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Q: Is "My would be wife" correct? When I'm saying the sentence

She is my would be wife

Can I say "she is would be my wife"?
Would be my wife

A: The first is fine, though a bit odd...
We'd probably phrase it as

She is my would-be wife.

This would mean that she wants to be your wife but isn't... and you may or may not share that aspiration with her. "Would-be" is a special word/concept.

Desiring, attempting, or professing to be:

*

*"Would-be home buyers will have a somewhat easier time getting loans" (Wall Street Journal).

It can also be used in a derogatory way, implying that their attempt to gain that position or status is futile.

*derogatory a person who wants or professes to be something that he is not

As a note, this seems to have a special meaning in Indian English that may not be as recognized in other dialects:

*Indian the person to whom one is engaged to be married; fiancé or fiancée

The second is wrong. Both "is" and "would be" are verbs and they don't work together that way, particularly since "is" is present tense and "would be" is a conditional.
Even in the Indian sense of this phase, the determiner "my" needs to proceed the adjective "would-be", so this word order is incorrect.
Another example:

*

*This is my black dog.

***This is black my dog. (incorrect)

The first example is correct. "Black" is describing dog and "my" shows ownership of the black dog.
The second example is wrong. The only possible way this could be correct is if "Black" is the name of your dog but then you need a comma:

This is Black, my dog.

You can, however, say:

She would be my wife.

This is fine because you haven't doubled up your verbs. It's not a very modern construction, though. It sounds like it's about 100 years out of date... but sometimes (in special situations) we do say

If you would be my wife, I'd be the happiest man in the world.


The late Apple co-founder's home was burglarized by an alleged thief who didn't even seem to know whose home he was robbing.
The Palo Alto home of the late Steve Jobs was robbed on July 17 of more than $60,000 in computers and other items, according to the Santa Clara County District Attorney's office.
Kariem McFarlin, a 35-year-old man from Alameda, Calif., was arrested and charged with the burglary and selling the stolen property, CBS News reported today. The defendant is being held with bail set at $500,000 pending a court hearing on August 20.
Despite the large haul of personal computers, the alleged thief seemed unaware of the home's famous owner.
"Based on the evidence, it looks like just a random burglary where the guy broke in," Scott Tsui, Santa Clara County supervising deputy district attorney, told CNET News. Santa Clara County prosecutor Tom Flattery also confirmed to CBS that the robber likely did not know the significance of the home.
The residence itself is temporarily unoccupied as it undergoes renovation and has been surrounded by a construction barrier since July. That scenario may have proven too tempting for the burglar to pass up.
"The house was under renovation," Tsui told CNET, "so you know how that can be. I didn't see the house myself, but I'm not sure if the conditions of the perimeter were as secure as they would have been with a regular house. I think that may have given the defendant an opportunity to break in."
The D.A.'s office is so far treating this as a regular burglary.
"It's unfortunate," Tsui added. "The fact that Mr. Jobs was a famous person makes it a little bit different. But other than that, we're not seeing too much of a difference from other burglaries."


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Microsoft Ignite May Have Permanently Changed How We Think About Mixed Reality
Jon Jaehnig March 9, 2021
posted on Mar. 09, 2021 at 9:00 am
What's a better example of mixed reality than a hologram that you see in Altspace?
Microsoft Ignite was a three-day conference that took place virtually on YouTube, Microsoft.com, and in Altspace from March 2-4. The conference included hundreds of sessions, but we're mainly here for those that particularly touched on mixed reality – which is enough.
Surprisingly, there was little at the conference directly related to HoloLens, Microsoft's mixed reality headset. Instead, the biggest takeaways have to do with Mesh, a new collaborative XR platform that was announced during the keynote.
The Future of the Cloud, According to Satya Nadella
Microsoft Mesh will allow users to "interact holographically in natural and organic ways," Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said during the keynote speech. "It's pretty mind-boggling, but that's the world that we're building."
Nadella described Mesh by inviting users to "think about what XBox Live did for gaming." In case there are younger readers in the audience, XBox Live introduced customizable avatars along with many of the other elements that are currently taken for granted in online gaming today.
For the most part, Nadella's portion of the keynote was about the future of cloud computing, of which Mesh is a part. This future will consist of 5 key elements that Nadella identified as:
Ubiquitous, decentralized computing,
Sovereign data and ambient intelligence,
Empowered creators and communities.
Expanded economic opportunity for the global workforce, and
Trust by design.
"The past year has brought the most significant changes to our society and economy in modern history," said Nadella. "As the world recovers, it will require much more from technology."
A Hologram of Alex Kipman Introduces Mesh in Altspace
Nadella's portion of the keynote, even in Altspace, was on a 2D display presented in an auditorium setting and watched in immersive space similar to a broadcast in a physical movie theater. Alex Kipman, Technical Fellow in artificial intelligence and mixed reality, appeared as a 3D hologram in the same auditorium to introduce Mesh.
"A dream you dream alone is just a dream. A dream we dream together is called reality," said Kipman, who had invited attendees to visit in MR via tweet the previous week. "We tend to think of reality and dreams as separate. But, are they really?"
Alex Kipman and James Cameron
As he spoke, the space turned into an ocean scene as members of the audience were able to select virtual fish that swam about in the space, and aquatic scenery sprouted out of the ground. Oceanographers, including James Cameron, spoke in the keynote to talk about how they use Microsoft Mixed Reality and how they look forward to using Mesh.
Niantic CEO John Hanke Shows a Potential Future of Gaming
Those experts spoke to the nature of most of Microsoft's projects, including HoloLens, being primarily high-end enterprise products and experiences. Arguably, Teams has been a principal exception to this and the platform serves as a logical bridge between Microsoft's social experiences and their mixed reality hardware. But, it wasn't the only bridge explored at Ignite.
One of the other speakers to holographically join Kipman on the Keynote stage was Niantic CEO, John Hanke. Hanke dropped one of the most talked-about moments at Ignite when he debuted early images from a HoloLens-enabled version of Pokèmon Go.
Alex Kipman and John Hanke
"We imagine a real world filled with adventures, helpful information, and of course, lots of friends," said Hanke. "AR that's grounded in the real world and aware of us and our environments is the starting point."
Tags on the video made it clear that this project is early in production, and the video itself seemed heavily produced and scripted suggesting that any actual HoloLens (or Mesh)-enabled version of Pokèmon Go to actually materialize won't be here any time soon; however, it gets us thinking.
It may even get us hopeful for more consumer-oriented mixed reality hardware and content from Microsoft like some of the earliest Hololens contents and announcements alluded to.
The Cross-Platform, Code-Optional Future
A social mixed reality platform sounds exciting, but only if it's accessible. As we've said, HoloLens is great, but it isn't exactly ubiquitous. Mesh wouldn't be exciting if it only worked on HoloLens. However, Kipman's keynote said that the experience would, like Teams, be essentially hardware-agnostic allowing users to "connect from any device on any platform."
Kipman specifically mentioned HoloLens and Oculus, but also included Microsoft's mixed reality interface and smartphones. A later session dedicated to Mesh explained that expanding cross-platform compatibility will be enabled by different content creation methods.
See Also: How Can Mixed Reality Help Your Small Business?
A demo created a no-code experience in Unity with drag-and-drop assets from OneDrive, but experiences can also be made with C++ and C#. The platform will also allow users to switch between on-device computing and on-cloud rendering.
What Even IS Mixed Reality?
One of the most exciting elements of the Mesh announcement and the keynote was that it transcended how most of us (certainly myself) think about mixed reality. This term usually means interactive virtual elements in the view of the physical world. However, using Microsoft holography, Mesh introduced physical people into the virtual world of Altspace.
If you missed Ignite as it happened live, check out the YouTube channel for recorded live streams of the event, as well as videos from past year's events.
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Q: Python - IndexError cannot fit 'long' into an index-sized integer My code is working for small test cases but this is showing
IndexError: cannot fit 'long' into an index-sized integer
when I am using large numbers.
global mod
mod = 1000000007
global lim
lim = 10010
global cnt
cnt = [[None for x in range(0,4)] for x in range(0,lim+1)]
def precomp():
    cnt[2][0] = cnt[2][1] = cnt[2][2] = 1
    for i in range(3,lim):
        cnt[i][0] = cnt[i-1][2] % mod
        cnt[i][1] = cnt[i-1][0] % mod
        cnt[i][2] = (cnt[i-1][2] + cnt[i-1][1]) % mod

t = input()
precomp()
for iterate in range( t ):
   n = long(raw_input())
   print long((cnt[n][0] + cnt[n][1] + cnt[n][2]) % mod)

When I test case with following input:
2
2
3
But when I am using following input:
3
28488106923106212
18451226948892907
5082944357138639
It is showing an error. What are the other ways I can set size of the 2D list or can overcome this error? By changing the range from(0,4) not giving the error but it is taking very long time.

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Frank Paul Vogel (Wildwood Crest, 21 de junho de 1973) é um treinador norte-americano de basquete, que já passou pela equipe do Indiana Pacers e atuou como assistente técnico do Philadelphia 76ers e do Boston Celtics. Já passou pela equipe dos Los Angeles Lakers, que disputa a Associação Nacional de Basquetebol (NBA). Atualmente está sem equipe.

Los Angeles Lakers (2019–2022)
No dia 13 de Maio de 2019, Vogel foi anunciado como treinador dos Los Angeles Lakers. Vogel foi escolhida como treinador do "Team LeBron" no All-Star Game de 2020, 69ª edição do evento, que ocorreu no dia 16 de fevereiro, em Chicago. Na sua primeira temporada como técnico dos Lakers, Vogel levou o time aos Play-Offs liderando a Conferencia Oeste por 52-19. E levando o time ao Titulo da NBA, sendo o 17º da franquia e o seu primeiro titulo com treinador. Nos Play-Offs derrotaram o Portland Blazers, Houston Rockets, e Denver Nuggets, e derrotando o Miami Heat nas Finais da NBA. Após o fim da temporada 21/22 vogel foi demitido do lakers

Títulos
Campeão da NBA: 2020

2× Treinador do NBA All-Star Game: 2014 e 2020

Temporadas como Treinador
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
! colspan="7" |Temporada Regular
! colspan="5" |Playoffs
|-
!Time
!Ano
!J
!V
!D
!%
!Classificação
!PJ
!PV
!PD
!%
!Resultado
|-
|Indiana
|2010–11
|38
|20
|18
|.526
|2º na Divisão Central
|5
|1
|4
|.200
|Perdeu na Primeira Rodada
|-
|Indiana
|2011–12
|66
|42
|24
|.636
|2º na Divisão Central
|11
|6
|5
|.545
|Perdeu na Semifinal de Conferencia
|-
|Indiana
|2012-13
|81
|49
|32
|.605
|1º na Divisão Central
|19
|11
|8
|.579
|Perdeu na Final de Conferencia
|-
|Indiana
|2013-14
|82
|56
|26
|.683
|1º na Divisão Central
|19
|10
|9
|.526
|Perdeu na Final de Conferencia
|-
|Indiana
|2014-15
|82
|38
|44
|.463
|3º na Divisão Central
|0
|0
|0
|0
|Não Classificou
|-
|Indiana
|2015-16
|82
|45
|37
|.549
|2º na Divisão Central
|7
|3
|4
|.429
|Perdeu na Primeira Rodada
|-
|Orlando
|2016-17
|82
|29
|53
|.354
|5º na Divisão Sudeste
|0
|0
|0
|0
|Não Classificou
|-
|Orlando
|2017-18
|82
|25
|57
|.305
|4º na Divisão Sudeste
|0
|0
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|2019-20
|71
|52
|19
|.732
|1º na Divisão Pacífico
|21
|16
|5
|.762
|Campeão da NBA
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|Carreira
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package org.elasticsearch.indices.analysis.pl;

import org.apache.lucene.analysis.pl.PolishAnalyzer;
import org.elasticsearch.common.component.AbstractComponent;
import org.elasticsearch.common.inject.Inject;
import org.elasticsearch.common.lucene.Lucene;
import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
import org.elasticsearch.index.analysis.AnalyzerScope;
import org.elasticsearch.index.analysis.PreBuiltAnalyzerProviderFactory;
import org.elasticsearch.indices.analysis.IndicesAnalysisService;

/**
 * Registers indices level analysis components so, if not explicitly configured, will be shared
 * among all indices.
 */
public class PolishIndicesAnalysis extends AbstractComponent {

    @Inject
    public PolishIndicesAnalysis(Settings settings, IndicesAnalysisService indicesAnalysisService) {
        super(settings);
        indicesAnalysisService.analyzerProviderFactories().put("default", new PreBuiltAnalyzerProviderFactory("default", AnalyzerScope.INDICES, new PolishAnalyzer(Lucene.ANALYZER_VERSION)));
    }
}

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Chris F Clark <cfc@world.std.com>
From: Chris F Clark <cfc@world.std.com>
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
Keywords: design
DoDi corrected an error in my previous posting:
> IMO "Let" was not optional in the very first Basic implementations, it
> acted as one of the legal begin-of-statement tokens. Later this
> definition was relaxed, so that an identifier would definitely begin
> an assignment statement.
The moderator added:
> [That's correct, Dartmouth Basic required the LET. That's one of the
> reasons the compiler was so fast -- the first token always told it what
> kind of statement it was. -John]
My apologies for the error. If the 1st token of every rule is unique,
it is easy to show that the grammar is LL(1). It also makes
implementing a fast recursive descent parser trivial.
Modern dialects that have made end-of-lines and line numbers optional
in BASIC are relatively far removed from the original implementation
and all include the relaxation.
However, my point was that with the relaxed definition, it is still
possible to eliminate the end-of-lines and line numbers from BASIC and
still have an unambiguous language--it just takes more look-ahead.
The resulting language is no longer LL(1), but it can still be parsed
deterministically.
There is even an LR(1) grammar for such dialects, but not one that you
would want to attach semantics to as some of the statement boundaries
get erased and have to be recovered after parsing ahead. It is much
better to simply process the new dialects with more lookahead.
Finally, as long as end-of-lines and line-numbers are required in
BASIC (and you keep the other statement starters as reserved words),
relaxing the "let" rule still results in an LL(1) grammar. The only
statement that can have a variable name after the line number is a LET
Thus, it is nor surprising that one of the early changes to the BASIC
language was making the LET keyword optional. I'm certain the
original designers never thought about BASIC as anything other than a
line-oriented language.
Therein lies a typical rub in language design. Relaxing just one minor
restriction on the language's grammar is not usually sufficient to
make the language harder to parse. However, as different restrictions
are eliminated the language can suddenly jump from easy to parse to
ambiguous. Thus, as a language designer, the more restrictions you
relax early on, the harder it will be to relax other restrictions
*****************************************************************************
Chris Clark Internet : compres@world.std.com
Compiler Resources, Inc. Web Site : http://world.std.com/~compres
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Hopkinton, MA 01748 USA fax : (508) 435-4847 (24 hours)


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Today, that changes. I found some photos of me in Indian that are actually in a computer, meaning that I can upload them. We actually hooked up the scanner as well - which means that hopefully I can post more photos of India and blog a bit about my research there.
Here I am at the Jama Masjid in Delhi. This place is absolutely magical. And, it is huge. This shot captures only a quarter of the courtyard.
This is Marine Drive in Bombay aka Mumbai. Right there, across the street is the Arabian Sea. The kurta I am wearing is my 1st attempt at dyeing and bandhani (the Indian form of Shibori). I took a piece of undyed fabric, and wrapped the sections which are white with cotton thread. Then, my friends dyed the fabric red. I untied the threaded sections - which resulted in the polka dot pattern you see in the above photo. Then, I took the fabric to the tailor and had it sewn into the kurta. The back of the kurta also has resist tied patterns.
Today's post, I am going to leave short and sweet. There's been a lot on my mind over the past few months and I can't wait to share. Let's just say, there has been death, there has been life, and then there is local manufacturing.


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A Brief History of Christmas Carols
In 1818 on a fascinating Christmas Eve Silent Night was performed for the first time at St Nicholas parish church in Oberndorf, Austria. Oh, yes! You have hummed the carol; probably on a lazy afternoon or while gripping cups of hot chocolate around a comfy warm fire or while stepping through snow stacks.
The story goes behind the one of the most popular Christmas carols is that Father Joseph Mohr penned the lyrics to "Silent Night" in 1816 at a pilgrim church in Mariapfarr. After his transference to St Nicholas, he wanted to have an original song for the midnight Mass at his beloved church even though the organ of the church was broken. So on the Christmas Eve of 1818, Mohr walked three kilometers from his home in Oberndorf bei Salzburg to visit his friend Franz Xaver Gruber in the neighboring town of Arnsdorf bei Laufen to ask him to set his poem (Silent Night) to music. Franz Xaver Gruber composed the melody for Stille Nacht (Silent Night) in just a few hours and it became one of the most beloved Christmas Carols since then.
Silent Night is among the many other popular carols that you hear in almost every shopping malls, church and holiday parties in every holiday season and know all their words by heart. But what is the history behind this subset of Christmas Music in the first place?
The original meaning of "carol" is a circle dance with singing. It is believed that carols were first sung thousands of years ago in Europe. But they were not Christmas carols, they were Pagan songs sung for Winter Solstice Celebrations where they would sing and dance in a circle. Early Christians took over the Solstice celebrations and gave people Christian songs to sing. The first known Christmas hymns may be traced to Rome In 129 where a song called "Angel's Hymn" was sung at a Christmas service. Corde natus ex Parentis by the Spanish poet Prudentiusis was among the famous hymns too. Around 8th century a Christmas hymn by Comas of Jerusalem for the Greek Orthodox Church became very popular and many poet all over Europe started to write Christmas carols. In 12th century a Persian monk called Adam of Saint Victor began to derive music from popular songs and introduced something closer to the traditional Christmas carol.
However, most of these hymns were written and sung in Latin which the normal people around Europe were unable to comprehend. Therefore, not many people liked them. This was changed by St. Francis of Assisi in 1223 who introduced carols to his nativity plays and Christmas Mass in Italy. The new carols spread to France, Spain, Germany and other European countries in the 13th century with a strong tradition of popular Christmas songs in regional native languages.
Christmas carols in English first appeared in a 1426 work of John Awdlay who lists twenty five "caroles of Cristemas", probably sung by groups of wassailers, who went from house to house and perform them. But most Carols from this time and the Elizabethan period were untrue stories, very loosely based on the Christmas story, about the holy family and were seen as entertaining rather than religious songs and they were usually sung in homes rather than in churches. Singers or Minstrels started singing these carols from house to house and the words were changed for the local people wherever they were traveling. One of the popular carols among them was I Saw Three Ships.
Many Carols in the reign of Queen Elizabeth were printed in Piae Cantiones, a collection of late medieval Latin songs which was first published in 1582. However, around 1600, the Protestant Reformation gained prominence and many Christmas carols were discontinued or banned as they were inappropriate for the solemnity of the church. As the popularity of carols faded, many songs faded from memory and were largely lost. But some carols survived as people still sang them in secret. Carols remained mainly unsung until Victorian era. The publication of Christmas music books in the 19th century helped to reappear and regain the popularity of Carols. The invention of the radio in the early 1900s and the growth of voice broadcasts helped it as well. It is this period that gave rise to such favorites like Good King Wenceslas and It Came Upon the Midnight Clear. In 1928, Oxford University Press first published The Oxford Book of Carols which was edited by the British composers Martin Shaw and Ralph Vaughan Williams, along with clergyman and author Percy Dearmer and it became a widely used source of carols in among choirs and church congregations in Britain and remains in print today.
Today carols are regularly sung at Christian religious services. Many Carol traditions were created and became popular. A modern form of the practice of caroling can be seen in Dial-A-Carol, an annual student-run service at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in which students take calls from people asking for a Christmas carol. The history of Carols is centuries old but as long as the spirit of Christ lives among us, the tradition of Carol will remain in our hearts.
Featured Image Nikiforos Lytras – Κάλαντα (Carols) (Wikimedia common)
Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_carol
https://www.whychristmas.com/customs/carols_history.shtml
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rayoflight144 says:
Interesting article & love this carol thank you, reblogging 🙂
communitynap says:
Mottanni says:
Good information about carols. I enjoyed the history and evolving of the carol.
earthskyair says:
Hey, this is really interesting! Thanks! 🙂
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Ethan Collins says:
Great article! The kind of content I'd love to see more of in this community!
Thanks so much! Loved the First Man review. Looking forward to read more from you guys!
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Interesting article!! Very well written.
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If you smell mold, you have it but a test should be performed to see what kind and where it's coming from. This is to see if it's abnormal or if the basement just needs a dehumidifier.
Water damage to the interior, either through a roof leak or plumbing accident, get it tested. Your insurance may even pay for it!
After mold remediation work has been performed, we need to make sure everything has been removed and nothing is left hiding.
When health issues arise. Does your son or daughter have a mold allergy and they are suddenly having reactions? What about your stuffy nose that won't clear up? Chronic sinus infections? Does your spouse have watery eyes that are always red? See a doctor about health concerns and call us to identify if it's from your home.
With your home inspection before you purchase. Nothing could be scarier then purchasing a house only to find that it has $10,000 worth of mold remediation work needed. Stay safe and get it tested before closing/escrow.
Tenant disputes. Your landlord says "thats not mold." Get it tested and take the fight to them!
Lots of substances look like mold that aren't; efflorescence on masonry, dirt and grime, even blown-in insulation can stick to areas and look like mold. Don't take the chance with your health, just get it tested.
Air quality testing of your environment. When you have sick, elderly or young at the house, it's always safest to get a test done to make sure their compromised immune systems aren't exposed to something that could be dangerous.
If any of these situations is the case with you, then you need a mold test at your home.
Can't I Just Buy a Mold Test Kit?
Home tests are misleading and simply wrong! A professional inspector can interpret the testing data and ensure the most accurate test is performed. Ask yourself if you know what kind of samples to collect? What method do you need to collect them with? How much mold should be in the air samples taken? These questions need an inspector that has studied mold testing; paying $100 for a lab test without knowing how to collect a sample or interpret the results is negligent at best and potentially dangerous.
Does the hardware store test kit come with an inspector trained in moisture intrusion, building science and mold remediation? Ours does! Knowing where to look for more mold is every bit as important as collecting the mold you've seen.
You may not see it or even smell it, identifying and removing the mold is only half the battle, we will find the source of the mold so it doesn't come back.
Every home has some mold! Your mold test will come back positive and you may be paying for repairs you don't need.
Mold tests aren't cheap! Lab fees alone are a turn-off to a lot of people. However, the benefit you will gain is worth every penny; early warning can save tens of thousands on structural damage and health issues.


Well the flags are out in full force. I didn't get to pitch in but I saw folks out full force. Babo and Sherry had the cemetery covered. I saw Carl and Mr. Hale at the 4-way posting the colors. Salute!
On Friday June 2nd, we will pick up flags on Main Street and Highway 99 & 20, meeting at the Hut at 9:00 Am and proceeding from there. Pick up at the cemetery will be June 5th. Will need as many as possible to help with that so volunteers are welcome. A special thanks to everyone who showed up to put out the flags at the cemetery and on Main Street and Highway 99 & 20. 7. Next Legion meeting will be Thursday June 1, 2017 at the Hut at 7:00 pm the current plan is dinner at 6 pm. The second meeting in June will Thursday June 15, 2017.
We will fly the flag for Flag Day June 14th and Father's Day June 18th. So, we will put flags out on Main Street on Friday June 9th at 9:00am and pick up on Monday June 19th after the morning breakfast.
Don't forget our regular meetings continue the first and third Thursdays of the month at 7:00 PM. Monday morning Koffee Klatch meetings in June are still scheduled for biscuits and gravy and maybe a waffle or two and always a cup of Joe (coffee to the civilians). Keep your eye on the weather in case things have to be postponed. That will be most likely if the storms bring strong winds and lightning. If you are a veteran come on by. If you have a good story it may end up in print. Also keep up with us at website "americanlegion142.org".


This lesson covers: Challenges to Adoption of AI in India, Recommendations by NITI Aayog.
sir..if amount lend by all the banks are same then which bank will make plan?
Artificial Intelligence (Al) Smart Mobility and Transportation Mobility and transportation form the backbone of the modern economy due to their linkages with other sectors and importance in both domestic and international trades. Today's society demands a high degree of mobility of various kinds, so as to enable efficient and safe transportation of both people and goods. As a major contributor to overall emissions, this sector must also be sensitive to ideas of environmental sustainability. In India, majority of both passenger and freight traffic is carried through roads and railways.
Artificial Intelligence (Al) Travel route/flow optimisation: With access to traffic data at the network level, Al can help make smart predictions for public transport journeys by optimising total journey time including access time, waiting time and travel time. Al can revolutionise first-last mile travel which could change the way we perceive public transport journeys, today. . About private car usage, Al could utilise a range of traffic data sets and one's own preferences to make human-like decisions on route selection. . Al for Railways: Train operators can obtain situational intelligence through real time operational data and analyse them in three different dimensions: spatial, temporal and nodal.
Artificial Intelligence (Al) To encourage the development of sustainable Al solutions at an appropriate price point for sectors such as health, education, and agriculture, it is necessary that a level playing field be ensured and a supportive environment be created for all players in the value chain. .A multi-pronged approach, involving various stakeholders and promoting a collaborative approach is required for promoting development of Al tools as well as adoption of Al in different fields of activity. Incubation hubs specifically for Al startups need to be set up to provide space, and other infrastructure facilities for new startups. Establishment of fund to provide grant funding to startups to facilitate their operation and business.


As the times change, so do our needs. For most of us, getting around on the newest technologically advanced mobility vehicles is something both fun and very handy.
Now we have models available not just for small children but for older teens and adults. Electric scooters from Razor combine the latest technology, high spec quality design and performance with safety and comfort.
The Razor E300 electric scooter is a prime example of what Razor can bring to the market and into our homes. Getting about on the Razor E300 is both convenient and easy for teenagers aged 15 years and all the way into adulthood.
Owning an scooter that can be used by the whole family gives you the thrill of speeding up to 15mph while getting to and from important places like work or out to the shops.
Here we will talk about the Razor E300 in depth, covering its capabilities, style of design, how it works and why, so many people absolutely love it.
The motor in the E300 is equipped with the latest ultra-quiet technology which your neighbors will be guaranteed to thank you for. It works by being driven by a chain inside the motor and can give you speeds up to 15mph.
With innovative and attractive design, the twist-grip throttle is easy to operate and looks great. The acceleration is easily controlled by twisting the throttle which is located on the right-hand side handle bar.
The frame of the Razor E300 scooter is made from the most modern and durable materials, this helps it to stay in once piece however active you may be on it.
With an aesthetically pleasing and unisex grey color, the E300 electric scooter is a beauty. The whole thing is light enough to easily transport. The platform is super-sized for bigger feet and it is very comfortable to hop on and off without worrying about missing your step.
The razor E300 is equipped with 24V rechargeable battery system split into two 12V batteries. Charging takes 12 hours and produces 40 minutes of constant riding once fully charged. There is a green light indicator which lets you know when the scooter is charged fully or needs more power.
This scooter has breaks to both the front wheel and the rear wheel. Both breaks are hand operated and located at the front of the scooter on the handlebars.
With two extra wide 10-inch pneumatic tires, this scooter can grip road and concrete easily and will work well in both dry and wet conditions.
Its easy to forget about safety as an adult or teenager. We are always looking out for the little ones and forgetting about ourselves. Unfortunately, we are not immortal, and we need to take care of our heads mainly to prevent concussion or worse should we end up falling off or crashing into something.
Wearing a crash helmet is a must and for young teens, some further safety wear may be considered like elbow pads or knee pads. If you are riding late at night or in the dark of an evening, some lights or high vis clothing may be used to make yourself stand out a little more when crossing the roads.
All Razor scooters come almost built and only require a very minimal amount of assembly when received. The instruction manual and user manuals are found in the box or alternatively online. There is also a great customer support service available should you get stuck with any part of the assembly or maintenance questions in general.
The kick stand feature provides you with the easiest way to stabilize the scooter when not in use. The battery needs to be stored somewhere warm and prolonged cold exposure can damage the capability and performance of the battery.
Over charging the battery can also destroy it, so never charge it up for more than 24 hours at any time. If not in use, the battery should be regularly charged at least once a month to ensure it is activated and this keeps it healthier for future use. Follow the user manual to get the most you can from your scooter, ensuring it lasts and lasts.
Originally, I was looking for a better way to get to work in the city each morning. At the time I was using public transport and getting squished on the sub-way was not something I enjoyed at the best of times, but when the summer came it all got ten times worse. My husband found the E300 and suggested I used that instead.
Once I had gotten over the concept that this was a big kids toy, I realized it was actually the answer to my prayers. It is not just easier for me to get to work on time and in once piece (not squished) it is also better for the environment with absolutely no chemicals being pumped into the air and into my lungs.
My two teen boys started "borrowing" my scooter in the evenings and I ended up having to buy them one each for Christmas, so I could rescue mine from the grip of teenage antics and tricks. Then, when my husband's car was in the garage, he ended up pinching mine too.
Well, long story short, we all own the Razor E300 and it suits all of our needs for transport, and that of my sons for fun in the local parks. It is easy to control and to stop in the event of an emergency.
They are inexpensive to buy and practically free to run. The design looks great and fitting our feet onto the super-sized platform is not an issue, even for my boys and my husband. I honestly do not know what I would do without my Razor E300 electric scooter.
The only downside for me is the length of time it takes to charge, but as long as we remember to plug them in overnight, they are ready to go in the morning and the performance is amazing.
Being a well trusted and well-known brand, Razor have yet again delivered on their promises of the newest technology and capabilities with no compromise on style and looks. Nominated and shortlisted for toy of the year 2019, the Razor E300 is the best choice on the ever expanding market of electronic scooters and mobility vehicles out there today.
It is something I really would recommend to everyone looking for that easier commute or just for that extra bit of fun. It is a truly brilliant machine. Hope this razor e300 scooter reviews will help you to understand all the features of it.


this is the first time i use my handphone to blog a picture.
sometimes i just can't understand some people!!!
we just cleaned the house yesterday.
but in da next minute, there was just somebody go and besmeared da floor.
what she did is she wear her pair of pretty shoes into the house to take off her shoes or wears her in the house before go out.
hey~do you know that we've just cleaned the house few hours ago??
but what with the toilet???
The point is: do you ever clean the toilet??? even just the basin or floor?
i am not trying to praise the job we've done yesterday of being so hardworking to clean our house.
but please try to at least appreciate or take care of the hygiene in our house.
do you know how awful we felt???
i just hope that you can understand, will you ??
weird~~why am i blogging using english???
hahahahah~~~i just realised it !!!!!
but i just don't know that you will read my blog or not.......will you ???
and of course, i m not trying to embarrass the one who i mention just now.


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Contractresearch is een samenwerkingsverband waarbij een bedrijf (of persoon of overheid) opdracht geeft aan een onderzoeksinstelling om onderzoek (research) te verrichten. De onderzoeksinstelling ontvangt hiervoor een betaling.

De redenen om onderzoek uit te laten voeren door een onderzoeksinstelling zijn divers: de onderzoeksinstelling kan meer kennis van een bepaald onderwerp hebben dan de opdrachtgever, de onderzoeksinstelling kan betere en/of duurdere apparatuur beschikbaar hebben, of de opdrachtgever kan te weinig personeel hebben om het onderzoek zelf uit te voeren.

Voorbeelden van Nederlandse instellingen die veel contractresearch uitvoeren zijn: TNO, FOM, ECN en universiteiten.

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Last Saturday we delivered 8 new paintings of Zion National Park to Kathy LaFave at LaFave Gallery in Springdale Utah. All the paintings are new, and have not been exhibited anywhere else. LaFave is readying her gallery for the Spring/Summer season, which begins soon. Located at the mouth of Zion National Park, the gallery gets traffic from the over 3 million visitors to the park each year. Sales were brisk last year and I am happy to present a whole new show this year. Stop by if you get in the area.


Editor's Note: The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is the largest single provider of medical care to people with HIV in the United States.
"#DoingItMyWay, Testing for HIV" is the 2018 National #HIVTestingDay theme.
Review additional prevention information: https://www.hiv.va.gov/pdf/HIV-prevention.pdf [PDF, 728KB]. Your provider can also write you a prescription for condoms.
National HIV Testing Day is June 27. We hope you'll say yes to the HIV test at your next appointment.


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Lights, camera … James Packer pumps $US450 million into Hollywood financing deal
Patrick Stafford
Billionaire James Packer has made his latest investment, plunging nearly half a billion dollars into a financing deal with film giant Warner Bros. Pictures.
The four-year deal covers up to 75 films, and was made through Packer's company RatPac-Dune Entertainment, which was founded last year with director Brett Ratner and Steven Mnuchin, who heads the private investment group Dune Capital Management.
While the official statement from Warner Bros. Pictures does not specify an amount, trade publications such as Variety have pinned the total at about $US450 million.
The deal comes after Warner Bros. finished a co-financing deal earlier this year with Legendary Entertainment.
The deal covers films from a variety of genres, including Gravity, which is released this Thursday in Australia, and "studio tent-pole releases based on iconic franchises".
"This agreement gives us increased strength and flexibility in the motion picture division and an even greater ability to manage risk," said Warner Bros. chief executive Kevin Tsujihara in a statement.
Ratner and Packer added the company was looking forward to a "long and mutually beneficial relationship".
Ratner is one of Hollywood's most successful directors – Warner Bros. pins his films as grossing more than $2 billion worldwide, including the Rush Hour trilogy and one of the X-Men films.
Warner Bros. owns several key franchises, including the Harry Potter series, the Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit franchise and DC Comics, publisher of Batman and Superman comics.
The investment is Packer's first move into film entertainment, but is only one of several Packer has made this year.
In March, he teamed up with the group of wealthy investors behind the successful Beats Electronics brand, and was given preliminary approval for his Sydney casino complex.


Costeur, Loïc; Grohé, Camille; Aguirre-Fernández, Gabriel; Ekdale, Eric; Schulz, Georg; Müller, Bert; Mennecart, Bastien (2018). The bony labyrinth of toothed whales reflects both phylogeny and habitat preferences. Scientific Reports, 8:7841.
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The Records Division of the Barnstable Police Department maintains all police records and reports. The Records Department also assists members of the public with requests for obtaining public records; such records include police reports, accidents reports, and incident reports. Please note that not all records maintained by Barnstable Police Department are public records. The Records Division follows in accordance with guidelines set forth by the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. For further information on Massachusetts Public Records Law please visit:
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The Barnstable Police Department Records Department is located on the second floor of our facility located at:
1200 Phinney's Lane
Hyannis, MA.
Please note that the hours to apply for a firearms license, taxi license or fingerprint request are restricted. Please view firearms and FAQ's (taxi and fingerprint) for hours of operation.
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We only accept cash or checks payable to the Town of Barnstable.
Records Staff Members are:
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From the Darkness is an injection of energy, an aesthetic and human experience that cannot leave the spectator indifferent. It is an invitation to thought, amazement, laughter, identification with others, and social sensitization.
From the Darkness is composed of a series of pieces with modern and powerful aesthetics in common. In it Esther Tablas exploits the versatility of contemporary Spanish dance to tell a story that explores the new tendencies in Spanish dance and flamenco. From the Darkness is her latest creation and also the name of the performance.


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Soccer Coaching Videos
"Unlike American football, baseball or hockey, soccer truly is a global game"
As part of Jürgen Klinsmann's coaching staff at the USMNT Matthias Hamman is responsible for the Under 23 team (along with Austrian soccer great Andreas Herzog) and for the scouting of American players performing for clubs across the European continent. We've met with the former Bundesliga pro to talk about his job, the tough competition soccer is faced with in the US, and successful youth player development.
Keeping an eye on everything: Matthias Hamann is not only a scout, he's also the assistant coach of U23 USMNT
Coach Hamann, how did you get involved with U.S. Soccer and what are your primary duties? What's it like working with coach Klinsmann?
I started working for the United States Soccer Federation in 2011 shortly after Jürgen was named the national coach. For the first twelve months I exclusively scouted players who could possibly play for the USMNT and who were playing in Europe. The majority of players were either lacing up for EPL teams or Bundesliga clubs. There also were a few who played in France, the Netherlands and Norway. During the first few months I also scouted opposing national teams that we were playing on European soil. This included both video analysis and preparation of our players once they were here. But now some members of our U23 squad are already playing in Europe and even some of our talents from the Under 20, Under 18 and U17 teams have come here. Our job is to look after those players and simultaneously to find new talent, players with dual citizenship, and to tell them what they can expect, how their path in U.S. soccer might shape out. Basically we try to let them know that we want to establish a good connection with them and that we're there for them. Or we simply invite them to one of our camps.
How does this work? How high is the success rate among players with dual citizenship?
The players who were with us were absolutely stoked. Jürgen is an accessible coach, a communicator. We don't have seating orders, super strict rules or any of that stuff. We try to keep everything fair and square. We want the players to give their input and to show their personality. The daily routine is smooth and easy; the players are allowed to use their cell phones and to wear headphones. It's okay to talk to the coaches during breakfast. We're not above everyone else. When a player was with one of our physical therapists and he's a couple of minutes late, we're not going to chop his head off. That's just a waste of energy since most of our meals are served as buffet anyway (laughs.) All in all, all of our players want to come back once they've been with us.
But you have to get in first, of course. What are the criteria for an invite to a camp? How can a player make the team?
Coming to camp means joining our team. These are mostly set dates, predetermined by FIFA. When a player comes to a senior level team camp we know he can play. We didn't invite him just to take a closer look at him, this happened way before that. We much rather want to see how this player handles himself on a social and on a personal level. It's not uncommon that we look for a specific type of player if we have a need on a certain field position. A lot of times players catch our attention because of the leadership qualities they show on the club level. This is something we all love to see. Jürgen always says that he would love to have ten or eleven skippers on his squad because those players have a certain type of demeanor and personality and that's exactly what we need.
Jürgen always says that he would love to have ten or eleven skippers on his squad
Are there major differences between American and German players? What about differences in the soccer philosophy in general?
I wouldn't say that there's a major difference on the senior level. Soccer is the same, no matter where you play it, a pitch, two goals, and two teams of 11 players. That's just the nature of things.
There are major differences on the junior levels, though, because German soccer is still a few steps ahead of us when it comes to youth player development. There's still a lack of structure, but hey, it's just not that simple in a country as big as the US. We're still lacking a "base" or a network that allows us to assemble and to scout our young players. Should this network be centralized or decentralized? How can we scout and observe players who might have the potential to play for us? These are the questions that we have to find answers to in the coming years. We already have around 60 to 70 youth academies that are certified by the MLS. Now we need a level of coaching that is state-of-the-art as well. We have to be able to teach our youngest players fundamental technical aspects that they then have to be able to perform under pressure, at the highest speed and in tight spaces. These are standard requirements that are essential in modern soccer. And for that we need coaches that are able to convey these things to their players. We still have a lot of work to do when it comes to these aspects, but this is only natural since we haven't been in this business for as long as others have.
What about structures outside of these academies? What about collegiate soccer?
The coaches have to be interconnected and give each other info about good players. This might even by word of mouth. In the best case someone knows the coach of the Under 18 squad and tells him that there's a player that he should have a closer look at. Then you can start to specifically scout that player and see whether he would fit the team. As you can see, this really isn't an ideal situation. A club structure like the one in Germany doesn't exist in the US. Here the boys and girls are being trained by paid coaches that usually are working with about 20 to 25 kids from the neighborhood. They train three times a week and the parents pay 400 to 500 dollars a month for this. Coaches who know each other might organize matches between their respective teams, basically setting up their own league competition. It's all self-organized. And here lies the problem – the players basically pay for their soccer coaching education, and naturally, this only attracts a certain type of clientele, namely an affluent one. Many parents simply don't have the money for this type of education. Therefore it's our goal to establish a structure that allows the best players to play and to practice without having to pay for it. This could either be realized with the help of the association or through scholarships.
You mention scholarships, how big of a problem is the competition that American football, basketball, baseball and hockey present? In those sports there's obviously a well-organized youth player development system in place. Is soccer forced "to wait in line" because of the big four?
Well, it's not all perfect in those sports either. They're faced with problems, too. Last year the World Cup games of USMNT had better TV ratings than the NBA Playoffs. Thousands of former NFL players have filed lawsuits against the league after suffering repeated concussions throughout their careers. This concussion litigation has forced the NFL to acknowledge that many of its ex-players were suffering from play-related traumatic brain injuries. We're talking about billions of dollars in settlements here. Who knows if the NFL will ever truly recover from this because less and less parents now allow their kids to play football. While baseball still has its followers, its popularity has declined significantly in the last twenty years, especially among the younger generation. Hockey is a 'winter sport' that generates much of its talent from outside the US, primarily from Canada, Russia and Scandinavian countries.
I think that right now soccer has a great chance to make a real impact in the US, and you can already see that it is becoming more and more popular.
The economic aspect also factors in because many potential sponsors have realized that soccer is truly the only global game.
The NFL and the MLB are only popular in the US, hockey only in certain regions of the US and Canada. The NBA is gaining ground on a global perspective but compared to soccer it is still a small fish.
Major companies have realized that U.S. Soccer is a global brand and that's why we're now being bombarded with sponsorship deals. Now is the time to establish structure and a network to generate and to nurture new talent. We need a structure that enables us to train and develop coaches. We need a structure that ensures that our talents one day end up with us here at the USMNT. This will certainly take a few more years to realize, but now is the perfect time to lay the foundation.
You only have a chance if you believe in 'team comes first'!
What type of player does make it to the top? Or what makes a player the star of his team? Is it a question of talent, hard work or attitude? How can you make the leap from average to great?
In my opinion it's relatively easy to evaluate a player: talent multiplied with determination results in the final product. That's why a player with less talent has to compensate for this with his attitude and will. He has to work harder and do more in order to be successful. Of course, a highly talented player will also fail to reach to the top if he doesn't have the right attitude. It's a matter of finding the right combination between talent and attitude. Soccer is a team game, that's why a player always has to remember that the team always comes first. Coach Klinsmann always says that when you're part of a team it's about giving and not taking. You have to give to the team; you're only going to get out of it whatever you put into it. You can just "extract" energy from a team, it's just like in real life. In order to be accepted by a team and to be a leader you have to be willing to give, not just take.
Jürgen recently invited former NBA player Steve Nash to speak to our team. Steve talked about his path to the NBA and what he did to make it to the top. Steve is neither exceptionally gifted from a physical standpoint nor was blessed with otherworldly talent. When you see Steve you wouldn't necessarily think that he's played in the NBA for 19 seasons, let alone become a two-time MVP and a multiple All-Star. Still he became one of the greatest point guards ever to play the game. To him it was all because of the hard work he put in. He said that he came to every practice an hour early and shot a hundred shots. Same thing after practice. That's two hundred extra shots every day. Five times a week equals a thousand extra shots. When you project this onto the whole year, that's 50 000 extra shots. That's what made him better. That's the only way it works. Sure, you also have to be lucky, you have to be at the right place at the right time, you have to play for the right team and someone has to discover your talents. This plays a big role as well, of course.
But there are a lot of factors that you can influence yourself. Your passion, your attitude and your work ethic have to be at a 100 percent, all the time.
Is this a common occurrence that you invite athletes and experts to talk about these things? What about nutritionists or team building experts?
Yes, we do have a nutritionist on our staff and we constantly communicate with a number of experts who are specialized in a variety of topics. Jürgen wants as much input as possible. Then we separate the things that could be important and useful for us from the things we can neglect. That's always the way how Jürgen has done it, even back when he worked in Germany. He would invite extreme athletes who swim hundreds of miles or climb the highest mountains. Something like that. And the bottom line was always that you need to be dedicated to your profession, no matter what you do. You have to give 110 percent in order to get better and you have to willing to do more than everyone else.
The coaches of U23 USMNT: Andreas Herzog and Matthias Hamann
What do you think makes a coach a great coach?
A great coach is able to unite everyone, the ones who give and even the ones who take. A great coach knows how to perfectly integrate each athletic trainer, nutritionist, doctor and physical therapist into his staff. He's able to convey his soccer philosophy in a way that enables everyone to feel like he or she is part of the team. A great coach knows how to incorporate talents into his squad – giving everyone space while demanding a maximum of discipline. He has to be able to find the right balance in whatever it may be. Think about finding the perfect balance between offense and defense. Defense is about discipline; everyone needs to do his of her job, no matter what it is. On offense it is much more about creativity. Players have to feel challenged but not under- or overwhelmed by their job. They have to feel that they're part of the team and they have to feel responsible. A great coach also has to be able to communicate. That's what makes a coach great.
What about youth soccer coaches? What are the biggest challenges when it comes to working with youth players?
A youth soccer coach has a much tougher job because he even has to be able to motivate his players if they don't feel like practicing. His main job is to teach his players while keeping them enthusiastic about the game. They have to have fun playing soccer. If your players have fun the technical and tactical aspects will come. Young soccer players are much more receptive to learning new things when they are enthusiastic about it. Game-related drills and small competitive scenarios are ideal and here lies the challenge for the youth coach.
Let's talk some more about youth player development. You have founded a soccer academy in Germany, how often are you there? Where do you lay the focus when you work with youth players?
Right now, I'm more focused on the national team, of course. For the last couple of years we've narrowed it down to one or two camps a year. The kids are usually between six and fourteen and during that age, I think what's most important is that the kids enjoy themselves. They should have fun being active; they should have fun playing soccer. Of course we also want to wake their competitive spirit, we want to show the kids how the stars of the game do it and we want to show them what their path in soccer could look like.
How has soccer changed compared to when you were playing professionally? What does the future hold for soccer in general? How will it evolve?
Nowadays everyone only talks about ball-oriented play and teams are constantly shifting when they are on defense. I think we might have lost something there compared to back when I was playing. This is just twenty years ago but apparently that's a long time in soccer. In todays game problems are much more likely to be solved within a team concept. It's not anymore just the one guy that wins the ball, instead you now have one guy pushing the opposing player off to the side where the next defender waits for him, the third guy closes the passing lane and the fourth player maybe wins the ball. It used to be much different back when I was playing; it was much more about one-on-one situations back then.
A defender like me had to rely much more on his one-on-one skills. My job was to take the opposing strikers out of the game and to win balls.
No matter where the ball was, you always had to be aware of the man you were supposed to mark; you couldn't rely on a teammate helping you out since he was busy marking his own guy. I think that type of responsibility has been somewhat lost in todays game. Now the responsibilities are shuffled around a bit and in the end no one takes blame. I think that's a problem, especially in player development. You won't hear anybody say 'that was your job, your responsibility'.
Nowadays you only have to say that it simply was a chain of events that led to goals, but I think it would be a good idea to give the guys more individual responsibilities again.
I also think that the soccer of today is geared too much towards possession of the ball. Sometimes a player passes the ball from the halfway line back to the goalie and then you're back at square one. That often doesn't make much sense but that's just the way it is.
What definitely has gotten better is the technical skill set of most players, even when they're forced to rely on them in tight spaces.
I watch around 100 to 120 games a year, and regardless whether those are U17, U19 or U23 games, they tend to look the same. There's a lot of shifting on defense, you can see 'the defensive square' moving around on the pitch while the attacking team tries to get around or through it. Once a team wins the ball, it immediately goes into attack mode while the other team starts to shift their defensive square. From the Under 17 level on you notice that games start to look the same and due to the approach to player development in Germany, the individual talent gets somewhat curtailed along the way. Sure I'm exaggerating a bit when I say that in Germany coaches only want to see their players make low-driven passes over short distances while chip passes with the outside of the boot are prohibited. But once you coaching on the senior level you might one day want that special player that can chip the over the defense with the outside of the boot, because that's the only way your team can score in a certain situation. We're limiting our own players in their development, but I think that a change in the way of thinking is bound to come rather sooner than later. Those nifty plays will again be encouraged instead of eliminated. That's what we try to do here in the US. We want our players to be creative and we want them to display their individuality and their personality. Of course, a player also has to be able to complete a low driven pass over ten feet, but when a players has the personality that we're looking for I don't care whether he passes the ball with the inside or the outside of the foot. As long as he feels good about it, I'm fine with it.
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Kingdoms at War • View topic - Kingdoms at War 1st Anniversary All-Star War!
Kingdoms at War 1st Anniversary All-Star War!
Hi everyone! To celebrate Kingdoms at War's upcoming 1 year anniversary, we have decided to host an all-star war!
all the players in the war are automatically active UNLESS they message kaw's wall with the message 'join delay'. These users will have up to 4 hours after the war starts to join and will automatically be active afterwards.
Rosters are announced! We will add the participants to each side automatically.
We're very excited to hold this all star tournament and we're hoping that it turns out to be an epic battle!
Note: There will be NO CHANGES to any buildings, game mechanics or anything in the game between now and the end of the war.
We are pleased to announce the team rosters for the 1st anniversary all-star war. Clan names were chosen based on mythological gods of war, as these players represent the most powerful kingdoms in the history of KaW. They have risen through the ranks to achieve mythical levels of power.
The teams are evenly matched along all aspects of possible war strategy - congratulations to those who have made it onto the rosters.
Tyr is the god of single combat, victory and heroic glory in Norse mythology. He keeps Fenrir, the supernatural monster wolf, as a pet. Tyr is shrouded in a great deal of mystery, speculation and rumor. Members of the clan Tyr are known for their heroic war deeds and battle strategy.
Ares ancient is the god of war, and a member of the Twelve Olympians, a son of Zeus and Hera, in Greek mythology. Though often referred to as the Olympian god of warfare, he is more accurately the god of bloodthirst, or slaughter personified. Members of clan Aries are war personified; known for their feats of strength in past battles.
So far this has been an EPIC battle between the top players in KaW! Aries jumped out to an early lead at the start of the war, but was overtaken by Tyr in a matter of hours. Aries hit a huge setback when a number of players left their team, and are now down by 30 players. After the first 24 hours, Tyr was ahead by over 40 bil, but this seemed to be a turning point for Aries. Over the last 9 hours Aries has cut the lead down to 33 bil, and seem to be gaining traction and overcoming the odds.
Stay tuned to the team clan pages for the war status!
Congratulations to Tyr, the winners of the all-star war! We will be posting a more detailed summary soon, with the top players and more! Stay tuned.
Re: Kingdoms at War 1st Anniversary All-Star War!
Top 2000? I don't support..
Location: Uhhh.. At home playing KaW. Where else?


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UK elections: Is anyone able to form a government?
Published Tue, Apr 7 201511:52 PM EDT Updated Thu, Apr 23 20151:20 AM EDT
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The 2015 United Kingdom general election is shaping up to be the closest and potentially the biggest headache for markets for decades. The reason? Thanks to the increasing influence of smaller parties, this vote could spell the end of the traditional two-party system that has dominated U.K. politics since World War II.
Since 1945, Brits have only really had one choice when it comes to government: either left-leaning Labour or the more right-wing Conservatives, currently leading a coalition with the smaller Liberal Democrats. But now the likes of the Scottish National Party (SNP) and the U.K. Independence Party (UKIP) could hold the key to who forms the next government.
With both Labour and the Conservatives hovering between 30-35 percent of the vote in a range of polls, it seems unlikely at this point that either will be able to govern alone.
Trade in sterling has already become more volatile than before any election since 2000, as worries about post-election risk intensify.
CNBC takes a look at why every vote counts in the May 7 U.K. general election and which party, or group of parties, could form next government.
Share of the vote… wins?
Owing to the vagaries of the U.K.'s first-past-the-post constituency system, Labour could become the largest party with a smaller share of the vote than the Conservatives.
Labour support is stronger in the north of England and Wales, where constituencies in general have fewer people, whereas the Conservative power base in London and the South, where constituencies on average have a larger population. This means that the Conservatives have to fight harder and are likely to win fewer seats even with the same share of the vote as Labour.
Prime Minister David Cameron failed in his attempts to tackle this issue while in power – while he tried, but failed, to pass legislation reducing the number of constituencies from 650 to 600 after he was blocked by coalition partner the Liberal Democrats.
Labour pains?
Labour has simply got more options to form a coalition. The Liberal Democrats have been burned badly from five years of coalition with the Conservatives, and so seem less likely to do it all again. Labour could also form a coalition with the Green Party, Welsh Nationalists Plaid Cymru, or – what looks more likely – a coalition or "confidence and supply" agreement with the Scottish National Party.
This would involve SNP support for Labour in the event of certain key votes, such as no-confidence or spending votes, but could come at the cost of granting concessions to the more left-wing SNP.
After Greece, these elections will shake up Europe
There has been no confirmation of a formal coalition agreement between any major party - although the SNP formally offered to make an "anti-austerity" government with Labour this weekend, the larger party has so far preferred to try and win enough votes to govern alone.
"Whatever you think about left/right politics, the worst possible result for Britain is likely to be a weak Labour performance," Bill Blain, strategist at Mint Partners, argued.
"It may be time to think the unthinkable.. a strong Labour result will be better for Britain than a weak Labour performance causing them to form a coalition with the SNP."
One plus point of a Labour-led government to investors would be the probable absence of a referendum on the U.K.'s EU membership. Despite some pressure, Miliband has not promised one, unlike Cameron.
Conservative Party and…?
The Conservatives have the weight of five years in power behind them, which could mean that they capture last minute risk-averse voters – especially when the pro-government U.K. newspapers like the Daily Telegraph run front page stories about 100 business leaders arguing against a Labour government.
Between now and polling day, the party is expected to continually reinforce its core messages: its relative economic competence and Labour leader Miliband's weaknesses.
Did the UK PM just lose the election?
One of the most optimistic predictions for them comes from Nomura's analyst team, who think that 290-295 seats (out of 650) for the Conservative Party, followed by a formal coalition with Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), with an expected 8 seats, and occasional support from the Liberal Democrats is "a realistic target".
"Although this would be a weak mandate for the Conservatives, its economic plans remain far removed from the alternatives," the Nomura analysts argued.
These would be rather odd bedfellows – Cameron's Conservative Party, which brought in gay marriage legislation, and the DUP, one of whose members is trying to introduce new legislation known as the "gay cake" law that will effectively allow discrimination if it is part of the business's religious belief. This has come out of a well-known case where a Northern Irish baker refused to take an order to make a cake saying "Support Gay Marriage" over an image of Sesame Street's Bert and Ernie – think of it as the U.K.'s equivalent of the row over the Indiana religious freedom law.
The DUP would also be likely to extract more promises on investment in Northern Ireland, where the economy is still not back on pre-credit crisis form.
The Farage factor
UKIP, led by Nigel Farage, were at one point mooted as a potential coalition partner, which would have heightened market fears that the U.K. could leave the European Union, but now seem more likely to disrupt the main parties' votes in swing seats than to actually win more than a handful of seats themselves.
- By CNBC's Catherine Boyle
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Digital Economy Briefing
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Levelling up the digital and data economy to support high-quality jobs, investment and growth
25 May 2022 I 08:30-11:45am I In-person
Dynamic Earth, Edinburgh
Brought to you by Futurescot, this one-off briefing event will chart the progress of Scotland's national ambition to become a leading tech nation – by 'levelling up' the digital and data economy and creating the next generation of high-quality jobs and internet services.
Fuelled by a desire to be the data capital of Europe, the event will reflect on the recent updates to the national digital strategy, A changing nation: how Scotland will thrive in a digital world, to 'utilise the potential of Scotland's digital ecosystem to stimulate and scale innovation in ways that meet public service and environmental challenges at home and abroad'.
In a focused 2hr discussion, hosted in Edinburgh and featuring digital policymakers and innovation leaders, we take a deep dive into this vision as Scotland seeks to create the conditions for technology businesses to grow, thrive, create jobs and attract investment, and build the digital skills in the workforce to enable these businesses to recruit on the international stage.
And we look at how collaboration is key to that aim: whether between public, private and third sectors or national innovation centres working closely with academia to unlock the potential of cutting-edge research data – driving the next breakthroughs in industry, from artificial intelligence to quantum computing, 5G, space and the internet of things (IoT).
Ivan McKee MSP
Minister for Business, Trade, Tourism and Enterprise
Minister for Business, Trade, Tourism and Enterprise , The Scottish Government
Ivan McKee was appointed Minister for Business, Trade, Tourism and Enterprise in May 2021.
His career has involved a number of senior roles in manufacturing and business, managing companies in the UK as well as Poland, Finland, Croatia and Bosnia.
Ivan has been MSP for Glasgow Provan since May 2016. He was previously the Minister for Trade, Investment and Innovation.
Colin Cook
Director of Economic Development
Director of Economic Development, The Scottish Government
Colin was appointed Director of Economic Development in Scottish Government in 2021. Prior to this he spent over four years as Director Digital, responsible for delivering Scotland's national digital strategy, including work on the digital transformation of the public sector and public services, Scotland's data strategy, digital connectivity and the IT shared services used by up to 16,000 public servants in Scotland.
Colin started his career in marketing within the packaging and chemical industries. He then joined Royal Mail, eventually becoming marketing director of the £4 billion core letters business and enjoying a spell as Assistant to the Chairman and Chief Executive of The Post Office. He first joined Scottish Government in 2003 as Deputy Director, Public Health, where he led the consultation that led to the smoking ban and then Deputy Director, Healthcare strategy and planning. Prior to joining digital, Colin Spent four years on secondment to Cabinet Office / MOS as Marketing Director, British Army Recruitment where he introduced an award winning online recruiting process
Colin is a Vice Chairman of the Royal Caledonian Education Trust and a former trustee of The Poppy Factory.
Sara Thiam
SCDI
Chief Executive, SCDI
The pandemic has shown us what can be achieved when organisations across the public, private and third-sector align behind a common goal and shared values. SCDI is unique in uniting all three for an economy, which enables people and nature to flourish. Chief Executive, Sara Thiam works to brings sectors and industries together to build a better economy for Scotland. Sara is a former Director for the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) in Scotland and member of the Infrastructure Commission for Scotland. She has held a non-exec roles including Construction Scotland Innovation Centre.
Sara's career in economic development includes the Glasgow Edinburgh Collaboration Initiative and EU knowledge transfer projects designed to stimulate Scottish innovation. Her early career in international education included the setting up of the Eurodesk youth information service subsequently replicated throughout the EU. Sara holds a BA (Hons) in modern languages from the University of Stirling.
Jacqueline Redmond
CENSIS
Chair, CENSIS
Dr Jacqueline Redmond is the Chair of CENSIS, Scotland's Innovation Centre leading on the accelerated development and deployment of IoT, sensing and imaging technology. Jacqueline has over 25 years international experience in senior positions championing technology innovation. To this end, she is also the Executive Director of PNDC, focused on supporting innovators develop technology that will revolutionise, digitalise and decarbonise the energy, heat and transport sectors. Finally, Jacqueline is a member of Board for the Scottish National Investment Bank (SNIB), where she helps the team to think creatively on how to deliver the Net Zero mission.
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The Scotland 5G Centre
CEO, The Scotland 5G Centre
Paul became the CEO of the Scotland 5G Centre – the national centre for the acceleration of the deployment and adoption of 5G in Scotland – in May 2020 and has quickly made his mark on the 5G ecosystem. He is passionate about mobile telecommunications and delivering socio-economic benefit to a broad range of stakeholders to enable digital connectivity.
Previously, as founder of his consultancy practice, Paul advised both private and public-sector organisations on major strategic initiatives, taking advantage of the latest wireless capabilities to develop coherent plans to deliver organisational goals and increased business value.
Paul began his career on the first graduate training scheme run by Orange, now EE, and rose through the company to become head of strategic development. There, he played a key role in establishing the UK's first deployments of 4G services in rural communities.
He was recently recognised as one of the Connected Britain Top 100 influencers.
Peter Mathieson
Principal & Vice Chancellor
Principal & Vice Chancellor, University of Edinburgh
Professor Peter Mathieson MBBS(Hons)(London), PhD(Cambridge), FRCP(London), FRCPE, FMedSci, FRSE assumed the office of Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Edinburgh in February 2018.
Peter Mathieson was born and educated in the United Kingdom. He went to a state grammar school in Penzance, Cornwall and was the first member of his family to go to university. He read Medicine at the London Hospital Medical College and qualified with First Class Honours from the University of London in 1983. After junior medical posts in London, he obtained a research training fellowship from the Medical Research Council (MRC) to study at the University of Cambridge. He was awarded a PhD by the University of Cambridge in 1992. He became Director of Studies for Clinical Medicine at Christ's College, Cambridge following his PhD. After a further MRC fellowship he moved to Bristol in 1995 as the foundation Professor of Renal Medicine at the University of Bristol and Honorary Consultant Nephrologist, North Bristol NHS Trust. In 1999, he was elected to Fellowship of the Academy of Medical Sciences. In 2021 he was elected as Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
Kim McAllister
Chair, BBC Scotland
Kim McAllister is a freelance journalist and communications consultant at Connect. She presents Clever About Cash on BBC Radio Scotland and contributes to a number of BBC shows including Radio 4's Inside Science. She regularly writes for the Herald and other business titles. Since the pandemic hit, Kim has been involved with a wide range of events online, from chairing the three day annual international conference of the British Occupational Hygiene Society to hosting business recovery webinars for the Herald. Her space podcast series "Scotland's Secret Space Race", which she made with the University of Edinburgh, is the no 6 physics podcast in the UK and she is currently working on a special edition.
Ashley Lumsden
Director of Government and Public Affairs
Director of Government and Public Affairs, Huawei
Ashley Lumsden currently serves as Director of Government and Public Affairs, in charge of Huawei's UK strategy for relationship building with the UK Government, Parliament, and Regulators.
Over the past 4 years at Huawei he has worked with colleauges in the UK, Brussels and Shenzhen Headquarters to develop solid strategic relationships with policy-makers, regulators, advisers and legislators, and has worked with international organisations such as the OECD and UNCTAD.
As part of his work at Huawei, Ashley serves as a member of the CBI's International Advisory Group, is a board member of the Commonwealth Telecoms Organisation and has joined the Business at OECD delegation to the Committee for Digital Economy Policy.
Before joining Huawei, Ashley was Special Adviser to the then Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, Sir Vince Cable in the UK Coalition Government and prior to that was an adviser on finance, transport and infrastructure policy at City Hall, London. Ashley studied Mathematics at Imperial College London.
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Arrival & Networking
Chair Opening Remarks
Kim McAllister is a freelance journalist and communications consultant at Connect. She presents Clever About Cash on BBC Radio Scotland and contributes to a number of BBC shows including Radio 4's Inside Science. She regularly writes for the Herald and other business titles. Since the pandemic hit, Kim has been involved with a wide range of events online, from chairing the three day annual international conference of the British Occupational Hygiene Society to hosting business recovery webinars for the Herald. Her space podcast series "Scotland's Secret Space Race", which she made with the University of Edinburgh, is the no 6 physics podcast in the UK and she is currently working on a special edition.
Ministerial Keynote:
Ivan McKee was appointed Minister for Business, Trade, Tourism and Enterprise in May 2021. His career has involved a number of senior roles in manufacturing and business, managing companies in the UK as well as Poland, Finland, Croatia and Bosnia. Ivan has been MSP for Glasgow Provan since May 2016. He was previously the Minister for Trade, Investment and Innovation.
Supporting and nurturing the tech ecosystem in Scotland:
How digital and data can drive opportunity and 'scale up' Scottish businesses on the global stage
Colin was appointed Director of Economic Development in Scottish Government in 2021. Prior to this he spent over four years as Director Digital, responsible for delivering Scotland's national digital strategy, including work on the digital transformation of the public sector and public services, Scotland's data strategy, digital connectivity and the IT shared services used by up to 16,000 public servants in Scotland. Colin started his career in marketing within the packaging and chemical industries. He then joined Royal Mail, eventually becoming marketing director of the £4 billion core letters business and enjoying a spell as Assistant to the Chairman and Chief Executive of The Post Office. He first joined Scottish Government in 2003 as Deputy Director, Public Health, where he led the consultation that led to the smoking ban and then Deputy Director, Healthcare strategy and planning. Prior to joining digital, Colin Spent four years on secondment to Cabinet Office / MOS as Marketing Director, British Army Recruitment where he introduced an award winning online recruiting process Colin is a Vice Chairman of the Royal Caledonian Education Trust and a former trustee of The Poppy Factory.
Establishing Scotland as a Leading Digital and Data Economy:
The role of higher education in supporting a high-tech knowledge-led economy
Professor Peter Mathieson MBBS(Hons)(London), PhD(Cambridge), FRCP(London), FRCPE, FMedSci, FRSE assumed the office of Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Edinburgh in February 2018. Peter Mathieson was born and educated in the United Kingdom. He went to a state grammar school in Penzance, Cornwall and was the first member of his family to go to university. He read Medicine at the London Hospital Medical College and qualified with First Class Honours from the University of London in 1983. After junior medical posts in London, he obtained a research training fellowship from the Medical Research Council (MRC) to study at the University of Cambridge. He was awarded a PhD by the University of Cambridge in 1992. He became Director of Studies for Clinical Medicine at Christ's College, Cambridge following his PhD. After a further MRC fellowship he moved to Bristol in 1995 as the foundation Professor of Renal Medicine at the University of Bristol and Honorary Consultant Nephrologist, North Bristol NHS Trust. In 1999, he was elected to Fellowship of the Academy of Medical Sciences. In 2021 he was elected as Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
Leveraging data to power the new industries of the future:
How the public sector can support Scotland's businesses, industries, regions, communities and public services to be more productive and innovative
Paul became the CEO of the Scotland 5G Centre – the national centre for the acceleration of the deployment and adoption of 5G in Scotland – in May 2020 and has quickly made his mark on the 5G ecosystem. He is passionate about mobile telecommunications and delivering socio-economic benefit to a broad range of stakeholders to enable digital connectivity. Previously, as founder of his consultancy practice, Paul advised both private and public-sector organisations on major strategic initiatives, taking advantage of the latest wireless capabilities to develop coherent plans to deliver organisational goals and increased business value. Paul began his career on the first graduate training scheme run by Orange, now EE, and rose through the company to become head of strategic development. There, he played a key role in establishing the UK's first deployments of 4G services in rural communities. He was recently recognised as one of the Connected Britain Top 100 influencers.
Working together to support innovation in Scotland's key sectors:
Leveraging new technologies and opening up data to unlock economic opportunity and drive inclusive growth
The pandemic has shown us what can be achieved when organisations across the public, private and third-sector align behind a common goal and shared values. SCDI is unique in uniting all three for an economy, which enables people and nature to flourish. Chief Executive, Sara Thiam works to brings sectors and industries together to build a better economy for Scotland. Sara is a former Director for the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) in Scotland and member of the Infrastructure Commission for Scotland. She has held a non-exec roles including Construction Scotland Innovation Centre. Sara's career in economic development includes the Glasgow Edinburgh Collaboration Initiative and EU knowledge transfer projects designed to stimulate Scottish innovation. Her early career in international education included the setting up of the Eurodesk youth information service subsequently replicated throughout the EU. Sara holds a BA (Hons) in modern languages from the University of Stirling.
Ashley Lumsden currently serves as Director of Government and Public Affairs, in charge of Huawei's UK strategy for relationship building with the UK Government, Parliament, and Regulators. Over the past 4 years at Huawei he has worked with colleauges in the UK, Brussels and Shenzhen Headquarters to develop solid strategic relationships with policy-makers, regulators, advisers and legislators, and has worked with international organisations such as the OECD and UNCTAD. As part of his work at Huawei, Ashley serves as a member of the CBI's International Advisory Group, is a board member of the Commonwealth Telecoms Organisation and has joined the Business at OECD delegation to the Committee for Digital Economy Policy. Before joining Huawei, Ashley was Special Adviser to the then Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, Sir Vince Cable in the UK Coalition Government and prior to that was an adviser on finance, transport and infrastructure policy at City Hall, London. Ashley studied Mathematics at Imperial College London.
Closing Remarks & Networking
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