Kickstarter is a beautiful thing. It allows inventors and people with ideas to be connected to consumers/investors who may be interested in their ideas. But just as with any investment opportunity, and don't kid yourself – that is exactly what Kickstarter is – the risk for projects failing is higher than success. The Triggertrap Ada is one such story.
As far as photography-related Kickstarter projects are concerned, the Triggertrap Ada was once thought as one of the most successful projects on the popular website. After starting their project with a goal of $50,000, 2,000 backers later, the company was able to say it collected close to $290,000.
All seemed well, and then the company missed the deadline for delivery of the Ada in May of 2014. Still, it seemed as if work was continuing and despite the original schedule being missed, things seemed to be on the right track. That was until recently, when the company posted a new update to their page announcing that the project would not be moving forward.
According to the company, they have a working prototype, but the process of getting to that point have cost them about 5x as much as they had planned for, leaving no money left for the manufacturing process, and thus, not enough money to take the project further. If there is any consolation to the backers of the project, it is that the company has enough remaining funds to refund 20% of what each backer invested. A pittance, I know – but it is something at least.
It just goes as a huge reminder to those who like to buy things, that Kickstarter is not an online shopping mall. It is not a store where you are going to get what you paid for, in fact, more times than not, you will likely not get (at least, not fully) what you thought you would. Kickstarter is an investment, and should be treated as such.
This is a really well written article. I appreciate the angle you took on it.
It was a great idea – to extend TT version 1. Unfortunately I think the goals were a little lofty, especially since they farm out 100% of the detail design and programming….. I was in for 150 pounds – so loosing 80% of that hurts.
Unfortunately it is getting more and more clear that the project was a scam, possibly from beginning. The Creators posted lies after lies, refuse to have their ridiculous statements scrutinized. Legal action against Triggertrap and their front man Haje Kamps is in Preparation.
It was sort of telling when they kept missing their deadlines and instead of letting people know what was really happening, they keep posting "Soon" release notices instead.
I think many people often project too much of their own interest into kickstarters and over-estimate the market. The Triggertrap Ada looks like a neat unit but ultimately it is quite a niche product. I shall probably purchase a Camera Axe when I graduate to this.
I see Camera Axe are offering a 20% discount to Triggertrap backers (or anyone who uses the "Triggertrap" coupon code) through May 1, 2015.
When you go back and read the original kickstarter and all their updates, it's clear that they have been stringing their backers, which included me, on for quite some time.
They claimed to have a working device and was almost ready for manufacturing when they launched. This clearly was not the case. I was incredibly angry with the company and how they weren't up front with backers when they realized things were going south.
Its too bad, triggertrap was a company i deeply respected and enjoyed their products. Now i'm just waiting for their reputation to be completely destroyed and see them shut down.
They started a kickstarter without a working prototype? Something about this story just doesn't seem right to me.
One needs to keep in mind that Kickstarter funding isn't an investment; it never has been. The idea always has been to move neat ideas forward, often to the point that actual investment funding can be sought. There are some small projects, complete with working prototypes that are at a high level of finish, that can be completely funded by Kickstarter — the usual reason *they* fail is because they're overfunded, and that little thing you expected to make maybe 500 of over evenings and weekends using shop-made jigs suddenly turns into something that needs factory tooling and production to get out there, adding $100K up-front costs and engineering problems you wouldn't even have to consider for handwork in the garage. In this case, money was needed to create a reliable working system *and* design it to production at a price point. They were never dishonest about that. Sometimes in practice, the answer to "how hard can it be" turns out to be "about ten times harder than we thought it would be".
That's a shame.. Glad I decided on the Miops camera trigger.. it took a while but they finally came through and I received mine the other day. Good article (thank you!) to remind us that nothing on Kickstarter is guaranteed!


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7 Best Free Spotify alternatives of 2021
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On January 31st, 2019, one of the biggest audio streaming platform in the world (Spotify) launched itself in India. After the launch of Spotify, a lot of alternatives of Spotify have also risen.
Today we are gonna tell you about the 7 best free Spotify alternatives. This hugely anticipated streaming service was trying for a long to set footprints of such a vast market like India, and finally a year back they decided to jump on.
So, Was it a success? look at the statistics yourself.
Pros of Spotify
Cons of Spotify
7 best free Spotify alternatives
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In just a year, Spotify became the largest audio streaming platform in India. Spotify managed to register 1 Million users within a week of its launch. In about a month, this figure crossed 2 million.
According to Spotify, they added over 5 thousand new Indian artists too. Which makes their total count even above 6,400.
Also the company showed immense growth in its regional music library too.
Multiple times over the year, Spotify has tweaked its pricing and plans.
Spotify is said to hold a 15% share of the Indian audio streaming market by a recent report.
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Spotify as a music streaming platform is very user-friendly and easy to use. Everything you need to do in Spotify just requires a simple registration using a free account which can later be upgraded to premium depending on the user's choice. And after they collaborate with social media giant Facebook, now you can even register through your own Facebook account.
Sharing Music Experience
Listening to anything in Spotify can be fun too, as it allows its users to share what they are listening to on social media platforms like Facebook & Instagram. Similarly one can even have a look into what their friends and families are listening to these days.
Download Music and Podcasts
This feature requires one to get upgraded from a free account to a premium membership. But the biggest catch here is, that this would allow you to save up to 10,000 songs on your device. Along with giving the freedom to even save any album, playlist, or podcast to listen offline.
One of the best features of Spotify is its higher compatibility. Along with the Spotify application both Spotify free users and Paid subscription holders can access it using the Spotify apps for Windows, iOS,iPhone, Linux, Smart TV's, Playstations, etc.
As mentioned above too, Spotify possesses a vast music library of over 40 million tracks. That means one can find almost all the songs, no matter if you're a free user or subscription holder. Also, this feature helps in finding, arranging favorite music in playlists.
Spotify does not charge all its users. It is a very subjective thing to take a subscription or not. Playlists, Songs, or Artists in shuffle mode can be played on the app free.
Lack of Lyrical Features
Spotify does not have the lyrics feature for every song. It is quite problematic for people who want to understand the meaning of the lyrics and are fond of reading lyrics while listening to the songs.
If anyone upgrades to the subscription, they would have to pay for it every month regardless of whether they are using the service or not. Also in a country, like India people are very price-sensitive, so for just renting music, they find it expensive.
Poor sound quality for free users and the rate is 160kbps while the premium subscribed users enjoy music streaming at a rate of 320kbps.
Not Available in all Countries
One of the major flaws that many streaming services have(both music and video) is that they are only available in a limited number of countries. The same is the scenario for Spotify, this might bug a lot of users who are very fond of traveling.
For free users, audio advertisements between their favorite tracks and podcast shows are the biggest and most irritating issue. Also, advertisements are even popped up while skipping songs as only 6 tracks per hour is allowed for skipping.
Youtube Music is not just an alternative to Spotify, it's way more than that. It's a competitor to it. It is an equally popular and capable music-streaming platform, after a series of revamps it went through. It could be accessed from more than 17 different countries.
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One of the most integrated massive music libraries out there(more than 30 million songs). Not to forget about its attractive UI, with embedded support of Apple's AI "Siri". With massive support from Apple users, many fans usually debate this platform to be far superior to Spotify even for Android OS.
This app is one the best Spotify alternatives when comes to user experience and you should use it if you have an apple device.
Download: Android/IOS
It is also called Music Unlimited. With a major attraction as in Amazon Music comes along with Amazon Prime Subscription with which we are also offered access to Amazon Prime's video streaming service and also a faster delivery rate for nearly all the products available on Amazon.
So if you are a prime user then this the best Alternatives of Spotify . We added it in our list of best free Spotify alternatives cause it comes bundled with amazon prime membership and mostly every body have Prime membership for videos so that is why they can enjoy this also for free.
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Gaana is a simple interface and extremely popular in the country for listening to both Hindi & English music. One can play songs later on after downloading them, though upgrading to the paid version Gaana+ would be mandatory for the same, but also is way cost-efficient than any other platform out there.
Gaana is really a great app for regional content and can easily be put in any list of best spotify alternatives cause it has a super rich collection of regional contents.
Download: Android / IOS
Saavn after its collaboration with Jio Music includes plenty of features, though its Android app is not as much polished as its iOS one. Other than Hindi and English JioSaavan made its root strong through regional music, one can listen to songs in Tamil, Punjabi, Marathi, Gujarati, and other languages too.
It is one of the free alternatives of Spotify and it is a true gem for Jio users.
An attached advantage comes with this app for Airtel users. For streaming unlimited songs, the numbers registered with Airtel are allowed The free version. Additionally, it allows for streaming about 100 songs per month with a convenient listening experience even for the MP3 songs already on the phone.
It is one of the free alternatives of Spotify and it is a true gem for Airtel users.
SoundCloud does not have the largest music collection out there, but it for sure is a go-to platform for finding the latest songs by several artists and a home for amazing remixes and covers. One can search for new aspiring artists or follow their favorite artists too and find out what's launched.
If you have artistic taste then please consider this as of the go to Alternatives of Spotify.
So these were the Best free Spotify alternatives according to our review But we are open for discussion and want to know who do you think is the Best Free Spotify Alternatives.
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The fate of these communities has been so dire that for the first time in the United States suburbs now have greater poverty than cities.
In 2009, I attributed the financial crash in these car-based communities to economic factors perpetrated by the higher gas prices that had first started showing impacts in late 2006 and peaked in 2008. Others including The Brookings Institution's Christopher Leinberger, and William Frey, along with NRDC's Kaid Benfield have pointed to longer term demographic shifts and societal desires toward renting in denser mixed-use neighborhoods. The looming specter of excess greenhouse gases may also be playing a role in the marked reduction of driving among younger Americans (16-39 year olds), who increasingly prefer to live where they can walk or bike to their local store, school or café.
The "Death of Sprawl" chapter that I wrote, published by the Post Carbon Institute in 2009, (and in abridged form in the Post Carbon Reader in 2010), provided a case study on Victorville, California. Located 75 miles outside Los Angeles, Victorville's rise and crash epitomized the hangover of the go-go sprawl era.
During the financial system's Derivative Daze, Victorville grew from 64,000 in 2000 to more than 108,000 by 2005: no-money-down-housing developments and "liar loans" fueled speculative investments that pumped up the desert city's average home value to almost $350,000. The large numbers of workers that moved to Victorville had to commute long hours before dawn and after dark to get to work in Los Angeles, without the benefit of local public transit. There are still few options for those who wish to walk or bicycle to stores, jobs, schools or local amenities, and the average near 100 degree summer temperatures make such endeavors foolhardy.
When gas prices began to go up in 2006, real estate sales in the region began to dry up as people ran for the exits. As the doors slammed shut, foreclosures in California's Inland Empire (Victorville and other parts of California's sprawling San Bernardino and Riverside counties), Las Vegas and Florida began to trigger a nationwide real estate meltdown. To stick with our illustration, Victorville houses plummeted from an average of nearly $350,000 in 2006 to $125,000 by late 2009. Likewise, new home permits in Victorville went from 7964 in 2004-06 down to 739 in 2008-10: a drop of more than tenfold! The average home sale now brings around $110,000, less than a third of 2005-2006 prices.
Institutional investors and homebuyers alike have avoided for the past five years the nation's scores of Victorvilles; the new data and pronouncements by experts such as Shiller, author of The S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index, likely put the last nails in the coffin of speculative, auto-dependant sprawl.
Recent US Census data confirms that the future of the United States is no longer about an economy based on the false and dangerous pretenses of unfettered greenfield development, with its unhealthy and climate-destructive sprawl-scape of fast food, big box retail and freeway-bred exurbs. National policies and investments should strengthen and improve existing cities and suburbs, including transit infrastructure, building retrofitting, clean energy, walkability, bicycle networks and neighborhood redesign–all areas where quality local job and community engagement opportunities can flourish.
We've known for some time that planning for more sustainable metros, both cities and suburbs, makes better sense in terms of protecting local food, water and land resources, as well as in reducing pollution and carbon emissions. Now we know that such actions have been proven to make much better short-term economic sense, while acting as tangible investments for the long term.
Warren Karlenzig is president of Common Current, a global consultancy for sustainable urban planning and development.
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The Wall Street Journal ran an op-ed yesterday examining the future of Bitcoin by drawing parallels to private currencies in the past in order to try and make sense of the current cryptocurrency market.
The piece begins with the statement that for "most of its 10-year history, the digital currency bitcoin has been viewed by some people as the future of money." In order to put that into context the writer, Paul Vigna, explains that in 2009 when Bitcoin was launched, some people felt as if government-backed institutions were failing as the global financial crisis reached its apex.
"Clearly when people have any insecurity about government plans, they flock to other assets," the article quotes Emin Gün Sirer, an associate professor of computer science at Cornell University and popular writer on cryptocurrency. By other assets, he means most readily gold. But, the article chronicles a time when it was quite common for private banks to issue their own "scrip" or currency.
In the pre-civil war days of the US when the country was expanding rapidly and the federal government was weak all manner of companies and corporations issued money. This, the article points out, led to logistical problems as the currencies had no value outside of the region where they were issued and were also subject to fraud as there was no tally on how much "scrip" any bank or entity was issuing.
He concludes that as privately issued money in the 19th Century gave way to federally backed currency in order to level exchange rates and eliminate counterfeiting. So will cryptocurrency today have to create or be adapted into real-world uses outside of being a store of value that can only be traded on limited exchange platforms.
He summed this up writing, "Not that anyone expects that to happen on a grand scale soon. Bitcoin's use as a currency is still more theoretical than actual, and other cryptocurrencies are even farther from the mainstream." In the end, he includes a few examples of companies that accept Bitcoin for payment like Expedia and Yamada Denki, even mentioning that two Montessori Schools in Manhattan accept the digital token. For cryptocurrencies to truly usurp fiat, and the banks that control it, we need to start employing them for everyday use and payments, and that could take a few years yet.


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Happy Gandhi Jayanti 2021: Wishes, Images, Quotes, Status, Messages, Photos, and Greetings
Gandhi Jayanti 2021 Wishes Images, Quotes, Status, SMS, Messages, Photos: His birthday is also observed as the International Day of Non-Violence, adopted by the UN General Assembly in 2007
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Gandhi Jayanti 2021 Wishes: Happy Gandhi Jayanti! (Source: Pixabay; designed by Angshuman Maity)
Gandhi Jayanti 2021 Wishes Images, Quotes, Status, SMS, Messages, Photos: Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, who is fondly remembered as 'Mahatma' or the 'great soul', was born on October 2, 1869. To commemorate the birthday of this great leader, October 2 is celebrated as 'Gandhi Jayanti'. He was one of the pioneers of India's struggle for independence. Hailed as the 'Father of the Nation', Gandhi's birth anniversary is one of the three main national holidays in the country — the other two being Independence Day (August 15) and Republic Day (January 26).
Gandhi walked the path of and preached non-violence throughout his life. Not only was he instrumental in India's struggle for freedom, but he also fought social evils like racism, the caste system and the practice of untouchability. His methods, words, advice remain relevant even today and one can always go back to them in times of need. His birthday is also observed as the International Day of Non-Violence, adopted by the UN General Assembly in 2007.
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On the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti, let's remember and celebrate this great soul and his teachings. We have curated some wishes and greetings for you to send to your friends and family on this day.
*Let us all follow the path of truth and wisdom, and pay homage to the Father of the Nation on this day.
Gandhi Jayanti 2021 Wishes: Wish your friends and family. (Source: Pixabay; designed by Angshuman Maity)
*Heroes are made in the hour of defeat. Success is, therefore, well described as a series of glorious defeats. — Mahatma Gandhi
Gandhi Jayanti 2021 Wishes: Spread his values and teaching. (Source: Pixabay; designed by Angshuman Maity)
*On this Gandhi Jayanti, let us pay homage to this great leader.
*Be the change that you want to see in the world.- Mahatma Gandhi
*May Bapu and his teachings always guide us to fight the good fight with peace and brotherhood.
Gandhi Jayanti 2021 Wishes: Follow the legacy of this great leader. (Source: Pixabay; designed by Angshuman Maity)
*Happy Gandhi Jayanti!
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What is a "rub"?
I keep seeing the word "rub" when people are talking about reptiles (it was also possibly used in a conversation about rats, but that was a while back and I might be misremembering).
From context, I can tell it's a container pets are kept in, but I can't glean any more details than that. What exactly does it mean? And does it apply only to reptiles, or can it be used for amphibians, arachnids, small rodents...?
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I know the term as R.U.B. aka Really Useful Box.
It's a description for the new use of plastic storage bins as a DIY vivarium that you can keep snakes in easily (and cheaply), as you can easily build a shelf, or rack to stack the bins along a wall.
There are benefits to these methods as well as criticisms.
It's cheap and easy to clean. It's lightweight, so you can stack it along the wall, where a glass terrarium would be too heavy to take down for feeding times.
One of the biggest arguments for R.U.B.'s is that they're so easy to sanitize. When it comes time to clean, you can place the snake in a new bin, then clean the old one at your leisure. Also, in the case of some illnesses, you can simply replace the bin rather than spending large amounts of time and money on sanitizing it.
Since the bins are one piece, you don't have the risk of bacteria growth as in vivariums door hinges.
The criticism:
Really, the only applicability of R.U.B.'s is for breeders, as it allows them to care for multiple snakes easier, and to better organize them. They can be used by home owners of small snakes, unless you can find a sturdy bin that has enough room to keep a large snake in. It's important to remember that R.U.B.s are not a replacement to vivariums if you do not treat it as a vivarium. Snakes still require bedding, decoration, heat, light, and most importantly space, when being kept in a R.U.B.
This is where the criticism comes from. The growing use of R.U.B.s as a way to store snakes for later. I can't say I've seen snakes kept in R.U.B.s that weren't anything but the snake and some substrate myself. Not to mention the snakes kept in bins without room to move around. The benefits of a vivarium is that it promotes the proper care of snakes, with a properly built habitat.
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That makes sense as I've seen it used in a similar way to "rack" so wondered if there was some relation. Really Useful Box is a brand name - does "rub" (or R.U.B.) refer to that particular type of box, or can it refer to any rack system? – starsplusplus Mar 26 '14 at 19:06
@starsplusplus I think it started as a brand name, then people figured out they could use any plastic bins. – Spidercat Mar 26 '14 at 19:09
So is there any difference in usage or connotation between saying "rub" and saying "rack"? – starsplusplus Mar 26 '14 at 19:10
@starsplusplus Technically rub would be the bin and rack would be the shelf, but they're used interchangeably. – Spidercat Mar 26 '14 at 19:11
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Calanus finmarchicus, a copepod which lives mainly in arctic waters. Calanus finmarchicus is highly nutritious for seabirds. It feeds on phytoplankton and converts this food into energy-rich oil which it stores in an internal oil sack. This oil is a veritable food concentrate for other creatures. Illustration: Eva Leu, NPI There are two middle-management levels in Arctic Ltd. The lowest is the primary consumers, which are organisms that live on plants. The level above comprises the secondary consumers, animals which eat animals that eat plants.
The Svalbard reindeer, the Svalbard ptarmigan and the sibling vole are the only terrestrial creatures that remain in Svalbard all winter and are herbivorous, but when the hordes of migrant geese return in spring they sometimes close crop entire areas of wetland to satisfy their need for plant food. Alongside reindeer grazing, this is the grazing activity that exerts most pressure on the land vegetation in Svalbard.
In the sea, zooplankton consume the phytoplankton. They reproduce in spring, at the same time as the phytoplankton blooms are at their peak making the maximum amount of food available. Since the edge of the sea ice is a productive zone for the phytoplankton, the same applies to the zooplankton, and as the ice gradually retreats northwards through the summer, the zooplankton production follows it.
Many other species exploit this enormous supply of food and the ice edge in summer abounds in animal and bird life. The zooplankton are voraciously devoured by numerous larger species, mainly other zooplankton, fish and shrimps, but also some birds. For instance, the main food of the polar cod is zooplankton and other small fish, but it is itself eaten by larger fish and seabirds, and, along with the capelin, it is the main item on the diet of larger species of fish, seabirds, whales and seals.
As most creatures find their food at different levels in the food pyramid, it is difficult to rank them in order in chains, and we therefore speak of a food web. For instance, the Arctic fox and the glaucous gull find their food at many different levels in the food pyramid. They are generalists and eat practically everything they come across, even rubbish.
A puffin near its nest in eastern Finnmark, with its beak full of small fish. The nutrients that make the slopes below the bird cliffs exceptionally green originate in the sea. The birds take food from the sea to their nests. Their excrements are excellent fertiliser for plants in the Arctic, which otherwise grow on particularly poor soils. The puffin is a typical colonial breeder which excavates its nest in grass-covered earth on islands and islets. Where earth is absent, it nests in fissures and cavities in cliffs, or among stones. Most of the Svalbard colonies consist of more or less scattered pairs on steep cliffs where they nest along with fulmars, kittiwakes and Brünnich's guillemots. Puffins mostly eat small, shoaling fish. Outside the breeding season, they live almost exclusively on the open sea and obtain all their food there. Illustration: Geir Wing Gabrielsen, NPI Animals that have specialised on just one species as their food are called specialists, but because particular food may be periodically very difficult to come by in the Arctic, it is good to have alternative sources to turn to. Consequently, there are not many pure specialists. However, a few species on the middle-management level can almost be called specialists because they very much prefer one particular item of food where it is available.
As all forms of life are closely tied to one another through the food chain, a collapse in one link may have a strong impact on the links above. The common guillemot colonies on Bjørnøya (Bear Island) collapsed in 1986-87 as a direct consequence of the collapse of the capelin stock the same year. Common guillemots on Bjørnøya have become specialised on capelin and live almost exclusively on them. The breeding population was reduced by nearly 90 % and thousands of emaciated, dead guillemots were washed ashore on the coast of Finnmark.
The common guillemot population has now recovered, but has still not reached the same level as it was in 1986. Its close relative, the Brünnich's guillemot, is, however, not so specialised and it survived the capelin crash comparatively well. Its population grew in the years following the common guillemot crash due to decreased competition for food – one man's poison is another man's meat.
Did you know... The production of fish in arctic waters and in the Barents Sea is not only important for the internal life in Arctic Ltd. Several hundred thousand tons of fish and shrimps are "exported" annually from the Arctic to us on the mainland, since several kinds of fish which are fished commercially by the Norwegian fishing fleet live all or part of their life in arctic waters. The cod and haddock fisheries are the most important ones for Norway in the Barents Sea and around Svalbard.


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(Sports Network) - The New York Mets can capture a road series against a National League rival for the first time this season when they visit the Pittsburgh Pirates in game two of a three-game weekend set at PNC Park.
The Mets captured Friday's opener, 7-2, with eight effective innings from Mike Pelfrey and a 15-hit offensive attack.
Pelfrey (12-7) gave up two runs -- one earned -- on six hits and two walks, and struck out five.
The Mets' offense was led by Jose Reyes and David Wright, as each went 3- for-5 with a stolen base and two runs scored. Chris Carter was 2-for-4 with a home run and two RBI for New York.
The loss clinched an 18th straight losing season for the Pirates, an inglorious record in American professional sports.
Ryan Doumit homered for the Pirates.
Pittsburgh starter Jeff Karstens (2-10) lost his fourth consecutive start after allowing all seven runs on 11 hits in 3 1/3 innings.
Young lefty Jonathon Niese gets the call on the mound for New York with a chance to earn a first win since July 27.
The 23-year-old moved to 7-4 on the season with an 8-2 defeat of St. Louis that night at Citi Field, but is 0-1 in four outings since.
Niese has allowed 23 hits and 10 runs in those four outings, including just one run in each of the last three.
He got a no-decision in one career start against Pittsburgh after allowing two runs on seven hits in six innings.
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The 6-foot-5, 195-pounder reached the majors with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2008 and stuck with the big club last season while appearing in 45 games.
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Novi man charged with killing wife arraigned in Oakland County Circuit Court
Novi resident Derrick Dixon has been arraigned in Oakland County Circuit Court on charges that he murdered his wife.
Novi man charged with killing wife arraigned in Oakland County Circuit Court Novi resident Derrick Dixon has been arraigned in Oakland County Circuit Court on charges that he murdered his wife. Check out this story on HometownLife.com: https://www.hometownlife.com/story/news/2018/04/13/novi-man-charged-killing-wife-arraigned-oakland-county-circuit-court/514615002/
LeAnne Rogers, hometownlife.com Published 4:02 p.m. ET April 13, 2018
Novi resident Derrick Dixon, with defense attorney Marsha Kosmatka, at his preliminary examination in 52-1 District Court.(Photo: LeAnne Rogers)
A Novi man charged with murdering his wife has been arraigned in Oakland County Circuit Court.
Derrick Dixon, 31, is charged with killing Heather Dixon, 32, after the couple spent the early hours of Jan. 4 arguing in the mobile home where they lived with their three children.
A pretrial hearing for Dixon has been scheduled for June 4 before Oakland County Circuit Judge Hala Jarbou.
Facing a life sentence without parole if convicted, Dixon is being held at the Oakland County Jail in lieu of bond. Dixon was hospitalized after taking some type of pills in an apparent suicide attempt after his wife was killed and has been in custody since that time.
Prior to the case moving to circuit court, a competency examination was done on Dixon, who was found competent to stand trial.
Testimony at the preliminary examination at 52-1 District Court was that the couple had been having marital problems and Heather Dixon was seeking a divorce. The autopsy report showed that Heather Dixon had been strangled using a neck tie.
Derrick Dixon had been living at the mobile home again for the previous three or four months after staying with his parents during a separation from his wife.
In a statement to police, Dixon said he had strangled his wife after the children had been picked up by his parents. Dixon's mother testified she had gone to the mobile home after not hearing from the couple all that day — she called 9-1-1 after seeing her son slumped over on the couch.
Other testimony revealed that Dixon had attempted suicide in July 2017 and also as a teenager.
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Craig R. Howe, Relator, vs. Precision Fitting & Valve Co., Inc. Respondent, Commissioner of Economic Security, Respondent. C0-97-1335, Court of Appeals Unpublished, February 10, 1998.
Precision Fitting & Valve Co., Inc.
Relator Craig R. Howe worked for respondent Precision Fitting & Valve (Precision) for ten years. He lived in Elk River and worked in Farmington, 70 miles away. Relator did not have a car or a driver's license, but arranged to ride to work with someone else working in the same town. He had problems in the past with absenteeism due to the fact that if the carpool driver did not report to work, relator also could not report to work because he lacked a ride. A year before his termination, relator received a verbal warning from the general manager regarding his absenteeism.
Relator's carpool driver quit his job in Farmington on February 26, 1997. On February 27, relator called Precision to inform them that he temporarily did not have a ride to work. Precision informed relator that he was terminated.
Relator applied for reemployment insurance benefits. The initial claims representative who reviewed relator's application denied the request and found relator disqualified from receiving benefits because he was unable to report to work. A reemployment insurance judge who reviewed the file found that relator was discharged for misconduct and, consequently, was disqualified from receiving reemployment insurance benefits.
The commissioner's representative affirmed the reemployment insurance judge by finding that relator committed misconduct and was disqualified from receiving benefits because he was unable to report to work as scheduled due to his transportation problems. The commissioner's representative also found that the evidence supported a finding that relator was disqualified from benefits because he voluntarily quit without good cause attributable to the employer when, for personal reasons, he was unable to report to work.
Our first question, whether, on the undisputed facts, relator was properly disqualified from receiving reemployment insurance benefits as a result of misconduct, is a question of law for our independent review. Ress v. Abbott-Northwestern Hosp., Inc., 448 N.W.2d 519, 523 (Minn. 1989) (court may, however, review questions of law de novo).
The court construes economic security laws liberally because the laws are remedial in nature and are intended to help workers who are involuntarily unemployed through no fault of their own. Hendrickson v. Northfield Cleaners, 295 N.W.2d 384, 385 (Minn. 1980) (citing Minn. Stat. § 268.03). Disqualification provisions are narrowly construed. Hendrickson, 295 N.W.2d at 386. Because of the remedial nature of the law, the employer has the burden of proving that an employee has committed misconduct so as to disqualify him or her from benefits. Peterson v. Fred Vogt & Co., 495 N.W.2d 875, 877 (Minn. App. 1993). The employer must establish misconduct by the greater weight of evidence. Lumpkin v. North Cent. Airlines, Inc., 296 Minn. 456, 459-60, 209 N.W.2d 397, 400 (1973).
The term "misconduct" * * * is limited to conduct evincing such wilful or wanton disregard of an employer's interests as is found in deliberate violations or disregard of standards of behavior which the employer has the right to expect of his employee, or in carelessness or negligence of such degree or recurrence as to manifest equal culpability, wrongful intent or evil design, or to show an intentional and substantial disregard of the employer's interests or of the employee's duties and obligations to his employer. On the other hand mere inefficiency, unsatisfactory conduct, failure in good performance as the result of inability or incapacity, inadvertencies or ordinary negligence in isolated instances, or good-faith errors in judgment or discretion are not deemed to be "misconduct."
Misconduct may include conduct evincing a lack of concern for the job. Feia v. St. Cloud State College, 309 Minn. 564, 565, 244 N.W.2d 635, 636 (1976). Generally, an "employer has a right to expect an employee to work when scheduled." Little v. Larson Bus Serv., 352 N.W.2d 813, 815 (Minn. App. 1984). Consequently, even a single incident of absenteeism may constitute disqualifying misconduct if it shows sufficient disregard for the employer's expectations. Blau v. Masters Restaurant Assocs., 345 N.W.2d 791, 794 (Minn. App. 1984).
We note further that transportation to and from work is generally the concern of the employee. Hill v. Contract Beverages, Inc., 307 Minn. 356, 358, 240 N.W.2d 314, 316 (1976). When an employee is unable to report for work, he cannot expect the employer to hold open the job indefinitely. Smith v. American Indian Chem. Dependency Diversion Project, 343 N.W.2d 43, 45 (Minn. App. 1984); see also Winkler v. Park Refuse Serv., Inc., 361 N.W.2d 120, 123 (Minn. App. 1985) (citing Smith).
In our analysis of whether relator's absence from work constitutes misconduct, "[t]he critical factor is whether the employee's behavior caused his failure to report to work." Winkler, 361 N.W.2d at 124. Because the critical inquiry is whether the employee's own behavior prevented him from arriving at work, the intentional acts of a third party, which prevent an employee from reaching work, do not result in employee misconduct. Deering v. Unitog Rental Servs., 381 N.W.2d 486, 488 (Minn. App. 1986) (holding no misconduct where employee's husband immobilized her truck, leaving her without means of transportation). The question of law for this court is: Did relator's "behavior cause[ ] his failure to obtain necessary transportation"? Cherry v. American Nat'l Ins. Co., 426 N.W.2d 475, 479 (Minn. App. 1988).
The commissioner's representative first reasoned that relator's single unexcused absence could constitute misconduct. While this statement could be true, the "single incident" rule must be considered in context. In Blau, the "single incident" actually comprised several willful actions on the part of the employee that showed an utter disregard for the employer's interests. 345 N.W.2d at 793-94 (finding misconduct where employee admittedly had left work early 30 times without permission, refused to work his scheduled shift, lied to manager about having permission to leave, and refused to discuss his conduct). In another case, this court determined that a laborer committed misconduct based on a single incident when he failed to report for extra duty, failed to call to explain his absence, and, instead, went drinking for the day. Del Dee Foods, Inc. v. Miller, 390 N.W.2d 415, 416, 418 (Minn. App. 1986).
In contrast, relator's absence here was not a personal choice; his transportation problem was the result of his driver's decision to quit working in Farmington. Cf. Deering, 381 N.W.2d at 488 (reversing misconduct determination because third party beyond employee's control prevented employee from having transportation to work). In addition, relator called Precision to report his transportation problem. See id. (reversing determination of misconduct where employee called employer early to notify of her transportation problems and took measures to report to work).
Under Deering, relator did not commit misconduct. Id. The record does not establish that relator's "behavior caused his failure to obtain necessary transportation." Cherry, 426 N.W.2d at 477. Relator made a good-faith effort to inform Precision of his difficulties. Further, the record contains no evidence of his disregard for Precision's expectations. The commissioner's representative applied too strict of a standard to these facts. This single incident should not have deprived a ten-year employee of reemployment insurance benefits.
The commissioner's representative also suggests that absenteeism had been a continuous problem for relator, so as to constitute misconduct. Relator admitted to having received a verbal warning for absenteeism one year prior to termination. But the record contains no quantitative figures proving how many times relator was absent. Precision did not detail relator's conduct that led to the warning, nor did Precision present its employee policy to explain what type of conduct necessitates a warning. See Lumpkin, 296 Minn. at 459-60, 209 N.W.2d at 400 (employer bears burden of establishing employee misconduct by "greater weight of the evidence"). Without that evidence, the record does not support a legal determination that relator committed misconduct when he was unable to arrange transportation for one day of work.
Accordingly, in light of the remedial purpose of reemployment insurance, our narrow construction of disqualification provisions, and the above-cited case law, we conclude that the commissioner's representative erred when she concluded that relator was disqualified from receiving benefits because of misconduct.
Relator also contends the record does not support the finding that he voluntarily terminated his employment without good cause attributable to Precision. We agree. Minn. Stat. § 268.09, subd. 1(a), provides that an employee will be disqualified from receiving reemployment insurance benefits if he or she "voluntarily and without good cause attributable to the employer" terminated employment. To determine whether an employee has voluntarily terminated employment, the court considers "whether the employee directly or indirectly exercised a free-will choice to leave the employment." Shanahan v. District Mem. Hosp., 495 N.W.2d 894, 896 (Minn. App. 1993) (citing Anson v. Fisher Amusement Corp., 254 Minn. 93, 98, 93 N.W.2d 815, 819 (1958)). The employer has the burden of showing that the employee voluntarily quit his job. Marz v. Department of Employment Servs., 256 N.W.2d 287, 289 (Minn. 1977).
Whether an employee voluntarily terminated his or her employment is question of fact for the commissioner to determine. Shanahan, 495 N.W.2d at 896. When reviewing reemployment insurance decisions, this court inquires whether the evidence reasonably supports the commissioner's decision. Tuff v. Knitcraft Corp., 526 N.W.2d 50, 51 (Minn. 1995). We must view the findings of fact in a light most favorable to the commissioner's decision. White v. Metropolitan Med. Ctr., 332 N.W.2d 25, 26 (Minn. 1983). The commissioner's representative found that, despite the fact that relator had continuing work available to him, he was not able to continue reporting to work due to his personal problems with transportation.
It is true that personal needs generally do not constitute good cause attributable to the employer so as to warrant a voluntary termination. See Hill, 307 Minn. at 358-59, 240 N.W.2d at 316 (holding that employee who terminated employment due to his inability to obtain transportation after being transferred to another shift was not cause attributable to employer, but rather was voluntary termination disqualifying him from benefits); Shanahan, 495 N.W.2d at 896-97 (holding employee voluntarily terminated her job when she refused to interview for new position, despite fact that current job was ending and new job was guaranteed). But the distinguishing characteristic between relator and Hill and Shanahan is that relator did not terminate his employment. He made a good-faith effort to notify his employer and work out an arrangement. His commuting problems were temporarily beyond his control. The record does not show that relator exercised a free-will choice to leave Precision. Shanahan, 495 N.W.2d at 896.
To the extent the commissioner's representative considered relator to have constructively quit his employment, we note that the Minnesota courts and the legislature have criticized and rejected the constructive voluntary quit doctrine that deprived employees of benefits and deemed them to have voluntarily quit employment by virtue of the fact that they had vested authority in a union to act on their behalves and the union bumped them from their jobs. See LaSalle Cartage Co. v. Hampton, 362 N.W.2d 337, 341 (Minn. App. 1985) (noting constructive voluntary quit doctrine has never gained acceptance and was overruled by the 1983 legislature in 1983 Minn. Laws ch. 372, § 26); see also Jansen v. Peoples Elec. Co., 317 N.W.2d 879, 880-81 (Minn. 1982) (expressing criticism of doctrine, yet following rule out of deference to legislature).
The commissioner's representative abused her discretion when she found, on this record, that relator voluntarily quit his employment without good cause attributable to the employer.
 In this appeal, relator attached an exhibit to his statement of the case that is not part of the record because he had not presented it to the reemployment insurance judge. See Minn. R. Civ. App. P. 110.01 (only exhibits and papers filed below constitute record on appeal). Consequently, we have not considered that exhibit, or relator's arguments based on that exhibit, when deciding this appeal.


An original 1828 watercolour painting, After George Stubbs The Fall of Phaethon.
This dramatic watercolour painting depicts in reverse George Stubbs's famous oil painting The Fall of Phaeton (1777). The horizontal format of the painting enhances the sense of sideways movement and gives the painting a frieze-like quality. In Greek mythology, Phaethon, son of the sun god Helios, insisted on driving his father's sun chariot for one day, but was unable to control the horses. Stubbs chose to depict this mythological subject in a conscious move away from his usual horse subjects and the 'low' genre of animal painting, in an attempt to be recognised as an artist of real status and ambition.
On paper watermarked 'J Whatman 1828'.
Unsigned. An indistinct inscription is partially visible on the verso at the upper edge, where it appears that the sheet has been trimmed, which in part reads 'Phaedra'.
The left and right edges of the sheet are somewhat creased and age toned. There is a repaired tear to the upper right edge, and a shorter repaired tear below, lower right.
This work is one of a fascinating collection of equestrian pictures we have for sale connected with two highly regarded horse painters: Charles Loraine-Smith (1751-1835), a keen horseman known for his early hunting and sporting scenes; and Charles Cooper Henderson (1803-1877), the preeminent painter of Victorian horses and coaches. Both artists were instrumental in developing the genre of horse painting, and achieved fame and popularity through print reproductions after their work. At a time when animal painting was seen as a 'lower' form of art, these artists were pioneering in establishing the respectability and status of the genre.
The collection includes signed works by both these artists, as well a number of interesting works by other members of the Loraine-Smith family: Charles's son, Reverend Loraine Loraine Smith (1784-1857), and daughter-in-law, Isabella – who were both keen horse-riders, and produced personal studies of horses and hunting subjects under Charles's influence.
This collection also includes horse pictures by other notable names, such as Jules Léon Montigny, Henry Thomas Alken, Anthony Devis and Frank L. Emanuel. And there are studies after George Stubbs, James Pollard and Leonardo da Vinci.
The story behind why these equestrian pictures have come together is a mystery, but it is possible that the collection was at one time owned by Charles Cooper Henderson. Our collection includes a watercolour by William James Müller – and, interestingly, Charles's brother, the distinguished art collector John Henderson, was an avid collector of Müller's works. Together, these pictures, spanning the late 18th into the early 19th century, show the ever increasing British obsession with all things equine.


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Q: Classic ASP and ASP.Net Session Bridging, passing Arrays I have seen many articles about session bridging between Classic ASP and ASP.Net. But, I could not find one that works not only saving primitive types to session state and but also saving reference types to the session state.
I want to know how array can be saved to classic ASP session and retrieved from ASP.Net session vice versa.
I know this is not easy as things like marshaling and serialization will be brought into the topic. But I want to make a guess about how far I need to go to achieve this.

A: You can always make your own serialization of plain arrays: in classic ASP convert them to a string using a delimeter then parse the string back to array in the ASP.NET code.
Both offers you simple methods out of the box: Split() and Join(), so in classic ASP:
myArray = Array("Jon", "Bob", "Don")
Session("SerializedArray") = Join(myArray, "|")

Then in the ASP.NET when reading it:
string[] myArray = (Session["SerializedArray"] + "").Split('|');

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3 convicted, 6 acquitted in sex trafficking case
Fox News on May 4, 2012 released the following:
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – A Tennessee federal jury split its verdict Friday against nine people accused of operating a sex trafficking ring across three states run mostly by Somali refugee gang members, convicting three men and acquitting six.
The defendants are among 30 who were indicted in the case that spans from Minnesota to Ohio and Tennessee. The jury of six men and six women deliberated over five days this week before returning the verdict. The other defendants were severed from the trial and could face trial at a later date.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Van Vincent said the verdict shows that the jury found that sex trafficking did occur and the government won't cease prosecuting these cases.
"It's very important for victims to understand that you can come forward, people will listen and that people can believe what you have to say about the crime," Vincent said.
A Somali witness identified only as Jane Doe No. 2 testified that she was used as a prostitute by gang members starting at the age of 12. She cried in court as she described being taken to several apartments in around suburban Minneapolis to have sex with other Somali men for money, sometimes as little as $40.
Idris Ibrahim Fahra, Andrew Kayachith and Yassin Abdirahman Yusuf were found guilty of conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of children by force, fraud or coercion. The three men were also charged with child sex trafficking and attempted child sex trafficking, but only Fahra was convicted on one additional count of child sex trafficking.
Fahra faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years for the child sex trafficking conviction up to life in prison, and Kayachitch and Yusuf face possible maximum sentences of up to life. No sentencing date has been set.
According to the prosecutors, Idris Fahra, who went by the nickname "Chi Town," had an apartment in St. Paul in 2006 that was used for trafficking of Jane Doe No. 2, who was in the 7th grade at the time, and he would also get to have sex with her for free because he was a member of the gang.
Jane Doe No. 2 also described being taken to Nashville in April 2009 for the purpose of sexual trafficking. Andrew Kayachitch, who went by the nickname "AK," and Yassin Abdirahman Yusuf, who went by the nickname "Junior," were detained in Nashville by police along with Jane Doe No. 2.
Defense attorneys repeatedly questioned whether Jane Doe No. 2 was a juvenile at the time the sex acts occurred because prosecutors revealed on the eve of trial that her birth certificate was falsified. But Vincent said the jury determined she was under the age of 18.
Attorney David Komisar, attorney for Yusuf, said his client was disappointed by the verdict and he plans to fight the conviction.
"He maintains his innocence and we don't think that there was proof that Jane Doe No. 2 was underage in April of 2009," he said following the verdict.
Carol Owen, the attorney who represented Jane Doe No. 2 and her family, said the three individuals who were convicted were directly involved with the trafficking that Jane Doe No. 2 described on the stand.
Owen called her client courageous for taking the stand for five days to testify about very intimate details of the sexual acts in front of a courtroom full of Somalis and said Jane Doe No. 2's parents remain supportive of her. Defense attorneys had claimed she willingly had sex with multiple defendants and lied about it so her conservative Somali family could save face.
"She testified in order to tell the truth and bring justice to people who should be prosecuted," she said. "The justice system gave her her day."
Owen said Jane Doe No. 2 hopes to be an advocate for other sex trafficking victims and hopes that by taking the stand, other victims will come forward.
Six of the nine defendants are of Somali descent. Two others were natives of Ethiopia. Kayachith was born in the U.S. and is of Laotian descent.
Jennifer Thompson, defense attorney for defendant Fahra, said in closing statements last week that Jane Doe No. 2 was a runaway who manipulated people around her and was fed information from a St. Paul, Minn., police investigator.
Thompson did not immediately return a call seeking comment about her client.
Another witness, who was identified in court as Jane Doe No. 5, testified that she saw young women and girls being used as prostitutes in a Nashville apartment. She testified that she was being used to have sex with men in Minnesota when she was around 15 or 16 years old. But the jury did not convict anyone on counts related to her testimony.
Luke Evans, an attorney for the acquitted defendant Fadumo Mohamed Farah, said Jane Doe No. 5 was mentally ill and not taking her medication when she testified. He argued that she suffers from paranoid delusions and can't tell fiction from fact.
The original indictment that was unsealed in 2010 claims the ring involved three Minneapolis-based gangs — the Somali Outlaws, the Somali Mafia and the Lady Outlaws — and that all three gangs are connected. The men and women charged were either gang members or associates of the gangs that operated in Minneapolis, St. Paul, Columbus, Ohio; and Nashville.
The other men acquitted Friday are Ahmad Abnulnasir Ahmad, Musse Ahmed Ali, Fatah Haji Hashi, Dahir Nor Ibrahim and Mohamed Ahmed Amalle."
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Q: Execute minimal css rule sets with both common and specific parts using scss?
    .name {
        %common {
            // common stuff
        }

        &__first-type {
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        }
        enter code here
        &__second-type {
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        }
    }

I want to collapse all thing in name class
(first-type, second-type, and also a common part)
but I don't want anything more in the executed CSS file.

    .name__first-type, .name__second-type {
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    }

    .name__first-type {
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    .name__second-type {
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    }

can I do this thing without separating non-executable common(%common)?

A: It is possible to generate those two class like this.
    %name__common {
        // common stuff
    }
    .name {
        &__first-type {
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        &__second-type {
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If you mater nice project architecture you can either put this %name__common{...} in partial file such as _commons.scss
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The 86th Infantry Division served for 34 days in Combat in the European African Middle Eastern Theater; during this time they served in the campaign of CENTRAL EUROPE. At the end of the war the 86th Infantry Division was sent to the The Asiatic Pacific Theater of operations; many of the men from the 96th Infantry Division was put into the 86th Infantry Division when combat was over.


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A very scarce first edition copy of this fascinating practical and scientific guide to baking and 'allied trades'. In unusually good condition.
This work was original published in six volumes between 1907 and 1909. This is a volume I copy only. With publisher's advertisements to the rear of the text. Collated, complete with fourteen photographic plates, three of which are coloured.
In the publisher's original cloth binding with pictorial front board, Externally, bumped to extremities and head and tail of spine. Fading and slight rubbing to spine. Damp staining to lower extremity of front board. Internally generally firmly bound, slightly strained in places. Pages bright with the odd spot. Marking to the odd page. Tide mark to lower extremity of pages, not affecting text. Heavy marking to page 120, offset to following page.


Chris provides professional support and advice at CEO- and Board-level to voluntary sector and non-profit organisations. He has held senior management roles in a number of voluntary sector organisation, including the Early Intervention Foundation and Toynbee Hall, and helped set up Green-Works, one of the UK's pioneering social enterprises, in the early 2000s. He has also worked at Barnardo's where he worked on a number of social enterprise/special projects, including the role of M&A as part of the organisaiton's growth agenda.
Chris has a degree in History from the University of Bristol. After living in London for almost 20 years, he recently returned to the west country, and lives, with his wife and son, near Bath.


In 1966 we designed and fabricated our first six modular steel bridges. These bridges were developed and configured for the timber industry and designed to be quickly installed – disassembled -and then moved to another project site. The ease of installation and portability of our pre-engineered bridge modules supported an evolution into other areas of bridge construction. Bridges with spans up to 80'-0" can be installed in just a few days, when using our pre-engineered abutment system.
Sole plate assemblies are placed under each weathering steel girder and are positioned on the SuperSills™ (or other abutment system). Each sole plate assembly has an elastomeric bearing pad for expansion and contraction.
Bridge modules are picked off the trailer and set on the sole plate assemblies or staged at the site for installation later in the day. Our bridge modules have steel picking eyes to facilitate safe and simple installation.


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A museum houses a splendid statue of a golden cat. It was once part of a pair... so where is its partner? A note inside the display case contains the first in a series of clues, and once it is deciphered, the adventure begins. The story spreads lead the reader from clue to clue, while information spreads form a perfect introduction to understanding Egyptian hieroglyphics.


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Medline Introduces First Biodegradable Surgical Drape
In response to a growing trend in the healthcare industry to reduce waste and establish environmentally responsible healthcare, Medline Industries, Inc. today introduced the industry's first biodegradable surgical drape made almost entirely from renewable sources. Following more than two years in development, the "EcoDrape™" is 96 percent biodegradable and meets the Association for Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) level 4 protection standards in the critical areas.
"We believe that being 'green' is a critical part of being successful," said Frank Czajka, president of Medline's Disposable Surgical Gown and Drape Division. "It's a commitment to our business, our customers and the future of the planet. It is important that facilities that have embraced "green" initiatives and made the commitment to reduce their impact on the environment have a choice in products that can help them meet their sustainability goals."
The EcoDrape is made almost entirely from natural fibers -- without dyes, chemical binders or fluorochemicals. The EcoDrape will also biodegrade in five months in landfill conditions.
According to HCWH (Health Care Without Harm), a single medical center produces an average of six tons of waste everyday. The Association for Operating Room Nurses (AORN) says a large portion of the waste is generated from the operating room. According to AORN, "The volume of waste generated through energy and water consumption...significantly affects the environment and the global economy."
Surgical drapes are used to cover the patient during a surgical procedure (but leaving the incision area exposed) to reduce the risk of infection. The EcoDrape is offered in a number of sizes and surgical packs for use in a variety of minor surgical procedures, including laparotomy, eye procedures and central line.
The EcoDrape joins Medline's portfolio of more than 500 environmentally friendly products that are recyclable, utilize recycled materials, are biodegradable or made from renewable sources, require fewer chemicals when used, use soy-based ingredients instead of petro-chemicals, reduce or eliminate the use of dyes or bleaches, and reduce the amount of energy required to launder.


BACKGROUND: Endometrial cancer risk factors include adult obesity and taller stature, but the influence of size earlier in life is incompletely understood. We examined whether childhood body mass index (BMI; kg m(-2)) and height were associated with histologic subtypes of endometrial cancer.
METHODS: From the Copenhagen School Health Records Register, 155 505 girls born 1930-1989 with measured weights and heights from 7 to 13 years were linked to health registers. BMI and height were transformed to age-specific z-scores. Hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals were estimated by Cox regressions.
RESULTS: A total of 1020 endometrial cancers were recorded. BMI was non-linearly associated with all endometrial cancers, oestrogen-dependent cancers and the subtype of endometrioid adenocarcinomas; associations were statistically significant and positive above a z-score=0 and non-significant below zero. Compared with a 7-year-old girl with a BMI z-score=0, an equally tall girl who was 3.6 kg heavier (BMI z-score=1.5) had a hazard ratio=1.53 (95% confidence interval: 1.29-1.82) for endometrioid adenocarcinoma. BMI was not associated with non-oestrogen-dependent cancers, except at the oldest childhood ages. Height at all ages was statistically significant and positively associated with all endometrial cancers, except non-oestrogen-dependent cancers. At 7 years, per ~5.2 cm (1 z-score), the risk of endometrioid adenocarcinoma was 1.18 (95% confidence interval: 1.09-1.28). Among non-users of unopposed oestrogens, associations between BMI and endometrioid adenocarcinoma strengthened, but no effects on height associations were observed.
CONCLUSIONS: Endometrial carcinogenesis is linked to early-life body size, suggesting that childhood BMI and height may be useful indicators for the risk of later development of endometrial cancer and might aid in the early prevention of obesity-related endometrial cancers.


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Dangerous Job
Fun: (2.75) Difficulty: (1.9) Puzzle ID: #4535 Submitted By: bobbrt
Other Other brain teasers don't fit into any other category, so they can be unique and challenging.Other
Statistically speaking, what is the most dangerous job in the U.S.?
President of the United States. Of the 43 presidents so far, 4 have been assassinated (Garfield, Kennedy, Lincoln, and McKinley). That's a fatality rate of just under 10%.
im_para_noid
offically, starting with president lincoln, the president that is elected every twenty years (1860, 1880 1990...) dies, or has an attempt on his life while in office, up until now, but we still have time before Bush is out
geekhousewife
Interesting. I was going to say raising children.
Mogmatt16
a bit obvious, more of triva, but I still like it!
actually, there have been only 42, one of them was elected twice on non-consecutive terms. Also, the most dangerous job that is not a political office is a logger.
bobbrt
Well son of a gun - you're right, Mogmatt. I guess I forgot about my good buddy Grover. Good catch.
Taken straight from Mindtrap. Only reason I knew it..
dewtell
Not to mention three others that have died in office: William Henry Harrison, Zachary Taylor, and Warren Harding.
And FDR, too. Between assassination and natural causes, that's eight Presidents who failed
to live out their terms.
I was going to include Presidents that died of natural causes while in office, but that wouldn't be considered "dying on the job." I think it's best only to include people who died BECAUSE they were President. Having said that, maybe I should have included William Henry Harrison, who died from pneumonia that he caught while giving a campaign speech in a rain storm.
Actually, it was his inagural address, which
makes it even more relevant. The others are more
problematic, agreed, although it's hard to know
to what extent the stress of the job may have
contributed to their demise.
puppygirl1213
That could have been under trvia just so you know. Nice teaser.
lessthanjake789
ah, i was going to mention the other rpesidents, etc, buyt everyone else already got there... his inaugral address, by the way, was 10,000 words, delivered in the rain where he refused to wear a raincoat or whatever. Washington's inaugral, on the other hand was 100 words. and there are over 23,000 words in the American legal system regulating the sale of cabbage.... go figure.
teen_wiz
Great job bobbrt! I liked this one... I had no idea what the answer was, though... what a surprise!
TBTabby
Somebody please make it 5.


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How many times have you checked Facebook today? The web giant is so omnipresent that it's easy to forget that it was once just an idea in the head of Mark Zuckerberg. And when the introverted programmer launched Facebook in 2004, he never could've guessed it would make him an icon.
Zuckerberg became one of the richest and most recognizable people in the world, and it doesn't look like that will change anytime soon. Still, there are many aspects of his life that most people know nothing about. In fact, he might even know you better than you know him — until now!
1. In 2012, Mark Zuckerberg took his company public on the stock market. Facebook had one of the biggest IPOs — initial public offerings — in history. Ever since, Mark has tacked on an addition $9 billion to his net worth each year. Of course, Zuck wasn't always a tech mogul.
2. Mark's parents raised him in the Jewish faith in Westchester, New York. As a child, he was also hugely devoted to the Star Wars franchise, so much so that he even had a bar mitzvah themed after the galaxy far, far away.
3. A programming prodigy, Mark learned to code at an early age. Tech giants, including Microsoft and AOL, sent him job offers before he even graduated high school! Of course, he turned them down to attend Harvard University, where he started Facebook in his dorm room.
4. Mark met his future-wife Priscilla Chan at a party during his sophomore year and asked her out with the line, "I'd rather go on a date with you than finish my take-home midterm." Despite the rough first impression, the pair fell in love and married in 2012.
5. Nowadays, Zuck is not proud that his web empire began as a site called Facemash. This basic website allowed Harvard students to randomly view two classmates and vote on which one was more attractive.
6. Other Harvard students, including twin rowers Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, accused Mark of stealing their idea for a social media site. After filing a lawsuit, they received a settlement of over 1 million Facebook shares.
7. Despite being one of the world's biggest entrepreneurs, Mark is also a college dropout. He left Harvard after his sophomore year to build Facebook into an international phenomenon. To his delight, Mark's former school gave him an honorary degree in 2017.
8. Mark suffers from red-green colorblindness, which means that the shade he sees most clearly is blue. For that reason, it's no coincidence that he chose blue as the signature color of his company.
9. Many people best know Mark's backstory from the 2010 Aaron Sorkin film The Social Network. Mark, however, wasn't its biggest fan. He criticized a number of inaccuracies in the movie and claimed some of the characterizations hurt his feelings.
10. While he was once a broke college student, Zuck built up a net worth of $56 billion as of 2018. Five years earlier, Forbes put Facebook on the Fortune 500, and Mark — at age 28 — became the youngest CEO on the list.
11. Despite his immense wealth, Mark prefers the simple life. While other CEOs drive around flashy cars, Mark owns a Honda Fit, an Acura TSX, and a Volkswagen hatchback. None of these sensible vehicles exceed the price of $30,000.
12. Mark's taste in fashion is also quite down-to-earth. Instead of stepping out in flashy suits, he prefers the basic t-shirt and jeans combo. He'll often wear the same outfit every day to save time, a move he borrowed from the likes of Steve Jobs and Albert Einstein.
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Neotropical Region: Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana (type locality), Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela.
emersoni. Eciton (Acamatus) angustinode subsp. emersoni Wheeler, W.M. 1921d: 311 (w.) GUYANA. Combination in Neivamyrmex: Borgmeier, 1953: 18. Raised to species: Borgmeier, 1953: 18. Senior synonym of haskinsi: Borgmeier, 1955: 555.
haskinsi. Eciton (Neivamyrmex) angustinode subsp. haskinsi Weber, 1943b: 68, fig. 1 (w.) TRINIDAD. Junior synonym of emersoni: Borgmeier, 1955: 555.
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Sexual harassment in the workplace is certainly nothing new. It has been going on for as long as there has been a workplace. However, there has been a recent slew of sexual harassment allegations against actors, comedians, journalists, and politicians in the news. One positive that has come out of this is that all of these reports of sexual harassment and abuse surfacing have employer both female and male alleged victims to have the courage to come and tell their stories. According to a recent news article from 89.3 KPCC, this increase in attention and the need to report sexual harassment has led more complaints being filed in the workplace.
This is actually a positive since it does not mean there has been an increase in incidents in sexual harassment as far as we know, but the alleged victims of this harassment are feeling empowered and are now able to speak out where they would not in the past do to fear of retaliation. As our Los Angeles sexual harassment employment attorneys can explain, not only is sexual harassment a potential violation of state and federal law, taking any retaliatory act in response to an employee making a valid complaint is also a violation of California labor laws. Just looking at local government jobs, the various agencies in Los Angeles employ around 110,000 workers. There have been around 27,000 complaints of sexual harassment in the workplace in the past six years, but since these many allegations have come out in the news, there have been over 3,000 reports made since late summer. This is a very significant increase in the number of sexual harassment reports made in the workplace in latter half of 2017, than there have been during any comparable time period in the past.
There numbers generally have been growing in recent years, but nowhere near the explosion we have seen in the number of reports since the first of these high profile case broke in the news. One important thing to note is that the increase is not employee driven. There are many reports being made by managers and supervisors than ever before. This means those in a position in power understand that it is very important to take all instances of sexual harassment seriously, and the worst thing they can do is try to minimize the reporting or pretend the incident did not happen. In the past, and still today, many supervisors will be quick to dismiss the complaints, or even act as if the accuser in the one of fault. Since blaming the victim is not only insensitive, but rather never appropriate, this is seen as a step in the right direction.
If an employer allows reports of sexual harassment to be summarily dismissed or diminished without conducting a proper investigation, they may be allowing further harassment to occur which can constitute facilitating a hostile work environment. While many are afraid to report sexual harassment on the job even to an employment lawyer, prospective clients should know that everything they say to their lawyer is strictly confidential and the lawyer cannot share the information without express permission from the client.