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Arizona Public Service CEO apologizes for billing tool error
By JONATHAN J. COOPERDecember 17, 2019 GMT
FILE - This Tuesday, April 16, 2019 file photo shows a view of the Arizona Public Service utility company in Phoenix. The new head of Arizona's largest electric utility has apologized for a faulty bill calculator that was supposed to help customers find the cheapest rate plan but instead steered 10,000 of them to higher-priced options. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin,File)
PHOENIX (AP) — The new head of Arizona's largest electric utility apologized Wednesday for a faulty bill calculator that was supposed to help customers find the cheapest rate plan but instead steered 10,000 of them to higher-priced options.
Arizona Public Service CEO Jeff Guldner told frustrated state utility regulators that the company fell short. APS executives pledged refunds to customers for the amount they overpaid plus an additional $25 for the inconvenience.
"I want to personally apologize to those customers who were affected by that error," Guldner told the Arizona Corporation Commission. "It is our responsibility to do better and you have my commitment that we will do better."
The billing problem is the latest in a series of missteps by the utility, which serves 1.2 million customers throughout much of Arizona. Last year, an elderly customer died when the company turned off her power because she was about $50 behind on her bill on a day temperatures reached 107 degrees.
The billing error incensed several members of the elected commission. They demanded that the company answer for how the problem happened, when APS discovered it, and how the public can be confident in the information the company issues in the future.
"For APS, these miscues seem to be the status quo and compounded by more bad news the next day," said Commissioner Lea Marquez Peterson.
APS officials said the problem began in February but senior managers weren't aware of it until November when contacted by The Arizona Republic.
"The issue could and should have surfaced earlier," Daniel Froetscher, executive vice president of operations for APS, acknowledged.
Guldner said he's focused on adapting the company's culture to improve its focus on customers and empowering employees to speak up when they see problems.
Ted Geisler, the utility's chief information officer, said the plan comparison tool incorrectly calculated bills based on a higher-priced period of 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. However, APS' on-peak energy hours are 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. The tool was available on the company's website and was used by the company's call center representatives.
APS initially estimated that about 12,000 customers were steered to higher-priced plans but said Wednesday that further analysis placed the figure at 10,000, and only about a quarter of them paid more than $25 extra after switching.
A new plan comparison tool is in the works.
Guldner appeared before the commission for the first time since taking the helm at APS and its parent company, Pinnacle West Capital Corp., last month.
In September, commissioners lit into Guldner and other top APS executives, saying they schemed to control electricity regulation through lobbying and millions in political spending, growing wealthier while some of their customers struggled to pay their bills.
Commission Chairman Bob Burns, a Republican, pressed Guldner during the September meeting to commit to never getting involved in corporation commission campaigns during his tenure as CEO. Guldner demurred, saying he'd get back to the commissioner after he took charge.
Guldner did not discuss political spending Wednesday. He's scheduled to discuss the issue at a commission hearing next month.
Stacey Champion, an APS customer who has become a leading critic of the company since challenging its 2017 rate increase, said APS has an overriding focus on producing profit for shareholders and faulted regulators for failing to hold the company accountable to customers.
"At what point do you all stop verbally slapping their hand and do something to provide this massive amount of people some relief?" Champion said.
She called the company's plan to give customers $25 "insulting." She said APS acknowledging fault is a positive step but questioned why commissioners trust the company's statements.
"You can't just take what they say at face value," she said.


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Q: Dynamic functions in jQuery dialog buttons I have the following problem.  I'm trying to add dynamic buttons in a modal dialog. But I don´t know,  how I can give the function to each button.
I have the following:
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          arrButton[i] = { id :  buttons[i].name  , text :  buttons[i].label , click : function(){  buttons[i].onclick  } };
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        ({  modal    : true,
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For example, if I have the following : buttons[i].onclick = "functionAlert();, when I create the button have the click event with buttons[i].onclick, but I need the click event with functionAlert().   What am I doing wrong?

A: Assuming you have an function:
function functionAlert() { ...some code... }

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Oak framed house of light
A light filled oak framed house to provide a modern country home.
Location: Worcestershire
A self build project involving all the family.
John and Ann Sterry wanted a light-filled oak framed house to provide a modern country home. They secured a plot in a leafy suburb of Worcestershire. Having previously lived in a 300 year home they were looking to build something modern a light but with similar finishes.
John and Ann recommend being on good terms with the planning office. They also found beneficial to speak to neighbours to establish any concerns to enable them to reassure or adapt plans accordingly. Hiring a local planning consultant, who had a fuller understanding of the planning guidelines, helped them to secure their planning consent.
The couples son, Robert, was appointed as architect for the project. Robert took inspiration from John and Ann's love of timber-framed buildings.
A well-managed project incorporating ideas and inspiration
The project was managed, in the most part, by local contractor Chris Washbourne and architect Robert Sterry (Paul Archer Design). This combination worked well for John and Ann as Chris employed a team that he knew would perform well.
The fundamental idea was to build an oak frame house that could integrate new technology and make use of sustainable energy resources.
Spending most of their time in the main living area, John and Ann wanted to open it up to the roof. They were happy to compromise on bedroom sizes in exchange for the beautiful, natural, light-filled environment.
"We wanted a lighter environment than our previous house while retaining similar finishes (of our previous property) such as the use of oak and stone flooring."
John Sterry, Build It Magazine, January 2017
John and Ann came to visit the team at Carpenter Oak, Devon, to discuss their ideas at the early stages.
"The team at Carpenter Oak worked with Robert to produce a frame that matched up to our hopes. They understood what we were trying to build from the beginning and maintained good communication throughout the manufacture and erection of the structure. The oak frame is integral to the house design and gives it real character by displaying traditional shapes and materials in a modern setting, which is what we wanted."
The frame was unusual in that it didn't have tie beams at eaves level, but instead had very high collars in the roof spaces.
"The span and truss arrangement required the central floor beams to be 350mm deep to withstand the loads. The straight bracing, rather than curved, creates a contemporary feel but it still features traditional joints."
Paul Slemmings, Frame Designer, Carpenter Oak
An energy efficient structure with exposed inner workings
With much of the frame exposed internally, you can appreciate how the structure is formed. The natural, tactile textures of the oak compliment the vast contemporary expanses of glass. Sandblasting the frame maintains the lightness of the oak, contributing to the light interior while acknowledging the character that John and Ann wanted to retain from their previous property.
The frame took 21/2 days to raise and was a straightforward process. The raising process was aided by John and Ann sending pictures of the site and access details to ensure that the lorry and crane could get through.
Wrapping the oak frame in SIP's creates a fully weathertight space in a relatively short amount of time. John and Ann chose the SIP's wraparound system to give a high level of insulation and airtightness.
Achieving good energy efficiency was significant in every aspect of the building, several systems were put in place in an attempt to be as self-sufficient as possible and minimise utilities.
"The house is warmed with underfloor heating, fuelled by a Valiant EcoTec boiler connected to a Megaflow pressurised water system and tank…….A Vent Axia mechanical ventilation and heat recovery system (MVHR) captures warmth from stale air and redistributes it through the house as part of a fresh supply."
Richard Webber, Build It Magazine
Solar thermal panels supply hot water during most of the summer months.
John and Ann also installed a 3,000L underground rainwater tank which fills from the roof's downpipes. This water is filtered and used for flushing toilets and the washing machine.
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The City and the Crusade
February 19, 2015 May 6, 1995 by Linda
Commencement Address for Christendom College
Thank you for that gracious reception.
I confess it is not the kind to which I am accustomed on most college campuses. But it is truly an honor to be here, at Christendom. Both to congratulate the graduating seniors, and to pay tribute to this college for standing as a beacon of Faith, Truth and Light amid the encircling gloom of our troubled civilization.
A few years ago, in Houston, I gave a speech at the Republican National Convention. As luck would have it, I spoke just after the irrepressible Alan Keyes, and just before my old boss, the Great Communicator himself, Ronald Reagan.
Sandwiched between two such speakers, I naturally wondered whether the world would little note or long remember what a once-and-future Crossfire host would say there.
But near the end of my speech, I made a simple observation.
"There is," I said, "a religious war going on in our country for the soul of America… a cultural war, as critical to the kind of nation we will one day be as was the Cold War itself." This war, I said, is "about who we are… what we believe… (and) what we stand for as Americans.
That first night, commentators from David Brinkley to John Chancellor were complimentary. They said Buchanan had given an excellent speech, an outstanding speech. Sander Vanocur went so far as to say my speech "was the most skillful attempt to remind the party faithful of the role that ideas have played in American politics since Eugene McCarthy nominated Adlai Stevenson at the 1960 Democrat convention." High praise indeed from a commentator who was a friend and admirer of John F. Kennedy.
That night in the overnight tracking polls, George Bush soared 10 points his best night of 1992. By the time Mr. Bush rose to speak, three nights later, he had closed the gap with Bill Clinton. A deeply disconsolate New York Times was in mourning; the presidential race had suddenly become a dead heat.
Then, I began to hear what the poet described as, "dim drums throbbing in the hills half heard." The Washington Establishment was marching as to war and they were coming after me.
The counterattack began then, and it continues to this day. Why?
Because what we said at Houston went right down the smokestacks of America's cultural elite. As the old saw runs: It is only the truth that hurts.
My antagonists fought back with the customary high-minded and reasoned arguments. "Buchanan Declares…Domestic Jihad," read one headline. "What If Ayatollah Buchanan Had His Way?" said another.
A New York Times writer said I was an example of that "reactionary Catholicism," that had driven Mexican General Santa Anna to slaughter Davy Crockett and his friends at the Alamo.
But it was my future colleague, Bob Beckel, who cut to the heart of the matter: "That was the most reactionary speech ever given in a televised convention," Beckel said, "and I believe the devil wrote it." We're making progress. Bob Beckel believes in the Devil.
You know there is not one nasty political name that has ever been invented that I have not been called. Lately, one of my rivals for the Republican nomination again charged me with calling for a "Holy War." Now, because this is a non-political occasion, that opponent shall remain nameless.
But let me respond to Arlen this way by telling a story about a genuine Holy War long ago.
A thousand years ago, following one of those rare upheavals in the Middle East, the Holy City of Jerusalem was closed to Christian pilgrims.
The Vicar of Christ, Urban II, traveled out from Rome through Christendom, until he came to the French town of Clermont. There he held a council with his bishops. At the council's end, he gave a great sermon to a vast crowd of pilgrims.
The Holy Father called on men of faith and courage to unite in the cause of opening the road to Jerusalem. All who joined this Crusade, the Pope said, must take an oath never to turn back, until they had reached Jerusalem . The Crusaders' oath was signified by a sign of the cross sewn into the shoulders of their tunics.
The first great noblemen to take up the cross was Raymond, Count of Toulouse, followed by Bohemond a Norman prince of Italy. Together, Raymond and Bohemond marched across the Balkans to Byzantium, where their armies rendezvoused under the nervous eye of the Emperor Alexius of Constantinople. There, Alexius asked the Crusaders to take a second oath.
The Pope's oath had been to God. But the oath of Alexius was to Caesar: All Crusaders must pledge allegiance to him, Alexius said.
Bohemond took this oath. All the other crusading knights did the same, except Raymond of Toulouse. Raymond hesitated because he wanted to make clear his first allegiance was to the Crusade — to the oath he had made to God. He told the Emperor he would be his subordinate if the Emperor led the Crusaders in battle — but he would not be the Emperor's vassal.
So, the Crusaders marched to the borders of Syria, laying siege to, and recapturing, the ancient city of Antioch. Here Bohemond broke his pledge to Emperor and Pope. He laid claim to Antioch, to establish his own tiny kingdom; then stayed with his army, as Raymond led the Crusade on to Jerusalem.
Raymond captured the Holy City from the Turks. There, his Knight Crusaders offered him the great title: King of Jerusalem. But the Count of Toulouse refused: He did not wish to be a crowned king in the city where Christ had worn a crown of thorns.
Now, modern historians will tell you, in loving detail, of atrocities the crusaders committed; and there were atrocities. And they ought not to be defended. For among the first things a Catholic learns is that man is fallen, and human nature is unchangeable.
But there is a theme in the story of Raymond and Bohemond that illustrates a fundamental lesson: Each of us faces this choice in life: We can choose the city. or we can chose the crusade. And it is far better thing to choose the crusade. That is what we are taught in our Catholic schools to choose the crusade. Each of us, to take up the cross.
Now, I can see the headline, when they get wind of this at the Washington Post: "Buchanan Renews Call for 'Holy War."' But what does it really mean to "choose the crusade" in modern America; and what role do Catholic schools and colleges play?
Let me tell you what I believe:
In every city in America there are Catholic parishes, Catholic schools and communities of Catholic families that form around those parishes and schools. When it works the way it ought to, family, church and school pursue a single, common goal: Raising up each generation to embrace the faith, and to accept the moral code that allows children to lead good lives, to become strong adults, to merit salvation. To go all the way to Jerusalem .
That is the goal of a Catholic education: The inculcation of values, the shaping of conscience, the development of character, the formation of souls. Whether a child is outstanding in math, a whiz at computers, or a great athlete, these are secondary.
We have a crisis in American education because educators have lost sight of their goal. They have lost sight of their first purpose: to produce moral men and women whose lives will be an example to their community, and country, no matter how successful they are in their secular vocations.
And how can we ever again succeed in educating children to become moral men and women if, in America's public schools, we consciously deny them all religious instruction, and deny them access to that primary source of morality, God's own word. The Bible is the one book from which they are expressly not allowed to be taught.
One of the greatest of our Founding Fathers, John Adams, once wrote: "Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other." What Adams was saying was that religion and morality are the tap root of the Republic. Cut the tap root, and the Republic dies.
Our struggle, then, is against, those who have been slashing away at that tap root for decades. For if they prevail, our beloved country will perish.
And, the struggle must continue, for the rest of our lives.
In a healthy society, the institutions of culture reinforce the values of family, church, school. The history of the West, the greatest civilization in human history, is the story of centuries of architecture and art, literature and music, that lift up the hearts of men and women and point them toward the Truth. That is what the Cathedral of Chartres does; that is what Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel does; that is what Shakespeare's Henry V does; that is what Beethoven's 9th Symphony does. All, in their way, are songs of joy, because ultimately they teach the truth that Christ is Risen.
But that is not what Heather Has Two Mommies, does; it is not what that film, The Last Temptation of Christ does; it is not what grunge rock and rap music do; it is not, excuse me, what Roseanne Barr is all about.
When the book Heather Has Two Mommies, glorifying same-sex marriage, was going to be used to instruct First Graders in the schools of New York City, my friend, Mary Cummins, president of a school board in Queens, stopped the sewage at the schoolhouse door.
Mary Cummins is a heroine of the cultural war. She was doing what all good teachers, all good schools do, acting in loco parentis. She was another good mom watching over her kids.
Moms are the front line troops in the cultural war.
She is the one who snaps off the TV set when the filthy show comes on. She is the one down at the school board when Outcome Based Education, or condom distribution, or some absurd new federal mandate on how to teach America's children is being introduced.
And if there is any institution that has always been a trusted friend and partner of conscientious mothers and the families they nurture and hold together, it is the traditional Catholic school.
I know this is so because it was true in my own family. My grandmother put her trust in Holy Trinity, a parochial school in Georgetown after her husband left her with two young sons to raise. My father grew up in what the social engineers call a "broken home" but he did not grow up in a broken community. His was a Catholic community founded on a Faith that could not be broken.
But, when my father was 13, and graduated from Holy Trinity, he was to be sent to McKinley Tech, a public high school. Then, one day, two Jesuits arrived at my grandmother's house.
"Mrs. Buchanan," they asked, "Why is young Bill not going to Gonzaga?" "Because," my grandmother replied, "we don't have the money." The Jesuits answered back: "Mrs. Buchanan, we don't want your money; we want your son.
My father would repay that loyalty all his life. Indeed, one day very late in my father's life, I went into a Catholic bookstore in Bethesda, to find a copy of the Douey-Rheims version of the Bible, that might somehow have escaped the clutches of the thought police. You know the type: The religious rewrite men, with the big egos and the tin ears, who are going to improve on the most magnificent prose ever written.
When I came to the counter, the lady recognized me.
"Oh, Mr. Buchanan," she said, "your father was in here just two weeks ago, and he said the most wonderful thing. I said to him 'Isn't it terrible what has happened to our church today, Mr. Buchanan?' And he replied, 'No, do not be afraid. We have it on the authority of Christ himself: the Rock will not break"' My father's religious beliefs, inculcated in Catholic schools, permeated everything. In my father's household, whatever Mother Church taught, that was it; there was no more debate.
When I was a boy, one of my father's favorite expressions was "Offer it up!" It was an all-purpose phrase that meant, "stop whining and offer up your pain for the suffering souls in Purgatory." Whenever we were hurt, injured or cried, we would hear a loud impatient, "Offer it up!" It was my father's way of saying: Choose the crusade.
Incidentally, "offering it up" was advice I could have used one night when still in my crib back at our house in Georgetown.
My brothers, sisters and I were all instructed on how to pray as soon as we could talk. Even in the crib, I caught on quickly. When my older brothers were still toddlers, on their knees stumbling through the Our Father, Hail Mary, and Glory Be–from my playpen would come an impatient, "Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen!" My parents were elated with these early signs of precocity. They would show off to neighbors the indolent little boy they called "Paddy Joe," who, as they said, "could talk before he could walk." My older brothers, however, were not amused by all this cleverness.
The four of us in those years slept in separate cribs, which were on stilts and rollers and could be maneuvered around the otherwise empty room. To start the crib rolling all we had to do was stand, hold firmly onto one of the horizontal bars, and rock back and forth in the direction we wanted to go. One night, after the older brothers had their prayers interrupted and corrected, yet again, from the playpen, my father heard horrible screams from our room.
Rushing in, he found milk and blood all over my forehead, and glass strewn all over the crib. The perpetrator was at hand. One of my brothers had maneuvered his crib over next to mine, reached in, jerked the milk bottle out of my mouth, and smashed it over my head.
He was telling me, in his own persuasive way, to shut up. Unfortunately, the lesson never took. Ask Michael Kinsley.
A few years ago I wrote that story, and many others, in a book titled "Right From the Beginning." My purpose was to show that the conservatism I embraced was not some abstract philosophical credo. It was not the sort of thing one settles upon after late-night bull sessions with self-absorbed graduate students at Ivy league schools. My conservatism was rooted in habits and dispositions ingrained in me from childhood and engraved on the hearts of millions like me, and, I suspect, like many of you by parents, schools and church.
Aquinas tells us that the virtues are not ideas, they are habits and the greatest of the virtues are not habits of the mind, they are habits of the heart.
The other day Mr. Clinton implicitly conceded this point in his heated speech contending that conservatives and talk radio are somehow responsible for that horrific atrocity in Oklahoma City.
Yes, Mr. President, in one way, you are right: The images that abound in our popular culture, what we say on the airwaves, what we depict on our television screens, in our movies houses can help habituate America to violence and can corrupt the soul of our nation.
That is what we have been saying, since Houston, and before.
But, no, it is not the conservative or traditionalist vision that leads to acts of violence. No one is going to go out and stalk the dark streets of the city after watching The Bells of St. Mary's.
It is not traditionalism that has led to 4,000 unborn babies done to death every day, to public calls for legalized euthanasia and doctor-assisted suicide. It is not traditionalism that has led to the collapse of the American family, where one in three children today are born without a father to go home to.
No, the slow-motion suicide of American society is traceable to a philosophy of self-indulgence, to a New Age Gospel that declares: There are no absolute values in the universe; there are no fixed and objective standards of right and wrong. There is no God. There is no salvation. It all begins here, and it all ends here. Every man lives by his own moral code. So, do your own thing.
And, doing their own thing, our countrymen are creating, in our great cities, a society straight out of Dante's Inferno.
It we do not reject this fatal philosophy, if we do not turn back to the Truth, America will perish. Just as the people of a city where the water supply is contaminated, will sicken and die, so, too, will a nation whose culture has been polluted with falsehoods and filth.
So, how do we win this struggle for the soul of America?
In our Catholic tradition we have many heroes, who can serve as our models. In our history, we have many great souls who have spoken truth to power. We have seen in our own lifetime humble men and women bring down evil empires by giving witness to the truth.
A thousand years after Urban II preached the First Crusade, his successor, John Paul II, brought another crusade to the East. Forty years after Stalin mockingly asked how many divisions does the pope have, the first Polish pope came to an altar set up in a field outside Krakow.
There, he gave the answer for the Holy See. And when from deep inside the Soviet Empire, John Paul II stood in front of hundreds of thousands who had kept the faith, and said, Sursum Corda, Lift Up Your Hearts, from a dozen captive nations, millions answered in their own hearts, "We Have Lifted Them Up to The Lord."
They had kept the Faith. More than any bomb or missile, that is why the walls came tumbling down, why the Evil Empire collapsed. In the climactic battle of the greatest war ever fought in the history of Western civilization, not a single shot was fired by the armies of the winning side. Truth, crushed to earth, rose again as we were told it would rise again.
For my generation, that 70-year Cold War between Western Civilization and Marxist materialism was our defining crisis and struggle. For your generation, the great crisis is within Western Civilization. As we sacrificed and saved, and some of our friends fought and died, to win our war to preserve the body of Western Civilization, it is up to you to save her soul. For the great struggle today is between the modernist materialism all around us, and the culture and civilization rooted in the permanent truths of our Faith.
To assure victory in this struggle you must emulate the good people of Poland. Never back down from the truths you learned from your parents, the truths you have taken in throughout your life, the truths you have brought to a fine understanding here at Christendom.
Never back down in the biggest things you do; and never back down in the simplest things you do. Remember that courage, like cowardice, is a habit of the heart. And when the choice comes down to between the city and the crusade, take up the cross and lead.
Pat Buchanan on Ross Perot's Radio Show – May 7, 1995
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Tiny Jewel Box's Jim Rosenheim to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award
By Roberta Naas / July 12, 2016
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Yesterday marked the beginning of New York Yacht Club Race Week Presented by Rolex, and taking place in Newport,R.I. A partner of some of the most prestigious yacht clubs and regattas in the world, Rolex began its partnership with the New York Yacht Club in 1958. Now, almost 60 years later, New York Yacht Club Race Week…
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Inside View: What It's Really Like to go Aerobatic Flying …. Soaring Across the Skies with the Breitling Jet Team
By Roberta Naas / July 8, 2016
Recently, I had the incredible honor of flying with the Breitling Jet Team. While i wrote a little about that on HauteTime, i now bring you all the inside details, as well as the upside down details of formation and aerobatic aviation flying. The day started like every other in my life. I awoke, and…
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Industry Retail Legend, Harold Tivol, Dies at 92
I remember being new to this watch and jewelry industry. It was in the early-mid 1980's and I was working for National Jeweler Magazine – then one of the top publications in the industry, owned by Milt Gralla and his brother. One of my first assignments was to fly to Kansas City, Mo., and visit…
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Moment in Time: Interview with Patrick Dempsey, Actor, Driver and TAG Heuer Ambassador
Those who know the steam Dr. Derek Shepherd from television's Grey's Anatomy may be interested to know that he is also an avid car racer — with his own team — Dempsey Racing. He is also a TAG Heuer brand ambassador — and he is pretty quick to insist that time plays an important role…
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On the Wrist: Bell & Ross BRS Diamond Eagle Watch
By Nancy Olson — I must admit that when I think of ladies wristwatches, Bell & Ross does not immediately come to mind, in part because of the company's long lineage of professional watches geared mostly to men. But I find my thoughts changing after spending an enjoyable week with the new BRS Diamond Eagle,…
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Rolex and Wimbeldon, Watches and Tennis, What Else is There? Federer, of course
With Wimbledon in full swing and the finals being played this upcoming weekend, we wanted to take a quick look at the game Rolex plays when it comes to tennis. This leading Swiss watch brand has had a long (nearly four decades) role in Wimbledon history and is the Official Timekeeper at The Championships, Wimbledon. In…
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Audemars Piguet Launches Campaign around Brand Ambassador, Serena Williams, at Wimbledon (video)
With Wimbledon in full swing, just past the half-way mark, it's time to take a look at what's going on in London. Today take a look at tennis star Serena Williams — also a brand ambassador for Audemars Piguet. She continues her grass-court pursuit to defend the crown she won last year. If she can keep…
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Melissa Arnot, Alpina Ambassdor, Attempts 50 Peaks USA Climbing Challenge Wearing Smart Watch
Back in May, professional high-altitude American climber, and Alpina Watches Ambassador, Melissa Arnot became the first American woman– and the seventh woman ever — to summit Mt Everest and survive the descent without the use of supplemental oxygen. Climbing the 29,035 foot peak's northeast ridge from Tibet, the expedition marked the sixth Everest summit for Arnot.…
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Solicitors targeted in judicial diversity drive
By Monidipa Fouzder2019-04-24T10:00:00+01:00
Solicitors will be encouraged to take advantage of a government-funded education programme designed to encourage greater diversity within the judiciary.
The government has joined forces with the judiciary and the profession's representative bodies - the Law Society, Bar Council and Chartered Institute of Legal Executives - to create the Pre-Application Judicial Education (PJE) programme, unveiled today.
The judiciary has acknowledged that more needs to be done to ensure judges are recruited from the broadest pool of talent.
The education programme will help lawyers to develop their understanding of what is required to be a judge, before they apply. Applicants will be advised on how to prepare for the next step in their career and cover topics such as judgecraft, ethics and resilience. Through online resources and judge-led discussion groups, participants will be able to explore perceived barriers to becoming a judge.
Priority to take part in the discussion groups will be given to lawyers from under-represented groups: women, those with a black, asian or minority ethnic background, those with disabilities, and solicitors and chartered legal executives with a non-litigation background.
Gauke said: 'Encouraging diversity is important in fostering a legal system that better reflects and represents the range of voices in our society. The programme is a positive step forward to support lawyers from all backgrounds, including those from under-represented groups as they aspire towards a judicial career. We are strengthening our world-renowned justice system by drawing on a greater diverse range of knowledge and expertise.'
The Ministry of Justice has committed £152,000 over three years to fund the programme's start-up costs. Forum members will contribute towards further runnning costs.
Law Society president Christina Blacklaws said solicitors 'bring to the bench intellectual rigour and sophisticated interpersonal skills, which will be increasingly valuable as the number of litigants in person in our courts grows'.
Judicial appointments 'should draw on a wide range of backgrounds and experience to send a clear message to everyone from the diverse communities that make up England and Wales that our courts reflect society. This, in turn, helps underpin the perception that the justice system is impartial, balanced and fair', she added.
Earlier this year Labour MP David Lammy, who carried out a high profile review of race and the criminal justice system, told the House of Commons justice select committee that the government should introduce judicial diversity targets, telling MPs that progress since his review was published in 2017 has been 'snail like'.
The lord chief justice has said his scepticism about targets extends to principled opposition to quotas, which he believes are incompatible with appointment on merit or sustaining public confidence in the judiciary.
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Acquisition plans for National Accident Helpline said to pose 'commercial and integration challenges'.


We had a full house of great fans. Check the episode out here if you haven't already. It's got over 20k views in less than a week, so we must be doing something right.
That's all for Soon By You at the moment. As for the rest? Getting all our ducks in a row for festival deadlines on Scenes. Looking forward to being able to share more on that in the next few months. Polished a few scripts, booked an industrial and a short, and still working on my own projects. That's about it. Happy holidays!


Posted on Dec 16, 2014 by Appleton Downtown Inc.
Holiday Fun Fest is a brand new event in Downtown Appleton featuring Thrivent Financial's Avenue of Ice.
and more in Houdini Plaza 10:30am-2:30pm.
Plus Live Window Displays noon-3pm and Ice sculptures along the Avenue!
Was wondering if there was a list published of who the ice sculpurists will be.
All carving is done by Krystal Kleer Ice Sculptures.


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Anti-Semitism at Harvard
Yesterday, James Taranto's Best of the Web reported an item from the Harvard Crimson that indicated that anti-Semitic leaflets were found in the public areas of the Harvard campus.
"Anti-Semitic leaflets appeared in publicly-accessible locations outside at least one upperclass House and several Yard dorms yesterday," reports the Harvard Crimson:
One of the fliers carries the name of National Vanguard, a Charlottesville, Va.-based organization that, in its own words, "stands up for the interests of White people." The flier claims that "Jewish interest groups have been at the forefront of nearly all the negative changes which have taken place in the White world during the last 100 years."
It also warns that "interracial sex is unsafe."
A second flier charges that the invasion of Iraq was "a war for Israel," and it claims that U.S. policy toward Israel "is an expression of the Jewish-Zionist grip on America's political and cultural life."
We know where you think we're going with this, but you're wrong. It wouldn't be fair. After all, Stephen Walt and John Mearsheimer didn't say anything about interracial sex.
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1)What's The Fabric?Oxford,Sturdy And Durable2)Size And Structure:Height: 12.5 ", Depth: 4", Width: 10.5 ",1 Big Main Room With Zipper And 1 Zipper Pocket At Front Side, The Straps Is Adjustable3)What Can It Hold?It Can Hold A Lot,Such As Books,Water Bottle,Toys And Snacks Or T-Shits4)What's The Other Contain?Put The Keys Or Pen In The Accessory Bag,Easy To Take5)Other Usesa Good Partner To Take With When Outside.
While nothing can equal or replace the adventure in reading Tolkien's masterwork, The Lord of the Rings, Peter Kreeft says that the journey into its underlying philosophy can be another exhilarating adventure.Thus, Kreeft takes the reader on a voyage of discovery into the philosophical bones of Middle earth. He organizes the philosophical themes in The Lord of the Rings into 50 categories, accompanied by over 1,000 references to the text of Lord. Since many of the great questions of philosophy are included in the 50-theme outline, this book can also be read as an engaging introduction to philosophy. For each of the philosophical topics in Lord, Kreeft presents tools by which they can be understood. Illustrated.
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The fourth one in the series about QUANTIFIERS. This one is about TOO and ENOUGH. I hope you will find this one at least as useful as the other ones.(black and white included also, on second page) Enjoy and thank you in advance !
The tenth in the series: COLLOCATION - SAY, TELL, SPEAK, TALK.Unfortunately, this is the only one I send today. My little girl has a minor cold, and she was moody all day long, so I didn´t have the time to finish the other worksheets on COLLOCATION. But don´t worry ... they are coming ....And there are quite a few more ... ENJOY!!!
Follow-up activity for the IRREGULAR VERBS - PICTIONARY 1. Exercise on the past forms of the irregular verbs. ENJOY !!!
A worksheet about WH - words and making questions in the past simple. ENJOY !!!
A worksheet about Wh- words and making questions in the present simple. ENJOY !!!
Another simple worksheet: students fill in the short texts with the right personal pronouns (subject and object) and possessive adjectives, according to the context. ENJOY !!!
Part 3 on QUANTIFIERS. This one is on (A) LITTLE / (A) FEW. Black and white version included. Enjoy !!!
First exercise for today´s 20 irregular verbs: give the past tense form of the verbs in brackets and then match with the pictures. ENJOY !!!
A simple worksheet on QUESTION TAGS. ENJOY !!!


Nike was built on a collection of molecules that form a gas, Air. For the past 26 years, Nike has been capturing that gas and encapsulating it in a bladder and putting it under our feet to allow us to run on their Air. Something that we all take for granted has evolved from being completely internal and not seen to becoming exposed and ultimately becoming the only thing between our feet and the ground.
While Nike has Shox and Lunar, Air is the most important offering the company has for its athletes. Year in and year out, the Air Max is the most important shoe in Nike's running line. While it is not the most pure running shoe, it demonstrates what the Nike Running Line can be.
Now, it is time for Nike to evolve Air further, but this time they are blending it into the upper of the shoe with FlyKnit.
In 2012, Nike introduced the groundbreaking manufacturing technique that revolutionized the fit, feel and form of a shoe. FlyKnit is not a typical cut and sew shoe, it is created on what can be best described as a digital loom with many needles knitting together the upper. Because it is knitted, it has far less waste because it is only using yarn. There is not any cutting of a piece of leather and sewing it or welding a synthetic piece to another synthetic piece. Both of those techniques leave scraps behind that have a very limited reusability, so they end up becoming waste. When the knitting of the upper is completed for a FlyKnit shoe, the end of the thread is just cut off. There is nothing to throwaway.
Besides preserving the environment, FlyKnit also provides the athlete with the ultimate fit while still being lightweight. While it doesn't directly use Air to construct the upper, the capability of creating a knitted pattern that is opened and closed in specific areas allows for more or less air to come through the design, thus creating a fully breathable upper that conforms to your foot.
For the first time ever, Nike is combining their past and present to give athletes a small glimpse of their future with the Flyknit Air Max. Air Max provides the ultimate in cushioning, while FlyKnit provides a fit that is better than a sock. Both of these technologies benefit from each other by helping the other and most importantly benefit the running athlete by being lighter, stronger and faster.
Pick up the future now.


When we went to see the Brooklyn bridge, we took a subway from Canal Street, which was about 15 minutes. When we arrived, we couldn't find the bridge right away. It wasn't in an obvious place where you would find the stairs to go up the bridge like in L.A. I wish they had signs to show us or maybe we were simply always lost everywhere we went, which was majority of the case. When we finally found the stairs to go up the bridge, I was not ready for the strong wind blowing the entire time. It was colder up on the bridge than on the streets. I highly recommend wearing extra warm clothes when you visit the Brookyln Bridge if you are visiting during the cold season.
There is a lot of history behind how the Brooklyn Bridge was built. A short explanation is engraved on the bridge that you can read when you arrive here. The Brooklyn Bridge took over 14 years to built. I learned that over 20 people passed away when the bridge was being built including the original designer for the bridge. There were many complications when building the bridge because the pillars of the bridge needed to be set on equal ground underwater. The son of the original designer was able to help lead the finishing touches on the bridge. It is unfortunately that so many people had lost their lives in order to create a bridge. However, because of these brave engineers, millions of people are able to travel with ease on this bridge so many years later.
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HomeCar NewsAudi2016 Audi A4 awarded 5 star safety rating by Euro NCAP
2016 Audi A4 awarded 5 star safety rating by Euro NCAP
Sagar Patel
2016 Audi A4 made its global debut earlier this year at the 2015 Frankfurt Motor Show. Priced from €30,650 in Germany, new A4 is built on a new lightweight platform, which not only has made the car lighter, but also stronger.
Euro NCAP recently crash tested the new A4, and gave it a 5 star safety rating. In adult occupancy, new A4 scored 90%, for child occupant, A4 scored 87%, pedestrian safety is at 75% while safety assist features are also at 75%. The same when compared to the old A4, stood at 93%, 84%, 39%, and 71%.
Below is the crash test video of new Audi A4.
New Audi A4 is 25 mm longer at 4.73 meter, and 16 mm wider at 1.84 meter than the existing A4. It has a wheelbase of 2.82 meter (12 mm longer) and has a kerb weight of 1,564 kgs (lighter by about 100 kgs). New A4 is also more aerodynamic, which makes the car even more fuel efficient.
Engine options on board the new A4 includes 1.4 liter TFSI generating 150 PS/250 Nm, 2.0-litre TFSI in two tunes 190 PS/320 Nm and 252 PS/370 Nm. Diesel options are 2.0-litre TDI in two tunes 150 PS/320 Nm and 190 PS/400 Nm and a top of the line 3.0 liter V6 TDI in two tunes 218 PS/400 Nm and 272 PS/600 Nm tunes.
Looking more sharper and agile than the current A4, new A4 is also well equipped on the inside. Featuring interiors inspired from the new Q7, A4 gets Audi Virtual Cockpit, 8.3 inch retractable screen compatible with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, individual 10.1 inch screens for rear passengers, LED ambient lighting, music system from Bang & Olufsen, redesigned seats, adaptive cruise control, Traffic-Jam Assist, LED headlights, 12 radar sensors and much more.
Full Crash Test Report


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Laura has all of the physical attributes that I admire in a woman: long, perfectly smooth legs, slender ankles, beautiful high arches, and exquisite shoe dangling ability. Take a good close look — I have not done any retouching on these photos; her legs really look that smooth in person. I wish I knew her secret, I would be sure to share it with every woman I know.


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Albert Orsborn ( - ) est le  général de l'Armée du Salut (1946-1954).

Biographie
Né Albert William Thomas Orsborn, il devient officier de l'Armée du Salut en 1905. Il sert comme officier de corps et dans le travail de division dans le territoire britannique de l'armée. En 1909, il épouse sa première femme, le capitaine Evalina Barker.

En 1925, il est envoyé comme officier en chef au International Training College. En 1933, il fait ses adieux à la Nouvelle-Zélande en tant que secrétaire en chef. Il devient ensuite commandant territorial de l'Écosse et de l'Irlande en 1936. En 1940, il devient commissaire britannique.

La première épouse d'Albert Orsborn, le capitaine Evalina Barker, est décédée en 1942. C'est une période très difficile pour lui. Deux ans plus tard, en 1944, il épouse sa seconde épouse, le major Evelyn Berry. Ils sont mariés depuis seulement un an quand elle est décédée.

En 1946, le Haut Conseil de l'Armée du Salut élit Albert comme général de l'Armée du Salut. Il épouse sa troisième femme, la commissaire Mme Phillis Taylor (une fille du général Higgins), en 1947.

Il reste général pendant huit ans. Il est l'auteur de La Maison de mon pèlerinage. Il prend sa retraite le 30 juin 1954.

Le général Albert Orsborn est décédé à l'âge de 80 ans et 5 mois.

Références

Liens externes

Écrivain chrétien
Armée du salut
Général de l'Armée du salut
Décès en février 1967
Naissance en septembre 1886
Décès à 80 ans

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BB and pellet guns--toys or deadly weapons?
J Trauma. 1983 Jul;23(7):566-9. doi: 10.1097/00005373-198307000-00004.
W Harris, A Luterman, P W Curreri
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-198307000-00004
BB and pellet weapons are not included in gun control laws and are often sold as children's toys. Injuries caused by these weapons have been considered trivial unless they involve vulnerable surface organs such as the eye. The purpose of this study was to review the management of six cases of pellet or BB gun injuries that required abdominal exploration at the University of South Alabama Medical Center from January 1980 through June 1982. Five of the six patients had significant internal injuries including perforations of the stomach, jejunum, liver, and pancreas. The ballistics of pneumatic weapons are reviewed. The muzzle velocities of many of these weapons necessitate that wounds caused by these weapons be handled with the same principles as for any small-caliber, low-velocity (less than 1,200 feet/second) weapons. Public education programs are urgently needed to educate parents as to the potential danger involved in purchasing these weapons for unsupervised use as toys by children.
Abdominal Injuries / etiology*
Intestinal Perforation / etiology
Liver / injuries
Pancreas / injuries
Play and Playthings*
Stomach / injuries
Wounds, Gunshot / complications*


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Q: NHibernate mapping by code: How to map IDictionary? How can I map these Entities using mapping-by-code:
public class Foo
{
    public virtual IDictionary<Bar, string> Bars { get; set; }
}

public class Bar
{
    public virtual int Id { get; set; }
    public virtual string Name { get; set; }
}

I found this thread, but it does not map an entity, only simple types. I tried many mappings, including automapping:
Map(x => x.Bars,
    m =>
    {
        m.Key(k => k.NotNullable(true));
        m.Cascade(Cascade.All);
    },

But most of them throw these two errors:

*

*Foreign key (Bars [idx])) must have same number of columns as the referenced primary key (Bars [FooId, idx]).

*An association from the table FoosToStrings refers to an unmapped class: System.String.

Any help will be highly appreciated. Thanks. :)

A: i think this should work
Map(x => x.Bars,
    entryMap => entryMap.Key(k => k.Column("foo_id")),
    keymap => keymap.ManyToMany(m => m.Column("bar_Id")),
    elementMap => elementMap.Element(m => m.Column("value")));


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module Caty::Helpers

    private

    #
    # The K combinator.
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    def returning( value )
        yield value
        value
    end

end


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Justicia phyllocalyx är en akantusväxtart som först beskrevs av Gustav Lindau, och fick sitt nu gällande namn av D.C. Wasshausen och C. Ezcurra. Justicia phyllocalyx ingår i släktet Justicia och familjen akantusväxter. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

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Former U.S. Navy Cmdr. David Fravor in McMinnville, Oregon, on May 18, 2019.
Navy pilot's 'Tic Tac' story in his own words — VIDEO
MYSTERY WIRE — Hearing the Tic Tac story in David Fravor's own words is a revealing. The former U.S. Navy Commander and leader of the Black Aces squadron gives a personal account of the encounter, the aftermath, and his perspective on what others have said about the 2004 incident.
Mystery Wire has released full video of Fravor's comments in McMinnville, Oregon, on YouTube:
Fravor's humor and his by-the-book Navy culture are evident, as well as his fighter-pilot cockiness.
Watch the wide-ranging interview to find out why it's been called a "Tic Tac," Fravor's surprise at the impact of the New York Times article in 2017, and Fravor's views of others who have tried to claim a piece of the story.
FRAVOR'S ONE-ON-ONE WITH GEORGE KNAPP:
Pilot who saw 'Tic Tac' UFO: 'Technology I saw could change the world' — Part 1
Tic Tac UFO: Navy pilot who saw it tells what it was, and what it wasn't — Part 2
Navy pilot on Tic Tac details: What was in the water? — Part 3


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David Broome CBE (1º de março de 1940) é um ex-ginete galês especializado em saltos.

Ganhou o prêmio de Personalidade do Ano da BBC Sports, em 1960, e também o mesmo prêmio da BBC Cymru Wales, em 1970.

Ligações externas
David Broome no Sports-reference.com
David Broome no The-sports.org

Ginetes do País de Gales
Ginetes nos Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 1960
Ginetes nos Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 1964
Ginetes nos Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 1968
Ginetes nos Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 1972
Ginetes nos Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 1988
Ginetes nos Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 1992
Comendadores da Ordem do Império Britânico
Medalhistas nos Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 1960
Medalhistas nos Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 1968


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Q: Nested loops, list got no value I'm trying to implement a solution where the all the elements one by one of list1 are compared against all elements of list2.
Elements of list 1:
3155
3122
3188

Elements of list 2:
3155785
458999
742199
315520
31550638
4289965
31221478
1478596
3122145
31889963
31889801

If an element in list 1 matches an element in list 2
E.g. 3155 to 3155785 or to 315520, the element of list 1 is printed into STDOUT.
$i=0;
$j=0;
foreach(@list1)
{
 foreach(@list2)
 {
    if($list1[$i]=~/$list2[$j]/)
    {
        print $list1[$i];
        last;
    }

    $j++;
 }

$i++;
}

Nothing is printed into STDOUT

A: Backwards.
$list1[$i] =~ /$list2[$j]/

should be
$list2[$j] =~ /$list1[$i]/

Better yet, we could remove the assumption that the inputs will only be ASCII digits by using
$list2[$j] =~ /\Q$list1[$i]\E/

Cleaned up:
for my $item1 (@items1) {
   for my $item2 (@items2) {
      if ($item2 =~ /\Q$item1\E/) {
         say $item1;
         last;
      }
   }
}

Starting a regex match is relatively expensive, so the following can save time:
my $items2 = join "\0", @items2;  # Assumes NUL will never be any element of @items1.
for my $item1 (@items1) {
   say $item1 if $items2 =~ /\Q$item1\E/;
}


Sometimes we don´t have enough people around us who are good company for us. Not everyone is lucky.
I have discovered that certain writers can write in such a way (no matter what the topic) that you feel good just by reading the friendly words.
One of such writers whom I have discovered recently is Jonathan Maslow and the book is "Sacred Horses". It is about his adventures in Turkmenistan.
He does not beautify anything and yet his words have an up-lifing effect on me.
I will never meet Mr. Maslow, and yet I can enjoy his friendliness any time and feel cosy.
I found the book by chance. It was lying around as a free gift after being removed from a public library.
Has anyone made a similar experience with any writers ?
Sometimes we have too many.
You never know. You may catch him off guard sometime.
And worth every penny, I'm sure.
I didn't feel friendship, I think answers, a bidirectional relationship, is needed for that. But I've felt that they had similar thoughts sometimes, that I wanted to talk with them, or they would understand my thoughts better than anybody (that maybe they were from my planet).
But I couldn't check that (Mostly because they were dead). You know, people is very different when they write and in real life, specially if they are not writing more than characters of a novel (always simplifications of humans).
duszek wrote: Sometimes we don´t have enough people around us who are good company for us. Not everyone is lucky.
Well, your words certainly 'speak' to me sometimes, and I look forward to posts such as this one.
I think I now have my answer as to why books I can't declutter easily.
They give me comfort just by being there.
I enjoy hearing your stories and feeling 'at one' with another human. Lifts my spirits. For a while, at least.
PS After picking up a 'lightweight' from the bookcase in the hospice, just to focus on something other than the inevitable, I am still escaping mentally into other worlds. Reading can offer relief from anxiety.
The book was ' The Evening Class' by Maeve Binchy.
That doesn't sound like good news, marjoram_blues. For what they are worth, you have my best wishes.
I don't like to see you with anxiety.
uwot wrote: That doesn't sound like good news, marjoram_blues. For what they are worth, you have my best wishes.
Thanks, uwot. It wasn't me but my vigil with Mum. A few months ago. The end was a release and a relief.
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TSBU wrote: I don't like to see you with anxiety.
No worries, TSBU. I have moments of all kinds of everything. Like a lot of people.
The point is that books can help. Reading, listening, escaping or communing therapy.
Jonathan E. Maslow died of cancer, in 2008, at the age of 59.
But he had an interesting life for sure.
Perhaps his ghost appreciates now that I cherish his memory.
Mr TSBU is right that friendship may not be the right word because an active exchange of thoughts is missing.
Mr Maslow´s words communicate a spirit of peace and friendliness to me.
He lives on in his books if people read them and feel inspired by them.
Could a writer be called a coach ?
I cannot find books replacing friends though I am also an avid reader. Sometimes as you have said, books become obsessing. I used to read Tolstoy and Dostoevsky voraciously in my teens and my solitary moments with no one to talk to were befriended in their books. I had a world I was happy in only in their books, and I got lost in their thoughts and imaginations. This obsession really became a kind of addiction and I consequently chose to avoid who came in contact with me. Later on I ponder this over and realized that this does and in fact cannot give me sustainable company. The importance of company cannot be belittled or replaced by books though we can get lost in some imagined characters. I used to read travelogues early in my teens. Now I am a tireless traveler and feel traveling can never replaced by any books written about it.
However I totally agree with you when we have no physical friends we can indeed be happy with fictional friends.
haribol acharya wrote: I cannot find books replacing friends though I am also an avid reader. Sometimes as you have said, books become obsessing. I used to read Tolstoy and Dostoevsky voraciously in my teens and my solitary moments with no one to talk to were befriended in their books. I had a world I was happy in only in their books, and I got lost in their thoughts and imaginations. This obsession really became a kind of addiction and I consequently chose to avoid who came in contact with me. Later on I ponder this over and realized that this does and in fact cannot give me sustainable company. The importance of company cannot be belittled or replaced by books though we can get lost in some imagined characters. I used to read travelogues early in my teens. Now I am a tireless traveler and feel traveling can never replaced by any books written about it.
Even if we do have physical friends then they can be busy or grumpy or whatever. Or just not really friendly. Which needs to be accepted.
The voice of a friendly writer can provide some quality time. He is not a ficional friend, he is someone we don´t know personally but whose company we enjoy very much.
Many people enjoy the voice of Shakespeare and feel uplifted by it.
Many poets are read for this purpose.
What you focus on are phantacies: one dreams about some friends one has in an imaginary world. This can also be beneficial for a person´s well-being but I am not a psychologist so I am not quite sure about it. Some people escape from the real world by imagining themselves to belong to a different world.
Reading some friendly texts is like listening to some good music.
Both can provide quality time.
Both can balance our emotions.
They don´t need to disconnect us with the real world. At least not permanenty, only for as long as their charm endures.
They are like a meditation time one takes to recover from the harsh everydayness.
They are like a yoga exercise.
I'm a fan of quiet distraction.


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Kjeld Løwenstein Philip (* 3. April 1912 in Kopenhagen; † 27. Oktober 1989) war ein dänischer Wirtschaftswissenschaftler und Hochschullehrer. Als Politiker war er für Det Radikale Venstre (RV, linksliberal) Handels-, Finanz- und Wirtschaftsminister war und darüber hinaus zahlreiche Organisationen der Vereinten Nationen beriet.

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Hochschullehrer in Aarhus, Stockholm und Kopenhagen
Philip begann nach dem Besuch des Østersøgades Gymnasium 1931 ein Studium der Politikwissenschaften, das er 1937 abschloss. Im Anschluss wurde er Wissenschaftlicher Assistent an der Universität Aarhus und legte dort 1942 seine Promotion zum Doktor der Wirtschaftswissenschaften mit einer Dissertation über die Beziehung zwischen öffentlicher Finanzpolitik und ökonomischen Aktivitäten mit dem Titel Bidrag til Læren om Forbindelse mellem Det Offentliges Finanspolitik og den økonomiske Aktivitet ab.

1943 übernahm Philip eine Professur für Sozialpolitik und Finanzwissenschaft an der Universität Aarhus und absolvierte während seiner dort bis 1949 dauernden Lehrtätigkeit 1947 auch einen Forschungsaufenthalt in den USA. Im Anschluss folgte er 1949 dem Ruf auf eine Professur für Volkswirtschaftslehre und Sozialpolitik an der Universität Stockholm und wirkte während seines dortigen Aufenthalts als Experte für die Untersuchung des schwedischen Rentensystems.

Er war daraufhin zwischen 1951 und 1969 Professor für Volkswirtschaftslehre an der Universität Kopenhagen. Während dieser Zeit war er von 1953 bis 1957 Vorstehen des dortigen Wirtschaftslaboratorium sowie zwischen 1956 und 1960 Vorsitzender des Instituts für Geschichte und Wirtschaft an der Universität Kopenhagen. 1955 wurde er Vorsitzender eines Ausschusses von Det Radikale Venstre für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit, die maßgeblich die wirtschaftliche Ausrichtung der Partei prägte. Daneben arbeitete er bis 1957 in verschiedenen Expertenkommissionen für das Steuerrecht, Lebensmittelrecht, Grundschuldrecht und den Emissionswert fester Obligationen mit.

Minister und Abgeordneter
Als sich 1957 eine Koalitionsregierung aus Socialdemokraterne, Det Radikale Venstre und Retsforbundet bildete, wurde Philip am 28. Mai 1957 von Ministerpräsident Hans Christian Svane Hansen zum Handelsminister berufen. Als solcher legte er Gesetzesentwürfe für die regionale Entwicklung vor und setzte sich für den Handel durch die Neuordnung von Exportkrediten ein. Daneben erfolgte durch die Gründung der Europäischen Freihandelsassoziation (EFTA) am 4. Januar 1960 in Stockholm zu einer Liberalisierung des Handels mit industriellen Produkten.

Nachdem Finanzminister Viggo Kampmann nach dem Tod von H.C. Hansen am 21. Februar 1960 dessen Nachfolger als Ministerpräsident wurde, folgte Philip am 31. März 1960 Kampmann als Finanzminister (Finansminister). Als Finanzminister stärkte er die Finanzierungsinstitute für Unternehmen und setzte er geringere Besteuerung für Gaststätten und Kantinen durch. Des Weiteren kam es zu einer Stärkung der technischen und seemännischen Schulen.

Nach dem Rücktritt von Bertel Dahlgaard wurde er am 7. September 1961 neuer Wirtschaftsminister (Økonomiminister), während ihm Hans R. Knudsen als Finanzminister folgte. Zugleich wurde er als Nachfolger Dahlgaards bei der Wahl vom 15. November 1960 als Abgeordneter in das Folketing gewählt und vortrat dort den Wahlkreis Skive. Während seiner Amtszeit als Wirtschaftsminister kam es zur Verabschiedung des Gesetzes zur Wirtschaftskoordination, das auch zur Gründung des unter seinem Vorsitz stehenden Wirtschaftsrat mit drei sogenannten "Wirtschaftsweisen" führte. Daneben kam es zum Abbau einer Reihe von Verwaltungsbeschränkungen für Wirtschaftsunternehmen sowie zu einer geringeren Unterstützung von Kleinbauern, da nach seiner Ansicht die Förderung von großen Landwirtschaftsbetrieben in den 1960er Jahren sinnvoller sei. Die höheren Inlandspreise sah er als eine unglückliche Form von Agrarsubventionen.

Nach dem Austritt von Det Radikale Venstre aus der seit dem 3. September 1962 amtierenden Regierung von Ministerpräsident Jens Otto Krag nach der Folketingswahl 1964 schied Philip am 29. September 1964 aus der Regierung aus und beendete zugleich seine politische Laufbahn, da er nicht mehr für eine Kandidatur zur Wahl am 22. September 1964 nominiert worden war.

Tätigkeiten für die UNO und weitere Funktionen
1965 wurde Philip von den Vereinten Nationen als Wirtschaftsberater nach Somalia entsandt und war zwischen 1965 und 1967 Vorsitzender der Kommission für ostafrikanische Zusammenarbeit (Commission on East African Cooperation) sowie Leiter von deren Büro in Nairobi. Daneben übernahm er von 1966 bis 1969 das Amt des Vorsitzenden der Kommission für Realkredite. Im Anschluss fungierte er 1968 als Leiter eines UN-Evaluationsteams im Iran sowie zwischen 1969 und 1971 als Berater der Internationalen Arbeitsorganisation (ILO) in Genf.

Während dieser Zeit war Philip außerdem zwischen 1968 und 1973 Vorsitzender des Büros für die technische Zusammenarbeit mit Entwicklungsländern und wurde 1968 auch Vorsitzender des Industrialisierungsfonds für Entwicklungsländer. Zeitweise war er auch Vorstandsmitglied der Volkswirtschaftlichen Vereinigung (Nationaløkonomisk Forening) sowie zwischen 1969 und 1974 deren Vorsitzender.

Philip wurde daneben 1972 Leiter der UN-Wirtschaftskommission für Afrika, die sich insbesondere mit der Untersuchung der Möglichkeiten der wirtschaftlichen Zusammenarbeit afrikanischer Staaten befasste. Außerdem fungierte er zwischen 1975 und 1977 sowohl als Vorsitzender des Ausschusses für den Binnenverkehr in Grönland als auch als Vorsitzender einer Arbeitsgruppe zur Rationalisierung der Steuerverwaltung. Zuletzt war er 1978 Vorsitzender einer Wirtschaftsberatungskommission für Pakistan.

Veröffentlichungen
 En Fremstilling og Analyse af den danske Kriselovgivning 1931–38, 1939
 Staten og Fattigdommen, 1947
 Skattepolitik, 1955
 Somalia, 1966
 Det østafrikanske fællesskab, 1969
 Kenya, 1974.

Weblinks
 Eintrag in der Den Store Danske Encyklopædi (Onlineversion)

Finanzminister (Dänemark)
Wirtschaftsminister (Dänemark)
Folketingsabgeordneter (20. Jahrhundert)
Radikale-Venstre-Mitglied
Hochschullehrer (Universität Aarhus)
Hochschullehrer (Universität Stockholm)
Hochschullehrer (Universität Kopenhagen)
Ökonom (20. Jahrhundert)
Däne
Geboren 1912
Gestorben 1989
Mann


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Ireneusz Paliński, född 13 maj 1932 i Nużewo, död 9 juli 2006 i Warszawa, var en polsk tyngdlyftare.

Paliński blev olympisk guldmedaljör i 82,5-kilosklassen i tyngdlyftning vid sommarspelen 1960 i Rom.

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Tävlande i tyngdlyftning vid olympiska sommarspelen 1960
Tävlande vid olympiska sommarspelen 1960 från Polen
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Tävlande vid olympiska sommarspelen 1964 från Polen
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Avlidna 2006
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По́рция (Порция Като́на или Порция Ста́ршая; ; умерла, по одной из версий, в 45 году до н. э., Рим, Римская республика) — римская матрона, сестра Марка Порция Катона Утического.

Биография
Была старшей дочерью Марка Порция Катона Салониана и Ливии, для которой это был второй брак.

Порция рано осиротела и вместе с остальными детьми Ливии воспитывалась в доме дяди, Марка Ливия Друза. Вышла замуж за Луция Домиция Агенобарба, консула 54 года до н. э. Известно двое детей пары: Гней Домиций Агенобарб, консул 32 года до н. э., и Серран Доместик (впоследствии усыновлён Атилиями). Благодаря одному письму Марка Туллия Цицерона к своему другу, публикану Аттику, известно, что на начальной стадии гражданской войны 49—45 годов до н. э. она жила в Неаполе. Её муж был активным сторонником Помпея и командовал левым крылом в битве при Фарсале, где и погиб.

Порция Катонис скончалась не позже лета 45 года до н. э. Марк Туллий Цицерон, называвший её «достойнейшей женщиной» (), упоминает, что он написал хвалебную речь в её честь.

Генеалогическое древо Катонов в II—I веках до н. э.

Примечания

Порции Катоны
Женщины Древнего Рима


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We started the hike by heading up the canyon, where we found an awesome little abandoned rancher shack complete with mattress springs, and a broken down (literally) vehicle.
An abandoned shelter up the canyon.
We then ascended to the first plateau on the climb, you can still see the blue Suburban parked at the base of the canyon in this shot.
Big Blue (our suburban) is the tiny dot at the base of the canyon in this photo.
Unfortunately for us, this was about halfway up the cliff side. The total ascent was 680 feet as marked by our GPS units and of course, once at the top, we then had to go down about halfway into the prospecting basin and climb up and down hills all day. Below is the next photo from the top of the ridge.
Total ascent to here 680 feet. The suburban is still visible, at the base of the canyon, but good luck finding it!
Mussentuchit landscape is full of sandstones in this area. Blinding white and full of little hoodoos very cool.
Prospecting did yield some cool stuff however, including a really nice microsite with loads of teeth.
Raptor teeth to the left, croc teeth to the right.
Jared (a student at Appalachian State University in NC) found the tail vertebrae of a little plant eater with a couple of associated bones… perhaps a site for next year.
Jared hunches over his new find.
There are lots of unpredictable things that arise in fieldwork… For example, you never know how much bone is hiding or not hiding in the hillside until you spend a week digging a big hole to find out. You never really know what you've collected until it has been painstakingly prepared out of the rock back in the lab, a process that can take years. And, you never know how crew dynamics are going to go when you are living with a dozen people in a camp for a month. But the most dynamic aspect to fieldwork is undoubtedly the weather, which can sweep over you in an instant and change everything.
We can see nearly a hundred miles in some directions from where we are perched atop the western slope of the San Raphael Swell. So often you can watch the weather roll in and wonder if it is going to hit you or some other poor fellow nearby.
So far we watch a nighttime lightening storm pummel the town of Price, Utah, many, many miles away. Spectacular to see from the dry safety of our camp, lightening struck every few seconds.
Lightening strikes the town of Price.
Yesterday we had persistent small rain clouds causing havoc at our northern sites. I was excavating at Fortunate Son when they suddenly struck. It's always a gamble… sit at the site and wait out the rain for 10 minutes? collect your things and hide under a rock? decisions, decisions. I sat through a couple of downpours but the air started to get colder so I found a sandstone boulder leaning to the northwest to hunch under. All was fine at first as the rain was coming straight down and I had a sliver of dry ground. Then, the wind kicked up and the rain blew in horizontally rendering my rock shelter a bit silly. Even better, not a few seconds later the rain turned to hail stones, which blasted me against my rock, as if I was in a pellet gun fight with Mother Nature.
Not five minutes later and the show was over. Mother Nature, you win again.
Mother Nature, ah how she is temperamental out here… 5 minutes of sunshine and roses to my left… dark and stormy to my right.


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American fighters Derek Edwards (27-5-1, 14 KOs) and DeMarcus Corley (42-25-1, 25 KOs) have travelled the Atlantic aiming to upset undefeated Swedish boxers Erik Skoglund (23-0, 11 KOs) and Anthony Yigit (15-0-1, 6 KOs) on Saturday night at the Rosvalla Arena in Nyköping.
Edwards, who faces local hero Erik Skoglund, is full of confidence ahead of their ten-round light heavyweight contest having already enjoyed some success against Swedish opposition.
The 38 year-old from Phoenix defeated current WBC World Champion Badou Jack via first-round knockout in February 2014, and intends to deliver another devastating finish to his fight with the IBF Intercontinental Champion Skoglund.
DeMarcus Corley, the former WBO World Champion, takes on the London 2012 Olympian Anthony Yigit in an eight-round light welterweight bout, and the Texas-native says he is ready to derail the Stockholm-fighter's promising career.
''Anthony is a young, undefeated fighter but his record doesn't bother me. When you start out like him, your records protected so that doesn't always tell the full story,'' says 'Chop Chop'.
International matchmaker and boxing historian Don Majeski has also warned of a potential American whitewash. ''It could be a tough night for the Swedish boxers,'' says Majeski, who has been involved in the fight game for over thirty-years.
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Period Poverty Is Getting Worse During Coronavirus, Warns Charity
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The Covid-19 crisis has touched almost every aspect of life. From adapting to working from home, fearing for job security, not being able to see loved ones and negotiating getting groceries safely, a lot has changed over the last few months. However, charities and experts have highlighted that Covid-19 is exacerbating pre-existing inequalities and issues. May 28 marked Menstrual Hygiene Day and research has highlighted that period poverty and stigma are getting worse during the Covid-19 pandemic. Period poverty was already a major issue globally. However, due to financial strain, reduced access to products and an increase in the price of products people are suffering more.
Period poverty is defined as a lack of access to sanitary products, menstrual hygiene education, toilets, handwashing facilities, and, or, waste management. It's still an issue that affects people that have a period around the world. Research from development and humanitarian organization Plan International has found that the Covid-19 pandemic is leaving people struggling to manage their periods. They surveyed health professionals in 30 countries and 73% said restricted access to products through shortages or disrupted supply chains is a major issue.
68% pointed to restricted access to facilities to change, clean and dispose of period products during the crisis has being a fundamental problem and over half (58%) said an increase in the price of products is exacerbating period poverty during the lockdown. Rose Caldwell, chief executive of Plan International UK said in a statement, "the virus is making the situation worse. We already know that the coronavirus outbreak is having a devastating impact on family finances all over the world, but now we see that girls and women are also facing widespread shortages and price hikes on period products, with the result that many are being forced to make do with whatever they can find to manage their period. This can pose a real threat to their health and may increase the risk of infection."
According to the IMF's World Economic Outlook projections and data from World Bank's PovcalNet, "Covid-19 is likely to cause the first increase in global poverty since 1998." It's predicted it'll push 49 million people into extreme poverty in 2020. This financial pressure and threat of poverty is exacerbating the pre-existing issue of period poverty. Health professionals told Plan International that a lack of access to information and services and reduced access to clean water to manage periods are two key issues during the lockdown.
"The financial impacts of Covid-19 has put additional stress on a population already in need, making this year's Menstrual Hygiene Day especially important," says Dr. Jessica Shepherd, OB/GYN and U by Kotex partner, "during this time of need, there are many more women who have possibly been affected by period poverty or who were already lacking prior to Covid-19 and need all the support they can get."
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Charities, food and hygiene banks and in some cases, hospitals have picked up the effort to ensure period products are more widely available during the lockdown. However, period poverty was already a major problem before the pandemic. "Food banks and refugee and homeless shelters in some areas are continuing to struggle to provide sanitary products and the financial fallout from Covid-19 could see more people pushed into period poverty," says Intimina's gynecologist Dr. Shree Datta, "in some cases, charities have reported requests from medical staff, who have been unable to obtain products due to their busy schedules and the initial stockpiling seen. Lockdown has also made it more difficult to get sanitary products to those who need them the most."
Plan International has warned that due to decreased access to products and information, the economic pressure of the Covid-19 lockdown and a less hygienic environment to dispose of products period poverty is getting worse under lockdown. Worryingly, the charity also noted that there's been a rise in stigma and shameful or harmful cultural practices. The economic pressure of the crisis is exacerbating existing inequalities.
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Alice Broster
I have a particular interest in the changing cultural attitudes around periods, endometriosis, contraception, and menopause and the research that's being done to better
I have a particular interest in the changing cultural attitudes around periods, endometriosis, contraception, and menopause and the research that's being done to better the lives of people who identify as women. I'm a reporter and feature writer, my work has been published in Bustle, Metro, Restless, HuffPost, among others. From the side effects of contraception to why you sweat more when you're on your period, I think every situation is made better when you talk about it (preferably over a cup of tea.)