Thinking about a ski season job? Or a working holiday visa in Oz or New Zealand? Let us talk you through how to get involved!
In the past we've covered seasonal work in general but this is our experience on how to look for jobs in the winter and the different types of jobs you can do in Europe and around the world.
If you're new to seasonal work – perhaps you have just finished university or school or like us you were settled but decided to say 'let's say f**k it it and travel' then there is a role suited to your skills out there.
It's the end of the autumn period and this is prime time to look for last minute jobs in the ski/snowboard industry, or applying for working holiday visas for countries such as Australia and New Zealand.
This is an affordable way to travel and start meeting like-minded people who will likely guide you in the right direction as to where you go next. It's normally a young persons game doing seasonal jobs but we are older and have met plenty of people in their 30s/40s doing similar work.
Retrospectively we should have done this earlier but when you have other commitments in your life it's not always easy to just go.
In saying that our life experience has come in very useful and has pushed us out of our comfort zones, so whatever the circumstance that lead you here please don't be afraid to become that person you wanted or want to be.
Initially we had no idea which job we wanted to do or where we wanted to go. It's hard when you have no concept of what a job will be like in a foreign country.
This might conjure up images of Chalet Girl, which to an extent can be sort of near to the truth but there is a lot more hard work involved.
Perks of a ski season jobs is of course lift pass, ski/snowboard and equipment hire, lessons for newbies, accommodation and food paid for and time off in the afternoon to fall gracefully down a mountain.
Location wise in the winter you can explore Europe (Alps, Bulgaria and even Scotland), Japan and Canada. You will find most of these jobs will take you from November to April with some continuing into May.
Black Diamond Lodge opening night with managers and the owner!
You don't have to cook but for budding or experienced chefs there are roles out there for you. Either in chalets using a domestic kitchen, in commercial restaurants and apres-ski bars.
There are companies who will train you up and for chalet chefs be prepared to write a week set menu as part of the application process. You can also attend a chalet culinary course at home to get you started.
Depending on the job, cheffing hours might be slightly different to a chalet host. The job also includes daily food prep, baking for afternoon tea, cleaning the kitchen and doing breakfast and dinner services alongside the host or hosts.
Generally this a job with no prior experience needed and this is also great for couples who where one half cooks in the kitchen and the other hosts.
So a chalet host is exactly that – the face of the chalet you work in. You will serve and lay out breakfast in the mornings, lay out the afternoon tea in the afternoon for when you are up the mountain, dinner service, cleaning the chalet and on changeover days, you will be needed to change over all beds in the chalet and deep clean before the next group arrives.
You are also there to give your guests a great holiday experience and help them out with their needs. It really is a full on job and sometimes you might want to nap instead of ski at the height of season but it's worth it when you have time off to kick around resort.
A job which most likely requires a childcare background but mostly you can be trained on resort as long as you have a clean criminal record.
Nanny's for chalet companies will normally work a normal 8-4/5 day dependent on the company. They can also make extra money by taking on babysitter jobs at night. They run daily activities for the kids, prepare lunches and take them to and from ski lessons.
Every company needs a trusty maintenance person on resort who can also drive to and from the airport to pick up guests.
This job is so varied, problems that can arise are everything from plumbing, electric, snow clearing (although this is also a job for everyone). If you're a handy person with a driving licence then this is perfect, although be prepared to be on call in case of emergencies.
Picking up clients from the airport could be the job for you!
These jobs often demand a slightly higher wage and also offered to those with the right experience even if that's not necessarily on a ski resort.
A resort manager is usually hired for a chalet company with several chalets which can range from a few chalets to many chalets.
Managing all sections of a resort, including lodging, food and beverage management, human resources, housekeeping, and guest services. You'll be in charge of employees, finances, customer service, promotions, and quality control.
Reps are the main point of contact for the paying clients and most of the job is spent troubleshooting problems, difficult requests and organising ski/board hire, airport transfers and making sure the chalet staff are happy and organised.
It may also include guiding therefore these are jobs normally better for those with another language and ski/snowboarding experience.
Other management roles can be found though. There are hotels who need general managers, guest services, food and beverage, bar and restaurant managers. If you have the right hospitality background then then you can find similar jobs on a ski resort.
As a housekeeper you can be working as in hotels or chalets and it also doesn't require heaps of experience.
Daily cleaning and deep cleans on changeover days will be required to a high standard but you should always receive training. You might also be needed to help with luggage and snow clearing.
Could this be your daily commute?
The hours are normally in the morning and probably all day on changeover days and it helps to be someone who is organised!
If you can speak the local language this is a great job although some places mostly have English speaking clients therefore it is not a requirement for some places.
You can find these jobs in hotels and bars on resorts wherever you want to go and often run similar hours to that of a chalet host perhaps with later nights for bartenders.
This is a job where you need experience in skiing/snowboarding and a genuine love of the sport.
You can receive training to become an instructor and there are good packages on the websites listed below that to get you started on that career path.
Working with kids and adults you can teach all levels and every resort needs multiple instructors!
Not all winter jobs have to be on a ski resort. You can choose to spend your winter in the opposite hemisphere and experience an all year round summer.
A lot of the jobs listed above can be transferred to a summer season in New Zealand and Australia – instructors for various sports at summer camps, housekeeping, hospitality, childcare jobs and summer rep jobs.
If you are 30 or under you can apply for a working holiday visa from Australia and New Zealand and please be aware you will need at least a few thousand pounds/euros/dollars to enter either country.
The process can be done online for Australia and for New Zealand.
Alternatively if you have experience in areas they need skilled workers like nursing for example then this could be career move and there is scope to move here for a short while working in your chosen field and live in cities like Melbourne, Sydney or Wellington.
These visas will last for a year and it gives you a unique opportunity to travel with easy access to South East Asia.
September/October is the start of school terms the world over and will take you through the winter months into May or June.
You will also find places looking for teachers all year round, including January when some teachers may have moved on elsewhere.
With a TEFL, CELTA or another teaching certificate you can demand a higher wage teaching English as a foreign language without having to speak to the native language – although it's nice to learn at the same time to really immerse yourself in a culture.
There is so much scope for development here and the travel opportunities are endless.
With no experience you can find entry level jobs in China, Europe and Cambodia, Vietnam and Thailand but we do recommend doing the teaching course at home in a classroom if you can.
There are plenty of websites that offer different roles in various industries.
Our winter job was on a ski resort at in the French Alps called St Foy, near Tignes and Val d'Isere which we found through this site. This is probably the most user friendly website when applying for seasonal jobs with everything you might want/need to know about seasonal work is on here.
This is another website that also offers lots of interesting internships but these do cost money. Packages to help you move to New Zealand and Australia on working holiday visas are here too but please keep in mind this all costs money and it is something you can do yourself.
There is a good mix of paid jobs and internships that cost some money on this website. They have a seasonal work section as well as a TEFL jobs section.
Overall the Season Workers website offers the most choice but these are great alternatives according to you needs/budget etc.
Also look on Gumtree if you are UK based as you will often find smaller companies advertise for ski season jobs on here.
Good luck in your search and please get in touch with any questions!


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package com.mossle.auth.web.auth;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

import com.mossle.api.scope.ScopeConnector;
import com.mossle.api.scope.ScopeHolder;

import com.mossle.auth.component.UserStatusChecker;
import com.mossle.auth.domain.Role;
import com.mossle.auth.domain.UserStatus;
import com.mossle.auth.manager.RoleManager;
import com.mossle.auth.manager.UserStatusManager;
import com.mossle.auth.service.AuthService;
import com.mossle.auth.support.CheckUserStatusException;

import com.mossle.core.struts2.BaseAction;

import com.opensymphony.xwork2.ModelDriven;
import com.opensymphony.xwork2.Preparable;

import org.apache.struts2.convention.annotation.Result;
import org.apache.struts2.convention.annotation.Results;

import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;

@Results({ @Result(name = UserStatusBatchAction.RELOAD, location = "user-status.do?operationMode=RETRIEVE", type = "redirect") })
public class UserStatusBatchAction extends BaseAction implements
        ModelDriven<UserStatus>, Preparable {
    private static Logger logger = LoggerFactory
            .getLogger(UserStatusBatchAction.class);
    public static final String RELOAD = "reload";
    private UserStatusManager userStatusManager;
    private RoleManager roleManager;
    private ScopeConnector scopeConnector;
    private String userText;
    private List<Long> userIds = new ArrayList<Long>();
    private List<Long> roleIds = new ArrayList<Long>();
    private List<UserStatus> userStatuses = new ArrayList<UserStatus>();
    private List<Role> roles;
    private UserStatusChecker userStatusChecker;
    private AuthService authService;

    public String execute() {
        return SUCCESS;
    }

    public String input() {
        if (userText != null) {
            for (String str : userText.split("\n")) {
                str = str.trim();

                if (str.length() == 0) {
                    continue;
                }

                UserStatus userStatus = userStatusManager.findUnique(
                        "from UserStatus where username=? and userRepoRef=?",
                        str, ScopeHolder.getUserRepoRef());

                if (userStatus == null) {
                    addActionMessage(str + " is not exists.");
                } else {
                    try {
                        userStatusChecker.check(userStatus);
                        userStatuses.add(userStatus);
                    } catch (CheckUserStatusException ex) {
                        addActionMessage(ex.getMessage());
                    }
                }
            }
        }

        roles = roleManager.find("from Role where scopeId=?",
                ScopeHolder.getScopeId());

        return INPUT;
    }

    public String save() {
        logger.debug("userIds: {}, roleIds: {}", userIds, roleIds);

        for (Long userId : userIds) {
            authService.configUserRole(userId, roleIds,
                    ScopeHolder.getUserRepoRef(), ScopeHolder.getScopeId(),
                    false);
        }

        return RELOAD;
    }

    // ~ ======================================================================
    public void prepare() {
    }

    public UserStatus getModel() {
        return null;
    }

    public void setUserStatusManager(UserStatusManager userStatusManager) {
        this.userStatusManager = userStatusManager;
    }

    public void setRoleManager(RoleManager roleManager) {
        this.roleManager = roleManager;
    }

    public void setUserStatusChecker(UserStatusChecker userStatusChecker) {
        this.userStatusChecker = userStatusChecker;
    }

    public void setScopeConnector(ScopeConnector scopeConnector) {
        this.scopeConnector = scopeConnector;
    }

    public void setAuthService(AuthService authService) {
        this.authService = authService;
    }

    // ~ ======================================================================
    public String getUserText() {
        return userText;
    }

    public void setUserText(String userText) {
        this.userText = userText;
    }

    public List<Long> getUserIds() {
        return userIds;
    }

    public void setUserIds(List<Long> userIds) {
        this.userIds = userIds;
    }

    public List<Long> getRoleIds() {
        return roleIds;
    }

    public void setRoleIds(List<Long> roleIds) {
        this.roleIds = roleIds;
    }

    public List<UserStatus> getUserStatuses() {
        return userStatuses;
    }

    public List<Role> getRoles() {
        return roles;
    }
}

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Attention students: The literary magazine scheduled for today has been postponed until next Thursday, April 12th, in Mrs. Schmid's Room 117. See you next Thursday!
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Sarah Boulerice
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) at California State University, Monterey Bay (CSUMB) hosted a community forum called Know Your Rights: Sex, Drugs and Cops at the Student Center on April 26th . The forum was actually meant to serve as a relaunch of the club as the new NAACP, since membership collapsed earlier in the year.
According to the club co-founder, Steven Goings – a counselor at the Personal Growth and Counseling Center – the club has been at CSUMB since 2012, and has had a large impact on the campus over the last seven years.
The community consisted of two panels, one of student leaders from various advocacy clubs and the other of selected CSUMB staff. The student panel consisted of Jeniece Smiley, president of Black Students United (BSU); Victoria Ordaz, executive vice-president of UndocuOtters; Kathybelle Barlow, member of Student Awareness for Disability Empowerment (SADE); Malcolm Tunnel, member of EMPOWER; Ulises Duenaz, president of Pride CSUMB; and Chelsey Butcher-Hebert, president of Students for Sensible Drug Policy.
The staff panel consisted of Shantel Martinez, Otter Cross Cultural Center Assistant Director; Wendy Smith, Title IX Coordinator and Discrimination, Harassment and Retaliation Prevention Administrator; Maria Lopez Cabrera, Undocumented Student Success Resource Specialist; Ellie Hail-Langner, Student Housing and Residential Life Conduct Coordinator; and Gary Rodriguez, Health Promotion and Prevention Specialist.
Students who attended the event were all given a Know-Your-Rights handout packet on the subjects of sex discrimination, recovery from drugs and alcohol and dealing with cops and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Sex, Drugs and Cops). However the event was really a recruitment drive for the NAACP. Students who attended were promised free memberships and given a pitch about the club. In order to stay affiliated with the national organization the club needs to keep 25 paid members at all times; the annual cost is $15 for students under 21 and $30 for students 21 and older.
NAACP member Karla Noyles moderated the panel. Each panelist brought up student issues related to the communities and clubs they were representing. The BSU complained about too few African American students on campus and classroom microaggressions, Students for Sensible Drug Policy worried that CSUMB does not have a Good Samaritan policy for students, SADE noted that the campus was getting increasingly difficult to navigate for people with mobility issues, and Pride said there should be more gender neutral bathrooms. The staff did their best to answer the various concerns of the student leaders and offer resources and support.
In his pitch for joining the NAACP, outgoing advisor Steven Goings vowed that if the club could get 8 students who committed to active membership in the 2018-19 academic year, the club would tackle the issues brought forth at the forum and would train students in civil rights and social justice skills and tactics. He also noted that it was a coalition of clubs – Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan (MEChA), the BSU, Out and About, and Students for Quality Education – that brought the NAACP to campus in the first place. Since some of the other clubs also mentioned they have lagging membership, he thinks they should band together with the NAACP as part of a social justice coalition.
Students interested in joining the club should send an email to interim president Zarian Williamson at [email protected] or to [email protected].
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Embraer E190-E2 Shark livery from Mumbai to Delhi
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Exploring the E190-E2 shark livery from Mumbai to Delhi
Additional Pictures on the link above
I have been a fan of the Regional Jets since the time I first studied them for the Indian market in 2011. Since then I have tracked this market, not just in India but the entire APAC region and sometimes keeping tab of the market in EU for the way airlines deploy the regional jets. My article on Regional Jets & India has been one of the most read and searched articles. On this backdrop, in late February, when I was invited to fly from Mumbai to Delhi on the all new Embraer E190-E2, I did not bat an eyelid before accepting it.
Embraer announced the E2 program in 2013 at the Paris Air Show and got the E190-E2 certified in 2018. However, like its competitor the A220 (erstwhile C-series), Embraer has also found it difficult to make in-roads in the market and APAC has been a difficult nut to crack for both. As of today, the type is in operation with 2 airlines – Norway's Widerøe and Kazakhstan's Air Astana.
The Embraer team kept me well informed about the timings, details, documentation and everything, for the ferry from Mumbai to Delhi. A week to departure, I kept tracking the aircraft PR-ZGQ, which had transited through Ahmedabad sometime last year on its way to Kathmandu.
Cut to the day of departure, I reached the designated place ( General Aviation Terminal – CSIA) at scheduled time to be greeted by Team Embraer from Asia Pacific to talk about the demo tour, the popularity of this particular aircraft, the response of airlines, economics of the plane, how it can make a difference and a lot more.
Soon it was time to be bussed to the aircraft, which was parked at Terminal 2 having arrived from Bengaluru early in the morning. The bus took the road adjacent to Apron L at Mumbai, where lie the grounded planes of Jet Airways.
Embraer has been painting their aircraft with animal themes. One of the E190-E2 was painted with Tiger face earlier while the E195-E2 was painted with an Eagle. PR-ZGQ – the aircraft currently doing the world demo tour is painted with the shark. The company calls the aircraft "Profit Hunter" and this is proudly written on the fuselage.
I was elated to see the Shark staring at me – pictures were not possible with the back lit sky, but a quick walk around was definitely possible. The aircraft is powered by 2 x Pratt & Whitney PW1900 series engines and this particular aircraft is powered by the PW1922G and the additional thrust was in display during the take-off roll. There were few things about the plane which I noticed or were told to me by the knowledgeable team from Embraer. The first was the raked wing-tips which made me think if the marriage between Boeing & Embraer was made in heaven! The other was the change in the landing gear assembly which will help speed up a change of landing gear. The E2 family has landing gear doors (Like the Airbus A320 family) unlike the E1 where the wheels are flush with the fuselage but there are no doors (Like the B737 series).
I was welcomed inside the aircraft by the Embraer team of pilots and technical staff. This is a ferry flight and on a demo tour, in line with regulations there were two cabin crew but this is not a flight with service and is still a test aircraft. The cabin is refreshing and I have always been a fan of 2×2 seating unlike the 3×3 or the 3×2 (Which the A220 and the Sukhoi Super Jet SSJ100 have) and I have always enjoyed my flights on the E-jets, CRJs as well as the ATRs for the seating.
Walking down the aisle, I noticed that apart from the seat numbers there was information around seat pitch and as more and more prospects come and see the plane, this must be helping Embraer "pitch for the pitch". I am 183 cms tall, that's 6 feet and some more and I tried a couple of rows – from 34" to 29" with the seat in front at normal position and the seat in front reclining in. Needless to say, I enjoyed being seated on the seat with 34" pitch the most, but 29" was bearable. From Mumbai to Delhi, I had occupied a seat which had 32" pitch and the journey was comfortable.
Next stop was cockpit. For the size of the aircraft, the cockpit looked roomier and the iconic Embraer Yoke with four display screens was a great sight. I was briefed about the old, the new and the fancy stuff in this cockpit. This included things I already knew about flying and learnt many more. The digital cockpit has four screens with Electronic Flight Instrument Systems (EFIS). The first thing I noticed was Jeppeson charts, showing our location at Mumbai Airport and the next was a map which showed a flight path to Moscow from Mumbai, which led me to ask some questions only to be answered that the plane can go to Moscow with full load of passengers but restriction on luggage – that's quite a range for what is known as "Regional Jet".
The flight deck team was kind enough to show and explain various functions, the switches, dials, buttons and the options on EFIS including planning flight plans, changing it to direct routings during the flight ending with the various warnings – starting with a fire warning and ending with the infamous – Terrain, Pull up!
The sun was almost down and it was time to go down and click one good picture of the plane as the pilots took their position and got busy with requesting clearances for the flight to New Delhi. Doors were closed, the Embraer team occupied their favourite places on the plane and I looked for a place behind the wing to see the wing and get a good view during the flight.
Munching on some Brazilian nuts, we pushed back. I was briefed by the crew on the safety aspects of the plane and the safety card in the seat pocked explained further. Seats buckled up, I was ready for this flight. As we taxied out, I was thinking how this was so different from the commercial airliner where the briefing in two languages would be going on right now followed by attracting passengers to the on-board sales! Seat Belt fastened, window shades open, phone switched off and well settled in the seat, I was looking forward to the powerful take-off. We taxied out to N1 and had a nice and powerful rolling take-off in westerly direction flying at runway heading for a while before banking right and setting course to New Delhi.
Soon after take-off, dinner was offered and it was one of the best meals I have had in-flight. The quantity was overwhelming! Post dinner it was time to explore the aircraft again, visit the lavatory, see the galley and then play around with the mood-lighting system – which included clicking a picture of the aircraft in Network Thoughts colors (well almost)!
I have been a fan of the E-jets for their large windows – any aviation geek likes larger windows. Last year when I traveled from Warsaw to Vilnius on the E-jets with LOT Polish, I had posted a photo of the same and I was definitely happy to see the window size again. The panel above the passenger has separate fixture for light, air condition vent and the call crew button, giving the setup a different feel than the A320 I am so used to.
The control system in the galley shows exactly which passenger has pressed the call crew button unlike the other aircraft where the crew just knows which row has the call crew button pressed. I felt this was innovative to help with the service. The last thing to check was the over head bins, which open upwards and the E2 allows 4 standard size bags to be accommodated, which helps it accommodate 1 standard size bag per passenger in standard configuration.
It was soon time to land and I had to settle back in my seat all buckled up. But before I went back I walked from row 1 to the last with a decibel meter application on my mobile to check for the noise. I have been on the Geared Turbo Fan (GTF) powered engines on the A320neo and also on the CFM powered A320neo and found the GTF very silent except for the take-off and landing phase and I wanted to see how the GTF on the E2 is. Surprisingly, only the section of the plane near the engines recorded sound close to 80 decibel while the rest of the cabin was either hovering between 55 and 60. There is one thing which remained unanswered till the end, the left side aft door of the plane being smaller than the one on the right – which would make it unusable for normal passenger operations!
Smooth descend later, we landed on runway 10 and taxied to the general aviation parking near Terminal 1. Thanking every one for this wonderful opportunity, I deplaned and it was time for one more picture before saying good bye to the aircraft. It was an opportunity like no other and I made the most out of it.
Let's see if any airline in the region agrees with my view on Regional Jets and understands the market well or if I will have to rely on trips to Europe to experience this jet!


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Although Unitarianism and Universalism have long histories, our church had its genesis in World War II. Rationing and shortages made it difficult to get to All Souls in Washington, the only Unitarian Church in the area. Arlington Unitarians began meeting wherever local space could be found and in early 1945, the Arlington Fellowship was formally organized as a constituent body of All Souls Church. In 1948 The Fellowship became the Unitarian Church of Arlington and was renamed the Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington in 1994.
Groundbreaking for the first church building was on November 7, 1948. The present sanctuary, designed by renowned architect Charles M. Goodman, was completed in 1963, an addition of classrooms and offices added in 1994, and the Center and Activity Room added in 2013. The sanctuary is registered on the National Registry of Historic Places by the Department of Interior.
From its beginnings, UUCA has been a leader in social justice causes. In the 1950s and 1960s, UUCA was a stalwart in the fight against segregation in the heart of a deeply segregated south. In the 1960s, UUCA founded the first-in-the nation affordable senior living community, Culpepper Garden. Today Culpepper Garden is nationally recognized and used as a model to emulate when establishing affordable housing for seniors. UUCA has always been a place of radical inclusion and to this day continues to be an advocate for racial justice, affordable housing, immigrant and LGBTQ rights, environmental justice, and all who are disenfranchised.


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DAVID WAKE BELL was recommended as Surgeon on the convict ship Sugar Cane in 1793. He was about 33 years of age at the time of sailing.
Lieutenant Bowen to Secretary Nepean,
Navy Office, 28th January 1793
The bearer, Mr. David Wake Bell, surgeon in the Navy has got Sir Henry Martin's leave to go in the Sugar Cane in the room of Mr. Jamieson. He is strongly recommended as a very proper person for that service.
I. am etc. J. Bowen.[1]
Voyage of the Sugar Cane
David Wake Bell kept Under-Secretary Nepean informed of the proceedings on the Sugar Cane for the next few months. Their progress from the Downs to Plymouth, Kinsale, Cork, Rio de Janeiro and Port Jackson can be followed through his letters (See voyage of the Sugar Cane)
Return to England
David Bell returned to England on the Britannia.........The Britannia store ship having been dismissed from government employment was immediately engaged by the civil and military officers for the purpose of purchasing a variety of stores they stood in need of, with the particular view of fetching cattle from the Cape of Good Hope. Messrs, Richard Kent and David Wake Bell, the naval Agents who came out in the Sugar Cane and Boddingtons transports were instructed to take their passage by the Britannia it being the first opportunity that had offered of their returning to England unless a considerable expense had been incurred by their taking the route of India. [2]
It was reported in 1836 that David Wake Bell, Surgeon R. N., formerly a physician in his Majesty's quarantine department at Scilly, had died at his residence, Bridge Terrace Topsham in his 76th year after a long and painful illness. According to the Topsham burial index he died on 19th October 1836. His wife Louisa died 11 March 1818 aged 45.
[1] HR NSW Vol 2. p.5
[2] Grose to Henry Dundas 31st August 1794, HRA, Series 1, Vol 1., p 482
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The Rajasthan Institute of Engineering & Technology observed the International Women's Day which is celebrated every year on 8th March by all women throughout the world.
This day brings many things for women – a cause for celebration, a reason to pause and re-evaluate a remembrance, an inspiration and a time to honor, be loved and admired. Principal RIET Dr Saroj Hiranwal, along with all the Lady HODs, Ms Shikha Choudhary, HOD MCA, Dr Sonika Sharma HOD, Applied Sciences and Dr Monika Shekhawat, HOD MBA, all lady faculty members and girl students gathered at the mini lawn of the campus for a Self Defense Workshop which was organized to commemorate International Women's day.
The trainer on this occasion was Ms Aditi Lohomi of B Tech CSE II year, of RIET. She is a Gold medalist and a National level Karate champion. Ms Aditi firstly asked everyone to have a warm-up session and then trained all the lady candidates various techniques and styles of self defence. She also said it doesn't matter how big or heavy your attacker is because you can beat anyone if you know where the most vulnerable spots are. The main ones are the eyes, nose, throat, chest and knees. You can attack in any way you want, but to be on the safe side, you need to remember that the most effective moves are aimed at these areas.
Speaking on the occasion Principal RIET said that Self-defence is primarily about being aware of warning signs, recognizing dangerous situations so you can avoid them and understanding that you are physically as capable as any man to fight back. Stressful situations evoke a fight, flight or freeze response. Self-defence skills prepare you to fight rather than freeze. She also added every woman has the right to fight for her rights whether it is in judicial form or in form of self Defence.
After the self Defense session the ladies gathered in the seminar hall for the next session. The chief guest on this occasion was Mrs Dharmita Choudhary, Public relation officer, collectorate, Jaipur. She is Former Anchor, all India radio, Akashwani. Former anchor, ETV Rajasthan. Former, NCC cadet 2007-08 batch. Former NSS cadet 2007-08 batch. Speaking on the occasion she said today, March 8th, is International Women's Day. What better way to celebrate it than to shine light on the ladies who have contributed to society with their talent, perseverance, and timeless wisdom.
This day has emerged as such in the early 1900's from the movements for women's rights. Much has been achieved since those days, but much remains to be done in the fight of gender equality. Though a lot of you would agree to the fact that women don't need a special day to celebrate their greatness, it isn't so bad after all to have a day showcasing our love and respect for all women around us including ourselves, we are who define our lives to a great extent.
Principal RIET Dr Saroj Hiranwal felicitated Ms Dharmita Choudhary and Ms Aditi Lohomi with a memento and a gift and said that, women are the best managers. They manage home as well as their jobs. They work hard to maintain their family and also pursue their career. She encouraged everyone and said we should all be proud that we are women.
At the end of the assembly a cake was cut by all the ladies and everyone enjoyed the delicious cake and a tea session. The day ended with a happy note. The event coordinator Ms Jyoti Khandelwal, Asst Professor CSE, thanked all the ladies on this occasion.


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Small investors powering green revolution: CoPower
The biggest obstacle to the greening of Canada's commercial real estate portfolio isn't technolog...
Paul Brent Energy Energy efficiency National Mar. 10 2016
Paul Brent Writer, Editor, Media Trainer
The biggest obstacle to the greening of Canada's commercial real estate portfolio isn't technology, infrastructure or government approvals.
It's money. Installing rooftop solar power, geo-thermal energy systems, or even swapping out thousands of inefficient lightbulbs for high-efficiency LEDs can be an expensive and daunting prospect.
The technology is mature and cost-competitive, green proponents claim – there just needs to be a better way to finance it.
A potential game-changer for building owners is the (very) recent emergence of financing outfits with a more affording greening model.
One of those, Montreal-based CoPower, last month announced the offering of its first national "green bond" to a national audience of investors. All investors needed to make a minimum $5,000 investment in a piece of two clean energy projects that is to generate a five year, five per cent annual return.
In a case of regulations catching up with the real world, it was changes to securities legislation in Ontario that now allow small-money investors to participate in deals previously reserved for accredited investors.
"What has happened in the last decade is all of these technologies to address energy at the building level have really matured to the point where they are extremely cost-effective," said David Berliner, CoPower's chief executive.
"The challenge now is the business and the financing solutions. The technology is ready today, and we need the business models and the financial models to catch up."
Difference is in scale
CoPower's business model is not much different than what a homeowner would look for when installing a green system: a third party would install the system with a payback over years or decades, arrange financing for the upfront costs and share the benefits until the outstanding loan is paid off.
What is different about CoPower's setup is scale and the vastly greater liquidity that comes with the ability to sell the green power benefits to investors both large and small using an online platform.
It partners with established engineering firms specializing in the green space and it takes care of the funding for the building owner.
"It is a zero-money-down solution," said the CoPower CEO, who likens the model to the auto industry expanding with long-term financing options.
"It expanded the ability for more people to buy cars. Similarly, financing for energy-efficiency allows more vendors and engineering firms that are talking to building owners to help them close more deals and say, 'You don't need to delay two years until you have the budget to do this LED retrofit or geothermal installation and lose two years of saving in the interim; we can get you started today.' "
CoPower has been selling its model to wealthy accredited investors since 2013 through private fund raises but enjoys a far larger investment market this year with the ability to sell its green bonds to those with a minimum of $5,000.
The impact of the securities regulations that allow for broader public offerings was readily apparent in its first green bond raise last month: Green Bond 1 raised $300,000 in just three weeks. "We were very pleased."
Good for both sides
Berliner sees the appeal of the green bond funding approach being attractive to both commercial real estate players and investors.
"There are lots of buildings that are looking for a type of financing to do clean energy and on the other side there are lots of investors that are looking for yield and increasingly want that yield to have some sort of social or environmental screen."
"So what we can do using a technology-enabled platform is be the marketplace that connects the two."
Green Bond 1 backed two green initiatives: rooftop solar projects in Windsor and Chesley, Ont., and energy-efficiency upgrades (LED lighting and building automation) at the Harbourfront Centre in downtown Toronto.
Future opportunity
Berliner said the company is already working on Green Bond 2 and has lined up similar energy-efficiency upgrade projects (solar PV and LED lighting retrofits) and said the next offering will be of similar size. "Again it will be a small pool."
That's just the start, however. Berliner said the company's long-term goal is to raise $100 million within two years, which would be comprised of individual projects ranging from $250,000 to $2 million.
Berliner said he doesn't have to look far to see opportunities for his outfit.
Retrofits and existing buildings
"Most of our existing building stock today is still going to be there in 30 or 40 years. The opportunity to go in and profitably retrofit existing buildings is the biggest low-hanging fruit. That opportunity exists across the building sector, whether you are in the commercial and industrial space or in the residential and condo space."
He cites a recent Goldman Sachs research report that indicated the biggest green energy opportunities in the near future are in the areas of solar PV power, LED lighting, onshore wind and electric vehicles. CoPower's sweet spot, of course, is in those first two technologies.
"Those two are year-over-year just booming."
Given the early stage CoPower and its business model are in, Berliner is not too worried about competitors and in fact even welcomes the prospect.
"The space is so big in terms of the opportunity to retrofit in hundreds of thousands of buildings across Canada that I think other companies that are coming in and trying to make the pie bigger is only helping build a track record of the industry."
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Paul is a writer, editor and media trainer based in Toronto with over 25 years of experience as a business reporter. He has written for Canada's major news services on staff including the National Post and subsequently as a freelance business reporter.


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Strażnica WOP Trzciniec – podstawowy pododdział graniczny Wojsk Ochrony Pogranicza.

Formowanie i zmiany organizacyjne
Strażnica została sformowana w 1945 roku w strukturze 3 komendy odcinka Bogatynia jako 14 strażnica WOP (Rogenau) o stanie 56 żołnierzy. Kierownictwo strażnicy stanowili: komendant strażnicy, zastępca komendanta do spraw polityczno-wychowawczych i zastępca do spraw zwiadu. Strażnica składała się z dwóch drużyn strzeleckich, drużyny fizylierów, drużyny łączności i gospodarczej. Etat przewidywał także instruktora do tresury psów służbowych oraz instruktora sanitarnego. W 1947 roku została przeformowana na strażnicę I kategorii – 55 wojskowych.

W 1956 roku rozpoczęto numerowanie strażnic na poziomie brygady. Strażnica I kategorii Trzciniec była 18. w 8 Brygadzie Wojsk Ochrony Pogranicza. W 1960 roku, po kolejnej zmianie numeracji, strażnica posiadała numer 11 i zakwalifikowana była do kategorii II w 8 Łużyckiej Brygadzie WOP. W 1964 roku strażnica WOP nr 10 Trzciniec uzyskała status strażnicy lądowej i zaliczona została do II kategorii.

Ochrona granicy
W 1958 roku w strażnicy zorganizowano drużynę "służby niemundurowej".

Strażnice sąsiednie:
 13 strażnica WOP Rozporitz; 15 strażnica WOP Blumberg

Dowódcy strażnicy
 chor. Tadeusz Knot (był 10.1946).
 por. Stanisław Sułkowski- (?-1952)
 chor. Norbert Hajduk (1952-1952)

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Q: PHP how to get the last item count in "showing # of # items" on a page I am making a products page and beside my pagination I want to show the item counts per page.
So something like "Showing 1 - 10 products".
I figured out how to calculate the first item number, but I am stuck with figuring out the last # of items on the page.
So assuming I have 10 items per page and 35 items in total the first page would show "1 - 10" the next page would show "11 - 20"  and  the next "21 - 30" and the last page would show "31 - 35".
<?php
//connect to the database
include_once ('includes/connect_to_mysql.php');
    $category = urldecode ($_GET["cat"]); // get category for the current page from the URL
    $page = (int) (!isset($_GET["page"]) ? 1 : $_GET["page"]);
    $limit = 10;
    $startpoint = ($page * $limit) - $limit;
    $statement = "products WHERE active = 1 AND category = '$category'";
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        $sql = "SELECT * FROM products WHERE active = 1 AND category = '$category'";
        $rs_result = mysql_query($sql); //run the query
        $total_records = mysql_num_rows($rs_result);  //count number of records
        $num_rec_per_page = 10; //number of records per page
        $total_pages = ceil($total_records / $num_rec_per_page);

        for ($i=1; $i<=$total_pages; $i++) {
            echo ''.$i.'  |  ';
            };

        $first = ($page * $limit) - $limit +1;
        $last = 'NOT SURE WHAT TO PUT HERE';
?>

    <form action="#" >
    <select onchange="javascript:addSort();" name="sortBy" id="sortBy">
        <option value="">Default</option>
        <option value="PriceHiLo">Price (High to Low)</option>
        <option value="PriceLoHi">Price (Low to High)</option>
        <option value="pID">Most Recent</option>
    </select>   Showing <?php echo $first?> - <?php echo $last?> of <?php echo $total_records?> Product(s)
    </form>

Any help with figuring out how to calculate $last in the above code would be appreciated. Thank you.

A: I found the solution, I needed an if statement:
            if ($total_records > ($page * $limit)){
            $last = ($page * $limit);
            } else {
                $last = $total_records;
            };

A: Without if case
floor(total / perPageSize) + (total % perPageSize)

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With Kamen Riders Decade return to the series we get a special surprise from Premium Bandai.
We have new info about Decade's new belt the Neo Decadriver. This updated version of his old belt brings a new pink and black paint job and decals for every Hesei Kamen Rider.
The belt includes a Kamen Ride card for every Hesei Rider from Kuuga to Zi-o. We get a Final Attack Ride card for each rider. We also get Final Form Ride cards for the first 10 Hesei Riders. It's rare for a Kamen Rider to get a updated belt years after their series ends so get your pre-order in while you can. The Neo Decadriver will release in March of 2019 for 9180 Yen. Leave a comment below if your excited for this newest release.


If you love your locks enough to spend years growing them out to a long length, then you're going to want to take care of them. As such, using the right products is essential. After all, what's the point in having long hair if it's not a glorious mane that you can be proud of? So, to ensure that your head of hair is healthy and epic instead of dull and dying, you need to stick to the best hair products. Luckily for you, we know which ones are worth your money. Now, all that's left to do is for you to read through and discover the best hair products for your long hair.
Who doesn't love a single product that can take care of multiple needs? We're not just talking about two-in-one items, here. These days, there are also three-in-one creations that can be used to tackle three grooming requirements at once. American Crew's 3-in-1 is such a product and is a must-have for gents with long manes and little time to spend in the shower. Not only is it shampoo, but this innovative offering is also conditioner and body wash. As such, it can be used at once to simultaneously cleanse your hair and scalp, condition and detangle locks, and clean your body.
Using Redken for Men Dishevel Fiber Cream turns plain old messy hair into a stylishly tousled mane. As such, it's the perfect product for when you want to create a relaxed, casual, and natural hairstyle that also looks great. The medium-hold hair cream instantly shapes and texturizes hair before leaving it with a masculine matte finish. Thanks to its powerful formula, which features protein and elastin polymer complex, this product will also make your strands softer and stronger and your hair more manageable. To use it, rub a small amount together in your hands and work it through damp or dry locks.
If your long locks are looking a little lifeless and dull, a restorative product, such as Verb Ghost Oil, could be the solution. The product is described as a daily cure-all for all, meaning that it can tackle all your hair problems at once. So, no matter what your woes, this vanishing and weightless smoothing blend can help by revitalising your long hair from roots to ends. Ideal for all hair types, the product works by using a mixture of argan and moringa oils to enrich the hair shaft with essential nutrients. After which, locks look healthy, smooth, frizz-free, and radiantly full of shine.
Put an end to bad hair days with the Dry Guy Shampoo. The product, which was created by the Well Groomed Guy, is a dry shampoo that will help you clean, condition, and style your strands in seconds. The advanced formula contains a selection of nature's most beneficial ingredients, such as kaolin clay, rice powder, horsetail powder, and eucalyptus oil. It's thanks to this unique blend that the product can tame messy and tangled hair while also tackling grease. Carry the sleek, travel-sized bottle with you wherever you go for an easy instant refresh of your long locks. All you need to do is apply a small amount to your palms and rub it through your roots.
Want to achieve the effortlessly stylish look of your long-haired dreams? Smooth Viking Hydrating Fiber Cream will help you nail the perfect, just-out-of-bed tousled look with ease. The fibrous cream, which is a great alternative to traditional styling gels, is a naturally-based blend that provides medium hold with minimal shine. As such, it's the ideal option for creating a modern and masculine, carefree hairstyle without any complicated styling products or tools. Thanks to its almost matte finish, the cream also boasts a natural appearance, which ensures that your intentionally messy style comes across as completely unintentional.
If your long locks are looking a little bit finer and flat than you'd like, you should pick up a pot of American Crew's Boost Powder. The product is a professional styling aid that is designed to maximise lift and enhance volume. Dubbed an "anti-gravity" powder, the product promises to take your mane to new heights with but a mere sprinkle. While thickening the appearance of your hair, it also provides a flexible hold and stylish matte finish for natural, no-shine results. On top of all that, this helpful hair powder retains the natural moisture of your strands to ensure healthy and soft locks.
You can make your long locks look polished and sophisticated with the help of Jack Black's Sleek Finish Texture Cream. The lightweight product is perfect for taming unruly hair and creating a controlled, smooth finish. Unlike other styling products, this flexible-hold formula promises not to leave your locks stiff or greasy. Instead, the cream creates sleek, frizz-free strands and provides you with healthy looking hair. To use the product, just work a small amount into slight damp or dry locks. Then, style as per usual to see the difference that this sensational hair product can make.
TIGI Bed Head B for Men, Matte Separation Workable Wax provides excellent texture and hold to help you manage your long hair. The wax can easily be used on dry strands as a styling product or on damp locks to create a natural or wet look. As well as offering texture and hold, this product also enhances definition and is designed to resist humidity. To apply the product, just work the pliable wax through your hair with your hands. Then, you can use a hair dryer to melt the wax into your desired shape. Afterwards, use your fingers to shake up your strands and release all that incredible texture.
Today, there are some excellent hair products on the market for gents that can be used to keep hair healthy and help style it. Baxter of California's Grooming Lotion is one such product and a thoroughly worthwhile purchase for men with lengthy manes. The versatile product can be used either on its own or as a pre-style cream. When used on its own, the Grooming Lotion, which boasts plenty of natural ingredients like meadowfoam and grape seed oil, can help to manage fine hair as well as taming frizz on curly or wavy locks. When used before styling, the lotion acts as a hair primer and contributes to controlling and conditioning strands for your usual grooming routine.
If you're the kind of gent who likes his mane glow gloriously with a healthy radiance, then Kevin Murphy's Shimmer Shine is for you. The easy-to-use product is specially designed to revive shine and repair hair. All you need to do is spray a small amount of the finishing mist onto strands and let its great formula get to work. The paraben-free product contains antioxidants to help make hair healthy and increase its strength. It also boasts light-reflective technology from high-end skincare that promises to create a brilliant shine without any oily residue.


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She was diagnosed with breast cancer six years ago and underwent a double mastectomy, but now actress Kathy Bates has opened up about another devastating health issue she's been diagnosed with following her battle with cancer.
Speaking exclusively to People, the Academy Award winner explained that she developed a condition known as lymphedema shortly after she went into remission. Many people know about the impacts breast cancer can have on people, but aren't aware of the life-long diagnosis that can come as a result of breast cancer treatment.
Lymphoedema is an incurable condition that causes swelling in the body's tissue. The condition develops as a result of the lymphatic system failing to work properly and impacts up to 30 per cent of all women who have undergone breast cancer surgery. It is estimated that 170 million people worldwide are living with lymphoedema.
In most people with the condition, the arms and legs are impacted by painful swelling, rash and even dimpled skin in some cases. While it impacts more people than amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, multiple sclerosis, AIDs and Parkinson's disease in the United States, Kathy explained that many doctors see swollen limbs and wrongly assume they're overweight.
Because of this, the Misery star said many people are left undiagnosed and dealing with the painful symptoms for years without medical help. Thankfully, she's found a doctor who understands the condition and is helping her manage her symptoms.
Lymph nodes are typically removed during breast cancer surgery or can be damaged by radiotherapy. When lymph nodes are removed or damaged it restricts the natural flow of fluid from the breast to the arms, which causes lymphoedema. Wearing a compression sleeve is one of the best ways to reduce swelling.
Meanwhile, the 70-year-old has now become a spokesperson for the Lymphatic Education and Research Network (LE&RN) and uses her celebrity status to be a voice for others going through breast cancer and lymphoedema.
Kathy previously spoke about her fears of being diagnosed with the condition on an episode of Dr. Phil earlier this month.
She explained that her partner's arm hung down because of the fluid was so heavy and that his skin had become wood-like and tender to touch.
And, while she is now in remission, she admitted she doesn't think about whether her cancer will return.
Do you know someone who has been diagnosed with lymphoedema? How has it impacted their life?


An 8-year old boy and a 56-year old woman yesterday were tragically stabbed to death in the Swedish town Linköping. There is just no way you can imagine the grief and the sorrow that has struck these individuals' families and close friends. When the two Swedish tabloids Expressen and Aftonbladet today had a photo of the boy on their posters, it is a hideous and extremely unnecessary exploitation of a tragic incident. This is stepping so far over the line that I can't even express what I'm feeling. Why the boy and not the woman? Why a photo at all? These are the victims, not the perpetrator (who of course hasn't been caught yet). As a father of two small children I urge media to protect our children and I wish no-one would buy these papers today.


The International Energy Agency said that the world's capacity to generate electricity from renewable sources has now overtaken coal.
The IEA said in a new report that last year, renewables accounted for more than half of the increase in power capacity. The report said half a million solar panels were installed every day last year around the world, BBC reported.
In China, it said, there were two wind turbines set up every hour. Renewable energy sources, such as wind, solar and hydro are seen as a key element in international efforts to combat climate change.
At this stage, it is the capacity to generate power that has overtaken coal, rather than the amount of electricity actually produced.
Renewables are intermittent - they depend on the sun shining or the wind blowing, for example, unlike coal which can generate electricity 24 hours a day all year round. So power output from renewable sources is inevitably less than their capacity.
But even this is a striking development. IEA executive director Fatih Birol said, "We are witnessing a transformation of global power markets led by renewables".
The expansion of renewable capacity reflects cost reductions for onshore wind and solar panels that the report describes as impressive; reductions that would have been "unthinkable just five years ago".
The IEA expects the trend of declining costs to continue. Those two technologies are likely to account for three quarters of future growth in renewables. Hydropower will continue growing, the report said, but it is likely to do so more slowly than before.
Declining costs are also one reason the agency has increased its forecast for renewable capacity in the future.
Another factor mentioned by the report is government policies that provide financial incentives for using renewable power sources.
The IEA said the center of gravity for renewable growth is moving to emerging markets.
China, the report said, "remains the undisputable global leader of renewable energy expansion, representing close to 40% of growth".
Although this report does point to a much bigger role for renewables than seemed likely very recently, it still thinks there is a need for more.
Birol said, "even these higher expectations remain modest compared with the huge untapped potential of renewables".
And in other areas of energy use, beyond electricity, renewables have made less impressive inroads.
In transport and heating "progress in renewables remains slow", the report said.


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Insurers cannot escape Verizon judgment, Delaware court rules
A Delaware judge has ruled that Verizon Communications Inc. is owed $48 million from insurers from having defended a shareholder suit.
By Tom McParland | May 15, 2018 at 07:30 AM
A Delaware judge has ruled that Verizon Communications Inc. is owed $48 million from insurers from having defended a shareholder suit seeking $14 billion over the telecommunication giant's spin off of its print and electronic directories business in 2006.
Marriott faces $124 million fine from U.K. for data hack
Patrick Clark and Jonathan Browning | July 09, 2019
This is the second time in two days the U.K. has cracked down on privacy breaches after proposing a $228M penalty against British Airways.
Storm strengthens in Gulf of Mexico as it races to Louisiana
Brian K. Sullivan | July 11, 2019
A mass of thunder and rain in the Gulf of Mexico could become Tropical Storm Barry and hit Louisiana as a hurricane this weekend.


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Japan Outlook Past Golden Week–Show Me the Money
Jesper Koll
We maintain our view that Japanese risk assets—equities and real estate—are on track for a multiyear structural bull market. 2017 is poised to bring a positive reversal of earnings momentum, with a pickup in top-line sales growth and a weaker currency capable of delivering 25% to 30% earnings growth (after last calendar year's drop of around 8%).1 Given the relatively attractive valuation backdrop—TOPIX is trading at a modest discount to its 10-year averages on both trailing and forward price-to-earnings (P/E) multiples—the rising visibility of earnings is likely to be the principal driver of Japan's market performance. In contrast, policy action and initiatives are expected to be relatively less important market drivers for Japan, with the Bank of Japan (BOJ) expected to stay put and maintain its zero-rate 10-year bond yield target for the foreseeable future.
Focus on Corporate Results
Now that the U.S.-Japanese bilateral economic, trade and investment dialogue is off to a good start—last week's first round of meetings went well and constructive engagement has been agreed upon—the next key to propelling Japanese markets out of the disappointing downward adjustment is poised to be the upcoming corporate results season. As that overlaps with the annual "Golden Week" holidays, Japan's performance is expected to rise in coming weeks, in our view.
Specifically, we expect a steady stream of upward revisions as companies report their full fiscal year earnings end-April/early May. This is because baselines are still very conservative, with companies and analysts still "budgeting" for an average ¥/$ exchange rate of around 105 and top-line sales growth of just below 2%. Note that for every 10 yen of yen depreciation, listed companies receive a windfall profits boost of around 8%. Given that the actual realized exchange rate in the January–March quarter was around ¥113, that would suggest a rise in profits of around 15%, rather than the 8% anticipated by the corporate consensus.2
Of course, forward guidance is going to be key. Here, we anticipate another year of conservative benchmarking with companies likely to budget for around ¥108–110/$ and sales growth of around 2%. Our models suggest this implies potential earnings growth of around 17.1% for the new fiscal year (starts April 1, 2017, and runs through March 31, 2018). However, if top-line sales growth—which is basically global economic growth—rises by 3%, profits should rise by 30.5%, even if the currency averages the same ¥110/$. Given the recent acceleration in global growth and inflation momentum, Japanese corporate earnings momentum could surprise positively throughout 2017–18, in our view.
The table below outlines the relationship between different foreign exchange assumptions and sales assumptions for FY3/2018 profits growth for TOPIX companies. In addition, it presents fair-value levels for TOPIX under different P/E multiples. In our view, 25% to 30% earnings growth could be achievable in FY3/2018.
Japan Equity "Fair Value" Matrix with Different Foreign Exchange Rate and Sales Growth Scenarios
On the Home Front—Stability Premium
On top of the expected cyclical upturn in corporate earnings, two added factors should lend structural support to Japanese risk assets: modest but steady increases in domestic demand and nominal gross domestic product (GDP), and stable but simulative fiscal and monetary policy.
The former is driven by the structural tightness of the labor market, which is delivering not just modest wage increases but, more importantly, a sharp upturn in the quality of jobs created—full-time jobs are rising smartly, with Japan creating 1 million full-time jobs over the past 18 months (the first net full-time job creation in almost 20 years). We maintain our view that a "new middle class" is rising in Japan and that the structural labor market outlook has the potential to deliver an endogenous domestic demand growth cycle, uncorrelated to the global business cycle.
On the policy front, Japan is committed to being a "bastion of stability" by comparison to America and Europe. Specifically, fiscal policy has turned out to be a modest plus to aggregate demand in 2017–18 due to supplementary spending budgets, and monetary policy is committed to maintaining the zero-yield upper bound on Japanese government bonds. In our view, the decoupling of Japanese monetary policy from U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) policy is one of the key global macro and allocation flow drivers over the coming 6–12 months. Certainly, Japanese institutional asset allocators are expected to respond to the rising interest rate differentials by increasing non-yen security allocations, in our view.
Risk Scenario
We see two principal risk scenarios on the economic policy front. The first one would be the BOJ following the Fed rate hike cycle earlier than anticipated (i.e., before the BOJ's 2% inflation target comes into sight). This seems unlikely, given the BOJ's commitment to keep current policy until inflation overshoots the 2% target (see policy board decision, September 2016). The second one would be a squeeze on profit margins from rising labor costs. Structurally, this is a serious issue. The good news is that labor market reform is focusing on this and, at the same time, corporations are acting fast with, for example, a domestic merger and consolidation wave helping ease cost-push inflation worries.
Meanwhile, geopolitical risk has become a more acute source of possible volatility, with the unpredictability of the North Korean regime a growing concern for both global and local risk allocators.
1Sources: WisdomTree, Bloomberg.
2Source: Nikkei, from 12/31/16 to 3/31/17.
Important Risks Related to this Article
Investments focused in Japan increase the impact of events and developments associated with the region, which can adversely affect performance.
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Jesper Koll is a Senior Advisor to WisdomTree. Over the past two decades Jesper has been consistently ranked as one of the top Japan strategists/economists, working as Chief Strategist and Head of Research for major U.S. investment banks J.P. Morgan and Merrill Lynch. His analysis and insights have earned him a position on several Japanese government advisory committees and Jesper is also one of the few non-Japanese members of the Keizai Doyukai, the Japan Association of Corporate Executives. He has written two books in Japanese, Towards a New Japanese Golden Age and The End of Heisei Deflation. After arriving in Japan in 1986 Jesper initially worked as an aide to a Member of Parliament. Jesper has a Masters degree from the School of Advanced and International Studies at Johns Hopkins University and was a research fellow at both Tokyo University and Kyoto University. He is a graduate of the Lester B. Pearson College of the Pacific.


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Q: How can an iframe change its parent's URL fragment (without causing a refresh)? I'm trying to get a child JavaScript application to update it's parent document.
In essence, this is a very simple problem:

*

*a JavaScript program opens an iframe
in it's own document.

*another JavaScript program is loaded
into the iframe.

*the second program needs to change
the fragment (anchor) in the original
page.

*the first program, then "goes" to the
new fragment (the document position
is updated, but the document is not
refreshed).

In an endless number of web pages there are descriptions of how to do this, using tricks like:
window.parent.location.hash = "#" + string

But when I do this in IE, the parent appears to be refreshing itself. I think the page is reloading.
Just to make this a bit trickier:

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*I need solutions for all browsers (or at very least IE and Firefox).

*Both JavaScript programs are actually GWT web apps (so I can tie specific code to different browser versions).

*If necessary I can do weird things to get around security, the parent and child will always be known to each other. The child is always called by the parent.

I've tried a bunch of other tricks listed on various web pages, but so far nothing seems stable and simple enough to actually be deployed.

A: Use element.scrollIntoView or scrollTo depending on your browser.

A: I found the following JavaScript in my app (generated by GWT):
function $initUrlCheckTimer(this$static){
  var historyImplRef = this$static;
  var urlChecker = function(){
    $wnd.setTimeout(urlChecker, 250);
    var hash = getLocationHash();
    if (hash.length > 0) {
      var token = '';
      try {
        token = historyImplRef.decodeFragment(hash.substring(1));
      }
       catch (e) {
        $wnd.location.reload();
      }
      var historyToken = ($clinit_75() , $wnd.__gwt_historyToken || '');
      if (historyToken && token != historyToken) {
        $wnd.location.reload();
      }
    }
  }
  ;
  urlChecker();
}

I did notice that the top level document in GWT calls down to the application one (the generated code starts with assigning parent to $wnd, where $wnd.location is my actual URL).
What I'm thinking (and I could be wrong about this) is that the GWT history mech involves watching __gwt_historyToken, until it changes, then updates the app. If the parent location changes, "something else" seems to be forcing a reload as well. I can't just change the document location, without somehow integrating it with this GWT code.


Lok Sabha elections are being held on the six seats of Jammu and Kashmir over five phases. The last round of elections will be held on May 6. The polling for Anantnag parliament constituency is being held in three phases — the first such instance in the country's electoral history.


As part of this initiative, we organized thoNdaradippodi AzhwAr thirunakshathram celebrations on Dec 17th. In the morning,upadhESa raththina mAlai, thiruvAimozhi nURRanthAdhi and sthOthra rathnam were recited followed by sARRumuRai. thIrtham, prasAdham were distributed to all the assembled persons.
Many thanks to varadharAjan swamy for co-ordinating the celebrations. We also thank our donors for their financial contributions for this noble cause. Thanks to the archakas, parichArakas, adhyApakas and trustees for facilitating this kainkaryam.


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import * as THREE from 'three';
import ThreeLine2D from 'three-line-2d';
import ThreeLine2DBasicShader from 'three-line-2d/shaders/basic';

const _ = require('lodash');

const DELTA_Z_OFFSET = 0.04;
const Line = ThreeLine2D(THREE);
const BasicShader = ThreeLine2DBasicShader(THREE);
const textureLoader = new THREE.TextureLoader();

export function addOffsetZ(mesh, value) {
  if (value) {
    const zOffset = value * DELTA_Z_OFFSET;
    mesh.position.z += zOffset;
  }
}

export function drawImage(img, width, height, x = 0, y = 0, z = 0) {
  const material = new THREE.MeshBasicMaterial(
    {
      map: textureLoader.load(img),
      transparent: true,
      depthWrite: false,
    },
  );
  const mesh = new THREE.Mesh(new THREE.PlaneGeometry(width, height), material);
  mesh.material.side = THREE.DoubleSide;
  mesh.position.set(x, y, z);
  mesh.overdraw = true;

  return mesh;
}

export function drawDashedLineFromPoints(
  points, color = 0xff0000, linewidth = 1, dashSize = 4, gapSize = 2,
  zOffset = 0, opacity = 1, matrixAutoUpdate = true,
) {
  const path = new THREE.Path();
  const geometry = path.createGeometry(points);
  geometry.computeLineDistances();
  const material = new THREE.LineDashedMaterial({
    color,
    dashSize,
    linewidth,
    gapSize,
    transparent: true,
    opacity,
  });
  const mesh = new THREE.Line(geometry, material);
  addOffsetZ(mesh, zOffset);
  mesh.matrixAutoUpdate = matrixAutoUpdate;
  if (!matrixAutoUpdate) {
    mesh.updateMatrix();
  }
  return mesh;
}

export function drawCircle(radius, material, segments = 32) {
  const geometry = new THREE.CircleGeometry(radius, segments);
  const circleMesh = new THREE.Mesh(geometry, material);
  return circleMesh;
}

export function drawEllipse(aRadius, bRadius, material) {
  const path = new THREE.Shape();
  path.absellipse(0, 0, aRadius, bRadius, 0, Math.PI * 2, false, 0);
  const geometry = new THREE.ShapeBufferGeometry(path);
  const ellipse = new THREE.Mesh(geometry, material);
  return ellipse;
}

export function drawThickBandFromPoints(
  points, thickness = 0.5, color = 0xffffff, opacity = 1, zOffset = 0,
) {
  const geometry = Line(points.map((p) => [p.x, p.y]));
  const material = new THREE.ShaderMaterial(BasicShader({
    side: THREE.DoubleSide,
    diffuse: color,
    thickness,
    opacity,
    transparent: true,
  }));
  const mesh = new THREE.Mesh(geometry, material);
  addOffsetZ(mesh, zOffset);
  return mesh;
}

export function drawSegmentsFromPoints(
  points, color = 0xff0000, linewidth = 1, zOffset = 0,
  matrixAutoUpdate = true, transparent = false, opacity = 1,
) {
  const path = new THREE.Path();
  const geometry = path.createGeometry(points);
  const material = new THREE.LineBasicMaterial({
    color,
    linewidth,
    transparent,
    opacity,
  });
  const pathLine = new THREE.Line(geometry, material);
  addOffsetZ(pathLine, zOffset);
  pathLine.matrixAutoUpdate = matrixAutoUpdate;
  if (matrixAutoUpdate === false) {
    pathLine.updateMatrix();
  }
  return pathLine;
}

export function drawSolidPolygonFace(
  color = 0xff0000, zOffset = 0,
  matrixAutoUpdate = true, transparent = true, opacity = 0.8,
) {
  const geometry = new THREE.PlaneGeometry(1, 1);
  const material = new THREE.MeshBasicMaterial({
    color,
    side: THREE.DoubleSide,
    transparent,
    opacity,
  });
  const rect = new THREE.Mesh(geometry, material);
  addOffsetZ(rect, zOffset);
  rect.matrixAutoUpdate = matrixAutoUpdate;
  if (matrixAutoUpdate === false) {
    rect.updateMatrix();
  }
  return rect;
}

function addOutlineToObject(object, objectGeometry, color, thickness = 1, opacity = 1) {
  const outline = new THREE.LineSegments(
    new THREE.EdgesGeometry(objectGeometry),
    new THREE.LineBasicMaterial({
      color,
      transparent: true,
      opacity,
      shadowSide: THREE.DoubleSide,
      depthTest: false,
      linewidth: thickness,
    }),
  );
  object.add(outline);
}

export function drawSolidBox(dimension, color, linewidth) {
  const geometry = new THREE.CubeGeometry(dimension.x, dimension.y, dimension.z);
  const material = new THREE.MeshBasicMaterial({
    color,
    transparent: true,
    opacity: 0.8,
  });
  const box = new THREE.Mesh(geometry, material);
  addOutlineToObject(box, geometry, color, linewidth);
  return box;
}

export function drawBox(dimension, color, linewidth) {
  const geometry = new THREE.CubeGeometry(dimension.x, dimension.y, dimension.z);
  const material = new THREE.MeshBasicMaterial({ color });
  const cube = new THREE.Mesh(geometry, material);
  const box = new THREE.BoxHelper(cube);
  box.material.linewidth = linewidth;
  return box;
}

export function drawDashedBox(dimension, color, linewidth, dashSize = 0.01, gapSize = 0.02) {
  let geometry = new THREE.CubeGeometry(dimension.x, dimension.y, dimension.z);
  geometry = new THREE.EdgesGeometry(geometry);
  geometry = new THREE.Geometry().fromBufferGeometry(geometry);
  geometry.computeLineDistances();
  const material = new THREE.LineDashedMaterial({
    color,
    linewidth,
    dashSize,
    gapSize,
  });
  const cube = new THREE.LineSegments(geometry, material);
  return cube;
}

export function drawArrow(length, linewidth, conelength, conewidth, color) {
  const end = new THREE.Vector3(0, length, 0);
  const begin = new THREE.Vector3(0, 0, 0);
  const left = new THREE.Vector3(conewidth / 2, length - conelength, 0);
  const right = new THREE.Vector3(-conewidth / 2, length - conelength, 0);
  const arrow = drawSegmentsFromPoints([begin, end, left, end, right], color, linewidth, 1);
  return arrow;
}

export function getShapeGeometryFromPoints(points, bezierCurve = false) {
  const shape = new THREE.Shape();
  if (bezierCurve) {
    shape.moveTo(points[0].x, points[0].y);
    for (let i = 1; i < points.length - 2; i += 1) {
      shape.bezierCurveTo(points[i].x, points[i].y,
        points[i + 1].x, points[i + 1].y,
        points[i + 2].x, points[i + 2].y);
    }
    shape.bezierCurveTo(_.takeRight(points, 2).concat(
      [{ x: points[0].x, y: points[0].y }],
    ));
    shape.bezierCurveTo(_.takeRight(points, 1).concat(
      [{ x: points[0].x, y: points[0].y },
        { x: points[1].x, y: points[1].y }],
    ));
  } else {
    shape.fromPoints(points);
  }
  return new THREE.ShapeGeometry(shape);
}

export function drawShapeFromPoints(points,
  material = new THREE.MeshBasicMaterial({ color: 0xff0000 }),
  bezierCurve = false, order = 0, matrixAutoUpdate = true) {
  const geometry = getShapeGeometryFromPoints(points, bezierCurve);
  const mesh = new THREE.Mesh(geometry, material);
  addOffsetZ(mesh, order);
  mesh.matrixAutoUpdate = matrixAutoUpdate;
  if (!matrixAutoUpdate) {
    mesh.updateMatrix();
  }
  return mesh;
}

export function disposeMeshGroup(mesh) {
  if (!mesh) {
    return;
  }

  mesh.traverse((child) => {
    if (child.geometry !== undefined) {
      child.geometry.dispose();
      child.material.dispose();
    }
  });
}

export function disposeMesh(mesh) {
  if (!mesh) {
    return;
  }

  mesh.geometry.dispose();
  mesh.material.dispose();
}


Distance from Oklahoma to Madison is 1,115 kilometers. This air travel distance is equal to 693 miles.
The air travel (bird fly) shortest distance between Oklahoma and Madison is 1,115 km= 693 miles.
If you travel with an airplane (which has average speed of 560 miles) from Oklahoma to Madison, It takes 1.24 hours to arrive.


Added thorough support for user margins.
Added the UserMarginBackgroundFill, UserMarginBorderColor, UserMarginBorderDashStyle, UserMarginDisabledBackgroundFill, UserMarginFont, UserMarginForeColor, UserMarginTextAlignment, UserMarginVisible, UserMarginWidth to the SyntaxEditor class.
Added the SyntaxEditor.UserMarginPaint event that fires every time a display line user margin needs painting.
Added the SyntaxEditor.UserMarginMouseDown event that fires when the user clicks the mouse down over a display line's user margin.
Added the SyntaxEditor.UserMarginMouseHover event that fires when the user hovers the mouse over a display line's user margin.
Added the UserMarginPaintEventArgs and UserMarginMouseEventArgs classes.
Added the UserMarginPaintEventHandler and UserMarginMouseEventHandler delegates.
Added the InvalidateDisplayLine and InvalidateUserMargin methods to the EditorView class.
Enhanced the test application to demonstrate the user margin draw, mouse down, and mouse hover capabilities.
Added a CodeSnippetFolder.Merge method that can recursively merge two CodeSnippetFolder objects together, optionally including duplicates.
Added the SyntaxEditor.DocumentChanged event that fires when the SyntaxEditor.Document property is changed.
Added code so that if bad XML is passed to any popup that uses formatting tags, an exception will not occur and a bad XML message will be displayed in the popup instead. This was necessary since the exception could not be caught with user code.
Added a try...catch around the caret's Timer start/stop code to work around an obscure Microsoft bug that might throw an exception from the Timer class on some systems.
Added code so that when a Document is disposed, it removes an event handler from the SyntaxLanguage it is using.
Added an overload for IntelliPromptCodeSnippets.ShowInsertSnippetPopup that accepts a CodeSnippetFolderCollection.
Enhanced code snippet loading code to allow for code snippets where the root CodeSnippets tag is missing.
Made a code change so that pasting and calls to EditorView.CanPaste better handles the situation where no clipboard data can be retrieved.
Fixed a bug where undoing to the original modification did not properly reset the Modified property.
Fixed a bug where the UncommentLinesCommand could remove text on the start and end selection lines that it shouldn't.
Fixed a bug where code snippets without any declarations would not move the caret to the $end$ location.


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Super Rugby Aotearoa ends behind closed doors
NewsEditor | 17 August 2020
Posted in Features | Industry NewsTagged COVID-19 | Eden Park | Houston Texans | NFL | Super Rugby Aotearoa | Switzerland
New Zealand Rugby's Super Rugby Aotearoa competition ended behind closed doors at the weekend, with the Blues-Crusaders match at Auckland's Eden Park having been called off completely after cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in the city.
Eden Park (pictured) had been due to host the Blues vs Crusaders match yesterday (Sunday) but the match was cancelled after the New Zealand government confirmed that Auckland would remain at Alert Level 3 for 12 days.
Saturday's Highlanders-Hurricanes match at Dunedin's Forsyth Barr Stadium was played without fans and kicked off at an earlier time to give the Hurricanes enough time to fly home. While Auckland, which had an outbreak of COVID-19 last week, is at Alert Level 3, the rest of the country is at Level 2.
Fans have been able to attend sports events in New Zealand since June, when the country moved into Alert Level 1 after no new cases of COVID-19 were recorded in 17 days. Last week's Auckland outbreak marked the country's first recorded cases since June.
Around 43,000 tickets had been sold for the Blues-Crusaders match and the cancellation could end up costing the Blues close to NZ$2m (£999,000/€1.1m/$1.3m), according to Stuff.co.nz. Both the Blues and the Crusaders were awarded two points following the cancellation.
In other news, the Swiss Football League (SFL) and Swiss Ice Hockey Federation (SIHF) have detailed plans to postpone the start of their seasons after the government announced that larger crowds will be allowed at sporting events from October 1.
There is currently a limit of 1,000 people for public events in Switzerland, but teams will be permitted to welcome thousands more fans from October 1 if the events are approved by local authorities.
The SFL had originally planned on starting its season on September 11 but this has been delayed by a week. This will ensure that all clubs play just one home match with a maximum capacity of 1,000.
The SIHF has postponed the start of its season by two weeks to October 1. In a statement, the SIHF said it is likely that regional authorities will determine the maximum number of fans allowed in each club's arena.
Meanwhile, the Houston Texans NFL American football team has announced that no fans will be in attendance for its season-opening game against the Baltimore Ravens at NRG Stadium on September 20.
A decision on whether or not fans can attend subsequent home games will depend on the COVID-19 situation in the greater Houston area, which is currently at the highest threat level. The Texans said the absence of pre-season games this year will enable the team to refine the safety and operational protocols required to host fans at NRG Stadium.
Washington NFL Team and the Las Vegas Raiders have already announced that their 2020 seasons will be held behind closed doors, while other NFL teams have detailed plans to play with limited capacities. Some teams are set to take a similar approach to the Texans and initially play without fans before assessing the situation further down the line.
Elsewhere, a spike in COVID-19 cases in the Korean capital of Seoul has meant that sports events in the city will once again take place without fans.
A limited number of fans have been allowed at Seoul venues for the past few weeks, but a rise in cases has prompted the government to raise the social distancing measures from Level 1 to Level 2, where it will stay for two weeks. The decision means that no more than 100 people will be able to gather outdoors, and no more than 50 people will be allowed at indoor events.
Image: Eden Park
People on the move: BHA, NBA, Aintree and moreWorld Athletics debuts innovative crowd atmosphere tech
https://www.thestadiumbusiness.com/2020/08/17/super-rugby-aotearoa-ends-behind-closed-doors/


undersiden af klodserne, hvilket giver spillet et rumligt twist.
Antasia nomineres for sin brug af magnetiske insekter på en tredimensionel spilleplade, og for at invitere børn til at udvikle deres rumlige sans på en kreativ og morsom måde.
In Antasia you play little ants who venture out into the world in order to collect dew droplets to bring home to the colony. At the same time you must avoid getting bitten by beetles. This is done with an easy-to-learn deck building mechanic and by moving around on a three dimensional game board made out of blocks. Wait, a three dimensional game board you say? How is that possible? All the components are magnetic and you can therefore move your little ant around on the walls of the game board or even up-side down, which also gives the game a spatial twist.
Antasia is nominated for its use of magnetic insects on a three dimensional game board and for inviting children to develop their spatial perception in a creative and fun way.


The patch pant is made from 100% cotton and is a loose pant with a carrot shape leg. The waist is elasticated with a round drawcord and metal end. There are contrast navy twill patches at the knees. At the front there are two slanted pockets and on the back two patch pockets There is a printed wynken on the back right hand pocket. The '& having fun' print is in navy and nods towards the main message of the collection 'Peace, love, unity & having fun'. The internal pocket bags are contrast navy to match the print.


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MLS Weekly Wrap-up: Montreal on the mend, NY is red
But more importantly, how about that 3-0 Toronto FC win?!
By Haley Van Horn@HayVanHorn May 7, 2018, 3:29pm EDT
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This weekend was certainly a good one for Toronto FC fans. It was also an interesting one across the league. The Montreal Impact broke their four-game losing streak, meanwhile, the LA Galaxy fell short again. The New York Derby came and went with a bang. Here's what you may have missed while you were celebrating the Reds' victory.
Montreal Impact 4-2 New England Revolution
It's no secret the Impact have had a rough start to the season. They were in the midst of a four-game losing streak headed into the weekend. That ended on Saturday when they took on the Revolution. It took a bit for this game to get going, the first goal coming at 45+2' from the Impact's Anthony Jackson-Hamel. He would score again at 52'. Raheem Edwards brought the Impact's lead to 3-0 with a goal at 65'. Ignacio Piatti then found the net at 68', putting the Impact up 4-0. New England's Wilfried Zahibo would fight back with two goals (78' and 86'), but it was too little too late. The match ended in Montreal's favour.
New York Red Bulls 4-0 New York City FC
The battle of New York is a fun one to watch, especially this season when both teams are doing fairly well. The Red Bulls were coming off a win against the LA Galaxy and brought that momentum over to defeat their inner-city rivals 4-0. Although they only had 38% possession, they took more shots and that was enough. The match started with two quick Red Bull goals scored by Alejandro Romero (Kaku) (2') and Florian Valot (4'). Bradley Wright-Phillips struck at 38'. Derrick Etienne had the final Red Bulls goal of the match at 79'.
4⃣-0⃣#NYisRED | #RBNY pic.twitter.com/GDyfxuC3QR
— New York Red Bulls (@NewYorkRedBulls) May 6, 2018
Minnesota United FC 1-0 Vancouver Whitecaps
Although Minnesota United was down a man from the 50' mark on due to Mason Toye receiving a red card, they still managed to pull off a win. Vancouver had 19 shots to Minnesota's 4, but Minnesota persisted. Miguel Ibarra had the lone goal of the match at 60'.
Los Angeles FC 1-1 FC Dallas
LAFC had their first-ever draw this weekend against FC Dallas. Possession and shots certainly favoured them at 64% and 15 respectively, but it just didn't seem to be enough. All the scoring came from former Reds — LAFC had the opening goal of the match from Steven Beitashour (!!!) at 9'. Maximiliano Urruti responded with a Dallas goal at 55'. The match ended all tied up.
Seattle Sounders 0-0 Columbus Crew SC
Another draw, but this game had a little less action to it. Columbus managed to maintain a draw after losing a man at the 15' mark. Pedro Santos was shown a red card after a fairly nasty challenge. Seattle took a total of 15 shots with the man advantage, while Columbus only had 5. Regardless, the match ended in a 0-0 draw.
Chicago Fire 1-2 Atlanta United
Atlanta United continues to dominate. They maintained 51% possession and took a total of 10 shots. Ezequiel Barco had the opening goal of the game at 53' for Atlanta. Josef Martinez brought the lead to 2-0 with a goal at 57'. Kevin Ellis would attempt to revive Chicago with a goal at 61', but it wasn't enough. Atlanta took home another win.
Barco making it look easy! pic.twitter.com/7PDtxnyZFg
— Atlanta United FC (@ATLUTD) May 7, 2018
Houston Dynamo 3-2 LA Galaxy
The Galaxy stumbled again this week, losing this game by a goal. Possession was in their favour at 55%, but shots were not. They took six fewer shots than Houston did. Houston started out strong with a goal from Alejandro Fuenmayor at the 2' mark. Giovani dos Santos would tie it up at 39'. Houston responded with two goals, one from Romell Quioto (47') and the other from Jose Rodriguez (90'). LA's Ola Kamara had a goal in the middle there at 85'. LA lost another one.
Sporting Kansas City 1-0 Colorado Rapids
Sporting KC dominated this match. They took a total of 24 shots and maintained 59% possession. The lone goal came from Daniel Sallol early in the match at 16' and that was it!
San Jose Earthquakes 0-1 Portland Timbers
Portland found themselves their third straight win this week in San Jose against a struggling Earthquakes team. The Quakes took more shots and maintained more ball possession but just couldn't get balls into the net. It looked like it was going to end in a draw until Diego Valeri scored the late Portland goal at 88', giving them the win.
It doesn't get much prettier than that. El Maestro! #SJvPOR #RCTID pic.twitter.com/7tiUVZp9UM
— Portland Timbers (@TimbersFC) May 6, 2018
Orlando City 3-1 Real Salt Lake
The lone Sunday game was all about Orlando. They kept ball possession at 53% and took a total of nineteen shots. Even though Real Salt Lake's Corey Baird had the opening goal of the match at 12', Orlando fought back. They'd score three goals in the second half. Dom Dwyer found the net at 60', Lamine Sane at 63', and Yoshimar Yotun at 78'. This was Orlando's sixth straight victory.
What a beaut! pic.twitter.com/BRUFe8iHCW
— Orlando City SC (@OrlandoCitySC) May 6, 2018
Here's how the table looks currently, courtesy of MLSSoccer.com