This tutorial will explain how this project works and its code. It is based on the last project but this time we'll having more control of the leds, temperature and relay.
In this project, we're able to check the temperature in the room that the temperature sensor is located and write the temperature we want it to be, depending on the temperature we want and the real one, there's a text saying if it is equal, too low or too high.
We simulate the Air conditioning with leds that turn on.
This sketch automatically refreshes when the light values change.
Serial.println(string[i+2]); //prints what's next to the "="


Pharmaceutical and FMCG industries often use the words Mapping study and Qualification study interchangeably. However, there is a slight difference in the scope of work which we explain as below.
Design qualification process to verify the design aspects. This process verifies that the design of equipment is suitable to generate the desired temperature and humidity conditions.
Installation qualification process is for verification of the installation of the equipment. This ensures whether the installation is carried out as per the design and as per the installation procedures recommended. The respective manufacturers of critical equipment issue such installation process.
Document verification is to verify whether all documents are maintained by the user including SOP, calibration certificates etc.
Temperature mapping study (and Humidity if required) is more or less same as defined in the first par t of the guide.
In a temperature mapping study, only distribution of temperature & humidity is analyzed. This study makes sure that the distribution is always within the permitted range of temperature and humidity as applicable. However the mapping study does not check various criteria such as SOP, whether the installation has been done correctly, whether the machines are working as per the design, whether written procedures are maintained, whether these written procedures are sufficient etc. All such parameters are covered in a temperature qualification study.
A temperature qualification study includes mapping study, but not vice versa.
How to decide whether you need Temperature Mapping study or Temperature Qualification Study?
If you want to check the only distribution of temperature & humidity, a mapping study is sufficient. If you want to check whether the whole asset is designed, installed and operated correctly, it is desirable to carry out a temperature qualification study.
A qualification study is considered to more of international acceptance. An auditor from another part of the world may not be familiar with the various installation and operational parameters of the asset. If an asset is qualified the asset is considered to be a fully satisfactory system.
Temperature Qualification for Cold Rooms, Vans, Boxes etc.


Happy April Fools Day everyone!! This day is soo under appreciated! My roommates in college had the great joy unfortunateness of being my friend on this day. I got them so good our first year of college, that they now remember this day every year and I'm actually not even allowed to call them on today because they won't answer. I am ruthless. I go waaay too far and then some. It's only once a year, and it's totally worth it to freak someone out!
Here's an example of some of the things I've done in the past. One year I called my sister; she was driving so I made her pull over. I told her I was dying of some extremely rare disease, there was no cure, and Dad and I were moving to Australia because that's where I wanted to spend my last few months. She started bawling and said she was moving with us. I started cracking up and yelled April Fools!! She hung up and wouldn't answer my calls for a week!!! That's a long time for us seeing as we talk almost every day.
This year I waited until Hub was in the shower to enact my plan. I ran downstairs and grabbed the ketchup bottle and squirted it all over my hand. Then I busted into the bathroom, while he was in the shower (knowing he didn't have his contacts in and therefore wouldn't be able to see well), and started screaming I had cut off my finger. He.flipped.out. I'm not kidding when I say he almost fell out of the shower he was shaking so hard at the sight of (what he thought was) blood. Oh yeah, did I mention my Hub passes out at the sight of blood? I'm a bad person. But I immediately shouted April Fools and he eventually recovered. He was a little paler than usual when he left for work, but I had made his whole staff some Pull Apart Easter Bread, so all was forgiven...I hope!
This bread is a little complex, but so worth all the steps. Really for the most part this recipe is all about waiting. You just have to wait until the dough rises so you get a nice fluffy bread in the end.
So first you roll out the dough. Then cut it into fourths. Then cut each fourth four more times. Roll two strips together a few times and twist those into a bun. Do that nine more times, until they are all rolled up. Let it rise, bake and you're done!
Make this recipe your own. Instead of strawberries and cream cheese, try butter and cinnamon. Or almonds. Or fresh berries. Possibilities are endless.
In a large bowl whisk together 4 cups of flour, yeast, sugar and the salt. Set aside. Grease another large bowl and set that aside, too.
Zest and juice your lemon and set aside. Whisk the three eggs into a small bowl.
Melt the butter and milk together in a small sauce pan on low heat until warm (about 110 degrees). Scoop out 2/3 cup of the buttermilk and whisk it into the eggs.
Dump that whole egg mix back into the sauce pan and add the lemon zest and almond extract. Save lemon juice for later.
Slowly whisk in the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients until fully combined. Add in the rest of the flour a cup at a time and knead the dough for about 10 minutes. Make sure it comes together easily. If the dough is still too sticky, add more flour.
Turn the dough around in the greased bowl to coat it with a light layer of oil. Cover the bowl in plastic wrap and let rise until doubled in size, about an hour.
Remove the dough and split into two halves. Roll one half out onto a floured surface to make a 12-15 inch circle. Place a clean drinking glass upside down in the middle. This will keep you from cutting in too far.
Cut the circle into fourths, then cut each fourth four more times. This will leave you with 20 strips. Remove the glass.
Preheat the oven for 375 degrees. Line two baking sheets with a silpat or parchment paper.
Grab two strips and twist them together 4-8 times. Pinch the ends together. Twist those pieces into a bun shape and place the rolled up dough onto the center where the glass was.
Continue this with the remaining strips until all are rolled up. There will be nine buns surrounding the middle one (so ten altogether). Transfer the breads to the baking sheets and correct any buns that came apart in the transfer.
Place a clean kitchen towel over the breads and allow to rise again for another 45 minutes.
Combine the egg yolk and water together in a small bowl and spread the egg mix over both breads.
Bake for about 25 minutes, or until nice and brown on top. Let cool. Using your thumb, push an indention into the middle of the little buns to allow room for the strawberry jam and cream cheese filling.
Combine the powdered sugar, lemon juice and vanilla together until it forms a shiny white icing. Add more powdered sugar if you need to. Set aside about a 1/4 cup of the icing and drizzle the rest over both breads.
Add the cream cheese to the remaining 1/4 cup and scoop into half the buns in each bread. Add the strawberry jam to the ones you didn't put the cream cheese in.
Serve immediately, or place in the fridge over night and serve the next day. This bread is amazing warm or cold. I can't stop eating it!
I was literally laughing out loud at the bloody finger. If I could keep a straight face, I'd totally do it.
I always plan April Fools jokes but can never pull them off.... I love this it seems a little hard but your recipe fully explains it so I think I may be able to do it :) Looks so yummy!
Mmm I love pull apart bread! This looks tasty. Thanks for sharing with Hump Day Happenings.
OMG. I am extremely gullible, so I HATE April Fool's Day!!! I don't let those words be spoken at my house. The tricks were mean, but the bread looks delicious!
That looks so good! I'm pinning it! Thanks.
The bread looks and sounds amazing! I love the jokes, my husband would have totally believed me if I had done your joke (I've cut myself pretty bad twice this year). But unfortunately, I didn't do any jokes this year...maybe next year. Thanks for sharing via All Things Thursday link party.
G'day! Looks terrific and is now on my list to do!
Yummy! This just looks FANTASTIC! I will have to try it!
Hi Elie, saw you on The Pin Junkie's Friday Link Party.
What a little devil you are! I love your finger prank the best!
That bread looks to die for; it'll be on our table for Easter Dinner.
I so want to make this today! I think I'm going to! Thanks for sharing it on Foodie Friday. And FYI - you're horrible...but so funny!!
Always wanted to try and make this. Will pin it and give it a go!
Even though this beautiful twisted bread does look a teeny bit complicated, I know it would be so worth it! Especially the lemon flavored icing! Yum!
Thank so much for linking up with Show-Licious Craft & Recipe Party!
This bread is so gorgeous and just perfect for spring! Thanks for linking up with What's Cookin' Wednesday!
nom nom nom i want some!! it looks so yummylicious!!
This looks absolutely amazing! Your April Fool's pranks are hysterical. Love that your friends won't even answer your calls on April 1st! Thank you so much for linking up at Thursday STYLE!
Your Pull Apart Easter Bread looks fabulous! Thank you so much for sharing this special recipe with Full Plate Thursday and have a fantastic week!
This recipe looks delicious. I think it would be fun to make with my little granddaughter. She'd love to make the twisty things. Thank you for sharing.
My husband just looked over and said, "Snickers? Are you ok?" I had just finished reading the bloody finger story. Too funny!
What beautiful bread! I am thinking this would be a great addition to my Easter brunch menu! I would love if you would link up to my "The Yuck Stops Here" link party. It is full of great recipes like yours and we would love to have you!
Thank you for sharing at the Anything Goes Bacon Time weekly linky. You are incredible. Very creative bread. Looks beautiful.
This looks sooo! good. I'm pinning for future reference. Thank you so much for sharing this at our HomeAcre Hop!
So gorgeous!! I love the tutorial, great pictures! So happy you shared this beautiful bread with all of us at the Show Stopper this week!
Wow, this bread looks so yummy! A little work never hurt to get something so wonderful.


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I've spent the better part of my week working on testing routes in ASP.NET MVC. When the routes are in the Global.asax.cs file, it's no big deal. Simply register the routes, and then assert as necessary against the RouteTable.Routes items. The tougher part comes when the routes are in the web.config (http://weblogs.asp.net/fredriknormen/archive/2008/03/11/asp-net-mvc-framework-2-define-routes-in-web-config.aspx) or in an external config file.
The preferred method is to set up a separate project for Unit Tests, and pulling in the routes from there. But, if you're using JetBrains Resharper, you may just have your tests in a .cs file, with no class library project backing it. This was the situation I found myself in earlier this week.
To Unit Test routes in this scenario, it's required to add an App.config to the project, and pull the routes into an external config file, calling this file from the App.config using configSource.


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Five Eyes Wide Open: How Bill C-59 Mixes Oversight with Expansive Cyber-Security Powers
Four years ago, Edward Snowden shocked the world with a series of surveillance disclosures that forced many to rethink basic assumptions about the privacy of online activities in light of NSA actions. In the years that have followed, we have learned much more about the role of other countries – including Canada – in similar activities (often in partnership with the NSA). The legality and oversight over these cyber-related programs fell into a murky area, with legal challenges over metadata programs, court decisions that questioned whether Canadian agencies were offside the law, the hurriedly drafted Bill C-51 that sparked widespread criticism, and concern over the oversight and review process that many viewed as inadequate.
Yesterday, the Liberal government unveiled Bill C-59, the first genuine attempt to overhaul Canadian surveillance and security law in decades. The bill is large and complicated, requiring months of study to fully assess its implications (reactions from Forcese/Roach, BCCLA, CBC, Wark, Amnesty). At first glance, however, it addresses some of the core criticisms of the Conservatives' Bill C-51 and a legal framework that had struggled to keep pace with emerging technologies. Leading the way is an oversight super-structure that replaces the previous silo approach that often left commissioners with inadequate resources and legal powers. The government has promised to spend millions of dollars to give the new oversight structure the resources it needs alongside legal powers that grant better and more effective review of Canadian activities.
June 21, 2017 —	8 comments —	News
Lost Confidence: Why Trust in Canadian Surveillance Agencies Has Been Irreparably Harmed
In the aftermath of the Snowden revelations in which the public has become largely numb to new surveillance disclosures, the Canadian reports over the past week will still leave many shocked and appalled. It started with the Ontario Provincial Police mass text messaging thousands of people based on cellphone usage from nearly a year earlier (which is not government surveillance per se but highlights massive geo-location data collection by telecom carriers and extraordinary data retention periods), continued with the deeply disturbing reports of surveillance of journalists in Quebec (which few believe is limited to just Quebec) and culminated in yesterday's federal court decision that disclosed that CSIS no longer needs warrants for tax records (due to Bill C-51) and took the service to task for misleading the court and violating the law for years on its metadata collection and retention program.
The ruling reveals a level of deception that should eliminate any doubts that the current oversight framework is wholly inadequate and raises questions about Canadian authorities commitment to operating within the law. The court found a breach of a "duty of candour" (which most people would typically call deception or lying) and raises the possibility of a future contempt of court proceeding. While CSIS attempted to downplay the concern by noting that the data collection in question – metadata involving a wide range of information used in a massive data analysis program – was collected under a court order, simply put, the court found that the retention of the data was illegal. Further, the amount of data collection continues to grow (the court states the "scope and volume of incidentally gathered information has been tremendously enlarged"), leading to the retention of metadata that is not part of an active investigation but rather involves non-threat, third party information. In other words, it is precisely the massive, big data metadata analysis program feared by many Canadians.
November 4, 2016 —	9 comments —	News
Canada's Surveillance Crisis Now Hiding In Plain Sight
Three years ago this month, Edward Snowden shocked the world with a series of disclosures that revealed a myriad of U.S. government-backed surveillance programs. The Snowden revelations sparked a global debate over how to best strike the balance between privacy and security and led to demands for greater telecom transparency.
My weekly technology law column (Toronto Star version, homepage version) notes that the initial Canadian response to the surveillance debate was muted at best. Many Canadians assumed that the Snowden disclosures were largely about U.S. activities. That raised concerns about Canadian data being caught within the U.S. surveillance dragnet, but it did not necessarily implicate the Canadian government in the activities.
June 14, 2016 —	4 comments —	Columns
What Now? Privacy and Surveillance in Canada After the Paris Attacks
As the world grapples with the recent terrorist attacks in Paris, the policy implications for issues such as the acceptance of refugees and continued military participation in the fight against ISIL have unsurprisingly come to the fore. The attacks have also escalated calls to reconsider plans to reform Canadian privacy and surveillance law, a key election promise from the Trudeau government.
My weekly technology law column (Toronto Star version, homepage version) argues that despite the temptation to slow the re-examination of Canadian privacy and surveillance policy, the government should stay the course. The Liberals voted for Bill C-51, the controversial anti-terror law, during the last Parliament, but promised changes to it if elected. Even in the face of a renewed terror threat, those changes remain essential and should not have an adverse impact on operational efforts to combat terror threats that might surface in Canada.
November 27, 2015 —	8 comments —	Columns
Law, Privacy and Surveillance in Canada in the Post-Snowden Era
Edward Snowden burst into the public consciousness in June 2013 with a series of astonishing revelations about U.S. surveillance activities. Snowden's primary focus has centered on the U.S., however the steady stream of documents have laid bare the notable role of allied surveillance agencies, including the Communications Security Establishment (CSE), Canada's signals intelligence agency. The Canadian-related leaks – including disclosures regarding surveillance over millions of Internet downloads, airport wireless networks, spying on the Brazilian government, and the facilitation of spying at the G8 and G20 meetings hosted in Toronto in 2010 – have unsurprisingly inspired some domestic discussion and increased media coverage on privacy and surveillance issues. Yet despite increased public and media attention, the Snowden leaks have thus far failed to generate sustained political debate in Canada.
I am delighted to report that this week the University of Ottawa Press published Law, Privacy and Surveillance in Canada in the Post-Snowden Era, an effort by some of Canada's leading privacy, security, and surveillance scholars to provide a Canadian-centric perspective on the issues. The book is available for purchase and is also available in its entirety as a free download under a Creative Commons licence. This book is part of the UOP's collection on law, technology and media (I am pleased to serve as the collection editor) that also includes my earlier collection on the Copyright Pentalogy and a new book from my colleagues Jane Bailey and Valerie Steeves titled eGirls, eCitizens. All books in the collection are available as open access PDF downloads.
May 29, 2015 —	5 comments —	Books, News

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Crutchlow: Fast, consistent, tyre choice regrets
Neil Morrison
Cal Crutchlow spends most on Monday's test at Jerez on Michelin's hard rear tyre; still seeking the front-end confidence he felt with Honda's 2018 RC213V.
Cal Crutchlow felt his speed at Monday's MotoGP test at Jerez meant he should "be disappointed" with his Spanish Grand Prix showing as it proved he had opted for the wrong rear tyre compound ahead of the race.
The Englishman was one of only two riders to choose Michelin's medium rear for Sunday's 25-lap affair. His extensive track time on the hard compound a day later, when he "felt good, felt fast", proved his choice was wrong.
At the close of eight hours of testing, Crutchlow was second on the timesheets, the fastest of the four Hondas, and bettered only by the prodigious Fabio Quartararo.
"Honestly, all day we weren't testing anything new. I'm really pleased with today, the problem is that there's no points for a Monday test at Jerez, so we have to still be disappointed with our result yesterday.
"Obviously, cautious with regard to our pace today, the track is in good condition. But it's apparent that we chose the wrong tyre yesterday. I spent all day on the hard tyre. I tested my race tyre back-to-back with a new compound medium from Michelin, and I did my fastest lap on the new medium.
"The problem is our pace was really consistent with the hard, all day I felt good, I felt fast. But I didn't pick it yesterday in the race. It was my choice, my decision, and we have to live and learn.
"But overall today, we found a bit of a better setting for me it seems. I tried it over the weekend, but not as extreme, and sort of towards what I had at the end of last year when I was able to be consistent and to be fast and near the podium, and I felt good today."
Through 2019 Crutchlow has struggled to find a good feeling with the front end of his current bike. On Monday he said he was still some way off the comfort he enjoyed on the '18 chassis, a thought confirmed by team-mate Takaaki Nakagami's corner speed on the '18 RC213V.
"I still don't get it, I still don't get the same feeling as the 2018 chassis, and we need to work on that. But it's not going to come through setting. Unfortunately, we're not on the 2018 chassis as such, we're on something that fits more the 2019 engine, and the feeling is just a little bit different.
"I don't have the confidence in the front that I had last year, or that Taka has got in his bike. And in the middle of a lot of the fast corners here, Taka is faster than all the Honda riders, and that's because of the chassis he's on.
"But no real complaints today, nothing to be really excited about either, but we were fast, and positive, and I felt good.
"Overall, the pace was good. I feel fast, I went way under my pole position time, which was 1m 36.7s, I wanted to take my pole record back, but Quartararo was faster, and that's it. He's also 12 years younger than me!
"But he's done a great job all weekend, and it's good to see, it's good to see these other guys in the mix. But like we said last night and sat in our meeting, there's 12 guys that can be stood on the podium, and I finished eighth yesterday."
What of his chances at Le Mans? "Always looking forward to the next race, especially after building on this one. Texas, I had a good feeling and was able to be fast, but I crashed in the race.
"Here I had a bad feeling all weekend but today I have a good feeling, so I have to be confident to go to Le Mans. It's not a circuit that I really go well at or particularly like, but I'm optimistic to be challenging at the front."
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Star Wars Rebellion Review – Corey Konieczka
Do you have what it takes to defeat the dark side? Can you eliminate the Rebel scum? Join us as we take a look at the fantastic Star Wars Rebellion from Fantasy Flight Games.
Star Wars is one of the most beloved movie franchises ever made. To date, there have been eight feature films, not to mention loads of cartoons, comics, books, and expanded universe content. Star Wars is a powerhouse intellectual property that sells millions of toys, clothes, and merchandise each year. As such, the Star Wars license is fertile ground for apparent cash-grabs disguised as board games. Star Wars Monopoly, Star Wars Clue, Star Wars Tatooine Twister, Star Wars Jedi Force Jump Hopscotch, Star Wars Don't Wake "Luke, I am your" Daddy, Star Wars Obi-Uno Kenobi, the possibilities are endless.
Being a moderate fan of the franchise and an enormous fan of hobby games, it is with great trepidation and wariness that I approach a board game with the Star Wars brand. Is it more than just an ordinary game with the Star Wars license slapped on it? Can it truly tap into the feeling of the franchise? Is the game truly about Star Wars? I'm happy to report that Star Wars: Rebellion not only fits the theme, it NAILS it.
Star Wars: Rebellion is a 2-4 player asymmetrical tactical strategy game set in the universe of the original trilogy that pits the Rebellion against the Empire. Make no mistake, Star Wars Rebellion is an epic game, both in its scope and its size. The game comes with two full-size game boards that encompass the entire Star Wars galaxy, from Alderaan to Yavin. (as well as my entire dining room table).
The games comes complete with loads of miniatures: X-wings, TIE fighters, star destroyers, AT-ST and AT-AT's, even three different Death Stars. (one of them uncompleted that you may find is "fully operational.")
You might think that with all these miniatures that Star Wars Rebellion is just another Ameritrash-style dice-chucker war game, but you'd be sorely mistaken. While dice-based combat is a part of the game, the game is as much about strategy and deduction as it is combat tactics. Let's take a closer look at the gameplay.
How To Play Star Wars: Rebellion
While there is certainly a lot going on in Star Wars Rebellion, the bulk of the gameplay revolves around the "leader" system. Each player starts with four leaders, but will have the opportunity to recruit more on successive turns. These leaders are famous characters from the original Star Wars trilogy, like Darth Vader, Han Solo, Boba Fett, etc.
Leaders are used to either achieve specific missions, counter opposing player missions, or move troops across the board. At the beginning of each round, each player secretly either assigns their leaders to missions chosen from their hand of mission cards or leaves them in their "leader pool" to be used for moving troops or countering opposing missions. Once a leader has been assigned to a mission, it cannot be used for anything else that round.
Each mission has a specific skill required to attempt it, be it diplomacy, intel, special ops, or logistics. In order to attempt a mission, the leader(s) assigned to the mission must collectively meet those skill requirements. For example, you cannot send Chewbacca to "Establish Trade Relations" because while Chewbacca excels at special ops (fighting), he's not exactly very diplomatic.
After each player has secretly assigned their leaders to whichever missions they want to attempt this round, players take turns revealing their missions and activating leaders. Whenever a player attempts a mission with one of their leaders, the opposing player can send one leader from their available leader pool to oppose it if they possess the requisite skills needed, for example, sending Han Solo to counter Boba Fett's attempt to "Capture Rebel Operative"
If a mission goes unopposed, it automatically succeeds, and the player reaps the rewards listed on the card. Some missions will also specifically say "resolve" as opposed to "attempt." These missions cannot be opposed. When a mission is opposed, players roll dice matching the number of the appropriate icons their leaders have in the specified mission skill. The player attempting the mission must roll more 'hits' than the opposer, with the 'double lightsaber' face counting as two hits.
Moving Troops in Star Wars: Rebellion
Leaders are also needed in order to move forces across the galaxy. In order to move troops, a player places that leader in a specific system, then moves any number of their forces in adjacent systems to that system. Each side has both ground units and space units. True to form, in order for ground units (or TIE fighters, which don't have hyperspace capability) to move from planet to planet, they'll need to be transported by a larger ship that can carry them. The larger the ship is, the more units it can take with it. For example, a Super Star Destroyer can carry two more troops than a regular Star Destroyer. (indicated by the number in the bottom left of the ship icon).
Once each player has used all of their leaders to achieve missions or move troops, the round is completed and they enter the refresh phase. All leaders are returned to their respective leader pools and each player draws two new mission cards. A few faction-specific actions (which I will get to in a bit) also take place, the time marker is advanced, and any available new units can be deployed. Let's take a look at how units are obtained.
Some rounds will involve building new units. Each populous planet is capable of producing units indicated by icons that correspond to specific units on the player board. Planets capable of production will produce units depending on its current loyalty. For example, a Rebel planet with a blue triangle may produce an X-wing, while an Empire planet with the same symbol would produce a TIE fighter.
Units are placed on space 1, 2, or 3 of the building queue according to the indicated planetary marker. This signifies the number of rounds before those units are available to be deployed. During the refresh phase, any units currently on the "1" space can then be deployed, while all the other units get shifted down in the queue. A player's new units can be deployed to any planet currently loyal to them that doesn't currently have any enemy units or where production hasn't been sabotaged by those pesky rebels.
How to Win Star Wars: Rebellion
I mentioned some faction-specific actions earlier. Before I get into those, we'll need to take a look at the two sides. This is an asymmetric game, meaning that each side plays the game differently. In Star Wars Rebellion, even the victory conditions are asymmetric. The Rebellion wins whenever the turn marker and the Rebel influence marker meet.
Rebel influence is gained by achieving specific objective cards, for instance, having Rebel loyalty in at least six systems or blowing up the Death Star. The Rebel player draws one new objective card each round as a part of the refresh phase. Many of the Rebel missions involve manipulation of this objective deck, as the really valuable objectives start out towards the bottom of the deck.
The Empire player wins by simply finding the Rebel base and destroying it. At the beginning of the game after the initial setup, the Rebel player will choose one planet card from the "probe deck" to serve as the hidden rebel base. The probe deck consists of every planet on the board with the exception of Coruscant and the other starting Empire systems. They will keep this card for the remainder of the game, (unless they choose to relocate their base), then shuffle the probe deck and give it to the Empire player.
During each refresh phase, the Empire player gets to "launch probe droids" by drawing two cards from the probe deck. This will help the Empire player to slowly but surely narrow down where those dirty Rebels are hiding.
The first few rounds will also direct you to recruit new leaders, done so by drawing two cards from a faction-specific deck, and choosing which leader to recruit. Each leader will come with a one-time special ability that can be triggered at the appropriate time indicated on the card.
Of course, it wouldn't be Star Wars without some epic battles. Whenever a player enters a system with enemy forces, combat is triggered. First, any space battles are resolved, followed by ground battles. The combat system is a little complex, so I won't go too in depth into it. Essentially, players roll dice according to what ships/units are attacking and using tactic cards gained by participating leaders. For more information on how combat works, check out this great video by Q and A gaming (particularly around the 16:35 minute mark).
What I Dislike about Star Wars: Rebellion
Playtime: This game is ambitiously epic in its size, scope, and play. You can expect a first-time game of this to take at least 3-4 hours. However, unlike some other long games, Star Wars Rebellion never feels like it overstays its welcome. It has an excellent pacing, and it never seems to take as long as it does because you are consistently mentally engaged.
Player count: While the game says 2-4 players, it is really just a 2-player game. The team variant just divides each turn in half, with each player just playing half of a turn.
Combat: While I have no issue with dice-based combat, the way that this game goes about it can get convoluted and over-complicated. I understand the design choices, but I just wish that the combat was more streamlined. Fortunately, combat is almost an afterthought. The bulk of the game is the strategic planning, deduction, and the cat-and-mouse game between the Rebellion and Empire. A skilled Rebellion player will slyly avoid combat most of the time.
What I Like about Star Wars: Rebellion
Theme: Wow! Where do I begin? This game NAILS the theme of Star Wars. When playing as the Rebels, you instantly feel outnumbered and outmatched. When playing as the Empire you command massive forces, but are subject to the guerilla warfare tactics of the pesky Rebels. The missions are incredibly thematic, from sending Luke Skywalker to train with Yoda on Dagobah, to Darth Vader capturing and interrogating Princess Leia. The twist is that you don't have to directly follow the movie script. I've had games where Wedge blew up the Death Star, Chewbacca got turned to the Dark Side, Leia became a Jedi, Boba Fett captured Admiral Ackbar, etc. You get to essentially create your own Star Wars alternate history using all of your favorite iconic Star Wars characters.
Choices: It's said that a good strategy game involves difficult decisions. The leader system does this exquisitely. Which leaders do you send out on missions? Which do you hold back to counter your opponent or command forces? Where do you want to hide the Rebel base? Where should you deploy and move your forces? The choices are incredibly difficult and brain-burning You're constantly trying to anticipate and outguess your opponent. This game keeps you mentally engaged from beginning to end.
Components: The boards are massive, but well designed. The iconography, though it takes a while to grasp, makes sense and is easily identified. The miniatures are well-designed and of good quality. While the game would certainly work with just cardboard chits, there's something incredibly satisfying about moving fleets of ships, battalions of ground troops, and of course that incredible Death Star.
This game is amazing. It is the Star Wars game that I've been waiting for, the one that puts me squarely into the universe and makes me feel like I'm a part of it. The thematic elements are off the charts, and the gameplay is incredibly rewarding. While the combat could be a little streamlined and the listed player count is somewhat disingenuous, this is an awesome game that I can't ever see leaving my collection. Even with its 3-4 hour playtime, I've still gotten in twelve plays of this game. In short, if you're a Star Wars fan or even just a fan of well-designed tactical games, these are the droids you're looking for.
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Designer: Corey Konieczka
Artists: Adam Burn, Adam Lane, Alexandre Dainche, Alexandru Sabo, Allen Douglas, Ameen Naksewee, Andrew Johanson, Angela Sung, Anthony Devine, Balaskas, Ben Zweifel, Cassandre Bolan, Christina Davis, Christopher Hosch, Darren Tan, David Ardila, David Auden Nash, Ignacio Bazán Lazcano, Jacob Walker, Jake Murray, Jason Juta, Jeff Lee Johnson, Jon Bosco, Jorge Barrero, Jose Mikhail Elloso, Jose Vega, Maciej Rebisz, Magali Villeneuve, Mariusz Gandzel, Mark Molnar, Matt Allsopp, Matt Bradbury, Matthew Starbuck, Michele Frigo, Mike Nash, Nicholas Stohlman, Ralph McQuarrie, Richard Hanuschek, Ryan Barger, Ryan Valle, Samuel Shimota, Stephen Somers, Tiziano Baracchi, Tony Foti, Tony Shasteen, VIKO, Zach Graves
Publishers: ADC Blackfire Entertainment, Asterion Press, Delta Vision Publishing, Edge Entertainment, Fantasy Flight Games, Galakta, Galápagos Jogos, Heidelberger Spieleverlag, Hobby World
Time range : 180 - 240 minutes
Mechanism(s): Area Control / Area Influence, Area Majority / Influence, Area Movement, Area-Impulse, Delayed Purchase, Dice Rolling, Hand Management, Team-Based Game, Variable Player Powers
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The Chinese, French, British, Russian and American ambassadors to the U.N. held a closed-door Iran strategy session late Friday. Diplomats say the object of the 90-minute meeting was to agree on a statement that could be issued by the entire Security Council as early as next week.
A draft circulated by Britain and France Wednesday and seen by several reporters calls on Iran to halt all work that could be related to building nuclear weapons "without delay". It asks International Atomic Energy Agency Director Mohamed ElBaradei to report to the Council within a "short timeframe" on Iran's progress in answering questions about its nuclear activities.
The Security Council has the power to impose sanctions on Iran, but veto-wielding members Russia and China have indicated opposition to such measures. Russian and Chinese diplomats have in recent days questioned the Security Council's rolein the matter, saying it should be secondary to that of the I.A.E.A.
Before Friday's meeting, Washington's U.N. Ambassador John Bolton said any talk of sanctions at this stage would be premature. "We haven't put sanctions on the table at this point, but it has been a fact, as Secretary of State Rice says, there are a variety of steps we could take in the Security Council. Everything really depends on Iran. The key to this is in Iran's hand. If they give up their pursuit of nuclear weapons, then a variety of other things are possible, but we've made it clear that it's not acceptable for Iran to have nuclear weapons, and pursuing through peaceful and diplomatic means our efforts to achieve that, that's what we're focused on here," he said.
The British and French U.N. ambassadors have urged a go-slow approach on Iran. But in Vienna Friday, European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana refused to rule out sanctions. E.U. diplomats said it was the first such explicit mention of sanction.
In Washington Friday, President Bush said he still hopes for a diplomatic way to address Iran's nuclear ambitions. But he called Iran a "grave national security concern".
"We want the Iranians to hear loud and clear that the world is speaking with one voice when it comes to their capacity to develop a nuclear weapon. Remember now, the reason we are where we are is because they had agreed to international norms and then were caught not adhering to the international norms. They basically tried to pull one over on the world, and to me that is a warning signal we got to take seriously," he said.
Iran has repeatedly denied it is seeking nuclear weapons, and maintained its atomic program is for peaceful purposes. News agencies Friday quoted a senior Iranian cleric as warning the Security Council to be careful before making further decisions on Iran.
The 35-member I.A.E.A. sent the Security Council its report of Iran's nuclear activities Wednesday, saying it could not be sure if Tehran was enriching uranium for military purposes.
American intelligence officials have not said when they think Iran could have a nuclear weapon. But Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has said Washington must move Tehran from what she called its "dangerous course" as soon as possible.


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Ayelet Shaked on Monday appointed seven new sharia court judges in her capacity as Justice Minister, which she said was the largest number of new sharia judges ever to be selected at once.
Shaked said that it was the first time that any new sharia court judges had been appointed since 2009.
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We have heard it many times in our lives. "When you trust in men, you get what men can do, but when you trust in God, you get what God can do." We often apply this to our finances and "the wisdom of this world", but lets consider a broader application.
We have a habit, as humans, to deify men. Whether it be an athlete, musician or pastor, (there are no good idols) we have a tendency to be idolatrous. The same glory we heap on the sport star, we will heap on the men and women who serve God and consider it as good and just. (Respect and worship are two different things.) We begin to tie our faith to mortal men instead of the only wise God.
Humans are powerless and finite, God is infinite. So many times we build our hopes and dreams upon men and when men make mistakes, our faith is shaken or perhaps even destroyed. (Build your house on the sand, and it will fall) We elevate humans above what God had created us to be, a finite being with a free will. We forget that even the greatest of men and women among us are simply human, capable of failure and sin. We forget that we ourselves are capable of failure and sin.
We must fully know that even the greatest among us mess up, and we must attach our hope to something eternal, something more than the world of men.
We are called to be perfect, fully mature, fully sold out. We are not to compromise, we are not to put our trust in one another, for we are all sinners, saved by the mercy of God.
Follow those whom the Lord has set over you, rather follow the God they serve. Learn their ways, consider the end of their faith (Hebrews 13:7), but make sure you are pursuing the God that they are chasing after, and not the man or woman. God uses men, just as God used Moses' rod and the serpent in the wilderness, but when we begin to worship that which was used by God instead of God Himself, we set ourselves up for failure.
Learn the ways of those set over you, examine their paths, watch their footsteps, and never forget that it is Jesus we worship, and Him alone.


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SHANGHAI (Bloomberg) -- Toyota Motor Corp., which fended off Volkswagen Group to remain the best-selling automaker worldwide in 2014, may lose the sales crown as early as this year as it falls behind in China, the world's biggest auto market.
Toyota is predicting that its global deliveries will decline 1 percent in 2015 to 10.15 million vehicles, or just 10,000 units more than what Volkswagen sold worldwide last year.
VW is opening a new factory this year in Changsha, China, which will add capacity for another 300,000 vehicles annually. As Volkswagen and General Motors Co., the global No. 3, add factories to bolster their already-dominant position in China, Toyota President Akio Toyoda's strategy of foregoing new car plants until at least next year could result in the first shakeup in auto-sales leadership since 2011.
Toyota ranks sixth among global automakers in China and sells less than one-third as many vehicles as its two main competitors in the market.
"The difference is that Volkswagen has a jet engine strapped to its back called 'China'," said Bill Russo, Shanghai-based managing director at Gao Feng Advisory Co. "Toyota, unfortunately, is in a position of weakness when it comes to the China market. It would be almost impossible to hold on to a number one position without being in the lead in China, and Toyota's not even in that league."
Worldwide sales for Toyota, including at its Hino Motors Ltd. and Daihatsu Motor Co. units, climbed 3 percent to 10.23 million vehicles in 2014. Volkswagen last week reported a 4 percent gain to 10.14 million vehicles that included its two heavy-truck units. GM followed with sales of 9.92 million units, up 2 percent. Volkswagen and GM haven't announced projections for this year.
Toyota, which hasn't built an assembly plant in China since 2012 and faces a self-imposed moratorium on new factories until next year, will fall behind even further as Volkswagen and GM step up their expansion plans. GM has announced plans to add five new plants in China by 2018 even though President Dan Ammann said the market is "maturing rapidly."
Volkswagen expects to raise its China plant capacity to more than 4 million vehicles by 2018 from 3.1 million at end 2013, according to the company. Mainland China and Hong Kong accounted for a record 3.67 million deliveries at Volkswagen Group last year, up 12 percent and extending the country's lead as the German manufacturer's largest single market.
By comparison, Toyota missed its sales projection for 1.1 million units in China in 2014, even as the Corolla and the Levin compact cars helped boost sales 13 percent to 1.03 million units. The company kept its China sales target unchanged for this year.
But even though Toyota may cede the sales leadership, it still out earns Volkswagen. Analysts estimate Toyota earned a profit of 1.96 trillion yen ($16.7 billion) last calendar year, compared with 10.7 billion euros ($12.4 billion) at Volkswagen.
"Their [Toyota's] focus is not No. 1," said Peggy Furusaka, a Tokyo-based auto-credit analyst at Moody's Investors Service. "Toyota is more concerned about keeping profitability than chasing numbers. So for coming years, I wouldn't be surprised to see Toyota selling fewer cars than Volkswagen."
Toyota's also-ran status in China is compounded by threats by its dealers to drop out of its network, citing poor sales and a lack of profit.
As many as 10 percent of dealers for one of Toyota's China ventures could abandon the brand, according to the China Automobile Dealers Association. Among the 523 distributors in the FAW-Toyota Motor Sales Co. group, 95 percent are losing money, with some dealers stopping sales or shutting down altogether because of the losses, the state-backed dealer's group said.
Vehicle sales growth slowed last year in China in tandem with the nation's weakest economic growth since 1990. Deliveries are forecast to gain 8 percent to about 21.3 million passenger vehicles this year, according to the state-backed China Association of Automobile Manufacturers.
"As long as China is growing rapidly, Toyota will need to build new factories there," said Yoshiaki Kawano, an analyst with IHS Automotive in Tokyo. "They are probably reserving some energy for growth in the longer term, as they are trying to improve the efficiency at their existing plants."


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Bethel es un pueblo ubicado en el condado de Pitt en el estado estadounidense de Carolina del Norte. La localidad en el año 2000, tenía una población de 1.681 habitantes en una superficie de 2,7 km², con una densidad poblacional de 620,4 personas por km².

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Bethel se encuentra ubicado en las coordenadas . Según la Oficina del Censo, la localidad tiene un área total de , de la cual  es tierra y  (0.0%) es agua.

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El siguiente diagrama muestra a las localidades en un radio de  de Bethel.

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En el 2000 la renta per cápita promedia del hogar era de $25.326, y el ingreso promedio para una familia era de $35.278. El ingreso per cápita para la localidad era de $15.219. En 2000 los hombres tenían un ingreso per cápita de $25.982 contra $20.313 para las mujeres. Alrededor del 22.40% de la población estaba bajo el umbral de pobreza nacional.

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Presents news briefs in Europe. Sales of Beru AG in the first half of its 1999-2000 financial year; Cooperative agreement between Behr GmbH & Co. and Toyo Radiator Co. Ltd.; Details on the outsourcing of all lubricants business of BMW AG to oil and chemical firm Burmah Castrol plc.
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Presents news briefs from across Europe as of November 18, 2002. Agreement between the European Union (EU) and Russia allowing Russians to travel from Russia to Kaliningrad without needing a visa to cross EU states; Detention of opposition members in Kyrgyzstan; Willingness of Bulgarian Defense...
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Mosley crushes Gulf Breeze, 44-7
Dustin Kent
The News Herald
Following a pair of tough losses over the past two weeks, Mosley was in need of a victory to cleanse the palate, so to speak.
The Dolphins got just that Friday night at Tommy Oliver Stadium, rolling over Gulf Breeze 44-7 to improve to 3-2 on the season.
After the losses to Wakulla and Niceville, it was just the kind of night that the Dolphins were desperately hoping to get.
"Yeah, there's no doubt," Mosley coach Jeremy Brown said. "For the kids to go out and perform like that, especially for them ... the coaches have been in this long enough that we know you're gonna have peaks and valleys, but the kids don't always understand the big picture. To get to go out there tonight on Homecoming and get a win in convincing fashion, it was great."
Nyjah Gray got Mosley on the board early, as the speedy receiver and return specialist fielded a punt at his own 40 and took it all the way to the house to put the Dolphins up 7-0 less than two minutes into the game.
Hunter Burke added a 9-yard rushing touchdown to make it 14-0 midway through the first quarter, with Liam Byrd tossing the first of two touchdown passes early in the second quarter on a fade route to Chris Culver in the left corner of the end zone for a 21-0 lead.
The Dolphins capitalized on a Gulf Breeze turnover in its own territory just before the half, with Jacarri Greene punching it in from short yardage to make it a 28-0 Mosley lead at the halftime break.
Randy Pittman scored both Mosley touchdowns in the second half, with the first coming on a short run and the second on a pass from Byrd that pushed the margin to 44-0 with 9:31 left in the fourth quarter.
Brown said he was happy with the way his players approached practice this week following the Niceville loss and had a feeling they were ready to put in a big performance on Friday.
"The last two teams we played were really good teams and they exposed some things and made the kids realize they've got to come to practice every day and give a certain type of effort and have a certain type of energy," he said. "I feel like the kids did that this week. The motto all week was that guys have got to perform. It doesn't matter who's playing, you've got to go out and make plays and we did that."
Mosley will next go on the road on Friday to take on an undefeated Milton (4-0) team coming off of a 31-27 win over Crestview. Brown said it will just be another in a long line of stiff tests for his team.
"We kind of thought going in before COVID and everything that Escambia and Booker T. Washington and Milton would be the teams that we would need to beat that matched up with us really well," he said. "That will be a big challenge for us next week going on the road to try to get a win and keep this momentum going with another 'W.'"


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Microsoft, Facebook launch Docs.com
April 22, 2010 aileenwoTechnologyLeave a Comment on Microsoft, Facebook launch Docs.com
Facebook and Microsoft have teamed up on an online document-sharing service that looks more than a little like Google Docs.
Docs.com went live on Wednesday at Facebook's F8 conference. The site allows Facebook users to log in using Facebook Connect and create, edit, and share Microsoft Office documents with their Facebook friends. New documents will show up in a user's news feed, just like status updates or pictures.
It's in beta testing for now, and service was spotty in the minutes following its introduction at the conference. Microsoft is planning to launch its own online document-sharing service later this year, but Docs.com gives it a good way to test its technology within Facebook's walls.
Google has been making a big push around online-document sharing, with Google Apps development, courting businesses large and small in an effort to get them to switch to its version of cloud-computing services. Docs.com is probably not as business-friendly, since it either requires collaborators to be Facebook friends or the document to be shared with all of Facebook, but it might make sense for smaller teams.
Discover, Create & Share
Docs is a new service from Microsoft's Future Social Experiences (FUSE) Labs that allows Facebook users to discover, create & share Microsoft Office documents. Docs is powered by Microsoft Office Web Apps.
Docs provides the best possible document service for the Facebook environment. This focus on Facebook means that the service is all about sharing your documents.
Docs.com looks and feels like Google Docs and it went live on live on Wednesday at Facebook's F8 conference. The site allows Facebook users to log in using Facebook Connect and create, edit, and share Microsoft Office documents with their Facebook friends. New documents will show up in a user's news feed, just like status updates or pictures.
It's in beta testing for now and it's open for limited number of users only or you could sign up for the waiting list. Microsoft is planning to launch its own online document-sharing service later this year, but Docs.com gives it a good way to test its technology within Facebook's walls.
According to Cnet.com Google has been making a big push around online-document sharing, with Google Apps development, courting businesses large and small in an effort to get them to switch to its version of cloud-computing services. Docs.com is probably not as business-friendly, since it either requires collaborators to be Facebook friends or the document to be shared with all of Facebook, but it might make sense for smaller teams
From Lili Cheng's blog post: The fact that we've been able to adapt the Office 2010 "Web Apps" technology to work directly with Facebook truly speaks to the flexibility and power not just of the Facebook platform, but also of the Office system's rich "contextual collaboration" capabilities. And we'd never have been able to achieve our critical 'simplicity' goals had it not been for our ability to use a new test feature from Facebook that allows us to build an instantly personalized and seamless document authorization & sharing experience directly from our site.
This next version of Facebook Platform puts people at the center of the web. It lets you shape your experiences online and make them more social. For example, if you like a band on Pandora, that information can become part of the graph so that later if you visit a concert site, the site can tell you when the band you like is coming to your area. The power of the open graph is that it helps to create a smarter, personalized web that gets better with every action taken.
Building the Social Web Together
by: by Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday, April 22, 2010 at 1:44am
We think that the future of the web will be filled with personalized experiences. We've worked with three pre-selected partners—Microsoft Docs, Yelp and Pandora—to give you a glimpse of this future, which you can access without having to login again or click to connect. For example, now if you're logged into Facebook and go to Pandora for the first time, it can immediately start playing songs from bands you've liked across the web. And as you're playing music, it can show you friends who also like the same songs as you, and then you can click to see other music they like.
We look forward to a future where all experiences are this easy and personalized, and we're happy today to take the next important step to get there.
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La Hongqi LS5 è un'autovettura prodotta dalla casa automobilistica cinese Hongqi a partire dal 2015 al 2017, per essere impiegata esclusivamente dal governo cinese e non destinato alla vendita a clienti privati.

Descrizione
L'Hongqi LS5, nome in codice P504, è stata presentata per la prima volta al salone di Shanghai il 22 aprile 2015 in forma prototipale. Un prototipo aggiornato con fari e fanali posteriori ridisegnati, paraurti e specchietti modificata, è stata mostrata salone di Pechino 2016.

L'interno della Hongqi LS5 di serie presenta un volante diverso e più moderno rispetto a quello visto nel concept del 2015, oltre a un ampio touchscreen centrale e un quadro strumenti digitale.

L'Hongqi LS5 è alimentato da un motore V8 biturbo da 4,0 litri che produce 381 CV e 530 Nm di coppia. Il motore permette alla LS5 di accelerare da 0–100 km/h in 8,1 secondi e una velocità massima di 220 km/h.

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Karma counts for top dog Toyota
By Mark Graban	 On Jun 6, 2006 Last updated Jul 28, 2011
Business – theage.com.au
Are you sick of reading about Toyota's success? I'm not.
This reporter does a pretty good job of capturing the main points of the Toyota Production System.
"… if they [visitors to the factory] are looking for Toyota's secret on the factory floor, rival car makers might be looking in the wrong place. Toyota's success is the result of management processes and culture rather than the operators' instructions hanging from every work station."
Another amplification of the Toyota definition of lean that Norm Bodek has helped spread.
"Toyota revolves around two things. The first is 'keizan' — continuous improvement," said John Conomos, Toyota Australia's outgoing executive chairman.
"The second is respect for people, and not just the customer alone. Respect for the affiliate, for every supplier, even down to the competition."
It might sound like industrial nirvana, but Mr Conomos says Toyota goes to "immense lengths" to avoid firing employees. "If the company gets into trouble, rather than fire people, you look at what management went wrong, then you move the management out and bring in people that can make it work," Mr Conomos said.
"Don't fire, fix. Relocate, educate and improve," he said, as though it were a company mantra.
I'm going to post a link soon to an article about the military-style rule at the Home Depot, where the mantra seems to be "fire, fire, fire" if you're not making the numbers. Keep an eye out for this article.
Here is a great example of Deming's "constancy of purpose" idea. Each time Toyota management changes, they aren't expected to radically change things or to put their own mark on things, as U.S. executives tend to do, even when they're taking over a successful company.
"The board (of directors) changes every year. Last year, on June 23, the entire EVP (executive vice-president) structure, and the president and the chairman, changed in a pre-determined rotation.
"There was no shock to the organisation," Mr Conomos said. "People didn't wonder what the hell these new people were going to do. The sharemarket didn't go into spasm. The suppliers were not shocked."
It sounds like a production line for executives — a stultifying process that could lead to more of the same thinking. Mr Conomos dismisses the suggestion.
"It still provides the opportunity for innovation, and stimulus for executives. And there is a massive amount of personal satisfaction because they move these people around the corporation, around the world."
Last point (and there are still more goodies in the article): I knew that Toyota didn't care much about chasing cheap labor, they locate near their customers (that's a great lesson to learn from, one we read about yesterday). But, I never knew about their move into that workers' paradise known as France.
But the industry was gobsmacked in 2001 when Toyota decided to set up a plant in France, a notoriously difficult market to crack owing to trade barriers and a suspicion of anything Asian. And, on top of all that, the French industrial relations track record was famously bad.
"That bewildered everybody," Mr Conomos said. "Why would you go there? Why didn't others do it? Attack the French market? Attack Europe from France? It was an unheard-of strategy."
The car made at that plant, the Yaris, was voted European Car of the Year, and the plant has since doubled in capacity.
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5th Test - Sydney: England marks out of 10
Mission accomplished for spymasters Flower and Strauss. No-one would have predicted that England would record three victories by an innings before the series but that is exactly what they did, and where better to seal the series but the wonderful Sydney Cricket Ground.
Here's how the victorious XI rated in Sydney (see Australia marks out of 10 here):
Andrew Strauss - 7: Gave England's innings a lightning start to regain immediately the momentum that his side had lost because of the Johnson and Hilfenhaus partnership. Played around a straight one from Hilfenhaus and set the field too deep to Johnson, but has now joined the immortals by captaining England to Ashes series wins home and away. A knighthood awaits.
Alastair Cook - 9.5: Another gem of an innings even if the luck was with him when Beer overstepped. The transformation from the batsman at war with his technique in the summer against Pakistan is quite remarkable. Now looks so at ease and so untroubled at the crease that he could bat without being dismissed for days - and that is exactly what he has done in this series.
Jonathan Trott - 2: So he is mortal after all. After his machine like domination of Australia in Melbourne where he was unbeaten after 499 minutes and 345 balls he was gone in the blink of an eye at the SCG for a six-ball duck. Never mind, he still has a test average of 61.53.
Kevin Pietersen - 5: After his modest claim before this Test that Ashes success here and in 2009 was all down to his martyr-like sacrifice of the captaincy, Pietersen again looked in good touch at the crease. Resisted the temptation to blast Beer out of the attack whilst demonstrating that any fallibility against left-arm spin seems to have been eradicated from his game. Then added to his career catalogue of poor dismissals by getting out hooking Johnson with just four overs of the day left. Maybe the presence of David Hasselhoff at the SCG was to blame?
Paul Collingwood - 4: The retiring hero chipped in with the wicket of Mr Cricket on what proved to be his last delivery in Test cricket. Failed again with the bat, but let that not diminish from the memory of the hero of Cardiff, Centurion and Cape Town. Farewell England's working class hero.
Ian Bell - 9: It took some time but finally Bell has an Ashes hundred to his name and a classy knock it was too even if he courted controversy and luck in equal measure along the way. His partnership with Cook wrested control of the match once and for all and made the final denouement inevitable.
Matt Prior - 9: Took his tally of catches for the series to 23 and like Bell, hit his first Ashes ton and the quickest by an Englishman against Australia since a certain Ian Botham in the never-to-be-forgotten Headingley Test of 1981. What a luxury it is for England to have a batsman of his beligerence coming in at 7.
Tim Bresnan - 8: Followed up his surprisingly impressive performance at the MCG with another in Sydney to prove that his bowling has come on in leaps and bounds from last summer. Batted well too, which gives England a five bowler option with tghe larger-than-life Bresnan at 7.
Graeme Swann - 7: For once, the SCG pitch did not favour the spinners so Swann had to be content to play a support role once again, and as at Melbourne he did it with some aplomb tying up one end and getting a couple of wickets. Exciting cameo with the bat, with the 17 runs he took from one Johnson over particularly enjoyable.
Chris Tremlett - 9: A lot of his fellow Australians chuckled when Shane Warne suggestedbefore the series that Tremlett could be the best bowler in the world if he got his head right, but after taking his tally to 17 wickets in just 3 matches who's laughing now? Troubled all the Aussie batsman by moving the new and old ball and especially with his lethal extra bounce. Looks like being Anderson's new ball partner for some time now and will enjoy telling his grandchildren again and again that he took the wicket that clinched an Ashes series win in Australia.
James Anderson - 9: Outstanding again with 7 wickets in the match to finish the series with 24 wickets to consign the memory of his performances in the 2006/07 series to the waste paper basket of history. The boy has become a man.
1st Test: England marks out of 10, Australia marks out of 10
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3rd Test: England marks out of 10, Australia marks out of 10
4th Test: England marks out of 10, Australia marks out of 10
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Each one of us has a different notion of retirement. This implies that the amount of money you will need to retire can be too less or too much than others of your age. This is why you should come up with a personal estimate of how much you need to retire. Needs, wants and goals of retirement differ from person to person and so there is no one-size-fits-all solution.
You start by calculating how much you want to spend every month because if you want to spend more, you will have to save more. Your retirement age will also have an impact on how much you will need. Here are the four steps that help you determine how much you will need to retire.
The first step in determining how much you need to retire is estimating the retirement expenses. This is the amount you think you will spend annually in your retirement. The expenses include the estimated taxes you pay on retirement income. To get started, you can look at your current take-home income.
Assume that you spend the amount you take home each month and use it as the estimate of the monthly amount you will need in your retirement. You can consider the changes that will come in the retirement period and adjust your estimated expenses.
It is important to identify the amount of income you will get from guaranteed sources. These sources can include social security, pensions, monthly annuity payments and others. More the number of guaranteed sources you have, lesser you need to save.
Then, you compare this income to your estimated expense of retirement. At least half of the expenses should be covered by the guaranteed income by the age of 65. If not, you should consider an annuity that provides additional guaranteed income.
The third step is calculating the gap between your expenses and sources of income. For example, if you have an annual retirement expense of $40,000 and a guaranteed income of $30,000, the gap is $10,000.
The gap represents the amount which you will need to get from your investments and savings every year. Adding up the gaps of each year over the expected retirement years gives you an estimate of how much you need to have saved to be prepared for the retirement.
Factors like income tax, property prices, life expectancy, return on investment, cost of living, inflation, bank loans, and your spending rate are likely to change and affect the amount you will need for retirement.
To account for such variables, it is necessary to develop a best and a worst-case scenario plan. While a best-case scenario considers average to high returns on investment, low inflation and average life expectancy, a worst-case scenario assumes above average life expectancy, low returns and high inflation.
If you find that your retirement plan works only in the best-case scenario, you should figure out something different. You might want to work more, save more and spend less to get a working plan.