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Šioje temoje diskutuosime apie 'Real' žaidėjus ir klubą. Kas patinka, kas nepatinka, ka reikėtų parduoti, kokią norėtumėte matyti startinę sudėtį, traumos, kitos naujienos ir pan. Labai laisva tema.
32 kartų Ispanijos čempionatai: 1931-32, 1932-33, 1953-54, 1954-55, 1956-57, 1957-58, 1960-61, 1961-62, 1962-63, 1963-64, 1964-65, 1966-67, 1967-68, 1968-69, 1971-72, 1974-75, 1975-76, 1977-78, 1978-79, 1979-80, 1985-86, 1986-87, 1987-88, 1988-89, 1989-90, 1994-95, 1996-97, 2000-01, 2002-03, 2006-07, 2007-2008, 2011-2012.
17 kartų Ispanijos taurės čempionai: 1904-05, 1905-06, 1906-07, 1907-08, 1916-17, 1933-34, 1935-36,	1945-46, 1946-47, 1961-62, 1969-70, 1973-74, 1974-75,	1979-80, 1981-82, 1988-89, 1992-93.
7 kartus Ispanijos Super taurės čempionai: 1988-89, 1989-90, 1990-91, 1993-94, 1997-98, 2001-02, 2003-04.
18 kartų Regioniniai čempionai: 1903-04, 1904-05, 1905-06, 1906-07, 1907-08, 1912-13, 1915-16,	1916-17, 1917-18, 1919-20, 1921-22, 1922-23, 1923-24,	1925-26, 1926-27, 1928-29, 1929-30, 1930-31.
9 kartus Čempionų Lygos čempionai: 1955-56,	1956-57, 1957-58, 1958-59, 1959-60, 1965-66, 1997-98,	1999-2000, 2001-2002.
2 kartus UEFA taurės čempionai: 1984-85, 1985-86.
3 kartus Kontinentinės taurės čempionai: 1960,	1998, 2002.
1 kartą Lotynų taurės čempionai: 1955-56.
1 kartą Europos Super taurės čempionai: 2002.
Real Madrid president Florentino Perez is convinced Robinho can fulfill all his dreams with this club.
"There are boys everywhere in the world who try to imitate him on the streets. It has not been easy to bring him to Real Madrid, but we are convinced that Real Madrid will make his dreams reality," said Perez.
"We have before us one of the great players of the world. Football can be many things and one of them is spectacular. In this aspect of football fantasy, that is where Robinho belongs."
Real Madrid vice-president Emilio Butragueno insists new signing Robinho is already a far better player than he ever was.
Humble Butragueno, regarded as one of Real's modern day greats, told AS: "Man, I am not Robinho! Let us be serious."
"I had qualities that I knew how to exploit, but Robinho is much more gifted and of a higher level than I. I cannot be compared."
"He is a better player and his career rise is very good news for our club. He is a different player, and with that, that is all I'm saying."
P.S. Kaip noriu matyt si treneri Ispanijos rinktines arba Madrido Realo trenerio poste, vienas is megstamiausiu mano treneriu.
Brazilian forward Robinho has rallied to the defence of Real Madrid coach Vanderlei Luxemburgo's tactics following the Primera Liga club's poor start to the season.
Luxemburgo prefers his side to play through the middle of the pitch, with the full backs expected to provide the width in a 4-2-2-2 sytem.
A 2-1 win over promoted Cadiz, during which newly arrived Robinho excelled on the opening day of the season, was followed by a 3-2 home defeat by another promoted side Celta Vigo last weekend.
On Tuesday Real were hammered 3-0 by Olympique Lyon in their first game in the Champions League.
"Vanderlei has won a lot with this system. We are still getting used to it but we will soon adapt and get much better," Robinho told a news conference on Thursday.
"He is relaxed and understands the criticism but the league has only just started and the new players still have to settle in. We are doing what he asks of us and he is confident in his system."
Real travel to Barcelona to play Espanyol in the Primera Liga on Sunday.
Real Madrid coach Vanderlei Luxemburgo knows he cannot blame management for his team's woes in the early weeks of this season.
Real president Florentino Perez has allowed Luxemburgo a free hand to bring in his own hand-picked staff from Brazil.
Upon his appointment on New Year's Eve, Luxemburgo brought with him to Real his Santos assistant, Marcos Teixeira and fitness coach Antonio Mello.
Nutritionist Patricia Teixeira was also added to the staff and without doubt she has been a success.
Paulo Campo, a coach with experience in Nigeria, Liberia, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Qatar, joined Luxemburgo's team in the summer as scout.
Along with his backroom team, Luxemburgo also holds sway in transfer decisions - including the offloading of Luis Figo to Inter Milan.
Baptista, Robinho Sergio Ramos and Cicinho have all arrived on his request.
Real Madrid midfielder Julio Baptista insists coach Vanderlei Luxemburgo shouldn't be blamed for their two defeats this week.
"The most important thing is to stay calm," said the Brazilian. "I am certain things will change. It's only the start of the season."
"The guilt of the defeat at Lyon is with the players, not the coach. We're the ones who played in that game. Luxemburgo needs to be left alone so he can work without outside pressures."
Baptista admitted he was at a loss to explain Real's poor defending at set-pieces: "I don't know why this is happening."
"It's not normal to concede four goals in two games from free-kicks. But we will fix it on the training ground."
Spanish mastercoach Javier Clemente has questioned Vanderlei Luxemburgo's tactics in the opening weeks of the season with Real Madrid.
"I don't like anything about his 'magical' team," said Clemente. "But he is a champion of the world and obviously knows what he is doing because he says he has won everything in the game."
"Of course, us coaches aren't being conceited when pointing out faults because we have won things with our systems."
"It is a debate. And I will say that what works in Brazil, isn't going to work in Spain."
"I can't explain why he would do away with wingers. He's decided to do so, but I can't see why. I have always considered wingers very important. Perhaps they're not in Brazil, but in Spain they are."
Tellingly, Clemente added: "Real Madrid have great players - the best technically. But when the game is fast and they need to defend, they have very great difficulty."
Real Madrid coach Vanderlei Luxemburgo cannot afford to lose his next two games against Espanyol and Athletic Bilbao.
Despite the disappointing defeats against Celta Vigo and Lyon, Real president Florentino Perez is backing his Brazilian coach - for now.
Perez, vice-president Emilio Burtagueno and general manager Arrigo Sacchi have all assured Luxemburgo of their full support in the wake of the 3-0 French reverse.
Luxemburgo insists it is only a question of time before his team gels with the system he wants them to play. But Perez is adamant they cannot afford to lose points early into the new season - as they did last term - and has made it clear no points from the next two Liga games won't be tolerated.
Real Madrid goalkeeper Iker Casillas is suffering a confidence crisis, with the club's stand-off over a new contract being blamed for his low morale.
AS that Casillas is upset that club officials, neither privately or in public, have relayed their confidence in him. With Real dragging their feet over a new contract offer, Casillas is convinced they want him out.
The goalkeeper is also upset with the dismissal of his personal coach of 13 years at Real, Manuel Amieiro, and is still to learn from the club why his personal trainer was sacked at the start of this season.
Real komanda pastate nauja labai dideli treniruociu ir sporto kompleksa, skirta ne tik komandai bet ir sirgaliams. net 120 hectaru plotas ir tai 10 kartu didesnis uz siaurineje madrido dalyje esanti treniruociu kompleksa.
Club captain Raul said: "The players are all looking forward to training here. They must be the best facilities in the world. It will be our home."
Kiek šį sezoną Raul viso įmušęs įvarčių?
4, 3 - La Ligoj bei 1 CL.
Labai gaila kad Ronaldo iskrito net menesiui kai realo siuo metu laukia sunkiausios varzybos. tikiuosi atsiras zmoniu kurie mus ivarcius, ir to tikiuosi is likusiu dvieju puoleju Raul ir Robinho. taip pat tikiuosi kad Zidanas greit pasieks gera forma.
Julio Baptista taip pat gavo traumą ir nežais iki 5 savaicių, vakar jis pasitempė kairiojo kelio raiščius, tos traumos jau pradeda nervint, prieš tai traumuoti šį sezoną buvo Zidane, Raul, dabar traumuoti Salgado, Ronaldo, o dabar dar ir Baptista, puikus šansas Guti.
A la Cibeles, nos vamos a la Cibeles!
😰 heh... Ir ko jam į tą Liverpoolį reikėjo trenktis 🙄 ?.
Nežinau kažkurį momentą, Moreintesas žaidė gerai, veliau jį tik pradėjo sodint ant suolo, na vietoj jo aš r būčiau pasilikęs "Monaco".


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This is our top ten music for summer boating. Can you give us your thoughts?
Ready to set sail on your well-deserved summer cruise? You will not want to do this without an appropriate soundtrack to give "rhythm" to your vacation! What is the right music to take on a boat? Eugenio Ruocco, who is a journalist at the Newspaper of Sailing but is also the drummer of a Genoese band, Tuamadre, gives you the advice. Here is his top ten music for summer 2015 accompanied by videos and "boat listening instructions." Let us know with a comment if you agree and which passages, in your opinion, Eugene forgot.
1. TIME – PINK FLOYD
Try putting it on headphones at sea when the weather is bad, close your eyes and let the smell of saltiness penetrate your nostrils. Enjoy every single moment, because as the lyrics of the song say, "you are young and life is long and there is time to kill today, and then one day you realize you have 10 years behind you." I am always amazed at how a song from back in 1974 can still give me chills.
2. SPACE ODDITY – DAVID BOWIE
Sailing at night under the starry sky, you may have at least once wondered, "Is there life in space?" This is the right song. A curiosity: the "white duke" released the song in 1969, and the BBC broadcast Space Oddity during services devoted to the Apollo 11 moon landing on July 20 of that year.
3. SAIL – AWOLNATION
At the helm with breeze, blast it in your headphones, you will feel, to use a fashionable term among 1980s paniners, like real "roosters." Load up on this 2011 track, with the most "sail-like" title you can, by Aaron Bruno and co.
4. SEVEN SEAS OF RHYE – QUEEN
As you're hoisting the sails, and heading out to sea, this song by Queen from 1973 (taken from the album Queen, but also featured in "extended version" in 1974's Queen II) is ideal to get your appetite for adventure up. The song (about Rhye, the imaginary world Freddie Mercury fantasized about in childhood) ends with a cross-fade with the British popular song I Do Like to Be Beside The Seaside ("I Like to Be Beside the Beach"), also with a seafaring theme . More than that…
5. ANGELINA – HARRY BELAFONTE
Pure cheerfulness. Caribbean. In the roadstead, under the sun, as you dive in.. Is there anything more to add except that it is taken from Jump Up Calypso, a 1961 album?
6. PATA PATA – MIRIAM MAKEBA
Pata Pata was the traditional dance of blacks in the Johannesburg ghetto in South Africa. The desire to party despite discrimination and slave status in one's own land sung by Miriam Makeba will rub off on you. Also dated 1957, this is one of my must-have songs from roadstead.
7. DANSE MACABRE – CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
In 1874 the Camille Saint-Saëns composed this short symphonic poem, based on ancient French superstitions. Listen to it at night, at anchor, in complete silence. And let me know if a shiver did not run down your spine.
8. PRYNTYL – VINICIO CAPOSSELA
Not to break you in the lull, put on this track from the 2011 album "Sailors, Prophets and Whales." Capossela was inspired by the 1950 novel "Scandal in the Deep," by Louis-Ferdinand Céline. The text tells the story of the mermaid Pryntyl who, after getting her legs in exchange for her tail, dances and sings "in Sirenese."
9. GERONIMO – SHEPPARD
In Australian, we say "Geronimo" before embarking on a new adventure. And this 2014 song by Sheppard Kangaroos is an ode to the joy of life, to discovering "what lies behind the waterfall." Last summer I had a chance to test how much of a charge it gives when sailing.
10. WANT TO WANT ME – JASON DERULO
One of the catchphrases of 2015 to go "tamarack" in the harbor after a few beers. Chord turn that seems obvious, then comes that "I wouldn't do" that makes sense of it all. Soon we will forget about this song! It's the record market, baby!
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While theoretically it would be possible to go Slovenia without exceeding the 12-mile limit from the coast, the maximum limit to which Italian boats (with a license) can go, Slovenian regulations require all boats over 3 meters to be registered.
Can watercraft sail abroad? The regulations state that.
After telling you about Croatia's entry into the Schengen area last week, many of you asked us if it is possible to go there by boat. In order to provide clarity on the topic of overseas navigation of vessels, we
Castaways for 10 days in Atlantic without mast, motor, drinking water. They were saved in this way
They were sailing off North Carolina in December when their sailboat, Atrevida II, a Catalina 30 (9.14 m), was caught in a storm. Shipwrecked for 10 days They were adrift for ten days in the Atlantic, with a broken mast,
Cruising in Croatia in 2023, what changes with Schengen
As of January 1, Croatia, formerly a member country of the European Union, officially joined the Schengen area and adopted the euro. We asked the Croatian National Tourist Board, what changes for Italian boaters who want to visit the country

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Sean Hooley with the Bozos Frog Team jumps his frog Love Stinks at the frog jump finals at the Calaveras County Fair and Jumping Frog Jubilee in Angels Camp. His distance was 14-feet, 4-1/2-inches. Hooley and the frog are centered horizontally by Hooley's eyes are above the center vertically. Hooley's outstretched arms make leading lines to his eye's as well.


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Welcome back to our Partners in Peace interview series. This is the 12th interview in this series, and we are exited to introduce Mr. Tim Iverson, who has been in public education since 1988, and currently teaches art and humanities at Highview Middle School in Minnesota, and is on the board of Mindfulness in Education.
Please tell us a little about yourself, what drew you to mindful education and to want to be on the board of Mindfulness in Education, and the Mindfulness in Education mission.
My interest in mindfulness began with my own struggles with stress, anxiety and depression nearly 20 years ago. I heard about an eight – week MBSR (mindfulness -based stress reduction class) here in the Twin Cities, and took that in the summer 0f 2001. It radically changed my life. It gave me many tools to slow down my mind and body and to take charge of my focus– and my life!… from there, I continued to take more classes and workshops on mindfulness, which included trips to the coasts to conferences put on by the Mindfulness in Education Network. Those folks gradually started asking me to fill in and do workshops there, and that led to an invitation to be on their board. I've also been active in NAMI Minnesota, working with adults who experience anxiety and panic disorders. I shard mindfulness and other cognitive strategies with those folks. My journey has also included counseling, to help me keep things in perspective, and this has been very helpful.
Why is Mindfulness in Education so important right now, with everything that is going on in the world?
I believe mindfulness is absolutely vital for education, due to so many stresses and strains on the system as well as on individuals within that system. Overcrowded classrooms, high-stakes testing, social media influences, and troubled homes, are just some of the factors influencing the classroom today, making it very different from when I attended school 50 year ago…. Students and educators have to have SOME tools to slow things down, and deal with emotional roller coaster that is now a normal part of the classroom. Mindfulness and SEL (social and emotional learning) programs are cropping up all over the world to help deal with these challenges. And although changes to the system are also needed, in the meantime, tools such as those offered by mindfulness are readily available, and not expensive to implement.
Do you believe it is important for organizations with similar missions to work together to get programs about Yoga, meditation, and mindfulness into every school in the country? How else can we scale up to get these programs in all schools?
This a good question, and is still being explored. The mindfulness in education movement is still relatively new, but it has made great strides in the last 10 years. I think it will be very important to have organizations and individuals band together to support each other, as well as create standards for teachers doing this work, as well as creating lists of "best practices". We also want to be careful as educators to be aware of trauma, as well as keeping these practices secular and science-based.
If you had to pick one mental or physical exercise for kids to do to help positively shape their future behavior and health, what would it be?
Wow– great question! There are so many powerful practices under the umbrellas of yoga and mindfulness!
No one practice will solve all of our emotional challenges, but I often turn to a very simple body scan or breath meditation to help get some distance from my thoughts, and slow down my mind. With students, I often do the STOP practice (stop, take a breath, observe, proceed) to re-establish focus in my class….. And I almost always do at least 1-2 minutes of formal mindfulness for myself right after lunch. It gives me a wonderful chance to re-set and prepare for the rest of my day.
What advice do you have for teachers, administrators, healthcare practitioners, athletes and especially parents as it relates to mindful learning?
My basic advice is to be open to these ideas, even if they originally were honed in spiritual contexts. Reading and literacy were once the province of religious societies until their power was shared with "the masses." The same thing may be happening with mindfulness. The general, universal appeal of mindfulness can be a powerful force in shaping peoples' lives for the good, and gives everyone simple yet powerful tools to manage their own lives.
Thank you Mr. Tim Iverson for speaking with us today. Love that last answer. It is so very true. These tools are for everyone, all about peace, love, and kindness, and can help make the world a much better place for the next generation, so let's start now!


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Leo Francois Rbc was born in Chemnitz, Germany, 1870. Francois, a long serving President of the NSA, was a protagonist with SASA in his quest to unite the various art societies in SA into a single academy. His efforts were untiring but they came to nothing. His death in 1938 marked the end of one era and the start of a new with the founding of the New Group. Francois was educated at Leipzig University and studied painting in Rome and London. He first came to SA in 1891 on the advice of Cecil Rhodes, but left in 1896. Eighteen months later, he returned to work in the insurance business in East Griqualand. He painted part-time, and became Chairman of the Art section of the Kimberley Athenaeum in 1910. In 1914 he moved to Durban, where he was an art critic on The Natal Mercury, writing under the nom'de'plume "Vermilion". As such, he used to propound his ideas on the issue of a "national" school of art that used SA subjects as an almost patriotic matter of principle. He was elected President of the NSA seven times, and while in that role founded the short-lived SA Institute of Art in 1925.
He served as its first President from 1926. Under his direction the NSA became one of the most influential and successful of SA's art societies, and vied with SASA, SA's oldest, for pre-eminence. In 1929, in recognition of his contributions to SA art, he was elected a member of the RBC. Francois' reputation has since evaporated. His National Academy failed, his writings on art are no longer read, and his own work, poorly represented in museum collections, is seen only at its best in private collections. Sunri5£ over the Tugela is a typical example of his landscape work, which is imbued with a romantic serenity. Many of his landscapes were conceived alongside the stretches of water where he, as a patient fisherman, used to observe the cycles of sunrise and sunset. He showed his work on at least four SASA exhibitions. He died in Durban, 1938.
Exhibitor on SASA-related exhibitions c.1898 - 1950: 1923: SASA 22nd Annual Exh., RH, City Hall, Darling St., 9 Feb. 1931: 1stAnnual Exh. ofContemp. National Art, SAAG fSANG) tuith SASA, 7 Dec.-31 Mar. 1932. 1936: SASA 34th Annual Exh., Ashbey's Gall., Church St., 5 - 11 Aug. 1936: SASA sect., with NA iS? inaep. artists, 6th Annual Exh. ofContemp. Art, SANG, 17 Dec. - 17 Feb. 1937.


Her signature bright, cherry-red lipstick?Apparently that's a game-day superstition.
"I only wear the lipstick during games," she said in such a matter-of-fact way, her questioner felt embarrassed not to have known.
Now, for one year at least, Los Angeles will have a chance to get reacquainted with one of its greatest female basketball stars. The Sparks formally introduced the former USC and Morningside High star at a press conference Thursday morning at the Grammy's Hall of Fame at L.A. Live.
Like many of the greats immortalized on the walls of the auditorium, Thompson and her new Sparks teammate Lisa Leslie are hoping to collaborate on one more hit tune before they retire.
Leslie, 36, announced last month that this season would be her last.
Thompson, the second leading scorer in WNBA history, said Thursday she'd signed a multi-year contract with the Sparks, but would evaluate her status after the season.
She briefly considered retirement after last season, but took a few months off to rest and recover after the long season before making a final decision.
The Sparks wasted little time in trying to convince Thompson to come home.
Toler took the lead in recruiting Thompson, who also considered San Antonio, Washington and Connecticut. Then there was a full-court press from all the Sparks. Leslie, her teammate at USC in 1993-94 and many times over the years for USA Basketball, cornered her at the NBA All-Star Game.
Candace Parker, the Sparks young star and reigning league MVP who is expected to miss the early part of the season after she gives birth to her first child in May, took a less aggressive approach.
All the attention was nice, but ultimately the chance to come home and play in front of her family and friends is what tipped the scales in the Sparks favor.
Her mother, Lady, has shuttled between Los Angeles and Houston during her WNBA career, but now will get to stay home and watch her play. Thompson's 89-year old grandmother, Lucille, still lives in the same West Los Angeles house as she did during Thompson's childhood.
"I have great relationship with my grandmother; she's probably my most favorite person in the world, so I get back here as much as possible to see her," she said.
The biggest question now is how Sparks coach Michael Cooper will harness his female Dream Team on the court.


BAMF. Everything has already been mentioned above.. Wallpaper and background images in the Harry Potter Vs. Twilight club tagged: hermione granger bella swan badassery bamf.
How CAN THEY BETTER THEN ONE ANOTHER?
They aren't even real? They are fictional, so it doesn't count. How can one be better then other when their personalities are both fake?
JK wrote the fictional characters in HP to have personalities and a likeable quality, even the bad guys (Snape and Bellatrix anyone?) Bella is the protaganist of the book but all she does is whine. She's got a pretty good life but all she does is act emo. Besides, I like Emma Watson. She's classy and a perfect choice for Hermione.
Lol win. I still think Hermione pwns Bella imo.
Hey, I can argue with you over which one of my TOES is better too, and I know there`s no real point but it is still a very interesting debate. And Hermione is better. Bella is, if anything in the real world, a bad role model. So there.


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Q: Slow rm -rf on linux machine When executing rm -rf /some/folder/* on a directory with many files, server performance significantly goes down. Drive is Premium SSD.
Tried different ways of deleting files: find --delete, rsync (described here). Did not help.
It is an Azure issue from my experience.
By "slow" I mean 116000 files in 2 minutes 30 seconds. Locally it takes 1 second. Other server providers also 1-3 seconds.
Is there a way to delete many files fast without an impact on the performance of the server in general?

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Is there a way to delete many files fast without an impact on the performance of the server in general

You can cheat. Unfortunately it doesn't solve the issue and only pushes it out of the way. On the other hand it may be a useful workaround.
Instead of
rm -rf /some/folder/*

Use
items=(/some/folder/*)                      # List of items to delete
prefix=".DELETE_ME.$$"

for item in "${items[@]}"
do
    x="$${item%/*}/.$prefix.${item##*/}"    # New temporary path for item to delete
    mv -f "$item" "$x" || rm -rf "$item"    # Rename or delete
done

for item in "${items[@]}"
do
    x="$${item%/*}/.$prefix.${item##*/}"
    rm -rf "$x"                             # Delete whatever is left
done >/dev/null 2>&1 &                      # Run sequentially in background

You can encapsulate that in a script (parse arguments with for item in "$@") or even as a shell function.
I've used two loops instead of the potentially more obvious "rename and delete in background" so that you don't destroy server performance with multiple deletes in parallel. It won't stop the impact there but it can help with the apparent speed of deletion.

A: I think the problem you may be having is that you are trying to delete 116000 files in one directory.
Deleting n files in a directory takes order n squared time.  And it can get remarkably slow.
Even ls -l and find will get bogged down.
Note that a straight /bin/ls will still be fairly fast, as it doesn't have to access each file.
The secret is not to get that many files in a directory to begin with.
Instead, make multiple directory levels.
Failing that, you just have to let it take time to delete.

A: You can use -exec rm -rf {} \;:
find /some/dir/ -type f -exec rm -rf {} \;

This command will delete all your files in directory /some/dir

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While the concept of VR is nothing new, not many people were talking about virtual reality in daily life and how key it might go on to become 10 years ago. This has changed in the last few years though and much of this is due to the advances made in VR tech for a home in that time.
A major example has been the acquisition of Oculus Rift by Facebook in 2017 and the availability of its VR headsets to the masses since. Just as technology is key for education, VR tech can also be used in the classroom and for commercial training purposes. It is also superb for entertainment and delivering more immersive games to play.
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Niki's ability to inspire, engage and shift people's lives was garnered over 20 years as a radio talk show host on Cani FM, Highveld Stereo, Chai FM, Radio Today and as a Director & Facilitator of a training company – The Communicator.
Niki has an extraordinary collage of radio experiences: She has laughed with comedians Trevor Noah, Loyiso Gola, Nic Rabinowitz, John Vlismas & Peter Dirk Uys; has been sung to live on air by Lira, Heinz Winkler, Jessie Clegg and The Parlotones; had a psychic reading by John Edwards; as well as engaged in fascinating discussions with John Kani, Clem Sunter, John Berks, Deepak Chopra, Johnny Clegg, Moeletsi Mbeki, George Bizos, John Kehoe and many, many more!
When Niki is not giving talks or facilitating Mind Revolution & Mindfulness workshops she hosts the DL Link Show on 101.9 Chai FM – a prominent weekly show about health, wellness & personal growth.
Niki is the founder of "Coffee and Conversations with Niki" which is a monthly gathering of groups of people in coffee shops around Joburg who are seeking personal growth and desire a fulfilling life. The community of Fulfilment Seekers is growing and will soon be moving to other cities in South Africa.
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Mindfulness is gaining traction and has shifted from a "nice to do" to a "must do" with individuals, armies, athletes, top companies and schools making use of this stress reducing, performance enhancing practice.
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Last week, we discussed an option for a proposed job guarantee for Americans living in certain impoverished areas. With the unemployment rate hovering around 4 percent, you would think everyone would be doing well in their careers. However, many are still struggling to find a single job that will allow them to support their families. The real unemployment rate is the rate that includes the underemployed and discouraged workers. Underemployed people are those who are part time workers and those who would prefer full time jobs. Then we have discouraged workers. These are the workers that have given up looking for work altogether. When these factors are included, the unemployment rate is then almost doubled at 7.8 percent. For the underemployed, one job is just not enough to cover basic living expenses. Women account for 70% of the underemployed and over half of millennials (52%) and almost a third of generation X (29%) are dealing with underemployment.
Then there are some people who have jobs but are just fed up with them and quit. They quit because they feel undervalued, underestimated and marginalized and are looking for better opportunities to care for their families. Studies show that 38% of workers earning $20 or less an hour consider themselves underemployed. The quit rate or the rate USA employees are quitting their jobs reached its highest rate in 17 years. The quit rate is 2.4 percent when 3.56 million Americans left their jobs. People can be choosy about their jobs when they know the odds of getting a better job is higher than ever. It is great for employees when businesses are advertising 6.64 million available jobs and there are only 6.1 million people unemployed. Many employers in the agriculture and construction industry struggle to keep people on their pay rolls. The president leads us to believe that building a wall will protect jobs that many Americans refuse to work anyway.
The media leads us to believe that the economy is strong, and we are all doing better than we were doing 10 years ago. We are led to believe times are better and jobs are easier to find and life for everyone is better. Yet many or most Americans are still struggling and are not earning a livable wage. No one should depend on a second job to make ends meet. We should all recognize our value and make other people recognize the value we give to our workplace and our community. The quit rate is an indication of a strong economy. With more workers feeling better about finding a better job, wage gains should soon follow. But with this president and the leadership in Congress, I doubt if anything will change for the better for the majority of Americans and particularly the minorities in America any time soon.


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Nets win the thriller in Toronto 119-116 for the fifth consecutive year
Nets fans owe a thank you to Drederick Irving for one of Brooklyn's most exciting victories this season. According to Kyrie, his dad "told me to get my balance under me every time I shot those three-pointers." Well, when Kyrie did some dribbles to the right and hit Fred VanVleet with a patented snatch-back before he lined up the shot with a majestic, game-winning buzzer-beater to give the Nets their ninth win in ten games…he had his balance beneath him. And he put Brooklyn fans in euphoria.
There is no greater joy than watching Irving at work. It's the retirement of his booming tenure in Brooklyn. This is not the time to describe the entirety of the Irving experience. But watching him find ways to put the ball in the basket brings to mind the childish wonder of falling in love with the game in the first place. It's art, it's magic, it's breathtaking. Watching Kyrie dance while the game is at stake? It only enhances the experience.
"He definitely has that inner calm and balance that you need to have in this situation not to panic. He has an innate ability to get into his place," said Jacque Vaughn. Only the truth.
But that was the end; Let's start at the beginning. I wrote in the game preview that I expect Brooklyn to start off a little slow. Nothing against those new and improved nets, but after three rest days against a Toronto team fast approaching the make-or-break point of their season, it just seemed like a fitting recipe. "It certainly won't come as a surprise if the Nets go down 13-4 or something like that. Long rest for them, motivated Raptors team, pumped crowd," was the idiom I used.
And that's what happened. Only the networks did not correct the course so quickly. Toronto built an 18-point lead in the first half, turning Brooklyn's halffield offense into yellow snow. Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving each hit some hard shots to save the half at least a little, cutting it down to 10 in the second quarter. But it didn't feel sustainable. The ball didn't move; Toronto dictated the terms of the engagement.
However, Brooklyn did what good teams do. Sure, Malachi Flynn came through with a surprising performance; Fred VanVleet has put together his second strong performance in a row. But VanVleet is a good player, it will happen. He took hard shots. Through it all, you could see Jacque Vaughn's influence permeating the product on the pitch. All the clichés came true: they turned up the intensity in the second half, weathered the storm and everyone contributed.
By the end of the third quarter, Brooklyn had the game's biggest lead by four points. They knew we were in for a competitive fourth quarter against a team who, while underperforming, should certainly not be taken lightly. And that's what we got. The Nets took a 105-97 lead and all seemed fine, but a rough offense and faceoff from Scottie Barnes wiped them out.
On his return to Toronto, Yuta Watanabe had the night's two biggest offensive plays without a Kyrie shot. He set up this huge go-ahead basket with a nice drive and dish:
And then of course a go-ahead three set up by a great Kyrie Irving drive and dish. What does it say about his outburst on stage that we had no doubts that this was going to happen?
Who needs KD's insult when you've got Yuta and Kyrie? KD came through against D, albeit with a huge, unofficial block to prevent Scottie Barnes from converting a three-point green play. And then Kiri. What a win.
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Regarding X and O, Brooklyn reversed a sluggish start where her offense was far too easy to herd:
Some clips from the first half (I just caught up) starting with that ugly opening possession. Stagnant, the ball came in at half shot clock: pic.twitter.com/8UlqvGtP4d
— Lucas Kaplan (@LucasKaplan_) December 17, 2022
That's not to say it was always easy, but the process got much better in the second half:
This is a really encouraging Brooklyn-based possession. Nothing easy, just like the first half, but continued attacking closeouts and the ball ends up in the hands of the best player and Kyrie makes a move: pic.twitter.com/9vfVBSwjRH
However, as usual, the offense really shone in transition, or at least when the tempo was pushed. It's not like Ben Simmons has to throw it the length of the court with 22 on the shot clock for offense to work, just a little oomph is enough. Every time Toronto was on their heels enough to be unsure of their pairings and still fighting at the attacking point, good things happened:
The distances are still a bit rough. Boys pass the ball and stand still, there's a significant lack of ability to shift when neither Seth Curry nor Joe Harris are on the court. But the process and the pace improved greatly as the game progressed.
Defensively it was a similar story, improved effort and so on. But boy, do I have to commend Nic Claxton, who deserves his own article after handing in a game that should serve as a nice centerpiece for his budding all-defensive-team campaign. Six blocks, countless fights at the basket and continued stops after being switched to the perimeter. Here is just one example:
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A whole bunch of them…
Kevin Durant moved one point ahead of John Havilchek on the all-time scorer list… and three points ahead of Paul Pierce. KD, now 18th all-time, has 26,394 to Havilchek's 26,395 and Pierce's 26,397. He's 102 shy of Tim Duncan for 15th place.
Kyrie Irving's game-winning buzzer-beater is Brooklyn's first since Brook Lopez played Detroit on March 21, 2017.
The Nets win a 4-0 win in the season series against Toronto with today's win. This is the second time the Nets have defeated the Raptors in a season since the Raptors' inaugural season (1995-96) (also: 2002-03).
With the Nets winning tonight in Toronto:
—Best of the season fifth win in a row.
– Ninth win in last 10.
–12. win in the last 15
—Season-best three straight road wins.
—18-12 record on the season (8-7 on the road).
Nic Claxton (15 points, 10 boards) had a career-high six blocks.
The Nets are traveling just south of the border to Detroit to face the rebuilding Pistons Sunday night with a tip at 6:00 p.m. ET.
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Analysis of B cell antibody repertoires from next-generation sequencing in multiple sclerosis and other diseases
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease characterized, in part, by expanded clones of antigen-experienced B cells that reside in several compartments of the central nervous system (CNS), including the brain and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). While it is known that B cells in the CSF can exchange with those in peripheral blood, it is not understood whether this immune infiltrate initiates its development in the CNS or in peripheral tissues. We addressed this question through deep sequencing of B cell immunoglobulin repertoires from paired tissue samples from MS patients. Our results demonstrate that the CNS of patients with MS is populated by B cells that gain antigen experience and mature peripherally, in the draining cervical lymph nodes, prior to trafficking across the blood-brain barrier [1]. Analysis of these large-scale data was made possible through the development of several computational tools and methods that we currently make available to the wider scientific community through the Immcantation tool suite (http://immcantation.readthedocs.io)[2]. This includes our Repertoire Sequencing Toolkit (pRESTO) [3], which handles all stages of sequence processing from raw reads up to the task of V(D)J germline segment assignment, including specific support for paired-end reads, single-molecule barcodes and multi-core processing. To facilitate advanced analysis of the resulting B cell repertoire properties, we have also developed methods [4] for: novel V segment allele detection, subject-specific germline genotype identification, B cell clone assignment, lineage tree construction, somatic mutation profiling and selection analysis. To gain insights into B cell trafficking patterns in MS, lineage trees were constructed and analyzed using a novel methodology to determine enrichment of specific types of founder cells and parent-child relationships. Application of this method showed that founding members of clonal families that spanned the CNS and periphery were significantly more often found in the draining CLNs. These data provide new evidence that B cells in MS patients traffic freely across the blood-brain barrier with the majority of B cell maturation occurring outside of the CNS in the secondary lymphoid tissue. Along with these insights into MS, this presentation will discuss additional applications of B cell immunoglobulin repertoire sequencing and lineage analysis to infection (HIV and West Nile Virus), vaccination (Influenza), autoimmunity (Myasthenia Gravis) and allergic responses.
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It's a "no fault" system
by Alexandra Moles and Greta Carew-John
There are many misconceptions about Family Law. Two common ones are that the family law process is a forum to air your grievances about the behaviour of your former partner; and that the conduct of a party to a family law matter has relevance to divorce, property matters, spouse maintenance or parenting arrangements. In most circumstances, both of these are untrue.
Since 1975, when the Family Law Act was enacted, the family law system has been a "no fault system". That means it is not necessary to prove whose fault it was that the relationship ended.
The previous "fault provision" for divorce was replaced in the Family Law Act with the sole ground for divorce being that the marriage has "irretrievably broken down". This is proven by 12 months of separation.
However, the "no fault" philosophy has a wider influence to family law with respect to property, spouse maintenance and parenting matters and influences the court's reluctance to entertain an evaluation of conduct during a marriage or de facto relationship.[1]
The court takes the view that parties are human participants in need of expert assistance not moral agents deserving of blame or credit.[2]
Some people may come to solicitors wanting vengeance and to air in public (in court) the injustice they may have faced. However, the system is not designed to entertain such grievances.
In parenting matters, many clients believe that their ex-partner, the party to an affair for example, should not be able to spend as much time with their children because they may not morally be a good influence on the children.
In parenting matters the court's paramount consideration is a child's best interests and in deciding what is in a child's best interests, the court considers:
the benefit to the child of having a meaningful relationship with both of the child's parents; and
the need to protect the child from physical or psychological harm from being subjected to, or exposed to, abuse, neglect or family violence.
There are some 14 additional considerations including:
any views expressed by the child and any factors (such as the child's maturity or level of understanding) that the court thinks are relevant to the weight it should give to the child's views;
the nature of the relationship of the child with each of the child's parents and other persons (including any grandparent or other relative of the child);
the extent to which each of the child's parents has taken the opportunity to participate in making decisions about major long-term issues in relation to the child;
spend time with and communicate with the child;
the extent to which each of the child's parents have fulfilled their obligations to maintain the child; and
the likely effect of any changes in the child's circumstances, including separation from either of his or her parents, another child or person.
The court will consider the conduct of the parties when required to make a determination about whether a child needs protection from physical or psychological harm (a primary consideration). The most common situation where conduct is relevant to the protection of a child in parenting matters is where allegations of domestic violence are made.
While the final "additional consideration" is "any other fact or circumstance that the court thinks is relevant", it is highly unlikely that infidelity, as an example, will be a relevant factor in considering what is in the best interests of a child. It may inform the child's views about spending time with that parent, but this would be weighed against the primary consideration of the benefit to the child of having a meaningful relationship with both of the child's parents.
There have been a number of court decisions where it has been made clear that parents have an obligation to shield a child from "adult issues": a term commonly used by family lawyers to define the reason for a relationship breakdown, or the very existence of proceedings between parents which a child need not be aware of.[3]
Becoming too bogged down in blame and fault often overflows onto children themselves. The parent who involves the children in these "adult issues" or denigrates the other parent's conduct is more likely to be the one criticised by the court for doing so.
Some people may also believe that they are entitled to a larger share of the property pool to compensate for their partner's conduct during the marriage or de facto relationship.
Family law, however, is not punitive. This means that it is not the job of the court to impose punishment for conduct in a relationship.
In considering what order (if any) should be made in property settlement proceedings, the court takes into account factors set out in section 79(4) (married parties) or section 90SM (de facto parties) of the Family Law Act 1975, including:
the financial contribution made directly or indirectly by or on behalf of a party to the acquisition, conservation or improvement of any of the property of the parties;
the contribution made by a party to the marriage/relationship to the welfare of the family constituted by the parties and any children of the marriage/relationship, including any contribution made in the capacity of homemaker or parent;
the matters referred to in section 75(2) (married parties) or section 90SF(3) (de facto parties), which are detailed below.
There is provision for the court to consider "any fact or circumstance which, in the opinion of the court, the justice of the case requires to be taken into account". Only in very limited circumstances would this include conduct of a party during a relationship.
In that regard, there have been a number of attempts to argue that domestic violence by one party to another should be taken into account in the consideration of the contributions of the parties to the relationship. In Fisher and Fisher[4] this argument was rejected by the Full Court commenting that:
"it is the existence of the respective contributions and needs which is the primary subject of investigation and not the causes thereof".
However, since Kennon v Kennon[5] there have been cases in which domestic violence, and therefore the conduct and fault of one party, has been considered. In Kennon it was said that:
"...where there is a course of violent conduct by one party towards the other during the marriage [or de facto relationship] which is demonstrated to have had a significant adverse impact upon that party's contributions to the marriage, or...to have made that party's contributions significantly more arduous...a trial judge is entitled to take it into account in assessing the parties' respective contributions...[6]
The Full Court continued, however, to clarify that it will only be in exceptional cases where such conduct is relevant and indicated it was not advisable to routinely raise matters of conduct.
Spouse Maintenance
Similarly, in matters involving spouse maintenance, parties sometimes take the view that they should be paid some sort of compensation to provide "justice" and perhaps alleviate feelings of mistrust and betrayal. Again, some will be disappointed to learn that it is not the role of the court to punish a party by providing the other party with financial support.
The test for the court is:
whether a party has a "need", being where their expenses are more than their income; and
if that is the case, whether the other party has a capacity to pay, that is, whether after payment of their own expenses such as child support, they have any surplus income.
In considering whether this threshold is met and in coming to a decision regarding the amount of spouse maintenance payable, the court considers the factors set out in section 75(2) (married parties) or section 90SF(3) (de facto parties) which include:
the age and state of health of each of the parties;
the income, property and financial resources of each of the parties and the physical and mental capacity of each of them for appropriate gainful employment;
whether either party has the care or control of a child of the relationship who is younger than 18;
commitments of each of the parties that are necessary to enable the party to support himself or herself; and a child or another person that the party has a duty to maintain; and
the eligibility of either party for a pension, allowance or benefit.
As in the parenting and property provisions, there is a coverall provision providing the court with discretion to take into account any fact or circumstance which, in the opinion of the court, the justice of the case requires to be taken into account. In spouse maintenance matters, the court is looking at the financial needs of a party and the capacity for their former partner to provide for those needs. The parties' conduct during the marriage is, typically, just not relevant.
For further discussion or more information, please contact HopgoodGanim Lawyers' Family Law team.
HopgoodGanim Lawyers' Family Law team has been ranked a First Tier Leading Queensland Family Law Firms in Doyle's Guide to the Australia Legal Profession every year since 2012, including an Australia-wide first tier ranking in 2015. The team was also named by International Global Law Experts as the Pre-nuptial Agreements Law Firm of the Year in Australia in 2014. We are one of Australia's largest and most highly-regarded family law teams, led by partners who are recognised as experts in their field.
[1]https://www.alrc.gov.au/publications/4.%20Purposes%20of%20Laws%20Relevant%20to%20Family%20Violence/family-law
[2] Family law and its discontents Inaugural professorial lecture John Dewar* J Dewar - International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family, 2000 - Oxford Univ Press
[3] Andrews & Grant (No.2) [2015] FCCA 953
[4] (1990) FLC ¶92-127 at p 77,847
[5] (1997) FLC ¶92-757
[6] (1997) FLC ¶92-757 at pp 84,294 – 84,295


On January 5, 2018, the Department of Labor ("Department") announced that the new disability claims procedure regulations will go into effect on April 1, 2018. As we previously shared, the Department had delayed the effective date of the new rules from January 1, 2018 to April 1, 2018, in order for it to consider comments and data submitted by interested parties regarding the impact the new rules would have on costs and, ultimately, on workers' access to disability insurance coverage. In announcing its decision, the Department stated that the comments and information it had received during the delay did not demonstrate that the new rules would impose unnecessary regulatory burdens. As a result, the new rules will take effect with respect to all disability benefit claims filed on or after April 1, 2018.
The new rules apply not only to traditional disability benefit plans, but also to ERISA-covered retirement plans (qualified and nonqualified) that pay benefits or accelerate vesting upon the participant's disability, if the plan is involved in the finding of disability.
To comply with the new rules, the plan's claims procedure language will need to be revised to reflect the new requirements, and the process for reviewing claims for disability benefits will need to follow those requirements. For plan sponsors that use a Newport Group-sponsored volume submitter or prototype plan, the claims procedure language in those documents will be updated by us to the extent necessary. However, following a compliant claims review process, and providing compliant notices regarding claims decisions, is generally the responsibility of plan sponsors.
Disclosure Requirements. Benefit denial notices must contain a more complete discussion of why the plan denied a claim and the standards it used in making the decision. For example, notices must include a discussion of the basis for disagreeing with a disability determination made by the Social Security Administration ("SSA") if presented by the claimant in support of his or her claim.
Communication Requirements in Non-English Languages. If a disability claimant's address is in a county in the United States where 10 percent or more of the population is literate only in the same non-English language (as determined in guidance published by the Secretary of Labor), benefit denial notices must include a prominent statement in the relevant non-English language about the availability of language services. In such cases, plans also would be required to provide oral language services in the relevant non-English language and provide written notices in the non-English language upon request.
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Catonsville Nine var nio katolska amerikanska fredsaktivister som brände inkallelseordrar i protest mot Vietnamkriget. Den 17 maj 1968 gick de in på ett värvningskontor i Catonsville i Maryland, tog ut 378 inkallelseordrar till en parkeringsplats utanför kontoret och brände dem med hjälp av napalm.

Catonsville Nine bestod av:

Daniel Berrigan
Philip Berrigan
David Darst
John Hogan
Thomas Lewis
Marjorie Melville
Thomas Melville
George Mische
Mary Moylan

Philip Berrigan och Tom Lewis hade tidigare hällt blod på inkallelseordrar tillsammans med Baltimore Four och var frisläppta mot borgen under aktionen i Catonsville.

Catonsville Nine dömdes vid en rättegång 5-9 oktober 1968 till sammanlagt 18 år i fängelse och 22 000 $ i böter.

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If there is one thing great about playing a game that has been around for at least three years its that there is no shortage of information available. There are wikis, guild websites, blogs, and forums devoted exclusively to the game and its content. Kendricke over at Clockwork Gamer has made some posts recently about the deity system of EQ2 and it looks as if he will be going into the different alignments and the benefits of each. Rather than wait for him to post his section about the Malevolent and Neutral gods of the realm, I went ahead and did some research on my own and jumped in this weekend after making my decision.
Its funny. After going through the list of gods and reading over the different Miracles and Blessings that were available from each, I had a weird sort of revelation about myself. In life, I am an empathetic person. I often find myself being the bridge between people in a conversation or, in the case of an argument, the one who works to alleviate differences. An intermidary of sorts. People don't ask me to be, its just something I find myself doing from time to time. Now, I may have the definitions behind alignments all screwy here, but maybe its because of this predisposition in life that led me make the decision to go with Brell Serilis.
I spent about two hours on Friday going through the lore and also reading a really good section of the EQ2.wikia.com site about the Tome of Destiny. If you have never taken the chance to read this and are either a fan of EQ2 or just like the game lore in general, then give it a go. Its not a long section and there are only 10 pages or so to it. It basically covers what I understand to be the time between Everquest 1 and Everquest 2 from a lore perspective. I may be completely off base here but, as I said before, I never played the original Everquest and only have what I hear from others and what I have read in passing to rely on. The Tome details the events around The Shattering of the moon of Luclin and seeing how this was a playable area in EQ, it seems logical that we are in a time-line of somewhere in the future.
When I read the first section of the Tome, I couldn't help but be drawn to Quellious and the way she handled the discussion during the council, but as it turns out, she is of the Benevolent faction and unavailable to me as a human who started in Freeport. Sorry Quell, you wouldn't work for me as a Beserker anyway. Also, something about choosing a child goddess doesn't sit well with me.
Brell seems like a good choice and I finally finished the first part of proving my worth to him last night. I had to travel to 4 different dungeon areas, 2 in the Commonlands and 2 on Antonica. If you are level 25 or higher, you can walk through the entire content for three of these dungeons. The last, Fallen Gate, needs at least a 4 person group in order to reach the area you will need.
While you are in there, be sure to stop by for some Gnomish Stew, its the best!
Looking for a way to see what quests you and other players in your group share? Well, you can, and its been in all along, it just doesn't become available until you join a group. Logical enough. In your journal (J), you will find another tab labeled Group. This page has a list of everyone in your group and also a complete section titles Shared for the lists of quests you all share. I missed this function in LotRO and I strongly feel its needed in every game that has as many quests as our current crop does. Please take note.
I forget the time frame exactly, but I believe EQ2 is roughly 500 years in the future from EQ1. The heritage quests you will discover along the way, those are all quests for an item that, at one point in time or another, was a very coveted item in EQ1. There are some interesting parallels between the games… such as the raid zone in Fay that I believe is called New Tunaria. In EQ1, this was Felwithe… the home of the high elves. It is now populated by vampires. During the course of EQ1, an expansion was released called The Lost Dungeons of Norrath. In that expansion, some hidden dungeons were discovered not too far from Felwithe and they were all populated with vampires. As you discovered the lore of the dungeons, you learned that they had a plan to attempt to take over Felwithe and drive the high elves out.
I believe it is this zone that is now run by Mayong Mistmoore. Mayong Mistmoore was a dark elf turned vampire lord in EQ1. The dungeon of Mistmoore (or castle of Mistmoore) had a coffin that Mayong supposedly slept in. In the very early days of the game, Mayong was a rare spawn within the zone, but he was so buggy that the developers eventually took him out and he became a GM spawned event only. In later expansions, he reappeared as a boss mob of some other raid zone.
There are a whole lot of things like that in the game.
I started my diety quest this weekend too. For my dirge, there was no other choice but Bristlebane. Back in EQ1, dieties that you worshipped had less significance. There was cultural armor and a few quests here and there, but for the most part, it had an impact on your faction and little more. I could be wrong here, but I believe that a half-elf bard who worshipped Bristlebane was the only race/class/diety combination that had no benefits whatsoever… no cultural armor or anything.
Still, Bristlebane is the great prankster and that just fit my personality and playstyle so well. I was extremely excited when Bristlebane returned to Norrath recently so that I could choose him as my diety once more.
And, true to Bristlebane style, my first quest to prove my loyalty requires me to play a practical joke on another NPC. This should be interesting.
lol that sounds awesome Rao! I love the humor that the devs place in this game via the lore. Its really fun.
Thanks for the heads up on the time-line. Really intersting stuff. You may have just convinced me to start a fae now. I needed to roll a new toon anyway to get some low level items to transmute.
It's pretty sad actually. I forget to call family members on their birthdays but I can remember nearly every piece of lore I've read about Norrath for the last 9 years.


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\section{Introduction and results}

For phenomenological applications of heterotic string
compactifications it is important to know the number of anomalous
U(1)s~\cite{Dine:1987xk,Atick:1987gy}. It has been generally
accepted that heterotic orbifold
models~\cite{dixon_85,Dixon:1986jc,ibanez_87,ibanez_88}
contain at most a single anomalous U(1). Recent
publications~\cite{Blumenhagen:2005pm,Blumenhagen:2005ga} argued that
the low energy limit of the heterotic string, i.e.\ super
Yang--Mills (YM) theory coupled to supergravity, on general smooth
Calabi--Yau(CY)s with U(1) bundle backgrounds multiple anomalous
U(1)s are possible. Assuming that such CYs have continuous singular
orbifold limits, the existence of multiple anomalous U(1)s seems
puzzling. In 6D matching between heterotic orbifolds and
blow--ups seems always possible~\cite{Honecker:2006qz}. To investigate
this issue in 4D, explicit blow--ups of the orbifold fixed  points
would be very instructive. Since for the $\mathbb{C}^3/\mathbb{Z}_3$ orbifold
the blow--up and its U(1) bundles have recently been
constructed~\cite{Nibbelink:2007rd} (see also~\cite{Ganor:2002ae}), we
would like to focus on anomalous U(1)s in such blow--ups.

The following obstructions seem to prevent a straightforward
identification of heterotic orbifold models and their blow--up
counterparts:
\enums{
\item In contrast to heterotic orbifolds, blow--ups can have more than
one anomalous U(1).
\item While orbifold theories seem to contain at most a single
axion relevant for Green-Schwarz(GS) anomaly cancellation,
blow--up models can have multiple axions.
\item In blow--up models with a single anomalous U(1) the anomalies
do not factorize universally as they do in heterotic orbifold models.
\item The spectra of orbifolds and their corresponding blow--ups
often do not match.
\item Even when the non--Abelian spectra agree,
the U(1) charges of twisted states seem never to be identical.
}
We argue that all these discrepancies can be explained by suitable field
redefinitions. In particular, we reinterpret a charged twisted singlet
on the orbifold, that drives the blow--up by taking Vacuum Expectation
Value(VEV), as a localized axion. It takes part in a non--universal
GS anomaly cancellation, very much like twisted RR--axions in
type--I models. The anomaly in these field redefinitions precisely
corresponds to the difference between blow--up and heterotic orbifold
anomalies.

We first describe this procedure for $\mathbb{C}^3/\mathbb{Z}_3$ blow--up models
with U(1) bundles in general. After that we inspect two concrete
blow--up models of a specific heterotic $\mathbb{Z}_3$ orbifold to illustrate
some details. The orbifold model has been considered
before~\cite{Kakushadze:1997wx,Kakushadze:1998cd} as evidence for
heterotic/type--I duality~\cite{Polchinski:1995df} in 4D. The
second example constitutes a different blow--up of the same orbifold
that has two anomalous U(1)s.

\section{Multiple Anomalous U(1)s in Blow--Up}

In~\cite{Nibbelink:2007rd} the blow--up ${\cal M}^3$ of the $\mathbb{C}^3/\mathbb{Z}_3$
orbifold and its line bundles are described. Using these results we
decompose the 10D GS 2--form $B_2$ into 4D perturbations as
\equ{
B_2 ~=~ b_2 ~+~ i{\cal F}_2\, b_0 ~+~ \omega_2\, B_0~.
\label{expandB2}
}
Both the U(1) bundle field strength $i {\cal F}_2$  and the K\"{a}hler\ form
$\omega_2$ are harmonic 2--forms. (For the K\"{a}hler\ form this follows
automatically, while for the U(1) field strength this is guaranteed by
the Hermitean YM  equations.) Aside from the 4D anti--symmetric tensor
$b_2$, dual to the universal axion $a^{uni}$, the 2--form $B_2$ is
decomposed into two 4D scalars $b_0$ and $B_0$. The $B_0$ is
interpreted as the 6D internal part of $B_2$, i.e.\ the nine untwisted
$B_{{\underline i} j}$, ${\underline i}, j = 1,2,3$, because $\omega_2$ reduces to the orbifold
K\"{a}hler\ form in the blow down limit. The state $b_0$ is localized near
the orbifold singularity, since $i{\cal F}$ becomes strongly peaked there
in that limit~\cite{Nibbelink:2007rd}. The expansion~\eqref{expandB2}
is complete:  As each of the nine  untwisted $B_{{\underline i} j}$ states
contributes $1/27$ at a $\mathbb{Z}_3$ fixed point~\cite{Gmeiner:2002es},
the blow--up has $h_{11} = 9/27 + 1 = 4/3$, which indeed equals half its
Euler number~\cite{Nibbelink:2007rd}.

Which of the $b_2$, $b_0$ and $B_0$ mediate GS mechanisms is
determined by their anomalous variations, that leave  the 3--form
field strength $H_3$ of $B_2$ invariant. Expanding $H_3$ in
these 4D perturbations gives
\equ{
H_3 = \d b_2 - \Omega^{YM}_3  + \Omega^L_3
 + i{\cal F}_2 ( \d b_0 \!-\!  iA_V)
+ \omega_2 \ \d B_0.
}
The usual anomalous variations of $b_2$ are found by restricting the YM and
gravitational Chern--Simons (CS) 3--forms, $\Omega^{YM}_3$ and $\Omega^L_3$,
to 4D. Since the expansion of 10D YM CS also contains a linear term in
$i{\cal F} \, H_V$ with $H_V = V^I H_I\,$,  the anomalous variation of
$b_0$ is determined by  $i A_V = \text{tr}[H_V iA_1]$. The $H_I$ are the
Cartan generators of 10D gauge group and $V^I$ are numbers
characterizing the U(1) bundle~\cite{Nibbelink:2007rd}. Contrary $B_0$
never has an anomalous variation, because neither CS 3--forms have
decompositions proportional to $\omega_2$.

The 4D anomaly $I_6$ is obtained from the factorized 10D anomaly
polynomial $I_{12} = X_4\, X_8$, where
$X_{4} = \text{tr}(iF_2)^2 - \text{tr}\, R^2$ and $X_8$ is given
in~\cite{Green:1984sg,Green:1985bx}. By integrating over the blow--up we
get
\equ{
I_6 ~=~ \int_{{\cal M}^3} I_{12}
~=~ \int_{{\cal M}^3}  X_{2,2}\ X_{4,4}~+~ X_{0,4}\ X_{6,2}~,
\label{SumFact}
}
where the first (second) index specifies the number of 6D internal
(4D Minkowski) indices of the forms. A third possible contribution,
$X_{4,0}\ X_{2,6}$, integrates to zero due to the background Bianchi
identity. The integral of the first term can give rise to more than
one term in general. However, for the U(1) bundles on the blow--up of
$\mathbb{C}^3/\mathbb{Z}_3$ we get
\equ{
X_{2,2} = 2\, i{\cal F}_2 \, \text{tr} (H_V iF_2)~,
}
which ensure that this gives a single factor. Factorization in
heterotic orbifolds only occurs through the last term in~\eqref{SumFact}.
Hence the blow--up of $\mathbb{C}^3/\mathbb{Z}_3$ can support at most two
anomalous U(1)s, and we can interpret $b_0 = a^{non}$ as a
non--universal axion. Together with the universal axion
$a^{uni}$ (4D dual to $b_2$) it will take part in the
GS mechanism of anomaly cancellation.

\section{Spectral matching}

Above we argued that on the blow--up of $\mathbb{C}^3/\mathbb{Z}_3$ orbifold there
can be two anomalous U(1)s. In this section we explain why there is no
contradiction with the general finding that heterotic orbifolds
have at most a single anomalous U(1). Consider a heterotic orbifold
model and a proposal for a corresponding blow--up. Because the heterotic
orbifold has an anomalous U(1), the vacuum is unstable and some
twisted fields need to get non--vanishing VEVs. Depending on which
fields attain VEVs this is accompanied by further symmetry breaking to
the blow--up gauge group. Some twisted fields decouple by VEV induced
superpotential mass terms; this makes the non--Abelian spectrum of the
heterotic orbifold equal to that of the blow--up
model~\cite{Kakushadze:1997wx,Kakushadze:1998cd}. But this does not
resolve why charges of the fields present on both sides can be
different.

A possible mismatch of U(1) charges can be understood by analyzing the
consequences of fields with non--vanishing VEVs. Let $\Psi_q$ be a
twisted singlet chiral superfield, w.r.t.\ the unbroken blow--up gauge group
with U(1) charges $q = (q_1, \ldots, q_n)$, and $\Phi_Q$ another
twisted chiral superfield, not necessarily a singlet, with charges
$Q$. A non--vanishing VEV $v$ of $\Psi_q$ means that in the quantum
theory this field can be represented as an exponential, and we can
redefine $\Phi_Q$ with an arbitrary power $r$ of this exponential:
\equ{
\Psi_q ~=~ e^{T}\, v~,
\quad
\Phi_Q ~=~ e^{r\,T} \, \Phi_{Q'}~.
\label{redgPsgF}
}
The new superfields $T$ and $\Phi_{Q'}'$ transform under the U(1)
gauge transformations as:
\equ{
T ~\rightarrow~ T ~+~ iq_i \varphi_i~,
\quad
 \Phi_{Q'}' ~\rightarrow~ e^{ i (Q_i - r q_i) \varphi_i}\, \Phi_{Q'}'
~,
\label{gaugeT}
}
where $\varphi_i$ are the gauge parameters of the U(1)s. Hence the
imaginary part $a_T$ of $T$ is related to the non--universal
axion $a^{non}$ of the blow--up theory. In addition, we have obtained a
superfield $\Phi_{Q'}'$ with U(1) charges $Q' = Q-rq\,$. We claim that
it is always possible to perform such field redefinitions to make the
charges of the non--decoupled twisted states equal to their blow--up
counterparts. Moreover, the fields that decouple can be given gauge
invariant superpotential mass terms using field redefinitions.

Next we explain how these field redefinitions help to get agreement
between the anomalies of the heterotic orbifold and the blow--up models.
Upto this point $a_T$ only has anomalous gauge
variations~\eqref{gaugeT} but no anomalous couplings; still at this
stage only one axion  is involved in the GS mechanism. We call this
the heterotic axion $a^{het}$. Its anomalous couplings are determined
by the anomaly polynomial,  that factorizes universally
$I_6^{het} = X_{2}^{het} \, X_{4}$.
Here the GS 4--form $X_{4}$ is restricted to 4D, and
$X_{2}^{het}$, via the descent equations, determines the anomalous
variation of $a^{het}$. The anomalous couplings for the axion $a_T$
arises because the path integral measure is not invariant under the
anomalous field redefinitions~\eqref{redgPsgF}. The resulting
couplings can be deduced from the anomaly polynomial $I_6^{red}$
associated with the field redefinitions. It factorizes as
$I_6^{red} = q_i i F^i_2 \, X^{red}_{4},$
where $iF_2^i$ denote the U(1) field strengths, because all field
redefinitions~\eqref{redgPsgF} involve only $T\,$.
This anomaly combined with the heterotic anomaly
$I_6^{het}$ equals the anomaly of the blow--up model:
\equ{
I_6^{het} ~+~ I_6^{red} ~=~ I_6^{blo} ~=~
I_6^{uni} ~+~ I_6^{non}~.
\label{AnomSum}
}
This equation reflects that after the field redefinitions the chiral
spectra of the heterotic orbifold and the blow--up models become
identical.

Finally we would like to understand the precise relation between the
heterotic axion $a^{het}$ and the axion $a_T$ obtained from the
superfield $T$ used in the rescaling~\eqref{redgPsgF}, and the two
blow--up axions, $a^{uni}$ (the  4D dual of $b_{\mu\nu}$) and $a^{non} =
b_0$. The anomaly polynomials $I_6^{uni}$ and $I_6^{non}$ of the
latter two are determined by the anomalous couplings of the zero modes
of $B_2$
\equ{
\int B_2\, X_8 ~=~ \int b_2\, X_{2,6}
~+~ (b_0 \,i{\cal F}_2 + B_0\,\omega_2) X_{4,4}~.
}
They factorize as
\equ{
(2\pi)^2\, I_6^{uni} = X_{2}^{uni}\, X_{4}~, \quad
(2\pi)^2\, I_6^{non} = X_{2}^{non}\, X_4^{non},
}
where $X_{2}^{non} = -\frac 1{96} \text{tr}\, [ H_V iF_2]$ and
\equ{
X^{uni}_{2} \,= \int_{{\cal M}^3} \! \frac{X_{2,6}}{96 (2\pi i)^3}~,~
X_4^{non} \,=\, -\!\!\int_{{\cal M}^3}\!\!\! \frac{2i{\cal F}_2\, X_{4,4}}{(2\pi i)^3}~.
}
Hence each term in~\eqref{AnomSum} can be computed independently,
providing a consistency check. The relation between the axions is now
fixed by noting that the anomalous variations of the axions $a^{het}$,
$a_T$, $a^{uni}$ and $a^{non}$ are determined from $X_{2}^{het}$,
$q_i \, iF_2^i$, $X_{2}^{uni}$ and $X_{2}^{non}$, respectively, via
the standard descent equations. Therefore, the sum relation for the
anomalies~\eqref{AnomSum} implies that the interactions of the axions
with gauge and gravitational fields are related via
\equ{
a^{het}\, X_{4} ~+~ a_T \, X^{red}_4 ~=~
a^{uni} \, X_{4} ~+~ a^{non}\, X_4^{non}~.
}
As the unbroken gauge group typically consists of  two or more group
factors, this leads to an over constrained system of linear equations
relating $(a^{uni},a^{non})$ to $(a^{het}, a_T)$. Because both
$a^{het}$ and $a^{non}$ multiply $X_4$, we find
\equ{
a^{uni} ~=~ a^{het} ~+~ c \, a_T~,
\quad
a^{non} ~=~ d \, a_T~,
}
where $c$ and $d$ are model dependent constants.

To summarize we have shown that the chiral spectra of the heterotic
orbifold and blow--up models are identical upon using field
redefinitions that allow one to modify U(1) charges. In particular, a
charged twisted singlet on the heterotic orbifold is reinterpreted as
a localized axion in the blow--up theory. The difference between their
anomalies is precisely canceled by the anomalous variation of
this localized axion.

\section{A heterotic $\boldsymbol{\SO{32}}$ $\boldsymbol{\mathbb{Z}_3}$
  orbifold}

\Models

We illustrate our general findings by considering two U(1) bundle
blow--ups of the heterotic $\SO{32}$ $\mathbb{C}^3/\mathbb{Z}_3$ orbifold model
with gauge shift $\frac 13(0^4,1^8,{\,\mbox{-}} 2^4)$. The gauge group and the
spectrum of this heterotic model~\cite{Giedt:2003an,Choi:2004wn,Nilles:2006np}
are given in the first row of table~\ref{tb:Models}. Since a
multiplicity factor of $\frac 19$ signals untwisted
modes~\cite{Gmeiner:2002es}, the
model contains two twisted states: a singlet  $(\rep{1},\rep{1})_4$
and a $\SO{8}$ spinor $(\rep{8}_+, \rep{1})_{{\,\mbox{-}} 2}$
with charges $4$ and ${\,\mbox{-}} 2$, respectively. As usual for
heterotic models the anomaly polynomial factorizes universally
\equ{
(2\pi)^2 I_6^{het} ~=~ - \frac 13 iF_1\, X_4~,
\\[1ex] \nonumber
X_4 ~=~ 24\, (iF_1)^2 + 2\, \text{tr}(iF_{12})^2
+ \text{tr}(iF_8)^2 - \text{tr}\,R^2~,
}
where $F_1\,$, $F_{12}\,$ and $F_{8}$ denote the gauge field strengths
of $\U{1}\,$, $\U{12}$ and $\SO{8}\,$, respectively.
The blow--ups are determined by VEVs of the twisted states that
satisfy the D-- and F--flatness  conditions. The D--flatness implies
that at least the singlet has a VEV to cancel the one--loop
Fayet--Iliopolous term~\cite{Dine:1987xk,Atick:1987gy}. (In addition,
if the spinor takes a VEV, two of its components are non--vanishing.)
Assuming that none of the untwisted states have VEVs, the relevant
part of the superpotential reads
\equ{
W ~\sim~ (\rep{1},\rep{1})_4 [(\rep{8}_+, \rep{1})_{{\,\mbox{-}} 2}]^2~.
\label{superP}
}
When both $(\rep{1},\rep{1})_4$ and $(\rep{8}_+, \rep{1})_{{\,\mbox{-}} 2}$
have VEVs, F--flatness is assured through the
presence of higher superpotential terms. The superpotential
(being a complex function of these fields) allows solutions
with vanishing F-terms (and D-terms) at isolated points in
parameter space.

This heterotic orbifold model has received quite some attention in the
past because this model was suggested to have a type--I  $\mathbb{Z}_3$
orbifold model
dual~\cite{Angelantonj:1996uy,aldazabal_98,Kakushadze:1997wx,Kakushadze:1998cd}.
However, because the GS anomaly cancellation in both models is
mediated by different fields, it had been questioned whether these
models can really be dual to each other~\cite{Lalak:1999bk}.
Applying the general
formalism we developed here, the duality is realized in all fine print.

\subsection{Type--I blow--up model}

If we only give a VEV to $(\rep{1},\rep{1})_4$, the gauge group of the
blow--up model remains the same as on the heterotic orbifold. We identify
this case with blow--up model characterized by
$V=(0^{4},1^{12})$ defined in ref.~\cite{Nibbelink:2007rd}.
The spectra of the blow--up model and the type--I $\mathbb{Z}_3$ orbifold
model~\cite{Angelantonj:1996uy,aldazabal_98} are identical, and given
in the second row of table~\ref{tb:Models}. Even though there is just a
single U(1), it does not factorize universally:
\equ{
(2\pi)^2 I_6^{blo} \!=\! {\,\mbox{-}} \frac {iF_1}{96} \Big(\!
 12 (iF_1)^2 \!+\! \text{tr}(iF_{12})^2 \!-\! \text{tr}(iF_8)^2 \!-\! \frac 18\text{tr} R^2\!
\Big).
\nonumber
}
Because only the singlet takes a VEV, we make the following field
redefinitions of the twisted states
\equ{
(\rep{1},\rep{1})_4 ~=~ e^T \, v~,
\quad
(\rep{8}_+, \rep{1})_{-2} ~=~ e^{-\frac 12 \, T}
(\rep{8}_+,\rep{1})_{0}'~.
}
The superpotential~\eqref{superP} gives the state
$(\rep{8}_+,\rep{1})_{0}'$ a regular mass.
This transformation takes a twisted singlet to a localized axion
in the blow--up theory; from the type--I point of view this is the
twisted $RR$--axion. By computing the various anomaly polynomials we
derive the identification of the axions
\equ{
a^{non} ~=~ -\frac 1{16}\, a_T~,
\quad
a^{uni} ~=~ a^{het} ~+~ \frac 18\, a_T~.
}
Hence the type--I $\mathbb{Z}_3$ orbifold model coincides with a blow--up of
a heterotic  $\mathbb{Z}_3$ orbifold.

\subsection{Blow--up model with two anomalous U(1)s}
\label{sc:twoU1model}

The second blow--up of the heterotic orbifold model is obtained by
giving VEVs to both $(\rep{8_+},\rep{1})_{{\,\mbox{-}} 2}$ and
$(\rep{1},\rep{1})_4$. This induces further symmetry breaking of
$\SO{8}$ to $\U{4}$, and therefore this model has two U(1)s. The
corresponding $\mathbb{C}^3/\mathbb{Z}_3$ blow--up model has a $\U{1}$ bundle
characterized by $V= -\frac 12 (q+q')$ with the charge vectors
$q = (1^{12}, 0^4)$ and $q' = (0^{12},3^4)$. The spectrum is given in
the last row of table~\ref{tb:Models}. The anomaly polynomial fails to
factorize:
\equ{
(2\pi)^2 I^{blo}_6 =
-\frac {2i F_1}3\Big(
12(iF_1)^2 \!-\! 8 (iF_1')^2
\!-\! 2 \text{tr}(iF_4)^2 +
\nonumber \\[1ex]
\text{tr}(iF_{12})^2
\!-\! \frac 18 \text{tr}\, R^2
\Big)
+  2 iF_1' \Big( 4 (iF_1')^2
\!+\! \text{tr}(iF_4)^2 \!-\! \frac 18 \text{tr}\, R^2
\Big),
\nonumber
}
hence there are two anomalous U(1)s.  We can perform field
redefinitions to match the spectra of the orbifold and its blow--up version
up to two singlets.  To this end we realize that the singlets
$(\rep{1},\rep{1})_{{\,\mbox{-}} 2,{\,\mbox{-}} 2}$ and $(\rep{1},\rep{1})_{{\,\mbox{-}} 2,2}$
are obtained from $(\rep{8_+},\rep{1})_{{\,\mbox{-}} 2}$ after symmetry breaking.
The redefined twisted states are:
\equ{
(\rep{1},\rep{1})_{{\,\mbox{-}} 2, {\,\mbox{-}} 2} ~=~  e^T\, v\,,~~
(\rep{1},\rep{1})_{{\,\mbox{-}} 2, 2} ~=~ e^{-T}\, (\rep{1},\rep{1})_{{\,\mbox{-}} 4, 0}'\,.
}
The singlets  $ (\rep{1},\rep{1})_{4, 0}$, the twisted orbifold
singlet, and
$ (\rep{1},\rep{1})_{\sm4, 0}'$ missing in the blow--up pair up to
become massive. Also $(\rep{6},\rep{1})_{{\,\mbox{-}} 2,0}$ gets mass terms
because of Yukawa interactions involving $(\rep{1},\rep{1})_{4,0}$
that has a VEV as well.  The relation between the axions is given by:
\equ{
a^{non} ~=~ -\frac 1{16} \, a_T~,
\qquad
a^{uni} ~=~ a^{het} ~-~ \frac 1{16}\, a_T~.
}

\section{Acknowledgments}

We would like to thank A.\ Micu, F.\ Pl\"oger, M.\ Serone and P.\ Vaudrevange
for useful discussions.
This work was partially supported by the European Union 6th framework
program MRTN-CT-2004-503069 "Quest for unification",
MRTN-CT-2004-005104 "Forces Universe", MRTN-CT-2006-035863
"Universe Net", SFB-Transregio 33 "The Dark Universe" and HE 3236/3-1
by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG).

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Cut Your Bills News Broadband Awards Put Orange BT And Virgin Media To Shame 1268
Broadband awards put Orange, BT and Virgin Media to shame
19 March 2008 / by Joy Tibbs
While PlusNet came out on top for the second year in a row, the uSwitch Broadband Customer Satisfaction Awards revealed that some of the longest established providers, including BT, Virgin Media and Orange, are falling short of the mark in terms of customer satisfaction.
The company found that more than half of UK residents now have broadband and that 15 million consumers spend £3 billion a year on their deals. However, 50 per cent feel they are not getting the best service, according to uSwitch.
Communications expert at uSwitch.com Steve Weller says: "A figure of one in two customers unhappy with the customer service they receive is unacceptable. Issues can no longer be put down to 'teething problems' – broadband has been up and running for seven years so any flaws should have been well and truly ironed out by now."
PlusNet Broadband won nine of the 11 categories including Best Overall Provider, gaining eight per cent in terms of popularity compared with last year and offering 86 per cent of its customers' satisfaction. Sky leapfrogged rival firm Virgin Media into second place overall, with 81 per cent claiming to be satisfied by their broadband package. Sky also came joint first with PlusNet in terms of value for money.
At the other end of the scale Orange – which has a 10 per cent market share with almost 1.5 million customers – failed to satisfy 35 per cent if its customer base.
Pipex witnessed the largest drop in satisfaction falling from sixth to eighth place, while TalkTalk staged a partial recovery this year. Although 28 per cent of its customers are still not satisfied, the company was up from second to bottom last year to joint sixth place with BT. However, it still received the worst ratings in four categories.
"Once again, PlusNet is putting its larger competitors to shame – it's definitely a case of 'small but perfectly formed'. The rest of the pack needs to seriously up their game," says Mr Weller.
Meanwhile, despite accounting for 21 per cent of the broadband sector, BT received the worst ranking in terms of value for money for the second year running, although its service is 50 per cent more expensive than the cheapest alternative.
Around eight million broadband customers remain unconvinced that they are getting the best deal their provider offers.
Seven of the nine companies saw customer satisfaction drop below 50 per cent for technical support and the overall customer satisfaction gap between the best and worst providers has widened from 13 per cent to 21 per cent.
"Our advice for customers is to decide what they want from their service, be it price, value or support, and do some research before entering into a new contract. By comparing both price and service levels among providers, customers should be able to find the best deal to suit their needs," Mr Weller concludes.
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Q: Relation of eigenspace of A to eigenspace of $A^k$ Let $A\in \mathbb{C}^{n \times n}$ with $\lambda\in\sigma(A).$ I have shown that $\lambda^k\in\sigma(A^k)$ using an induction argument. That is;
We know $Ax=\lambda x$ is true. Assume $A^kx=\lambda^k x$ is true, then by multiplying both sides by $A$ and some manipulation we obtain $A^{k+1}x=\lambda^{k+1}x.$ Hence by induction we obtain the result.
I now need to show that the eigenspace of A corresponding to $\lambda,$ $E_A(\lambda),$ satisfies the relation $E_A(\lambda)\subseteq E_{A^k}(\lambda^k)$ and I am not quite sure how to.

A: Suppose $\;x\in E_A(\lambda)\;$ , then $\;Ax=\lambda x\;$ , and from this, by what you've proved by induction:
$$A^kx=\lambda^kx\implies x\in E_{A^k}(\lambda^k)$$


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Q: Saben como agregar un JTable a un JFrame Quiero agregar un JTable a un JFrame a puro código sin la herramienta Desing de NetBeans

A: La forma más sencilla es siguiendo estos pasos :

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*Crear un Arreglo de tipo Object para el valor mostrado en la cabecera de las columnas

*Crear un Arreglo 2D de tipo Object para los valores a mostrar en el JTable

*Creas tu JTable pasando le por parámetro al constructor los dos Arreglos creados anteriormente

*Lo agregas al JFrame u Otro contenedor
Object[] nombrecolumnas = {"Nombre", "Apellido", "Edad"};
Object[][] datos ={{"Nombre1", "Apellido1", 22},{"Nombre2", "Apellido2", 4}};
tabla = new JTable(datos,nombrecolumnas);
Jframe.add(tabla);