Lada Niva 2131, model available from 1980.
It has 1.8 82HP petrol engine produced from 1995 to 2004.
Suzuki x90, model available from 1995 to 1997.
It has 1.6 i 16V 97HP petrol engine produced from 1995 to 1997.
Maximum torque of the Lada is 7 Nm bigger than the Suzuki x90. As a result, the Lada Niva 2131 will accelerate somewhat better and be better for overtaking other vehicles. Appropriate use of the flexibility of the engine may also make that the Lada Niva 2131 will use less fuel per 100 kilometers.
If you need a car by which you could set of for trips, which could hold more luggage , decide to buy the Lada Niva. The Suzuki x90 1.6 i 16V 4x4 97HP manual 4x4 has by 28 l less capable luggage compartment in relation to the Suzuki x90 1.6 i 16V 4x4 97HP manual 4x4 so you would be able to carry one bag less. Examining the trunk also check its width length and height which have considerable impact on loading capability .
A wider range and a lower value of revolutions at which the maximum torque is produced affects an engine's effectiveness and dynamism. However, in order to have a full perspective on a car's engine performance, it is always recommended to see a torque performance graph.
The winner of this confrontatnion in the aspect of fuel tank capacity is Lada Niva 2131 which can carry by 24 liters more petrol in comparison to the Suzuki.
The wheelbase of a car equals the distance between its front and rear wheels. The wheelbase notably affects the driving because of more desirable vehicle's weight distribution. Lada Niva 2131 has 490 millimeters longer wheelbase distance than Suzuki x90 1.6 i 16V 4x4 97HP manual 4x4. Wheelbase dimensions are important to the balance and steering. Hence, the mass of Lada Niva should be better distributed and driving should be easier and safer.
The Lada Niva 2131 1.8 82HP manual 4x4 has by 184 cubic centimeters bigger engine capacity in comparison to the Suzuki. This may have a little impact on vehicle's performance, as both figures does not differ much.
The Lada Niva is 14 percent longer in comparison to the Suzuki x90 1.6 i 16V 4x4 97HP manual 4x4. The length of the car is important in terms of driving comfort and room in the trunk. The Lada Niva very likely will be offering to it's users more space for legs. At the same time the Lada will be better driven but the Suzuki will be a bit easier for parking because of shorter length .
Much more comfortable and practical car is 5-door Lada Niva. The two-door Suzuki x90 1.6 i 16V 4x4 97HP manual 4x4 features little pluses, except for sporty look.
If you are a tall man or you carry in the trunk thinks of big dimensions, the Lada Niva, which is by 7 percent higher than the Suzuki x90, would be appropriate choice for you. However, presented cars do not differ much when it comes to its height and it should not be much noticeable.
The horsepower is a something that most of drivers pay the biggest attention to. In this case, it is the Suzuki x90 1.6 i 16V 4x4 97HP manual 4x4 which has by 18 % horsepower more in relation to the Lada Niva, which makes this car slightly quicker. Due to more horsepower the Suzuki x90 will as well provide slightly better flexiblility in specific speeds.
The Suzuki x90 speeds up to 100k\h 40 % quicker than the Lada Niva 2131 1.8 82HP manual 4x4. A noticable difference in acceleration in favor of the Suzuki x90 will allow him to overtake much faster and avoid other obstacles.
The top speed possible to be reached by the Suzuki is higher in comparison to this of the Lada which allows to travel the same distance on the highway faster. The difference at the level of 11 percent is not big and is not realy noticable in daily use.
Width of a car directly influences on interior space for travelers as well as stability on road. The Suzuki x90 is widther by 1 % in comparison to the Lada and is not really important. The medium for the "small off-road 4x4" segment equals to around 1,797 millimeters and is by 103 millimeters smaller than the same attribute of the Suzuki.


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Stroll Down Memory Lane: Brush up on the Easterseals Story
This year, national Easterseals is celebrating its 100th birthday! Join us in looking back on a century of service, advocacy and dedication to ensuring every one of us — regardless of age or ability — is 100% included and 100% empowered.
We invite you to take a stroll down memory lane by brushing up on the Easterseals story...
As America's largest nonprofit health care organization, Easterseals is committed to the comprehensive health and wellness of the more than 1.4 million people it serves each year and is prepared to respond to the needs of the one in four Americans living with disability today with outcomes-based services for all disabilities throughout the lifespan.
Among our services: early intervention, inclusive childcare, medical rehabilitation and autism services for young children and their families; job training and coaching, employment placement and transportation services for adults with disabilities, including veterans; adult day services and employment opportunities for older adults – in addition to a variety of additional services for people of all ages including mental health and recovery programs, assistive technology, camp and recreation, caregiving support including respite – and much more.
Additionally, we've served transitioning military, veterans and their families and caregivers since WWII and continue to be the "go to" resource for them to help ensure their successful transition to civilian life.
Tragedy Leads to Inspiration
In 1907, Ohio-businessman Edgar Allen lost his son in a streetcar accident. The lack of adequate medical services available to save his son prompted Allen to sell his business and begin a fund-raising campaign to build a hospital in his hometown of Elyria, Ohio. Through this new hospital, Allen was surprised to learn that children with disabilities were often hidden from public view. Inspired to make a difference, in 1919 Allen founded the National Society for Crippled Children, the first organization of its kind.
The Birth of the Seal
In the spring of 1934, the organization launched its first Easter "seals" campaign to raise money for its services. To show their support, donors placed the seals on envelopes and letters. Cleveland Plain Dealer cartoonist J.H. Donahey designed the first seal. Donahey based the design on a concept of simplicity because those served by the charity asked "simply for the right to live a normal life." The lily - a symbol of spring - was officially incorporated as the National Society for Crippled Children's logo in 1952 for its association with new life and new beginnings.
Expansion of the organization
In 1945, we expanded our vision across the country and in communities nationwide when we opened our services to adults and returning WWII veterans.
Easterseals Emerges
The overwhelming public support for the Easter "seals" campaign triggered a nationwide expansion of the organization and a swell of grassroots efforts on behalf of people with disabilities. By 1967, the Easter "seal" was so well recognized, the organization formally adopted the name "Easter Seals."
Prior to the passing of the ADA on July 26, 1990, Easterseals was a leading advocate for the American Disabilities Act (ADA) and actively lobbied in Washington and across the country for its adoption. Easterseals also created some of the most powerful advocacy pro-ADA public service campaign with messages to support the law and its implementation. After the passing of the ADA, Easterseals worked tirelessly to ensure that all people are empowered to access their rights under the ADA. Read more about Easterseals history with the Americans with Disabilities Act.
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Today and every day, Easterseals offers indispensable resources to more than a million people and families living with a disability annually. Our best in class, inclusive services are provided through a network of 73 local Easterseals in communities nationwide, along with four international partners in Australia, Mexico, Puerto Rico and Canada. Easterseals offers hundreds of home and community based services and supports—categorized into five distinct support areas: Live, Learn, Work, Play and Act.
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Since its founding in 1919, Easterseals has remained committed to ensuring that the needs of children and adults with disabilities, veterans and older adults are met with services and supports to help them live, learn, work and play in their communities. By combining on-the-ground presence, deep expertise and diverse programs, 71 Easterseals affiliates nationwide are advancing change to assure that people with disabilities and other special needs can thrive in their communities.

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Games & Gear
Video Game Systems
How the Wii Works
By: Marshall Brain
Nintendo Wii console and controller. See more
Photo courtesy Nintendo of America, Inc.
Imagine that you're one of the major video game console manufacturers in the world. Everyone in the industry is selling approximately the same thing -- a console containing the processor along with a two-handed game controller. If you're months behind the release of your two main competitors and your previous-generation console is in last place, what are you going to do to stand out?
One way to create a splash would be to totally blow out the amount of processor and graphics firepower. The problem is that both the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3 have already staked out the high ground here. They have bleeding-edge multicore chips that take a lot of money and time to develop.
So Nintendo took a different and far riskier path. Initially, it chose the codename "Revolution" for its new game console. Then, the "Revolution" gave way to a full-scale world war. At least that's what we thought when we saw the new name, "Wii," which sort of triggers a mental image of WWII. But that's not what the name is meant to represent at all. In fact, according to the folks at Nintendo, the code name "Revolution" indicated the direction of where Nintendo was headed with the new console. The company chose to call its new console the "Wii." Nintendo has also expressed that the pronunciation of Wii, which is like the English word "we," tells you who this console is for -- all of us, everyone! There are other implied or attached meanings in the new name -- one important one goes with related WiFi releases to be used with Nintendo's wireless gaming service, "Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection."
Naming aside, the company set a big goal -- to dramatically improve the interface for video games. With this strategy, Nintendo built an amazing amount of hype around its innovative controller for the Wii.
In this article, we'll take a close look at Nintendo's new console and interface. We'll also learn what makes the Wii so incredibly different from other next-generation consoles.
The Wii's Interface and Specs
Wii Controller Variations
Wii Motion Plus
Wii and the News
"Wii Fit" and the Balance Board
Wii Internet Channel
If you look at the controllers for the Xbox360, the Playstation 3 and the GameCube, you'll notice that they're nearly identical. You hold them in two hands and use your thumbs to control the in-game action with buttons, D-pads and joysticks. Your index fingers pull triggers that shoot guns and perform other functions.
There are two ways to look at the similarity between these controllers. Are they identical because the design has been honed to perfection and there is no room for improvement? That's what happened, for example, with the car steering wheel. All cars have steering wheels, and they've all had steering wheels for nearly a century.
The other approach is to think about controllers in a completely different way -- a way that can revolutionize gameplay.
Nintendo took the latter approach: Its designers went outside of the box and innovated. If you've only used traditional two-handed controllers, the Wii controller may appear a little strange. It looks like the remote control for a TV and it has no joystick. But the initial reviews have been good, and it actually makes sense once you understand the design principles.
The key to Nintendo's new game interface lies inside the controller. Instead of using a joystick to control the game, the primary control is the controller itself. The controller contains solid-state accelerometers that let it sense:
Tilting and rotation up and down
Tilting and rotation left and right
Rotation along the main axis (as with a screwdriver)
Acceleration up and down
Acceleration left and right
Acceleration toward the screen and away
The surprising thing is that you can create an accurate and natural user interface this way. See the next page for more information about the controller.
Official Wii Specs
The Wii released in the United States on Nov. 19, 2006, with a manufacturer's suggested retail price of $249.On Sept. 27, 2009, Nintendo shaved $50 off that tag when it dropped the price to $199.
Here are a few highlights:
The Wii is about 8.5 inches (21.6 centimeters) long, 6 inches (15.2 centimeters) wide and less than 2 inches (5.1 centimeters) thick.
The Wii's Optical Disc Drive (ODD) supports single- and dual-layer Wii discs as well as GameCube discs. The maximum read speed is the equivalent of six times that of a DVD drive.
The Wii console can communicate with the Internet even when the main power is turned off. Users connect wirelessly using IEEE 802.11 or a USB 2.0 LAN adapter. Users can also connect wirelessly using the Nintendo DS.
The controller is battery powered and functions as a remote for the Wii. It includes the Direct Pointing Device with a three-axis accelerometer, indicator LEDs, a small internal speaker with volume control and rumble (which can be adjusted for intensity and turned off).
The controller can be used by itself, with a Nunchuk extension and with a classic controller. Nintendo plans to release more extensions, and you can use the GameCube's bongos for "Donkey Kong" rhythm games in either Wii or GameCube mode.
The controller from all angles
Prior to its release, Nintendo had several demos that let people experience the new controller. One demo let players shoot at an object on the screen -- they simply pointed the controller at the target and fired. In another demo players flew an airplane. All they had to do was move the controller in the way theywanted the plane to move, and the plane on the screen moved. The motion-sensitive controller made it easy to do sharp turns, barrel rolls and loops.
In other demos the controller acted like a stick. The controller manipulated an on-screen fishing pole, drumstick or flyswatter.
There are several advantages to this approach:
Controller use seems to be completely intuitive, meaning that anyone can use it almost immediately -- there's no learning curve or fumbling as with joysticks.
The controller is very fast. You can move from one side of the screen to the other with a quick flick of the wrist.
The controller is very accurate: Things respond exactly as you expect.
The controller lends itself naturally to new game-playing paradigms. Playing a sword-fighting or fishing game with a joystick is clunky. Playing it with a controller that can be swung like a sword or a fishing pole is completely natural.
Playing an active game like tennis, boxing or baseball with the Wii can even give you a cardio workout -- a bonus for those who'd rather play video games than hit the gym [source: Berkrot].
In the next section we'll discuss some variations on this controller and see how the console is powered.
Here, a Nunchuk analog unit is attached to the controller. Thanks to an on-board accelerometer, the Nunchuk is also motion sensitive.
The system isn't quite as pure as the previous description would lead you to believe. First of all, the accelerometers alone do not provide the accuracy needed to play certain games. A Sensor Bar, or "control strip" must be placed above or below the user's television to monitor the position of the controller. Secondly, in many games you need the ability to aim and control more than one thing at a time. For example, in any first-person-shooter game, you will want to shoot while running. This means that you must be able to aim the gun and simultaneously move your character. The Nintendo Wii system has two ways to handle this problem.
The preferred way is to attach a separate joystick pod, or Nunchuk, to the controller. You hold the controller in one hand and the joystick in the other. In a first-person shooter game, the controller controls the gun and the joystick controls the running. The second possibility is to add a standard game controller. Speaking of standards, to get the most enjoyment from playing classic games using the Wii's virtual console, Nintendo offers the "Wii Classic Controller" and will soon be adding the "Wii Classic Controller Pro," controllers that feel similar to the old Super Nintendo Entertainment System game controller. These add-ons attach to the controller using a special socket built into the butt of the controller.If you have a spare GameCube controller laying around, you can use that, too.
Thanks to Bluetooth technology, the Wii can handle up to four remotes at once. And don't worry that it will get cramped with four folks hovering near the console. That's not necessary. Thanks to the Sensor Bar, as long as a remote is within a 30-foot (9.1-meter) range of the Wii console, there should be no problem with the wireless signal.
To power the Wii, Nintendo has taken an interesting approach. Nintendo has focused on building a console that is "more power-efficient, quieter and faster to start" [source: IGN].
According to an article on the IGN Web site, Wii runs "on an extension of the Gekko and Flipper architectures that powered GameCube." The "Broadway," Wii's CPU, which is made by IBM, packs 729MHz of power. Wii has 24MB of "main" 1T-SRAM on board and an additional 64MB of "external" 1T-SRAM -- for a grand total of 88MB of RAM [source: IGN].
The Nintendo GameCube was released in September 2001. The Wii came out about five years later. It's interesting to compare the two systems and see just how much can change in five years:
The GameCube has a single-threaded PowerPC processor running at 485 MHz. The Wii's processor is faster at 729MHz.
The GameCube has 24 MB of RAM. The Wii has 88 MB of RAM.
The video card in the GameCube has 16 MB of video RAM, while the Wii has 88 MB
At the core of the Wii's appeal is its motion-control interface. It gives the gamer a feeling of immersion in the game while inviting casual gamers who may not have the patience to learn an advanced controller a reason to pick it up and give it a try. In fact, Nintendo sold more than 3 million consoles in the United States alone in 2009. Worldwide, customers bought more Wiis (9,594,000) than both Xbox 360 (4,770,700) and PlayStation 3 consoles (4,334,600) combined. [source: NPD].
Knowing this, Nintendo released an updated version of its motion controller. Actually, it's more of an add-on. Nintendo's Wii MotionPlus accessory snaps into the same socket as the Nunchuk and, according to the company, it translates game players' actions into game movements in a 1:1 ratio [source: Nintendo]. Wii MotionPlus formally released with Nintendo's "Wii Sports Resort" in July 2009. While older games can't take advantage of the improved control offered by the add-on, some titles released afterward require the functionality the device offers [source: Bakalar].
"Wii Sports Resort" is the popular follow-up to Nintendo's most popular game "Wii Sports." Game play and graphics are similar, but Nintendo created new games that are designed to take advantage of the Wii MotionPlus attachment. The bundle costs $49 or you can buy the MotionPlus attachment separately for $19.
The War for Motion Control
With the popularity of Nintendo's motion-control interface on the Wii, rivals Microsoft and Sony have been preparing their own responses. Sony is launching Move, its own motion-sensitive controller, in a form factor similar to the Wii Remote. But Microsoft's answer is the much-anticipated Project Natal. Video footage of demo versions of the two reveals smooth motion control and fine-tuned playability. Some in the video game industry contend that the Wii isn't a system that appeals to serious gamers outside of the motion control and games featuring Nintendo's proprietary characters. That doesn't mean gamers don't buy them. Data suggests gamers own an Xbox 360 or a PS3 along with a Wii, but not all three. With Sony and Microsoft fighting for the control of the hardcore gamer, the motion control interface may be the deciding factor when attracting new gamers. With the intensity of controlling market share in the video game industry so feverish, you can expect there to be plenty of news coming down the pike. A high-definition version of the Wii has been rumored for release in 2011 or 2012 but Nintendo officials will not comment on the speculation.
The Wii remote can be used to access Associated Press news from around the world.
The Wii has had no shortage of publicity since its release -- some good, some bad. First there was the competition with Sony's PlayStation 3, which was released at about the same time, to see which console would dominate the 2006 holiday season (winner: the Wii) [source:Reuters]. Then, Nintendo issued a recall of the original Wii controller straps after several reported incidents in which gamers lost control of the remote and sent it flying across the room, sometimes causing damage to TVs or windows. As a result, Wii consoles that were shipped starting in December 2006 have a sturdier version of the strap and the company offers users a silicone rubber sleeve intended to soften the impact of a flying remote. Nintendo also lists safety recommendations for Wii users on its official site.
Not content simply to make news headlines, the Wii also brings the news directly to you. On Jan. 27, 2007, Nintendo launched the Wii's News Channel. A free feature for Wii owners, the News Channel brings stories from the Associated Press wire services to your TV screen via the Wii remote. According to a Yahoo! press release, you simply point the remote at a virtual globe and select the location and type of news (business, sports, science and other topics) you're interested in to see frequently updated news stories from around the world.
And Nintendo keeps adding more channels. On Jan. 13, 2010, Nintendo of North America and Netflix announced a partnership that will allow Netflix customers to watch movies through the Wii console.
Woman Dies in Wii Contest
The Wii made the news in a sad way in January 2007. A 28-year-old woman named Jennifer Strange died of water intoxication after competing in a radio station contest where contestants drank massive amounts of water in an attempt to win a Wii. For more information, see How can someone die from drinking too much water?
Two men in Taiwan test out the Wii in March 2007.
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According to a federal report funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, one-third of American children are either obese or at risk of becoming obese [source: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation]. Many people blame television and video games for the increase in childhood obesity, claiming that kids today just don't get enough exercise. Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto found a way to get kids exercising while enjoying one of their favorite activities -- playing video games. In 2006, Nintendo revealed an exercise game known as "Wii Health Pack," which has since been renamed "Wii Fit." "Wii Fit" includes more than 40 different activities that are designed to keep players active and healthy while entertaining them at the same time. The activities focus on four different aspects of exercising: aerobics, muscle conditioning, yoga and balance.
"Wii Fit" comes with the Wii Balance Board, which is a wireless board that senses small shifts in posture and weight placement so that your Mii, or onscreen character, mimics your movements. The Balance Board, which resembles a bathroom scale, has gyroscopic technology and multiple sensors built into it. The gyroscopic technology measures shifts in weight based on the conservation of angular momentum. Angular momentum measures the extent to which an object rotating around a reference point will continue to do so until acted upon by some outside force. The onboard sensors measure a user's body mass index and center of gravity. The Wii Balance Board goes beyond simply calculating your body mass index; it also tracks your overall progress in terms of your fitness age. A person's Wii fitness age is calculated by factoring his or her body mass index, performance during balance tests and overall center of gravity. Many players find that tracking their progress makes "Wii Fit" more fun to play. Users want to be as fit as possible in the eyes of the game so that, like in any other video game, they can claim to be the best. The game is also designed to inspire players into setting personal goals, which help them stick to their "Wii Fit" exercise routines.
"Wii Fit" combines traditional exercises such as press-ups (push-ups), yoga, stretching and step aerobics with exercises designed to entertain, such as hula hooping, ski jumping and heading soccer balls. On Oct. 4, 2009, Nintendo released the follow-up version to the original, "Wii Fit Plus." The bundle is $10 more than the original ($89) when packaged with the balance board. A $19 stand-alone version of the game is available for those who already own a Balance Board.
"Wii Fit Plus" features the same interface as the original and allows users to download data from the previous game but adds 15 new balance games, three new yoga and strength training exercises and several extra playing modes. "Wii Fit Plus" can even be used as a scale.
The Balance Board has turned out to be a great peripheral for other games, too. Snowboarding games such as "Shaun White's Snowboarding," for instance, takes advantage of the board's unique sensing ability. Players stand on the board and lean to control the rider in the game.
The Balance Board is also used in popular games like the "Jillian Michaels Fitness Ultimatum" series. Similar to the "Wii Fit" games, the Jillian Michaels games are fitness programs. The difference is the intensity. For instance, while doing push-ups in the game, you must touch your chest to the Balance Board. If you fail to do this, the game recognizes this and criticizes you for your lack of effort.
People wait in front of a store inParis for the Wii to go on salein December 2006.
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Online gaming is a market that no video game company wants to miss, and Nintendo is no exception. With that in mind, Nintendo not only designed the Wii to let players compete against each other online, but it also added an entirely different aspect of the Internet to its newest system -- browsing. Once the Wii has been hooked up to the Internet, either wirelessly or with an Ethernet cable, you can download the Wii Internet Channel for free. As of 2010, all Wii consoles come with the channel already installed.
The full version of the Internet Channel, which is a version of the Opera Web browser. Launched in April of 2007, this version of Opera allows Wii owners to surf the Web in a unique fashion. The font is much larger than it is on a computer, so it's a lot easier to see from the comfort of your couch. You can also zoom in and out and scroll up, down and sideways using the Wii remote.
The Wii Internet Channel takes only a few seconds to launch, mostly because the machine stays connected to the Internet even when its main power is switched off. The software is saved on the 512 MB Wii internal flash memory. The software can also be transferred to an SD card after you download it, although temporary Internet files will remain on the internal memory. The Opera-based browser can support a host of Web 2.0 technologies and applications including:
Adobe Flash 8
The biggest gripe about the Wii Internet Channel is that the browser doesn't support Adobe Flash 9. According to Opera, the reason that the browser does not support the later versions of Flash is that a software development kit isn't yet available for either version. Because Opera utilizes an older version of Flash, problems may arise while you're trying to view certain Flash videos. Aside from the problems on the user's side, Nintendo is also having a bit of trouble with the Wii Internet Channel. Apparently, hackers have found a loophole in the system that allows them to run their own code on the Wii console. The loophole is in the Flash Player embedded within the browser and could allow hackers to create video game emulators. That sounds like a great loophole, right? Not if you're Nintendo. One of their potential moneymakers is the Virtual Console, which charges gamers between $5 and $10 for unlimited access for each title.
The Wii can use an Internet connection in more ways than just browsing. There are also free applications such as Wii's News and Forecast Channels. The News Channel provides you with a view of the globe, which allows you to view news by region if you wish. The Forecast Channel also gives you a view of the globe, but this view also shows current weather systems around the world. If you zoom out far enough, you can see an accurate star map in the background. Since you register your Wii's location, it also knows what you're looking for in the way of a local forecast.
Carsten Koall/Getty ImagesThe Wii was featured at Games Convention 24 inLeipzig, Gemany, in August 2007.
The Nintendo Wii, like every other video game console, has some controller variations and other accessories available for serious gamers. Some of the accessories are very useful, while others merely add to the controller's aesthetic value. Some examples of Wii accessories that fall into the "looks good, but not very useful" category are the plastic attachments for the Wii remote that make it look like a tennis racket, golf club or baseball bat. Nothing about the Wii or the game you're playing changes -- the attachments just transform your Wii remote into a prop. There are also boxing gloves that can house the Wii remote and Nunchuk. Just like the plastic attachments, these gloves don't change anything about the game, except for the fact that you don't actually have to hold onto the controllers.
The Wii Zapper is a plastic device resembling a tommy gun that houses both the Wii remote and Nunchuk. It's designed to be used with first-person shooter games, and its two-handed design allows for more stability and better aiming. The Nunchuk fits into the back handle of the gun, and you use the joystick on the Nunchuk to move your character. There's a spring-loaded trigger on the Zapper that is connected to the B button on the back of the Wii Remote. You simply point the gun where you want to aim and fire when ready. The only downside of the design is that it limits players to the use of three buttons: the trigger and the C and V buttons on the Nunchuk.
The Wii Wheel is another useful accessory that is being shipped with "Mario Kart Wii." It's a small plastic steering wheel that houses the Wii Remote in the center. According to Nintendo, the Wii Wheel will even the playing field so that novice gamers can race bumper-to-bumper with seasoned "Mario Kart" veterans. Ubisoft, the video-game developer and publisher, also came out with its own steering wheel accessory to ship with "GT Pro Series" and "Monster 4x4 World Circuit." Ubisoft's version is similar to Nintendo's in the sense that they are both simply steering wheel shells that house the Wii remote.
Aside from the useful accessories that are designed to improve the quality of gaming, there are also some accessories that improve the overall performance of the Wii. You can buy a component video adapter, which will improve the graphic quality on your television from 480i (interlaced) to 480p (progressive scan). The component video standard utilizes three connectors called Y, Pb and Pr. The Y-connector transmits the video information, which is the black-and-white image, and the Pb and Pr connectors transmit the color information. In order for the component video adapter to work properly, you must go into the Wii System menu and set it to 480p. Once you've set your Wii to 480p, also known as progressive scan, it will recognize when games are progressive scan-compatible and automatically default to that setting.
The most recent addition to the Wii's dynamic playability is the Wii Vitality Sensor. Similar to a machine that checks your pulse, gamers insert an index finger into a small sleeve and wear the sensor while playing Vitality Sensor-compatible games. The Vitality Sensor aims to measure your pulse to reveal anxiety. A players' nervousness can then be recorded and connected with the game-playing experience, possibly adding an element of focus or lack thereof to the actions of the character in the game.
Another accessory that improves the performance of the Wii is the Wii remote charging dock. The Wii remote burns through standard alkaline batteries very quickly, and once it begins to get low on power, the remote is less responsive. For example, a Wii remote that's low on batteries is less likely to register a thunderous right hook that you throw at your boxing opponent -- so the game just isn't as much fun. These charging docks, which contain rechargeable lithium battery packs, are produced by several different companies. Some docks can accommodate four Wii remotes, others just one. Some docks have places to set your Nunchuks, others don't. It's difficult to guarantee the quality of any of the charging docks since they're not manufactured by Nintendo, but they will make your Wii life a lot simpler.
For more information about the Nintendo Wii and related topics, take a look at the links on the next page.
Super Cool Wii Feature
The Wii is the master of backwards capability. Don't worry about pining for your old favorites -- the Wii works with your old GameCube discs and memory cards. And, for even older systems like the Super Nintendo Entertainment System and Nintendo 64, the Wii features a Virtual Console that downloads older games to play on the Wii.
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Equity Initiative
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Seeking members to serve on Equity Advisory Council; application deadline Nov. 22
The Sumner-Bonney Lake School District is committed to providing access to an excellent education for each student. As one of the fastest growing school districts in Pierce County, our demographics are changing at a rapid pace. This change requires our ongoing focus and a strategic approach to the increasing diversity in our schools and communities.
Through our Equity Advisory Council (EAC), we are continuing to draw together key stakeholders to examine equity in our schools and identify ways that will improve the educational experience and sense of belonging for students. We are looking for new EAC members to play a critical role in providing input that will help direct future actions and decisions of the District.
About the Equity Advisory Council
Purpose: Examine issues surrounding racial equity within SBLSD and identify ways that will improve the educational experience for every student.
Member Role: Contribute individual perspective on racial equity and provide input that will help direct future actions and decisions of the District on equity-related issues.
Member Minimum Commitments:
Complete a full term from November 2021 to June 2022
Attend approximately five EAC meetings via zoom (held 4:30-5:30 pm)
Participate in one or more EAC working groups that may be held between full EAC meeting dates
EAC membership is open to community members, families, staff, students – who represent diversity in language, race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, and ability.
To apply to become a member of the Sumner-Bonney Lake School District Equity Advisory Council, complete this application by midnight on Nov. 22. Applicants will be notified about the status of their role with the Equity Advisory Council by email or phone no later than Dec. 3. For more information, email equity@sumnersd.org.
Equity Advisory Council Background
The Sumner-Bonney Lake School District created an Equity Advisory Council in 2018, which started out with 25 staff and community members who were charged with the mission of examining the growing diversity within our schools, as well as processes necessary to ensure equitable educational outcomes for all students. Now in its third year, the Equity Advisory Council has grown to 39 members and is made up of parents, staff, students, community members and a school board member.
Advisory council members have a background and interest and commitment in addressing equity, as well as culturally responsive schools and communities. They represent a diverse group of local parents and families, as well as school administration, staff, and our Board of Directors. Advisory committee work and meetings are guided and facilitated by Equity Program Management consultants from the Puget Sound Educational Service District.
Equity Advisory Council Purpose
The Equity Advisory Council commits to transforming the culture and climate of the SBLSD so that every adult and student in the district acts upon our shared values of empathy, inclusion, acceptance and success for ALL students.
We will identify the content knowledge, policies, practices and procedures needed to effectively prevent bias; to recognize and address bias when it occurs; to alleviating the harmful impacts of bias; and provide for the restoration of good and trusting relationships in our community.
We will empower students to be leaders in that process.
An understanding of the history and current dynamics of racism and other forms of oppression is critical knowledge which will allow all students to be successful both in SBLSD and post-graduation, and will allow them to have better opportunities and relationships with diverse people throughout their lives.
We are all responsible for the complete education of our students.
We commit to ensuring that school district employees and students know, are aware and have the skills they need to identify bias, interrupt it where it exists and provide remedies that restore trust and relationships.
We will educate ourselves so that we can engage our community in the transformation we need to make SBLSD a place where all individuals feel safe, valued, loved, heard and seen.
We commit to make our district a place where individuals can have pride in themselves and achieve their fullest potential.
To learn more about the Equity Advisory Committee, please contact sblsd_equity@sumnersd.org.


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Why the Family Crest in Your Tree May Be Fooling You
Do you have a family crest in your tree? Is it associated with an entire family line or surname? Find out why, according to Jack Turton of The Coat of Arms Database, "family crest" is a misnomer and how to understand the actual meaning and history behind these symbols.
When people talk about a "family crest" they usually mean a coat-of- arms belonging to a family member who was "armigerous" – meaning he or she had the right to display one, which in turn implies noble (or at least gentry) status. But, too often, coat-of-arms are erroneously assigned to entire family line or surname in a family tree.
We know about historical coats-of-arms because they functioned a bit like modern trademarks. They were administered by a college of professionals called "heralds," whose records survive in museums and archives. Individual families also kept track of their own history and heraldry.
In the 19th century it was common to publish the results in weighty volumes of family history, many of which are now available in online archives. Around that time, a growing interest in genealogy sparked the publication of massive biographical encyclopedias such as Burke's Peerage in the United Kingdom, Rietstap's and Dizionario Storico for Italian heraldry, and Armorial Lusitano for Portuguese.
For example, here is the coat-of-arms of Sir James, the Ninth and last Earl of Douglas, who lived and died in the 15th century.
Medieval nobles and gentry (armigerous individuals) left their mark not just in the old chronicles, but in legal and government documents, many of which are available in 19th century translations. For example, the English Inquisitions Post Mortem recorded who owned what on their death, and the Close Rolls recorded who held which public office – and since each county had a sheriff and various magistrates most local notables appear somewhere in these pages.
Thus, a little legwork will often tie a coat-of-arms and a name to an intriguing personal history and career. The coat-of-arms is then revealed to be a visual DNA, telling us not just who the bearer was in his world, but also where he came from. As it happens, the life of Sir James Douglas, whose arms we have just contemplated, is well-documented.
Sir James was a member of the famous Scottish Douglas family, whose history helped inspire the Game of Thrones (for example, his father was murdered in something rather similar to the "Red Wedding.") A Knight of the Garter, Sir James was captured fighting against his own king in 1484, and relegated to a monastery where he died in 1488.
If "Douglas" is your surname, then you might be related to him. The population of Scotland was under a million back then so being a Douglas really did mean you were a member of the Douglas family.
Looking at Sir James's coat-of-arms, you immediately see that it comprises a shield, supporters left and right – in this case the two "savages" – and an actual crest: a wolf. The crest may have been worn on a helmet, especially in tournaments.
The "device" on the shield is what James would have displayed in battle and tournament: on his shield, if he carried one (not a certainty by this era, since by then knightly weapons were often two-handed), perhaps on a heraldic tabard if worn over his armor, and maybe painted onto his armour like a badge. This would have marked him out as a man of noble birth. It would also identify him to anybody who could read the heraldry.
Coats-of-arms began in the 12th century as a way to recognize combatants and followers in tournament and battle. Even before they had visors, knightly helmets tended to obscure people's faces; especially if viewed from a distance, or through the red mist of combat. Knights wanted to broadcast their membership of an elite and increasingly exclusive caste. They needed to ensure recognition for any deeds that they performed and also to identify themselves as somebody you would capture to hold for ransom, rather than slay out of hand.
However, by the 15th century, coat-of-arms were becoming too complicated for this purpose. In this case, the heart and stars (top left) indicates connection to the Douglas family, but there were several branches of the family and they did not always fight on the same side!
For this reason, powerful lords tended to pick a distinctive element of their personal coat-of-arms and use it as a badge with which to identify themselves, and their friends and followers.
For example the English earl, Warwick the Kingmaker, issued his followers with "bear on a ragged staff" badges. Our Sir James could have chosen to use the Wolf from his crest or perhaps a "savage," or a combination of both. In adopting simple badges, lords were returning heraldry to its roots in knightly combat.
The reason why coats-of-arms had become complicated is that they were used to display a specific individual's lineage, marriage and other connections.
Here's the technical description of Sir James's arms from the Coat of Arms Database, using the language of heraldry derived from Medieval French and a smattering of Arabic, and standard abbreviations:
Quarterly, 1st, Douglas, as above; 2nd, sa. fretty or, for the Lordship of Lauderdale; 3rd, az. three stars or, for Murray, of Bothwell; 4th, or, six piles gu. for Brechin; en surtout, az. a lion ramp. ar. crowned or, for Galloway. Crest—A wolf sejant ppr. Supporters—Two savages with clubs in their exterior hands ppr.
Coats-of-arms are usually built from a limited pool of symbols, much like the emoticons available on social media: here's a visual glossary of heraldic symbols. Though many of them seem abstract, most have a well-known meaning.
The Lion, for example…
…represents, among other things, Deathless Courage.
…generally speaks of high honor, or even Imperial connections or pretensions.
The Fleur-de-lis…
…is associated both with French royalty and the Cult of the Virgin Mary. It can also indicate that the bearer of the coat-of-arms is the sixth son.
Though it's common to attribute these meanings to the 19th century Romantic Movement, most do in fact go back to the Middle Ages when almost everything had symbolic significance. We can see this, for example, in Medieval bestiaries which devote most of their space to proverbs about particular animals and also in Medieval fencing treatises such as Flos Duellatorum, which urges the swordsman to have the courage of the fox and the stability of the elephant.
So, when we look at Sir James's coat-of-arms, we can decode both the symbolism and the story it tells. The first part of the heraldic description (shown above) describes the shield which is broken into quarters, numbered typewriter-style, top left to right, bottom left to right:
"1st, Douglas, as above" refers us to the arms of William, 1st Earl of Douglas:
Guillim, a 17th century heraldic author, believes that the heart shows the holder to be a "man of sincerity…who speaks truth from his heart." However, its presence here probably also commemorates the heroic death of the first Douglas earl's uncle, Sir James the Good, who fell while taking the heart of King Robert the Bruce on crusade (the episode is described in the 14th century Froissart's Chronicles).
Prior to that, the heads of the Douglas family probably bore a simple white shield with a blue bar displaying three stars (technically: argent, on a chief azure, three stars of the first). This was a good example of a basic, and thus easily recognizable, coat-of-arms from a much earlier period. It had probably passed from father to son since the mid 12th century.
Guillim says Stars are "emblems of God's goodness." Knights very much wanted God on their side, and at the same time regarded victory as proof that He was indeed so. This choice would have been a fitting one for a bellicose Douglas.
Thus, the first quarter of the shield enables Sir James, 9th Earl of Douglas to tell the world: that he is a Douglas; that he is related to the legendary Sir James the Good; that he speaks his mind; and that God is on his side.
The second quarter (with abbreviations expanded) is 2nd, sable fretty or, for the Lordship of Lauderdale. The heraldry translates as, "black diamonds on a gold background" and references his ownership of the strategic border lordship of Lauderdale, land originally granted to one of his ancestors.
The Fretty…
… according to Guillim represents a net and symbolizes skill in the art of "persuasion," not something one would normally associate with the warlike Douglas family. Perhaps it actually references fishing rights on the River Leader that runs through Lauderdale.
The third quarter (3rd, azure three stars or, for Murray, of Bothwell) meaning, "blue background with three golden stars." This is the coat-of-arms of Sir James's mother's family, Murray of Bothwell:
It appeared in the family coat-of-arms when Sir James's father (another James, known as "the Gross"), married Joan Moray of Bothwell (spellings of surnames were not standardized back then).
"Quartering" of coats-of arms, as it was termed, was a standard way to advertise the union of two aristocratic houses. It reminded the world that Sir James could call on the loyalties and the resources of both Douglas and Moray families, including their supporters (historians use the term "affinity" to describe such clan-like groups).
Now we come to the final quarter (4th, or, six piles gules for Brechin) meaning "gold with six triangles in red." The symbolism appears lost in the mists of time (could they represent pennants?) and their presence on this coat-of-arms is a mystery!
They are often said to derive from the arms of Wishart of Brechin and relate to Ettrick Forrest:
However, at least one venerable heraldic history argues that they actually relate to the Douglasses of Lochleven. Either way, James was probably drawing attention to a family connection.
At last we come to that big central shield (en surtout, azure a lion rampant argent crowned or, for Galloway) meaning, "above all, blue with a silver lion rampant with a gold crown."
We already know the Lion as a symbol of Deathless Courage. The Galloway lion first appeared in the second and third quarters of the arms of Archibald the Grim, 3rd Earl of Douglas. Archibald was the swashbuckling "natural" son of the Good Sir James, and a keen exponent of the two-handed sword:
A loyal follower of the king, Archibald was appointed hereditary lord of Galloway, a (justifiably) rebellious province and former kingdom – hence the crown – that had originally belonged to the Balliol family.
Finally we come to the Wolf (A wolf sejant proper. Supporters: Two savages with clubs in their exterior hands proper). The Wolf may reference Rome, perhaps Sir James had made a pilgrimage there, or may have been selected to broadcast the wolfish nature of its bearer. He may have picked the Savages, or Woodmen, in reference to his family's Ettrick Forest connections, or perhaps because they were dangerous looking men with clubs. So this is heraldry, but it may also be the 15th century equivalent of a biker jacket.
So let's take another look at Sir James's coat-of-arms:
It says something like…
I'm a Douglas, member of an important family, descended from a legendary hero. I speak my mind, and God is on my side.
I'm powerful in my own right: I have my own connections through my mother; and I am a mighty territorial lord as well.
If you see men displaying Savage & Wolf badges, they're mine, and if you are fighting on the other side, watch out!
Nobody living has the right to bear these particular arms as their own.
As we have seen, this coat-of-arms, like all other personal arms, belongs to only one individual from one time and place. It contains a crest, but is neither just a crest nor a "family crest," nor a family anything else.
Beware of websites that try to tell you otherwise. A good test is whether the site displays more than one coat-of-arms for each family. (Our site, the Coat of Arms Database, has 49 for the Douglasses alone!)
However, there's nothing wrong with doing as people in the past did and celebrating your ancestors by displaying their coats-of-arms around your home. It's even better if you can point to them and explain the story told by the heraldry, and recite the deeds and adventures of those who have gone before.
You can get some help deciphering coat-of-arms in your tree here.
Jack Turton is an English contributor to the Coat of Arms Database. His ancestors plied their longbows in the service of Henry the Fifth.
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Interesting article. Thank you for sharing.


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The "28th Student Association Healing" (hereafter referred to as student association) hosted the Winter Training Program (hereafter referred to as training program) at Hanwha Resort in Pyeongchang, Gangwondo from February 13th to the 15th. In addition to the student association, the Women's Student Council, the Club Federation, and members from various colleges at our university participated in this event. They spent time discussing and organizing the Freshmen Orientation that would be held on the 24th. This was a great chance for students to get to know one another.
With regards to facilities, liquid soap has already been supplied to each building. In addition, Student Hall has been undergoing reconstruction since the beginning of winter break. Moreover, "Dalguji" will continue and "continuous efforts will be made" for the operation of shuttle buses. In the area of welfare, improvements in facilities have been noticeable both on and off campus. Plans have been made to install night light fixtures as well as pathways for students residing in studio apartments. Finally, by sponsoring tickets for concerts and performances, the cultural life of our students will improve dramatically.
The student association made improvements in many areas for our soon to be freshmen at this year's Freshmen Orientation. First of all, the headcount system at the outdoor grounds has been changed. This year, students gathered in the lobby of Shallom Hall before leaving for the orientation. Soy milk was provided to the students since many of the students had skipped breakfast. In addition, feminine napkins were provided to female students and toiletries were provided to all of the students. Drinks to cure hangovers were provided for those students that drank too much the night before. Taking the cold weather into consideration, there were not many outdoor activities during this year's orientation. As such, the orientation was a chance for students to recharge their batteries and give them a boost of energy. Despite these efforts, there were some glitches here and there with time delays and so forth.
"Healing" tried to provide a recharging experience for students before the start of the new semester. And although everything wasn't perfect, it wasn't enough to diminish their passion. Let's see what the 28th Student Association has in store for us.


There is no airport in Kimolos island. The nearest airport is located in the neighbouring island of Milos and it receives frequent flights from Athens in summer. The airport of Milos is small and it is found in the centre of the island.
To go from Milos to Kimolos island, you can take either the ferry from the port of Adamas that operates about 3 times a week, or the ferry from Pollonia, a small port village on the north eastern side of Milos. The ferry from Pollonia to Kimolos operates all year round, about 2-3 times a day, and the trip takes 30 min.
To go from the airport of Milos to the ports of Adamas or Pollonia, you can take a taxi or book your Milos airport transfer online.
Also, visitors can reach the island of Kimolos by ferry. There are some ferries to Kimolos from Piraeus port in Athens.


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Q: Having same number of consumers as the number of partitions I have a Kafka topic with 4 partitions, and I am creating an application written with python that consumes data from the topic.
My ultimate goal is to have 4 Kafka consumers within the application. So, I have used the class KafkaClient to get the number of partitions right after the application starts, then, I have created 4 threads, each one has the responsibility to create the consumer and to process messages.
As I am new to Kafka (and python as well), I don't know if my approach is right, or it needs enhancements (e.g. what if a consumer fails).

A: If a consumer thread dies, then you'll need logic to handle that.
Threads would work (aiokafka or Faust might be a better library for this), or you could use supervisor or Docker orchestration to run multiple consumer processes


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Wärtsilä Corporation, Stock exchange release, 13 May 2019 at 16:00 pm EEST
BlackRock, Inc. has informed Wärtsilä Corporation it has crossed below the 5% disclosure limit on shares and voting rights on 10 May 2019. Following the transaction BlackRock, Inc. owns 4.98% of Wärtsilä's shares and voting rights, while its total holding in Wärtsilä Corporation corresponds to 5.23%.
Total position of BlackRock, Inc. and its funds subject to the notification:
% of shares and voting rights % of shares and voting rights through financial instruments % of total Total number of shares and voting rights of issuer
Resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or reached 4.98% 0.24% 5.23% 591,723,390
Position of previous notification (if applicable) 5.00% 0.23% 5.23%
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Direct (SMA 9:5) Indirect (SMA 9:6 and 9:7) Direct (SMA 9:5) Indirect (SMA 9:6 and 9:7)
FI0009003727 29,512,604 4.98%
SUBTOTAL A 29,512,604 4.98%
B: Financial instruments according to SMA 9:6a:
Type of financial instrument Expiration date Exercise / Conversion Period Physical or cash settlement Number of shares and voting rights % of shares and voting rights
Securities Lent N/A N/A Physical 1,321,719 0.22%
CFD N/A N/A Cash 122,350 0.02%
SUBTOTAL B 1,444,069 0.24%
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A maligned consumer protection bureau gets new allies in the Democratic House.
Newly empowered House Democrats are vowing an all-out fight to salvage the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in the face of the Trump administration's drive to curb the agency's power.
Party lawmakers have seethed for the past year as Mick Mulvaney has cut back on enforcement and curtailed funding requests for the bureau, the brainchild of President Donald Trump's nemesis, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.).
Mulvaney, Trump's budget director, will soon depart as acting CFPB chief to be replaced by his little-known lieutenant at the Office of Management and Budget, Kathy Kraninger, who has no experience in consumer affairs or banking. That could give the Democrats a much stronger hand in defending the Obama-era bureau, by doing everything from securing its independent source of funding to conducting endless oversight hearings.
Fending off further GOP attempts to rein in the CFPB "would be a battle with this administration, and it would be a test of wills," said Rep. Lacy Clay of Missouri, the top Democrat on the House Financial Services subcommittee with jurisdiction over the agency.
"I'm ready to fight that battle," Clay said.
Maxine Waters, the California Democrat who will take over as chairwoman of the Financial Services Committee, has made clear that shielding the agency will be a key priority. And even if Kraninger is confirmed as CFPB director by the time the gavel switches hands, there will be pressure from consumer advocates to investigate lingering questions from Mulvaney's tenure on how the agency has handled everything from fair lending enforcement to student loans.
"You can't protect consumers without looking at and investigating the CFPB under Mick Mulvaney," said Karl Frisch, executive director of the consumer group Allied Progress.
"We certainly need to know what motivated decisions that are now in place — it doesn't matter who's in charge at that point," he added.
Waters also introduced a bill last month to "reverse the harmful changes the Trump administration has imposed."
Her bill would limit the number of political appointees at the bureau — a category Mulvaney dramatically expanded — and restore the organizational structure of the student loan and fair lending offices, which he folded into larger divisions.
It would also require that the agency's consumer complaint database remain publicly accessible and restore the panel of Consumer Advisory Board members that Mulvaney dismissed suddenly in June.
The legislation won't get traction with a Republican Senate, but it provides a road map for Waters' oversight agenda.
Unlike that of most agencies, the CFPB's financing isn't determined by the congressional appropriations process — it comes through the Federal Reserve system by a fixed formula instead — so lawmakers can't throw around funding threats to get their way. There's no legal mechanism for lawmakers to reopen unsatisfactory agency settlements. And as long as Congress is divided, Democrats' CFPB legislation won't go anywhere.
"They can make life for Mulvaney or Kathy Kraninger less pleasant, but they're not ultimately going to be able to have much of an impact on policy — they don't have powers that will allow them to do that," said Ori Lev, former deputy enforcement director for litigation at the bureau.
Still, the electoral victory by House Democrats itself is a major step to protecting the agency: They've denied the GOP a united Congress to pass legislation limiting the bureau's power.
Republicans have proposed replacing the CFPB director with a bipartisan commission and funding the agency through appropriations — moves that CFPB defenders say would cripple the bureau and expose it to political pressure.
There are rare points of potential bipartisan agreement on CFPB oversight — both parties have called for more transparency on its rulemaking process, for instance, and neither is thrilled with Mulvaney's decision to eliminate routine supervisory exams on lending to members of the military.
For the most part, though, the Financial Services hearing room will be the setting for a Democratic revenge play.
At the top of the list for Democrats is the way the bureau has handled its fair lending obligations. The issue burst into the spotlight in late September with the revelation that a top Mulvaney appointee in charge of fair lending, Eric Blankenstein, had anonymously written racially offensive blog posts in 2004.
If Blankenstein is still in his position come January — Mulvaney has referred the matter to an inspector general — he can count on being hauled up to the Hill to explain himself. But it's not just 14-year-old blog posts generating concerns about the bureau's commitment to thwarting discrimination.
One of Mulvaney's first moves upon taking over in late November 2017 was to move the agency's fair lending office into the supervision and enforcement unit, effectively sidelining the office's Obama-era chief, Patrice Ficklin. No fair lending cases have been announced since then.
Meanwhile, the CFPB rulemaking agenda released in October lists "re-examining" its duties under a law policing credit discrimination. And the bureau is expected to release a proposal in March scaling back requirements for its 2015 update to a mortgage disclosure law that helps track discrimination.
Democrats are also eager to dig into the agency's handling of student loans — another office Mulvaney downgraded.
Waters penned a letter in October urging Financial Services Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas) to use "the full range of the Committee's oversight authorities" to investigate charges by a departed CFPB official that political appointees had repeatedly undermined career staff efforts to police student loan servicers. That included quashing a report on banks allegedly charging students dubious fees.
Waters' bill would require the CFPB to hand over all documents related to the report's suppression.
Finally, the scheduled January release of the agency's planned revision to its payday-lending rule will offer an early opportunity to question Mulvaney on how meetings with industry donors may have influenced his thinking.
There will be plenty of demands on the agency to "'show your work,'" said a former CFPB official who dealt with Republican congressional requests in the past. "'Let's see your scratch paper.'"


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About 54 years ago, Hugh Hefner created quite a ruckus when he started printing "Playboy" from his kitchen in Chicago. Fast forward to today and the empire has expanded to encompass much of the world, publishing in just about every medium.
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While "Playboy" was once a household name because men would only look at the magazines for the articles, the magazine has also launched quite a few careers for the centerfold Playmates. Some of the Playmates have been famous simply for their physical beauty, others for their career and still others for their shenanigans in the media.
10 - Ida Ljungqvist - 2009 (Original month of appearance: March - 2008)
Birth Name: Ida Ljungqvist
Age: 37, born 27 September 1981
Country of origin: Tanzania, United Republic of
Currently Residing In: Sweden
Ida Ljungqvist is a Tanzanian-Swedish model. She was named Playboy's Playmate of the Month for March 2008 and the 2009 Playmate of the Year. She is the first African-born and second Swedish model to be named a Playmate of the Year.
Ljungqvist was born in Tanzania to a Tanzanian mother and a Swedish father. Due to her father's work for UNICEF, Ljungqvist traveled a great deal. She speaks English, Swedish, and Swahili. Ljungqvist has a degree in fashion design and marketing, and plans to study economics.
9 - Hope Dworaczyk - 2010 (Original month of appearance: April - 2009)
Birth Name: Hope Christina Dworaczyk
Age: 34, born 21 November 1984
Born and residing in: United States
Partner: Robert F. Smith
Hope Dworaczyk Smith is an American Playboy model, TV host and reality television personality. She first gained fame as Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for April 2009 after testing for the 55th Anniversary Playmate search, and later became the 2010 Playmate of the Year.
Smith was born and raised in Port Lavaca, Texas. She graduated from high school at sixteen and competed in the Miss Texas Teen USA competition shortly thereafter.
On July 25, 2015, Smith married billionaire Robert F. Smith, the founder of Vista Equity Partners. Smith gave birth to the couple's first child, a son named Hendrix Robert Smith, on December 19, 2014. Smith gave birth to their second child, a son named Legend Robert Smith, on March 16, 2016.
Smith is an advocate for Best Buddies.
8 - Claire Sinclair - 2011 (Original month of appearance: October - 2010)
Birth Name: Claire Sinclair
Age: 28, born 25 May 1991
Playboy Playmate of the Month for October 2010. She was also. 2011 Playmate of the Year. Born in LA.
Claire Sinclair is an American nude model. She started modeling at age fourteen and has worked for such companies as Angel Jeans, Scarlet Lingerie, and Smooch Jeans. Sinclair first posed for noted erotic artist Olivia de Berardinis at age eighteen.
Olivia in turn introduced Claire to Playboy magazine founder and publisher Hugh Hefner. Claire was the Playboy Playmate of the Month for October 2010. Her centerfold was photographed by Stephen Wayda. She later was selected as the 2011 Playmate of the Year. Claire appeared on an episode of the reality TV series The Girls Next Door. Her sister Angela Marie is also a Playboy model.
7 - Jaclyn Swedberg - 2012 (Original month of appearance: April - 2011)
Birth Name: Jaclyn Swedberg
Age: 29, born 14 August 1990
Beautiful Miss April 2011 and PMOY 2012 Jaclyn Elaine Swedberg. Her measurements are simply stunning. Her brown eyes are hypnotizing. Her cup size went to 35 D when she did implants. I personally thought her real set was perfect, but you can be the judge. Jaclyn is still modeling and did some acting she was in the 2015 horror movie "Muck" as Terra, and a music video with Calvin Harris.
6 - Raquel Pomplun - 2013 (Original month of appearance: April - 2012)
Birth Name: Raquel Lourdes Pomplun
Age: 31, born 24 October 1987
Model and actress and the Playboy Playmate of the Month for April 2012 and 2013 Playmate of the Year. She is the first Mexican-American to earn the title of Playmate of the Year. Pomplun has had roles in movies and television series. She is the host of the martial arts series Rockin' Rounds and has appeared on Mockpocalypse and Agents of Shield.
Her movie appearances include the 2014 Mark Wahlberg crime drama The Gambler. Pomplun spent part of her childhood in Tijuana before moving to Chula Vista after middle school. She later attended Bonita Vista High School. Pomplun has trained as a classical ballet dancer and studied biochemistry at Southwestern College.
5 - Kennedy Summers - 2014 (Original month of appearance: December - 2013)
Age: 32, born 3 March 1987
Kennedy Summers is the Playboy Playmate of the Month for December 2013. She is also the Playboy Playmate of the Year for 2014.
She is an international model and medical student. Summers holds a Master Degree in Health Administration and stated after being selected as Playmate of the Year that she would use her prize money for tuition for medical school. She aspires to become a plastic surgeon and specialize in burn reconstruction.
4 - Dani Mathers - 2015 (Original month of appearance: May - 2014)
Birth Name: Danielle Jenee Mathers
Age: 32, born 5 January 1987
Danielle Jenee Mathers Model and actress who is the Playboy Playmate of the Month for May 2014 and Playmate Of The Year 2015. Born in Tarzana, California. Since 2005, she has appeared in a recurring role (as "Danica") on the CBS soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful. She has also been a Playboy CyberGirl of the Month in January 2013 and appeared on the cover of Playboy Girls of Summer, in Playboy TV's Badass, Playboy Trip:
Patagonia, Playboy's Beach House, Camp Playboy, and The Playboy Morning Show. In 2014, along with Playmates Amelia Talon, Val Keil, Kimberly Phillips, Anna Sophia Berglund and, and Hugh Hefner's son, Cooper, Mather's took part in an Ice Bucket Challenge in support of the ALS Association. In 2015, she was featured on the cover of Guitar World magazine's annual Buyers Guide with fellow Playmates Nikki Leigh and Gemma Lee Farrell.
3 - Eugena Washington - 2016 (Original month of appearance: December - 2015)
Age: 33, born 8 October 1985
Eugena Washington (born October 8, 1984 in Columbia, South Carolina, United States) is an American model, best known for being second runner-up on America's Next Top Model, Cycle 7 and for appearing in the music video of rapper B.o.B's single "Nothin' on You".
In Playboy magazine's post-nude era, she was the first Playmate of the Year, and was the last to be announced by Hugh Hefner at the Playboy Mansion.
Washington also appears in a McDonald's cafe commercial along with American R&B artist Dwele. She appeared in the video for B.o.B single "Nothin' On You". She was named one of the influencers for Cîroc "Lets Get It" Campaign in 2016.
2- Brook Power - 2017 (Original month of appearance: May - 2016)
Brook Ashley Power is the Playboy Playmate of the Month for May 2016 and the Playmate of the Year 2017.
1 - Nina Daniele 2018 (Original month of appearance: April - 2017)
Birth Name: Nina Marie Daniele
Age: 30, born 27 December 1988
Relationship Status: In a relationship
Partner: Jhanelle Castillo
Nina Marie Daniele is an American model and the Playboy Playmate of the Month for April 2017 and Playmate of the Year for 2018.
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Thanks Tonya! And here we are again!
Now if I can get my darn recent activity to appear to post my links!!!
Thanks as always Tonya! I'll get my kitty eventually. Not really in too much of a hurry since it'll just be replaced with another one anyway, so I'm taking my time!!
I am glad that I'm finally getting a dog. I am not sure if it is the useful dog that barks at farmhands, or the useless dog that bark at animals, but I am very glad that I am finally getting a dog. I started my little farm in june, but no dog until now.