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Q. Will this lose its vacuum suction when cleaning?
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> (and making the ratio even worse) help Sprint?  Why would Cogent care?
Why does everyone keep referring to traffic flows as sendng?
In this case it's not as if Cogent just randomly sends data to Sprint.
Sprint customers are requesting content from Cogent customers right?
much content from Cogents customers?
I've heard eyeball networks refer to traffic flows as sending too..
imho. It is always eyeball network customers that request data.


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I cracked up when I read " do not get distracted to much by the free good wifi." Ha! Seriously, good advice on time management!


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The "crashworthiness" of a vehicle is a measure of the protection the vehicle provides to its driver and its passengers during an accident or collision. Auto manufacturers have a duty to build and design vehicles that can sustain foreseeable types of accidents and protect the driver and passengers from unnecessary harm.
Crashworthiness refers to the adequacy of certain vehicle design and safety elements such as seat belts, air bags, roofs, side-impact protection, crumple zones, headrests, interior padding and roll bars. These safety features are meant to protect occupants in a crash by preventing or delaying their impact with other solid objects, reducing the damaging effect of the inertial forces that accompany an accident, preventing occupant ejection, reducing the risk of fires, etc.
Defects in the design or manufacture of the vehicle or its safety-related component parts will dramatically reduce its crashworthiness. When multiple components of a vehicle's safety system fail in a single incident, the consequences can be deadly. An example of such a "vehicle system failure" would be when a stability defect causes a rollover accident and because the roof of the vehicle was defectively weak, it is crushed under vehicle's own weight. This scenario, known as a "roof crush" accident, can be made even more devastating or deadly if the vehicle's air bags or seat belts failed to function properly.
A vehicle's safety components must work together in order to protect vehicle occupants from the destructive forces involved in an accident, and they must all work properly. When they don't, people suffer unnecessarily severe personal injuries and die.
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History of the Russian Revolution
by Leon Trotsky Translated by Max Eastman
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An unparalleled account of one of the most pivotal and hotly debated events in world history.
Regarded by many as among the most powerful works of history ever written, this book offers an unparalleled account of one of the most pivotal and hotly debated events in world history. This book, released to coincide with the hundredth anniversary of the Russian Revolution, reveals, from the perspective of one of its central actors, the revolution's profoundly democratic, emancipatory character. Originally published in three parts, Trotsky's masterpiece is collected here in a single volume. It serves as the most vital and inspiring record of the Russian Revolution to date.
"During the first two months of 1917 Russia was still a Romanov monarchy. Eight months later the Bolsheviks stood at the helm. They were little known to anybody when the year began, and their leaders were still under indictment for state treason when they came to power. You will not find another such sharp turn in history especially if you remember that it involves a nation of 150 million people. It is clear that the events of 1917, whatever you think of them, deserve study."
—Leon Trotsky, from History of the Russian Revolution
"The greatest history of an event that I know."
—C. L. R. James
"Justly celebrated as a towering, vivid, historically vital work."
—China Miéville, October
"The History is his crowning work, both in scale and power and as the fullest expression of his ideas on revolution. As an account of a revolution, given by one of its chief actors, it stands unique in world literature."
—Isaac Deutscher
"I would routinely smuggle copies of Trotsky's History of the Russian Revolution into the USSR—so our colleagues could know a little about their own political beginnings."
"This passionate, partisan and beautifully written account by a major participant in the revolution, written during his exile on the isle of Prinkipo in Turkey, remains one of the best accounts of 1917. No counter-revolutionary, conservative or liberal, has been able to compete with this telling."
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In commemoration of the 100 year anniversary of the Russian Revolution, Haymarket Books has compiled a list of essential books for those interested in learning the lessons of the first successful workers' revolution.
By John McDonald / October 19 2017
May 27: China Miéville on the Russian Revolution
Haymarket Books is proud to be partnering with our friends at Verso Books to bring acclaimed weird-fiction author China Miéville to Chicago on May 27th to discuss his latest book, October: The Story of the Russian Revolution.
By John McDonald / May 1 2017
The Death Agony of the Monarchy: Russia on the Eve of Revolution
Tsar Nicholas II of Russia abdicated a hundred years ago today, bringing to an end three centuries of Romanov rule. In this extract from his History of the Russian Revolution, Trotsky describes the final days of Imperial Russia. Incompetent, vain, and almost comically ignorant of the historic events unfolding around it, the Tsarist regime fell, in Trotsky's words, "like rotten fruit."
By Haymarket Books / March 15 2017
Other books by Leon Trotsky
by Leon Trotsky
A work eighty years in the making, Leon Trotsky's unfinished masterpiece: Stalin.
Trotsky on Lenin
Combining Young Lenin and On Lenin in one volume, this is a fascinating political biography by fellow revolutionary Leon Trotsky.
Lessons of October
An critical examination of the key actors and larger social movements that led to the rise of the Bolsheviks.
1905 chronicles the key developments lead to revolution and the unsuccessful attempt at overthrowing the Tsar of Russia.
Literature and Revolution
A new, annotated edition of Leon Trotsky's classic study of the relationship of politics and art.


Taylor Beecham finds out that she's been chosen from birth to be the bride of a demon.
A demon that has been waiting for his release from the depths of hell. Taylor's normal mundane life turns into turmoil, and her dreams become an everlasting nightmare.
It begins in December 2012, with Taylor's dreams haunting her mind and her dream lover taunting her to the brink of insanity. A malice sect watch her every move and prey on her innocence, which leaves her with no one to trust.
Jackson, her true love, for whom she just met, has to beat all odds to keep her from danger and from falling under the spell of the evil creature that comes to her bed every night in her sleep.
Upon the demons release, the earth will turn to darkness, bringing forth an army of un-dead to rule, showing no mercy to those who oppose them. Will Taylor give in to the demons seduction? A seduction that will spell the end of the human race, or will she stand up and reclaim her life?


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Calvin Harris (born Adam Richard Wiles; January 17, 1984 in Dumfries, Scotland), is a Scottish singer, songwriter and record producer. He was born and grew up in Dumfries, Scotland. His interest in electronic music surfaced in his early teenage years, producing his first bedroom demo by the age of 15.
His first album I Created Disco was released on 18 June 2007. The album contained up-tempo electroclash songs that were influenced by music from the 1980s. Read Full BioCalvin Harris (born Adam Richard Wiles; January 17, 1984 in Dumfries, Scotland), is a Scottish singer, songwriter and record producer. He was born and grew up in Dumfries, Scotland. His interest in electronic music surfaced in his early teenage years, producing his first bedroom demo by the age of 15.
His first album I Created Disco was released on 18 June 2007. The album contained up-tempo electroclash songs that were influenced by music from the 1980s. To promote 'I Created Disco', Harris embarked on a tour of the UK, supporting Faithless and Groove Armada.
The first release from the album was Vegas on limited edition vinyl and the first charted single released from the album was Acceptable In The 80's, a tribute to the style and culture of the decade. The song reached the top ten on the UK singles chart, remaining on the chart for fifteen weeks. The Girls was the album's second charted single. The fourth release from the album was Merrymaking At My Place however it only reached #43 in the UK chart.
'Merrymaking At My Place' caused Harris some un-needed press, as the song and video promoted filming parties at teenagers' houses, and placing them on Youtube.
Harris' second studio album Ready For The Weekend was released on August 17, 2009 in the United Kingdom. The first single, I'm Not Alone, was exclusively performed in Sydney, on New Year's Eve. The single was released in April 2009. The new single debuted on BBC Radio 1 on Friday 23 January 2009, on the 'Pete Tong' radio show. The song featured on his MySpace with the infamous spoiler, which repeated the phrase 'I Am Your Nan' in a robotic voice. It debuted in the UK Singles Chart at #1 on Easter Sunday on downloads alone.
Harris rose to international prominence in 2012 with the release of his third studio album, 18 Months. Topping the UK charts, the album became his first to chart on the Billboard 200 in the US, reaching number 19. All eight of the album's singles; "Bounce", "Let's Go", "We'll Be Coming Back", "Sweet Nothing", "Drinking from the Bottle", "I Need Your Love", "Thinking About You" and "Feel So Close", along with "We Found Love" reached the top 10 of the UK Singles Chart. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvin_Harris]
Harris has collaborated with numerous other recording artists, including Kylie Minogue, Rita Ora, John Newman, Florence Welch, Ellie Goulding, Ne-Yo, Cheryl Cole and Gwen Stefani. His collaboration with Rihanna led to two singles, "Where Have You Been" and "We Found Love". The latter became an international success, giving Harris his first US number-one single on the Billboard Hot 100. Harris released his fourth studio album, Motion, in November 2014. It debuted at at number two in the UK and number five in the US, and became Harris's second consecutive number-one album on the Dance/Electronic Albums chart. The album's first three singles—"Under Control", "Summer" and "Blame"—all topped the UK chart. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvin_Harris]
Harris holds the record for the most top 10 hits from one studio album on the UK Singles Chart with nine hits, surpassing Michael Jackson. In October 2014, he became the first artist to place three songs simultaneously on the top 10 of Billboard's Dance/Electronic Songs chart. He also became the first British solo artist to reach more than one billion streams on Spotify. Harris has received seven Brit Award nominations—two for Best British Male, and four Grammy nominations, winning a Grammy for Best Music Video in 2013. He received the British Academy's Ivor Novello Award for Songwriter of the Year in 2013 and at the 2015 Billboard Music Awards was named Top Dance/Electronic Artist. Harris also runs his own record label Fly Eye Records. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvin_Harris]
Forbes began reporting on Harris's earnings in 2013, calculating that he earned $46 million between May 2012 and May 2013, for his music, tour and his residency in Las Vegas which placed him as the highest-paid DJ of the year. In 2014, Harris came in at number one on the list again for the second consecutive year with a total of $66 million in annual earnings. In 2015, Harris topped the highest-paid DJs list for a third consecutive year, having earned $66 million over the previous 12 months. On The Sunday Times Rich List published in April 2015, Harris was ranked the 30th richest British millionaire in music, with a personal fortune of £70 million ($105 million). [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvin_Harris]
In February 2015, Harris started dating American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. By June 2015, the duo were ranked as the highest-paid celebrity couple in music over the past year by Forbes with combined earnings of over $146 million. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvin_Harris]
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01Feel So Close
02Summer
03Sweet Nothing
04I Need Your Love
05Blame
06Outside
07How Deep is your love
08This Is What You Came For
09Under Control
10Acceptable in the 80's
11I'm Not Alone
12The Girls
13My Way
14We'll Be Coming Back
15Flashback
16One Kiss (with Dua Lipa)
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19Ready for the Weekend
20Thinking About You
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Source: Calvin Harris - Flashback (Official Video)
by Calvin Harris
I'm coming round and now my vision is so clear
If I could change my state of mind, then I would disappear
The love I get from you is something I can't chance
And I could let you slip away, without a second glance
Why can't I realize I'm fighting for my life?
Woaaaah, Woaaaah!
This is like a flashback
This is like a dream
This is like all the things you can fit inside a memory x2
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: ADAM WILES
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As incredible as Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy is, the sequel, Anchorman: The Legend Continues, was a travesty, and one of the worse films of 2013. It was actually painful to watch. But even with that said, writer and director Adam McKay has a pretty great idea for another Anchorman sequel if it ever happens.
If not the Iraqi war, since the film takes place in the '70s, perhaps dropping Burgundy into the Vietnam War can also be an option. Nevertheless, all of this is just a thought as it took almost ten years for an Anchorman sequel to be released and we all know how that turned out. Maybe it's best to just call it quits on the character.
What do you think? Should McKay and company release another Anchorman to make up for the last train wreck? Or are you done with this character?


The 10.5 cm K gepanzerte Selbstfahrlafette ("10.5 gun on armored self-propelled mount") was a prototype self-propelled gun used by Nazi Germany during World War II.
Although it was originally designed as a Schartenbrecher ("bunker buster") for use against the French Maginot Line defences following the defeat of France it was used as a tank destroyer on the Eastern Front.
It was intended to be used against bunkers at ranges beyond which the bunker could return fire. Development by Krupp began in 1939. With the conquest of France complete the design was without a purpose so it was suggested that it be used as a heavy tank destroyer. Two prototypes were ordered, completed in January 1941 and demonstrated in front of Hitler on 31 March 1941. If troop trials were successful it was estimated that series production could begin in the Spring of 1942.
The 10.5 cm K (gp.Sfl.) was built on a heavily modified Panzerkampfwagen IV Ausf. E chassis with the turret removed and an open-topped superstructure added to house the main gun. The forward glacis plate was of 50 millimetres (2.0 in) face-hardened armour at 15° from the vertical while the sides were 20 millimetres (0.79 in) thick. The vehicle's most curious feature were armored compartments provided in the rear of the vehicle to protect the loaders against attack from aircraft. Similarly the ammunition bins holding 26 rounds for the main gun had thin armored covers on top. Another oddity was the fake driver's compartment on the right side of the vehicle that matched the real one projecting forward from the front superstructure on the left.
Although the main gun was intended to engage enemy armoured fighting vehicles it could only traverse 8° to the left and right, depress 15° and elevate 10°. A muzzle brake was fitted to reduce recoil forces and a travel lock was fitted on the front deck to secure the gun during movement. For self-defense the crew carried three 9 mm machine pistols with 576 rounds of ammunition. A Selbstfahrlafetten-Zielfernrohr (Sfl.Z.F.) 1 sight was used by the gunner, a binocular Turmspähfernrohr (T.S.F.) periscope was fitted for use by the commander,and each loader was provided with a binocular Scherenfernrohr on a pivoting arm.
Throughout most of its development it was known as 10 cm K. (Pz.Sfl.IVa), but was redesignated 10.5 cm K (gp.Sfl.) on 13 August 1941, and was also colloquially known as Dicker Max ("Thick" or "Fat" Max).
In the prototype vehicles the V-12 Maybach HL120 engine of the Panzer IV was replaced by a lighter V-6 Maybach HL66P engine. Production vehicles probably would have used the suspension and running gear of the Panzerkampfwagen III as it offered increased maneuverability due to a shorter length of track in contact with the ground, less rolling resistance, softer springs and greater deflection of the suspension.
For combat trials the two prototypes were assigned to Panzerjäger Abteilung ("Anti-tank Battalion") 521 during the invasion of the Soviet Union. One caught fire by accident and was completely destroyed by the detonation of its ammunition, but the other fought successfully until the end of 1941. It was rebuilt by Krupp during the first half of 1942 and returned to the 521st in time to participate in Case Blue, the 1942 summer offensive in Russia. It was not reported operational in reports made by the battalion in November—December 1942.
No specific problems have occurred with the engine or transmission. The steering brakes are overstressed. Bolts in the steering slide of one steering brake have torn out three times and the brake bands have had to be changed twice because the rivets were over-heated."
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TOP CLEF: Harriman presents local debut of refreshing new star
Nadine Sierra shot to the top of the opera world with a glittering burst of speed. At age 20, the Florida-born soprano became the youngest-ever Grand Finalist at America's most prestigious vocal competition, the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. She went on to score big at major houses (San Francisco, Paris, La Scala, Berlin's Staatsoper). In 2015 she made a celebrated Metropolitan Opera debut, as Gilda in Rigoletto. Opera magazine wrote that her "limpid tone and delicate phrasing proved ideal for the naive, sheltered girl, as did her lithe, slightly fragile appearance."
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Recently she reaped two more of opera's "gold stars," the Richard Tucker Award and the Beverly Sills Artist Award. Meanwhile she has continued to conquer major houses of the world: Opéra National de Paris, Madrid, La Fenice, and many others. Last year, she released There's a Place for Us, a disc that allowed the daughter of immigrants to celebrate America's multi-ethnic heritage in her own way. (Nadine's mother is Portuguese; her father is of Puerto Rican and Italian descent.)
Nadine has appeared in Vogue, Nylon, and Bon Appetit. Yet she remains one of the most grounded musicians I've ever interviewed. "I'm a Taurus, so my sign is an earth sign," she said with a laugh. "I'm down to earth … and I'm not ashamed of showing it." As a Latina, she is proud to perform in Latin America and especially Mexico, where she finds "the people are so unbelievably appreciative that it's just irresistible." Yes, it is difficult to fit these concerts into an international touring schedule. "But it's worth it," she said.
On October 19th, Nadine will dash from a Metropolitan Opera run as Susanna (in The Marriage of Figaro) for a one-night Harriman-Jewell Series recital at the Folly Theater. And she said the audience can expect some friendly banter amongst the songs and opera arias.
"Some people in the industry frown upon that," she said. "They think a recital should be taken very seriously, with an almost stoic expectancy. … We have to keep in mind that we're not living 100 years ago, we're living today. … Entertainment is seen in a very different way than it used to be, and we have to sort of evolve with the expectations: give our audience members a memorable experience, so that they come back again."
Nadine Sierra and Bryan Wagorn
Collaborating with Nadine for the Folly Theater program is her longtime pal and co-conspirator, pianist Bryan Wagorn. "We were at the Mannes School together, so we've had a friendship of 12 years or so," she said. "We've kind of 'grown up' together, not just as friends but as musicians." Artists often find that, as they enter the upper echelons of music, it becomes more and more difficult to find people who'll tell them the truth about how they sound. "Bryan is probably the kindest musician that I've known … and he knows just how to tell an artist the truth: to give very good criticism but also be encouraging and super-supportive. … That's hard to come by."
Clark Morris, the Harriman's executive and artistic director, couldn't be more pleased about presenting the Kansas City debut of one of opera's biggest stars. "Our opera fans are really excited about it," he said. "But certainly there'll be people in the hall for whom she's a discovery. That's the whole reason we exist, so that Kansas City gets exposure to these great artists."
Nadine loves singing opera arias on recitals, even removed from their original contexts, because that's the way she came to love them. "I almost prefer it," she said. "I don't have the limitations of costumes being strapped to me, or having to deal with a set, or with director's 'take.' I can just rely on my experience and artistry and love for the piece, to give it to the audience in its purest form."
This program "represents who I am as an artist," she said. Familiar opera arias, especially, "can make an audience member feel more at ease, especially someone who has not been exposed to opera or classical music." Her hope is that "it can make an everlasting impression, and can kind of encourage people to come to the opera, or to more concerts such as this."
Nadine's own love of opera was sparked by watching a VHS tape of La Bohème she checked out from the public library as a child. (She apologizes to the library for having kept the tape.) Ironically Mimì, the consumptive heroine of Puccini's opera, is the role that Nadine most yearns to perform. But her voice is still better suited for Mozart, for the bel canto repertoire, and for a few of the somewhat heavier soprano roles (Manon, Violetta.)
"I can't pretend that I have a bigger voice than I do," she said, adding that she has a wonderful team helping to guide her through the vicissitudes of a career. "Thankfully I have a lot of people on my side I can trust, who tell me the truth and who support and sometimes influence my decisions."
Inevitably, she finds that her sound is becoming fuller and richer, a natural evolution for many sopranos entering their thirties. "And because of that, it does require a bit more air pressure, a bit more muscle, a bit more tension even. … And that's normal because I'm growing older, my body is becoming more womanly, more secure.
"In a positive way. I like the feeling, because I can give more color, especially to the dramatic moments, than I could before. And that's a really, really powerful feeling. The most memorable moments in opera are usually the most tragic ones: They're the moments that leave a lasting impression. … So for me to be able to do that dramatically with my voice is a really cool feeling."
Mimì is not in the cards yet, but it might not be far off. "I definitely want to become Mimì at some point," Nadine said. "Bohème is the opera that introduced me to the art form … that made me fall in love with opera, when I was so young. … The moment I get to sing that role, I will feel complete as a singer."
—By Paul Horsley
Nadine's recital includes arias by Gounod, Charpentier, Donizetti, and Giménez, and songs by Schubert, Schumann, Strauss, Villa-Lobos, Ernani Braga, and Joaquin Rodrigo. For tickets call 816-415-5025 or go to hjseries.org.
To reach Paul Horsley, performing arts editor; send an email to paul@kcindependent.com or find him on Facebook or Twitter (@phorsleycritic).
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Paul Horsley, Performing Arts Editor
Paul studied piano and musicology at WSU and Cornell University. He also earned a degree in journalism, because writing about the arts in order to inspire others to partake in them was always his first love. After earning a PhD from Cornell, he became Program Annotator for the Philadelphia Orchestra, where he learned firsthand the challenges that non profits face. He moved to KC to join the then-thriving Arts Desk at The Kansas City Star, but in 2008 he happily accepted a post at The Independent. Paul contributes to national publications, including Dance Magazine, Symphony, Musical America, and The New York Times, and has conducted scholarly research in Germany, Austria and the Czech Republic (the latter on a Fulbright Fellowship). He also taught musicology at Cornell, LSU and Park University.
Stacey Kent's lush, limpid voice can melt your heart in an instant, it can transport you to Antônio Jobim's Brazil or Jacques Brel's Paris, or it can make you fall…
Spire Chamber Ensemble, now in its 10th season, distinguishes itself each year for what can quite honestly be described as one of the most bracing versions of Handel's Messiah one…
Career and family: It is possible to have both, but it takes work. Guitarist Beau Bledsoe is a peripatetic soul by nature, and over the years he has explored the…
The more you examine the work of South African playwright Athol Fugard, the more you realize that the racial dynamics in his dramas reveal as much about our own social…


SANTA MONICA, CA: The Blaze Company has settled its six-month legal dispute with departed founder and CEO Marci Blaze, and parent company Davies has installed a new raft of leadership. Details of the settlement, which was reached on June 12, were not disclosed.
Jeannine O'Malley is the new principal of the agency, now known as Blaze.
Most recently VP, marketing and brand strategy at GolinHarris, LA, O'Malley's résumé also includes a four-year stint as the manager for print publicity at Disneyland in Anaheim, CA.
O'Malley will work closely with Davies principal Brandon Edwards and other Davies executives to "grow individual practice areas," she said.
"There's no handbook for how you deal with the founder leaving and you're in litigation," said Edwards. "We can actually just do business now."
Blaze will also explore opportunities to offer travel and hospitality PR expertise to Davies' real-estate and entitlement clients.
Edwards said he's already spoken to clients on "a case-by-case basis," and many have joined since Marci Blaze's exit.
One remaining question, however, is the agency's name. "We [may] evolve into something different, with a link to the Davies name," Edwards noted.
For her part, Marci Blaze acknowledges that "the case was settled," and she no longer has any connection to the firm that bears her name.
As to her own plans, Blaze said she's weighing various opportunities. "I'm taking it as it comes," she said.


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Q: Using interface declarations in separate file game.h file
@interface ViewController : UIViewController
{
  UIImageView * player;
}

@end

game.m
-(void)InitPlayer
{
  player.tag = 0;
}

player.m
I want InitPlayer in this file instead but keep declaration in game.h file.
- (void)InitPlayer
{
  player.tag = 0;  // access UIImageView *player;

}

Is this possible to do?
Thanks

A: just use this to declare -InitPlayer part of your class' public interface:
@interface ViewController : UIViewController
{
@private
  UIImageView * player;
}

- (void)InitPlayer;

@end

then you keep your implementation of -InitPlayer in ViewController.m, where it must reside. You cannot place the method's implementation inside an @interface block.
if you are coming from other languages, then you should know that dispatch in objc is dynamic -- placing a definition in the header (if it were possible) would not result in an inlined/optimization.
In response to the clarified question:
Ok, then just do this:
Player.h
@interface Player : NSObject
- (void)prepareUIImageView:(UIImageView *)pImageView; // << could actually be a class method in this case
@end

Player.m
@implementation Player

- (void)prepareUIImageView:(UIImageView *)pImageView
{
    pImageView.tag = 0;
}

@end

then you can tell the Player to initialize the view from the ViewController, assuming it has no controller itself.
(note: objc methods names typically begin with a lowercase character. as well, it's usually a good idea to hide this initialization stuff from your clients)

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Q: Click eventListener runs only once Can you explain why the button on this simple webpage runs only once? Why do repeated clicks not work? Has it something to do with the way I'm adding the result to the body of the page? I can get it to work by creating a new Div and adding the answer to that instead, but I would just like to understand the reason why this code is not working?

<!DOCTYPE html>

    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    <title>Document</title>

        <input type="number" id="part">
        <input type="number" id="whole">
        <button id="calculatePercentage">Calculate percentage</button>

A: This is your code as you had it:

<!DOCTYPE html>

<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
<title>Document</title>

    <input type="number" id="part">
    <input type="number" id="whole">

    <button id="calculatePercentage">Calculate percentage</button>

So I put 3 and 3 into each input and it rerenders with 100% underneath the inputs.
But what happens is your code document.body.innerHTML += myAnswer + '%'; is rewriting the entire body from scratch with new html, so any javascript you ran on the old html dom elements is gone now.
What I would recommend instead is to use your

 instead:

<!DOCTYPE html>

<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
<title>Document</title>

    <input type="number" id="part">
    <input type="number" id="whole">

    <button id="calculatePercentage">Calculate percentage</button>

A: Instead of updating whole body, you can update document.getElementById("answerPercentage").innerHTML only.

<!DOCTYPE html>

    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    <title>Document</title>

        <input type="number" id="part">
        <input type="number" id="whole">
        <button id="calculatePercentage">Calculate percentage</button>


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NeoGrowth Channel Meets
Published on August 23, 2016 by wp_newsLeave a comment
"Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much" – Helen Keller
Our initiative of helping people grow their business by providing financial assistance to them has gained immense popularity in the retail community. Our success has been dependent on various factors, one of which is the continuous support & services of our channel partners.
To acknowledge their support & express our gratitude, NeoGrowth organized channel partner Meets across various locations where we are operational.
This engagement program was kicked off at Mumbai, which saw an overwhelming turnout of 115 channel partners at ITC Grand Central. The evening started with a brief presentation on the achievements of NeoGrowth and the future objectives of the organization that will provide ample opportunities to the channel partners to grow their business. This was followed by a felicitation program for the channel partners where we acknowledged their important contribution towards our business. The evening then progressed towards an interactive networking session over dinner.
This evening was loved by the channel partners and they were eager to know the next date when we would have a similar channel meet.
Encouraged by the positive response & the immense interest shown by channel partners for the Mumbai meet, we carried out similar channel meets at Chandigarh, Bengaluru and Chennai all of which saw the coming together of our channel partners and an enriching networking session with NeoGrowth team.
This get-together of the NeoGrowth team & its channel partners proved to be an interesting exchange of thoughts, ideas and feedbacks for a mutually beneficial and successive growth and will continue to happen frequently in the days to come.
NeoGrowth's Rendezvous at Events
Published on August 2, 2016 by wp_newsLeave a comment
NeoGrowth kept its date with the two important events related to its business, the 7th edition of International Beauty and Spa Expo and the 63rd National Garment Fair.
The Beauty and Spa Expo was held at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi on 28th and 29th June and had over 100 exhibitors comprising of Salon and Spa's, their suppliers, franchisees, distributors of beauty products from different corners of the globe.
The expo had a unique model where exhibitors could display their products and also participate in an interactive session with the visitors at the beautifully constructed central stage.
NeoGrowth was present at the exhibitor booth, opposite the stage and generated an encouraging response for availing the facility of business finance, both from the visitors, who comprised predominantly of owners of small Beauty Salon's and Spa's as well as the exhibitors who supply various products ranging from electronic massage chairs to hair styling products to these visitors.
Mr. Jatinder Mohan Singh Shah, Sr. VP – Sales and Marketing during the interactive session on the central stage with the visitors.
This interest was fuelled by the fact that for the first time they could have a close and personal interaction with a Fintech company that was lending business finance to the Beauty and Spa industry in an organized manner with minimum documentation, quick approvals and door step service , a concept which was further demonstrated by Mr. Jatinder Mohan Singh Shah, Sr. VP – Sales and Marketing during the interactive session on the central stage with the visitors.
After addressing the needs of the beauty industry, NeoGrowth was in the midst of the most popular event for apparel sector, the National Garment Fair, held at Goregaon Exhibition Center, Mumbai from 13th July to 15th July 2016.
NeoGrowth was amongst the 700 exhibitors ranging from retailers, distributers and suppliers to the ever dynamic apparel industry. The event saw a footfall of over 15,000 visitors from across India.
This 3 day event helped NeoGrowth in having a one to one interaction with the retailers and provided an opportunity where we briefed them about the unique facility of NeoGrowth loans. The features like automatic repayment and No fixed EMI of NeoGrowth loans were a major draw for the visitors and saw the generation of lot of enquiries for NeoGrowth Loan.
The participation in events like these has helped NeoGrowth in promoting its unique tech and touch model to the retailers and also provides the retailers with an opportunity to grow their business by availing financial assistance from NeoGrowth.
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GOVERNORS ISLAND NATIONAL MONUMENT
👤by Steve Markos 📅10 January 2022, 18:44
Complete information about visiting Governors Island National Monument is now on National Park Planner!
Governors Island served as a U. S. Army coastal defense base from just after the American Revolution all the way up until 1966 when the island was transferred to the U. S. Coast Guard. The Coast Guard operated the Atlantic Area Command Center from the island until 1996, at which time the organization moved to a new location and the base was closed, thus ending over 200 years of military occupation.
In 2001, President Bill Clinton created Governors Island National Monument to protect 22 acres occupied by historic Fort Jay and Castle Williams. The remaining 150 acres of the island were sold to New York State and New York City for a dollar. In 2010, the state gave up its stake in the island and transferred everything to New York City, which formed the Trust for Governors Island to handle operations, planning, and development. The historic buildings from the 1800s on the northeast end of the island were left intact, while the 1900s buildings located southwest of Colonel's Row were torn down to make way for recreational development.
During the summer season, thousands of daily visitors take the ferry from Manhattan or Brooklyn to Governors Island. They make no distinction between the National Monument and the section run by the Trust for Governors Island—most don't even know that two organizations are involved. Yes, they may stop in and take a look around the forts, but only a few hundred visitors
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The housing market is one of the anchor markets in the global economy. It is not possible to have a robust, booming business environment with the market slowing. Notably, people use the housing market for two primary reasons. First is to get shelter and the second one is to store their wealth.
Usually, houses always appreciate such that if one bought a house today at $10,000, it is possible to sell the same at $100,000 five years later. However, this is contingent on market dynamics such as market cycles and inflation. Interestingly, it is no secret that market booms take much longer than periods of market turmoil.
However, it gets difficult when other dynamics like housing shortage get in. Notably, a shortage of housing implies that demand for the houses is much more compared to supply. As such, the market experiences positive destabilizing forces.
Once housing gets in short supply, it is possible to get units that have more than one orders. According to Economics 101, once demand reaches such proportions, the price will shoot through the roof. Interestingly, the increased prices usually spawn another problem, slowing sales.
Just like any other market, the housing market operates following the laws of supply and demand. Therefore, if the price of one unit goes up, supply is likely to go as many more sellers strive to cash in on the "boom." Interestingly, this is likely to go on to a certain point such that prices are so high.
Prohibitive house prices imply that fewer and fewer people will be in a position to get their hands on a new unit. Subsequently, there will be a significant dent on demand such that it will not be robust enough to sustain the business. Therefore, this will reach a point where there is a supply glut and without the demand to clear the glut.
Eventually, the housing market will slow down to a point where the boom now busts. It is to say that people will now dramatically lower their prices to get buyers. As such, the sellers will have to make do with huge losses on investments.


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Q: Monogame 2D top down enemy AI I'm trying to create a simple AI for a top down game that follows the player, but doesn't immediately take the right path to him. My enemies have to move in steps op 100 pixels before they decide to take another step. I had put together something that did what I wanted. It looked at the player's coordinates and moved towards it, but there was also a chance it took a different direction.
Now, I added multiple enemies via an EnemyManager class, and they sadly follow each others movements exactly. I'm aware this might be due to the fact that the Random function is based on the time it's executed.  How can I fix this?
I am also quite sure that the method I'm using is not an efficient one:
 public void decideAImovement(Vector2 heroPosition)
 {
     Random random = new Random();
     int forwardChance = 10;
     int backChance = 10;
     int leftChance = 10;
     int rightChance = 10;

     if (position.Y > heroPosition.Y)
     {
         backChance += 50;
     }
     else if (position.Y < heroPosition.Y)
     {
         forwardChance += 50;
     }
     if (position.X > heroPosition.X)
     {
         leftChance += 50;
     }
     else if (position.X < heroPosition.X)
     {
         rightChance += 50;
     }
     backChance = random.Next(backChance);
     rightChance = random.Next(rightChance);
     leftChance = random.Next(leftChance);
     forwardChance = random.Next(forwardChance);

 int vergelijkingUD,vergelijkingLR,vergelijking;
     vergelijkingUD = Math.Max(forwardChance, backChance);
     vergelijkingLR = Math.Max(leftChance, rightChance);
     vergelijking = Math.Max(vergelijkingLR, vergelijkingUD);

     if (vergelijking == vergelijkingLR) //Left Right
     {
         if (vergelijkingLR == leftChance)
         {
             state = EnemyState.walkLeft;
         }
         else
         {
             state = EnemyState.walkRight;
         }
     }
     else //Up Down
     {
         if (vergelijkingUD == backChance)
         {
             state = EnemyState.walkBack;
         }
         else
         {
             state= EnemyState.walkForward;
         }
     }
 }

 public void moveEnemy(Vector2 heroPosition)
 {
     distanceWalked += 2;
     if (distanceWalked == gridDimensions || state == EnemyState.stop)
     {
         distanceWalked = 0;
         decideAImovement(heroPosition);
     }

     switch (state)
     {
         case EnemyState.walkRight:
             position.X += 2.0f;
             break;
         case EnemyState.walkLeft:
             position.X -= 2.0f;
             break;
         case EnemyState.walkBack:
             position.Y -= 2.0f;
             break;
         case EnemyState.walkForward:
             position.Y += 2.0f;
             break;
         case EnemyState.stop:
             break;
     }
 }


Boards of directors are increasingly recognizing that effective management of social and environmental risks can improve business performance. Recent environmental and financial crises illustrate the importance of increased CSR oversight by boards as part of their fiduciary responsibility to protect long-term shareholder and stakeholder interests.
In response, Canadian Business for Social Responsibility's Andrea Baldwin and Coro Strandberg of Strandberg Consulting worked with leading Canadian companies to produce CSR Governance Guidelines. The Guidelines are informed by CBSR's experience with member companies, Ms. Strandberg's previous CSR governance research, consultations with board directors, and international research into global trends and best practices. Industry Canada and Environment Canada provided funding for the development of the Guidelines.
CSR is embedded in the company's vision and strategy. Make an explicit commitment to CSR in corporate vision and ensure that key social and environmental risks and opportunities are addressed in the company's business strategy.
There is board-level accountability for CSR. Ensure the board regularly reviews the company's CSR performance to goals and targets, mandating a committee with explicit responsibility for CSR matters. Ensure compliance with CSR policy across the firm and tie CSR to CEO recruiting and executive compensation.
Material CSR risks are understood and managed. Ensure that CSR issues are included in the company's enterprise risk management framework and considered when approving major decisions like capital projects, new business lines and merger and acquisitions.
CSR influences board composition and expertise. Equip boards to make good decisions by ensuring director diversity and embedding relevant CSR knowledge and expertise.
The company regularly discloses its CSR performance. Boards should review and approve disclosure of the company's CSR performance in mandatory and voluntary reporting.
Corporate boards, senior management, and CSR professionals are encouraged to use the Assessment Tool to obtain a fuller picture of their current CSR governance performance and the Roadmap Towards Good CSR Governance to get started or continue advancing. Canadian examples of leading practice in CSR Governance from Cameco Corporation, Gildan, Loblaw Companies Limited and PotashCorp are also included.


Counselor to the president Kellyanne Conway said she was assaulted at a restaurant soon after a controversial Senate hearing for then-Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
In an upcoming interview with CNN, Conway said 63-year-old Maryland resident Mary Elizabeth Inabinett walked up behind her while she was standing next to her middle school-aged daughter and grabbed her and shook her.
Conway said her daughter filmed part of the exchange. Conway called the police to Uncle Julio's, the restaurant in the D.C. suburb of Bethesda, Md., where the incident occurred.
Inabinett has been charged with second-degree assault and disorderly conduct. She is set to appear at trial in a Maryland court in March.
Conway said she did not make the incident public, especially immediately, because she was at the restaurant with other people's children.


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What Is Being Done To Protect The Environment?
A giant oil spill off the coast of Santa Barbara, CA in 1969 is often credited with heralding the modern environmental movement, although it actually had its roots earlier that decade. In 1964, the publication of A Silent Spring by Rachel Carson shocked the public by exposing myriad industrial and agricultural pollutants leeching into the air, groundwater, other waters and soil.
The combined two events made the oil industry one of the earliest targets of pollution control and environmental remediation efforts – granted, at first reluctantly, but anymore, quite enthusiastically. That's no joke. The oil and gas industry attracts a surprising number of "greenies."
from college environmental sciences and other programs. The U.S. industry also is considered a pacesetter worldwide for developing top pollution control technologies. There is tremendous competition between oil and gas companies to develop not only the best and most efficient new oilfield technologies, but the cleanest and greenest, as well. Too, a high percentage of oilfield workers are dedicated outdoorsmen and women, who enjoy camping, fishing, hunting and other activities in the great outdoors. In short, nobody wants to mess up their own playgrounds, and oilfield workers often live in the general regions where they work. Because offshore drilling is the newer sector of the industry, many new or better technologies had to be developed to enhance blowout and other oil spill prevention needs. Here are some startling statistics on the U.S. offshore drilling industry's success in this endeavor:
Of the 7 billion barrels of oil recovered from federally-leased offshore waters since 1985, less than 0.001% has been spilled. That translates to a 99.999% record of spill-free operations.
Most oil spills that do occur aren't on the scale of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster – they're relatively small. For instance 41% of all offshore oil spills are less than 3 barrels, 81% are less than 10 barrels, and 96% are less than 100 barrels. Spill containment equipment and practices have seen especially rapid advances during the past two decades, since the massive 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska.
Another little-known fact is that 63% of all oil in waters around America comes from natural oil seeps, or oil pushed up by natural forces from rock pores. That larger single oil polluter in water comes from ships and boats, 32%, with another 4% directly from oil tankers.
Better known in the oil and fishing industries, and among amateur deepwater fishermen, are that oil rigs are fantastic artificial reefs. Thirty percent of the 15 million fish caught annually in the Texas-Louisiana Gulf of Mexico are caught near oil rigs. When offshore oil rigs are eventually abandoned after many years of service, a large number anymore are turned into permanent artificial reefs for this reason, with tops lopped off, and legs well concealed, the fish, other marine life and fishermen are all pleased with this arrangement (it goes without saying, however, that the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion has not made fishermen and sea life very happy).
Naturally accidents do happen, and the onshore and offshore industries also are under expanded regulation to control rig-related, processing and spur pipeline releases of emissions (primarily NOx, or nitrogen oxides, sulfur and carbon dioxide) into the atmosphere.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA,) of course, has primary purview over air, groundwater, soil, wetlands and oil spill contamination from both onshore and offshore drilling; EPA's easy-to-navigate home page at http://www.epa.gov/ is a good place to get started (for more information than most people could read in a lifetime.) Other agencies will roles in environmental protection for the drilling industry include the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (http://www.boemre.gov/) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (http://www.noaa.gov/.) The U.S. Coast Guard, while primarily concerned with rig-related navigation, anchoring and related procedures, also serves are a regular monitoring agency for environmentally safe practices on and around rigs. (http://www.uscg.mil/)
Types of Oil Rig Jobs
Onshore Oil and Gas Drilling
Offshore Oil and Gas Drilling
Oil Drilling Jobs Q&A
How Do Companies Know Where to Look for Oil and Gas?
How Does the Exploratory Drilling Process Work?
How Is Oil and Gas Produced Once It's Found?
How Does Drilling Equipment Work?
Do You Need a Degree for an Oil Rig Job?
What Are Working Conditions Like On An Onshore Rig?
What Are Working Conditions Like On An Offshore Rig?
How Good Are Opportunities For Younger, Inexperienced Workers?
What's the Best Way to Search For An E&P Position?
Is It Safe To Work On A Rig?
Who Hires for Oil Rig Jobs?
Even Some Executives Started As Roughnecks


Jason has been away from home for almost a year now. Fresh out of Basic Training, he was sent over to RASP, to become an elite Army Ranger. Finally, he's given the okay to head home. He's a month of leave before deployment, and he plans to use it.
Massie, Jason's girlfriend, has been preparing her body for his return. After four years of dating throughout high school, she was finally 18, and ready to please the man she's been missing for months now.
Her parents though, aren't thrilled that this trained warrior is coming home. Raised strict and conservative, they've tried the same with their daughter. On the night he walks through their door, they know their daughter is doomed. He looks every bit the warrior he is, and looks twice as hot as that. Kate, Massie's mother, decided to take this situation into her own hands to avoid Kate getting hurt.
What she thinks is a one time thrill, only meant to sate the Ranger on his first day back, becomes a month of lust driven adventures throughout their city.


Xu Huigin, 47, of Flushing, New York, allegedly engaged in prostitution at the New Image Spa, Somerset County Prosecutor Michael Robertson announced Thursday.
FRANKLIN (Somerset) - A New York woman has been charged with prostitution following a sting at an Easton Avenue massage parlor.
Xu Huigin, 47, of Flushing, New York, propositioned an undercover detective for a sexual act in exchange for money at New Image Spa, Somerset County Prosecutor Michael Robertson said in a news release Thursday.
The investigation began after law enforcement received several complaints from concerned citizens regarding a "suspected brothel" being operated out of New Image Spa.
During the course of the investigation, a Somerset County Prosecutor's Office detective, acting in an undercover capacity, entered the New Image Spa and was met by Huiqin.
During the meeting, the undercover detective was allegedly propositioned by Huiqin for a sexual act in exchange for U.S. currency.
At this time, task force members, along with members of the Franklin Township Police Department, entered the business and placed Huiqin under arrest without incident.
Huiqin was charged with engaging in prostitution, a disorderly persons offense out of Franklin Township Municipal Court. She was processed and released on her own recognizance pending a Franklin Township Municipal Court hearing.


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var assert = require('assert');
var path = require('path');
var cli = require('../lib/cli.js');

//
var casePath = './tests/cases';
function resolveCasePath(caseName, componentPath) {
	return path.resolve(casePath, caseName, componentPath);
}

//
describe('Check - Local Paths', function () {
	it('should not fail', function (done) {
		cli.execute([
			'node', path.resolve('./bin/component-hint'),
			resolveCasePath('check_local_paths', 'clean'),
			'--recursive',
			'--reporter', 'devNull'
		], function (error, componentHint) {
			assert.ifError(error, 'cli#execute returned an error');
			assert.equal(componentHint.totalErrors, 0, 'got unexpected lint error(s)');
			assert.equal(componentHint.totalWarnings, 0, 'got unexpected lint warning(s)');
			done();
		});
	});

	it('will check if paths exist', function (done) {
		cli.execute([
			'node', path.resolve('./bin/component-hint'),
			resolveCasePath('check_local_paths', 'path_not_exist'),
			'--recursive',
			'--reporter', 'devNull'
		], function (error, componentHint) {
			assert.ifError(error, 'cli#execute returned an error');
			assert.equal(componentHint.totalErrors, 1, 'did not get 1 lint error as expected');
			assert.equal(componentHint.totalWarnings, 0, 'got unexpected lint warning(s)');
			done();
		});
	});

	it('will check if paths are directories', function (done) {
		cli.execute([
			'node', path.resolve('./bin/component-hint'),
			resolveCasePath('check_local_paths', 'path_not_directory'),
			'--recursive',
			'--reporter', 'devNull'
		], function (error, componentHint) {
			assert.ifError(error, 'cli#execute returned an error');
			assert.equal(componentHint.totalErrors, 1, 'did not get 1 lint error as expected');
			assert.equal(componentHint.totalWarnings, 0, 'got unexpected lint warning(s)');
			done();
		});
	});

	it('will ensure exists in given paths list', function (done) {
		cli.execute([
			'node', path.resolve('./bin/component-hint'),
			resolveCasePath('check_local_paths', 'not_inside_paths'),
			'--recursive',
			'--reporter', 'devNull'
		], function (error, componentHint) {
			assert.ifError(error, 'cli#execute returned an error');
			assert.equal(componentHint.totalErrors, 1, 'did not get 1 lint error as expected');
			assert.equal(componentHint.totalWarnings, 0, 'got unexpected lint warning(s)');
			done();
		});
	});

	it('will ensure exists in only one path', function (done) {
		cli.execute([
			'node', path.resolve('./bin/component-hint'),
			resolveCasePath('check_local_paths', 'in_multiple_paths'),
			'--recursive',
			'--reporter', 'devNull'
		], function (error, componentHint) {
			assert.ifError(error, 'cli#execute returned an error');
			assert.equal(componentHint.totalErrors, 1, 'did not get 1 lint error as expected');
			assert.equal(componentHint.totalWarnings, 0, 'got unexpected lint warning(s)');
			done();
		});
	});

	it('will check for unused paths', function (done) {
		cli.execute([
			'node', path.resolve('./bin/component-hint'),
			resolveCasePath('check_local_paths', 'unused_paths'),
			'--recursive',
			'--reporter', 'devNull'
		], function (error, componentHint) {
			assert.ifError(error, 'cli#execute returned an error');
			assert.equal(componentHint.totalErrors, 1, 'did not get 1 lint error as expected');
			assert.equal(componentHint.totalWarnings, 0, 'got unexpected lint warning(s)');
			done();
		});
	});
});

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100 Interesting Facts You Need to Know
Written by Robby in Facts
Looking for 100 incredible interesting facts which are so simple yet unbelievable? Then don't stop reading because this is exactly what you will get here. We try our best to present you the most interesting and unbelievable facts you have ever heard about.
Do you know what Stevie Wonder once said during a press conference in the 70's after a reporter asked, what it was like being born blind? You won't believe it. And have you ever heard where the word "Blowjob" is coming from? We will tell you. We really hope that all our interesting fun facts will be as incredible for you as these two examples so have fun with the following 100 unbelievable facts.
100 Interesting Facts Just For You
1. Each year a lying competition takes place in England. Participants have to tell a made up story for five minutes. To be "fair", politicians and lawyers are not allowed to participate.
2. In 2010, General Electrics made profits of 14 billion dollars and paid not a penny in taxes.
3. As the water of a coconut is isotonic and sterile, it is used as saline solution in underdeveloped countries.
4. In the history of Mexico, on one occasion, there were three presidents on one day.
5. There are just two people who know the recipe for Coca Cola. For this reason they are not allowed to be in a plane at the same time.
6. Cats have 32 muscles to move their ears. In comparison, humans only have six muscles in their ears.
7. In India, forest workers wear masks with a picture of a human face on their back of the heads so that they are not attacked by tigers.
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8. Female skunks are able to influence the development of their embryos, in order to delay birth in times of food shortages.
9. In 1990, the Michigan police organized a wedding of two of their undercover agents. Numerous drug dealers have been invited and were arrested during the wedding ceremony. (Source)
10. When the ninth symphony came out, Beethoven had already become deaf and could not hear it anymore.
11. The first car accident with fatalities happened in 1896 at a speed of less than four miles per hour.
12. Instead of "LOL" people in France say MDR for "mort de rire", which means laughing to death.
13. If a man would never shave his face, his beard would be approximately 30 feet long on the day he dies.
14. Most accidents at work happen on Mondays.
15. The average age of soldiers fighting in Vietnam was 19. During World War II it was 26.
16. The Towers of the World Trade Centre had their own zip code: 10048 New York.
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17. In 1867 the USA bought Alaska from Russia for just 7.2 million dollars.
18. On January 1 1985, the first phone call was made using a cellular phone.
19. Gray whales exclusively mate in a threesome.
20. The development of chemical drugs can be traced back to the Nazis. For example, scientists in the Third Reich discovered an active substance that helped soldiers to march 55 miles without stopping. Isn't that unbelievable? Make sure to read this article we wrote about that fact.
21. The sign on the entrance of the town Kurt Cobain was born in, reads "Come as you are".
22. Corals are chemically so similar to human bones that they are used to treat fractures.
23. Michael Jackson was negotiating to buy Marvel.
24. People in Norway who own electric cars, are allowed to park everywhere for free, do not have to pay for the ferryboat and can drive in the bus lane.
25. Most suicides happen on Mondays.
26. The oldest bar in Ireland, which still exists, was opened 900 years before Christ.
27. Statistically, most cars are stolen on New Year's Day.
28. One pound of muscles burns 16,300 calories per year.
29. On average, people laugh ten times a day.
30. The designer Ko Yang has invented a milk package that changes its color when the milk begins to spoil.
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31. NASA plans to grow crops on the moon in the next six years.
32. Annually, more people die from being hit by a champagne cork than from the bite of a venomous spider.
33. The most common fracture in the human body is the collarbone.
34. New York is located more southern than Rome.
35. In 2006, scientists officially declared that the egg came first, not the chicken.
36. The weirdest things that have been found in food sold by McDonald's are: bandaging material, the head of a chicken and a dead rat.
37. In 1893, a U.S. citizen made an application to change the name of the country to "The United States of the Earth".
38. Like humans, ducks have different accents.
39. Translated into Spanish "Colgate" means "hang yourself".
40. The full name of Mr. Burns is Charles Montgomery Plantagenet Schicklgruber Burns.
41. In 2005, Mark Zuckerberg offered Facebook for 75 million dollars to MySpace. The CEO of MySpace, Chris DeWolfe – declined.
42. On average, a man ejaculates 7,200 times during his entire life.
43. During the day, clouds fly higher than during the night.
44. During a press conference in the 70's a reporter asked Stevie Wonder, what it was like being born blind. He answered "It could have been worse. I could have been born black."
45. A study came to the conclusion that women are more attractive to men when they do not use make-up.
46. Most people are born in August.
47. In Iceland, Greenland and the Antarctic there are no ants.
48. One gram of DNA contains as much information as could be stored on 600 billion traditional CDs.
49. The medicine Imatinib is used to treat leukemia and costs 65,000 dollars for a year's supply. In India the same medicine is available for 2,500 dollars a year, because the pharma company could not patent it there.
50. Leonid Rogozovy is the only human to do an appendectomy with local anaesthesia on himself.
51. The shortest commercial flight lasts only 47 seconds and brings people in Scotland from the Westray Island to Papa Westray Island.
52. Nothing is an uninhabited town in the U.S. state of Arizona. There is nothing but a gas station and a garage.
53. The "Medical Students Disease" describes the phenomenon of medical students suffering from the disease they recently have learned about in class.
54. The least people are born in February.
55. According to estimates, the iPhone is the most profitable product in the world. About 50 percent of the selling price is Apple's profit.
56. McDonald's earns 8.7 billion dollars a year though franchise revenue only. That is more than the gross domestic product of Mongolia.
57. To avoid baggage fees, a man from China wore 70 items of clothing on his body.
58. Adolf Hitler was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1939.
59. The DNA among humans differs by just 0.1 percent. In comparison, a chimpanzee is genetically different from humans by 1.2 percent.
60. The human circadian rhythm is better suited to life on Mars than on Earth.
61. While the mortality rate for cancer ten years ago was 215 deaths per 100,000 people, it has subsequently decreased to 172.
62. The two oldest cats in the world reached an age of 34 and 38. Both belonged to the same owner. She exclusively fed her cats bacon, eggs, broccoli and coffee.
63. More people know the logo of McDonald's than the Christian Cross.
64. The national animal of Scotland is a unicorn.
65. Panama is the only country in the world in which the sun rises above the Pacific Ocean and sets over the Atlantic Ocean.
66. The cousins of Sailor Moon are Sailor Uranus and Sailor Neptune.
67. To protest against mechanization during the Industrial Revolution, workers threw their wooden shoes – called sabots – into the machines. This is how the word "sabotage" was born.
68. A study concluded that people with a lower IQ more frequently tend to be more homophobic and racist than people with a higher IQ.
69. The likelihood of dying in your cab on the way to the airport is higher than to die on your flight.
70. The astronomer Eugene Shoemaker is the only human whose ash was transported to the moon after his death.
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71. Alcohol protects against radiation.
72. Jim Cummings, the voice of Winnie Pooh in the U.S., regularly calls seriously ill children in hospitals and talks to them in his Winnie Pooh voice to delight them.
73. Robert Lane named his two sons "Winner" and "Loser". Winner Lane turned criminal, while Loser Lane had a successful career at the NYPD. If you want to learn more about that story make sure to read the article we wrote about that topic.
74. Koala bears hug trees to cool down on hot days.
75. In 2011, scientists flew 100 paper planes from a height of 23 miles above Germany. Some of these paper planes have been found in Canada, USA, Australia and South America.
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76. When the first railroads started to operate, doctors warned of health effects, such as in the brain. This was due to its high speeds of up to 19 miles per hour.
77. According to a survey from 2008, about 58 percent of British teens believed that Sherlock Homes really existed.
78. In the early 50s a "Blow Job" described the bang when breaking the sound barrier.
79. The two most common reasons for a bad temper are hunger and insufficient sleep.
80. Most books stolen in German universities are legal books. The second most commonly stolen books are books with a theological background. That's very impressive, isn't it? If you want to read more facts like this make sure to read our article about 42 facts about Germany.
81. When the game "Twister" was released in 1966, it was described as "sex in a box".
82. In Spain there is a comedy club in which you pay per laugh.
83. At a height of almost 12 miles and above the air pressure is so low, that water in your body would vaporize due your own body temperature.
84. In Norway, you pay half the amount of normal tax in December, to have more money for Christmas.
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85. Because of a reduction in the emission of greenhouse gases, scientists predict that the ozone hole will close in 2075.
86. When Google shut down for five minutes in 2013, the world internet traffic decreased by 40 percent.
87. Women blink more frequently than men.
88. In Cambodia you can buy pizzas with marijuana as a topping. It is called Happy Pizza.
89. NASA claims it will be able to answer the question if we are alone in universe in the next 20 years.
90. People who laugh more frequently, live a longer life.
91. In terms of the level of medical accuracy, Scrubs is the best medical television series in the world.
92. Ransom payments to abductors can be written off as taxes in Germany.
93. Jonah Falcon has the biggest penis in the world. It has a length of almost 14 inches.
94. Family Guy is the first television series which, after being cancelled, came back to TV, because the DVD sales were so high.
95. The Scottish kilt originally came from France.
96. At Starbucks "laughing" is part of the job description.
97. When crying tears of joy, the first one mainly comes from the right eye, while the first tear of sorrow mostly comes from the left.
98. The most common first name in Italy is Russo.
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99. Neither Hollywood nor Bollywood produced the most movies per year. It is Nollywood in Nigeria, where about 2,000 movies are finished a year.
100. The average price of one liter of black ink is higher than the price of one liter of human blood.
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Sandra Kay Weberg
December 25, 1949 - October 19, 2020
Sandra "Sandy" Kay Weberg, age 70 of Valley, NE, died at her home on Monday, October 19, 2020 with her family at her side from a long battle with Breast Cancer. 70 years of age by todays standards is considered a bit short, but Sandra did a lot within that time. She was born the daughter of Carroll and Irene (Barr) Boardman on December 25, 1949 in Denver, CO. Sandra graduated from Valley, NE High School in 1968. Sandra worked for Western Electric in Omaha for many years. On November 8, 1969, she was united in marriage to Earl Eugene Weberg, Jr and to this union, three children were born, Karen, who they lost when she was 9 months old, Jeremy and Julie. Her breast cancer battle started in 1997 with breast surgery with help of chemo-therapy, this first bout with cancer was stopped and she was considered cancer free. Unfortunately, the chemo damaged her heart and lungs and bother worsened as years passed. In 2018 she was having lung problems when a X-ray showed a spot on her lung and a spot on her liver. After testing, she was told the breast cancer was back and spread to the liver. They tried a milder chemo because of her heart and lung problems but it didn't work. In early 2020, she battled with her lungs failing and was later placed in Hospice Care at her home, where she always wanted to be. Sandy and Earl enjoyed over 51 years of marriage. Sandra's greatest joy in life was becoming a grandmother to Colton and Brantly. She always ended her good-byes to them with "Grandma Loves You". Of course, there were many happy times in her life. The early vacations when the children were young, they include trips to Kansas City, Branson and Disney World. Then on her 25th wedding anniversary, she discovered "Cruising", which then became a yearly vacation in the winter time. The many get-togethers with family and friends were one of her favorite things to do. She was planning to have a 50th wedding anniversary party in the spring of 2020 but the covid virus changed all of that. Sandy was very disappointed with that because of the chance to see her relatives and friends together in one place. She was preceded in death by: her parents, Carroll and Irene Boardman; and her daughter, Karen. Sandy is survived by her, husband, Earl of Valley, NE; son, Jeremy (Rene) Weberg of Fremont, NE; daughter, Julie (Brian) Hall and their sons, Colton and Brantly all of Bonita Springs, FL; sisters, Caryl (George) Beaver and Connie Boardman all of Valley, NE; and a brother, Ronald (Vicki) Boardman of Omaha, NE. The Weberg family would like to thank all of you who came and those who sent cards to offer prayers and condolences. She did not want a mournful funeral, but instead, wanted this to be a "Get-together" of relatives and old friends to talk and mingle with maybe a story or two about her life… a Celebration of her life! In closing, and in words from a phrase she would use at the end of her telephone conversations: "Love you and Miss you". A Celebration of Sandy's life will be held at 11 Am, Saturday, April 17, 2021 at the Reichmuth Funeral Home in Elkhorn with burial of her ashes to follow at the Prospect Hill Cemetery in Elkhorn.
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Australia Wins Against West Indies by 15 Runs
Australia captain had nothing to worry about as team wins match
Australia won against their second ICC Cricket World Cup match against West Indies on Thursday at Trent Bridge by 15 runs.
West Indies' bowlers were too fast at the start for Australia to handle because they only had 38 for four. However, Australian fast bowler Nathan Coulter-Nile started a successful counterattack when he scored 92 that helped his team to 288 all out.
Coulter-Nile and right-handed batsman Steve Smith continued raising the score until they achieved 102 in 89 balls. Smith was able to score with 73 in total.
Fast bowler Mitchell Starc completed the attack on Windies with five for 46 and a late burst of four for two in 11 balls.
"We just kept hanging in there. We were able to fight back through Alex Carey and Steve Smith. Then for Nathan Coulter-Nile to play the way he did was exceptional," said Australia captain Aaron Finch after the match ended.
"I absolutely was nervous. Once the West Indies batsmen get set, they are so destructive and can hit it to all parts. You have to try and stall their moment and get them to take risks. It came off today but we still need to work on things," continued Finch.
Meanwhile, West Indies captain Jason Holder said that he thought they were going to win their match against Australia with only a few more scores.
"I thought we were well in the game, just a few irresponsible shots when we probably needed to tap it around a bit more," said all-rounder Holder. "To get Australia at 288 we would have taken that, I just think the batters need to take responsibility. We still believe we can win this competition, it's wide open."
However, Windies did not expect Smith to top-edge a hook off Holder at 26 and West Indies bowler Sheldon Cottrell slip at long leg. Coulter-Nile then made 60 balls with eight fours and four sixes that pushed Windies' all-rounder Carlos Brathwaite to Holder at long-off.
The match ended with Australia winning 288 while West Indies had 273/9.
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Star performer wins a place on award shortlist
STAGECOACH, the Walton-based group of performing arts schools, has reached the finals of an event recognising excellence in business franchising.
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The British Franchise Association's (BFA) Franchisor of the Year Awards identify franchisors who show outstanding commercial achievement.
Stagecoach was started in 1988 by senior principal Stephanie Manuel and her business partner David Sprigg.
Students are taught for three hours a week, which is divided equally between jazz/modern dance, drama and singing, all within small classes of a similar age group.
All teachers are experienced professionals, many of whom are highly qualified in teaching or performing.
"We have a tremendous product. Until we came along nobody did singing, dance and drama in one place," explained David Sprigg.
"We've been franchising for the last ten years and base ourselves on the ethical franchising model."
This, he said, means that they invest money to help the long-term future of franchisees, and themselves pay for services such as school security, not leaving the individual centres to do so.
A measure of Stagecoach's growing success is the fact that there are now more than 450 schools in the UK.
Locally, these include centres in Walton, Weybridge, Hinchley Wood, Kingston and Surbiton, teaching drama, dance and singing to more than 25,000 students each week.
There are also schools located in six other countries, including Ireland, Australia and Germany.
In addition, Stagecoach is now setting up SportsCoach, a series of schools teaching a variety of sports.
"We've never had a failure in the UK despite having more than 25,000 students here," said David.
"We don't give performance targets to our franchisees.
"We believe we should work together and threatening to take the franchise away when targets are not met is not the way to go.
"To the best of my knowledge, Stagecoach is only the second franchisor to float on the UK stock exchange.
"That put the business on to a new level. We're now about to start franchising in the States."
He added: "We're delighted to be in the final. We've been finalists four or five times but never won it, so I hope that changes this time."
This year's Franchisor of the Year Awards will be held at the Dorchester Hotel on June 4.
Other finalists at the event include Toni & Guy, Domino's Pizza, Drain Doctor, Property Search Group, Martin & Co and Cartridge World.
It is recognised that many large corporate businesses have grown through franchising, and many of these are past finalists or winners of the awards.
HSBC's national franchise manager, Cathryn Hayes, summed up why franchising has many benefits for those seeking to start up in business.
"Franchisees have the advantage of joining a business network which is not only tried and tested but one that often has a well-established brand name behind it," she said.
"We believe that the awards demonstrate the special benefits that franchising brings to business – delivering growth in jobs and in wealth."
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HomeNational NewsOVER 68 HOUSES DAMAGED IN TEREKEKA BY RAINSTORM
OVER 68 HOUSES DAMAGED IN TEREKEKA BY RAINSTORM
By Wek Atak Kacjang
At least 100 people have been displaced and 68 houses have been damaged by heavy rains in Terekeka State over the weekend, State Information Ministry said.
In an interview with Juba Monitor from Terekeka on Tuesday, Minister Joseph Ladu Gubek said the governments with its development partners are working hard to help those affected and prevent such cases from happening.
"Last Saturday, heavy rains occupied some parts of the area so now government is working hard to ensure that the situation is controlled," Ladu said.
He added that this year's rainy season has affected many people in some parts of the state, with many displaced and their farms destroyed by either floods or rainstorm.
Peter Lado Modi, resident of Kuda County said that in the previous years, there were no such damages caused by heavy rains in the state.
"We are really worried for some children who go to school passing through the running water," Modi said. This is dangerous. If it is to continue like this, many parents will avoid sending their children to school, and the children will also fear to go to school," he added.
Modi appealed to the government and humanitarian aid organizations to help the citizens.
Last month, a road linking Kuda County to Jubek State and Bahr-el-Ghazal was destroyed by heavy rains, cutting off the road.
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