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Vick runs for TD, throws interception in Eagles' loss
Dennis Waszak Jr., Associated Press
Published 7:13 pm EDT, Thursday, September 3, 2009
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Michael Vick pushed his way into the end zone and then struggled to figure out what to do next.
After all, it had been three seasons since his last NFL touchdown.
"I didn't even know what to do with myself," the Philadelphia quarterback said. "I always told myself I was going to keep the ball, hand it to an offensive lineman, spike it. I got up and I just lost it. My mind went blank. I just ran off the field like nothing happened."
Despite the 2-yard touchdown run, Vick was hardly dynamic in his first significant action since the 2006 season, hours after finding out he'll be fully reinstated in Week 3. He was sacked four times, lost a fumble and was intercepted as the New York Jets beat the Eagles 38-27 on Thursday night.
"It felt good to finally get out and get some snaps at the quarterback position," Vick said. "I think I played fairly well. A lot of things I could've done better, but it was good to get out there and play some quarterback on a consistent basis and shake off the cobwebs a little bit."
He finished 7 for 11 for 26 yards, and carried the ball seven times for 35 yards.
Meanwhile, Jets rookie Mark Sanchez looked sharp, completing all five of his passes, and capped his only series with a 21-yard touchdown pass to Jerricho Cotchery.
"I think that was exactly the sort of statement we wanted to make as an offense to ourselves and to the league," Sanchez said. "We want to feel like a force to be reckoned with."
Danny Woodhead, making a bid to make the team, ran for 158 yards -- the NFL's second-highest preseason total since 1992 -- and two touchdowns.
"We see it everyday in practice, but we wanted to sit back, eat some popcorn and let him do his thing out there," Cotchery said. "I know a lot of people were excited about the Vick comeback, but we were looking forward to the Woodhead show."
After David Akers kicked a 36-yard field goal to make it a four-point game, Erik Ainge threw a 73-yard touchdown pass to David Clowney to make it 38-27 with 4:51 remaining.
Vick, released from federal custody July 20 after serving 18 months of a 23-month sentence for his role in operating a dogfighting ring, will be eligible to play Sept. 27 against Kansas City, commissioner Roger Goodell said earlier Thursday.
Booed each time he ran onto the field in the first half, Vick's TD gave the Eagles a 14-7 lead early in the second quarter.
"They booed and that's part of the game," Vick said. "At the same time, I felt some love. I understand that that's part of what I have to deal with and what any quarterback around this league has to deal with."
Playing in his second game with the Eagles, Vick lined up at quarterback, faked a handoff and ran up the middle from 2 yards out 25 seconds into the quarter. It was really the only highlight of the game after an important day for Vick, who met with Goodell a few hours before the game and was told he could play starting in Week 3.
"I still think I'm a couple of weeks away," Vick said.
Vick entered the game on the Eagles' third play from scrimmage to mostly boos from the Meadowlands crowd and took a direct snap and ran 2 yards for a first down. One play later, he lined up at quarterback.
Vick was in and out of the lineup in the opening half, and was intercepted on his first pass of the first half. His toss intended for Jeremy Maclin was slightly underthrown from 36 yards as Dwight Lowery picked it off.
He opened the second half as the quarterback, but his feet also got him in trouble, losing 22 yards when he tried to scramble on third down in the third quarter. He kept losing yardage before he was sacked by Jamaal Westerman at the 4-yard line. Vick also lost the ball on the play before recovering.
"We got a chance to see that he still has a little juice in those legs," Reid said. "He turned it on a couple to times, which was impressive for a guy that hasn't been playing much."
The Eagles were forced to punt, and it set up the Jets' go-ahead score -- Woodhead's 3-yard run.
Donovan McNabb, Brian Westbrook and most of the Eagles' other starters didn't play in this one, while most of the Jets' starters on offense and defense played one series.
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Административный центр — аул Тайбай.

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В 1989 году существовал как — Звенигородский сельсовет (сёла Звенигородка, Ельтай, Жарык, Малтабар).

В периоде 1991—1998 годов Звенигородский сельсовет был преобразован в Звенигородский сельский округ.

В 2007 году село Звенигородка, Звенигородский сельский округ были переименованы и преобразованы в аул Тайбай, Тайбайский сельский округ соответственно.

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Аппарат акима Тайбайского сельского округа — аул Тайбай, микрорайон, 53.
 Аким сельского округа — Кабиржанов Талгат Бапанулы.

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Lebanese entrepreneur calls for Airbnb to waive its service fee for those affected by Beirut explosion
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Lebanon, a country that has been in economic turmoil for months, was hit by one of the biggest tragedies of the modern world, last Tuesday when a devastating explosion at the Port of Beirut killed over 150 people and wounded thousands of residents. The explosion was caused by 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate at the port, which was confiscated by the Lebanese government almost six years ago and was stored there without proper safety measures.
The explosion has reportedly caused between $10 to $15 billion of damages and has left about 300,000 people homeless.
Since the explosion occurred, many Lebanese who were fortunate enough to have not been affected by it have opened their doors to offer stays to Beirut residents who have become homeless due to damages caused to their properties by the explosion. They've turned to Facebook, Twitter, other social media platforms, and even different offline mediums to offer their properties for those in need.
Chafic Dakroub, a Dubai-based Lebanese entrepreneur who currently serves as the Chief Product Officer of Bayzat, has called for Airbnb to waive its service fee in Lebanon to enable hosts to offer their properties for free, "We're doing this today offline but your platform will help create some structure and help with the verification process," noted Chafic in a LinkedIn post.
The post that was published on Thursday has received close to 20,000 reactions (which could be considered endorsements – at least in this case) and hundreds of comments, at the time of writing.
Amir Farha, the co-founder and former Managing Partner of Beco Capital also made a similar appeal to Airbnb on Twitter.
Airbnb charges between 6 to 12 percent (in some cases even higher) of the total price of stay from the guests and 3 percent from the hosts. As there is a fee involved, it is impossible for hosts to offer their properties for free.
The company has waived its service fee in areas affected by natural disasters and other calamities. Earlier this year, it also introduced a program, enabling hosts to offer free stays to healthcare workers involved in Covid-19 work.
Its tool, Open Homes, allows hosts to list, to offer free, temporary housing to people in case of a disaster or an emergency, but it hasn't been activated in Lebanon.
After multiple people from Airbnb were tagged on Chafic's post, the company has responded with a statement (on the same post), explaining that it is not activating Open Homes in Lebanon, for now.
"We are devastated by the tragedy in Beirut, and our thoughts are with all those affected by this terrible disaster. The safety of our community is a top priority. Our immediate focus is on offering support to the Lebanese government, NGOs on the ground and hosts and guests in the region. While we are not activating our host community through Open Homes at this time due to concerns about structural safety, we are continuing to closely monitor the situation as it develops and considering all options," said the statement.
The statement also noted that Airbnb is providing funding support to its NGO partners for accommodation as they're on the ground and are best placed to determine safe and appropriate locations at this time.
The company said that it has reached out to the Lebanese government to offer its support. Airbnb said that it will match all the donations made by its employees to Lebanese NGOs, "We have recommended NGO emergency appeals for employee donations, including the Lebanese Red Cross, Lebanese Food Bank, Save the Children and British Red Cross, and have committed to matching all donations made."
Chafic has questioned the company's decision of not activating Open Homes when the regular bookings are still active in Lebanon. A quick search by us on the platform for a stay in Beirut returned over 300 properties available to be rented.
He also suggested that the company could consider supporting hosts outside the blast zone [if it is concerned about structural safety]. The Lebanese entrepreneur also requested Airbnb not to collaborate with the local government as "it is the root cause of the problem."
According to the information available on Airbnb's website, it offers reimbursements for property damages to the Open Homes hosts, "Though accidental damage is rare, we understand you may need protection. The Host Guarantee will reimburse every host for property damages up to $1,000,000," notes the website.
Even though Airbnb has not indicated but there is a possibility that it is not activating Open Homes in Lebanon as it is not willing to commit to offering reimbursements in the country (in case something happens to those properties) where it does not have an on-the-ground presence.
But if that is the case, they could activate Open Homes without a commitment to cover any damages (in case they happen) to the properties and add a disclaimer for the hosts explaining this whenever they create an Open Homes listing.
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United States Secretary of the Treasury under Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush from 1988 to 1993. He was as a United States Senator from New Jersey for 8 months in 1982.
He received his M.B.A. from Harvard University in 1954.
The Brady Plan, which was named after him, was a plan to use dollar-denominated bonds to reduce debt in developing countries.
He has four children with his wife Katherine.
He was appointed the 68th United States Secretary of the Treasury by President Ronald Reagan in 1988.


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Q: Finding E(Y) (conditional probability with Poisson distribution) Suppose that X has a Poisson distribution with the rate $\lambda$ and suppose the conditional distribution of Y, given$ X=x$, is binomial with parameters x and p.
Find E(Y).
The law of total expectation is \begin{align} &E(Y)= E(E(Y|X)) \\ =&E(Xp)\\=& p E(X) \end{align}

Question: Can someone justify the problem solving process please?

A: By the law of total probability, for any nonegative integer $k$ we have
\begin{align}
\mathbb P(Y=k) &= \sum_{n=k}^\infty \mathbb P(Y=k\mid X=n)\mathbb P(X=n)\\
&= \sum_{n=k}^\infty \binom nk p^k(1-p)^{n-k} e^{-\lambda}\frac{\lambda^n}{n!}\\
&= e^{-\lambda p}\frac{(\lambda p)^k}{k!},
\end{align}
so that $Y\sim\mathrm{Pois}(\lambda p)$. It follows immediately that $\mathbb E[Y] = \lambda p$.

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Q: Why #define a empty macro? Why sometimes I see
#define __Empty_macro__

in C? What is the usage of it? For example:
#ifndef _BUILDIN_H_
#define _BUILDIN_H_

//codes never used _BUILDIN_H_ ...

#endif /* _BUILDIN_H_ */

For example, here is the source code of a shell.

A: Because an "empty macro" still exists and it is possible to check if they exist using #ifdef or #ifndef.
Typically, this behavior is used to prevent multiple copies of the same header being included (aka "include guards", which is what your example is). However, it can also be used to conditionally include certain portions of a program.
Sometimes, macros like NDEBUG or _DEBUG merely being defined can change program output, such as by including more expensive runtime checks which would be undesirable in the final product, but could help track bugs during development.
Custom "empty" defines can be used similarly to include or exclude certain binary functionality from the program build. This could be done for performance (removing logging), security (removing sensitive parts of the program), business reasons (some features might require more expensive versions of the program), and so on.

A: There are different reasons for using them.
For example if need to include some library just once. You could define a macro. Then you check if that macro has been defined so you skip the inclusion. And so on.
Here there is an explanation about: inclusion guard

A: In the C and C++ programming languages, an #include guard, sometimes called a macro guard, is a particular construct used to avoid the problem of double inclusion when dealing with the include directive. The addition of #include guards to a header file is one way to make that file idempotent. For example, Consider you want to include grandfather.h and father.h header files in child.h file.
File "grandfather.h"
#ifndef GRANDFATHER_H
#define GRANDFATHER_H

struct foo {
   int member;
};

#endif /* GRANDFATHER_H */

File "father.h"
#include "grandfather.h"

File "child.c"
#include "grandfather.h"
#include "father.h"

Here, the first inclusion of "grandfather.h" causes the macro GRANDFATHER_H to be defined. Then, when "child.c" includes "grandfather.h" the second time (as father.h also includes grandfather.h) by including father.h, the #ifndef test returns false, and the preprocessor skips down to the #endif of the file grandfather.h, thus avoiding the second definition of struct foo. And the program compiles correctly.


The article "Bleeding Your RRSP Dry To Save On Tax When You're Dead" was originally published on MoneySense on November 13, 2018.
Chris is retiring and living on CPP, OAS and her RRSP. She wonders if she should take more than the minimum withdrawal from her RRSP to save tax on her death.
Q: I am just retiring as a single woman, one income. I have to draw on my RRSP immediately and I am 66 years old and drawing OAS and CPP.
My question and concern is should I be taking as much out of my RRSP as possible at this point? Not to go over the $72,000 a year limit (so as not to claw back my OAS), but rather, if I die, won't my children be taxed on the RRSP amount as if one withdrawal?
A: At 66 years of age, if you are receiving the maximum Canada Pension Plan (CPP) and Old Age Security (OAS) pensions, Chris, your government pension income would be around $20,650. That figure could be lower if you contributed less than the maximum to the CPP or didn't live in Canada for most of your adult life. Or it could be higher if you deferred your CPP or OAS start dates past age 65, or if you are receiving the Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS).
Regardless, if you're close to or at the maximums, your marginal tax rate for Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) withdrawals should be in the 19-28% range depending on your province or territory of residence. This assumes you have no tax deductions, credits, or other sources of income beyond your RRSP.
The first dollar of RRSP withdrawals you take would be taxed at the aforementioned 19-28%. But that's just the very first dollar, and the tax rate could be higher if the size of the withdrawals pushed you up into a higher tax bracket. The provincial and territorial tax brackets vary, but the next federal tax bracket would be at $31,984 of income for 2018 (a 4% increase). Subsequent tax brackets apply federally and provincially/territorially as income rises, based on our progressive tax rate system here in Canada.
The $72,000 OAS clawback income you referenced is actually at $75,910 for 2018. If your net income on line 236 of your 2018 tax return exceeds this amount, your OAS pension will be reduced in July 2019. Ideally, if you can reasonably stay below this level, it may be worth considering.
Some people convert their RRSPs to Registered Retirement Income Funds (RRIFs) once they start taking withdrawals. There are two benefits, Chris. One is that if you're taking just the required minimum withdrawal – 4.17% in 2019 if you are 66 this year – there is no withholding tax on the withdrawal. You'll pay the appropriate tax, if applicable, when you file your tax return next April, but there's no income tax withheld initially. The other benefit is you will qualify for a pension income amount – a tax credit – on up to $2,000 of eligible income, which includes RRIF withdrawals.
If your life expectancy is likely to be shortened due to health concerns, Chris, it may not be a bad idea to consider taking extra RRSP/RRIF withdrawals. I'll give a simple example.
Let's imagine you are receiving the maximum CPP and OAS pensions, have $500,000 in your RRSP, and spend $50,000 per year. If you were to take the required withdrawals from your RRSP to fund your spending not covered by your pensions, you would draw your investments down to $227,220 after 10 years assuming you earned a 4% annual return. If you live in Ontario, you might have $100,135 of deferred tax payable on those investments if you died, since your RRSP/RRIF becomes fully taxable on death unless left to a spouse. In this example, you would leave $127,085 to your beneficiaries (ignoring probate fees and other costs).
If you instead drew your RRSP down to zero within 10 years, withdrawing $54,481 in year one, and increasing your withdrawals by 2% annually thereafter, your RRSP would be gone within 10 years and you would still avoid an OAS clawback each year. Your net estate value after tax would be $153,305, assuming all the extra withdrawals you took went into a Tax Free Savings Account (TFSA). This represents a $26,220 or 21% increase in your estate value.
This is a very rough, static example, Chris, and since we don't generally know how long our life expectancy might be, the logic is not foolproof. But in an extreme example, if someone knew they had a very short life expectancy and had $500,000 in their RRSP/RRIF, that withdrawal would be taxed much lower if it happened as two $250,000 withdrawals in two tax years, instead of $500,000 all at once. For perspective, a B.C. resident would pay $215,728 on a $500,000 RRSP/RRIF withdrawal in a single year versus $182,456 if withdrawing $250,000 in two years (assuming no other income sources, deductions or tax credits).
The RRIF minimum withdrawal percentage is a good starting point for sustainable withdrawals from a registered investment account from a retirement funding perspective. But it may be too high for a conservative investor or too low for someone with a shortened life expectancy.
Deferring RRSP conversion to a RRIF until age 71 can also be a mistake.
Retirement funding strategies can save tax during your retirement or upon your death. Since pre-tax returns or account values are less meaningful given it is after-tax dollars we spend and bequeath, it can be equally important to focus on tax as it is to focus on investment selection. This is an important consider for investors and their advisors alike.


- The difference between a nightclub and disco , clap and applaud ?
- the meaning of " steer clear" , " on roll" and " break the news" ?
I'm no night owl, Kingfisher, but I believe a nightclub has live entertainment if any, while a disco features dancing to recorded music.
'Clap' and 'applaud' are often the same, with 'applaud' more formal; 'applaud' can be used in a wider sense-- the committee applauded the chairman's decision', where they did not actually 'clap'. The latter is restricted to the physical beating of hands together.
'break the news' = tell someone of a (usually unfortunate, often personal) event or fact of which the person is unaware.


Experiencing neck pain is something we all get to go through at some point. Unfortunately, there is really no way to avoid it. Many times, we can chalk the pain up to sleeping in a funny position or wrenching our necks the wrong way, but if you've ever wondered if something more is going on, you aren't alone. At the Spine Institute of North America, we have helped many people suffering from neck pain, and we've been able to see how many problems can cause it. We discussed ways to evaluate whether or not your neck pain needs medical attention in our last blog, and today, we want to get into the many medical conditions that can have you wincing and rubbing your neck.
The neck is what we call the cervical spine, and it is just as vulnerable to issues as the rest of the spine. Unfortunately, when you're suffering from one condition, it might have neck pain as part of its symptoms. The pain can make already-difficult situations worse. However, knowing where your neck pain is coming from can help you keep your focus on the real issue. We want to discuss medical issues that are known for causing neck pain in hopes of providing clarity for you. The neck pain caused by following issues we're going to discuss is not life-threatening, but the conditions are definitely unpleasant!
When you experience disease or infection, the lymph nodes in your neck can swell up and bulge, causing considerable discomfort. The good news here is that you'll probably be experiencing a bunch of additional symptoms that make it clear that something else is going on.
It is highly unlikely that you'll ever experience this disease, as it is pretty rare. Caused by a virus, it feels like a tight grip on your lungs and chest and can easily cause neck pain. It is a temporary infection, but if you feel like you can't breathe, definitely go see a doctor for a diagnosis.
This issue manifests itself in a bunch of unclear symptoms, which makes it difficult to diagnose. However, if you have neck pain in addition to tiredness, depression, constipation, weight gain, and a fuzzy-headed feeling, this may be the issue troubling you.
The brachial plexus is a bunch of nerves leaving the cervical spine (your neck). It can get inflamed for no known reason, and when this happens, you will experience pain in your neck, shoulder, and arm. The pain actually weakens the arm, causing the muscle to atrophy. After a few months, it goes away, and complete recovery is possible.
There is a little piece of bone at the back of your throat called the styloid process. It is skinny and sharp. When you have Eagle's syndrome, your styloid process is elongated and will "stab" into your neck. Though this condition is rare, its symptoms include neck pain, pain in the jaw, and pain in the throat.
When you have this condition, the arteries in your temple get inflamed. The result is fever, jaw pain, ringing in the ears, severe headache, scalp tenderness, and neck pain. It usually shows up in people over 50 who are suffering from another infection or disease.
This disease is parasitic. It happens when people eat undercooked or raw wild game or pork. It causes indigestion, spasming, and muscle pain all over the body, including the neck. It is something to take seriously because it can range from mild to fatal.
A physical examination by one of our spine doctors.
Assessment of your medical history.
Diagnostic testing like imaging and labs to get a clear picture of what is going on.
Once we understand the issue you're dealing with, it's time to dive into treatments! We provide a wide array of both operative and non-operative services that we will tailor to your treatment needs. Non-operative treatments include physical therapy, epidural steroid injections, and medications. If it turns out that you need something more, our minimally-invasive spine surgery procedures can make all the difference. Several different procedures may help you, including cervical facet radiofrequency ablation, cervical epidural steroid injection, and trigger point injection. You can learn more about these procedures, and if the need for a procedure is confirmed, we will always ensure that you understand just what is going to be done.
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Seeking to compete head-to-head with established European sports carmakers, Datsun priced the new 240Z within $200 of the British MGB-GT in the United States. The 240Z's sleek styling, modern engineering, relatively low price, and impressive performance struck a major chord with the public. Positive response from both buyers and the motoring press was immediate, and dealers soon had long waiting lists for the "Z" model. It was ready to rumble !
In case you wonder, the Datsun S30 240Z is unrelated to the later 240SX, which was sold as the Silvia in Japan, although initial advertising for the 240SX mentioned the S30.
This 240Z used twin SU one-barrel side-draft carburettors. These were replaced on the 260Z with Hitachi one barrel side draft carburettors beginning with model year 1973 to comply with emissions regulations in California, resulting in diminished overall performance. Bosch designed L-Jetronic electronic fuel injection was added to U.S. 280Zs in 1975 to compensate.
The 240Z had a 2.4L engine able to produce 151 hp (113 kW). The 260Z though had fitted a mechanical fuel pump, twin Hitachi HMB 46W 1.75 in (44 mm) SU-type carburettors and they increased the power to 162 hp or 121 kW. The Bosch L-Jetronic fuel injected 280Z managed to produce 170 hp (127 kW) reaching 130 mph (210 km/h), what a corker !
The Datsun 280ZX is the successor of the 280Z and actually she should be called Nissan S130 model. It is a sports coupé produced by Nissan in Japan from 1978 to 1983. It was sold as the Datsun 280ZX, Nissan Fairlady Z and Nissan Fairlady 280Z, depending on the market.
The car had 4 different engines: a 2.0L regular and a turbo version and the same for a 2.8L. As you can imagine the most interesting one is the 2.8L Turbo model. It also had automatic and manual (4 and 5 speed) transmission too.
As in 1981 both turbo and normally aspirated engines were offered, but non-turbo cars now used the upgraded L20E for the Japanese market or the L28E for the export market, which on the 2.8 L version, due to increased compression, were rated at 145 hp (108 kW) rather than the earlier engine's 135 hp (101 kW). The naturally aspirated 1982 Datsun 280ZX boasted a 0-60 mph time of 9.1 seconds, 1.2 slower than the Corvette of the same year. The 280ZX Turbo manual had a 0-60 mph of 7.4 seconds while the automatic managed to turn out 7.1 seconds. That compares to the Aston Martin Volante with a 0-60 mph of 8.9 seconds and almost seven times the cost and the Ferrari 308GTSi with a 0-60 mph of 7.9 seconds. The only cars in 1982 to beat the Turbo ZX were the Porsche 911SC and the BMW M1. How you like them apples !
How did all get started? Datsun is a Japanese automobile brand owned by Nissan. Datsun's original production run began in 1931. From 1958 to 1986, only vehicles exported by Nissan were identified as Datsun though.
Before the Datsun brand name came into being, an automobile named the DAT car was built in 1914, by the Kaishinsha Motorcar Works, in the Azabu-Hiroo District in Tokyo. The new car's name was an acronym of the surnames of the following company partners: 1) Kenjirō Den, Rokurō Aoyama and 3) Meitarō Takeuchi. Funny enough, datto (how a native Japanese speaker would pronounce "dat") means to "dash off like a startled rabbit" which was considered a good name for the little car. The firm was renamed Kaishinsha Motorcar Co. in 1918, seven years after their establishment and again, in 1925, to DAT Motorcar Co. DAT Motors constructed trucks in addition to the DAT passenger cars. The first prototype Datson was completed in the summer of 1931. The production vehicle was called the Datson Type 10, and "approximately ten" of these cars were sold in 1931. They sold around 150 cars in 1932, now calling the model the Datsun Type 11.
The use of the Datsun name in the American market derives from the name Nissan used for its production cars. Nissan favoured Datsun brand in passenger cars, so as to distance the parent factory Nissan's association by Americans with Japanese military manufacture. In fact Nissan's involvement in Japan's military industries was substantial, so it was clearly a great disguising move. The company's car production at the Yokohama plant shifted towards military needs just a few years after the first passenger cars rolled off the assembly line, on April 11, 1935. Datsun entered the American market later on, in 1958, with sales in California. By 1959, the company had dealers across the U.S. and began selling the 310 model (known as Bluebird domestically). The Nissan American branch was named "Nissan Motor Corporation in U.S.A.", and chartered on September 28, 1960, in California, but the small cars the firm exported to America were still named Datsun. From 1962 to 1969 the Nissan Patrol utility vehicle was sold in the United States (as a competitor to the Toyota Land Cruiser J40 series), making it the only Nissan-badged product sold in the USA prior to that name's introduction worldwide decades later.
The company introduced the Bluebird 510 in 1967.This was followed in 1968 with the iconic 240Z, which proved affordable sports cars could be built and sold profitably: it was soon the world's #1-selling sports car. It relied on an engine based on the Bluebird and used Bluebird suspension components. It would go on to two outright wins in the East African Rally.
Datsun was particularly successful in the British market. It sold just over 6,000 cars there as late as 1971, but its sales surged to more than 30,000 the following year and continued to climb over the next few years, with well-priced products including the Cherry 100A and Sunny 120Y proving particularly popular.
When Nissan sent executive Yutaka Katayama to America in March 1960, he was something of a corporate exile. Less than two years earlier, he had persuaded his superiors to led him enter the company's diminutive Datsun 210 in Australia's gruelling, 10,000-mile (16,100-km) Mobilgas Rally, seeking to boost Datsun's international reputation. To everyone's surprise, he led his tiny team to a class victory and considerable publicity. The adulation accorded Katayama, however, did not sit well with his superiors. Katayama was not politically well-connected — he had not joined Nissan's management union, which had been a bad move from the standpoint of career advancement — and his enthusiasm for sports cars was, paradoxically, considered unseemly for a Nissan executive. Considering his well-publicized victory, firing him or laying him off would have been embarrassing for the company, but Katayama's superiors were also reluctant to reward him too richly. Katayama was sent to America on a vaguely defined market-research assignment, with the implicit hope that he fade from view.
The Datsun Fairlady evolved in parallel with the Bluebird on which it was based, becoming the SP310 in 1963 (Datsun Sports Roadster 1500 in America), and the 1,595 cc (97 cu. in.) SP311 in 1965. Export models were known as SPL, indicating left-hand drive. The final iteration was the 1968 Datsun 2000 Sports Roadster, with a new 1,982 cc (121 cu. in.) engine inherited from the Prince Motor Company, which Nissan acquired in 1966.
The Fairlady drew clear inspiration from the inexpensive British sports cars of its era, particularly the MGB and Triumph TR4. Contemporary reviewers criticised the Datsun's haphazard styling and badly sorted suspension, but were pleased by the robust construction and build quality, which put Datsun's British counterparts to shame. By the late sixties, the Fairlady benefited further from strong brakes (with discs in front) and one of the most powerful engines in its class. In the right hands, it became a viable sports racer, campaigned with some success.
Still, the Fairlady was not enough to satisfy Katayama, he wanted more to fulfil Americans taste for sport cars.
Exactly how much Goertz's work influenced Nissan's subsequent sports car project is still hotly debated. In later years, Goertz frequently intimated that he designed the original Z-car during his consultancy and actually threatened to sue Nissan for libel when the company said otherwise. (Contrary to many accounts, he never actually filed such a suit). Surviving photos of Goertz's designs don't look much like the finished product, but some historians note certain common elements and argue that at the very least, Goertz's work represented the point of departure for Nissan's in-house designers.
In a letter to Goertz in November 1980, Nissan's head of legal affairs acknowledged the influence of Goertz's contributions, but maintained that the production car was nonetheless an in-house design. That was the end of the legal confrontation, but the idea that Goertz designed the Z persisted even after his death in 2006. Although the A550X project did not come to fruition, Yamaha subsequently developed a conceptually similar project with Toyota that resulted in the Toyota 2000GT sports car. To our knowledge, Goertz had no involvement with the Toyota project.
As well know fairly well originality and pre purchase conditions are quite important to decide the value of a car. Statistic say you can find a lot of them for $10-15k but some good examples can reach $50k. I'd expect these cars to remain stable and certainly able of appreciation too.


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New movies in Memphis and special screenings, Jan. 19-25, 2018
Here are the movies opening in the Memphis area this week, plus special screenings, Jan. 19-15.
Opening Friday
Call Me By Your Name (R, 132 min.) Armie Hammer and Timothée Chalamet are the participants in a summer-fling love affair in 1980s Italy in the critically acclaimed new film from director Luca Guadagnino.
Hollywood 20, Studio on the Square.
Den of Thieves (R, 140 min.) Los Angeles law enforcement vs. bank robbers, with a cast that includes Gerard Butler, O'Shea Jackson Jr. and 50 Cent.
CinePlanet 16, Collierville Towne 16, Cordova, DeSoto 16, Forest Hill, Hollywood 20, Majestic, Olive Branch, Palace, Paradiso, Stage.
Forever My Girl (PG, 104 min.) A country music star (Alex Rowe) finds love when he returns to the "girl" (Jessica Rothe) he left behind in his hometown.
CinePlanet 16, Collierville Towne 16, Cordova, DeSoto 16, Hollywood 20, Paradiso, Stage.
Mary and the Witch's Flower (PG, 102 min.) Studio Ghibli veteran Hiromasa Yonebayashi directed this anime feature about a young girl who finds a rare enchanted flower that can grant the powers of a witch.
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Phantom Thread (R, 130 min.) Daniel Day-Lewis is a renowned 1950s London dressmaker whose clients include royalty, film stars, heiresses and socialites in the eagerly anticipated new movie from writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson ("Boogie Nights," "There Will Be Blood").
Ridgeway Cinema Grill.
12 Strong (R, 130 min.) Chris Hemsworth and Michael Shannon are among the U.S. "horse soldiers" battling the Taliban in this fact-based drama set in Afghanistan in the wake of 9/11. The film's production companies include Alcon Entertainment (financed by Fred Smith) and Black Label Media (co-founded by Molly Smith).
CinePlanet 16, Collierville Towne 16, Cordova, DeSoto 16, Forest Hill, Hollywood 20, Majestic, Olive Branch, Palace, Paradiso (IMAX), Stage, Summer Quartet Drive-In, Wolfchase Galleria 8.
Aircraft Carrier: Guardians of the Sea 3D (Not rated, 43 min.) Epic in both scale and naval drama, this documentary takes viewers on an in-depth tour of the modern U.S. nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, an "engineering marvel" with a crew of 5,000 that can patrol the world's oceans for years without refueling.
CTI 3D Giant Theater, Memphis Pink Palace Museum, 3050 Central Ave. Call 901-636-2362 or visit memphismuseums.org for showtimes, tickets and reservations.
Captain America: Civil War (PG-13, 147 min.) The Star-Spangled Avenger (Chris Evans) battles Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.) in this superhero-stuffed third "Captain America" film, back on the big screen (in 2D).
4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, CTI 3D Giant Theater, Memphis Pink Palace Museum, 3050 Central Ave. Call 901-636-2362 or visit memphismuseums.org for tickets and reservations.
Extreme Weather 3D (Not rated, 45 min.) With dynamic footage of incredible thunderstorms, twisters, wildfires and other events, this National Geographic movie explores the much discussed but little understood forces that shape the planet.
Gintama (Not rated, 131 min.) A Japanese live-action adventure set in an alternative feudal-era Tokyo controlled by Aliens.
7 p.m. Monday and Wednesday, Paradiso. Tickets: $15. Visit malco.com.
National Parks Adventure 3D (Not rated, 45 min.) The ultimate off-trail adventure into the mountains and canyons of our national parks.
The Price (Not rated, 91 min.) A young Nigerian-American financier (Ami Ameen) struggles with love, family, and a prescription drug dependency as his ambitions steer him down a criminal path in this drama, which screened at last year's Indie Memphis Film Festival.
7 p.m. Tuesday, Studio on the Square. Tickets: $10. Visit malco.com.
Slaughterhouse-Five (R, 104 min.) The 2018 season of the library's page-to-screen book club begins with the 1972 adaptation from director George Roy Hill ("Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid") of Kurt Vonnegut's novel about aliens and World War II. An audience participation discussion of the qualities of the movie vs. the book will follow.
2 p.m. Saturday, Meeting Room A, Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library, 3030 Poplar. Admission: free. Call 901-415-2726.
Wild Africa 3D (Not rated, 45 min.) This film takes viewers to deserts, coral reefs, the snow-covered mountains of Kenya, great rivers, steamy rain forests and wide-open savannahs.
Wilderness (Not rated, 84 min.) A jazz musician and a young woman spend a rapturous weekend on the English coast in this new movie from director Justin Doherty.
7 p.m. Thursday, Crosstown Arts, 430 N. Cleveland. Pay-what-you-want admission. Visit indiememphis.com.


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October 23, 2018 - 8:55 am EDT 9 months ago
Kang Overcomes Swing Yips To Win In Shanghai
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Anyone who has played a round of golf knows how mentally taxing the game can be. Danielle Kang, for all of her success both as an amateur and now as a pro, has a whole new appreciation for the mental fortitude it takes to perform at the highest level.
Just over a year after breaking through to win her first major championship — which also happened to be her first LPGA Tour victory — at the 2017 KPMG Women's PGA Championship, Kang found herself riddled with the yips, golf's indiscriminate dark passenger.
"I've been going through a lot mentally," Kang said, according to GolfChannel.com. "Anxiety over tee balls. People might wonder what I'm doing. I actually can't pull the trigger. Even in the first round, one shot took me, I think, four minutes.
"It has nothing to do with the result. I had the swing yips, the putting yips, everything possibly you could think of."
Missing five cuts in the first six events of the LPGA's fall Asian swing, Kang enlisted the help of a coach based out of Las Vegas, where she lives. Under the tutelage of Butch Harmon, Kang was able to get out of the woods to win the Buick LPGA Shanghai last week.
Trailing by one entering the final round, Kang birdied four of her final eight holes to fire a 3-under par 69 to win by two strokes over heavy-hitters such as Ariya Jutanugarn and Lydia Ko, but it wasn't as simple as finishing strong; Kang needed to let out some anger after playing the front nine in 1-over par.
Her caddie, Oliver Brett, pulled her aside and helped her to release some of that anger in a way many golfers can relate.
"After nine holes, my caddie told me to step off to the side and he told me, 'Whatever you need to do to let your anger out and restart and refresh, you need to do that now.'
"I told him, I said, 'Cameras are everywhere. I just want to hit the bag really hard.' He said, 'Here's a wedge. Just smash it.'
"Honestly, I thank him for that. He told there are a lot birdies out there. I regrouped and we pretended we started the round brand new on the 10th hole. Then things change and momentum started going my way. I started hit ting it closer and felt better over the putts and shot 4-under on the back."
Danielle Kang has battled anxiety and all sorts of yips.
She overcame it all, though, Sunday for another special win: https://t.co/mc3aA8gV3G pic.twitter.com/NnJQ3XHtAK
— Golfweek (@golfweek) October 21, 2018
As is often the case in golf, Kang said the key to her getting over her yips, anxiety and frustration was simply getting to a better place mentally.
"I'm just so happy to be where I'm at today," Kang said. "I'm just happy that I won. More so than anything, I'm finally at a place where I'm peaceful and happy with my game, with my life . . . . I hope I win more. I did the best I can. I'm going to keep working hard and keep giving myself chances and keep putting myself in contention. I'll win more. I'll play better."


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Na disciplina matemática da teoria dos modelos, o jogo de Ehrenfeucht–Fraïssé (também chamado de jogo de vai-e-vem) é uma técnica para determinar se duas estruturas são elementarmente equivalentes. A principal aplicação dos jogos de Ehrenfeucht–Fraïssé são provar a inexpressibilidade de certas propriedades da lógica de primeira ordem. De fato, essa técnica provê uma completa metodologia para provar resultados inexpressíveis para lógica de primeira ordem. Nesse papel, estes jogos são de importância particular para a teoria dos modelos finitos e aplicações na ciência da computação (especialmente bancos de dados), desde que os jogos de Ehrenfeucht–Fraïssé são umas das poucas técnicas da teoria dos modelos que permanecem válidas para um contexto de modelos finitos. Outra técnica para provar a inexpressibilidade de resultados é o teorema da compacidade, que não funciona em modelos finitos.

Ideia principal
A ideia principal por trás do jogo é que temos duas estruturas e dois jogadores (descritos abaixo). Um dos jogadores quer mostrar que as duas estruturas são diferentes, enquanto o outro jogador quer mostrar que elas são similares (de acordo com a lógica de primeira ordem). O jogo é jogado em jogadas e rodadas, uma rodada procede da seguinte forma: o primeiro jogador (Spoiler) escolhe um elemento de uma das estruturas, e o outro jogador (Duplicador) escolhe um elemento da outra estrutura. O objetivo do Duplicador é sempre pegar um elemento que é similar ao que ele já pegou. O segundo jogador ganha se houve isomorfismo entre os elementos escolhidos de duas estruturas.

O jogo dura por um número fixo de passos () (ordinal, mas geralmente finito ou ).

Definição
Suponha que são dadas duas estruturas
e , cada uma sem nenhum símbolo de função e o mesmo número de símbolos de relação e um número fixo n. Podemos definir o jogo de Ehrenfeucht–Fraïssé  para ser um jogo de dois participantes, Spoiler e Duplicador, jogado da seguinte maneira:
 O primeiro jogador, Spoiler, pega tanto um membro  de  ou um membro  de .
 Se Spoiler pegou um membro de , Duplicador pega um membro  de ; senão, Duplicador pega um membro  de .
 Spoiler pega tanto um membro  de  ou um membro  de .
 Duplicador pega um elemento  ou  do modelo do qual Spoiler não pegou.
 Spoiler e Duplicador continuam a pegar membros  e  por  mais passos.
 Na conclusão do jogo, nós temos pego elementos distindos  de  e  de .  Nós então temos duas estruturas na forma , uma induzida de  via o mapa enviado  para , e outro induzido de  via o enviado  para . Duplicador ganha se as estruturas são as mesmas; Spoiler ganha se não forem.

É fácil prover que se Duplicador ganha todos os jogos para todos n, então  e  são elementarmente equivalentes. Se um conjunto de símbolos de relações começa a ser considerado finito, o oposto também é verdade.

História
O método de ida e volta usado nos jogos de Ehrenfeucht–Fraïssé verificam a elementaridade da equivalência dada por Roland Fraïssé na sua tese;
que foi formulada por um jogo por Andrzej Ehrenfeucht  Os nomes Spoiler e Duplicador são devido a Joel Spencer..

Mais leitura
Capítulo 1 da teoria de moddelos de Poizat contém os jogos de Ehrenfeucht–Fraïssé , assim como o capítulo 6,7, 13 do livro de Rosenstein's em relação de ordem.

Ligações externas
 Six Lectures Ehrenfeucht-Fraïssé gamesat MATH EXPLORERS' CLUB, Cornell Department of Mathematics.

Lógica


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Gary Martens, of Mora, died peacefully at his home on Tuesday, June 7, 2011. He was 76 years old.
CELEBRATION OF LIFE will be held on Saturday, June 18th; 11:00 A.M. at Calvary Lutheran Church in Mora.
VISITATION will be on Friday, June 17th from 6:00-8:00 P.M. at Akkerman-Ingebrand Funeral Home in Mora, plus one hour prior to the service on Saturday at the church.
** MEMORIALS PREFERRED IN LIEU OF FLOWERS.
Garrett (Gary) Martensdied peacefully at home on Tuesday, June 7, 2011. He was 76 years old.
He was born on May 18, 1935 at home in Hillman Township, Mora, Minnesota to Dewey (Duke) and Cora (Wilkens) Martens, where he resided on the family farm most of his life. He was baptized and confirmed into the Christian faith at Calvary Lutheran Church in Mora.
He attended Wilkens Elementary School through eighth grade and graduated from Mora High School in 1953. On June 19, 1954, he was united in marriage to his life long partner, Ella Ovidia Mathison at Calvary Lutheran Church. From this union, they were blessed with three children. From Feb. of 1957 to Feb. of 1959, he voluntarily enlisted in the United States Army and was part of 82nd Airborne Division as a paratrooper. After returning from the service, he worked at Our Own Hardware (Gorham's), which permitted him to obtain his Master Plumbing License. In 1965, he and his brother, Donald, purchased the family farm and established the Martens Brother's Dairy operation. In 1982, he heard that dairying wasn't going to be too good and they needed a sideline. The brothers then began the commercial manure pumping business, Martens' Manurigation, which soon evolved into a full time business. In 1983, Richard, Gary's son, joined the partnership and operates the business today.
Playing the accordion gave him and others much joy throughout his entire life. During his high school years, he worked on the family farm and around the community doing odd jobs to earn money to buy his first accordion. He especially enjoyed the time he spent with his son, Rick, sharing God's word through the Polka Praise Services. Also, he played for senior dances, many benefits and community events. Throughout his life, he had been very active and served on many boards and participated in many community events. In 2008, Gary and Ella were named Outstanding Senior Citizens of Kanabec County.
He is preceded in death by his parents, Duke and Cora; daughter in infancy (Carolyn), and son (Gregory); and sister, Audrey Mattson.
He is survived by his wife, Ella, and son, Richard (Janet) of Mora; two grandchildren, Ryan (Alicia) Martens of Mora, Randi (Josh) Maynard of Duluth; and two great grandchildren, Keira Jo-Lynn and Jordan Dean Maynard; daughter-in-law, Sandy Martens-Bankers, brother, Donald (Lenore) Martens of Mora; sister, Nancy (Don) Holzkamp of Davis, Illinois; as well as many nieces, nephews, and extended family, friends, dancers, and acquaintances who had the pleasure of knowing him.
He will be missed! My prayers are with the family.
We loved his music at the senior dances and Polka Services. Many people knew him through his Music.
Condolences to Ella and all his family.
Archie and I so enjoyed Gary's music. When he could do both a Polka Praise service to thank God for all our blessings and the dance for our 40th wedding anniversary, it was a perfect combination. He shared his faith and love of life and music with so many people. He will be missed.
Ella – I am so sorry to hear of Gary's passing. You are in my thoughts and prayers. I feel your pain!!!
So sorry to hear of Gary's passing. We will so miss his music. He was a great person with a passion for his music ministry.
So sorry to hear of Gary's passing. We will miss his music. He was a great person with a passion for his music ministry. Our prayers will be with you and your family.
We feel so fortunate that we saw and heard Gary at last summer's cousin reunion. We mourn his passing, but have only pleasant memories of our times together – stretching all the way back to childhood visits to the farm. God bless and comfort you, Ella, and all the rest of your family.
I was very sorry to hear of Gary's passing. I had gotten a call from a mutual friend in Mora by the name Terry Nord who informed me. Gary was a very good friend and he will be greatly missed. My Condolences to Gary's wife and family.
Terry and I will truly miss Gary's music and the visits at our home with Gary and his son. We truly feel your pain and if we can help please call on us. Our prayers are witjh you.
Ella & Family – Our thoughts and prayers are with you as you journey this difficult time. Your hearts are filled with wonderful memories and times with this gentle man and his loving and caring demeanor will live in the hearts of many. Peace and God's blessings to each of you.
I am so sorry to hear of Gary's passing. My friends and I did so enjoy his music and dancing at Golden Horizon's in Pine City. What a generous person! He brought much happiness to so many who are not able to get out and do things like they used to. Thanks so much.
Gods Grace and Glory will be with you all. Threw this celebration of Gary's life. My thoughts and Prayers are with you all! Love and Peace….
Ella, So sorry for you loss. I am sure the whole community will miss his music and also him. Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your son.
Ella, so sorry for your loss. We looked forward to Gary's music and will miss him so much. Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.
I'm so sorry to hear of Gary's passing. He was such a kind and God-fearing man. He will be greatly missed.


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A funny thing happened when I sat down to write the Feature Article this month on Dan McGirt's Hero Wanted. I found I had nothing to say other than the obvious. Read this book! It really is that simple.
If the point of a book is to entertain, then McGirt's rollicking fantasy is flawless. It is a witty, humorous, reluctant-hero-saves-world-gets-girl romp with a dash of jaded crabby wizard thrown in – how could you possibly go wrong with that? I read Hero Wanted so fast that I'm sure I missed much of the dry humor, and I should probably read it again just to catch it all – Moonbuckles still has me in stitches every time I think of it!
Of course, it wouldn't be much of an article if I just stopped here, although McGirt certainly wouldn't mind if you stopped reading and just started with his book. I got to thinking, however, about how much skill it takes to write a parody like Hero Wanted while still remaining serious enough not to degenerate into farce.
I write every single day, and I could write for a thousand years and never pull something off like McGirt's Hero Wanted – then again, I would never be able to do standup comedy either. Obviously there needs to be some natural ability to even attempt to pen something like this, but the question I have is: how hard is it to wordsmith something like this? My gut tells me that effort to create a fantasy parody is much more difficult than a more traditional fantasy novel. Perhaps if you have the innate ability, the craft is not that difficult, but I certainly know that I could not do it. Humor and sarcasm are difficult when moved from the spoken word to the written word, as many of us may know when a joke or a quip falls flat in an email or text message. I think it is a rare gift when someone can pull it off as successfully as McGirt has done in Hero Wanted.
Now, I must confess that I have no real experience with this sub-genre of fantasy, having never read Bored with the Rings or The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, although McGirt's Hero Wanted has now had me add both of those to my reading list; therefore, I cannot comment on how Hero Wanted compares to these classics in the genre. What I can say, however, is that if those two are better than Hero Wanted, then they must be phenomenal.
So to summarize this shorter than usual Feature Article: just get yourself a copy of McGirt's Hero Wanted and read it. It can be downloaded from Smashwords for free, but do Dan a favor and pick up a copy off Amazon. Hopefully, with some royalties coming his way, he'll pen some more tales of Jason Cosmo for us!


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Sophie B. Hawkins – Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover – Official Music Video. The song was written by Sophie B. Hawkins. It was released as the lead single from Sophie's debut album "Tongues and Tails". "Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover" was released in March 1992. It charted at number 3 in Norway, 4 in New Zealand and at #5 in the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the United States.


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IDC: RTB-Based Guaranteed Media To Near $10B By 2018
by Chris Swanicke // Friday, April 4th, 2014 – 12:52 pm
A report by IDC, commissioned by demand-side platform The Trade Desk, said real-time bidding (RTB)-based "forward markets" will see massive spending increases over the next five years.
The report said RTB-based premium display ad spending is expected to grow globally from $230.3 million in 2013 to $14.2 billion by 2018. The United States, which is leading adoption of RTB-based forward markets, is forecasted to spend $211.8 million in 2013 ballooning to $9.4 billion by 2018.
In IDC's analysis, RTB-based forward market buys are the automated equivalent of guaranteed upfronts in direct sales, whereby advertisers pay today for ad inventory – assured to meet a set of predefined metrics – to be delivered in the future. (More: The Difference Between Programmatic RTB And Direct)
For example, an agency may send a proposal to a demand-side platform that contains details on target audience, available budget and KPI goals. The contract is then fulfilled automatically on an impression-by-impression basis, with financial penalties for non-performance also being paid to the buyer automatically.
IDC said the increased efficiency of these automated markets mean their direct sales equivalents will be rendered obsolete. Non-performance penalties are one example. "Even today, publishers' inventory forecasting capabilities are terrible," IDC said, and are the most frequent cause for default on performance metrics guarantees. In a direct sales model, publishers are forced to negotiate "make-goods," or financial penalties, on a client-by-client basis.
The report cited increased efficiency throughout the ad campaign planning process, which on average it found takes 40-60 steps and contributes to the 20% of media budgets spent on tasks not related to data or media buys.
A primary concern among publishers looking at RTB markets is diluting their brand value in an open, commoditized marketplace. Private RTB-based marketplaces have been used by some publishers to take advantage of automation while still allowing them some degree of control over sales.
The report concluded that while private marketplaces have helped publishers become more comfortable with RTB-based markets, they too face pressure from open marketplace alternatives. Although eCPM rates are forecast to contract in the short term, long-term rates should rise along with bid activity.
Despite concerns by publishers over losing control of their ad inventory, IDC said the increased efficiency brought by automation meant those who refuse to automate sales will not remain competitive. Examples cited include Yahoo and The New York Times, both of which have seen the use of direct sales models result in decline of top-line revenue alongside the rise of RTB-based spending.
IDC's report was based on interviews with 20 digital ad executives in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany and France, as well as previous research and public industry data.


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Spain pushes EU to downgrade Covid to 'flu-like' status as fatality rate drops
Experts say Test and Trace is a 'big failure' - where did it go wrong?
By Ethan Shone
Monday, 11th January 2021, 1:04 pm
Updated Monday, 11th January 2021, 1:04 pm
The Government's £22 billion Test and Trace programme is failing to help keep the pandemic under control by halting surges of coronavirus, and is in need of an overhaul, according to experts, reports the Guardian.
A healthcare worker with 40 years worth of specialist experience in the area of environmental health and communicable diseases has expressed concerns over the use of unqualified call handlers in the programme.
The goal of the Test and Trace program is for at least 80 per cent of an infected person's contacts to be instructed to self-isolate within two to three days, according to the government's Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE).
However, the most recent data shows that only around 84.9 per cent of infected people were reached at all, and the number of infected people reached within 24 hours was 73 per cent.
Why is the programme struggling?
Pressure is beginning to show on the system, which has attracted criticism since its launch, as the number of infections rises considerably.
The Test and Trace programme must now trace a significantly higher number of contacts than at any point prior during the pandemic, with three times more contacts of infected people and twice as many close contacts as a month ago.
Many healthcare workers have criticised the use of minimum wage telesales staff (provided by Serco through government outsourcing contracts) to carry out work which should be done by trained healthcare professionals.
While these workers were initially only carrying out relatively simple tasks as part of the programme - such as telling people who are known to be infected that they must self-isolate - there are concerns that they are now often carrying out more difficult tasks which are typically carried out by qualified staff.
The Government has been urged to provide greater support to those who are told to self-isolate, as research shows that people who earn less than £20,000 per year are three times less likely to be able to self-isolate.
'Big failure'
A spokesperson for the Department for Health and Social Care said: "NHS Test and Trace - the biggest testing system in Europe - is doing everything possible to break chains of transmission and, to date, the service has told over 5.1 million people to self-isolate, including those testing positive and their close contacts."
Susan Michie, a member of the Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Behavioural Science (a SAGE subcommittee), said the system has been "one of the big failures of this government over 2020", and called for healthcare professionals to lead the system from a local level.
She commented: "This needs to be done by people who are not only skilled but trusted in the communities - it needs to be done locally."


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'Law & Order' star Richard Belzer to write 2 mystery books featuring himself as a TV performer
Publié dans Associated Press le 26/06/07.
NEW YORK – Richard Belzer has a story to tell you – about a guy named Richard Belzer.
The 62-year-old actor-comedian has signed with Simon & Schuster to write two mystery books featuring himself as a TV performer caught up in his own plot.
"It is with great enthusiasm that I will bring the world of show business, celebrity worship, sly social commentary and even 'cameos' by real celebrities into my literary adventures," Belzer said in a statement released Monday by his publicist.
He plays Detective John Munch on NBC's "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit."
Belzer continued: "A potent mix of Dashiell Hammett, Oscar Wilde, Lenny Bruce and Robert Altman seasoned by the Belzerian vision of life, as the wry and raucous, raunchy worlds of make-believe and reality converge, this is the first 'reality novel' of the new millennium that explores a unique universe that poses the question, 'What is reality?'"
The first book, "I Am Not a Cop," will be published in fall 2008.
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Special thanks to Rainbow Paradise Beach Resort for extending this food review invitation.
Rainbow Paradise Beach Resort is a hotel along the main road of Tanjung Bungah. Located between Copthorne Orchid and Flamingo Hotel, Rainbow Paradise offers scenic views of the sea. Shady palm trees line the shores of the public beach just behind the hotel.
Next to the hotel's swimming pool is Gaya's Beach Side Bar & Restaurant, one of the three eateries in the hotel; the other two are Breeze Cafe and Planters Lounge. Facing the sea, this al fresco restaurant takes advantage of refreshing marine breeze which seems to blow perpetually. On Friday and Saturday evenings, Gaya's hosts the Weekend BBQ Buffet Dinner in conjunction with the Ramadan fasting month.
Bubur Lambuk (Malay porridge) is an essential dish for iftar meals. Flavored with meat and spices, the porridge is cooked until most rice grains have disintegrated into the soup. Soto Ayam (spicy chicken soup) and Mushroom Soup are other starters that can build appetite.
Ulam-ulaman are raw vegetables like ulam raja (king's salad), jantung pisang (banana flower) and kacang botol (winged beans). As raw vegetables lack flavor, they are often eaten with powerful condiments like sambal belacan (fermented shrimp paste) and air asam (tamarind sauce).
Ketupat are glutinous rice dumplings that are wrapped and boiled in palm leaf pouches. Also made from glutinous rice, lemang is cooked in hollowed bamboo stems over fire. Nasi impit (pressed rice) is also available. These rice items are often eaten with serunding (meat floss).
Also included are several types of kerabu (Malay salad) like kerabu ayam (chicken salad). Meanwhile, there are also Western-style salads like potato salad and coleslaw.
At the gas-fired grilling station, diners can choose from beef slices, lamb chops, chicken wings, chicken satay, lamb kebab, ikan kembung (mackerel), mussels, chicken sausages and corn on the cob. Most of these raw foods have been marinated beforehand. BBQ, black pepper and mushroom sauces serve as condiments. Air asam is also popular among locals. And of course, peanut sauce is meant to go with satay.
Chicken Shawarma is cooked on a rotating rotisserie with a heat source at the back. As the outer layer of chicken cooks, slices are shaved off and stuffed into pita bread. Other ingredients used for Chicken Shawarma are raita, tomato, cabbage and onion. Finally, pita bread is also dressed with ketchup and mayonnaise.
Asam Laksa is a popular Penang dish. Thick rice noodle is served in spicy broth which is typically made from mackerel. Other ingredients are cucumber, pineapple, onion, red chili, lettuce and mint. Very often, sweet-savory shrimp paste is also added to the broth to enhance its flavor.
Sotong Kangkung is a special type of rojak (salad) with two main ingredients: cooked cuttlefish and blanched water spinach. The mixture is dressed in thick, sweet-tangy sauce with a hint of spiciness.
Maqluba is a traditional rice dish from the Middle East. Rice is cooked in a large pot, which is flipped upside down when serving. In fact, "maqluba" (مقلوبة) literally means "upside down" in Arabic. Also served with Maqluba are slices of lamb, hard-boiled eggs, tomato, fried onions and parsley.
The beef rendang packs a surprisingly strong punch of spiciness. Rendang is simmered slowly so that most liquid has boiled away and there is hardly any gravy left.
One of my favorite dishes this evening is deep-fried chicken. The crispy breading goes pretty well with creamy mango sauce.
If you are fond of shellfish, you will be pleased to know that the mussels are reasonably large in size. They are served with bell peppers and in savory oyster sauce.
Speaking of shellfish, flower crabs are also available. The crabs are stir-fried with pineapple slices for the sweet-tangy appeal. Unfortunately, the crabs do not have much flesh under the shells.
Next, black pomfret is cooked in dark sauce. Known locally as "bawal hitam", this fish is slightly darker than its cousin, the silver pomfret (bawal putih).
The pot of mixed vegetables includes black fungus, button mushrooms, broccoli, cauliflower, baby corn and carrot.
Rojak is a salad mixture of diced fruits like mango, pineapple, papaya, guava and cucumber. Rojak is typically served with thick shrimp paste with a hint of spiciness.
Pulut Inti and Pulut Sekaya are sweet treats made from pulut (glutinous rice). Rice is eaten with kerisik (toasted coconut) or pandan custard respectively.
To satisfy your sweet tooth, the buffet provides Malay kuih like kuih ketayap (rolled pandan crêpes) and onde-onde (spherical rice balls). Both types of kuih are filled with grated coconut and gula melaka (palm sugar). Meanwhile for Western pastry, there are layered sponge cake, chocolate walnut brownies and fruit tartlets.
On the subject of fruits, presented on skewers are pitaya (dragon fruit), watermelon, papaya, pineapple and honeydew. Prepared in small cups is Sago Gula Melaka. This local dessert is made from sago pearls, gula melaka and coconut milk.
Ais Kacang is a popular dessert especially after a warm day. Typical ingredients for this icy treat are attap chee (nipa palm fruit), cincau (grass jelly), buah pala (nutmeg), red beans and creamed corn. Gula melaka, sirap ros (rose syrup) and evaporated milk are used to flavor the shaved ice.
After fasting during daytime, thirst is also a pressing matter. Fortunately, this evening's dinner includes free flows of coffee, teh tarik (pulled tea) and sirap bandung (rose-flavored milk).
Rainbow Paradise's Weekend BBQ Buffet Dinner is priced at RM79.50 net for adults, RM40.30 net for children and RM53.00 net for senior citizens. For every 3 paying adults, the 4th person dines for free. Unlike most hotels, this buffet dinner is only available on Fridays and Saturdays between 26 May 2017 and 24 June 2017. It is also important to note that Gaya's is a halal-certified restaurant.
Directions: Traveling westbound on Jalan Tanjung Bungah, drive past the pedestrian bridge near Dalat International School. Make a U-turn at the next traffic light-controlled junction and turn left to Rainbow Paradise. Gaya's is located towards the back of the hotel, just next to the beach. The hotel provides complimentary outdoor and indoor parking.