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Getting back to the Stone Age, the low quality of available money is a severe restriction on specialization. Households or small groups have to make almost all essentials for themselves. No one can afford to devote all his resources to, say, making pottery, because he can't count on buying all the materials he needs or on selling the pots for all the necessities of life. One villager might devote a portion of his time to making pots—doing all aspects of the job from gathering materials to decorating the final product—without a large investment in specialized equipment. He might trade pots for stone axes, tanned leather, wooden beams, and other useful things produced by other part-time specialists. But no one will develop the expertise of the true professional, and no activity will capture the full economy of large-scale production. Exchange will remain a small part of total economic activity.


CMAC uses Sprongo to host all of our training and race video. With this tool, our racers will be able to review video, coaches can add comments and use drawing tools, and parents and other supporters can check in on how racers are doing at one site.
ACTION NEEDED: Access to Sprongo requires your registration.
If you are having trouble signing up for Sprongo access here, contact Dale at programadmin@cmacskiracing.com.
If you are having issues accessing or using Sprongo, contact Alan at alan@cmacskiracing.com.
CMAC has made a substantial investment in this new program and we hope it will add a new dimension to our training program. We have established a team website, http://sprongo.com/team/view/481. We purchased new cameras for several coaches and we have funded a new paid position as team videographer.
In order to join our team's video web site, you must register and then you will need to be invited. This keeps access only to team members and staff. In the next few days expect an email with an invitation. Just follow the link and then the directions on the Sprongo site and you will be set.
We think it is important for everyone to keep their expectations at a reasonable level. We will not be able to video every group, or every racer or every race. The Board has decided that for this first year we will concentrate the video on the J1/2 racers. At this age they are in the best position to review video on their own and make the appropriate modifications. We expect there to be a limited video of J3 and less for the Mitey-Mite racers. Occasionally a Prep group will be videotaped. This may change as we dial in the program, but for now, expect video for the older racers only.
Even then, we are certain that some racers will have video more often. There are lots of reasons for some racers having more video than others. It is not intentional and is not a reflection of the time and attention the coaches are giving your racers. For example, we expect there are times when the videographer is busy adjusting the camera and misses a racer, or a racer goes in to get new gloves and misses the video run. If you have a firm belief that your racer is missing video, first ask the coach. As program director, I am not going to be able to answer that question as easily as your child's assigned coach.
This new program will require some rules. These are just like the other rules for CMAC and if there is a violation it will be treated like our other team rules.
1. Only coaches can add comments or drawings. Racers or parents cannot add comments to their own video or other racers.
2. Only coaches can delete video. Do not change or delete the video of any racers. If you want your own video deleted, contact your coach.
3. Only coaches can upload video. If you have your own video you want to upload, talk with your coach.
4. Only CMAC member email addresses and names may be used. No pseudonyms or avatars. All other accounts will be deleted.
5. Do not criticize another racers video. The coaches will do the coaching.
We want to hear your reaction. Coach John Ellis ( lowtoneone@msn.com) is the official videographer. You should contact either of them with your comments and suggestions. I will be actively involved along with the other coaches. You can speak to us as well.
Thanks for your support and enjoy the video.


Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta has engaged stakeholders in Kumasi for their inputs into the 2019 Budget.
The engagement which is in compliance with the Public Financial Management Act 2016 (Act 921) is aimed at improving good governance through better transparency and proper accountability to the citizenry.
Speaking to the stakeholders which included Traditional Leaders, the Association of Ghana Industries, trade groups, Market Women Associations, Spare Parts dealers, civil society groups, faith groups and Persons With Disability, Mr. Ofori Atta called on them to "contribute in keeping our economy on track by honouring your tax obligations".
He reiterated government's commitment to the private sector through the lowering of interest rates.
"The results of our fiscal discipline are already showing. Inflation is on a downward trend; interest rates are declining and we are getting value for money for our projects," he said.
Mr Ofori Atta disclosed at the national stakeholders' engagement that "our focus for next year budget will include infrastructure, industrialisation and Liquidity of the banks and expanding the Masloc scheme to benefit more Ghanaians".
He said government was making full commitments to the Free Secondary School Program, and the School Feeding program adding that "Restoring credibility in these commitments has been one of our key success stories as a government".
The Finance Minister said government has supported efforts at reducing unemployment by putting 100,000 young graduates to work through the Nation Builders Corps Program.
Mr. Ofori Atta said Ghana does not intend renewing another ECF programme with the IMF. "We are also committed to strengthening current structural reforms, and have developed strategies to ensure discipline and the irreversibility of policies," he said.
The Finance Minister added that Ghana's economy is strong and healthy and that its success has positioned the government to take the next steps in ensuring that the economy works for its people.
The stakeholders at an open forum appealed to government to consider fixing more deplorable roads in the next budget and reduce taxes to support the Private Sector.


Don't you just want to eat her up? With the little buns on the top of her head, and her princess t-shirt? She's brushing her teeth with her Dora the Explorer toothbrush. It's too cute. The other day I was laying her down to change her diaper, and I kissed her feet, and she said, "Why you kiss my feet, Mimi?" And I said, "Because I love your little feet." And she said, "Yes, I love your big feet, too, Mimi." And it melted my heart, because my feet are big adult feet, not tiny pudgy baby feet.
So whatevs, people who are tired of hearing about Baby Lara. I love being her nother mother, and I love sharing adorable pictures of her. The End.
How could anyone be tired of your posts about Lara? I wish that I had had an auntie like you are that loves her little niece so much. You are both so blessed to have each other. She will grow up with great memories of you and you will always cherish this time with her. I figure you get the opportunity of "mommy prep-school". You will be a most awesome mommy. There can never be too much love.
Whatever to whoever says there's too many of these kinds of posts. I love them! You should be allowed to brag about Lara! She is adorable!! Did you do those buns? They are too cute. Poor Amelia and Charlotte don't have enough hair for that. Lucky Lara! Please keep them coming.


Living in Betty's bays area the last 7 years has been a blessing. In all this time living by the coast I had the pleasure of seafront views every day. Looking out first thing in the morning through large windows down to the ocean, working a full day with that view on my right, leaving the studio at the end of that day to walk along this beautiful beach has been such a special feature of my life! What sets Silver sands beach apart from just any other beach is the mountain with its mysterious charm. Also the fact that the beach is mostly desolate…entirely yours, so wild and free.
This had me often whipping out my Blackberry, shooting from the hip, a fun shot or two to remember the walk.
Being amazed at what I found from a few happy snaps, left me looking at these "snapshots" again and again. Painting seascapes is not easy and I was not going to step towards it lightly. But I finally did, and "afternoon walk' was born. The excitement that it created spurred me on to paint more seascapes… and soon I realized that the sea is where my creative heart and life IS right now. It is down here by the coast that my whole life was transformed! This is where I found Jesus Christ transforming my mundane life into an exciting radiant spiritual path! It was during a beach walk with Janine on her first visit that my ( no OUR ) lives got transformed with a prophesy from a stranger and started blossoming into more than a friendship. Now I am blessed with a marriage with an incredible gift of a woman, and gone are the days of lonely walks, the seaside has become a place of working and laughing together, taking literally thousands of photographs, and many many prayers.
I love the fact that I am not formulating 'products' that coldly stand alone and apart from my life. My work is inseparable from my life; my work in fact speaks of my life.
Did I mention the word exciting already?


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Suiza Foods Corporation Reports Record Third Quarter Diluted Earnings Per Share of $1.02
DALLAS, Nov. 2 /PRNewswire/ — Suiza Foods Corporation (NYSE: SZA), the
nation's leading dairy processor and distributor, today announced record sales
of $1.4 billion for the quarter ended September 30, 2000, an increase of 33.1%
from $1.1 billion in the same period in 1999. Third quarter net income was
$31.2 million, an increase of 2.4% compared with $30.4 million in the prior
year period. Diluted earnings per share before non-recurring items increased
12.1% to $1.02, compared with $0.91 in the third quarter of 1999.
"We are pleased to report our 19th consecutive quarter of record sales and
earnings per share," said Gregg Engles, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
of Suiza Foods. "Dairy Group fluid milk volumes were strong in the quarter,
increasing 1.6% over last year. Our Morningstar operations also performed
well, with sales up 11.1% and operating margins improving 300 basis points
over last year. Our core food businesses remain strong and the operating
environment appears stable as we head into the balance of this year and into
Third quarter operating income before non-recurring items increased 35.8%
to $95.4 million, compared with $70.3 million in the 1999 third quarter.
Consolidated operating margins before non-recurring items for the quarter were
6.6%, an improvement of 13 basis points from the prior year period. In the
third quarter, the company recorded a charge of $0.4 million related to
corporate restructuring and severance.
Diluted cash earnings per share before non-recurring items for the third
quarter totaled $1.19, an increase of 15.2% over last year. Cash earnings per
share is defined as earnings per share before goodwill amortization, net of
the related income tax effects.
NINE MONTH RESULTS
Sales for the first nine months of 2000 totaled $4.3 billion, an increase
of 27.3% over last year. Operating income before non-recurring items grew
27.1% to $278.0 million. Net income was $90.3 million compared with
$83.5 million in 1999.
Diluted earnings per share excluding non-recurring items for the first
nine months of 2000 totaled $2.78, an increase of 19.8% over last year,
excluding the effects of the U.S. packaging business, which was sold in July
1999, and diluted cash earnings per share grew 22.0% to $3.27.
Most recently, Suiza:
Announced that its Morningstar Foods subsidiary formed a strategic
partnership with Hershey Foods Corp. whereby Morningstar will
manufacture, sell and distribute Hershey brand name dairy products
nationally. The agreement couples the significant brand recognition
of the Hershey name with Morningstar's manufacturing, marketing and
distribution strength. The product launch of the three new flavors —
Hershey(R)'s Fat Free Chocolate Milk, Hershey(R)'s 2% Reduced Fat
Chocolate Milk and Hershey(R)'s 2% Reduced Fat Strawberry Milk —
began regionally in September and is expected to reach nationwide
distribution in January 2001.
Repurchased 3.3 million common shares in 2000 as of October 16 at a
total investment of $148.4 million. The company also announced today
that it has increased its share repurchase program by $100 million,
resulting in a total authorization of $107.5 million.
Promoted John Robinson to Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing
for Suiza Dairy Group and welcomed Bill Tinkelpaugh to the position of
Senior Vice President of Government and Industry Relations. Mr.
Robinson most recently served as President of Robinson Dairy in
Colorado. Mr. Robinson replaces Mike Hogan, Senior Vice President and
Chief Marketing Officer, who announced his resignation effective
November 30, 2000. Mr. Tinkelpaugh, based in Arlington, Va., has more
than 27 years of agricultural and dairy industry experience and most
recently served as president and CEO of Master Dairies, a privately-
held purchasing association that represents milk companies with plants
throughout the United States and Canada.
A conference call to discuss the company's financial results and outlook
will be held at 10:00 a.m. eastern today. The call may be heard live by
visiting the Conference Calls section of the company's web site at
www.suizafoods.com.
Suiza Foods Corporation, based in Dallas, Texas, is the nation's leading
dairy processor and distributor, producing a full line of company-branded and
customer-branded products. National brands include International Delight(R),
Second Nature(R), Naturally Yours(R), Mocha Mix(R), Sun Soy(TM), kidsmilk(TM)
and fitmilk(TM). Regional brands consist of Adohr Farms(R), Barbe's(R),
Brown's Dairy(TM), Broughton(R), Country Fresh(R), Dairymen's(R), Flav-O-
Rich(R), Lehigh Valley Farms(R), London's(R), Meadow Gold(R), Model Dairy(TM),
Garelick Farms(TM), Oak Farms(R), Robinson(R), Schepps(R), Shenandoah's
Pride(R), Suiza(TM), Louis Trauth(TM), Tuscan(R), Velda Farms(R) and West Lynn
Creamery(R), as well as Celta(R) in Spain. Suiza also sells products under
partner or licensed brands in certain regions, including Borden(R),
Lactaid(R), Foremost(R) and Pet(R). Additionally, the company owns
approximately 43% of Consolidated Container Company, one of the nation's
largest manufacturers of rigid plastic containers.
The company's historical results of operations may not be indicative of
the company's future prospects. Therefore, statements of historical fact
contained in this press release should not be construed as indicators of the
company's future. The statement in this press release regarding the company's
confidence about its performance for the balance of 2000 and into 2001 is a
"forward-looking" statement and it is made pursuant to the safe harbor
provision of the Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. This statement
involves risks and uncertainties that may cause results to differ materially
from the statement set forth in this press release. The company's ability to
meet targeted financial results depends on a variety of economic, competitive
and governmental factors, many of which are beyond the company's control and
which are described in Suiza's filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. The forward-looking statement in this press release speaks only
as of the date of this release. Suiza expressly disclaims any obligation or
undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to such statement to
reflect any change in its expectations with regard thereto or any changes in
the events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based.
SUIZA FOODS CORPORATION
Condensed Balance Sheet
September 30,  December 31,
ASSETS                                           2000           1999
Cash and cash equivalents                        $42,997        $25,155
Other current assets                             737,258        614,252
Total current assets                           780,255        639,407
Property, plant & equipment                      975,627        758,485
Intangibles & other assets                     1,927,873      1,261,030
Total Assets                                $3,683,755     $2,658,922
Total current liabilities                       $628,754       $479,117
Long term debt                                 1,282,521        689,397
Other long-term liabilities                      115,911         81,181
Mandatorily redeemable TIPES                     583,891        683,505
Minority interest in subsidiaries                508,283        141,750
Common stock                                       272            293
Additional paid-in capital                     163,648        275,527
Retained earnings                              404,873        314,590
Other comprehensive income                      (4,398)        (6,438)
Total stockholders' equity                   564,395        583,972
Total Liabilities and Stockholders'
Equity                                   $3,683,755     $2,658,922
(Dollars in thousands, except per share data)
Three months ended       Nine months ended
September 30,            September 30,
2000         1999          2000        1999
Net sales             $1,439,947    $1,082,060   $4,268,442  $3,354,090
Cost of sales          1,085,627       834,410    3,213,745   2,610,932
Gross profit           354,320       247,650    1,054,697     743,158
Operating costs and
expenses                258,901       177,400      776,685     524,402
Plant and administrative
restructurings              424         3,520        3,388       8,191
Operating income        94,995        66,730      274,624     210,565
Interest expense &
financing charges on
preferred securities     37,382        18,079      108,322      68,551
Equity in earnings of
unconsolidated
affiliates               (5,169)       (4,692)     (10,572)     (4,692)
Other (income) expense      (594)          384       (1,670)        283
Income before income
taxes and minority
interest                 63,376        52,959      178,544     146,423
Income taxes              24,021        20,359       67,901      56,462
Minority interest          8,166         2,151       25,327       6,493
Net income before
extraordinary items    31,189        30,449       85,316      83,468
Extraordinary gain                                    4,968
Net income             $31,189       $30,449      $90,284     $83,468
nonrecurring items    $31,461       $33,602      $87,087     $89,486
Diluted EPS before
nonrecurring items        $1.02         $0.91        $2.78       $2.45
Diluted cash EPS before
Basic earnings per share:
Income before
extraordinary items     $1.13         $0.90        $2.99       $2.48
Extraordinary gain         ---           ---         0.17         ---
Net income               $1.13         $0.90        $3.16       $2.48
Basic average common
shares (000's)         27,624        33,666       28,531      33,680
Diluted earnings per share:
Diluted average common
Summary Financial Information:
Depreciation           $23,768       $17,243      $71,865     $59,983
Amortization           $14,090        $8,926      $42,054     $29,388
SOURCE Suiza Foods Corporation
CONTACT: Cory M. Olson, Vice President and Treasurer of Suiza Foods
Corporation, 214-303-3645/

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Wladimir Iwanowitsch Samkowoi (; * 1928) war ein sowjetischer Politologe.

Samkowoi lehrte an der Moskauer Stadtuniversität, wo er sich 1963 mit einer Arbeit über "Krieg und Frieden in unserer Epoche" habilitierte. Das Werk wurde 1969 in einer von Melitta Wiedemann besorgten deutschen Übersetzung als Krieg und Koexistenz in sowjetischer Sicht veröffentlicht.

Die Schweizer Monatshefte werteten die deutsche Übertragung des Werkes als : Das Buch zeige, wie im kommunistischen Herrschaftsbereich Sozialwissenschaft betrieben werde, "nämlich als ein äußerst mühseliges, scholastisch anmutendes Exegese-Geschäft um Marx, Lenin und um neuere Parteiprogramme".

Schriften
 W. I. Samkowoj: Krieg und Koexistenz in sowjetischer Sicht, (= Politik in unserer Zeit, Bd. 12.) Pfullingen 1969.

Einzelnachweise

Hochschullehrer (Moskau)
Sowjetbürger
Geboren 1928
Mann

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Jacob van Rijs (MVRDV), Invited Professor for the MCH18 edition, has won a competition in Moscow.
Cino Zucchi, Workshop Leader of MCH18 edition, has won a competition in Nice, France.
Workshop H. Njiriç, Show your Disney side!


The day to day innovation, modernization and changing business dynamics in the global business world has brought significant changes in the way businesses are conducted today. This includes newer and improved ways of doing business by enhancement of core competencies to deliver higher value, cost controls and optimizations to maintain bottom-line, technology innovations to reach larger and newer markets etc. With these changing dynamics, organizations face different challenges and risks which requires improved level of processes, audits, compliances and governance expertise to assist management teams of today's business environment.Thriving in such fields of Risk, Management and Business Consulting, Spectra Management Consultancy was setup as a single stop solution provider for management teams of large to medium enterprises.With the vision to partner with today's management teams in enabling them to reach to their business goals, by right risk management tools and techniques, appropriate technology interface and governance protocols, the firm was setup in June 2008 byRachit Desai along with his senior partners from family firms with its base in Pune and network offices spread in Gujarat and Maharashtra. Rachit comes from a family of practicing Chartered Accountants having presence in the professional arena for more than four decades. On a personal front, Rachit is a technology enthusiast and also pursues Amateur Radio as a hobby.
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Spectra's Management Assurance practice covers Management Audits, Process Audits, Risk-based Audits, Compliances, Internal Controls setups and auditing. Further, the firm has one of the largest Forensic and Investigation Services in India with a state of the art forensic lab, latest tools and techniques to conduct preventive Fraud Risk Assessments as well as proactive and reactive white collar crime investigations. The firm has conducted more than 250 end to end investigations across geographies and industry segments identifying multiple high profile frauds. The firm has earned accolades in its brilliance in obtaining market intelligence in the most challenging environments. By statistics, Spectra is positioned as top boutique firm in this practice. The firm also assists its clients in setup of governance protocols, ethics helpline, code of business and ethical conduct. The firm also assists many clients in India in providing ethics helpline as a service which is a secured, independent, impartial and efficient reporting channel for whistle-blowers across the globe. As a package, Spectra offers complete one stop solution for Management's Assurance for Risk, Controls, Ethics and Compliance.
Through an internal application development team, Spectra develops customized business application in risk management, business process automation or addressing a specified business problem.
Spectra's Business Consulting practice covers Operational and Technology Consulting services like Business Plan and Budgeting, Manpower Benchmarking, Cost Benchmarking, Cost Management, Performance Management, Market Intelligence on costs, products, strategy, setup and operating Management Reporting Systems, ERP or Business Application Advisory and Consulting, Program Management Office to drive initiatives across business functions and processes, drive change management process etc. Through an internal application development team, the firm also develops customized business application in risk management, business process automation or addressing a specified business problem. The firm has executed these assignments across multiple geographies giving itself reach and significant experience and exposure to position it rightly.
Spectra's Business Support Services covers process outsourcing services in areas of Human Resources, Accounting and Book Keeping, Customer Relationship Management, Procurement, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivables, Customer Support Desk and Query Management, IT Strategy Management, Application Development, Business Setup Support, Lead to Quote Management services etc.
The firm performs its services through high ethical and hygiene standards. The company puts an emphasis on building a long-term partnership with its clientele by serving the management team closely. It offers unique service product combination to its clients by enabling it to be a single interface between business control functions and support functions. To achieve more successes in its upcoming future and to outshine globally, Spectra Management Consultancy is focusing on growth in its three major verticals visibly, Governance, Risk & Compliance Services (GRCS), Business Consulting Services (BCS) and Business Support Services (BSS).


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McT Prep Band
Virtual Christmas Festival
Christmas Festival 2020
Join your fellow band members and take a look at the McGill-Toolen Catholic High School Band group! Note: You must already be signed into Facebook, and you must be a member of the group to achieve direct access.
What Does it Take to Make This Marching Band Go?
The McGill-Toolen High School Band is one of Mobile's Oldest Musical Organizations, having a proud tradition of excellence throughout its history. The band performs at football games, marching festivals, school pep rallies, assemblies, parades, concert festivals, and performs several concerts throughout the school year. Making up the band program at McGill is the Marching Band, the Concert Band, and the Jazz Ensemble. Membership in the organization is audition or the recommendation of one of the elementary school or middle school directors. Band students are expected to maintain membership in both the marching and concert band during the school year. These students are scheduled into a regular class and meet each day during the school year. Membership in the Jazz Ensemble is by audition and this ensemble practices after school each week.
©McGill-Toolen Catholic High School Band 2015


Joe: Let's call it The Avenue.
Emma: It's only a lane, you dork.
When it comes to writing your address, would you rather live here or in the street with Sydney's longest name, Bankstown District Sports Club Drive?
Just a coincidence? North Parramatta's lesson in Chemistry (but not Spelling).
As space is so expensive, why don't all city streets copy the lead from the public road Doohat Lane, North Sydney?
The council covering North Willoughby has come up with a novel way to overcome the cumbersome business of thinking up names for its lanes. You might like to visit Lane W21 between High and Neville Streets. But why stop there when W117 is waiting? Or the record-holder, W164, in neighbouring Chatswood? There's a prize for you if you send us a photo of any of Lanes W1 to W7.
To climb down to our house from Minimbah Road, Northbridge, simply turn right, throw a left, then sharp right, take care on the tight U-turn and finish with a couple of full circles.
Fences encroaching from the left; buildings advancing on the right flank. Can the squeezed Granada Place, Oakhurst, hold out much longer?
Sydney's shortest pathway has been thoughtfully installed to assist elderly pedestrians on their way to Vista Street, Oatlands.
William Street is in Burrabogee Road, Pendle Hill.


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A recent university study found that public satisfaction with our democratic processes and public trust in the politicians we elect are at some of the lowest levels ever recorded. Meanwhile, Australia is experiencing sluggish economic growth as businesses struggle under the burden of red tape, and the federal finances are out of control as we trend toward a national debt of $1 trillion by the 2030s. It's time to consider new and disruptive options to revitalise our democracy and expand the scope for freedom.
IT'S TIME TO CONSIDER NEW AND DISRUPTIVE OPTIONS TO REVITALISE OUR DEMOCRACY AND EXPAND THE SCOPE FOR FREEDOM.
MORGAN BEGG: EXPAND THE NUMBER OF STATES
The question of the ideal size and number of the States deserves more attention than it receives. This is because changing the composition of the states to be smaller and much more numerous could fundamentally improve Australian governance and bring power closer to the people.
MORE, AND SMALLER, ELECTORATES, WOULD ALSO ALLOW MPS TO BE MORE ATTENTIVE TO CONSTITUENT INTERESTS, AND MORE ACCURATELY REFLECT THEIR VIEWS IN PARLIAMENT
By establishing new states, we would be more likely to see the benefits of jurisdictional competition. In a federal system, lawmaking jurisdictions attempt to develop policy which best meets specific policy goals, but risk pushing people and businesses into other jurisdictions if the rules are too onerous or oppressive.
In Australia, the low number of states minimises the diversity of rules across the country, which cuts the potential for competitive policy making. Increasing the number of states from 6 to 10 or 15 could potentially see the development of business friendly regimes and even tax havens, much like Delaware has in the United States.
More states mean smaller states, and this is inherently more democratic. Genuine democratic engagement thrives in smaller jurisdictions. People will be more likely to respect the law if power is closer to them. As Chris Berg noted in 2016: 'The idea that the people rule is more believable when it is possible to imagine ourselves as one of those rulers – something which is less likely in a giant unitary nation than a small community'.
DANIEL WILD: RECALL ELECTIONS
Canberra is dysfunctional. The elites are out of touch. And the public is losing trust and faith in our parliamentary democracy. One way of fixing this is through recall elections. Recall elections allow voters of a particular electorate to remove an elected official via a vote before that Member's term has officially expired.
Recall elections would involve a certain percentage of voters (say 10 per cent of eligible voters in an electorate) petitioning for a recall election to take place. If that percentage is met, then a recall election would be held. If a majority of voters vote for the Member of Parliament to be expelled, then that Member would be removed from Parliament and a by-election would be held to determine who would take that Member's place.
ONE OF THE GREAT BENEFITS OF RECALL ELECTIONS IS THAT VOTERS DON'T HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL A GIVEN TERM IS FINISHED BEFORE THEY CAN REMOVE A MEMBER FOR MISCONDUCT OR SCANDALOUS BEHAVIOUR.
Recall elections are used in a number of countries around the world, including in certain Cantons (provinces) in Switzerland, some states in the United States, and the Canadian province of British Columbia. Recall elections are an important mechanism for keeping politicians closer to the people. In an age of expert-rule, technocracy, and the administrate state it is more important than ever that politicians are held to account. One of the great benefits of recall elections is that voters don't have to wait until a given term is finished before they can remove a Member for misconduct or scandalous behaviour. This would be one small step that could be taken to rejuvenate Australian democracy and encourage Australians to be more involved in our political processes.
MATTHEW LESH: FOR-PROFIT SCHOOLING
For-profit schools would increase school choice, improve student outcomes, and reinvigorate our education system.
Australian education is in dire straits. Despite the billions thrown at schools in the stimulus and Gonski funding, last year the UN ranked Australia's schools at 39 out of 41 high and middle income countries. The OECD has found that 20 per cent of Australian 15 year olds cannot read a petrol gauge and 14 per cent are functionally illiterate. We need to seriously re-think how we deliver education.
As it stands, for-profit schools cannot receive public funding, and new for-profit schools are banned in Victoria. Nevertheless, we allow public funds to flow to for-profit entities in other educational pursuits – private colleges, training centres, childcare, preschool, and tutoring. For-profit schools should have the same access to public funding as the non-profit sector.
Across the economy, profit signals deliver higher quality at a lower cost. We don't bat an eyelid when a GP makes a profit Why is education any different? Why shouldn't we reward quality educators in the same way we reward quality doctors? For-profit schools have a proven track record in the harshest of circumstance. Professor James Tooley of the University of Newcastle upon Tyne has documented the emergence of thousands of for-profit private schools across the developing world – form the shanty towns of India, to Somaliland, and Sierra Leone. Tooley found from testing 24,000 children that for-profit schools outperform public schools.
Extremely poor parents are choosing to spend on for-profit schools over free public schools because of higher educational quality. Australian parents should have the same choice.
GIDEON ROZNER: ABOLISH THE MINIMUM WAGE AND MODERN AWARDS
Centrally-determined wages have been an article of faith for the Australian left since the Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration established the 'basic wage' over a century ago. Since then, Australia's statutory minimum wage has soared and is today one of the highest in the world. But at the same time most occupations are covered by so-called 'modern awards' which mandate wages above the statutory minimum, driving wages even higher.
While high wages are welcome news for those fortunate enough to have a job, they pose a barrier to entry for those who do not. Artificially high wages make it more expensive for businesses to take on new staff, locking thousands of Australians out of employment. Low-skilled workers are particularly disadvantaged, as demand for them is relatively elastic.
Abolishing centrally-determined wages would allow employers and employees to negotiate directly on pay and conditions. It may be that some workers will choose to offer their labour for lower pay, particularly if they have little experience and are seeking to get their 'foot in the door' when it comes to the job market.
There are over 700,000 Australians who are looking for a job, 1.1 million part-time workers seeking additional hours, and many more who are out of work and have given up on looking altogether. The abolition of the minimum wage and modern awards would give these Australians the chance to enjoy the dignity of work.
SIMON BREHENY: INCREASE THE NUMBER OF PARLIAMENTARIANS
Increasing the number of federal electorates in Australia would help weaken the vice-like grip the executive wields over the legislature.
In absolute terms, Australia's parliament of 226 representatives is small compared to other Anglosphere countries. The United Kingdom has 650 in the House of Commons alone, the United States Congress is made up of 535 MHRs and Senators, and Canada has 443 across its two houses of parliament. Only New Zealand has fewer MPs, with a total of 120.
One of the consequences of Australia's small overall parliamentary numbers is that the executive wields more influence over the parliament than in comparable democracies because around a third of all MPs are members of the executive or the shadow executive. This concentrates power in the hands of a small number of decision-makers at the top of the two major parties.
If the size of parliament was increased, backbench MPs would be able to band together to influence policy-making because of a more substantial threat to a government posed by a backbench revolt. MPs would be better able to represent their own constituencies and do what they know to be right in situations where their position is at odds with their own party.
More, and smaller, electorates, would also allow MPs to be more attentive to constituent interests, and more accurately reflect their views in parliament.
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Q: Google App Engine: java.lang.ClassCastException: com.google.appengine.api.datastore.Key cannot be cast to java.lang.Integer I have upgraded my GAE server application with the latest GAE SDK 1.9.17 and it stopped work.
I am facing a problem while performing 'entityManager.find(Profile.class, 'some long value representing profile id')'.
Here is a stack trace:
java.lang.ClassCastException: com.google.appengine.api.datastore.Key cannot be cast to java.lang.Integer
    at org.datanucleus.store.appengine.DatastoreFieldManager.fetchIntField(DatastoreFieldManager.java:435)
    at org.datanucleus.state.AbstractStateManager.replacingIntField(AbstractStateManager.java:1132)
    at xxx.Profile.jdoReplaceField(Profile.java)
    at xxx.Profile.jdoReplaceFields(Profile.java)
    at org.datanucleus.state.JDOStateManagerImpl.replaceFields(JDOStateManagerImpl.java:2772)
    at org.datanucleus.state.JDOStateManagerImpl.replaceFields(JDOStateManagerImpl.java:2791)
    at org.datanucleus.store.appengine.DatastorePersistenceHandler.fetchObject(DatastorePersistenceHandler.java:519)
    at org.datanucleus.state.JDOStateManagerImpl.validate(JDOStateManagerImpl.java:4263)
    at org.datanucleus.ObjectManagerImpl.findObject(ObjectManagerImpl.java:2444)
    at org.datanucleus.jpa.EntityManagerImpl.find(EntityManagerImpl.java:234)
    at org.datanucleus.store.appengine.jpa.DatastoreEntityManager.find(DatastoreEntityManager.java:56)
    at xxx.GameAdd$1.run(GameAdd.java:34)
    at xxx.GameAdd$1.run(GameAdd.java:29)
    at xxx.Action.execute(Action.java:112)
    at xxx.GameAdd.doPost(GameAdd.java:28)
    at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:637)
    at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:717)
    at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHolder.handle(ServletHolder.java:511)
    at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1166)
    at com.google.apphosting.utils.servlet.ParseBlobUploadFilter.doFilter(ParseBlobUploadFilter.java:125)
    at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1157)
    at com.google.apphosting.runtime.jetty.SaveSessionFilter.doFilter(SaveSessionFilter.java:35)
    at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1157)
    at com.google.apphosting.utils.servlet.JdbcMySqlConnectionCleanupFilter.doFilter(JdbcMySqlConnectionCleanupFilter.java:60)
    at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1157)
    at com.google.apphosting.utils.servlet.TransactionCleanupFilter.doFilter(TransactionCleanupFilter.java:43)
    at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1157)
    at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.handle(ServletHandler.java:388)
    at org.mortbay.jetty.security.SecurityHandler.handle(SecurityHandler.java:216)
    at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.SessionHandler.handle(SessionHandler.java:182)
    at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.ContextHandler.handle(ContextHandler.java:765)
    at org.mortbay.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext.handle(WebAppContext.java:418)
    at com.google.apphosting.runtime.jetty.AppVersionHandlerMap.handle(AppVersionHandlerMap.java:254)
    at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.HandlerWrapper.handle(HandlerWrapper.java:152)
    at org.mortbay.jetty.Server.handle(Server.java:326)
    at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpConnection.handleRequest(HttpConnection.java:542)
    at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpConnection$RequestHandler.headerComplete(HttpConnection.java:923)
    at com.google.apphosting.runtime.jetty.RpcRequestParser.parseAvailable(RpcRequestParser.java:76)
    at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpConnection.handle(HttpConnection.java:404)
    at com.google.apphosting.runtime.jetty.JettyServletEngineAdapter.serviceRequest(JettyServletEngineAdapter.java:146)
    at com.google.apphosting.runtime.JavaRuntime$RequestRunnable.run(JavaRuntime.java:484)
    at com.google.tracing.TraceContext$TraceContextRunnable.runInContext(TraceContext.java:438)
    at com.google.tracing.TraceContext$TraceContextRunnable$1.run(TraceContext.java:445)
    at com.google.tracing.CurrentContext.runInContext(CurrentContext.java:220)
    at com.google.tracing.TraceContext$AbstractTraceContextCallback.runInInheritedContextNoUnref(TraceContext.java:309)
    at com.google.tracing.TraceContext$AbstractTraceContextCallback.runInInheritedContext(TraceContext.java:301)
    at com.google.tracing.TraceContext$TraceContextRunnable.run(TraceContext.java:442)
    at com.google.apphosting.runtime.ThreadGroupPool$PoolEntry.run(ThreadGroupPool.java:251)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:724)

The entity I find is look like:
@Entity
public class Profile
{
  public Key getKey() {return key;}

  // Other public methods

  @Id
  @GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.IDENTITY)
  private Key key;

  // Other data fields
}

The problem started right after I've upgraded the GAE SDK.
Code wasn't changed. I always did searches using 'long' values that represent profile id.
I tried to use KeyFactory.createKey() method to generate a key for find method but it didn't help either.
Example:
Key key = KeyFactory.createKey(Profile.class.getSimpleName(), 12345);

Profile p = entitymanager.find(Profile.class, key);

I would appreciate any advises since my server application is unavailable and can't serve end users.
Thanks in advance!

A: Key key = KeyFactory.createKey(Profile.class.getSimpleName(), 12345);
12345 is considered an Int...
Try this:
long longVal = 12345;
Key key = KeyFactory.createKey(Profile.class.getSimpleName(), longVal);
===---===
Let me know if that helps you.

A: There is a chance of a problem in your build environment, especially if you have just upgraded to the new version and everything did work before. Try to use another tool to build the application, e.g. ant. You can find directions here. It is fairly easy and quick to make it work and it should give you an indication whether the problem is indeed in the new IntelliJ GAE support.

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BSNL Loss Swell 2.5-Times To Rs 39,000 Crore; Retired Employees Demand Higher Pension
By Malvika Gurung Last updated Mar 7, 2020
BSNL Loss Swell 2.5-Times To Rs 39,000 Crore; Retired Employees Demand Higher Pension, Will March To Parliament
We have been flooding our stocks fervently with stories of intensified unrest going on in the public sector telecom company, Bharat Sanchar Nagar Limited (BSNL). There were constant reports of BSNL not paying its employees on time.
It has now been noted that the telecom regulator has recorded a loss of about Rs 39,089 crore in the April-December 2019 period, as informed by the Minister of State for Telecommunications.
BSNL's Loss Increases by 2.5 Times
The public sector telecom recorded a loss of Rs 14,904 crore in the last financial year, 2018-19. However, in the current one, BSNL's total accumulated loss have risen upto Rs 39,089 crore, the numbers recorded only upto December 31, 2019 though.
The government on October 23 last year approved a Rs 68,751-crore revival package for loss-making BSNL and MTNL, including 4G spectrum allocation and voluntary retirement scheme. This merger was approved by the Union Cabinet too, along with the fact that until the completion of all the processes, MTNL shall operate as a subsidiary of BSNL.
The revival package spoken of about here, includes:
raising Rs15,000 crore sovereign bonds to meet the immediate capital requirement of both the companies,
allocation of 4G spectrum worth Rs 20,140 crore,
VRS of Rs 29,937 crore, making up 50% employees and
GST worth Rs 3,674 crore, which would be levied on allocation of radiowaves.
DoT and BSNL Employees Plan a Parliament March on March 12
The former telecom minister Manoj Sinha had assured the All Unions and Associations of BSNL (AUAB) on December 3, 2018, that an action will be initiated to revise the pension of BSNL absorbed retirees de-linking wage revision.
However, the government now has disowned the assurance given by the former minister and has taken a different stand on the issue of pension revision.
The current Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said pension revision is possible only after wage revision in BSNL and also new pay scales are required for the pension revision.
So now, the retired employees of the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) and BSNL are planning to organise a march to Parliament on March 12, 2020. Their demands include the pension revision of BSNL absorbed retirees from January 1, 2017, with 15% fitment based on new pay scales, delinking wage revision.
BSNL Writes to Govt for Release of VRS Funds
We had previously informed you very elaborately of BSNL's Voluntary Retirement Scheme, in order to to save about ?7,000 crore annually. As per data provided by the company, about 78,560 employees have opted for early retirement, which is over 50% of its total staff count.
The government believes that by reducing the huge workforce of BSNL, which eats up 77% of its revenues, the company can become competitive and profitable over a period of time. BSNL registered a net loss of Rs 13,804 crore on revenue of Rs 18,865 crore in FY19.
So now, BSNL has written to the government regarding the release of Rs 14,000 crore of the Rs 29,937 crore approved by the Union Cabinet for funding its VRS. In Oct 2019, the government had approved a Rs 70,000-crore revival package for BSNL and MTNL, of which direct cash outgo was only for the VRS component.
The company has written a letter to the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) regarding its requirement for the VRS fund.
It has estimated that its outgo towards VRS payment will be Rs 7,000 crore in the current financial year, while another Rs 7,000 crore will be in the beginning of next fiscal year. From what we know, a seven-member group of ministers (GoM) has been formulated to fast-track the implementation of the revival plan for BSNL and MTNL.
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This year, for Riot Fest, we decided that we wanted to do something a little different when it came to interviews. Sure we could grab a seat in the Press Tent, brush shoulders with some of the biggest names in music, and ask them who they can't wait to see at the festival in the upcoming days. But that's been done year after year.
So instead, we decided to bring back a game from our youths that everyone loves. You know the one that you always played on long car rides. We bring you BAD LIBS @ Riot Fest 2018 (See what we did there? Eh? Eh?)!
Friday was a hectic day at Douglas Park. Two thirds of the Bad Copy team raced over in the early afternoon from their jobs. The other third spent the day trekking back and forth, from stage to stage, across the giant park. When The Bombpops entered the press area, they seemed to be feeling the same sort of chaos. Despite this, Poli and Jen were kind enough to give us a few minutes to fill out a BAD LIB each before running off for other interviews.
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All the Broken Things
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Geoff Inverarity writes poems for people who don't like poetry (and those who do).
In this debut collection Inverarity writes of broken things, things that have come apart at the seams, things that ought not to but sometimes do dissolve with time: friendships, relationships, promises, aging parents, hearts, bodies, love, and even time itself. But it's not all shattered dreams and sad-luck stories here, there is hope and optimism too — in the future, in the Now, and in the heat and power of the coming generations. And there are poems of memory, poems for grandfathers and aging aunts, children and lost loves. Inverarity also probes the the multitude of possibilities "in this fallen world of compromises," gently reminding us that "we're stockpiling for the short term / the long term we don't know. / No matter how much you prepare / there's always something new looming / like the Unexploded Grief Bomb." It is a world where we struggle to give back the past, to finally get to the point "where the past does not exist" and "where all history is now."
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Despre sferă și cilindru este o lucrare pe care Arhimede a publicat-o în două volume, în jurul anului 225 î.Hr. În acest tratat el descrie, pentru prima dată și în detaliu, cum se calculează suprafața sferei și a cilindrului, precum și volumele lor.

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Principalele formule din lucrarea Despre sferă și cilindru sunt cele de mai sus: suprafața sferei, volumul ei, precum și suprafața și volumul cilindrului. Arhimede a arătat că suprafața cilindrului, inclusiv bazele este egală cu:

iar volumul cilindrului este:

În ceea ce privește sfera, el a arătat că suprafața sferei este de 4 ori mai mare decât cercul ei mare. În termeni moderni, suprafața sferei este egală cu:

În ceea ce privește volumul sferei, Arhimede a arătat că el este egal două treimi din volumul cilindrului circumscris, adică:

Arhimede era foarte mândru de acest rezultat și a cerut ca pe mormântul lui să fie sculptată o sferă înscrisă într-un cilindru. Mai târziu oratorul și filozoful Marcus Tullius Cicero i-a descoperit mormântul, care era acoperit de vegetație.

Argumentele folosite de Arhimede pentru a determina volumului sferei erau argumente geometrice, dar textele moderne folosesc o versiune simplificată, utilizând conceptul de trecere la limită, care pe vremea lui nu exista explicit, ci doar în germene . Arhimede a folosit o jumătate de poligon înscris într-un semicerc, apoi le-a rotit pe amândouă, pentru a crea o mulțime de trunchiuri de con în interiorul sferei, calculându-i astfel volumul.

Această demonstrație pare a nu fi metoda originală folosită de Arhimede pentru a afla rezultatul, dar este cel mai bun argument formal disponibil în tradiția matematicii grecești. Metoda originală probabil că a implicat folosirea inteligentă a pârghiilor. Descoperirea Manuscrisului lui Arhimede, din 1902, conține multe lucrări ale lui, inclusiv Metoda Teoremelor Mecanicii, în care descrie o metodă de determinare a volumelor cu ajutorul balanței, al centrului maselor și al porțiunilor infinitezimale.

Note

Referințe

S.H. Gould, The Method of Archimedes, The American Mathematical Monthly.  Vol. 62, No. 7 (Aug. - Sep., 1955), pp. 473-476

Lucrări matematice ale Greciei antice
Geometrie euclidiană
Lucrările lui Arhimede


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Neglected Gem: Twilight (1998)
Paul Newman and Susan Sarandon in Twilight (1998).
The writer-director Robert Benton adapted Richard Russo's novel Nobody's Fool to the screen in 1994, and the movie's depiction of small-town lives interlocked in a hop-along Rube Goldberg fashion has a lot of charm. The dawdling humor and the performances of the three leading actors, Paul Newman, Bruce Willis and Melanie Griffith, almost make up for the way the story is shaped as the salvation of Newman's character, an irascible old bastard who has to learn the value of his family and of friendship, to face old demons, to patch up his son's ailing marriage, and to teach his grandson not to be afraid. That's a hefty load of personal growth for 112 minutes. I prefer Twilight, which Benton made four years later from an original screenplay that he and Russo co-wrote, an autumnal detective noir in which the major characters are all aging Angelenos. Newman is Harry Ross, an ex-drunk ex-cop turned P.I. who's been living rent-free in the home of the last client who employed him, Jack Ames (Gene Hackman), and his actress wife Catherine (Susan Sarandon). Officially Jack is Ross's employer, but it's really a sinecure. Ames's daughter Mel (Reese Witherspoon) wounded Harry when he tried to get her back – for Ames – after she'd run away with her gold-digger boyfriend, so keeping Harry on the payroll is Jack's way of compensating him. Mostly he retains Harry as a poker buddy. But he does send him on the occasional errand, and one of these has the feel of a blackmail pay-off – especially when it turns up the corpse of another retired cop (M. Emmet Walsh, who gets a good moment or two of screen time before the picture kills him off).
The unsolved case at the bottom of the mystery is two-decades old: the disappearance of Catherine's movie-star first husband. The aptly named Twilight is about old connections that linger like ghosts over the lives of men and women who were once young hellions; it's about old loyalties and old regrets. The cast of characters includes other cops – Raymond Hope (James Garner) and Harry's one-time partner Verna (Stockard Channing). It also includes Gloria Lamar (Margo Martindale), a parole officer who falls for her young charge – Mel's ex-beau Jeff Willis (Liev Schreiber), whom Harry managed to put behind bars for a time – and wrecks herself over him. Harry sticks to the case out of friendship for Jack, and also out of guilt because he's in love with Catherine and Jack's dying of cancer, and out of a conviction that Catherine was the reason for the blackmail. The movie's spun out on a tone of rueful melancholy, and though the script is slight, and the look of the picture isn't much (Piotr Sobocinski shot it), it stays with you.
Benton's long suit, as always, is his skill with performers. The movie is shaped as a series of acting moments, and the cast, which also includes Giancarlo Esposito and John Spencer, is so remarkable that you're content to be pulled along from one of these intimate exchanges to the next. After they've had sex, Mel asks Jeff if he loves her, and the mournful look in her eye tells you she's already worked out the answer. Verna, arriving on the scene after Harry phones in the ex-cop's murder, tells Harry how good it is to see him before ordering him cuffed, and there's no irony in either her voice or the gesture. Jack, who had an attack while his wife was in bed with Harry, asks him casually, over a hand of poker, if Harry's his friend, and if he thinks Catherine still loves him. Gloria tells Jeff, who's bungled things, as usual, how pathetic he is – and it's clear that she's reflecting on her own folly in hooking up with this clown who's half her age.
The best acting comes from Garner, Sarandon and Martindale, whose exit from the picture is as memorable as any scene in a film noir from this era. Sarandon is handed the most badly misconceived scene in the movie and almost makes it work; she also gets to impart a rendition of the great Ray Noble ballad "The Very Thought of You" in a pleasing, cottony voice. Newman isn't quite in form; his voice has grown foggy and less expressive. It was the first time I remember getting the sense that he wasn't up to conveying all that he wanted to in a performance. (He was seventy-three, entering his last decade.) But even a diminished Paul Newman is something to watch, and he has some fine reflective moments. You could certainly see why he wanted to team up with Robert Benton twice in a row; by 1998 there weren't many directors left in Hollywood who still thought in terms of performance rhythms and understood how to build a movie around them. Back in 1977, Benton's second feature, The Late Show, with Art Carney and Lily Tomlin – also an offbeat noir – promised a career of unconventional character studies. But he's never delivered on that promise; The Late Show is the only first-rate movie he's ever directed. He never lost his touch with actors, though, and in Twilight it seems almost like a benediction.
– Steve Vineberg is Distinguished Professor of the Arts and Humanities at College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts, where he teaches theatre and film. He also writes for The Threepenny Review and is the author of three books: Method Actors: Three Generations of an American Acting Style; No Surprises, Please: Movies in the Reagan Decade; and High Comedy in American Movies.
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Bob's model! This is the first ad when Bob came to the company of his board........RIP!
Love the old cars and with Bob doing his thing makes it kind of cool!
Bob in one of his more famous pictures in Skateboarder at Mt. Baldy!
Giving it the old 360 try!
How about this pipe its HUGE!
Always reaching for the highest point in a pipe!
Page (1) of (2) An article on Bob in the New York Times after he passed away. R.I.P.
Page (2) of the article on Bob in the New York Times after his passing R.I.P.
Bob really getting up high here in the pipe!


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Defense minister urges purchase of a third squadron of F-35s
Gantz says he has already asked US about expanding current inventory, hopes additional weapons deals can be concluded before Trump leaves office
By TOI staff	4 January 2021, 5:19 pm 1 Edit
An F-35 jet maneuvers during a graduation ceremony for pilots who have completed the IAF Flight Course, at the Hatzerim Air Base in the Negev desert, December 26, 2018. (Aharon Krohn/Flash90)
Defense Minister Benny Gantz said Monday that Israel should purchase a third squadron of the advanced F-35 strike aircraft from the US and that he has already brought up the topic with the Washington officials.
Speaking to the Ynet news site, Gantz said he hoped that Israel can still conclude weapons deals with the US before the Trump administration comes to an end in two weeks.
"Without a doubt we need to expand our F-35 lineup," he said. "We now have two squadrons, and I reckon that we will expand them. That is what I asked of the Americans."
"The number of planes that we buy is a function of how much money will be available. After all, these toys are very expensive," Gantz said. "If it were just up to me, I would buy another squadron, and then afterwards look at what I would do with the balance — buy more F-35s or go for the F-15."
Screen capture from video of Defense Minister Benny Gantz during an interview the the Ynet news website, January 4, 2021. (Ynet)
Israel has agreed to purchase at least 50 F-35 fighter jets from Lockheed Martin. They will be delivered in batches of twos and threes until 2024. Israel is the second country after the United States to receive the F-35 from Lockheed Martin and one of the few to be allowed to modify the state-of-the-art aircraft.
The IAF's first two F-35 jets arrived in December 2016. Approximately a year later, the stealth fighter — known in Israel as the Adir — was declared operational, and several months after that, the head of the air force revealed that the aircraft had conducted bombing raids, making Israel the first country to acknowledge using the planes operationally.
The fifth-generation F-35 has been lauded as a "game-changer" by the military, not only for its offensive and stealth capabilities, but for its ability to connect its systems with other aircraft and form an information-sharing network.
Benny Gantz


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The Pleiotropic Effects of Statins: A Panacea?
Landmark clinical trials such as the Scandinavian Simvastatin Survival Study (also known as 4S), the West of Scotland Coronary Prevention Study, the Long-Term Intervention with Pravastatin in Ischemic Disease Trial, the Heart Protection Study, and the Cholesterol and Recurrent Events Trial have solidified the utility of 3-hydroxy-3-methyl glutaryl coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase inhibitors, or statins, for primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease.1-5 Recent studies suggest that statins have pleiotropic effects, or, in this case, effects beyond simply a reduction in cholesterol. Recent in vitro, in vivo, case study, and epidemiologic data have suggested that these pleiotropic effects are responsible for statins' benefits in a variety of noncardiac conditions, such as cancer, infectious disease, Alzheimer's disease (AD), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and other lung-function diseases, contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN), and polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS). To date, strong conclusions have not been drawn regarding the appropriate place for statins in the treatment of these diseases. This article aims to educate pharmacy professionals about the most recent scientific data, clinical literature, and uses of statins for these conditions.
Much research has been conducted to delineate the anti-inflammatory actions of statins. Lee et al demonstrated that the anti-inflammatory action of atorvastatin was due to inhibition of isoprenylation of Ras and Rho, which further caused inhibition of inflammatory signaling cascades and gene expression.9 Cho et al reported inhibition of nuclear factor–kappa B (NF-kB), which helps explain the statins' anti-inflammatory effects.10 (NF-kB is a transcription factor that is involved in inflammation, infection response, cancer, and autoimmune disorders.) Statins also have been shown to cause the upregulation of endothelial NO synthase and to induce expression of heme oxygenase-1, a stress-response protein.8 A recent study showed that simvastatin and fluvastatin selectively reduced P-selectin– and E-selectin–mediated interactions between endothelial cells and neutrophils by blocking cell-surface expression of adhesion molecules, which are implicated in inflammation.11 Statin administration has been associated with the depletion of peripheral blood monocytes, which play a pivotal role in immune response.12 Statins also have been shown to reduce levels of interleukin-6, tumor necrosis factor-alpha, and interferon-gamma, all of which are associated with the inflammatory cascade.
The statins' neuroprotective effects are believed to be brought about by their anti-inflammatory effects on GTPase proteins, but recent data suggest additional mechanisms of action. Haviv et al concluded that the use of simvastatin significantly delayed the onset of prion disease in mice by promoting an overall balance of microglially-induced chemokine and cytokine activity.15 Independent of cholesterol-lowering actions, simvastatin caused cell-cycle arrest at the G1/S phase in AD-vulnerable lymphocytes.16 Statins have been shown to limit the production of beta-amyloid (responsible for the beta-amyloid plaques of AD) through actions on protein isoprenylation.17 As noted above, there is an abundance of in vivo and in vitro research supporting the pleiotropic effects of statins in inflammation, immune response, and proliferation, but analysis of the clinical and epidemiologic data has not produced a clear clinical benefit.
A large matched cohort study and two separate case–control studies recently found a significantly reduced risk of death from influenza or pneumonia in moderate-dose statin users (hazard ratio [HR] 0.61, 95% CI 0.41-0.92). The study also indicated that the statin-related benefit of reduced mortality in these patients was not explained by an observed reduction in COPD-related mortality risk.33 As is the case with bacterial infections, the specific protective role of statins in influenza must be validated with prospective, randomized clinical trials.
PCOS: Statins are thought to be beneficial for PCOS because of their positive effects on insulin, oxidative stress, and inflammatory factors.45 Several studies have reported statins' benefits in PCOS. Duleba et al found that PCOS patients who received simvastatin plus an oral contraceptive (OC) versus those who received OC alone had decreased testosterone levels (P = .006), reduced luteinizing hormone (LH) levels (P = .02), and a lessened LH–follicle stimulating hormone ratio (P = .02).46 Another study comparing simvastatin plus an OC versus OC alone determined that patients receiving the combination had better clinical outcomes and biochemical markers compared with patients receiving the OC alone.47 Based on current data, statins appear to have a role as adjunctive therapy for PCOS.
A sizable amount of data exists concerning statins' mechanisms of action and pleiotropic effects and their use in a variety of conditions. Because pharmacists are often the most accessible health care providers for patients, it is important to understand recent scientific advances and keep abreast of the latest clinical literature.
Statins are no longer indicated simply for reducing cholesterol levels. Current findings suggest their utility for certain types of cancer (lung, breast, colorectal); infectious diseases such as sepsis, pneumonia, and influenza; COPD and maintenance of lung function; CIN; and PCOS. Statins may be beneficial for patients with these conditions, and pharmacists should educate patients about their appropriate use. It is equally important to recognize that current findings do not indicate a clinical benefit for other types of cancer or for AD. Pharmacists should educate health care providers and patients about the current clinical data and the lack of support for statins' use in these conditions, since the unwarranted use of statins is not without risk.
Most of the clinical literature reviewed for statins' effects on various noncardiac conditions is based on retrospective observational data, so it is important to remember that such studies have an inherent bias and that strong conclusions cannot always be drawn from these data sets. At the present time, multiple randomized, prospective clinical trials are being conducted to examine the effect of statins on many of the abovementioned conditions. Until these results are published, the precise role of statins in noncardiac conditions cannot be fully known.
1. Randomized trial of cholesterol lowering in 4444 patients with coronary heart disease: the Scandinavian Simvastatin Survival Study (4S). Lancet. 1994;344:1383-1389.
2. Shepherd J, Cobbe SM, Ford I, et al. Prevention of coronary heart disease with pravastatin in men with hypercholesterolemia. West of Scotland Coronary Prevention Study Group. N Engl J Med. 1995;333:1301-1307.
3. Prevention of cardiovascular events and death with pravastatin in patients with coronary heart disease and a broad range of initial cholesterol levels. The Long-Term Intervention with Pravastatin in Ischaemic Disease (LIPID) Study Group. N Engl J Med. 1998;339:1349-1357.
4. MRC/BHF Heart Protection Study of cholesterol lowering with simvastatin in 20,536 high-risk individuals: a randomised placebo-controlled trial. Lancet. 2002;360:7-22.
5. Saks FM, Pfeffer MA, Moye LA, et al. The effect of pravastatin on coronary events after myocardial infarction in patients with average cholesterol levels. Cholesterol and Recurrent Events Trial investigators. N Engl J Med. 1996;335:1001-1009.
6. Gelosa P, Cimino M, Pignieri A, et al. The role of HMG-CoA reductase inhibition in endothelial dysfunction and inflammation. Vasc Health Risk Manag. 2007;3:567-577.
7. Cemeus C, Zhao TT, Barrett GM, et al. Lovastatin enhances gefitinib activity in glioblastoma cells irrespective of EGFRvIII and PTEN status. J Neuro-Oncol. Epub June 20, 2008.
8. Wang CY, Liu PY, Liao JK, et al. Pleiotropic effects of statin therapy: molecular mechanisms and clinical results. Trends Mol Med. 2008;14:38-44.
9. Lee JK, Won JS, Singh AK, Singh I. Statin inhibits kainic acid-induced seizure and associated inflammation and hippocampal cell death. Neurosci Lett. 2008;440:260-264.
10. Cho SJ, Kim JS, Kim JM, et al. Simvastatin induces apoptosis in human colon cancer cells and in tumor xenografts, and attenuates colitis-associated colon cancer in mice. Int J Cancer. 2008;123:951-957.
11. Eccles KA, Sowden H, Porter KE, et al. Simvastatin alters human endothelial cell adhesion molecule expression and inhibits leukocyte adhesion under flow. Atherosclerosis. 2008;200:69-79.
12. Fildes JE, Shaw SM, Mitsidou A, et al. HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors deplete circulating classical and non-classical monocytes following human heart transplantation. Transpl Immunol. 2008;19:152-157.
13. von Tresckow B, von Strandmann EP, Sasse S, et al. Simva statin-dependent apoptosis in Hodgkin's lymphoma cells and growth impairment of human Hodgkin's tumors in vivo. Haematologica. 2007;92:682-685.
14. Salman H, Bergman M, Djaldetti M, Bessler H. Hydrophobic but not hydrophilic statins enhance phagocytosis and decrease apoptosis of human peripheral blood cells in vitro. Biomed Pharmacother. 2008;62:41-45.
15. Haviv Y, Avrahami D, Ovadia H, et al. Induced neuroprotection independently from PrPSc accumulation in a mouse model for prion disease treated with simvastatin. Arch Neurol. 2008;65:762-775.
16. Sala SG, Muñoz Ú, Bartolomé F, et al. HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor simvastatin inhibits cell cycle progression at the G1/S checkpoint in immortalized lymphocytes from Alzheimer's disease patients independently of cholesterol-lowering effects. J Pharmacol Exp Ther.2008;324:352-359.
17. Ostrowski SM, Wilkinson BL, Golde TE, Landreth G. Statins reduce amyloid-' production through inhibition of protein isoprenylation. J Biol Chem. 2007;282:26832-26844.
18. Dale KM, Coleman CI, Henyan NN, et al. Statins and cancer risk: a meta-analysis. JAMA. 2006;295:74-80.
19. Bonovas S, Filioussi K, Tsavaris N, Sitaras NM. Statins and cancer risk: a literature-based meta-analysis and meta-regression analysis of 35 randomized controlled trials. J Clin Oncol. 2006;24:4808-4817.
20. Browning DRL, Martin RM. Statins and risk of cancer: a systematic review and metaanalysis. Int J Cancer. 2006;120:833-843.
21. Farwell WR, Scranton RE, Lawler EV, et al. The association between statins and cancer incidence in a veterans population. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2008;100:134-139.
22. Pocobelli G, Newcomb PA, Trentham-Dietz A, et al. Statin use and risk of breast cancer. Cancer. 2008;112:27-33.
23. Cauley JA, McTiernan A, Rodabough RJ, et al. Statin use and breast cancer: prospective results from the Women's Health Initiative. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2006;98:700-707.
24. Karp I, Behlouli H, Delorier J, Pilote L. Statins and cancer risk. Am J Med. 2008;121:302-309.
25. Vinogradova Y, Hippisley-Cox J, Coupland C, Logan RF. Risk of colorectal cancer in patients prescribed statins, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, and cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitors: nested case-control study. Gastroenterology. 2007;133:393-402.
26. Bonovas S, Filioussi K, Flordellis CS, Sitaras NM. Statins and the risk of colorectal cancer: a meta-analysis of 18 studies involving more than 1.5 million patients. J Clin Oncol. 2007;25:3462-3468.
27. Coogan PF, Smith J, Rosenberg L. Statin use and risk of colorectal cancer. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2007;99:32-40.
28. Khurana V, Bejjanki HR, Caldito G, Owens MW. Statins reduce the risk of lung cancer in humans: a large case-control study of US veterans. Chest. 2007;131:1282-1288.
29. ClinicalTrials.gov. Search for clinical trials. www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/. Accessed July 2008.
30. Falagas ME, Makris GC, Matthaiou DK, Rafailidis PI. Statins for infection and sepsis: a systematic review of the clinical evidence. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2008;61:774-785.
31. Gao F, Linhartova L, Johnston AM, Thickett DR. Statins and sepsis. Br J Anaesth. 2008;100:288-298.
32. Yang KC, Chien JY, Tseng WK, et al. Statins do not improve short-term survival in an oriental population with sepsis. Am J Emerg Med. 2007;25:494-501.
33. Frost FJ, Petersen H, Tollestrup K, Skipper B. Influenza and COPD mortality protection as pleiotropic, dose-dependent effects of statins. Chest. 2007;131:1006-1012.
34. Sparks DL, Sabbagh M,Connor D, et al. Statin therapy in Alzheimer's disease. Acta Neurol Scand Suppl. 2006;185:78-86.
35. Wolozin B, et al. Decreased prevalence of Alzheimer's disease associated with 3-hydroxy-3-methyglutaryl [sic] coenzyme A reductase inhibitors. Arch Neurol. 2000;57:1439-1443.
36. Jick H, Zornberg GL, Jick SS, et al. Statins and the risk of dementia. Lancet. 2000;356:1627-1631.
37. Szwast SJ, Hendrie HC, Lane KA, et al. Association of statin use with cognitive decline in elderly African Americans. Neurology. 2007;69:1873-1880.
38. Arvanitakis Z, Schneider JA, Wilson RS, et al. Statins, incident Alzheimer disease, change in cognitive function, and neuropathology. Neurology. 2008;70:1795-1802.
39. Keddissi JI, Younis W, Chbeir E, et al. The use of statins and lung function in current and former smokers. Chest. 2007;132:1764-1771.
40. Alexeeff SE, Litonjua AA, Sparrow D, et al. Statin use reduces decline in lung function: VA Normative Aging Study. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2007;176:742-747.
41. Ishida W, Kajiwara T, Ishii M, et al. Decrease in mortality rate of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) with statin use: a population-based analysis in Japan. Tohoku J Exp Med. 2007;212:265-273.
42. Attallah N, Yassine L, Musial J, et al. The potential role of statins in contrast nephropathy. Clin Nephrol. 2004;62:273-278.
43. Khanal S, Attallah N, Smith DE, et al. Statin therapy reduced contrast-induced nephropathy: an analysis of contemporary percutaneous interventions. Am J Med. 2005;118:843-849.
44. Patti G, Nusca A, Chello M, et al. Usefulness of statin pretreatment to prevent contrast-induced nephropathy and to improve long-term outcome in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention. Am J Cardiol. 2008;101:279-285.
45. Kodaman PH, Duleba AJ. Statins in the treatment of polycystic ovary syndrome. Semin Reprod Med. 2008;26:127-138.
46. Duleba AJ, Banaszewska B, Spaczynski RZ, Pawelczyk L. Simvastatin improves biochemical parameters in women with polycystic ovary syndrome: results of a prospective, randomized trial. Fertil Steril. 2006;85:996-1001.
47. Banaszewska B, Pawelczyk L, Spaczynski RZ, et al. Effects of simvastatin and oral contraceptive agent on polycystic ovary syndrome: prospective randomized crossover trial. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2007;92:456-461.


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RF Photonics
Yifei Li - Director
Dr. Yifei Li received his B.Eng. in Optoelectronics from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China, in 1996. He received his MS (2001) and PhD (2003) in Electrical Engineering both from Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA. From 2003 to 2007, he was a research faculty with the Center for Microwave-Lightwave Engineering, Drexel University. In 2007, he joined the ECE Department of the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, where he is an associate professor and the director of the RF Photonics Lab. Dr. Li is a visiting faculty with the Optoelectronic Research Group in the University of California Santa Barbara. Dr. Li has four US patents in the area of RF Photonics. He has numerous publications in renowned technical journals and international conference proceedings. Dr. Li was a winner of European Microwave Association (EuMA) Young Scientist Prize (1st prize) during the 12th Colloquium on Microwave Communications held in Budapest, Hungary. He was a winner of 2008 DARPA MTO Young Faculty Award. As a PI or co-PI, Dr. Li has led 10 competitive federal grants with combined funding of ~ $4.5M.
Yifei Li UMassD Profile
Shilei Jin - Lab Manager
Shilei Jin received the B.S. degree in Electronic Information Science and Technology from JiangSu University of Science and Technology, China, in 2005 and was a Ph.D. candidate in Radio Engineering from Southeast University, China, from 2006 to 2010. He received Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, USA in 2015. Currently he works as a research associate and the manager of RF Photonics Lab at University of Massachusetts Dartmouth.
Research interests: advanced components for microwave/photonic links, photonic integrated circuits.
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