out polishes, then fret no more! They will be restocked tomorrow so you can shop to your heart's content!
The black print is, duhh, freehand with black acrylic paint and my Roubloff 00. Sometimes people don't read the caption and then ask me where I got the stamping plate. LOL! It doesn't look THAT good!
I received SuperChic Lacquer Electrified as a press sample to make nail art with. Opinions expressed are 100% my own and not influenced in any way other than the quality of the product itself.


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Reading the new issue of Road & Track today, with a very speculative article (as is usual with Sam Mitani, the "news" is all dated and appears to be not based on any actual research outside of reading Japanese car magazines and the web) about the new FT-86, the spiritual successor to the original AE-86. The FT-86, or whatever it will be named once it reaches production, is belived to use a 200 HP 2 liter engine with Toyota-style dual direct- & port-injection. The original AE-86 used a port-injected 130 HP 1.6 liter DOHC 4. Times haven't changed much, but 200 HP for a likely 3000-pound car isn't much.
Which conjured up a vision of a monster – why not put the state-of-the-art DOHC 2 liter engine into the original AE-86? By "state of the art", we mean of course the Honda 2 liter S2000 engine: 120 HP/liter. We remembered having seen this done somewhere, several times in fact. It's actually very common in Japan. The example below is an American swap, complete with the engine, computer, 6-speed manual, and dash gauges (closely slaved to the engine computer, they are very commonly reused in these swaps).
As you can see, it's very clean and looks right at home. And the power-to-weight ratio is certainly far ahead of the modern FT-86… and may stay that way unless Subaru puts their turbocharged STI engine into their version of the car. Something that is being denied at the moment. Unfortunate.


24 Hours of LeMons: There Goes the Neighborhood Bonus Preview!
By now, you've hopefully read my preview of the 24 Hours of LeMons race at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park over on Hooniverse. If you haven't, go do it now. I'll wait.
Great to see you again. On a scale of Awesome to Incredible, how was that preview? I agree.
Now, if someone in Vegas or Atlantic City or that seedy restaurant where people are coming and going from the back room all the time is taking bets on the overall winner—i.e. the team that the series typically cares the least about—make the jump for what passes as a tip sheet.
24 Hours of LeMons: Doin' Time in Joliet bonus preview!
By now, you're almost certainly read the preview over at Hooniverse in all its entymological glory from guest previewer Blake Field. If not, set aside a healthy block of time and go read that. I've tried to refrain too much from getting too serious in my recent LeMons previews, but this weekend's forthcoming race is interesting to the endurance-racing geek in my brain so there are some interesting things at play in the race for the overall win.
It's been a while since I've offered mid-race analysis from a 24 Hours of LeMons race, but here we are. I've got a bit of free time so let's take a look at how the first day of LeMons' "Good Effort Grand Prix" at Sonoma Raceway. I previewed the race for Hooniverse here so you can compare what I said (or didn't say) and how it compares thus far. Follow the jump for some LeMons geekery.


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Stereotype party not discrimination
By Michael Bloom
This letter is in response to the article about the student senate's resolution of restricting "stereotyped" themed parties ("Student senate discusses 2 resolutions," Oct. 11). In that article, one of the senators was quoted about her belief that a party in which people are encouraged to dress up as white trash or a Nazi officer is an act of "discrimination" and has no place on our campus. I would like to clarify to the senator and other people who are similarly confused as to what the meaning of "discrimination" really is. Discrimination is the unfair treatment or exclusion of a group of people based on prejudice. Neither element of the definition is present in this situation. No group is being told it cannot participate in the party due to its standing in that group.
Dressing up as a stereotype might be a distasteful act that has the potential to offend many, but to outlaw such behavior on the grounds of "discrimination" would be to fraudulently expand the scope of the word. If all acts that could conceivably offend someone are subject to being banned by the University then, by all means, ban a stereotype party. If the only grounds to ban such a party are "discrimination," however, the students must retain their right to dress up as they wish, regardless of whether such action is in good taste.
Michael Bloom
First-year law student
The Mardini sisters' story is shared in Netflix's 'The Swimmers'
Kofi Cockburn agrees to professional contract with Japanese basketball club Niigata Albirex BB
Opinion | Nobody wants to be a journalist
Urbana residential energy rates triple
UI acceptance rate drops to lowest on record as number of applicants rises


I'm a newbie, just registered as a member yesterday. I must say that I'm getting hooked on the forums, sections on idioms,grammar etc.
I want to compliment the editor,moderator or ?team of the English experts here for a job well done. Not too sure if this is the correct section to post a compliment??
This website is really cool and the daily topics are so interesting!
It makes me look forward to the daily happenings in this website.
KUDOS TO THE TEAM THAT MAKES THIS POSSIBLE!!! YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE.
Yes, I'd like to add my thanks to the moderators / editors who have set up this resource.
We're glad that you like it. If it weren't for you users, the site would be a fairly pointless exercise.
I've also learned many things from this forum.
It's interesting to know that so many people have so many questions about the English language.
Thank you all for those interesting questions and useful information.
fujimino, we are all a little sleep deprived!!!
I'm happy to hear that you are enjoying your visits!
Hi, rasna! Thank you for your kind words!
Are you aware that there are several members of the forum who live in Bangalore? They are frequent visitors to the forum and I am confident that they would be very willing to assist you with your questions and desire to learn more conversational English. If you would like additional information about these individuals, please feel free to contact me.
I would be grateful if you lend those information to me !!
It's the high time to thank you teachers. Putting a few questions, I must admit that I always had answers quite well. It is definitely helpful for me. I dig to improve my English and here is become a little bit my school.
Here's my thanks for you, both teachers and helpers!


I decided to add an RC plane to my flying collection. After a bit of research I settled on the Hobbyking Bonsai.
Based on others success/recommendations I went with a slightly larger motor, battery and servos than the hobbyking recommendations.
Installing the servos actually required enlarging the stock holes. I used an exacto knife to enlarge the holes but kept them ~1/8″ narrower and shorter than the actual servo to ensure a snug fit. I kept the outside and forward edges in the stock location removing material on the inside and back edge.
Installing the motor similarly required drilling fresh holes as the stock ones were not correctly spaced.
Flite test recommends smearing shoe glue onto the leading edge to make it a bit more robust which I have done. I went with a pretty thin layer that extends back ~1/2″ to 3/4″.


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Suzanne Santo of honeyhoney recommends Eddie South and Radiohead
Suzanne Santo and Eddie South
Suzanne Santo's recommendation: "One of my favorite musicians of all time is a jazz violinist from Louisiana named Eddie South. I only have one record called Eddie South: The Dark Angel of the Fiddle: The Complete Standard Transcriptions that I listen to over and over. It is an instrumentally driven compilation (sans vocals) of the most gorgeous violin playing I have ever heard. He gave the instrument a dark yet delicate voice that I have yet to hear anyone else recreate. His gifts as well as his struggles as an African American musician in the late 20's and 30's are a true inspiration to me.
The other artist/album I can never get enough of is Radiohead's In Rainbows . That record takes me through a gauntlet of emotions that leave me either wanting to go for a run, get it on or quit music and become an assassin. I come from the "mixed tape/cd" era where I want to feel a little bit of everything when I listen to music."
About our guest author, Suzanne Santo: Suzanne Santo was working as an actress and tinkering in music when Ben Jaffe, a musician who recorded music for TV and film, went to one of Santo's solo gigs. From there, the duo formed the band honeyhoney and were quickly signed to Kiefer Sutherland's Ironworks music label. (Kiefer went on to star in and directed their video for Little Toy Gun.) Given Santo's killer looks and the band's history with mass media, it may be easy to write the group off as simply a solid band that aspires to end up on sitcom soundtracks. But that'd be a huge mistake. The band's latest record, Billy Jack is layered with banjos and acoustic guitars, evoking equal parts of Gram Parsons, Rickie Lee Jones and Buffalo Springfield. This is roots music with a modern twist, complete with tight arrangements and Santo's heartfelt vocals. Amazingly, the band is able to walk the mainstream line (they opened for Christina Perri on her tour) and still keep their head in the Dust Bowl. Be sure to check out their rollicking live shows on these upcoming tour dates.
MP3: Turn That Finger Around by honeyhoney from their album, Billy Jack
Buzz it up
Filed Under: Alt-country, Roots music Tagged With: Eddie South, honeyhoney, Radiohead
Tim Easton recommends Gillian Welch, Lucinda Williams and The Rolling Stones
Tim Easton and Gillian Welch
Tim Easton's recommendation: "A long list here because it's all the classics plus those that came before them. I could sum it up in the way the Rollings Stones interpreted "I Used To Love Her" and sold our American music back to us with new attitudes of freedom and complete liberation. I love the band that I see on any given night that is putting it out there, going for it in whatever style they know best. I love the emotional honesty of Lucinda Williams, and I stand in awe of the relaxed and precise delivery of Gillian Welch and David Rawlings. I love the Velvet Undergound, but who doesn't? I saw a band called The Feelies when I was in college and I'm pretty sure they moved me to write songs too. My parents played classical records and I'm certain it moved me as a child as it does now. Then American classical music came along, otherwise known as Jazz, and you don't stop."
Tim Easton's album suggestions: "Definitely Soul Journey by Gillian Welch. It seemed to be an album even she couldn't get over for a while! Also, Lucinda William's Car Wheels on a Gravel Road will inform any songwriter or artist on how to be honest and strong at the same time. With the Stones, it's Beggars Banquet for me. I love the folk music in the middle of the rock and roll."
About our guest author, Tim Easton: You don't have to go further than Tim Easton's 2006 release, Ammunition to learn about his extreme street cred in the alt-country/singer-songwriter community. The collection features production from Jayhawks' co-lead Gary Louris and backing vocals from Lucinda Williams and Tift Merritt. Big time enough for ya? Yeah, we thought so. Fast forward five years and three Independent Music Awards later, we find Easton (who is originally from Akron, OH), releasing not one but TWO solid records: the electric, band backed Beat the Band and the acoustic collection, Since 1966 | Volume 1 , both being released on Easton's own Campfire Propaganda label. Easton puts on a fantastic show and tours often, so be sure to support this A-level indie and check his tour page.
MP3: Daily Life by Tim Easton from his album, Beat the Band
Filed Under: Alt-country, Folk Pop, Singer/Songwriter Tagged With: Gillian Welch, Lucinda Williams, The Feelies, Tim Easton
Lydia Loveless recommends The Fever
Lydia Loveless and The Fever (Lydia Loveless photo: Paula Masters Travis)
Lydia Loveless' recommendation: "As a 13-year-old growing up in the butt crack of nowhere, I really had never heard anything like The Fever before the day I heard them blasting out of my older sister's bedroom. It sounded like John Lennon mining for diamonds with the seven dwarfs as his backing band. Geremy Jasper's voice and lyrics were a big turn-on for me. The first time I saw them live was when I realized that the bands I idolized weren't necessarily other worldly rock stars. I'd recommend starting with their album Red Bedroom. That's where I started, and it's worth it for the song Put it On You alone."
More about The Fever
MP3: Gray Ghost by The Fever
About our guest author, Lydia Loveless: We first heard about Lydia Loveless when her album, The Only Man made a Donewaiting.com top albums of the year list. That album won her an 8 out of 10 rating from Spin as well as praise from The Chicago Tribune and Uncut magazine. Our interest in Lydia then moved closer toward mild obsession when she got signed by Bloodshot Records, the label that put out recordings by alt-country heroes Whiskeytown, The Old 97s, Alejandro Escovedo and Neko Case. Her latest effort, Indestructible Machine (CD Pre-order | Amazon MP3s) is a fantastic follow-up (Spin has already weighed in with another 8 out of 10 glowing review), full of the signature cowpunk that delighted on the debut. There's plenty of straight talk, humor and a bunch of 'explicit' labels to boot. This twenty-one year old firecracker is on tour now. See her live, grab a brew and get ready to stomp your feet off.
MP3: Can't Change Me by Lydia Loveless
Filed Under: Alt-country, Cowpunk, Female pop vocalist, Singer/Songwriter Tagged With: Lydia Loveless, The Fever
Ben Nichols of Lucero recommends Joey Kneiser
Ben Nichols of Lucero and Joey Kneiser
Ben Nichols' recommendation: "I went through my whole itunes library looking for what moved me the most. It was a tough choice. Some things I skipped over because they were too well known or too obvious, others because as much as I love them I don't listen to them often enough to feel right writing about them. Made a list and narrowed it down to about 15 artists and bands that really hit me where it counts, from the Constantines to The Faces to The Night Marchers to Warren Zevon. But the record that has honestly been the most moving to me and the most listened to in recent times is All Night Bedroom Revival (available for free download) by a guy named Joey Kneiser. Joey Kneiser is best known as the lead singer for Tennesee-based band Glossary. This is a solo record however and I believe Joey plays everything on it. It's mainly acoustic guitar with a few overdubs but never sounds like it's missing anything. People discuss "brilliant songwriting" all the time and usually that just isn't the proper description of whatever they are talking about… but that is exactly what these songs are. Bruised Ribs, The Big Ocean, and Funeral Flowers are three of the most moving on the record. Joey takes the best elements of Rock & Roll songwriting and combines them with the more thoughtful and emotional singer/songwriter style of doing things and comes up with exactly the right mix. Not too simple and not too complicated. Brilliant songwriting."
MP3: Bruised Ribs by Joey Kneiser
MP3: The Big Ocean by Joey Kneiser
More about Joey Kneiser and Glossary
About our guest author, Ben Nichols: Ben Nichols fronts Lucero, an alt-country band that was formed in Memphis in the late '90s. The band has been a critics favorite and has a backstory that can only be described as Wilcoesque. Their early albums have won the praises of critics and they have a steady following, but success was limited by the flailing music business. They've put out killer albums only to have their labels fold but they've persevered by starting their own label and putting on killer live shows. Ben also put out a solo record, The Last Pale Light in the West which was inspired by Cormac McCarthy's novel, Blood Meridian. Be sure to check Lucero webstite to check the Lucero live dates and listen to album audio streams.
Filed Under: Alt-country, Americana, Roots music Tagged With: Ben Nichols, Joey Kneiser, Lucero
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The current requirements for both the MA and PhD in English are listed in the Graduate Catalog, listed under the Concentration in Rhetoric and Composition.


Passengers in Southampton Airport are facing a second day of disruption due to freezing fog.
Hundreds of passengers had their flights cancelled yesterday as visibility was severely reduced due to thick fog.
Southampton Airport has not cancelled any flights today but has warned travellers to expect delays.
The airport continues to issues weather updates from the met office.
"We are experiencing better weather today and so far no flights have been cancelled but there may be a knock on effect from adverse weather conditions yesterday.
Heathrow airport has cancelled 100 flights this morning following around the same number of cancellations as yesterday.
Gatwick has cancelled some flights and have told passengers to check for any delays.
The Met Office has issued a yellow "be aware" warning until Wednesday morning and Wightlink Ferries has been suspended between Lymington, Hampshire, and Yarmouth, in the Isle of Wight.


陈丽琼, 胡勇. 硫酸银对重铬酸钾法测定土壤有机质的影响研究[J]. 环境科技, 2011, 24增刊(1): 69-70.
摘要: 红外光谱应用于土壤有机质的分析检测,具有较传统土壤有机质的测定方法无可比拟的优势,本文对红外光谱法应用于土壤有机质分析测试,着重从近红外、漫反射、衰减全反射几个方面进行了综述,最后对红外光谱在土壤有机质检测应用方面进行了展望。这为后续研究提供有益参考。 Infrared spectroscopy has incomparable advantages, compared with the traditional method for the determination of organic matter in soil. In this paper, the application of infrared spectroscopy to the analysis of soil organic matter (SOM) is tested and analyzed, summarizing several aspects of the near infrared, diffuse reflection and attenuated total reflection. Finally, the application of infrared spectroscopy in the detection of SOM is prospected, which provides reference for the further research.


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1 January–30 September 2021
Q3: SEK 165.5 (210.7) million
9 months: SEK 553.6 (860.1) million
Q3: SEK –56.8 (45.1) million
Result before tax
Q3: SEK –141.4 (–35.9) million
9 months: SEK –350.0 (21.4) million
Result per share after tax
Q3: SEK –2.96 (–0.75)
9 months: SEK –7.39 (–0.45)
Events in the third quarter
Activities aimed at strengthening Concordia Maritime's financial position and liquidity, including time charters for the P-MAX vessels and divestment of the IMOIIMAX vessels
Agreement with lending banks on new terms and conditions for eight of the Company's ten P-MAX vessels
Events after the end of the quarter
Agreement with lending banks on new terms and conditions for two of the Company's ten P-MAX vessels
Quarter 3
(Jul–Sep) 9 months
(Jan–Sep) Full year
Total income, SEK million 165.6 210.7 553.6 860.1 1 025.8
EBITDA, SEK million –56.8 45.1 –119.1 282.4 277.8
EBITDA, USD million –6.6 5.5 –14.0 30.1 30.2
Operating result, SEK million –117.5 –14.0 –293.5 92.5 32.6
Result before tax, SEK million –141.4 –35.9 –350.0 21.4 –65.1
Result after tax, SEK million –141.4 –35.9 –352.6 21.4 –66.0
Equity ratio, % 25 31 25 31 28
Return on equity, % neg 0 neg 0 neg
Available liquid funds, including
unutilised credit facilities, SEK million 70.0 438.5 70.0 438.5 378.0
Result per share after tax, SEK –2.96 –0.75 –7.39 0.45 –1.38
Equity per share, SEK 12.49 21.18 12.49 21.18 16.66
Lost-time injuries 0 0 0 1 2
Kim Ullman
President, Concordia Maritime
Strong demand for oil leads to increased activity in the tanker market
The tanker transport market remained very weak in the third quarter, which is also reflected in the quarter's results. However, rising demand for oil and a gradual increase in oil production have recently led to a slight increase in activity – notably in the crude oil segment.
The Extraordinary General Meeting held in mid-August unanimously approved the proposed measures put forward by the Board and management. These included contracting out the P-MAX vessels to Stena Bulk on a five-year charter. The contract guarantees a base rate of USD 15,500 per vessel and day. Additional income may be generated from profit-sharing and/or divestment of vessels. In turn, the vessel charters made it possible to arrange the new loan term agreements for the Company's ten P-MAX vessels, which were entered into with lending banks in September and November.
As a further step in the process of strengthening the Company's liquidity, the two IMOIIMAX vessels were sold during the quarter.
P-MAX fleet on new contracts
The P-MAX vessels were gradually transferred to the new charter contract with Stena Bulk during the quarter. However, as most of the deliveries took place in September, the higher earnings from this contract have only had a minor impact on the accounts for the quarter. Result before tax for the quarter was SEK –141.4 (–35.9) million. EBITDA was SEK –56.8 (45.1) million, corresponding to USD –7.5 (5.5) million. The result was adversely affected by a loss of income due to a large number of docking days and a book loss on the sale of the IMOIIMAX vessels. However, the cash effect of the vessel sale was positive.
High oil demand and soaring oil prices
Looking at market development, we can see that global demand for oil continues to grow at a rapid pace. Since April 2021, it has increased by about 5 million barrels per day. Production has also increased, but not at nearly the same rate. The imbalance between consumption and production has led to continued stock withdrawals close to consuming countries – which is one of the main reasons for the weak tanker market. The decision by OPEC+ to boost output by about 400,000 barrels per day per month starting in August is a step in the right direction but has not yet had a substantial impact on the tanker market as a whole. However, we are seeing a recent strengthening, albeit from low levels, in individual segments, in particular Suezmax.
The increased demand for oil is also evident in the sharp rise in oil prices. The price of Brent oil has more than doubled over the last year and is at about USD 85 per barrel at the time of writing, in early November.
Continued volatility – but gradual improvement
The imbalance that is currently affecting the market is not tenable in the long term. Consumption of oil is expected to continue rising and is likely to be back at pre-Covid levels by the end of the year. At the same time, oil stocks are now at levels well below the five-year average and production needs to increase if the price of oil is not to exceed USD 100 per barrel. And with increased production comes increased shipping demand. In addition, we are facing a winter season, where cold, ice and severe weather are likely to result in local increases in freight rates. We have already seen examples of weather-related delays in the Bosphorus.
So it now looks as though our previously communicated belief in a gradual market improvement is finally coming true. Certainly later than we thought – but still very good to be able to say.
Looking at supply, net fleet growth is expected to be at a record low level in the period ahead. Growth in 2022 is expected to be 2 percent, the lowest in a long time. All in all, this creates the opportunity for significant leverage going forward.
So the market has finally started to move – still from low levels, but nevertheless small steps in the right direction.
Gothenburg, November 2021
Kim Ullman, President


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Invisible and unheard: how female veterans suffering trauma are let down by US healthcare
Women suffer PTSD at twice the rate of men yet their symptoms and stories are often overlooked
Neither Jen Burch's assault nor her PTSD were taken seriously. Photograph: Courtesy Jen Burch/Handout
Rose Empson
Tue 28 Dec 2021 05.00 EST
Last modified on Wed 29 Dec 2021 09.57 EST
For Felicia Merkel, the PTSD trigger is any loud sound – an overhead speaker, a slammed car door – transporting her back to the blistering heat of Afghanistan. For Liz Hensel, it is looking into her daughter's chestnut brown eyes, their color reminding her of those of a young Afghan girl named Medina, who lost her mother and leg at the trauma hospital in Kandahar. For Jen Burch, the intrusive memory is of the man who assaulted her before she deployed.
More than a decade has passed since these three women were deployed to Afghanistan. It's now almost four months since the US military withdrew from Kabul on 30 August. Still, specific memories consume them. Three hundred thousand female veterans served in the 19-year war, and as media coverage dwindles and the nation slowly forgets, Felicia, Liz and Jen continue to remember.
Their experiences in Afghanistan differed from those of the male soldiers with whom they served. Now, their stateside lives do too. Being a woman in war comes with its own set of distinct traumas. While congressional legislation that has recently been proposed is welcome, essential bills are still being blocked that would help repair the suffering these women have endured for years.
Gender differences exist in trauma exposure. PTSD is twice as common in women than in men, according to a study conducted by Kathryn Magruder at the University of South Carolina.
Yet they face additional obstacles when seeking support after their deployment.
The Deborah Sampson Act passed in January of this year made gender-specific services available at veteran medical centers across the country.
However, on 6 December, House and Senate armed service committee leaders tried to block the Military Justice Improvement and Increasing Prevention Act, which would enable veterans to report sexual assault to a neutral third party.
Felicia's husband says she is a lot jumpier now than she used to be. Talking about Afghanistan makes her sad, but as she has gotten older, sounds, not memories, trigger her PTSD. The anxiety hits. She breathes deeply. Then tries, with difficulty, to get her heart rate down.
Felicia Merkel could not shake the memories of the deaths she witnessed. Photograph: Courtesy Felicia Merkel/Handout
It was December 2010, the year of her first deployment. She was lying in bed at the base at Kandahar, watching American television, when she heard those crashing bumps. Seconds later, the sirens sounded. A rocket had hit. Felicia fell to the floor with a thud and ran for the nearby bunker.
It was cold and dusty in there; a dirt track enveloped in a hollow concrete shell. Just feet away, medics worked on a man wounded in the chest; he had no pulse in his left leg. They called for clothing, anything that might be used to stop the bleeding. As the yells of the medics got louder, Felicia's mind traveled further away.
She couldn't do anything to help. Eleven years later, she still feels that guilt and hears those sounds.
She had arrived in Kandahar energetic and excited. She returned to Minnesota a year later, distant and dejected. The months after coming home were the worst. Gritting her teeth through weekly therapy sessions, she insisted that everything was fine. The therapist believed her, even telling her not to come back.
On 4 January 2012, Felicia tried to kill herself. She began with a single antidepressant. Then she took five more. Then the bottle. None of her co-workers, family or friends knew about her clinical depression. She spent her 22nd birthday in intensive care.
Post-military support at the time, she maintains, was significantly lacking.
"Female service members have much more to deal with in the complexity of trauma," confirmed Jennifer Pacanowski, founder of the non-profit Women's Veterans Empowered and Thriving. "They also have less access to services, which are not as specialized to their needs as those available to male veterans."
The Deborah Samson Act, a bipartisan bill passed by the Senate in January 2021, will establish a policy to end gender-based sexual harassment and assault by training employees and providing legal services for veterans at risk. It will also staff Veteran Affairs facilities with a permanent female health provider.
Felicia wishes she had access to these sorts of resources when she came home. Instead, during a 10-minute evaluation, it was determined she did not have PTSD, and that her grief stemmed only from her mother's death.
She was furious and felt unheard.
Looking back, she believes that better healthcare policies for female veterans would have encouraged her to open up about her experiences and struggles sooner. Instead, she dealt with her feelings alone until she needed life-saving help.
After deploying in August 2010, Liz began volunteering at Kandahar's trauma hospital. She had already witnessed death. Just weeks earlier, an injured soldier died with his head resting on her stomach. She dealt with this like any Marine had to do in any high-intensity combat situation: turn off emotion and focus.
She could not, however, turn off the memories of the trauma hospital. As the mother of two young daughters, it tugged at every maternal instinct she had.
American male service members were not permitted to work at the hospitals. Only because she was female could she see what she now can't forget.
The waiting room that November day was bustling with uncles, fathers, cousins and brothers.
No one waited for Medina. Whoever brought the three-year-old Afghani girl had left. Her infected foot could not be saved, and Liz cradled the child as she came out of the anesthesia after the amputation. Rather than waking in familiar arms, Medina's first sight was this stranger wearing desert camouflage with a pistol at her side. The anguish Liz felt reminded her that she could feel again after months surrounded by death.
Liz Hensel thinks about Medina when she looks at photos of her own daughter. Photograph: Courtesy Liz Hensel/Handout
Now, Medina revisits Liz's thoughts back in Virginia. She appears in flashbacks when Liz looks at baby photographs of her youngest daughter. She comes to mind when Veterans Day is celebrated on national television.
Was the girl still alive? Could Liz have done more to help her? Was she attending school amid the Taliban's ever-increasing restrictions on women's freedom?
Liz had flown to Afghanistan fearless and determined in 2010 but returned to the US four months later, injured and traumatized.
In the weeks after her deployment, Liz felt as if she were watching someone else's life in a movie. Physically, she was home, but mentally, she was in Kandahar.
She tried going through the motions expected of her as a mother and a wife. Doing menial tasks – cooking dinner, hugging her child – things she had been so capable of doing before she left. But it felt to her like a tug of war, the past pulling her back, her mind fighting to remain present.
It didn't help that she felt her pain was invisible to the world. When attending Veterans Affairs medical appointments, the administration staff would sometimes ask her husband, who came along for support, who he was there to see. He would have to correct them and say the appointment was for his wife.
It was only when they took the time to listen to Liz's story that people validated her trauma. Research shows that post-traumatic stress in veterans varies by gender. If hers had been recognized earlier, she wonders, would she still be struggling with it 11 years later?
Jen, like Liz, was working in Afghani hospitals because she was a woman. She, too, was haunted by a girl who had lost a foot. But, more, she was haunted by the long-term impacts of sexism and abuse in the military.
Jen was sexually assaulted by her supervisor at a US military base, months before she was deployed to Afghanistan in 2010.
She was made to report it through her chain of command, but was quickly stopped in her tracks. Everyone loved the man she was accusing.
"We're so glad to have him back," said the male officer who handled her complaint.
Jen wanted to deploy abroad. She knew no one would believe her. So she stopped, fearing that as a victim, she would be isolated.
But trauma builds on trauma. This experience made Jen more vulnerable to the horrors she witnessed during her service in Afghanistan. Statistically, a history of sexual assault puts a veteran at higher risk for developing PTSD.
Serving at Buckley Space Force Base in Denver, Colorado, when she returned stateside from August 2011 to 2014, things got worse.
Jen started to go through some of the lowest moments of her life.
Her co-workers assumed that she was being emotional about things because she was a woman. Someone she served with in Afghanistan observed that the only PTSD she had was from eating the bad food. This went on for a year and a half.
Jen was assaulted before she arrived in Afghanistan. She worked overtime in the trauma hospital doing mortuary affairs; developed breathing problems; had glass nodules in her lungs. Yet she was perpetually made fun of. It was a very negative culture surrounding her post-deployment.
No one wanted to hear her story.
Although women are the fastest-growing veteran demographic, she believes that some men still don't think of women serving in roles of high stress or exposure.
Currently, the Military Justice Improvement and Increasing Prevention Act is being blocked. If the act had been passed when Jen was on active service, she would have reported her sexual assault.
This is the same for many other women in the military, she believes. And while there is a mountain of legislation being passed to assist female veterans, this is still not enough.
"If it means sharing the darkest details of my story, then I'll keep doing this," Jen said, "until the gendered gap in veteran healthcare is finally closed".


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MPAA Rating: for some crude sexual humor and language
Reviewed by: Sean Bogaard
Sports Comedy Drama
Featuring: Keanu Reeves, Gene Hackman, Orlando Jones, Jon Favreau, Brooke Langton
Director: Howard Deutch
Producer: Dylan Sellers
Distributor: Warner Brothers
Here's what the distributor says about their film: "Success is often a matter of blind luck, and some deserving people, talented in their own right, never get a crack at it. Such has been the fate of Shane "Footsteps" Falco, once a hot All American prospect on the football field. Shane can only regret what's behind him, and can't even begin to imagine what's ahead. But Fate is not through with Shane. When League players decide to strike, leaving the prospect of empty fields (and equally empty stadiums) for team owners to contemplate, the Washington Sentinels scramble for a solution. When they bring contentious and self-retired head coach Jimmy McGinty back into the fold, McGinty seeks out players who will play with their hearts rather than their wallets.
For the League, the situation is a disaster, but for Shane and a mismatched crew of outsiders, it's a second chance to grab at sports stardom. As they amaze everyone with their winning streak, the ragtag group discovers in itself the ability to hope for more than they ever thought possible, maybe even the playoffs, which has been denied to the Sentinels for seven years."
Positive—This movie is about American Football. Ravens stadium is the setting. Allthough this movie was filmed in Baltimore, the main team in question is called The Washington Sentinels. The plot of the movie is as follows: The league is filled with overpaid and bloated ego players that are going to strike on order for more money. The league however will not bow down to the demands of the players and thus they let the strike buil dup. Instead of laying the whole league down untill the strike is over, they descide to get replacement player in for the real players and let them continue the season.
This of course is the perfect entry for comedy. Putting tired, worn out and down right crazy players on a field and letting them run wild. Of course during the movie this is the cause of a lot of funny moments, but the general feeling about this movie is the so called "Disney" effect. The feel good genre that disney has created seems to have spread amongst the Hollywood crowd. In this movie this is clear as a bell and is visible from the get go. Not that this is a bad thing, but it is setting for the entire movie.
A nice side memo is that Keanu Reeves was actually so good at playing quaterback that the Baltimore Ravens asked him to try out. After the try out they wanted to offer him a job, but Reeves denied, because he wanted to stay at his current job as an actor.
This movie has no general moral rating from a christian point of view. It does have a certain way to get people to care about the small guy. The person who just didn;t make it. Who just couldn't hack it. And the guy who always got picked last in gym class.
So overall The replacements is a descent football movie. All sports fans and football fans will find this movie very entertaining. All fans of the comedy genre will find this movie somewhat funny at times and all other fans will see this movie as a feel good themed movie. My Ratings: [Good/3]
Sean Bogaard, Holland, age 22
Positive—I went with my husband to see this movie, even though I don't like football. I really enjoyed it! (Except for the sleazy cheerleaders, which we both thought were distasteful.) I don't usually like Keanu Reeves, but he did wonderfully in this movie, as did Gene Hackman. A movie that left us with a happy, refreshing, good feeling when we left the theater. My Ratings: [3/3½]
HC, age 23
Positive—This movie was good, but the profanity, and hints of cheerleader lesbianism should have been left out. It was a good story about giving people a second chance. My Ratings: [2½/4]
Bill Boylston, age 41
Neutral—…an entertaining movie, even though I don't really like football. The cheerleaders are a tad risque, but other than that a fairly decent movie. My Ratings: [3/3]
Chris Vasquez, age 18
Negative—Wake-up call to Christians: I was surprised to see so many positive comments about this movie. I wanted to see this movie, thinking that it may have the charm of "Hoosiers" (Gene Hackman = great actor) and I was extremely disappointed. The movie not only included gratuitous swearing and sexually perverse jokes, but the plot was thin and predictable. I felt polluted in mind and spirit by this movie. My Ratings: [Very Offensive / 1½]
Elicia, age 31
Positive—A lot better than I was expecting. "The Replacements" does a lot more with football than "Field Of Dreams" did with baseball. Funny, fast paced, almost believable… I really enjoyed this film. Fine acting, and hey, even a bunch of decent character development. As others have mentioned, there is one sleezy cheerleader scene—this is not a film for children—but little else is offensive. No nudity, and not even one sex scene in the entire film despite the romance subplot. This is the go gettem underdog dark horse upstart movie of the year that rides the fine line between comedy and believable drama. Recommended, especially if you like football. My Ratings: [3/4½]
Todd Adams, age 32
Positive—For a comedy, this was a great film. Crude humor, sexual innuendos, and regular worldly stuff. But, it was a good film (from a movie-making and plot standpoint, that is). My Ratings: [2½/5]
Doug, age 19
Positive—This movie was great! It was absolutely hilarious and had great football action. Delivered wonderful message about playing for glory and greatness and for the love of the game instead of playing for money and being greedy. In one of the great lines of the movie Hackman says "Greatness, no matter how brief, stays with a man." Reeves explains that "Glory lasts forever." Wonderful movie. There was a considerable portion of foul language a locker room mooning, but fairly clean compared to most of today's movies. My Ratings: [3/4½]
Bill Jones, age 17
Positive—I thought it was a very good and entertaining movie if you look past some of the somewhat risque parts. If you are interested in sports (espescially football), I would recommend it. It was very funny and had me and my comrades laughing almost throughout the whole movie. Some of the humor was intended for an older audience because of some language (Though they never said the F-word, they did occasionally say mother—without finishing the phrase.) and some crude humor. The cheerleaders acted somewhat seductively, which succeeded in causing the opposite team to make mistakes, but I thought the focus stayed on the game rather than the cheerleaders for the most part. Because of the language and humor, nobody under thirteen should see it without a parent. I thought it was well done, and had a interesting plot and subtheme. I plan on seeing it again and hope others will too. My Ratings: [3/4½]
Russell Martin, age 14
Positive—To sum up the movie in a few short words… Major League meets The Longest Yard… Keanu Reeves was entertaining in this role. Hackman was brilliant as usual. The story line was fun (fast paced, but fun.) I was able to let myself go and just enjoy this movie for what it was. When you go to see a movie like this, you usually know what's in store anyway… Another sports movie starring "the underdogs." Needless to say, there was definitely no exception here. There was some sexual insinuation throughout this movie, but like I said… "it's another sports movie starring the underdogs." If you are easily offended by sexual insinuation, then you probably should not see this movie. If worldly viewpoints don't bother you so much, and you have a good sense of humor as well, then you'll probably enjoy this one as much as I did. I rate this movie a well deserved (8). My Ratings: [3/4]
Rocco, age 33
Positive—I am very biased in my rating of this movie. You see, my son was hired as a sideline extra while vacationing in Baltimore. He spent 3 months living with grandma while filming. Best of all, he actually made it to the screen. You gotta look fast! Before the last play of the last game against Dallas, they show a shot across the field of the sideline. My son #64 is standing in the middle of the screen with his helmet in his hand. Also! The marina where Falco lives on his boat is about 3 blocks from where I grew up. I/we now live in San Antonio. There are references to sexual activity. But, the violence and language are controlled. The only nudity is the players in their underwear. I really enjoyed the movie! It has a message to it. You gotta have heart. My Ratings: [3/4]
John K. Barry Sr., age 41
Positive—I had been waiting for this movie too come out for a while and while it wasn't everything I thought it would be, it was still pretty good. It's not the greatest movie, but leaving the theater I had really enjoyed it. Keanu Reeves turns in a pretty good performance (which is quite rare) and Gene Hackman is great in the movie. Good message and a lot of great lines about playing the sport for glory and not money. Shuns greed. There is some bad language, including one f-word. The idea of strippers turned cheerleaders is not very Godly, nor is their actions on the sidelines, but there's no nudity or sex. My Ratings: [2½/3½]
Britt Andrews, age 16
…the language is raw and there is a high level of sexual humor…
Michael Elliott, Movie Parables
…various shots of strippers-turned cheerleaders who do suggestive and sensuous dance routines…
…If you were waiting for my list of positives about the film, there are none…
Dave Gunn, Casa De Cinema
…a frankly formulaic, but agreeably funny comedy…
Joe Leydon, Variety
…references to lap-dancing, oral sex, masturbation and homosexuality…
Kids-in-Mind


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Schwan: The comings and goings of the Sioux Falls workforce
Jodi Schwan
jschwan@sfbusinessjournal.com
I read the whole 75-page report on workforce development released last week, but I kept repeating one statistic in there whenever I talked about it.
So it's probably worth writing about it, too:
In the five years between 2006 and 2011, 1,050 people moved from Sioux Falls to the Minneapolis metro area.
But listen to this.
In that same time, 950 people moved from the Minneapolis area to Sioux Falls.
OK, so there was a net loss of about 100 residents to Hennepin County over five years. Basically 20 people per year.
But honestly, would you have thought it would be worse? I had the perception it was.
The report from Market Street Services looks at demographics along with a large variety of other factors as it assessed the Sioux Falls area's workforce situation and made recommendations.
The top destinations for people leaving the Sioux Falls area highlight some of the cities the metro area competes with for talent, the report said.
Those include Denver, Rapid City, Phoenix, Des Moines and Dallas.
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The five-year net out-migration to the Phoenix area was the biggest, at 138 people to one Arizona county and 86 people to another. I'm guessing a good portion of these people might be retirees.
The Des Moines area was next at 107 people and then the Minneapolis area at 94 people.
Again, I did not think these numbers were really that dire and suggest that people are moving to Sioux Falls from Iowa and Minnesota, too.
I consider that the encouraging part of the population analysis.
But here's the rest of the story.
The top six counties for net in-migration to Sioux Falls all have an "SD" next to their names. Brookings by far tops the list, with a net of 972 people moving here.
The next closest is the Mitchell area at 560 people.
Then the Watertown area at 429 people.
Of the top 10 sources for new residents, seven are South Dakota counties and the other three are near the state lines in Iowa and Minnesota.
I'm not sure how long that's a sustainable approach to population growth for Sioux Falls. Neither is Slater Barr, president of the Sioux Falls Development Foundation.
"We have speculated that we've kind of emptied out a lot of the rural areas," he said.
Mac Holladay, Market Street's founder, agrees.
"You're running out of people to pull from," he said. "You're emptying it out. And if we don't do something serious about that talent recruitment side of this, it is only going to get more serious."
The Market Street report noted that "with a recovering economy, the Sioux Falls area will face stronger competition for workers and will need to compete with other metros across the nation to attract and retain talent."
People who do move to Sioux Falls from another state typically have more education — about 40 percent who came here between 2011 and 2013 had at least a bachelor's degree.
"One of the key takeaways (of the report) is that it shows our population growth is slowing," Barr said. "We're getting smarter — the people coming here are better educated — but the sheer number of people moving to the community is slowing."
The report also said a shortage of affordable housing might be a barrier for people considering a move here, and while the area has grown more diverse, newcomers face challenges with translation and adjusting to English-only signs and forms.
There's plenty of information to digest and ponder in the report.
Much of it details occupation needs, trends and projections.
But every position also involves a real person.
And I think the call to action in these demographics is a strong one. Even if we could keep drawing people from rural South Dakota, that does not constitute an appropriate growth strategy. Those towns need leaders, entrepreneurs and educated people, too.
We need to keep making the kinds of investments that develop Sioux Falls into a community of choice regionally and even nationally — the type of place people want to live because the experience of being here sells them on it.
Barr mentioned Boulder, Colo., for example.
"People just want to be there," he said. "God blessed them with these fantastic natural resources, and if you don't have fantastic natural resources then you've got to create that environment."
Why do you think I continuously beat the proverbial drum for downtown and the riverfront? And for park development and the arts?
Investing in these areas is not a luxury. They aren't amenities. They are essential for continuing to grow the population.
I realize I'm not going to win many fans with this, either, but I have never heard of someone moving to Sioux Falls because our streets are in good shape. And I've never heard of someone moving away because we have too many potholes.
I'm not suggesting we skimp on infrastructure, but we have to recognize that even though we've made significant investments in quality-of-life projects in recent years, we're far from done.
I can't help but think back to my visit to Minneapolis this summer. On that weekday, Hennepin Avenue was completely lined with farmers market vendors. The downtown baseball stadium was packed with people.
And yet, we still lose only a net of 20 people a year there.
So we must be doing something right here, too.
We just need to step it up even more.


Native American tribes have opened hundreds of casinos in the United States since the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act was passed in 1988, yet we still know relatively little about the effects of Native American casinos on the relevant populations. I provide new evidence on the effect of Native American casino openings on alcohol behaviors of Native Americans and non-Native Americans from 2004-2012 using data from Center for Disease Control's Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) and difference-in-differences models with county and year fixed effects. I find that Native American casinos increase binge drinking among non-Native Americans by 11%; effects on Native Americans are inconclusive. Native American casino openings are associated with increases in drinking participation in the past month and the average number of drinks consumed on an occasion for non-Native Americans. The casino-related increases in binge drinking for non-Native Americans are larger among men, 18-40 year olds, and individuals with a high school degree or less. These findings highlight a previously ignored social cost of Native American casinos and provide a mechanism for results from previous work that casinos increase drunk driving fatalities and crime.


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Q: RefreshControl not smooth when release I'm trying to connect a refreshControl to an Rest api, so that each time you refresh it will update the content. However even though it works, it seem to result in a very laggy and not smooth experience when u release the refreshControl. Why is that?
method called when refresh
func refreshTableView() {
    self.lastLoadedPage = 1
    proposeAccess(true, success: {
        self.refresher?.endRefreshing()
    })

}

Propose Access to Location Services called in refreshTableView
func proposeAccess(refresh: Bool,
    success doneCallback:() -> Void
    ) {
    proposeToAccess(.Always, agreed: {

        LocationService.turnOn()

        //Get Latest position
        LocationService.sharedManager.afterUpdatedLocation = { newLocation in

            //Turn off Update User Location
            LocationService.turnOff()

            self.lastLocation = newLocation
            self.updateOrganizations(refresh)

        }
        doneCallback()

        }, rejected: {
            self.alertCanNotAccessLocation()
            doneCallback()
    })
}

UpdateOrganizations called in ProposeAccess
func updateOrganizations(refresh: Bool) {
    let realm = try! Realm()

    GetOrganization.request(String(self.lastLoadedPage), limit: String(limit), location: self.lastLocation!, radius: String(100), refresh: refresh,
    success: { numberOfResults in

        //Sort by distance
        self.organizationArray = GetOrganization.sortOrganizationsByDistanceFromLocation(realm.objects(Organization), location: self.lastLocation!)

        print(self.lastLoadedPage)
       self.lastLoadedPage = self.lastLoadedPage + 1

    }, error: {
        self.organizationArray = GetOrganization.sortOrganizationsByDistanceFromLocation(realm.objects(Organization), location: self.lastLocation!)

    })

}

GetOrganization Request called in UpdateOrganization
static func request(
lastPage: String,
limit: String,
location: CLLocation,
radius: String,
refresh: Bool,
success successCallback:() -> Void,
error errorCallback:() -> Void
) {

    Provider.request(.Organizations(lastPage, limit,location.coordinate.longitude, location.coordinate.latitude, radius)) { result in
        switch result {
        case let .Success(response):

            do {
                try response.filterSuccessfulStatusCodes()
                let data = try JSON(response.mapJSON())

                let orgArray = data["organizations"]
                let scale = UIScreen.mainScreen().scale
                let cache = Shared.dataCache

                let realm = try! Realm()

                if refresh == true {
                    clearOrganizations()
                }

                try! realm.write {

                    for (_, item) in orgArray {

                        if let id = item["id"].int,
                            let address = item["address"].string,
                            let zipCode = item["zip_code"].string,
                            let name = item["name"].string,
                            let longitude = item["longitude"].double,
                            let latitude = item["latitude"].double,
                            let logoArray = item["logo"].dictionary,
                            let coverPhotoArray = item["cover_photo"].dictionary

                        {
                            var logo: String?
                            var coverPhoto: String?

                            switch scale {
                            case 1.0:
                                logo = logoArray["small"]!.string
                                coverPhoto = coverPhotoArray["small"]!.string
                            case 2.0:
                                logo = logoArray["medium"]!.string
                                coverPhoto = coverPhotoArray["medium"]!.string
                            case 3.0:
                                logo = logoArray["large"]!.string
                                coverPhoto = coverPhotoArray["large"]!.string
                            default:
                                break
                            }

                            if let logoUrl = NSURL(string: logo!),
                                let coverPhotoUrl = NSURL(string: coverPhoto!) {

                                    if let logoData = NSData(contentsOfURL: logoUrl),
                                        let coverPhotoData = NSData(contentsOfURL: coverPhotoUrl) {

                                            let logoCache = "logo-\(id)"
                                            let coverPhotoCache = "cover-\(id)"

                                            cache.set(value: logoData, key: logoCache)
                                            cache.set(value: coverPhotoData, key: coverPhotoCache)

                                            let organization = Organization()
                                            organization.id = id
                                            organization.name = name
                                            organization.address = address
                                            organization.zipCode = zipCode
                                            organization.longitude = longitude
                                            organization.latitude = latitude
                                            organization.logo = logoCache
                                            organization.coverPhoto = coverPhotoCache

                                            realm.add(organization, update: true)

                                    } else {
                                        //return error

                                    }

                            } else {
                                //return error

                            }

                        } else {
                            //return error

                        }

                    }
                }
                successCallback()

            }
            catch {
                errorCallback()
            }

        case .Failure(_):
            errorCallback()

        }
    }
}

A: Consider doing something like this
            self.refreshControl.performSelector(#selector(UIRefreshControl.endRefreshing), withObject: nil, afterDelay: 0.00)

I tried using the abbreviated signature below but didn't get the desired results
            self.refreshControl.performSelector(#selector(UIRefreshControl.endRefreshing))

Also, with the iPhone 5 simulator it seems like every now and then the table doesn't fully retract but I don't know if thats a simulator issue or not. I can't reproduce it on my phone.


The personal computer nowadays is utilised for several issues, occasionally it truly is utilized for entertainment by employing it to play games, watch videos amongst others. The personal computer is also used to generate different digital arts, net pages, programs or applications and database. The majority of the time however, the computer is utilized to generate and store documents. For companies employing the use of computers, it is an critical machine exactly where records of the company's transactions are becoming created and stored. Monetary statements, corporate letters amongst other documents are designed effortlessly and efficiently with all the aide of the personal computer. For private investigators the pc is really a treasure trove of info that would give pertinent information to be able to ascertain the user of the computer or the firm as a entire. Printed documents may be regarded as as evidence but in its absence computers may hold a digital version of such document. Private investigators and private detectives would have a difficult time in conducting a computer surveillance especially if the pc is password protected.
The problem stated above was the motivation inside the development of the ultimate important logger. The ultimate important logger is a software application that will record the users' personal computer activity. Important presses are recorded along with screenshots of the pc screen's display. The ultimate important logger was designed to be easily install itself on a laptop or computer and would steer clear of detection due to the fact it would run inside the background and won't show a sign that such program is running, moreover the ultimate important logger was tested with different anti virus software and it really is secure to say that it has the ability to by-pass any scanning done by the antivirus software. The ultimate important logger can be quickly installed by private investigators and private detectives in a pc and they can simply download the data recorded by merely plugging in again the flash disk device on the USB port.
This software is really considered as an ultimate laptop or computer surveillance software program.


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Why Weight Bias Hurts Everyone
Weight bias is real, and it has devastating consequences.
People put themselves through hell because they've been told they "should" lose weight to be happy, healthy, and successful (or just free from bullying), only to end up with disordered eating and exercise behaviors that are far more damaging to their well-being than weight itself could ever be.
Of course, people in larger bodies experience the effects of weight bias more deeply and pervasively than those in smaller bodies, but no one is exempt from harm. Our culture's obsession with weight makes people of every size feel on guard, critical of their perceived "flaws," and fearful of any changes that could take away whatever privilege their current body size might give them.
Weight bias makes us judgmental of ourselves, and often of others, too. It robs us of our compassion and connection.
It keeps us playing small.
Fiona Sutherland, my guest on this week's episode of Food Psych, shares what this experience was like for her, growing up in a family where her size was considered more "acceptable" than that of her larger-bodied sibling.
We discussed how internalized weight bias affected her own relationship with food and her body growing up, why she initially became a dietitian, how she moved beyond the weight-biased model she learned in school to become a champion of Health at Every Size, how weight stigma is used as a tool of oppression, and lots more.
This episode is quickly becoming a fan favorite, and it's one of my recent faves, too! Tune in here to listen now, and be sure to subscribe via iTunes to get new episodes delivered to your device every week.
Speaking of weight bias, my colleague and past podcast guest Megan Bruneau wrote a great piece on weight bias in the wellness world that's definitely worth a read if you're a health professional or a fan of wellness media. (Heads up that there is one triggering image in the article, so I'd suggest you steer clear if you're currently struggling with an eating disorder.)
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Tradeshows are an excellent source of new business and platform to touch base with clients and suppliers. Best practices dictate that tradeshows should be a complementary tool in your sales funnel. However, even those without a systematized sales process can experience compressed sales cycles, and deeper connections to clients.
First, determine which tradeshows to attend and of these, at which to exhibit. Critically examine the returns – both financial and non-financial – for your company.
Set a primary objective: Choose a primary and secondary goal to guide all booth-related decisions. The goal should be measurable – for example, set a target number of qualified leads to-be generated.
Assign a show champion: This is the one person who is ultimately responsible for performance at the show.
Develop a budget: How much will be spent should be driven in part by the return on investment (ROI) expected.
Determine your target market: Research the attendee profile. Are expected visitors existing customers? Do they have the potential to be customers? What are some of the reasons they attend?
Obtain exhibitor & attendee lists: Find prospects, evaluate whether the tradeshow is worth attending vs. exhibiting at, and use as a source of contact information for pre-show marketing.
Market to prospects: Let prospects know you will be there and that you would like to see them. Where applicable, schedule a meeting before or after to have more in-depth one-on-one contact.
Market to existing customers: Talk to clients about specific opportunities that are coming up, or introduce new offerings.
Become seminar speakers: Increases company exposure. Gather contact information from the attendees for follow-up.
Schedule demonstrations: Schedule demonstrations throughout the day (15 min. or so each) – aim to be more memorable than any other booth at the tradeshow.
Explore other co-promotion opportunities: Align with like-minded exhibitors and speakers to direct traffic to your booth, and provide possible partnership opportunities after the show.
Tara Landes is the President and Founder of Bellrock Benchmarking Inc., a Vancouver-based Management Consulting firm. Want to learn more about Tradeshows and Sales Training? Download this white paper or give Tara a call at (604) 499-1526.


Hublaa Liker is an Instagram Auto Liker app, which is intended for Android Operating System. Now today we are here with the latest version v1.0.6-BETA of this auto liker application. May this version is compatible with your Android phone. As well as it contains only 1.9 MB memory. Using Hublaa Liker APK file you can easily increase the number of auto likes on your Instagram photo. Its time to download its latest version from here. If you have Android version 2.3 or plus then you can easily run it. Now Download this application free for Android smartphones and tablets. The direct download link is available below the post.
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There are different apps and tools that provide a number of likes, comments, shares, and reactions on each social media. Such as Hublaa Liker is only for Instagram users if you also Facebook user and searching for such kind of application then Wefbee and Bugs Liker is the great option as well as recommended apps for Android Operating System.
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