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Storms, flooding, strong waves, sea level rise, and human activities all contribute to coastal erosion. Increased storm frequency and intensity will exacerbate the issue.
1. Options for dealing with coastal erosion
2. Effective strategies for dealing with coastal erosion
3. Planning ahead
4. Residual risk
A November nor'easter caused severe beach erosion and damage on Long Island's South Shore.
Erosion is the process by which large storms, flooding, strong wave action, sea level rise, and human activities wear away beaches and bluffs along coastlines. All beaches are affected by storms and other natural events that cause erosion; however, the extent and severity of the problem differs in different parts of the country, and so there is no one-size-fits-all solution.
In the U.S., coastal erosion is responsible for roughly $500 million per year in coastal property loss, including damage to structures and loss of land. To mitigate coastal erosion, the federal government spends an average of $150 million every year on beach nourishment and other shoreline erosion control measures.1 In addition to beach erosion, more than 80,000 acres of coastal wetlands are lost annually—the equivalent of seven football fields disappearing every hour of every day.2 The aggregate result is that the United States lost an area of wetlands larger than the state of Rhode Island between 1998 and 2009.3
Cliff erosion is a common storm-induced hazard along the West Coast.
While coastal erosion affects all regions of the United States, erosion rates and potential impacts are highly localized. Average coastline recession rates of 25 feet per year are not uncommon on some barrier islands in the Southeast, and rates of 50 feet per year have occurred along the Great Lakes. Severe storms can remove even wider beaches, along with substantial dunes, in a single event. In undeveloped areas, these high recession rates are not likely to cause significant concern, but in some heavily populated locations, one or two feet of erosion may be considered catastrophic.
Sea level rise will cause an increase in coastal erosion and the human response will be critical. If we choose to build hard structures to keep the shoreline position stable, we will lose beach due to scour. If we let the shoreline migrate naturally, we will be seeing increasing erosion rates especially in regions of the coast already dealing with starved sediment budgets and rapid shoreline migration. Increases in storm frequency and intensity in the future will also serve to cause increased coastal erosion. The U.S. Geological Survey has developed a Coastal Vulnerability Index that can help identify locations where coastal erosion may occur along undeveloped coastlines.
These photos show an area near Drew Point, along Alaska's northern coast. Taken on August 9, 2007, the top photo shows how ocean waves have undercut the land nearest the shore. Grassy turf extends out over a wave-cut notch. Taken on June 20, 2008, the bottom photo shows what often follows such undercutting: chunks of coastline tumbling into the sea.
Options for dealing with coastal erosion
In the past, protecting coastal shorelines often meant building structures like seawalls, groins, rip-rap, and levees. But as understanding of natural shoreline function improves, there is a growing acceptance that structural solutions may cause more problems than they solve.4 Structural projects affect natural water currents and prevent sand from shifting along coastlines to replenish beaches. Structural protective measures:
are often expensive,
can be prohibited under local and state regulations,
can cause further erosion to adjacent beaches and dunes,
require costly maintenance to ensure continued protection, and
divert stormwater and waves onto other properties.
Recently, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has re-emphasized the need to consider a whole range of solutions, not simply structural solutions. They have also developed technical guidance to support adaptation to changing sea levels.
Effective strategies for dealing with coastal erosion
Many states have recently shifted towards non-structural shoreline stabilization techniques. Unlike structural projects, these protection measures enhance the natural ability of shorelines to absorb and dissipate storm energy without interfering with natural coastal processes.5 Some popular non-structural methods for controlling erosion include:
beach replenishment,
dune stabilization with fences and vegetation,
wetland protection,
habitat restoration,
structure relocation and debris removal, and
use of dredged material for beach nourishment.
It's important to note that it can be difficult to quantify the amount and reliability of wave attenuation and storm energy dissipation for a range of conditions that might be expected at a certain location.
Effective shoreline management policies can help maintain the natural shoreline dynamics and preserve important coastal environments. So remember to do your homework before making any plans:
Conduct erosion-related studies and investigations.
Assess climate change vulnerabilities.
Identify areas that are most likely to be affected.
Engage and educate stakeholders.
Develop warning systems and response plans to minimize human exposure to hazardous events.
Establish appropriate building codes.
Develop and implement adaptation strategies.
Share lessons learned with other coastal managers.
Residual risk
Even with the implementation of coastal shoreline erosion and risk reduction measures, residual risk remains. Some areas are constantly in danger during severe storms. For some regions of the country, the more intense storms are predicted to increase in strength and frequency as climate continues to change, though the overall frequency of all storms may decrease. In some cases, the only way to prevent structures from causing harm may be to remove them entirely. After the structure has been removed, communities usually dedicate the land to public open space or transfer it to land trusts for protection. Such restoration projects can be highly cost-effective and provide benefits, including:
buffering storm surges;
safeguarding coastal homes and businesses;
sequestering carbon and other pollutants;
creating nursery habitat for commercially and recreationally important fish species; and
restoring open space and wildlife that support recreation, tourism, and the culture of coastal communities.
1. NOAA Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, 2013: Beach Nourishment: A Guide for Local Government Officials.
2. Dahl, T.E., and S.-M. Stedman, 2013: Status and trends of wetlands in the coastal watersheds of the Conterminous United States 2004 to 2009. U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, and NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service, 46 pp.
3. Conathan, M., J. Buchanan, and S. Polefka, 2014: The Economic Case for Restoring Coastal Ecosystems. Center for American Progress and Oxfam America, 54 pp.
4. StormSmartCoasts, 2014: Only As A Last Resort: Flood and Erosion Control Structures.
5. StormSmartCoasts, 2014: Non-Structural Shore Protection.
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Beach erosion at Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge, North Carolina. By Steve Hillebrand, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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Piano Waiting To Be Played Creates A Good Vibe
KBIA | By Rebecca Smith
And in Columbia, Mo., an old and worn piano has been fixed up just enough to make it through one last summer. This piano sits outside different restaurants throughout the summer, waiting for anyone to play it. Let's go there for our summer series, The World's a Stage.
LIONELLE MILLER: My name is Lionelle Miller. I am self-taught on the piano, and I've been playing the piano for about 20, 25 years. Someone came and said there was - they had a street piano sitting out. I just fell in love with it. I think it's, like, the most awesome thing in the world.
MILLER: You get to meet other really talented musicians and other people who are just starting.
HEATH: My name's Heath. I like playing piano. I play it in my house sometimes.
UNIDENTIFIED MAN: Ah, very good.
MAKALI HAWKINS: My name is Makali Hawkins. I live in Columbia. I'm a student at Hickman high school. I'm going to be a senior this year. The environment around the piano is just kind of, like, very homey. Like, it's inviting to anybody who wants to come up to it and play it.
(Singing) I came in like a wrecking ball. I never hit so hard in love. All I wanted was to break your walls. All you ever did was...
I think that's one of the really cool things about Columbia as a whole, is that we're all very diverse, but we can all come together in certain times. And one of the pianos is just one of those places that everybody can come to the table.
MILLER: There are so many lives and experiences in the piano, and I could tell I'm adding experiences to the piano, too.
MONTAGNE: That piece was reported by Rebecca Smith of member station KBIA. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.
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Gower Assembly Member, Rebecca Evans AM, is supporting plans to give more people a say in local democracy.
The plans reflect last year's Welsh Government consultation on reforming the electoral system in Wales, which received almost 1,000 responses.
Under the proposals, 16 and 17 year olds would be given the right to vote in council elections, along with all foreign nationals legally resident in Wales. Automatic registration would help ensure fewer people were missed from the electoral register.
The Welsh Government also wants councils to pilot innovative new voting methods, which reflect people's busy lives. These could include remote digital voting, mobile polling stations and voting at places like supermarkets, local libraries, leisure centres and railway stations.
Rebecca Evans AM said "These changes are about engaging people in the political process - especially younger voters. Young people have a full stake in our society and are impacted by the choices that we make, so it is only right that they have a say.
Rebecca Evans AM will be holding an advice surgery, on Friday January 26th, 13.30 – 14.30, at Carmel vestry, Pontlliw.
Rebecca Evans AM, Assembly Member for Gower, has welcomed the news that TUI are to create 175 jobs in Swansea with the assistance of the Welsh Government.
Responding to the news, Mrs Evans said: "This investment is good news for Swansea, and it is only made possible thanks to financial assistance worth more than half a million pounds from the Welsh Government Business Finance Grant.
Rebecca Evans AM, Assembly Member for Gower, is encouraging constituents to have their say on the proposal to build a gas-fired power station at Abergelli Farm, Felindre.
If the plans go ahead, the plant will provide back-up generation capacity which will operate flexibly to respond to short-term variation in customer demand and intermittent output from renewable power generation. It is anticipated that it will operate for no more than 1,500 hours per year.
Constituents can have their say by phone, email, or post. Full information can be found at www.abergellipower.co.uk .
There will also be a series of public exhibitions where people see the plans for themselves and put their questions to the developers.
Each year the High Sheriff acknowledges the enormous contribution which volunteers make to society through the High Sheriff Awards.
The High Sheriff awards provide an opportunity for the selfless dedication of our volunteers to be acknowledged and celebrated.
The contribution of adults who support young people is also recognised through the awards which can be given to individuals or groups.
I look forward to receiving your nomination so that at this year's awards ceremony there can be a real celebration of the impact of volunteering in West Glamorgan.
The High Sheriff of West Glamorgan would like to recognise any individual (young person or adult) or group which has made, or is making, a sustained and VOLUNTARY effort to help their local community.
Do you know of anyone who makes a difference in their community? If so, why not nominate them for an award?
The 2018 High Sheriff Awards will be held on Saturday 10th March 2018, at 10.30am in The Baglan Community Church, Lodge Drive, Baglan, Port Talbot, SA12 8UB.
The closing date for nominations is Monday 15th February 2018.
For nomination forms, information or advice, please ring Paul Evans on 01792 562710 or Siân Morris on 01639 88916.
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To mark International Women's Day 2018, Chwarae Teg are launching 'LeadHerShip' - a day to give young women in Wales the opportunity to shadow their Assembly Member at the National Assembly for Wales.
The day will give participants the opportunity to meet with their Assembly Member, shadow them in their work and gain experience of the Assembly.
Rebecca Evans AM, Assembly Member for Gower, said: "The Welsh Assembly has an encouraging record of women being elected to serve as AMs, but we must not be complacent. There is still work to be done.
The shadowing day will take place on Tuesday, 27th February 2018.
Rebecca Evans AM will be holding an advice surgery, on Friday January 12th, 11.30 – 12.30 at Penclawdd Community Centre.
Rebecca Evans AM will be holding an advice surgery, on Friday January 5th, 13.30 – 14.30 at her constituency office – 9 Pontardulais Road, Gorseinon, SA4 4FE.


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Keysight Survey Reveals True Costs of Time Delays
97% of surveyed R&D engineers reported revenue losses due to preventable equipment issues; 53% reported losses exceeding $100,000 per day.
SANTA ROSA, Calif. – Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS), a leading technology company that helps enterprises, service providers and governments accelerate innovation to connect and secure the world, has released the results of a third-party survey, conducted by Dimensional Research, that shows nearly all companies who design and develop electronic products, experience costly and preventable delays related to test equipment misconfiguration, maintenance or training issues.
The survey found that 98% of R&D engineers reported workflow issues related to calibration and setup, equipment misuse, or equipment failures. Ninety-seven percent had experienced delays that directly caused revenue loss to their business, with 53% reporting over $100,000 of waste per day while waiting to resolve critical technical support issues. Over half (59%) experienced six or more problems requiring technical support resolution each month. To mitigate these problems, 89% of R&D engineers said their test teams work more efficiently with faster access to test experts and knowledge-based resources.
"Electronics companies are under constant pressure to shorten new product development lifecycles to meet time-to-market goals," said John Page, president of Keysight Global Services. "These companies can no longer afford to wait days or weeks to resolve technical support issues with test and measurement equipment; they need fast expert responses with committed and reliable response times."
Key findings from the survey of 305 R&D engineers across multiple industries such as the technology and telecom sectors, include:
Test equipment related problems cause delays for almost all companies: 97% of respondents said they experienced project delays caused by test equipment issues. Equipment failures requiring repair were the most common, cited by 63% of respondents, followed by equipment misconfigurations (56%) and equipment being out of calibration (50%).
Costs of lost days due to test equipment problems are high: 53% said their companies lost over $100,000 per day when R&D teams could not make progress due to test and measurement equipment problems. Twelve percent of respondents said their company lost over $500,000 per day.
Test and Measurement equipment challenges are a regular problem: In a typical month, 95% of respondents said they needed to contact their test equipment vendors' technical support team at least once. Meanwhile, 59% of respondents said they experienced six or more technical support issues per month, with 13% claiming more than 20 issues per month.
The businesses impact of equipment problems: 53% of survey respondents said product yield was negatively affected by test equipment failing to work properly. Forty-seven percent said a product was rejected by a buyer and 45% said they had experienced increased product returns. Twenty-eight percent experienced product recalls. This directly results in a hit to their quality record and reputation, which is not easy to recover from.
The value of expert test-related support services: 90% of respondents said they would value access to technical support expertise from outside the organization. Assistance with troubleshooting an issue was the most desired service (cited by 54%), followed by answers to technical questions and discussion (53%), understanding how a particular test or equipment feature works (49%), and calibration services (46%).
"Manufacturing test and R&D engineers are truly on the front line of this battle. In the past, they had the time to become experts on test equipment and standards," stated Ted Burns, Global Director of KeysightCare at Keysight. "However, with test matrices spiralling, and use cases vastly increasing, they simply don't have time to research test equipment functionality, how to optimize test configurations, or how to troubleshoot complex tests in complicated test environments. The result is a reactive, firefighting approach, which causes expensive delays, loss of revenues and engineering teams resorting to late nights and undesired weekend work as their only schedule mitigation."
To help companies address these challenges, Keysight offers KeysightCare; a comprehensive, scalable test and measurement support model. KeysightCare offers design and test engineers dedicated, proactive support for instruments, software and solutions. It provides a priority-one connection to highly skilled live technical experts, as well as a knowledge center with technical content and programming examples. KeysightCare offers committed response and turnaround times for repair, calibration and technical support, to speed customer innovation and accelerate product time-to-market.
About Keysight Technologies
Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS) is a leading technology company that helps enterprises, service providers and governments accelerate innovation to connect and secure the world. Keysight's solutions optimize networks and bring electronic products to market faster and at a lower cost with offerings from design simulation, to prototype validation, to manufacturing test, to optimization in networks and cloud environments. Customers span the worldwide communications ecosystem, aerospace and defense, automotive, energy, semiconductor and general electronics end markets. Keysight generated revenues of $4.3B in fiscal year 2019. More information is available at www.keysight.com.
Additional information about Keysight Technologies is available in the newsroom at https://www.keysight.com/go/news and on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and YouTube.
KEYSIGHT TECHNOLOGIES CONTACTS:
Geri Lynne LaCombe, Americas/Europe
geri_lacombe@keysight.com
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BAT: Stoughton Route 14 (Stoughton via Brockton)
As I stood doing nothing in a little room at the Cobbs Corner Mall meant for dropping off bottles and cans, I got quite a few strange looks from passerby outside. Look, I didn't realize the bus would be this late, okay? About 15 minutes after it was scheduled to arrive, the 14 finally showed up, and as the driver left for another 5 minutes, I stepped into the warmth of the bus.
The bus at the mall.
The inside of the bus was strikingly similar to most other non-MBTA systems around Boston. To be honest, by this point, all of these vehicles' interiors look the same to me. This particular bus was interesting in that it did have an automatic announcement system, but only once we got to the Westgate Mall, way later along the route.
Looking toward the back...
...and the front.
Once the driver returned, we swerved around through the parking lot until finally exiting onto Washington Street heading south. We then turned onto Sharon Street, which quickly became Central Street once we exited Canton into Stoughton. The neighborhood was mostly residential in the form of both regular houses and a few developments. We also passed the occasional business along the way.
The Stoughton Water Works!
Eventually we reached an industrial section, with a few office parks along the street. However, we also went by a school, a fire station, and the Stoughton Water Works, which was an interesting thing to see. We crossed over a single Commuter Rail track, and then it was residential once more for a bit.
The one track.
As we turned onto Washington Street, the surroundings all of a sudden became fast food restaurants, auto shops, and the like with big parking lots out front - my favorite kind of neighborhood! That said, this is where we finally started getting some riders, so clearly some people like the area more than me. The parking lots did become smaller once we merged onto Park Street and headed through Stoughton Square, coming a block away from Stoughton's Commuter Rail station (another one which I have yet to visit).
The main bus stop in Stoughton Square.
Leaving the center, the street became residential with increasingly dense houses (and a few businesses scattered around, too). After Park Street made a slight curve to the right, there was a short section of forest, and the houses felt further apart once they came back. We passed through another round of office parks, and then the businesses with big parking lots came back...again.
A water tower looms behind the basketball court.
The road became North Pearl Street, and it did get residential again for a bit. We went by a cemetery, then turned onto Pleasant Street, which crossed over Route 24. Eventually we reached the wide Reynolds Memorial Highway and then turned onto Westgate Drive. The parking lots were back, culminating in a gigantic one for the Westgate Mall. Most 14 trips actually terminate here, but ours was one of the four per day that continue to downtown Brockton, so we headed back down the way we came after stopping at the mall.
Woo, parking lots, yay...
Heading back down to Reynolds Memorial Highway, we rejoined Pleasant Street, now heading eastward towards downtown. The street was a mixture of houses and businesses, and though there was definitely more of the former, the latter was well-represented. The houses got denser as we got closer to the city, and soon everything was replaced by retail. We eventually went under the Commuter Rail tracks and then pulled into the BAT Center, the hub of the system.
The bus, now out of service at the BAT Center.
BAT Route: Stoughton Route 14 (Stoughton via Brockton)
Ridership: The ridership on my ride was local, with everyone seeming to know each other. Overall, it got about 15 riders in total, which seems alright for a Saturday. In 2014, the route got 208 riders per weekday and 160 per Saturday, and it's one of the lower-ridership routes for the BAT.
Pros: This is Stoughton's only bus route, and not only does it serve a decent portion of that town, but it also provides a link to Cobbs Corner. Unfortunately...that's about all the good things I have to say about the 14.
Cons: Yeah, okay, so first of all, the schedule is pretty bad. I'm not saying the route gets a ton of ridership, but every 80 minutes seems a bit ridiculous. Still, I guess the route averages a relatively small amount of people per trip, so the infrequency makes sense. But I'll bet it would average more people per trip if all of them were extended to the BAT Center! Why terminate at Westgate? That just makes the route so isolated.
Nearby and Noteworthy: There weren't any attractions that caught my fancy along this route. Stoughton Center didn't seem like a very interesting place, although if you're into malls, the 14 has plenty of those.
To be clear, this score is not based on the frequency of the route. The frequency, based on the current ridership, makes sense. Rather, the low score is because of the simple fact that only four trips per day serve the BAT Center. I'm sure this route would get much more ridership if it always went downtown since it wouldn't just be an isolated stub from Westgate to Stoughton. It might be harder to schedule, but it would be worth it, and I think this route is basically unfinished until that happens.
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I saw that bus coming into Shaws at cobbs corner and wondered where it went!
Now I know!
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Tysons Partnership has elected Newmark Knight Frank's (NKF) Jeff Tarae to chair its board. Tarae has been a member of the board since 2016.
"Tysons Partnership is a dynamic organization at the forefront of leading the transformation of Tysons into a globally recognized great American city. Its board of directors includes forward thinking business and public leaders from across the Northern Virginia region with a collective interest in the greater advancement of Tysons," said Tarae. "I am honored to be part of such an impressive group of professionals and to have the opportunity to serve as the chair of the Partnership."
The Partnership is governed by a Board of Directors consisting of over 50 representatives of local stakeholder organizations and Fairfax County Government. The Board provides fiduciary oversight to assure legal, ethical and prudent operation and defines Partnership policy, direction, goals and budgets.
Tarae, a managing director at NKF, focuses on the Northern Virginia commercial real estate market providing advisory services for asset managers, REIT fund advisors, private ownership groups and corporate users. He joined the Tysons Partnership Board in 2016 and has served as the chair on the Emerging Leaders Council, a group comprising young professionals within the Tysons Partnership.
"There is tremendous momentum today in Tysons fueled by the significant capital investments made within the business community, commitment by its residents coupled with a thoughtful and strategic comprehensive plan in place with Fairfax County, an important partner of the Tysons Partnership," added Tarae. "The Partnership is at the forefront of waving the flag for Tysons committed to its balanced growth, sustainability and enhancement of public services for the community."
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Tysons Partnership is a dynamic collaborative of Tysons stakeholders working together to accelerate the transformation of Tysons, Virginia into a thriving urban environment. Tysons Partnership was formed in early 2011, shortly after the adoption of the Tysons Comprehensive Plan by the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors. The Partnership consists of over 100 member organizations with stakeholder interests in the continued urban and economic development of Tysons, including major employers, landowners, developers, businesses, citizen associations, and Fairfax County Government.


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Q: Taking the Cumulative sum of a Column while Selecting only a Specific Sum within that column I have a table that has a symbol column and a corresponding number for it. Let's say I want the cumulative sum of only specific symbols such as ABC and DEF in this case , How can I build a formula that only takes the cumulative sum of only ABC and DEF and other symbols that I would like to isolate for if necessary rather than the cumulative sum of all the symbols for a given date. An example of a table is below where the answer of the cumulative sum of only ABC and DEF is highlighted in the yellow cell for a specific date. I would also like the formula to be able to choose any specified date.

A: You can use FILTER to get a list of qualifying vaues from your table, and SUM that.
=SUM(FILTER(NameOfTable[stat 1], <Criteria>))

The trick is to specify the filter criteria.  You ask for a Date Range, and a list of qualifying Symbols.
Dates are easy
(NameOfTable[Date]>=G2)*(NameOfTable[Date]<=G3)

Qualifying a list of symbols is a bit harder.  Using a new function BYROW it can be done as (available only to insiders at time of writing)
(BYROW(--(NameOfTable[Sym]=TRANSPOSE(FILTER(I:I,I:I<>""))),LAMBDA(array,SUM(array))))

The whole function:
=SUM(FILTER(NameOfTable[stat 1],
  (NameOfTable[Date]>=G2)*
  (NameOfTable[Date]<=G3)*
  (BYROW(--(NameOfTable[Sym]=TRANSPOSE(FILTER(I:I,I:I<>""))), LAMBDA(array, SUM(array))))
))

An alternative, not using BYROWS
MMULT(--(NameOfTable[Sym]=TRANSPOSE(FILTER(I:I,I:I<>""))),1-N(FILTER(I:I,I:I<>"")))

So the whole formula is
=SUM(FILTER(NameOfTable[stat 1],
  (NameOfTable[Date]>=G2)*
  (NameOfTable[Date]<=G3)*
  MMULT(--(NameOfTable[Sym]=TRANSPOSE(FILTER(I:I,I:I<>""))),1-N(FILTER(I:I,I:I<>"")))
))

Change NameOftable to your actual table name

A: You can string together statements with "*" (for "and") and "+" (for "or") with the FILTER function to filter on multiple criteria.
If you want a certain date and certain symbols, use something like
=SUM(FILTER(sum_range,
((date_range=date)*
((symbol_range=symbol1)+(symbol_range=symbol2)+...))))

For example:
=SUM(FILTER($C$2:$C$10,
(($B$2:$B$10=E3)*
(($A$2:$A$10=E4)+($A$2:$A$10=E5)))))

A: If you want the sum of only specific Single Date, Then use it
=SUMPRODUCT((--(A2:A10=E1)+--(A2:A10=F1))*IF(G1="",1,(B2:B10=G1)),C2:C10)

If you want the Sum till any Date Then Use it
=SUMPRODUCT((--(A2:A10=E1)+--(A2:A10=F1))*IF(G1="",1,(B2:B10<=G1)),C2:C10)

If you want Sum between Two given Dates Then
=SUMPRODUCT((--(A2:A10=E1)+--(A2:A10=F1))*IF(G1="",1,(B2:B10<=G1))*IF(H1="",1,(B2:B10>=H1)),C2:C10)

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Q: It is difficult to accept (it) I am speaking about a man who receives a piece of advice from a friend, but because the advice entails radical changes in his life he replies:

Your advice is so demanding, it is difficult to accept!

Now, while I was typing this, my fingers couldn't stop there, but by instinct went on to type it at the end.

Your advice is so demanding, it is difficult to accept it!

Are they both acceptable? If they are, is there additional information in the second variant?

A: In contexts where [verb] is a transitive verb used in the construction...

It's [adjective] to [verb]

...it's largely a stylistic choice whether to explicitly specify the "object" of the verb (it) at the end of the utterance. Thus...

I like this game. It's fun to play [it]

...is syntactically valid with or without it at the end. But idiomatically, native speakers don't normally1 include it.

Note that although we don't usually include it in such constructions, this is nothing to do with the fact that the utterance starts with a (completely unrelated) use of "existential" it (as in It's hot today!, where it doesn't really reference anything at all; it's just an established construction). Usually, only non-native speakers notice and are bothered by such "repetition".

1 I may be overstating the case here. Perhaps it's safer to say Native speakers often don't include "it". There are probably some "guiding principles" as regards where we're more (or less) likely to include it. But even if that's true, the fact that I myself am not consciously aware of any such principles suggests learners don't need to worry much about it either.

A: They're largely the same, and both acceptable. However, I would suggest that the first has one reading only:

*

*Your advice is so demanding, it's difficult to accept [your advice]

whereas the second has two readings:

*

*Your advice is so demanding, it's difficult to accept [your advice]

*Your advice is so demanding, it's difficult to accept ['things' in general; i.e. the general current situation in which you are giving me advice]

So in the second, 'it' can have a slightly more general reading; however, the practical meaning is very similar.
By the way, I'm not sure if advice itself should really be called demanding. Perhaps the things that are advised would be demanding if one did them.


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Tom Yum Goong 2 (Review)
Tom Yum Goong 2
aka ต้มยำกุ้ง 2 aka The Protector 2
Written by Eakisit Thairaat
Directed by Prachya Pinkaew
An elephant gets stolen again, causing Tony Jaa to kick lots of people again. This time, the stunts are bigger and 3D driven, but also more CGI enhanced and less realistic, which is a shame. There is no long tracking shot like in Tom Yum Goong, and the more memorable fights are remembered because of their gimmicks, not because of their awesomeness. But that sounds like I'm bagging on Tom Yum Goong 2 a bit hard, it was still some good fun, even if it can't live up to it's predecessor. And let's face it, there aren't many martial arts films that can.
Tom Yum Goong 2 went into production in August 2011. It was delayed by horrible Thailand floods, Tony Jaa doing weird things, production infighting, Jeeja's unplanned pregnancy, and a bunch of other problems too boring to reiterate. It's more of a minor miracle the film was completed at all, and isn't terrible. But the money and the problems changed a few things for the worse, and didn't give anything in return.
The fights are now 3D, so there is less continual choreography and long shots and more 3D-ish effects, which sort of makes them worse. The made-for-3Dness makes the CGI additions a lot more noticeable, especially when you aren't watching in 3D. But even if I was, there wasn't that much going on that made me wish I was watching in 3D. 3D doesn't make the kicks any harder, nor does it make the tracking shots suddenly several minutes long. All we get is a few random CGI items floating across the screen. The most creative shots they didn't even use outside of one part, which was a POV facecam as Kham was running from a bunch of goons.
Kham (Tony Jaa) – Kham is back and he's still got his elephant, but now the elephant Korn is in danger…oh, wait, that happened last time. So Kham now has to beat up a lot of people…oh, wait, that happened last time! Eh, just enjoy him kicking butt!
Ping Pong ("Jeeja" Yanin Vismistananda) – Ping Pong and her sister Sue-sue (Theerada Kittiseriprasert) walk in on Kham standing over the body of their murdered uncle, and immediately begin attacking him and chase him down. Only after an examination of the corpse does Ping Pong realize their mistake, but by then Sue-sue has been killed by Number 02. Ping Pong uses drugged needles and agility to defeat larger foes.
Mr. LC (RZA) – Leader of an underground fighting club that does all sorts of bad things, including gun running and getting involved in international assassination attempts to foster dictatorial ambitions of warlords. He never loses, so don't tell him he lost. His group is ranked, but he made sure to tattoo Number 00 on his head so we all know he's the best that ever was.
Sergeant Mark (Petchtai Wongkamlao) – Kham's old friend from Australia is in Thailand helping out with all the diplomatic things going on, and gets involved with Kham's latest elephant kidnapping party.
Number 02 (Marrese Crump) – Largely silent fighter who wants to be the best fighter there ever was, and will punch whoever and whatever it takes to get there. Murders with a unique series of close blows. Has a complicated honor system, but is still pretty evil and loyal to Mr. LC. Marrese Crump was RZA's stunt double on The Man with the Iron Fists, and got promoted to costar here.
Number 20 (Yayaying Rhatha Phongam) – One of Mr. LC's fighters, loyal to him because he saved her during a sexual assault and trained her in fighting so she could get revenge on her attackers.
Posted by Tars Tarkas - April 18, 2014 at 7:53 am
Categories: Bad, Movie Reviews Tags: Jeeja Vismistananda, Jeeja Yanin, Marrese Crump, martial arts, Petchtai Wongkamlao, RZA, Thailand, Tom-Yum-Goong 2, Tony Jaa, Yayaying Rhatha Phongam
Tom-Yum-Goong (Review)
Tom-Yum-Goong
aka ต้มยำกุ้ง aka The Protector
Written by Prachya Pinkaew, Kongdej Jaturanrasamee, Napalee, Piyaros Thongdee, and Joe Wannapin
"Where's my elephant?" – Kham, like 1000 times.
"Where's my elephant?" demanded the small man with the big confidence. The goons stood and smirked, surely this small man was small and thus no threat. The next thing they remember is waking up in the hospital, having been kicked through the door. Thus the adventure begins as Tony Jaa searches for his missing elephants and people get the crap beat out of them from Thailand to Australia. Along the way there is a complicated plot about illegal food smugglers and amoral businesses and gang rivalries, but the plot is the least of our worries. Because Tom-Yum-Goong (or The Protector if you're watching the American version) is the film that features a 4 minute long single take of Tony Jaa fighting his way up several flights of stairs with goons all the way. It is, quite simply, one of the most amazing fight sequences in cinema.
Tom-Yum-Goong is the followup to Ong Bak, the film that put Tony Jaa and Prachya Pinkaew on the international map. Jaa and Pinkaew would have on set troubles in all subsequent films, with the two feuding about funding and unexplained absences. Ong Bak 2, Ong Bak 3, and Tom Yum Goong 2 would all have various production problems and delays, with causes ranging from the aforementioned arguing to political strife to disastrous flooding to a marriage and a pregnancy!
Whatever future events would be, the fact is that everything aligned to make Tom-Yum-Goong an amazing action film. The choreography is amazing, Tony Jaa pulls off a huge assortment of stunts and once he gets going, will fight what amounts to a ridiculous amount of opponents on his quest to rescue his elephants. We don't even see the beginning shot, we just see the bodyguard fly into the room to signify that Kham and begun to beat everyone up. That was an editing choice, as the initial punches were filmed, but it works so much better to have the sudden crash. Tom-Yum-Goong is filled with creativity, from the fight up the stairway that just goes on and on to the fights in a flooded temple that is visually stunning. The villains have at their disposal a near limitless amount of goons on extreme sports equipment, from inline skates to dirt bikes, all of which come riding in to beat the tar out of Kham, and all of which fail miserably. Tony Jaa and Panna Rittikrai even developed a new style of Muay Thai they called Muay Koshasan to represent an elephant fighting style. The attention to little details that have a big impact to make the film look unique is all part of the charm.
Kham (Tony Jaa) – He's just a dude looking for his elephants.
Sergeant Mark (Petchtai Wongkamlao) – A Thai cop in Australia who is tangled in not only the Kham beating everyone up mess, but also a corrupt cop mess and a political killings mess. It's very messy to be Sergeant Mark!
Pla (Bongkoj Khongmalai) – A student turned prostitute who is forced to replay the debt of her dead relative or else she'll be killed or worse. Helps Kham when she can. Is caught up in some political assassin intrigue, but is largely in the film for eye candy, hence her featured scene where she's rubbing mud all over herself while wearing little clothing. Bongkoj Khongmalai is also in Dangerous Flowers.
Madame Rose (Xing Jin) – Ascending to the head of a criminal empire is hard when even your family is against you. Luckily for Madame Rose, she's planned ahead, and just might have a few less relatives to deal with. Think of all the money she'll save on greeting cards! It's almost enough to buy some black market elephants…
Korn (???) – Baby elephant from a Jatubaht warrior family that's stolen along with his father, Por Yai. Kham sets out to save them from their dark fate.
Categories: Bad, Movie Reviews Tags: Bongkoj Khongmalai, Johnny Nguyen, Jon Foo, Lateef Crowder, martial arts, Nathan Jones, Petchtai Wongkamlao, Prachya Pinkaew, Sotorn Rungruaeng, Thailand, Tony Jaa, Xing Jin
Tom Yum Goong 2 trailers and posters
Media for the upcoming Tom Yum Goong 2 has begun appearing online. First up was a first trailer, followed by the above-embedded second teaser. In addition, the Tom Yum Goong 2 facebook page has been posting character posters, which are posted below. There are posters for Tony Jaa as Kham, Jija Yanin as Pingping (who uses flying needles), Petchai Wongkamlao as Sgt. Mark, Ying Ratha as No. 20, RZA as Mr. LC, and Marrese Crump as No. II. The stunts look amazing, and I hope this troubled production pulls together and turns into something magical. Really pulling for this one.
via WiseKwai
Posted by Tars Tarkas - September 7, 2013 at 12:31 pm
Categories: Movie News Tags: Jeeja Vismistanada, Jija Yanin, Petchtai Wongkamlao, RZA, Thailand, Tom-Yum-Goong 2, Tony Jaa, Ying Ratha
Headshot (Review)
aka ฝนตกขึ้นฟ้า
Based on the novel by Win Lyovarin
Written and directed by Pen-Ek Ratanaruang
Pen-Ek Ratanaruang's Headshot follows a hitman who awakens from a coma to find he is seeing everything upside down. It's called a metaphor, one that Headshot has the main character explain to everyone in case no one bothered to get the symbolism. Headshot is a stylish but plodding action noir, as hitman Tul is drawn back into the world of being a hired gun, and we get background information that explains where he came from.
The strengths of Headshot is the unexpected directions the story goes, the fact it suddenly becomes a road movie during a carjacking scene, the characters who jump in and out of the tale and when they reappear, it's almost as if they are completely different characters. Headshot is brilliant but hindered by inconsistent decisions on whether to trust the audience to figure anything out.
On that, I'm especially insulted by Headshot explaining that seeing everything upside down is a metaphor for seeing everything a new way. Thanks, reporter from the International Journal of Duh! It's also not that surprising when a character is mysteriously dead in a movie where there are hit men and rival factions. But don't fret, you get told twice what really happened, in case you missed it the first time. Headshot should have just let us figure it out, trusted that we knew enough of the genre to make the connections. Yes, it is safe to go off the reservations, and Headshot does make those attempts, but those are the times when we need to get a bit of information.
Headshot throws in some great cinematography and sets, my favorite is the gun battle in the dark forest in the rain, making the chaos of violence even more unpredictable and dangerous.
Tul (Nopachai Chaiyanam as Nopporn Chaiyanam) – Former cop turned reluctant assassin after he's framed for corruption and murder when he tries to take down a corrupt minster. Shot during a botched hit, he awkaens to see everything upside down. Now his attempt to escape both his former lives are catching up to him.
Rin (Sirin Horwang) – Driver of a car Tul manages to repeatedly carjack while being chased by men with guns. Forms an interesting bond with Tul, who always seems to be at a threashold of lifestyle choices. Sirin Horwang is also in the assassin film Saturday Killer.
Joy / Tiwa (Chanokporn Sayoungkul) – Seductive woman who Tul meets and instantly beds, only to find murdered the next morning. But it was all a setup, and Joy (real name Tiwa) thought it was just a joke. Feeling guilty, she takes Tul in after he is released and begins a relationship with him.
Dr. Sruang Santiprasoert (Kiat Punpiputt as Krerkkiat Punpiputt) – A physician who writes despondent philosophical papers under the name The Demon. He believes that evil genes dominate and evil people can take over if no one stops them. Thus he starts a secret assassination ring to take out bad people. But that just causes more problems.
Posted by Tars Tarkas - June 28, 2013 at 6:42 am
Categories: Movie Reviews, Ugly Tags: Apisit Opasaimlikit, Chanokporn Sayoungkul, Krerkkiat Punpiputt, Nopporn Chaiyanam, Pen-Ek Ratanaruang, Sirin Horwang, Thailand, Theeradanai Suwannahom
Friday Killer
aka หมาแก่อันตราย
Directed by Yuthlert Sippapak
The first film in Yuthlert Sippapak's Killer Trilogy (Mue Puen 3-Pak), Friday Killer was released second (after Saturday Killer), and as of this writing Sunday Killer is still MIA, Sippapak having released three other films in the meanwhile. Friday Killer has a better central story, but it is bogged down by too many side stories, giving Saturday Killer a slight edge overall in my eyes. Both films are recommended, Saturday Killer being more comedic and romance focused, while Friday Killer is more of a bleak drama with a pessimistic outlook on life.
Friday Killer opens with the old hitman being interviewed scene from Saturday Killer, cementing the connection between the two parts, before jumping to flashback. The rest of this scene plays out later in the film, though most of the action is by peripheral characters and not the father and daughter that is the focus. Most of the action scenes are well done, and Sippapak makes creative use of different decorative environments for the gun battles. The abandoned construction sites and empty deserts help to enforce the bleakness of the central story line.
Unfortunately, there were no subtitles on the dvd we got, but at TarsTarkas.NET, we don't need no stinking subtitles!
Pae Thasai (Suthep Po-ngam) – Recently released from jail, killer Pae Thasai is nicknamed Pae Uzi (for his weapon of choice) or "The Eagle of Chantaburi" (because everyone needs a bird nickname!) He gets involved in drama before he even leaves the front area of the prison! Pae returns to his killer lifestyle while absorbing the knowledge he has a daughter he never knew, who is now tracking him due to mistaken identity.
Dao (Ploy Jindachote) – Police officer and unknowing daughter of Pae, who instead believes he killed her stepfather and spends the film hunting him down. Dao dresses as a tough guy demeanor – black leather clothes, motorcycle – despite being filled with doubts.
Petch (Apinya Sakuljaroensuk) – Dao's photographer girlfriend who has a childlike and innocent demeanor, especially when compared to Dao's more serious and driven tone. Petch keeps her grounded in reality, without her Dao would just get absorbed in her job and quest.
Categories: Movie Reviews, Ugly Tags: Apinya Sakuljaroensuk, Lesbians, Ploy Jindachote, Suthep Po-ngam, Thailand, Yuthlert Sippapak
Saturday Killer
aka มือปืน ดาว พระ เสาร์
Written and directed by Yuthlert Sippapak
A mix of violence, love, and raunchy physical comedy, Saturday Killer takes a potpourri approach to story telling, and the resulting mixture was pleasing to my sensory buds. A group of characters with flaws that range from minor to completely cracked,
Saturday Killer is the first released (though second shot) film in director Yuthlert Sippapak's Killer Trilogy, which consists of the romance story Saturday Killer, the drama Friday Killer, and the comedy Sunday Killer (which hasn't seen the light of day and I do not know if it ever will!) But don't fret, we can still hastily assemble a trilogy, I'll just take the film Headshot and cram it in as entry #3. After all, Headshot features a bald assassin who wants to get out of the business and has Sirin Horwang! But despite Headshot appearing in many festivals and getting praise, I liked Saturday Killer the best of this trio. So let's champion this mofo!
Yuthlert Sippapak is probably best known in the West for Killer Tattoo and Buppah Rahtree films, but he has made a good deal of films that mash up genres and reference his prior work (or other Thai cinema.) Furthering this, both Saturday Killer and Friday Killer share an action sequence where characters from both interact. Saturday Killer slips easily from comedy to drama to romance to action, sometimes doing all of them in the same scene, and yet nothing feels out of place. Sippapak's degree in interior design makes itself known in the set designs, which feel like real places and become parts of the movie. The action sequence in an abandoned under construction housing subdivision, where there is nothing but rows of unfinished basements, offers a background not seen before. Tee Rifle's apartment has his row of mannequin heads each displaying a different wig of increasing ridiculousness, each the many faces Tee Rifle displays to the world. Christ's modern luxury condo is clean and modern, and sparsely filled, as empty as her life is without love. Politicians sit in expensive office towers, sitting high above the people. Characters going to kill said politicians are angelic and epic, with flowing breeze and strong silhouettes.
Saturday Killer mashes up sexual performance problems, ruthless killing, family obligations, and ill-fated romance and doesn't miss a beat. Sure, much of the scenes are ridiculous, and some of the humor is more forced, but the majority of what is onscreen entertains, the characters and their goals and obstacles thrown together in their destined conflicts. The result is a unique viewing experience that gives you things you didn't know you wanted in an assassin film.
Tee Rifle (Choosak Iamsook) – The Phoenix of Bang Pra Ma. Constantly changing wigs and outfits, because Tee Rifle is known to disguise himself each day. Which is odd, because he deals with the same people each day, and no one seems to notice he's dressed totally different each time.
Christ (Sirin Horwang) – Hot dance instructor who is estranged from her political leader father. Christ nevertheless vows revenge when he's murdered. Becomes enamoured with Tee Rifle before realizing just who he is.
Mei (Pitchanart Sakakorn) – Christ's connected friend who can get guns and information about who killed her father. Also helps her with the undercover work to get close.
Categories: Movie Reviews, Ugly Tags: Choosak Iamsook, Pitchanart Sakakorn, Sirin Horwang, Thailand, Yuthlert Sippapak


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2021 Value Champions NetApp, KP Labs, LexCheck and QuisLex
Careful Choreography Reduces Risk and Cycle Time
A Value Champion in 2013, NetApp has been active in digital transformation for years. The Legal Department now can rely on a solid foundation of process evaluation, technology exploration, lessons learned, and established relationships as it continues to evolve an even more sophisticated approach to legal operations and finding solutions to manage low-risk, high-volume work. "If you are making phone calls or sending emails back and forth, that is a huge flag that the process presents an opportunity for digital transformation," says Connie Brenton, Vice President, Law, Technology & Operations at NetApp.
In 2020, working with a team that included KP Labs, LexCheck, and QuisLex, NetApp tackled the problem of sponsorship agreements. Why so many partners?
"In a perfect world, we would have a single integrated platform in Legal, but no such thing exists in the industry at this point in time. To get a good end-to-end solution, you have to partner," says Brenton.
The previous approach to the sponsorship agreements was highly inefficient. Although VP-level approval of procurement contracts is required if they deviate from standard positions, the approving VPs rarely had any knowledge of the underlying transactions. They would receive a contract summary and a description of deviating terms, but frequently had to consult senior in-house counsel for more information, often through lengthy email exchanges.
NetApp Legal Operations envisioned a new contract solution that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to put all necessary information at the VP's fingertips: an overall risk rating, a risk report including mitigation measures, and a list of prior approvals and comments from Legal and other stakeholders. NetApp Legal Ops brought multiple providers and technologies together to create and implement an integrated solution to streamline the process, increase speed, and reduce overall risk.
NetApp Legal and QuisLex adapted the department's existing contracts playbook to train LexCheck's AI to analyze standard positions and acceptable alternatives. This analysis generates a risk report for each contract with recommended mitigation measures, and this information is provided to all business stakeholders simultaneously in an easy-to-read package.
KP Labs developed the workflow in TAP to integrate LexCheck and Adobe Sign, automatically routing the contract between all technologies and process constituents without the use of email. This enables a comprehensive audit trail and dashboard monitoring process throughput. The workflow enables a negotiated contract to be uploaded by Procurement, routed to LexCheck for assessment and risk reporting, and routed to preliminary approvers who address certain aspects, and then to final approvers who can execute with e-signature and automatically file in the contract repository.
The weighted scoring system considers the agreement type, the degree of variation between the pending position and the standard position, and availability of risk mitigation measures. The risk report is sent to preliminary approvers if a risk is identified within that person's area of expertise—for example, Legal, Finance, Human Resources, Risk Management, and so on. Those approvers can approve, reject, or provide conditional approval if certain mitigation measures are taken, simultaneously. The final risk score and summary report is then routed to the VP for approval, along with a contact link for an attorney or procurement specialist in case assistance is needed. If the VP approves the agreement, it is then routed for e-signatures. If it is rejected, Procurement and Legal are notified.
"Working together with this team, we had the means to create the deviation report that puts all the information in front of the approver," says Andy Banquer, Vice President for Corporate Solutions at QuisLex. "The real savings is time, but we also get good reporting on the things that deviate and the mitigation measures the business needs to take. A solution like this really can truncate cycle times, which satisfies internal clients."
In fact, once implemented, the solution reduced approval time by 80 percent and reduced escalation rate from 80 percent to 10 percent.
The process was informed by NetApp's previous forays into digitization. "There is always a set of 'a-ha moments' when working with AI: How long did it take it to get trained, how sophisticated does the resource need to be to train it, and how accurate is the outcome? Each time, there are lessons learned in every category," says Brenton. Indeed, there are inherent lessons for in-house practice writ large, she says:
"This solution is about one agreement type, but in actuality—if we can get the industry to move to a more transformed way of working—it will fundamentally change how we work."
Beth O'Callahan, General Counsel at NetApp, adds, "NetApp eagerly explores innovative ways to utilize AI in our own legal operations, especially since we provide industry-leading AI-driven data and cloud solutions to our customers around the world."
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Lifearrowhead forest ice skating trailarrowhead ice skating trailarrowhead ice skating trail muskoka
Arrowhead Ice Skating Trail In Muskoka Allows Canadians To Skate Through The Forest
Especially when you can explore it by torchlight.
Jesse Ferreras— The Huffington Post Canada
Jan 6, 2016, 09:47 AM EST | Updated Jan 26, 2016
You're not Canadian until you've skated through a forest in the dead of winter.
Luckily, Ontario has a place where you can do that.
Arrowhead Provincial Park's Ice Skating Trail is a weather-dependent attraction that allows people to skate for 1.3 kilometres in a beautiful Muskoka forest setting.
And it's approaching its 2016 opening, if recent social media posts are any indication.
Staff are flooding the ice skating trail however it remains closed until ice is safe. Watch for updates on opening! pic.twitter.com/H6u33t4A36
— Arrowhead Prov Park (@ArroPark) January 4, 2016
UPDATE: As of Jan. 15, 20156, the trail is open!
The skating trail opened in 2012, and Tourism Muskoka now says it's become "one of the province's most sought after winter 'bucket list' experiences." Thousands of people skated on it last year, The Toronto Star reported.
It usually operates from January to March, depending on how cold it is. You can skate the trail during the day, or even at night by torchlight.
The trail is reminiscent of the "Edmonton Freezeway," a pilot project skating track that opened in Alberta's capital city at the end of December.
One tries to think of a more Canadian way to experience the country's wilderness.
And one fails.
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Le San Marino Academy est un club saint-marinais de football féminin basé dans la Ville de Saint-Marin.

Histoire
Le club est fondé en 2004, il est géré par la Fédération de Saint-Marin de football. Le club évolue dans les championnats italiens vu l'absence  d'un championnat féminin à Saint-Marin. Pour sa première saison 2004-2005, le club débute en Serie D, le quatrième niveau italien, sous le nom Federazione Sammarinese Giuoco Calcio.

En 2008, le club est promu en Serie C et atteint également la finale de la Coupe d'Emilie Romagne. La saison suivante le club est relégué en Serie D, mais revient au troisième niveau dès la nouvelle saison 2009-2010 grâce à sa victoire en Coupe d'Emilie Romagne, la troisième place acquise en championnat ne lui permettait pas la promotion.

En fin de saison 2015-2016, le club réalise le doublé champion de Serie C et Coupe d'Emilie Romagne et est donc promu en Serie B, le deuxième niveau italien. Pour sa première saison en Serie B, le club termine à la  place. Durant l'été 2017, le club devient San Marino Academy.

En 2017-2018, le club ne réussit pas à se maintenir et retourne en Serie C, la saison suivante il revient en Serie B qui sera dès lors un championnat à poule unique. Lors de la saison 2019-2020, l'académie de Saint Marin est à la troisième place lorsque le championnat est suspendu à cause de la pandémie de Covid-19, mais avec un match en moins, il profite du coefficient correcteur et est promu pour la première fois en Serie A.

Palmarès

Personnalités du club

Présidents
Au cours de son histoire, le club a été dirigé par deux présidents différents.

Entraîneurs
De sa création en 2004 à la saison 2020-2021, six entraîneurs se sont succédé à la tête du San Marino Academy.

Effectif actuel

Notes et références

Liens externes

Club de football à Saint-Marin
Football à Saint-Marin
Club de football fondé en 2004


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Rouses Point ist ein Ort im Clinton County des Bundesstaates New York in den Vereinigten Staaten mit 2.209 Einwohnern zum Zeitpunkt der Volkszählung 2010. Er liegt im äußersten Nordosten des Bundesstaates am Westufer des Lake Champlain und grenzt im Norden an Kanada, im Osten an Vermont, mit dem es über eine Brücke nach Alburgh verbunden ist.

Die Gemeinde wurde 1783 gegründet, als Jacques Rouse, der spätere Namensgeber des Ortes, an dieser Stelle eine Fährverbindung über den Richelieu River, der hier dem Lake Champlain entspringt, einrichtete. Ab 1816 wurde das erste Fort Montgomery etwas nördlich (versehentlich auf kanadischem Gebiet) gebaut, ein Nachfolgebau, dessen Ruinen heute einen touristischen Anziehungspunkt darstellen, wurde ab 1844 auf einer nahen Sandbank im Fluss errichtet. Das Fort sicherte die Grenze zu Kanada, die an dieser Stelle bis zum Webster-Ashburton Treaty umstritten war. Das Fort wurde für eine Besatzung von 800 Mann und eine Bestückung von 125 Geschützen geplant, aber nie besetzt. Ab etwa 1880 wurden die Geschütze abtransportiert und ab 1923 die Anlage vollends dem Verfall preisgegeben.

Während der Phase der raschen Entwicklung des Eisenbahnnetzes war Rouses Point Zielpunkt einiger Eisenbahnstrecken, die es als Ausgangspunkt für den nördlichsten Übergang über den Lake Champlain nutzten. So wurde für die Bahnstrecke Essex Junction–Rouses Point, die ab 1847 errichtet wurde, eine Pontonbrücke über den Richelieu River geschlagen (1851), die 1868 durch eine feste Brücke ersetzt wurde. Ebenfalls 1851 wurde die kanadische Champlain and St. Lawrence Railroad an das US-amerikanische Eisenbahnnetz hier in Rouses Point angebunden. Die Strecken sind bis heute in Betrieb, die Station Rouses Point besteht heute nur noch aus einem von der Amtrak genutzten Bahnsteig. Die ehemaligen Bahnbauten stehen unter Denkmalschutz.

Besonders während der Zeit der Prohibition wurde Rouses Points Lage an der kanadischen Grenze genutzt, um Alkohol und andere Drogen in die USA zu schmuggeln; so führte 1937 die Verhaftung eines Drogenkuriers in Rouses Point die Behörden zur Erkenntnis, dass eine kriminelle Vereinigung aus New York City über viele Jahre massiv in den internationalen Drogenhandel verwickelt war.

Heute lebt Rouses Point in erster Linie von Landwirtschaft und Tourismus.

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Weblinks
 Homepage der Gemeinde (in englischer Sprache)
 Illustrierte Website über Fort Montgomery (in englischer Sprache)

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Q: Is it necessary to use a patch panel for my network closet? My subcontractor is trying to convince me to go with a switch only I am completing my home remodel and have decided to wire CAT6 cables throughout the house with at least 2 sockets for the wall jacks in each room.
My subcontractor has already wired all of the rooms and we are in the process of finalizing the network closet.
My subcontractor is saying that I do not need to use a patch panel; but he is leaving me the final say in the matter. I am leaning towards using the patch panel but I also have several questions:

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*Am I going overboard by using a patch panel for my home? Or will it save a few headaches in the future if I need to modify my home network closet?

*If I do, in fact use both the patch panel and switch - are there any helpful guides that diagram how the modem and router connects to the patch panel and switch? I want to ensure I have the proper setup to double check my subcontractor's work.
I purchased:

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*Cable Matters 24 Port Cat6a Shielded Patch Panel (link)

*TP Link TL-SG1024 10/100/1000Mbps 24-Port Gigabit 19-inch Rackmountable Switch, 48Gbps Capacity (link)

I currently have and plan to use:

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*ASUS (RT-AC68U) Wireless-AC1900 Dual-Band Gigabit Router (for misc iPads)

*ARRIS SURFboard SB6183 DOCSIS 3.0 Cable Modem. My ISP is Time Warner Cable @ 300 mbs DL

Thank you.

A: Having just setup my homenetwork let me share this:
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A patch panel is useful to properly terminate and label the cables coming out of the wall.
From those fixed endpoints you can neatly connect each cable == endpoint to whatever comes after - in your case the switch.
This saves you having cables with plugs coming directly out of the wall/conduit and the need to put labels on those loose cables which might fall off over time.
However, in a SOHO environment the need for repatching will probably be very rare and there wont be too many cables either. So ask yourself how many times you will need repatching and how bad you feel having little stickers on a cable coming out of the wall instead of having a nice label on your patch panel.
Costwise you can save the patch panel and the short patch cables!
Its surely more neat to use a patch panel and extra cables to connect these
but again - in a SOHO environment the question is how often this will be touched after.
In a commercial environment also different people might have to handle the wiring and it is likely to change more often, which is the reason why the "neater" patch panel setup is the commercial standard.
In the end its up to you!
Using good labels on the cables coming out of the wall should do the job as good as the panel.
Also there is always the option to introduce the patch panel at a later moment as you just have to take off the plugs off the cable and connect each to the patch panel after.
For the network setup:

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*you connect each cable leading to a room with either a patch cable from the panel or directly to the 24 switch

*you connect a port of the 24 switch to the yellow ethernet port of your router (connecting more ports of the 24 switch to the 4 switch of you router might increase throughput slightly)

*you connect the blue WAN port of the router to your cable modem

*and of course the cable modem to the external coaxial cable

A: When you have a bunch of male RJ45 connectors coming out of a wall conduit, it does not lend itself to neatness.  Should you wrap them all together and neatly plug them into the switch, it may look acceptable...  until a second device needs access to a few ports, but not your switch.  Not all devices that use RJ45/Cat6 speak IP/ethernet now.  As well, perhaps you may need to directly connect two jacks together, for an intercom, a CC television/security system, or additional speakers for your stereo.  These connections wouldn't work well with a switch in their midst.
Wall-wires are considerably more costly to repair, should they become kinked or broken.  A patch panel eliminates wear and tear on wall-run cabling, because there's no need to move it again after installation.
Male RJ45 connectors are fragile.  If one snags and breaks off, it's a lot easier to replace a short patch cable, than to have to re-crimp a plug to a wall-cable...  from within the closet with all the other stuff around.


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Education in Punjab, India
Punjab has a long history of education.
1 Primary and secondary education
2 Secondary Education
3 Tertiary education
3.1 Universities
3.1.1 Central
3.1.2 State
3.1.3 Deemed
3.1.4 Private
3.1.5 Autonomous colleges in Punjab
3.1.6 Reputed colleges (Technical /Professional)
3.1.7 Other Institutes of Repute (General)
3.2 Medical Colleges
3.2.1 Government Medical Colleges
3.2.2 Private Medical Colleges
Primary and secondary education[edit]
Senior School students in Punjab
The Indian government lays emphasis on the primary education up to the age of fourteen years, referred to as elementary education in India.<rell93-94>Blackwell, 93–94</ref> The Indian government has also banned child labour in order to ensure that the children do not enter unsafe working conditions.[1] However, both free education and the ban on child labour are difficult to enforce due to economic disparity and social conditions.[1] 80% of all recognized schools at the elementary stage are government run or supported, making it the largest provider of education in the country.[2]
School workshop
However, due to a shortage of resources and lack of political will, this system suffers from massive gaps including high pupil to teacher ratios, shortage of infrastructure and poor levels of teacher training. Figures released by the Indian government in 2011 show that there were 5,816,673 elementary school teachers in India.[3] As of March 2012 there were 2,127,000 secondary school teachers in India.[4] Education has also been made free[1] for children for 6 to 14 years of age or up to class VIII under the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act 2009.[5]
There have been several efforts to enhance quality made by the government. The District Education Revitalization Programme (DERP) was launched in 1994 with an aim to universalize primary education in India by reforming and vitalizing the existing primary education system.[6] 85% of the DERP was funded by the central government and the remaining 15 percent was funded by the states.[6] The DERP, which had opened 160000 new schools including 84000 alternative education schools delivering alternative education to approximately 3.5 million children, was also supported by UNICEF and other international programmes.[6]
This primary education scheme has also shown a high Gross Enrollment Ratio of 93–95% for the last three years in some states.[6] Significant improvement in staffing and enrollment of girls has also been made as a part of this scheme.[6] The current scheme for universalization of Education for All is the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan which is one of the largest education initiatives in the world. Enrollment has been enhanced, but the levels of quality remain low.
Secondary Education[edit]
Classroom in Punjab
The National Policy on Education (NPE), 1986, has provided for environment awareness, science and technology education, and introduction of traditional elements such as Yoga into the Indian secondary school system.[7] Secondary education covers children aged 14 to 18, 88.5 million children according to the Census, 2001.
A significant feature of India's secondary school system is the emphasis on inclusion of the disadvantaged sections of the society. Professionals from established institutes are often called to support in vocational training. Another feature of India's secondary school system is its emphasis on profession based vocational training to help students attain skills for finding a vocation of his/her choosing.[8] A significant new feature has been the extension of SSA to secondary education in the form of the Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan.[9]
A special Integrated Education for Disabled Children (IEDC) programme was started in 1974 with a focus on primary education.[10] but which was converted into Inclusive Education at Secondary Stage[11] Another notable special programme, the Kendriya Vidyalaya project, was started for the employees of the central government of India, who are distributed throughout the country. The government started the Kendriya Vidyalaya project in 1965 to provide uniform education in institutions following the same syllabus at the same pace regardless of the location to which the employee's family has been transferred.[10]
Schools of Repute
DAV Public School, Amritsar
Doon International School. Amritsar
DPS Ludhiana
Guru Teg Bahadur International School, Dhariwal
Indus World School, Ludhiana
Kundan Vidya Mandir Sen Sec School, Ludhiana
Rayat International school, SBS Nagar
Ryan International School, Amritsar
Ryan International School, Ludhiana
Shivalik Public School, Mohali
Yadavindra Public School, Patiala
Tertiary education[edit]
An educational seminar
Punjab is served by many public institutes of higher education (listed below). All the major arts, humanities, science, engineering, law, medicine, veterinary science, and business courses are offered, leading to first degrees as well as postgraduate awards. Advanced research is conducted in all major areas of excellence. Punjab Agricultural University is one of the world's leading authorities in agriculture. It was instrumental and played vital role in Punjab's Green Revolution in the 1960s-70s.
Universities[edit]
Central[edit]
Central University of Punjab, Bathinda
State[edit]
Panjab University, Chandigarh (a Punjab State University[12])
Baba Farid University of Health Sciences, Faridkot
Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar
Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana
IK Gujral Punjab Technical University,[13] Jalandhar
Maharaja Ranjit Singh Punjab Technical University,[14][15] Bathinda
Punjabi University, Patiala
Guru Ravidas Ayurved University, Hoshiarpur
Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana
Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Patiala
Deemed[edit]
Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering and Technology, Longowal(Deemed)
Thapar University, Patiala(Deemed)
Private[edit]
Thapar University
Apeejay Institute of Management Technical Campus, Jalandhar (Punjab)[16]
Sri Guru Granth Sahib World University, Fatehgarh Sahib
GGS College of Modern Technology, Kharar
Indian School of Business, Ajitgarh
Guru Kashi University, Talwandi Sabo
DAV University, Jalandhar
GNA University, Phagwara
Sant Baba Bhag Singh University, Jalandhar
Akal University
Autonomous colleges in Punjab[edit]
Many colleges of Punjab have been granted autonomous status by UGC.
Khalsa College, Amritsar
Mata Gujri College, Fatehgarh Sahib
S.G.G.S. Khalsa College, Mahilpur (Hoshiarpur district)
Amritsar College of Engineering & Technology
Beant College of Engineering and Technology Gurdaspur
Shaheed Bhagat Singh State Technical Campus, Ferozepur
Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College, Ludhiana[17]
Reputed colleges (Technical /Professional)[edit]
Desh Bhagat Group of Institutes, Gobindgarh, Moga, Muktsar under Desh Bhagat University
Indian Institute of Technology, Ropar
Indian Institute of Management Amritsar[18]
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Mohali
Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar
Global Institute Of Management & Emerging Technologies, Amritsar
Institute of Nano Science and Technology (INST), Mohali
Giani Zail Singh Punjab Technical University Campus (Government Engineering College), Bathinda
Malout institute of Management & Technology, Malout ( Govt. of Punjab)
Bhutta College of Engineering & Technology, Ludhiana
Malwa College of Nursing
Baba Banda Singh Bahadur Engineering college,Fatehgarh Sahib
Sri Sukhmani Institute of Engineering & Technology, Dera Bassi(Mohali)
Other Institutes of Repute (General)[edit]
Aryabhatta group of institutions, Barnala[19]
BBK DAV College for Women, Amritsar
BCM College of Education, Ludhiana
College of Engineering and Management, Kapurthala
[Doraha college of Education, Doraha]
GHG Khalsa College of Education, GURUSAR Sudhar
Govt. Bikram College of Commerce, Patiala
Govt. College of Education, Sector 20 Chandigarh
Govt. Barjinder College, Faridkot
Desh Bhagat Pt. Chetan Dev Govt.College of Education, Faridkot
Gulzar Group of Institutes, Khanna (Engineering College)
Malwa Group of Institutions.
Khalsa College, Patiala
Kings Group of Institutions, Barnala,Punjab
Malwa College of Nursing, Kotkapura
Mohindra College, Patiala
PCTE Group of Institutes (including Punjab College of Technical Education), Ludhiana
Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh
Regional Centre Punjabi University, Bathinda
SGGS Khalsa College Sector 26 Chandigarh
State College of Education, Patiala
Swami Sarvanand Giri Panjab University Regional Centre, Hoshiarpur
Medical Colleges[edit]
As of 2015, there are more than 920 MBBS and 1,070 BDS seats across Punjab.[20]
Government Medical Colleges[edit]
Government Medical College, Amritsar
Guru Gobind Singh Medical College, Faridkot
Government Medical College, Patiala
Private Medical Colleges[edit]
Gian Sagar Medical College & Hospital, Patiala
Sri Guru Ram Das Institute of Medical Sciences & Research, Sri Amritsar
Punjab Institute of Medical Sciences, Jalandhar[21]
Christian Medical College, Ludhiana
Dayanand Medical College & Hospital, Ludhiana
Adesh Institute of Medical Sciences & Research, Bathinda
Chintpurni Medical College, Gurdaspur
Desh Bhagat School of Medical Sciences, Mandi Gobindgarh Desh Bhagat University
The former Prime Minister of India, Dr Manmohan Singh was educated at Punjab University, Chandigarh and Oxford and Cambridge in UK.
Professor Har Gobind Khorana, famous Nobel laureate & biotechnologist was educated at Panjab University.
Sushma Swaraj Leader of BJP is Alumni of Panjab University Chandigarh
This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.
^ a b c Blackwell, 93–94
^ flashstatistics2009-10.pdf
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 April 2012. Retrieved 8 February 2016. CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link)
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^ a b c d e India 2009: A Reference Annual (53rd edition), 215
^ India 2009: A Reference Annual (53rd edition), 231
^ Blackwell, 94–95
^ Microsoft Word – Framework_Final_RMSA.doc Archived 2009-10-07 at the Wayback Machine. (PDF). Retrieved on 21 March 2011.
^ a b India 2009: A Reference Annual (53rd edition), 233
^ Secondary Education Archived 2009-07-22 at the Wayback Machine. Education.nic.in. Retrieved on 21 March 2011.
^ "Panjab University (PU) cannot be considered a centrally-funded university".
^ "ਪੰਜਾਬ ਤਕਨੀਕੀ ਯੂਨੀਵਰਸਿਟੀ ਜਲੰਧਰ ਦਾ ਨਾਂਅ ਇੰਦਰ ਕੁਮਾਰ ਗੁਜਰਾਲ ਦੇ ਨਾਂਅ 'ਤੇ ਰੱਖਿਆ".
^ "state technical university will have academic control over the colleges in Bathinda, Barnala, Faridkot, Fatehgarh Sahib, Fazilka, Ferozepur, Mansa, Muktsar, Patiala and Sangrur districts".
^ "Maharaja Ranjit Singh State Technical University on the campus of Giani Zail Singh College of Engineering and Technology in Bathinda".
^ a b Apeejay Institute of Management Technical Campus
^ "Autonomous Colleges - University Grants Commission" (PDF).
^ "IIM to be set up in Amritsar".
^ "Aryabhatta Group of Institutes". [full citation needed]
^ "Admissions for PMET 2015 on hold, High court issues notices". hindustantimes.com. 10 September 2015. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
^ "Official MCI website". Archived from the original on 7 June 2013.
Government of Punjab - Department of School Education
Panjab University, Chandigarh
Rayat Bahra University
Council of Secondary Education Mohali
Ministry of Human Resource Development
Education by states
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National Board of Accreditation
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Dental Council of India
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Medical Council of India
National Council for Teacher Education
Pharmacy Council of India
Rehabilitation Council of India
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School education in India
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Central Tibetan School Administration
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Literacy in India
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Well it's been a few months and at least seven countries since my last update. Touring/traveling across Europe and the U.K. has been a pretty wild ride, as they say – so many new and old friends have made the road feel more like home, and I miss you all already. Can't wait to visit again soon.
If you're in the London area, I have a couple more shows coming up this weekend before flying away home.
Then I'm heading back to Canada, where I'll play a string of shows around Ontario and Quebec in December/January. As always see here for the latest.
What else? I'm planning to head west and south this winter to visit B.C. and California. If you can help set up a show in your town, please email me! Also finishing up some new songs and, with any luck, will start working on a new record some time in the new year.
In the meantime keep in touch and stay tuned. Huge love.


Lawrence Zarian is a Celebrated author, TV personality, Lifestyle expert and Red carpet guru.
He was born in Glendale, California, USA in 1965 and is best known for his work on The Fashion Team (2006), Entertainment Tonight (1981) and Live with Kelly and Michael (1988).
Lawrence is married to US actress Jennifer Dorogi (Dragonquest (2009), Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008)) and he is a twin brother of actor Gregory Zarian (Nip/Tuck (2003), 90210 (2008)).
His personal style and taste won him the prize for Most Stylish Men 2015 in Category Business!


First, our thanks to those who came to our first EW+SOS+ER breakfast last week. We really enjoyed meeting you in a more intime setting for a change and we promise the next one is more geographically desirable/accessible to public transportation – Wichcraft at 555 Fifth Avenue, on December 6. RSVP here: http://roottbreakfast2.eventbrite.com/ and looking forward to seeing you there! In the meantime, our next rooftop event is coming up November 15th, and make sure to register now: http://terraceparty5-auto.eventbrite.com/ And note: in keeping with the theme of the newsletter – we've got some new investors for you to meet, and this time, we'll be conveniently located in midtown!
Mark your calendars: November 15th, the early bird rate is available, so make sure to register now: http://terraceparty5-auto.eventbrite.com/ We'll have a new crew of investors on hand, and we've moved the venue to Hubitat, a new space that's opening for entrepreneurs on 26th Street, and it features excellent amenities, associated corporate services – and it's backed by a team of mentors, including serial entrepreneurs and angel investors to help members where and when they need it. It seems to us a cross between an accelerator and an incubator/shared office space, with mentors in residence. The best of all worlds, and Neil Anderson, who has organized the space and who is himself an angel investor, will be on hand to tell you all about it – and to talk to early stage startups, so be there, and our thanks to Neil and Hubitat for hosting.