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I'll have to list another favorite with Adolphe by Benjamin Constant. There couldn't be a better description of the misery and vanity of a young man's heart.
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Adolphe is a privileged and refined young man, bored by the stupidity he perceives in the world around him. After a number of meaningless conquests, he at last encounters Ellenore, a beautiful and passionate older woman. Adolphe is enraptured and gradually wears down her resistance to his declarations of love. But as they embark on an intense and tortured affair, Ellenore gives way to a flood of emotion that only serves to repel her younger lover - yet he cannot bring himself to leave her and his procrastination can only bring tragedy.
Partly inspired by Constant's own stormy affair with Madame de Staël, Adolphe (1816) is a penetrating psychological depiction of love that plumbs the depths of the passions, motives and inconsistencies of the human character.
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Do I really need mobile internet?
In the beginning of this week I started a little experiment. I did not reload my prepaid phone card – meaning I no longer had the usual 2Gb of mobile internet which were typically lasting for 3-4 weeks. I didn't really know what to expect: without being a social media guy (probably one of the last on this planet not being on Facebook), I thought that FOMO will kick in. Well, it didn't, maybe also because I was not 100% disconnected, still being able to access the internet from work.
7. Messages: switching from iMessages to old-school SMSs was not an issue in communicating with the persons that already knew about my experiment. But it was an issue for the ones who didn't, so I was not receiving iMessages until the evening. Also, I was unable to send/receive other media than simple text. On the other hand, synchronous communication is not ideal, so score: 2/5.
10. Others: I realized that I am using the mobile bank app more often than I thought. But this was not an issue and it can always wait for the wi-fi.
Tracking car fuel consumption was still possible by taking a few pictures and filling the data at home.
Checking the mobile operator stats (credit, usage, etc) was impossible even on wi-fi (cellular data must be enabled), but I could always send a mobile request (#120# or similar).
Calendar, TV schedule or Skype could always wait for the wi-fi.
Overall, I would put score: 2/5.
Being disconnected is not a first world problem. We got used to do certain things from mobile internet. Meanwhile, it's true that the current technology makes it incredibly easy to introduce yourself 'mobile' needs: communication, information, home automation, secure mobile banking, etc.
But being disconnected did not meant I stopped using my iPhone. Nor that it pushed me to buy newspapers/books. It just meant that it made me plan better for the day, re-organize things and make the most of the wi-fi usage.
To answer the question in the title – yes, I need mobile internet. After all, my scoring system above indicated that 3 items out of 10 scored 4 or 5, and the average was 3/5. What's more important, mobile phone slowly becomes synonym with mobile internet device. And that's the point to remember.
Permutations: each ordered set of n elements P(n) = n!
Arrangements: each ordered set of k elements A(n,k) = n! / (n-k)!
Combinations: each unordered set of k elements C(n,k) = n! / k! (n-k)!
Learning isn't done to you, it's something you do. You need to take responsibility of your education. There will always be a new technology to learn, but this is not that important. Is the constant learning that counts.
We all tend to learn best by doing and teaching. Active learning is a much more effective way to learn than any other way.
It seems a bit strange, but it should really be no surprise that play is a powerful mechanism for learning. […] This simple process that comes natural to us all, but somehow gets "taught" out of us, is the simplest and purest way to learn.


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Q: Invert Colors Stylesheet White on Black There have been a couple studies done that showed that white text on a black background increase recall of data.
Although this is certainly debatable how might I invert the colors of Notebook font and background in Mathematica?
There are likely more then a couple ways to do this(external software vs stylesheet).  Currently I think the best solution likely involves using the built in Mathematica stylesheets, but currently(as mentioned in the comments) there doesn't appear to be a great way to do such.

A: The easiest way is to evaluate this:
SetOptions[EvaluationNotebook[], StyleDefinitions -> Notebook[{
    Cell[StyleData[StyleDefinitions -> "Default.nb"]],
    Cell[StyleData[All], FontColor -> GrayLevel[1],
     Background -> GrayLevel[0]]}, Visible -> False,
   StyleDefinitions -> "PrivateStylesheetFormatting.nb"]
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However as you can see in the pic below you will probably also need to change the syntax styling and cell label colour and possibly other styles.

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Tmarus tuberculitibiis är en spindelart som beskrevs av Lodovico di Caporiacco 1940. Tmarus tuberculitibiis ingår i släktet Tmarus och familjen krabbspindlar.

Artens utbredningsområde är Etiopien. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

Källor

Krabbspindlar
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March weather fluctuates too fast for me to handle. I wore this outfit a couple of days ago when it was in the low 20s to mid 30s and now its nearly 70 degrees outside. My clothes can barely keep up with these changes. On the bright side, though, I do like that I was able to pull in some bright, springy colors into this outfit and carry a little bit of the upcoming season with me in the lovely roses on my sweater! They actually remind me a bit of the roses that grow in my backyard, only with less wasps and bees hanging around!


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  Beaulieu-les-Fontaines est
       un village
       géographiquement positionné dans le département de l'Oise en Picardie. On dénombrait 576 habitants en 2008.

À coté de Beaulieu-les-Fontaines sont positionnées géographiquement les villes de
Libermont située à 5 km, 200 habitants,
Avricourt située à 3 km, 254 habitants,
Lagny située à 4 km, 483 habitants,
Ognolles localisée à 3 km, 269 habitants,
Frétoy-le-Château située à 4 km, 202 habitants,
Margny-aux-Cerises localisée à 3 km, 230 habitants,
 entre autres. De plus, Beaulieu-les-Fontaines est située à seulement 27 km de Compiègne.

Si vous pensez emmenager à Beaulieu-les-Fontaines, vous pourrez facilement trouver une maison à acheter.

À Beaulieu-les-Fontaines, la valorisation moyenne à l'achat d'un appartement s'évalue à 2 310 € du m² en vente. La valeur moyenne d'une maison à l'achat se situe à 756 € du m². À la location la valeur moyenne se situe à 9,07 € du m² par mois.

Le nombre d'habitations, à Beaulieu-les-Fontaines, se décomposait en 2011 en 28 appartements et 219 maisons soit
 un marché relativement équilibré.

La commune offre quelques  équipements sportifs, elle dispose, entre autres, de un terrain de sport.

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Swami Muktananda, Swami Nishkulananda and Swami Brahmananda were all poets. Similarly Swami Shukananda was also a poet. Swami Shukananda composed poems in Sanskrit. Once he decided to please Maharaj by composing some poems. He wrote some poems and showed them to Maharaj. As soon as Maharaj took those poems in his hands, he threw them in water. Other poets would feel insulted by Maharaja's act, but Swami Shukananda was not offended. He wrote other poems. Maharaj threw them into water without even reading them. This continued for some time.
Swami Shukananda had no inkling about Maharaj. Maharaj asked him, "Don't you feel I am unappreciative?" "Not the least Maharaj," came the reply from Swami Shukananda, "I was writing poems only to please you. You took pleasure in throwing all my poems into water. Your pleasure was mine pleasure. My pleasure consisted of your pleasure, hence why should I feel insulted?" Shriji Maharaj was much pleased with Swami Shukananda who found pleasure in pleasing Shriji Maharaj. Swami Shukananda (Shuk Muni) belonged to the village named `Dabhan'. So Maharaj very fondly called him `Dabhanio Sadhu', and Maharaj used to say, "This Dabhanio sadhu is very useful to me." Whoever finds pleasure in the pleasure of Shriji Maharaj is a very useful person.
A poet loves his poems as parents love their children, and if anyone neglects his poem, the poet feels offended. Shuk Muni was a poet. He considered Maharaja's wishes as his own. That's why even though Maharaj neglected his poems, Shuk Muni never felt insulted. This is called devotion.
What do you think is the reason of Maharaja's throwing away all Shuk Muni's poems into water? [it was to find out whether Shuk Muni is displeased or not. If he feels offended, it will be a defect of a sadhu.


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Business & Opportunities
How Black Couple Turned Down $400K On Shark Tank, Raised $1.7M In A Day
in Business & Opportunities
by How Africa News December 8, 2022, 1:15 pm
Tim and Kim Lewis
Tim and Kim Lewis, the founders and owners of CurlMix, went on ABC's Shark Tank in 2019 and turned down a $400K offer for a 20% stake in their company. After two years, the pair launched an equity crowdfunding campaign and raised more than $1.7 million in 24 hours.
The campaign, which was launched with the help of the popular Facebook group Traffic Sales and Profit for Black Entrepreneurs, allows consumers and other members of the Black community to unlock generational wealth. In other words, those who are already spending money on the brand can now invest in it and help it grow in the beauty and wellness industries.
"Many of us spend years supporting companies with our hard-earned dollars, but we see nothing for it when the brand eventually sells, transferring the wealth outside of our community," says Kim, who is the CEO and Co-Founder. "Our goal is to create opportunities for our community to increase their wealth. Our vision is to change the narrative of what ownership looks like. We aim to become the first Black-owned publicly-traded beauty conglomerate."
Kim and her husband, Tim, who were high school sweethearts in Chicago's Southside, created the company. CurlMix was intended to provide a hair regimen with simpler ingredients in mind.
CurlMix was founded in 2015 and has since developed rapidly, partnering with investors such as former LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner and Arlan Hamilton of Backstage Capital. The brand is worth about $25 million, and despite the COVID-19 pandemic, it is expected to generate $6 million in online income in 2020.
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Despite increasing awareness of Islam throughout the Western world, there continues to be a prevailing belief among Westerners that Muslim women enjoy few, if any, genuine rights, and that whatever rights they do enjoy are the result of Western influence on the Islamic World. In: Women Between the Tyranny of the Western System and the Mercy of the Islamic Law, Dr. al-Buti details women's rights and freedoms as provided for by Islam in the professional, social, political, religious, academic and cultural spheres. In addition, he deals in careful detail with specific questions revolving around issues such as the Qur'anic teaching on males' and females' inheritance, polygamy, husbands' treatment of their wives, divorce and the "veil". In so doing, the author presents us with a well-documented, forthright study capable of providing people in Western societies with a more accurate understanding of Islamic teachings as they pertain to women and their roles in society.


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It's all hands on wheels in our exclusive Forza Horizon 4 demo, with commentary from Playground Games (and lots of sheep)
By Alex Avard
Blighty has never looked better in Forza Horizon 4, so best prepare thy eyes for our exclusive walkthrough with Playground Games
Gamescom 2018 has been one mad week of gaming announcements, reveals, and trailers, and GamesRadar's been at the eye of the storm with After Dark (opens in new tab), our live show featuring all the news and previews you could hope for about the biggest games on the horizon.
Speaking of horizons, Playground Games' upcoming open-world racer, Forza Horizon 4 (opens in new tab), looks to be one of this year's must have exclusives for Xbox One owners, and Creative Director Ralph Fulton was able to stop by After Dark this week to talk all things Forza, particularly with regards to what's new in this British-set sequel.
You can watch our full conversation with Fulton in the video above, alongside breathtaking raw footage of Forza Horizon 4 in action, but here's a breakdown of some key points from the chat if you're in a hurry.
First of all, barns are back. These secret locations have been a staple of the Forza Horizon series, each storing special, high class vehicles for anyone lucky enough to find them scattered across the open world, and they'll be peppered around Playground Games' recreation of the UK too.
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Fulton explains that some of these are tied to Forza Horizon 4's new season system, giving the example of an island in a lake that you can only reach when it's frozen over in Winter. "There are seasonal barn finds, so they only appear in specific season. Lots of them don't, because we don't want to gate you from doing things you want. But we do have four seasonal barn finds, one specific to each season."
That aforementioned season mechanic, arguably the biggest change since Forza Horizon 3 (opens in new tab), works as follows; every full week in the real world translates to one season in Forza Horizon 4, and Fulton clarifies that the changes between each season won't be gradual, but will just switch whenever a new week begins.
"The actual gameplay will change from season to season. There'll be season specific events that only appear in spring, or only in summer, so every week will bring new stuff for you to do and new opportunities for gameplay, and because it's a shared world game you take on those opportunities with other people."
Highlights aside, we recommend watching the video in its entirety, not just because it's a great way to catch up on everything new in Forza Horizon 4, but the showcased demo is one of the most beautiful things to have come out of Gamescom this year.
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I'm GamesRadar's Features Writer, which makes me responsible for gracing the internet with as many of my words as possible, including reviews, previews, interviews, and more. Lucky internet!
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The CRS 2016 season has drawn to a close! The boys left last Friday, and the staff left today. Camp is all clean and ready for 2017.
In order to sum up the summer, I asked some campers (new alumni!) and staff to offer some quotes about the season.
Thanks to all the campers and staff for an amazing CRS summer! We hope you've enjoyed staying up to date with what's going on with camp. If you'd like to help make next summer a reality, click the donate link in the menu bar and give generously to CRS 2017!
Week 3 of the boys' session is over! Today, the second group of hikers returned to a warm welcome from campers and staff. As they head into the final week of CRS 2016, they are more excited and dedicated than ever.
Week Two of the boys' session has ended! The first hike has returned, and the campers are all enjoying their time back together.
They're working hard on projects - painting almost every square inch of campus and renovating cabins to make them better places to spend time.
Instructions this past week included An Introduction to Human Rights, Chinese Language and Writing, Yoga, and Slam Poetry. The instructions for next week are included below!
Check out photos from the entire summer here! Updated every Friday.
The boys have been here for a week! Tomorrow marks the first day of first-year community leaders.
Campers have wasted no time at sinking their teeth into the CRS program. Already, over 30 first-year instruction proposals have been submitted, with more to come. A project to build new soccer/football goals has already been completed, and campers have ambitious plans for the others. Evening programs have been a success - in addition to the traditional Council campfire, the second-years organized a game of camp-based Jeopardy, and counselors conducted a program about Game Theory using Oreos.
Things at camp are settling into a familiar rhythm, punctuated only by loud bouts of hysterical laughter, fervently competitive games of three-on-three basketball, and inclusive musical jam sessions. The boys are beginning to discover that camp can be like a second home to them.
The next few weeks will be full of challenges and new experiences as the first-years adjust to their new roles as community leaders and participate in hiking trips. They are more than up to the challenge, and continue to surprise the staff every day with their ingenuity, enthusiasm, and earnestness.


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CRASHDIET Release Latest Album "Rust"
"Go big or go home" is a phrase we've all muttered, shouted, or heard multiple times in our lives. For Swedish hard rockers Crashdiet, it has been the motivational catch phrase since they started out back in the beginning of 2000. As fans who have followed the band know, the band has gone through a bit of turbulence in their career, with deaths, line-up changes, and a history of substance abuse that would make some legendary '80s hard rockers blush. However, the boys have also become known for picking up the pieces and returning to the fight every time they get knocked down. Their undeniable mixture of '80s arena rock with notable elements of punk has made them a significant name in the revival of the sleaze and glam (or hair metal) genre. In September of 2019 they will release their fifth studio album "Rust", followed by a European tour together with their neighbors in Norway, The Cruel Intentions and Swedish punk-sleaze act Highride.
CRASHDÏET released their critically acclaimed debut album "Rest in Sleaze" in the fall of 2005 through Universal Music, giving them a springboard to success in their home country of Sweden, but shortly after, in January of 2006, their frontman and founder Dave Lepard, was found dead in his home after committing suicide. The surviving members have carried on the torch since, recruiting new frontmen, touring the world and releasing studio albums to a growing fanbase.
PRODUCED BY: Martin Sweet except:
track 7 produced by Chris Laney
track 5 Produced by Eric Bazilian
1. Rust
2. Into The Wild
3. Idiots
4. In The Maze
5. We Are The Legion
6. Crazy
8. Waiting For Your Love
9. Reptile
10.Stop Weirding Me Out
11.Filth & Flowers
Gabriel Keyes - Lead Vocals
Martin Sweet - Guitar
Peter London - Bass
Eric Young - Drums
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Q: Get element from array of JSON postgres I have a column x with data type jsonb
and the value looks like:
[
    [{"string":"whateverstring1"}],
    [{"string":"whateverstring2"}]
]

How to return each element of the array?
Something like this:
"whateverstring1","whateverstring2"

A: demo:db<>fiddle
SELECT jsonb_array_elements(jsonb) -> 0 -> 'string'
FROM (
    SELECT '[[{"string":"whateverstring1"}],[{"string":"whateverstring2"}]]'::jsonb
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*jsonb_array_elements extract each element into one row

*-> 0 gives the first element of the nested arrays which is {"string":"whateverstring1"}

*-> 'string' gives the value of the elements


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Port director: Cameron has bustling economy
Clair Hebert Marceaux, Cameron Parish Port Director, spoke at Friday's Better Business Bureau "Business to Business Breakfast" on the parish's bustling and diverse economy. A native of Cameron, Marceaux described the parish as an "abundant place to live" with both global business interests and an economy primed small businesses.
Hurricane's Rita and Ike wiped out 98 percent of the parish's housing however its Cheniere Energy and Sempra facilities mark a $35 billion total capital investment in the parish which aids in the community's recovery through the thousands of jobs.
Cameron parish is also having a "global impact," she said. In 2018, Cheniere Energy exported 348 vessels of natural gas to over 23 different countries. Such projects are "making our country energy independent," she said
As the second largest parish in the state in terms of land area but the second smallest in population, Marceaux described the parish as a "mobile workforce" with 86 percent of the workers living outside of the parish and 68 percent driving out of the parish for work.
As the economic developer for the parish, she said her job is "to have as many jobs created for people who live in Cameron Parish as possible" a feat that is evident by the numerous project in the planning stages with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
Cameron, however, is not only focused on LNG development, she said. It is the ninth largest cattle producer in the state, boasts booming menhaden fisheries, is home to four state and federally protected wildlife refuges and has a thriving alligator processing industry which exports to luxury designers like Louis Vuitton and Yves Saint Laurent.
Hurricane aftermath, however, has left the parish without many common business like coffee shops, pharmacies, restaurants and grocers. "The USDA calls us a food dessert," she said.
She urged business and residential developers to consider Cameron for their next site selection.
Because 100 percent of the parish is Coastal Use Zone, interested developers will need plan accordingly for storm surge or the impacts of natural disaster though that shouldn't deter those interested.
"As you can see, nationwide, it doesn't really matter where you live, some form of natural disaster is going to cross your path," she said.
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39 Maine 74 264.2 143.1 4.2 92.9 24.1
40 Deleware 57 251.6 95.6 -19.9 183.1 -7.1
41 Idaho 27 197.6 111.8 -17.3 109.0 -5.9
42 District of Colombia 87 154.6 80.2 -1.0 44.3 31.1
43 Vermont 33 141.7 54.3 1.1 80.8 5.5
44 North Dakota 16 129.6 97.5 15.1 30.7 -13.7
45 Hawaii 37 125.1 52.0 18.8 49.0 5.3
46 Utah 46 99.9 24.5 -3.0 64.0 14.4
47 South Dakota 24 83.7 35.5 19.5 25.3 3.5
48 New Mexico 28 74.0 40.5 -0.3 34.8 -0.9
49 Wyoming 5 35.6 22.0 5.3 4.7 3.6
50 Montana 17 17.6 0.1 -4.1 19.4 2.2
51 Alaska 4 0.3 1.4 -0.6 -0.8 0.4
bWAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
A player's home state is determined by the high school in which they attended. If their high school is unknown,
their birth state is used instead.
This is done because I have found that the state in which a player went to high school is more indicative
of where they are from than the state in which they were born.
Otherwise, Roger Clemens would count towards Ohio and not Texas, Joe Morgan (Texas, not California),
Derek Jeter (New Jersey, not Michigan), & Wade Boggs (Nebraska, not Florida).


Review: Racial tensions are running high in Jackson, MS in 1960. When a recent college graduate decides to write a book about blacks working for whites, her life and the life of the women she interviews are put into danger yet changed forever.
Written from the perspective of 3 different women, I found myself engrossed in each of their stories. Skeeter-a single white woman who finished college and wants more out of life than a husband and kids; Minny, the best cook in town whose smart mouth continues to get her in trouble and Aibileen, Minny's best friend who takes care of white babies. I could not put this novel down-it was well written, engaging, well-paced and overall an excellent read. I highly recommend this.
I haven't read this although it's on my list. Something sort of related would be the Poisonwood Bible that you may like! By Barbara Kingsolver.


Hey Ladies, Barbie has wonderful news! She is going to be a mom soon and she is so happy. After spending a three month summer break in Greece, Barbie returned home to get ready for giving birth. She completely forgot to set up and decorate the baby room and she is going to give birth anytime now. With your help and creativity, Barbie can set up the nursery just in time. You will help her out in this fun Barbie Baby DIY Nursery game right? Turn Barbie old office room into a nursery! This is really great awesome game, You will get more fun in this game. Do not forget to tell your friends to come play our FREE Games.


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The Truth About Goldman Sachs
Wallace C. Turbeville
Regulation & Financial Reform
Former Goldman Sachs employee Greg Smith wrote an op-ed in yesterday's New York Times that simmers with pathos. Smith describes the devolution of the culture at Goldman: Whereas in the past, the company worked in the interests of its clients, they are now seen merely as the source of transactional profit, to be manipulated for the benefit of the firm. His story emerges in the midst of a huge effort by Wall Street to eviscerate and delay the implementation of the Volcker Rule, which limits bank traders to running a client-service businesses by prohibiting trading for the bank's own account.
Having spent 12 years at Goldman prior to 1997, I sympathize with Smith's feelings of loss and betrayal. I left just at the beginning of the institution's evolution into its current form and have observed the process with despair—not only for the organization but for the loss suffered by the nation. Some context might provide greater meaning to Mr. Smith's story.
At its best, Wall Street serves an important function. Historically, it provided the wherewithal for growth in industries as varied as rail and information technology; by bankrolling productive growth of industries that provided jobs and products to sell around the world, it vastly increased the well-being of all Americans. In times of crisis, bankers worked to preserve economic stability. Sometimes, they were genuine altruists, accepting the moral responsibilities that go along with their positions of wealth and power. More often, they were simply pursuing their own self-interest. Was J.P. Morgan a robber baron or the man who almost single-handedly saved the economy in the panic of 1907? The answer is both. But altruistic or not, bankers understood their enormous stake in the long-term vitality of the economy. Preserving the health of the economy was good for business this year and for decades to come. That was the contract between Main Street and Wall Street.
When I arrived at Goldman Sachs, John Weinberg headed the firm. It was a partnership of professionals then, not a publicly traded corporation, and the partners' wealth was largely invested in the firm. I saw Weinberg, a Marine veteran of the Pacific campaigns, many mornings on the elevator with a muffin perched on a Styrofoam coffee cup, his briefcase in his other hand. He had just arrived at 85 Broad Street in his Ford (Ford was a longtime personal client). His appearance was closer to the guy behind the counter at the deli than the titan of Wall Street that he was. When he spoke, he was incisive and wise. His motto for Goldman Sachs (coined by his predecessor Gus Levy) was, "Be long-term greedy, not short-term greedy."
He believed these words. The firm promulgated "Our Business Principles," and the bankers bought into it. We included these in every presentation and were convinced that clients and potential clients would be persuaded of the firm's trustworthiness given its fine principles. Like the Marines of Weinberg's youth, we were convinced that we were the best of the best. But, wisely, the company's culture was structured to tamp down arrogance and hubris. Peer reviews became a ritual in which working with a team and serving clients well were key metrics of success. The firm installed co-heads of many groups, demanding that the two cooperate. (Younger bankers predictably referred to them as "cone heads.") The practice included the heads of the firm. Weinberg, in fact, initially served as co-head with John Whitehead, who retired just after I arrived.
Goldman Sachs was almost a cult. I worshipped it and was by no means unique. We all wanted to make a profit, and, inevitably, the ever-present temptation of greed led to a fair number of scandals and investigations. But principle was generally the trump card. Weinberg forbade participation in hostile takeovers, an immensely lucrative business. When the market crashed in 1987, he refused to take advantage of an "out" in an underwriting for the government of Great Britain, knowing that it cost the partners $100 million, and his loss was by far the largest. He blocked every suggestion to take the firm public. It was impossible to know whether his motives were based on principle or on the knowledge that the accumulated goodwill would return profits beyond imagination. For Weinberg, they were inseparable.
The parade of Goldman leadership after Weinberg's departure in 1990 is truly remarkable: Bob Rubin and Steve Friedman, as co-heads; Jon Corzine; Hank Paulson; and Lloyd Blankfein. As the leadership evolved from the greatest generation to the baby boomers, the underpinnings of the culture decayed. "Our Business Principles" were always featured in the annual report and handed out to new recruits. But everyone could see that the firm's view of its clients was changing. They became a source of transactions, the success of which was measured by the payday, not the enhancement of a long-term relationship. Professional retreats became dominated by speeches about how Goldman had to change to survive. For some of us, the time to move on had arrived, and it was a deeply emotional process.
Wallace Turbeville is a Demos Fellow and practiced law for seven years prior to his 13 years at Goldman Sachs, where he specialized in energy finance in US and international markets. He was CEO of a firm providing credit management services for energy derivatives trading for seven years.


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Growing pains addressed in provincial budget
Category: Provincial Budget 2013
The challenges associated with a growing province include increased pressure on the healthcare system, infrastructure, and the education system.
With its recent budget, the government is allocating 96 per cent of its total expenses on health, education and post-secondary education. This includes $3 billion to be spent on healthcare, including $29 million to be given to the health regions to deal with population growth.
"We're providing $11.6 billion dollars in a whole host of areas," said Finance Minister Ken Krawetz. "We're dealing with greater utilization in healthcare because of population demand; we're providing over $17 million to the education system to deal with increased enrolments. When you look across all ministries, we're meeting the challenge of a growing population"
The government also increased spending on infrastructure projects, totalling $847.5 million, the most since the 2009-10 budget.
"One of the very real challenges of course is infrastructure," said Krawetz. "With a decaying infrastructure, and then the need to rebuild that infrastructure plus to create new infrastructure, that's the pressure."
However, the opposition NDP is calling the budget a "credit-card budget," alleging that it will have serious implications on future generations.
"(The budget) really fails to support Saskatchewan's growth," said finance critic Trent Wotherspoon.
Wotherspoon stressed that the budget fails to sufficiently support the education system.
"We see nothing meaningful on this front to alleviate the strain and pressure that's in our classrooms, on our students, and we need to do a better job of making sure we're making education a priority, understanding what it means to the future of students, but what it also means to the future of our province, economically, socially and otherwise," he said.
Saskatchewan School Boards Association President Janet Foord was also disappointed with the government's budget in respect to education.
"It's a status quo budget. It does not represent the premier's growth agenda," she said. "It allows us to continue doing what we're doing, but there's not enough money in there to address the aboriginal/non-aboriginal achievement rate or the graduation rate."


A district court judge has awarded more than $150,000 in damages to McCordsville attorney Richard Bell in the most recent decision in a long line of copyright infringement cases stemming from a photo of the Indianapolis skyline.
Indiana Southern District Judge Tanya Walton Pratt awarded enhanced statutory damages to Bell in a Monday ruling in his case against Indianapolis attorney Michael F.S. Patrick. Bell sued Patrick in May 2016 after he allegedly included Bell's copyrighted photo of the Indianapolis skyline on his firm website, michaelpatricklaw.com, without Bell's permission. The photo in question was taken in 2000 and has been the impetus for dozens of copyright infringement claims, which have had mixed results in the Southern District Court.
Bell then requested enhanced statutory damages and the costs of the proceedings at a damages hearing in November 2017, where Patrick also failed to appear. Pratt granted Bell's request after finding Patrick's conduct — particularly his attempt to copyright the photo — constituted willful infringement.
The judge awarded Bell $150,000 in enhanced damages pursuant to 17 United States Code section 504(c)(2) and $417.50 in costs. She also issued an injunction prohibiting Patrick from "posting on his website the Indianapolis Photograph at issue in this litigation or otherwise using the photograph in any other way." The injunction will remain in effect until Patrick pays the statutory damages in full.
Patrick was not immediately available for comment on the damages award. Patrick's website involved in this case said simply "under construction" on Tuesday.


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HUSD CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19 UPDATE JULY 14, 2020
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MESSAGE FROM THE OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT July 14, 2020
This message is from Dave Olney, Superintendent of the Hesperia Unified School District.
Since our closing of the physical school sites on March 13, our staff has continued to prepare for the 2020-21 school year in the midst of COVID-19. It has always been my intention to fully reopen our schools as soon as we were safely able to do so. I have tracked this pandemic continuously, examining the various projection models, as well as our county and local data.
I have regularly met with local health officials and have been in contact with our local hospitals. A few weeks ago it appeared that, due to the lower incidence of COVID in the high desert, that we would be able to reopen with certain modifications and safety protocols. In the past couple of weeks unfortunately, that has changed. In the past three weeks, the number of cases in our school district community have doubled. In speaking with our local hospitals, they are beginning to implement surge plans that they did not think they would need to implement. While school-age children are not as susceptible to COVID, as of June 23 we had 21 childhood cases in Hesperia. We have already had a few employees test positive as well as a student.
A few weeks ago, our Tier 1 plan for athletics, allowing our students to condition outdoors with social distancing, was cancelled due to state restrictions. Further state restrictions have once again been put into place in our county. With the current restrictions and the cases in our community, we are unable to meet the guidelines that have been put in place for reopening schools by the Centers for Disease Control, the California Department of Public Health, the California Department of Education, and the San Bernardino County Department of Health.
I was informed by the Department of Public Health that both six-foot distancing and face coverings were necessary. We do not have the facilities, staffing, or financial resources necessary to accommodate such protocols. I am not a medical expert and I have to rely on the health experts for their guidance to keep our students and staff safe. After consulting with our San Bernardino County Department of Public Health, last night, as superintendent, I made the decision that as of today, our school year will begin August 6th with distance learning. Please know that this situation will be continuously monitored and we will make changes as soon as we are able.
There is a possibility we may delay the start of the school year and there is always the possibility that new information will arise that will help us shift to a different model. I will keep you informed of any changes that occur, and I want to assure you that any decisions that I make will be made in consultation with health officials. I will continue to coordinate efforts with the San Bernardino County Department of Health, review all options, and make the best decision I am able to make to ensure the safety of our students and staff.
In the meantime, staff is working diligently to prepare for much-improved distance learning practices. So, at this time, please be prepared for distance learning to begin on August 6 and I will inform you of any changes. Thank you for your understanding during this extremely challenging time.
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An Alabama woman opened fire on a man accused of stalking her Saturday night.
Sgt. Dale Phillips of the Tuscaloosa County Metro Homicide Unit told AL.com that the stalker, identified as 55-year-old Horace Johnson, called the unidentified woman on the phone at around 10 p.m. on Saturday, and threatened to kill her.
He then pulled up to the driveway of her home and continued making threatening remarks. The woman grabbed her home defense shotgun and fired two shells at him. At least one pellet grazed him in the neck.
As AL.com reports, Johnson fled the scene upon being shot and drove to another street nearby, where he called for an ambulance. He was treated for injuries at the DCH Regional Medical Center in Tuscaloosa.
Police said there was a history of domestic violence between Johnson and the woman. In April, Johnson was charged with stalking and trying to set the woman's house on fire. Based on that prior history, and the fact that the woman's story was corroborated by eyewitness accounts, Johnson was arrested Saturday and charged with third-degree domestic violence harassment, AL.com said.
He is currently in Tuscaloosa County Jail with a bond set at $1,000.


For several years now, Kathleen Jamie's work has addressed two principal concerns: how we negotiate with the natural world, and how we should define our conduct within family and society. In "The Tree House" Jamie argues - as Burns did before her - for an engagement of the whole being through a kind of practical earthly spirituality. These often startling encounters with animals, birds, and other humans propose a way of living which recognizes the earth as home to many different consciousnesses - and a means of authentic engagement with 'this, the only world'. Together they form one of the most powerful poetic statements of recent years.


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Transnet is the largest and most crucial part of the freight logistics chain that delivers goods to each and every South African. Every day Transnet delivers thousands of tons of goods around South Africa, through its pipelines and both to and from its ports. It moves that cargo on to ships for export while it unloads goods from overseas.
Our vision and mission is to be a focused freight transport company, delivering integrated, efficient, safe, reliable and cost-effective services to promote economic growth in South Africa.
We aim to achieve this goal by increasing our market share, improving productivity and profitability and by providing appropriate capacity to our customers ahead of demand.
Transnet is fully owned by the South African government but operates as a corporate entity aimed at both supporting and contributing to the country's freight logistics network. It aims at developing South African industry, reducing the cost of doing business, while at the same time operating efficiently and profitably.
Transnet operates and an integrated freight transport company, formed around a core of five operating divisions that complement each other. These are supported by a number of Company-wide specialist functions such as Transnet Projects which underpin the group as a whole.
Transnet has just successfully completed a four-point turnaround strategy and just embarked on a four-point growth strategy. Just prior to adopting our growth strategy, we embarked on a rebranding exercise. As part of that growth strategy, Transnet is investing R78 billion on revitalizing and extending its infrastructure. These plans include widening and deepening ports; building a new pipeline and buying hundreds of new locomotives.
The new Transnet is made up of the following operating divisions:
Transnet freight rail (formerly Spoornet – the freight rail division)
Transnet rail engineering (formerly Transwerk - the rolling stock maintenance business)
Transnet national ports authority (formerly the NPA - fulfils the landlord function for South Africa's port system)
Transnet port terminals (formerly SAPO - managing port and cargo terminal operations in the nation's leading ports), and
Transnet pipelines (formerly Petronet - the fuel and gas pipeline business, pumps and manages the storage of petroleum and gas products through its network of high-pressure, long distance pipelines)
For the future, it is our intention to strengthen our partnerships to derive greater value from our freight logistics system. We intend to play a positive role economic growth in South African and in improving the lives of all South Africans.


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package fr.neamar.kiss.loader;

import android.content.Context;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.content.pm.PackageManager;
import android.os.Build;
import android.provider.Settings;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Locale;

import fr.neamar.kiss.R;
import fr.neamar.kiss.pojo.SettingsPojo;

public class LoadSettingsPojos extends LoadPojos<SettingsPojo> {

    public LoadSettingsPojos(Context context) {
        super(context, "setting://");
    }

    @Override
    protected ArrayList<SettingsPojo> doInBackground(Void... params) {
        PackageManager pm = context.getPackageManager();
        ArrayList<SettingsPojo> settings = new ArrayList<>();
        settings.add(createPojo(context.getString(R.string.settings_airplane),
                Settings.ACTION_AIRPLANE_MODE_SETTINGS, R.drawable.setting_airplane));
        settings.add(createPojo(context.getString(R.string.settings_device_info),
                Settings.ACTION_DEVICE_INFO_SETTINGS, R.drawable.setting_info));
        settings.add(createPojo(context.getString(R.string.settings_applications),
                Settings.ACTION_MANAGE_APPLICATIONS_SETTINGS, R.drawable.setting_apps));
        settings.add(createPojo(context.getString(R.string.settings_connectivity),
                Settings.ACTION_WIRELESS_SETTINGS, R.drawable.toggle_wifi));
        settings.add(createPojo(context.getString(R.string.settings_storage),
                Settings.ACTION_INTERNAL_STORAGE_SETTINGS, R.drawable.setting_storage));
        settings.add(createPojo(context.getString(R.string.settings_accessibility),
                Settings.ACTION_ACCESSIBILITY_SETTINGS, R.drawable.setting_accessibility));
        settings.add(createPojo(context.getString(R.string.settings_battery),
                Intent.ACTION_POWER_USAGE_SUMMARY, R.drawable.setting_battery));
        settings.add(createPojo(context.getString(R.string.settings_tethering), "com.android.settings",
                "com.android.settings.TetherSettings", R.drawable.setting_tethering));
        settings.add(createPojo(context.getString(R.string.settings_sound),
                Settings.ACTION_SOUND_SETTINGS, R.drawable.setting_dev));
        settings.add(createPojo(context.getString(R.string.settings_display),
                Settings.ACTION_DISPLAY_SETTINGS, R.drawable.setting_dev));
        if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.JELLY_BEAN) {
            if (pm.hasSystemFeature(PackageManager.FEATURE_NFC)) {
                settings.add(createPojo(context.getString(R.string.settings_nfc),
                        Settings.ACTION_NFC_SETTINGS, R.drawable.setting_nfc));
            }
        }
        if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.JELLY_BEAN_MR1) {
            settings.add(createPojo(context.getString(R.string.settings_dev),
                    Settings.ACTION_APPLICATION_DEVELOPMENT_SETTINGS, R.drawable.setting_dev));
        }
        return settings;
    }

    private SettingsPojo createPojo(String name, String packageName, String settingName, int resId) {
        SettingsPojo pojo = this.createPojo(name, settingName, resId);
        pojo.packageName = packageName;
        return pojo;
    }

    private SettingsPojo createPojo(String name, String settingName, int resId) {
        SettingsPojo pojo = new SettingsPojo();
        pojo.id = pojoScheme + settingName.toLowerCase(Locale.ENGLISH);
        pojo.name = name;
        pojo.nameNormalized = pojo.name.toLowerCase(Locale.ENGLISH);
        pojo.settingName = settingName;
        pojo.icon = resId;

        return pojo;
    }
}