OFI Crete lost 4-0 at PAOK last weekend, no surprise, and truth is, the score could have been bigger. They were visiting the Super League leaders, who are playing probably their best football of the season these days, so… it's hard to blame OFI's players for what happened last weekend in Thessaloniki. As mentioned here a few days ago, they have a new coach, Jaime Vera, a Chilean who played for OFI more than 20 years ago, when the Crete side were a regular in Greece's top division. A problem with his passport didn't allow him to travel to Greece on Monday, and he's expected to be in Crete on Friday. Interim coach Nikos Karabetakis will be in charge in this match. On another note, winger Vasilis Koutsianikoulis was given a four-match ban, for using an unacceptable word aimed at the referee of a recent OFI game. It's not the first time in his career his… mouth gets him in trouble. OFI are 14th in the table, on 15 points.
Atromitos paid for two serious refereeing mistakes last weekend, losing 2-1 at Lamia. An offside not given (in Lamia's first goal), and a wrong penalty decision, obliged Atromitos to that defeat. On the other hand, should be mentioned that the Peristeri side were rather poor. Giorgos Spanos, the club president, made sure to express his… feelings about the referee after the final whistle, but soon after that, he talked to his players, and his message, more or less, was "get serious". Atromitos have now lost back-to-back games in the Super League, but they remain fourth in the table, on 29 points. Centre-forward Armin Mujakic got injured in the game versus Lamia, had to undergo surgery, and is expected to be back in a month.
OFI's next game is on Sunday, again at home, versus Xanthi. Same day, Atromitos will be visiting Larissa (both Super League matches).
Three wins for OFI and two draws in the last five games between these two in Crete.
Truth is, Atromitos didn't play well in their last two away matches, both of which they lost, but it shouldn't go unnoticed than in both, they were the victims of very bad refereeing decisions. I'm tipping them to leave Crete with at least one point.
Atromitos' win in "draw no bet" is at 1.87. Their double chance combined with "over 1.5" pays 2.25.


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Southgate man charged with murder in wife's shooting
Oralandar Brand-Williams
A 32-year-old Southgate man has been charged in connection with his wife's murder, Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy announced Thursday.
Ryan Arthur Hilton is charged with first-degree murder, tampering with evidence, and two counts of felony firearm in the death of 31-year-old Amanda Marie Hilton.
Ryan Hilton was arraigned Thursday in 28th District Court in Southgate and remanded to jail. Hilton's probable cause conference is scheduled for Jan. 15.
Hilton contacted the Southgate Police Department Jan. 1 to report his wife missing from their apartment in the 14500 block of Northline, according to the prosecutor's office. She was last seen at the Hiltons' apartment Dec. 31.
Authorities allege Hilton had an argument with his wife, then shot her with a shotgun and moved her body to a field with tall grass near a Dumpster by the couple's apartment building. Amanda Hilton's body was found Jan. 5 by Southgate police, who arrested her husband.
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I recently got hold of a CBR600f PGM- fi which I am absolutely loving.
It's actually a European import which means the clocks are in KMH And the headlight is partially taped up as it fails the MOT If not.
I've tried to change to MPH As per the handbook, but mine was made for the European market so doesn't have this ability.
What I'm wondering, is that could I get some clocks of a UK Model and swap them over? Would they work and would they display the right speed in MPH? Is there any part of the speed sensor that detimines KMH Or MPH?
Secondly, could I also just replace the Euro headlight unit with a UK spare?
keeping dual stage ram air & changing the clocks.


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Q: I want to know $PA=LU$ , what is $P$?? I know that if there is a $0$ in the diagonal, I use multiply $P$ to $A$.
But, I saw the use of $P$ even if there was no zero.
I want to know what $P$ is and what role it is for.

A: The matrix $P(l,s)$ if multiplied by the matrix $A$ from the left switches the $l^{th}$ and the $s^{th}$ rows of $A$, and if multiplied by $A$ from the right, it switches the $l^{th}$ and the $s^{th}$ columns of $A$

A: I'm assuming you are referring to LU decomposition with partial pivoting (I'm not familiar with full pivoting, but I believe partial pivoting is more commonly used in practice).
The matrix $P$ is a permuation matrix - i.e. its rows/columns are a permutation of the rows/columns(respectively) of the identity matrix, e.g. $\begin{pmatrix}0&1&0\\1&0&0\\0&0&1\end{pmatrix}$ is a permutation matrix).
You are correct that a perumtation is applied to the rows of a reduced matrix so that there is a nonzero term to pivot on. Typically we will still permute the rows even if the diagonal element is nonzero. This is because pivoting on the largest (in terms of absolute value) number available is more numerically stable.
For example we would rather pivot on,
$$\begin{pmatrix}
1&4&8\\
0&1&7\\
0&0.1&1\\
\end{pmatrix}$$
than pivot on
$$\begin{pmatrix}
1&4&8\\
0&0.1&1\\
0&1&7\end{pmatrix}$$
for numerical stability.

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Discover four key dishes that helped Belon win the Highest Climber Award at Asia's 50 Best Restaurants
Kat Odell
After entering the Asia's 50 Best Restaurants list at No.40 in 2018, Belon in Hong Kong has risen 25 spots to No.15 on this year's list, winning the Highest Climber Award. Executive chef Daniel Calvert gives us the secrets behind his key signature creations.
"The food we serve at Belon is very simple, familiar flavour profiles, but executed to the highest degree," says Daniel Calvert, executive chef of Hong Kong's Asian-accented French bistro. While the menu may read as what you could describe as 'safe' – oyster tartare, an ode to salade niçoise made with shima aji, and a whole roasted chicken – there's good reason the cosy, 36-seat boîte has jumped from No.40 to No.15 on this year's Asia's 50 Best Restaurants list.
For Calvert, the 31-year-old chef who spent two years working at the stand-out Epicure at Le Bristol in Paris prior to his move to Hong Kong, it's all in the detail. "On the surface, everything can look very basic and nondescript, but we consider every detail," says Calvert, referring to the restaurant's use of super-high-quality Le Beurre Bordier as the standard kitchen butter, making all puff pastry in-house, and fermenting red miso-laced sourdough for 36 hours. "These elements go unnoticed by many, except for the people who truly understand."
Calvert receives the Highest Climber Award at Asia's 50 Best Restaurants 2019
Local hospitality firm Black Sheep Restaurants opened Belon in March 2016 and Calvert relocated from Paris to join the launch team as sous chef, working alongside then-executive chef James Henry. Six months in, Henry left and Calvert took the reins.
Since Calvert assumed control of Belon's kitchen, the restaurant has had a stream of accolades. It earned one Michelin star, landed on Asia's 50 Best Restaurants list for the first time in 2018, and this year it has won the Highest Climber Award, jumping an impressive 25 places.
The plates he creates are made with stand-out ingredients cooked with flawless French technique and there is an approachability to Calvert's cooking that appeals to travelling diners and locals alike. "At Belon we have a lot of regulars, some of whom come once or twice a week, so it's important to keep things moving," he explains, describing his menu, which changes every few days.
Below, the chef outlines four of his signature dishes and their genesis:
Hokkaido scallop with shio kombu and pomelo
"This scallop dish was inspired by a meal I had at Flower Drum, a legendary Cantonese restaurant in Melbourne. The first course I had there was a whole scallop inside a dumpling. In Belon's European kitchen, I swapped the dumpling skin for pasta, while adding a regionally influenced sauce with pomelo segments, shio kombu, and seaweed. I source scallops from Hokkaido, as I find the texture of Japanese scallops from this area to be more toothsome.
"I love how the scallop cooks inside the ravioli and the dashi, sake, and seaweed butter sauce really works. We use not only supremely high-quality Bordier butter for the sauce, but also a blend of seaweeds: namanori, tosaka, and shio kombu. Each one adds unique flavour and texture that help to round out the sauce. Namanori, in particular, has a super fresh and briny flavor, while tosaka has a wonderful bite. This dish has a lot going on, but when the balance is right, it's truly one of the best on the menu."
Red miso sourdough
"When you sit down at Belon, I like to call the welcome a statement of intent. We start the meal with 36-month-aged Comté cheese gougères, and our bread and butter. It's a red miso sourdough paired with grassy, high-acid, yet unbelievably light on the palate Le Ponclet butter from Brittany, France. Our original bread recipe came from James [Henry] when Belon opened, but I've changed and tweaked it over the last few years. My friend Pamela Yung [of Tartine in San Francisco and the now-shuttered Semilla in New York] also came by to give me some tips along the way.
"We are now up to a slow 36-hour ferment. The part I truly love about our bread is the contrast between the crust and the high hydration level of the flesh. We are around 87% hydration at the moment, and depending on the humidity levels in Hong Kong, we have to cut it back to 85%. We add coarsely ground barley porridge and red miso for dimension of flavour. Guests love the bread, and we are starting to supply other restaurants in Hong Kong, but we can really only make 16 loaves a day."
Pigeon pithivier
"This dish came from a desire to do things the Belon way – very simple, well-executed dishes that are instantly recognisable. Serving only what is important: the perfectly cooked bird, a wonderful sauce flavoured with fig jam and Amaretto, and the pastry, which brings everything together. The tweaking and bettering of the pithivier comes from looking at and analysing every component every single day. Starting from the homemade pastry, moving to only using pigeons that weigh 550g because that's the perfect cook ratio. We finish the accompanying sauce with a fig leaf to really accentuate the fig jam's flavour. All these slight changes come with time, and they are key to everything we do."
Piedmont hazelnut and Périgord truffle mille crêpe
"This dessert blends a perfect match of hazelnut and truffle. The hazelnut purée and flour we use is from a small producer in Piedmont, Italy. For me, I question which is more luxurious, the rare local hazelnut, or the famously scarce truffle. Mille crêpe was founded upon the idea of taking two ingredients from the same terroir and putting them. Due to the small yield of hazelnuts from our producer, this dessert plays with the idea of which ingredient is more luxurious – the truffle or the hazelnut?"
Images: In the header, Daniel Calvert and restaurant Belon; Red Miso Sourdough image by Kat Odell
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Kat Odell is a food and travel journalist. After spending seven years working for Eater.com as a restaurant and beverage editor, she left to freelance, and has since been published in The New York Times' T magazine, Vogue, Travel + Leisure, Conde Nast Traveler and many more. Odell is also the author of Day Drinking and Unicorn Food. She spends much of her time traversing the globe, with a keen interest in Japan and edomae sushi. She speaks French and Czech and sukoshi Japanese. Follow her adventures @kat_odell.


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Mistresses Recap: Extreme Makeover — Home(wrecker) Edition
The giddy makeover scene is a staple of any good romantic comedy. But add Mistresses' Karen Kim (currently working on her Masters degree in "Gurrrrl, Please!"), some medical-grade marijuana and a married couple that puts the "eek!" in freaky and you'll find yourself clutching a pillow like that doll from The Conjuring just rang your doorbell.
Indeed, by the end of this week's episode, "Into the Woods," I was hollering at my screen as if Karen was running up a flight of stairs instead of out the door — with a masked intruder at her heels.
OK, OK, so maybe Hot Beaded Doc and Fragile Flower in Bloom don't mean any harm to Our Lady of Fascinating Disasters, but this situation (TV-MA… may be unsuitable for children under 17) can't end well, can it? As my mother always says about three-ways, "There's always one half of the couple who wants it more than the other, and that's where the trouble begins." (Yes, my mom actually said that — she is to real talk what that nasty bartender wench at Wunderbar is to sabotage.)
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Not only do we have Karen engaging in a ménage-a-GAH! this week, but we've also got April getting her groove back (not a reference to that lumberjack fantasy sequence — though that didn't hurt); Calista pulling a Cher-in-Moonstruck (though with less romantic results); and Joss beginning to overanalyze every one of Harry's moves (except for his horizontal mambo). So with that said, let's recap what happened with each of our main ladies — while posing key questions about their decisions and behaviors.
APRIL | Our put-upon mom gets called to the principal's office — where she finds Olivia Pope's duplicitous boyfriend (Brian White) is playing the role of concerned principal. Lucy, still reeling from the news her presumed-dead father was alive for years — but now for-real, for-real dead at the hands of drug dealers — is at risk of losing her scholarship due to plummeting grades. So, Principal Blair (without mentioning he'll be showing off his glistening torso while chopping firewood in a forest clearing) suggests the school's upcoming character-building camping expedition as a way to restore some trust. Lucy proves to be a total "headphones, makeup, attitude" nightmare — which leads April to lament the collapse of their friendship. "I don't think Lucy needs you to be a friend right now," offers Blair, who's not only hot as a glassblower's oven, but damned astute, too. You see, he's a single parent, too (his wife passed away five years ago) and sometimes kids need to know mom or dad is in total control, he offers. And thus, after Lucy disappears with a pal to smoke cigs in a protected part of the woods — felony alert! — April finally shows her daughter the world-class backbone she's shown to every liar, cheater and Florida swamp-dweller who's crossed her path for the last two seasons. Bring back the cute little moppet of Season 1 — and send her eyeliner back to the Walgreens from whence it came! (While you're the drug store, April, stock up on some prophylactics, 'cause damn you need to "paint a new canvas" with the new hunk in your orbit!)
CALISTA | Calista is thisclose to mirroring the all-too-sad reality of the Affleck-Garner marriage and calling it quits on her 10th anniversary, but Luca is all, "Baby I'm a changed man. Remember how good it used to be? Can I take you to dinner?" Joss' initial response to her new pal's softening heart is the correct one — "He cheated on you with Twiggy!" — but Calista can still remember how Luca stole a care and hocked it to provide seed money for their eventual fashion empire. And thus, she finds herself decked out in an electrifying blue dress and eyeing her man the way Tim Gunn eyes a perfect hem. That is until Luca gives her a necklace — followed by a slide show introducing Calista to his proposed line of jewelry ("Accessories by Luca") to be sold under the Calista Raines brand. There's no putting a positive spin on the guy's actions — it'd be like having your heart surgeon ask you to buy something from her kid's grade-school candle fundraiser right before you go under the knife — and Calista tosses a drink in his rat-fink face. Back at home, though, he's not taking a hint from the way Calista has put everything he owns in a box to the left (so to speak) and he pushes her against a wall, refuses to let their relationship end. She slaps him, then she pulls him in for a kiss, and before you know it they're basking in the warm afterglow of pillow talk. "I'd like to start over," he says. "I thought we just did," she coos back, completely forgetting this is the man who drove her to an all-day stakeout in an SUV just a few weeks prior. This Calista is a lot of fun, methinks, but self-preservation may not be her strong suit.
JOSS | Speaking of afterglow, Joss and Harry pick up the morning after their "Less Talk, More (Bedroom) Action" Summer 2015 Consummation Extravaganza! Everything's rosy, everything's jake, until she asks him where he'd say they are. "Happy," he shoots back — activating all of Joss' internal alarms that she lost her sister forever just to casually date her sister's ex-husband. Karen and April talk her off the ledge — and Joss is reassured when a house-hunting Harry implies maybe they should be shopping together — but when he backs away from her dream home, those old doubts creep back in. The seas begin to calm when Harry shoots Joss a text — "Hey, we should talk" — but the Kraken suddenly rises up from the surf (that'd be Niko the Bartender Terrible) and she deletes Joss' reply, "I'm so sorry. Can I come over?" And as we all know, there's nothing worse than a conciliatory text left hanging. Methinks there's a long, sleepless, spiraling night ahead for our star-crossed lovers. Somewhere, in Italy, Savi is rubbing her hands together and purring like a satisfied kitty. (In other news, Lucy's "Uncle Mark" gets a job as a bartender at Wunderbar and seems poised to become Harry's new BFF — albeit a BFF who, to our great concern, did not reveal that he's an alcoholic in recovery.)
KAREN | Karen gets an unexpected visit from her new pal Vivian, who's all frantic because she figured out her hot hubby cancelled his appointments a few days back and never informed her of his whereabouts. Ohhhhh… says the look on Karen's face, and then she confesses Alec was at her bedside, helping her recover from the marrow donation that might save Vivian's life. It seems like a perfectly logical explanation — especially, since as Karen tells her pals later, it was "perfectly chaste!" — but Vivian flees the scene, practically in tears. This is the kind of messy drama that might make a logical person take a step back, review whether or not this friendship is worth maintaining, but Karen (after close-talker Alec wipes lint off her jacket and tells her she looks good) drives right over to Vivian's — without so much as a "Lady, I'm coming over" text! There, Vivian reveals her illness has put the kibosh on hers and Alec's sex life — "I'm a porcelain thing he's afraid to break!" — but little does she know Karen spent half of Season 2 living out (what I imagine is) the central plotline of Emmanuelle 7. And so Karen helps Vivian purchase a hot dress, sexy lingerie, new makeup, which they try on over some heavy-duty marijuana. Soon, Karen is holding Vivian's face in her hands, tousling her hair, confessing she's had affairs with two married men (though conveniently leaving out she also did the nasty with one of those men's sons, who then died at the hands of his mentally imbalanced mother).
"You're afraid you're attracted to my husband. You're pushing us together so you don't pull us apart," says Vivian, but she's not mad — she's (yowza) seriously turned on by the scenario. (You see where this is going, yes?) When Alec finally comes home, he doesn't see the surge of sexy — he just wants to know if Vivian's taken her meds. And so Vivian — dying to be seen as something other than a patient — plants one on Karen, and after a little jolt of surprise, Karen closes her eyes and kisses back. Alex looks shocked — but not exactly unhappy — and promptly tastes Karen's lip gloss on his wife's mouth. Karen smiles and heads for the exit, but Vivian grabs her arm. "Don't go," she sighs softly, as Karen forgets the church hat in her closet and begins to remember the call-girl wigs she's got in her attic — and Mistresses being Mistresses, I think we can assume she won't be humming "One is the loneliest number" in the morning. Yes, it's another terrible life decision from Dr. Kim — but if I wanted to see women making huge emotional strides, I'd watch Iyanla videos on YouTube, K?
What did you think of this week's Mistresses? Are you concerned about Karen? Enraged or delighted by Niko? And what to make of that principal taking off his shirt during a student trip? Sound off with your opinions in the comments!
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Bank Credit Dnipro actively attracts retail customers due to a wide range of deposit offers, one of the best yields on the market, and a high level of service. As a result, the retail deposit portfolio of the bank, taking into account current and card accounts, increased in June by UAH 78.5 million - to UAH 3.9 billion. At the same time, term deposits form more than 72% of the portfolio of individuals' deposits. The average term for the placement of funds is steadily growing: today the financial institution's portfolio by 85% consists of deposits for a period of six months or more.
"Our bank focuses retail customers' attention on deposit offers in hryvnia as the most profitable tool for saving funds and protecting them from inflation," said Alexander Stetsko, head of the development of products and projects for the retail business of Bank Credit Dnipro. - Our exclusive offer of placing funds in the national currency for seven months with a maximum yield of up to 16.5% per annum is well-deserved popularity among investors: for two months the volume of this deposit exceeded UAH 209 million, and its share in the portfolio reached 8%. In general, from the beginning of the year the hryvnia portfolio of term deposits increased by UAH 65.5 million. The positive dynamics of attracting allows the bank to increase the resource to activate lending to businesses and the population. "
You can make a deposit for a period of 30 to 450 days at any branch of the bank or remotely through the Internet banking system FreeBank. In the second case, a loyalty program operates, within which the client receives an additional 0.5% to the rate. The minimum amount of the deposit is 25 thousand UAH for registration in the office and only 500 UAH for registration through FreeBank. Payment of interest is carried out monthly or at the end of the term of the deposit - at the option of the client. There is an automatic prolongation of the deposit, which can be made unlimited number of times for the current bid at the date of prolongation. If desired, the depositor can refuse automatic prolongation.
More details on the deposit retail offers of the Bank Credit Dnipro can be found on the link.
On December 19, the "St. Nicholas Day" coin collecting coin is launched on the Facebook Credit Bank Dnipro page.
Ukrainian banks are still more active in lending to the public than business: for example, according to the NBU, the hryvnia retail loan portfolio in 2018 was 34%, and business loans - only 8%.
Credit Dnepr Bank offers its clients to take part in a partnership with Mastercard international payment system and a well-known Rozetka Internet supermarket and receive free delivery of orders to the convenient post office of Novaya Poshta.
Credit Dnepr Bank took the second place in the rating "TOP of the best programs of RKO business" of Prostobank Consulting company among the 32 largest financial institutions of Ukraine.


Outcasts of Jupiter » Outcasts of Jupiter #1 - The Burj released by Coker CoOp on December 31, 2014.
Four outcasts roam the fringes of an untamed galaxy, taking on unusual jobs that challenge their unique abilities.
We meet the Outcasts in the middle of attempting a daring rescue to free their comrade, Persio, from the Burj, a mysterious tower located in the courtyard of a heavily fortified clifftop palace.


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Mortensen Law Firm PLLC is a general practice firm in Salt Lake City, Utah. The firm's principal, Paul W. Mortensen, has nearly 40 years of trial and appellate practice experience in state and federal courts, including the United States Supreme Court.
Areas of litigation practice include family law, civil rights, personal injury, medical malpractice, business and commercial, real property, real property access (easements) and criminal defense.
The firm also engages in transactional law regarding rights-of-way, easements, licenses, contracts, and wills and trusts.
The court notes for the record the professionalism and civility demonstrated by the attorneys in this case. The oral argument evidenced careful preparation and zealous advocacy of the highest order.WRITTEN COURT RULING IN ONE OF MR. MORTENSEN'S CASES.


Sydney, Australia is a harbour city known for its beautiful beaches, mild temperatures and variety of sights and attractions for tourists. Sydney offers many tours and cruises of the area, and there are many outdoor festivals in the summer. You can always find cheap flights and travel packages to Sydney throughout the year on such sites as Sydney Flights Accommodation and Totally Australia.
The weather in Sydney is mild for the most part, and enjoyable all throughout the year, with more than 300 days of sun per year. Note that the seasons are the opposite of the United States – summer runs December-February, March-May is autumn or fall, June-August is winter and spring is September-November. Summertime temperatures range from 79 degrees F or 26 C to hotter than 104 F or 40 C. November-February is a time to catch Sydney's outdoor festivals and enjoy activities such as bushwalking and cycling. November is the start of beach season. Winter is cool, with rain for two weeks and temperatures in the 50s. If you don't like the beach, you may prefer to visit during the winter.
If you're you are interested in visiting Sydney the internet is a great tool for finding flight deals. United offers nonstop flights from San Francisco and Los Angeles, CA, from $870. Qantas offers round-trip flights from Los Angeles or San Francisco at $858, and even cheaper ($678) if you travel before the end of August. You may be able to find cheap flights by checking online for seats just after midnight. Most airlines update their systems after this time and you may find seats that weren't available earlier. Also, some airlines have seats that they need to sell, but do not advertise. It may be worthwhile to call the airline directly and ask if they have any seats they want to sell cheaply.
There are a variety of Sydney hotels from small bed-and-breakfasts to five-star hotels. Hotels in the Rocks area offer spectacular views and are in the heart of the city and attractions. Kings Cross is a popular hotel district, although it is in an area of town with bustling nightlife and therefore can be loud at night. Hotels in the Rocks can run upwards of $250 a night, but there are always specials available.
If you are looking for deals on accommodation in Sydney, it can be a pretty tough choice. With hundreds of hotels on offer, from basic accommodation through to 5-star luxury hotels, you really will be spoiled for choice. What do you look for when searching for accommodation in Sydney? Are you travelling with your family or may be on a corporate relocation or simply on your own discovering the pleasure of a new experience of a city never travelled.
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Although you may not be able to afford the rack rate, you may well be able to afford the hotel through a discount hotel site. You may even have extra flexibility on this if you are prepared to take your chances on this and book at the last minute. However, if budget is very tight, you might well want to look at some of the many inexpensive hostels which are dotted throughout the city.
The accommodation offered by many of them is surprisingly good and it is worth checking them out on some of the review sites. Location too, is key – you should narrow down your search through the area of Sydney that you want to stay in.
Maybe you want to stay near Sydney Harbour? No problem but be prepared to pay more! You may need to compromise on facilities and quality to stay in an area of your choice.


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O Ariel 5, também conhecido como UK-5, foi o quinto satélite do Programa Ariel operado pelo Reino Unido.

Foi construído pela BAC, lançado em 15 de outubro de 1974, por um foguete Scout B, a partir da Plataforma San Marco.

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Easy wearing linen/cotton blend slouch hat is a summer basic. Available in colours from classic black to summer brights. 3.5 inch wide wired brim rolls up or down. Our hats block at least 97.5% broad spectrum UVA and UVB radiation.


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The Commission on Audit found that PAGCOR failed to remit P15 billion to the government
This represents part of the 50% share to the government from the state run gaming corporation
COA said the deficiency was due to a wrong interpretation of the law made by PAGCOR
A report by the Commission on Audit (COA) has pointed out that the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) owes the government more than P15.4 billion in remittances to the national treasury.
The state-run gaming company was supposed to remit around P98.5 billion to the Bureau of Treasury (BTr) from 2001 to 2015, but only submitted around P72.6 billion, resulting in an under-remittance of approximately P26 billion.
The COA clarified, however, that PAGCOR also had an over-remittance of around P10.6 billion, resulting in the deficit by the company.
"Re-computation, however, disclosed an over-remittance of the 50-percent cash dividend remitted by PAGCOR to the BTr during the same years pursuant to Section 3 of RA 7656 in the total amount of P10.561 billion, bringing the net under-remittance to P15.401 billion," COA noted in its findings, as previously quoted in a report by GMA News.
According to the law, PAGCOR is supposed to remit 50 percent of its total earnings as the government's share from this government owned and controlled corporation (GOCC).
COA blames the wrong interpretation of PAGCOR to the law, resulting in the under-remittance.
Presidential Decree 1869, which created PAGCOR, requires the agency to submit its share of the "aggregate gross earnings" but the company only based its computation on income coming from gaming operations only and not on its overall earnings.
"The Office of the General Counsel, Legal Services Sector of this Commission, clarified in its Memorandum dated June 29, 2015 that jurisprudence dictates that when we speak of the 'gross earnings', we mean the entire earnings or receipts of such person or corporation from the business or operation to which we refer," COA said in its report.
In this regard, the COA ordered PAGCOR to remit its remaining balance to the national treasury.
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SHAREHOLDER ALERT: Pomerantz Law Firm Investigates Claims On Behalf of Investors of Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. – NSANY
Pomerantz LLPJanuary 19, 2019
NEW YORK, Jan. 18, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Pomerantz LLP is investigating claims on behalf of investors of Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. ("Nissan" or the "Company") (OTCMKTS: NSANY). Such investors are advised to contact Robert S. Willoughby at rswilloughby@pomlaw.com or 888-476-6529, ext. 9980.
The investigation concerns whether Nissan and certain of its officers and/or directors have engaged in securities fraud or other unlawful business practices.
On November 19, 2018, media outlets reported that the Company's Chairman Carlos Ghosn had been arrested by Japanese authorities for violations of Japanese financial law. In a press release, Nissan stated that the Company "has been conducting an internal investigation over the past several months regarding misconduct involving the company's Representative Director and Chairman Carlos Ghosn and Representative Director Greg Kelly", which revealed "that over many years both Ghosn and Kelly have been reporting compensation amounts in the Tokyo Stock Exchange securities report that were less than the actual amount, in order to reduce the disclosed amount of Carlos Ghosn's compensation." The Company further stated that "in regards to Ghosn, numerous other significant acts of misconduct have been uncovered, such as personal use of company assets, and Kelly's deep involvement has also been confirmed." Following this news, Nissan's American depositary receipt price fell sharply during intraday trading on November 19, 2018.
The Pomerantz Firm, with offices in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Paris, is acknowledged as one of the premier firms in the areas of corporate, securities, and antitrust class litigation. Founded by the late Abraham L. Pomerantz, known as the dean of the class action bar, the Pomerantz Firm pioneered the field of securities class actions. Today, more than 80 years later, the Pomerantz Firm continues in the tradition he established, fighting for the rights of the victims of securities fraud, breaches of fiduciary duty, and corporate misconduct. The Firm has recovered numerous multimillion-dollar damages awards on behalf of class members. See www.pomerantzlaw.com
CONTACT:Robert S. WilloughbyPomerantz LLP rswilloughby@pomlaw.com 888-476-6529 ext. 9980


Popsicle es el single de Colby Bryant, de quienes tan sólo sé que son un dúo formado por Fritz Pfaff y Sam Grossinger. Acaban de editar este ruidoso sencillo de apariencia Garajera o Psico-Playera. En realidad, tan sólo es un divertimento ruidoso con evidente vocación Lo-Fi. Como no sé más de ellos, pues os dejo con los enlaces para descargar el tema si es que os gusta. Esperaré más noticias suyas.
"Colby Bryant is actually two high school seniors named Fritz Pfaff and Sam Grossinger and given the cover art and the words thrown around on their bandcamp, you'd think that they were forging a new genre. "Scoot-tunes"… "scooter-gaze" … "scoot-fi"… Kinda funny.
But when you actually listen to their tune "Popsicle" you realize that the whole scooter thing is just a joke. The music itself is much more serious. Well, seriously awesome. "Popsicle" is a lo-fi surf rock jam that burns in your ears. Underneath the fuzz and the surfy riffage is some strange manic sample. It almost sounds like a panicked crowd of people.


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Former Greenpeace Official: Green Movement 'Threatens Intellectual Gulag'
November 30, 2015 11:46 PM ET
Dr. Patrick Moore, a former prominent member of Greenpeace, says the current green movement is "anti-modernism" and "threatens an intellectual gulag."
Moore made these comments in an interview with The Daily Caller as President Obama arrived in Paris to attend the Global Climate Conference.
During remarks made in Paris on Monday, Obama said that fighting climate change would be an effective response to terrorist activity.
"What greater rejection of those who would tear down our world than marshaling our best efforts to save it," Obama said to over 150 world leaders.
The president downplayed people's concerns about terrorism saying one woman at a town hall recently asked him about climate change as opposed to terrorism.
"And let there be no doubt, the next generation is watching what we do. Just over a week ago, I was in Malaysia, where I held a town hall with young people, and the first question I received was from a young Indonesian woman," Obama said.
"And it wasn't about terrorism, it wasn't about the economy, it wasn't about human rights. It was about climate change. And she asked whether I was optimistic about what we can achieve here in Paris, and what young people like her could do to help."
Dr. Moore was aghast at the claims made by the Obama administration and some congressmen over the issue of climate change, including the Department of Defense's conclusion that climate change is an "urgent and growing threat" to national security.
Sen. [crscore]Bernie Sanders[/crscore], a Democratic presidential candidate, went as far to say that climate change causes terrorism.
"Well I think it's completely ridiculous, but I think it's compelling to combine the biggest, as they like to call them existential threats — terrorism and climate change, into one basket, so it plays into one narrative, when they call it an existential threat," Moore said. "Is all the terrorism in the world caused by climate change? Or is it just this particular this particular terrorism that was caused by this climate change."
Moore later said, "It's amazing how powerful the president is in being able to manipulate all of his appointees into supporting this."
"He is going to look like an idiot in retrospect. His legacy will be that he pushed possibly the most anti scientific least scientifically based position that has ever been adopted by a major power."
A week before the president arrived in Paris, Obama said at a news conference that just by showing up at the Global Climate Conference, he would be taking a stand against ISIS.
"Next week I will be joining President Hollande and other world leaders in Paris for the Global Climate Conference," Obama said. "What a powerful rebuke to the terrorists it will be when the world stands as one and shows that we will not be deterred from building a better future for our children."
Last February, during an interview with Vox, the president said the media "absolutely" overstates the level of alarm about terrorism compared to the "threat of climate change."
"Absolutely. And I don't blame the media for that. What's the famous saying about local newscasts, right? If it bleeds, it leads, right? You show crime stories and you show fires, because that's what folks watch, and it's all about ratings."
Obama added, "And, you know, the problems of terrorism and dysfunction and chaos, along with plane crashes and a few other things, that's the equivalent when it comes to covering international affairs… And climate change is one that is happening at such a broad scale and at such a complex system, it's a hard story for the media to tell on a day-to-day basis."
Moore, who says he fears "an intellectual gulag with Greenpeace as my prison guards" says the green movement, the media, the science establishment, subsidized green businesses subsidies and politicians are key reasons why climate change continues to have legs.
"I believe what we have in the green movement today is anti modernism. And it threatens an intellectual Gulag in our society," Moore says, noting that bringing third word communities into the 21st century should be a priority.
"I really think we can say for certain that the industrialized countries have much cleaner air and much cleaner water than the developing countries do. So we need to bring [developing nations] up to our standards, and that means not thinking that everything is going to run out and that we are all going to die from lack of everything."
"We are a very resourceful species and if we set our minds to it like Naranda Modi in India. He is my favorite world leader because he wants to give electricity to the 300 million in India who don't have it and he is a modernist. I believe what we have in the green movement today is anti-modernism. And it threatens to be an intellectual gulag in our society."
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Q: Public Web Instances can't update (apt-get) when routing though igw with an ELB I have a VPC configured with public and private subnets.
My Public Instances seat behind a ELB (internet-facing) and route outbound traffic to the igw.  The SG for the Public instances allows 80+443 traffic inbound and my ELB forwards 80+443 traffic to them.
With this set-up I can access the public web instance via the ELB DNS name but my problem is when I ssh onto the instances I can't update them (apt-get) or access webpages (wget).
I don't have EIPs assigned to the public web instances as I will be setting up Auto-Scaling soon and i don't believe its required.
If I route the public web instances out via the NAT instance apt-get/wget etc will work but my ELB dns name will stop working.
Can someone explain to me what the correct setup should be?

A: the problem is within your outgoing security rules. I'm not a debian/ubuntu user so I'm not familiar with apt-get, but with yum you can specify what servers you connect to for your updates, find an IP of an update server that is fast for AWS and add it to your outgoing rules for 80/443 and you should be able to update then.

A: Although the public instances use the igw its not enough to let them direct connection to the internet. I now understand that the only way I can get my web instances access to the internet is by either giving them an EIP or by placing them in the private subnet and have the NAT do the routing for them. The first option isn't ideal when your Auto-scaling as it requires you to manually add EIPs but the second option should work fine as long as I have the ELB in the public subnet.


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Jack Boyle has served as a loaned executive for the Campus District from Cleveland State's Levin College since January 2013. A long-time catalyst for change in the neighborhood, Boyle served as vice president for Business and Finance from 2003-2011, and during that time was a major influence in reorienting Cleveland State toward a residential, walkable campus by financing millions of dollars in construction and development.
Out of Boyle's arm-length list of achievements while serving as vice president, he says the project most important to CSU's development was the Recreation Center, which, once completed, "became the catalyst for retaining students on campus" by offering amenities that encouraged commuter students to stay on campus after their classes had ended and made residential living more attractive to students.
When asked what he hopes to accomplish in his time with the Campus District, he says he hopes to see some of the current plans for the Campus District implemented, especially on the E.22nd street redevelopment project. He also adds that he'd like to "turn the Campus District into a neighborhood, using the education and medical institutions [CSU, Tri-C, and St. Vincent] in the area as anchors."
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Off-road vehicles aren't exactly sports cars. In fact, just the opposite. We can't safely drive then the same way as our family car. They take longer to stop, are less stable in fast turns, and sometimes have poor visibility. Poor drivers (the bottom 25%, or 1 in 4) don't realize this. They often don't allow us space (much less a semi) to stop, turn, etc.
As Trail Leader, you should plan for issues and problems. Some plans are generic since you cannot predict the exact situation. You apply your skills, tools, and techniques to the problem. A first aid kit is a good example.
For some issues you can speculate what might happen and develop a specific contingency plan. One that falls into that category is the need to leave your vehicle behind.


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import java.beans.IntrospectionException;
import java.beans.PropertyDescriptor;
import java.lang.reflect.Field;
import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.logging.Level;
import java.util.logging.Logger;

import jp.gr.java_conf.ka_ka_xyz.jmx_watchdog.annotation.Column;
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	private List<Field> fields = new ArrayList<Field>();
	private List<AnnotatedColumn> annotatedFields = new ArrayList<AnnotatedColumn>();
	private CsvDataDTO dto;
	private static Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(AnnotationProcessor.class.getName());

	AnnotationProcessor(CsvDataDTO dto) {
		if(dto == null){throw new IllegalArgumentException("Argument is null");}
		this.dto = dto;
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		if (clazz != null) {
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			for (Field field : fields) {
				registerFieldAnnotation(field);
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	private void registerFieldAnnotation(Field field) {
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		if (column != null) {
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			logger.log(Level.SEVERE,"failed to process annotation.", e);
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			logger.log(Level.SEVERE,"failed to process annotation.", e);
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Las Vegas hotel purchase by Penn National Gaming is not happening now said this week by company sources. Rumors in the news and online sources was the regional casino operator to purchase Mirage Las Vegas hotel casino surfaced after TI's commercial real estate deal was announced.
MGM Mirage started paperwork mid December 2008 to sell Treasure Island to real estate developer Phil Ruffin, former owner of New Frontier hotel, for $775 million. As a publicly traded company, MGM Mirage, must evaluate all legitimate offers for purchase.
A potential purchase of Strip property by Penn National Management would be a strategic move for them to add to their portfolio of racetracks and casino in 15 jurisdictions.
The current economic condition affecting the real estate market would be a strategic move by MGM Mirage to create more liquidity and a healthier balance sheet for their current development of Project CityCenter Las Vegas.
Cash rich Penn National has $1.48 billion in assets available due to a halted private equity buyout. They are looking towards Las Vegas for their next purchase but taking a wait and see for better prices approach to current opportunities.
MGM Mirage would currently entertain sale of The Mirage only if the purchase was closer to $1 billion or above 7X the company's current cash flow. The Mirage was purchased nine years ago during the buyout of Mirage Resorts.
Las Vegas hotel purchase by Penn National Gaming is not happening now according to published news reports.


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Uber was one of my first clients under my own studio, Akko. Over the course of a year, I helped one of the world's most successful startups get its legs and acquire early devotees across the country.
Uber, now a massively successful company operating in dozens of cities across world, needed a good deal of brand equity and education to help people realize the full potential and value of the product. People had negative misconceptions about car services and in some cities, needed some convincing as to why they should use the service. At first glance it seemed cost-prohibitive, even though users of the service became quickly addicted to it.
My first campaign with them had the goal of making a splash at SXSW, a difficult event to capture attention when there is so much already going on. We connected the Uber app to summon pedicabs - a popular form of transportation in Austin during the overpopulated mega-festival - and branded the pedicabs and drivers with Austin-specific references and a consistent brand overarching brand message of "Everyone's Private Driver". The campaign was extremely successful and brought infamy to the young company, and was repeated every year since our initial pilot.
Our next effort was to help expand Uber into new markets, starting with New York City. Uber was founded in San Francisco, where taxis are notoriously hard to find and public transportation leaves much to be desired. However in other cities, like NYC, taxis and public transportation are ubiquitous and efficient. We worked with Uber to identify customers and scenarios where there's a strong case to lean on the app's reliability, user experience and speed, whether to impress a date, a client, or differentiate yourself from the crowd of tourists.
Our team and the Uber community managers pitched concepts for promotional discount cards to major boutique hotels in New York. The cards were meant to convey the elegance of the hotel along with nodding to the functionality of the Uber service. They were slipped into the keycard sheath that guests would get upon check-in.
To further expand Uber beyond SF and New York, I created a series of online digital campaigns helped grow awareness of the brand online by messaging local neighborhoods, reaffirming the idea that Uber knows each city intimately. These ads were sold to popular websites representing their ever-expanding demographics beyond their early adopters.
Uber, now a household name, has grown virally by taking bold steps in communicating their brand values in creative ways. As a brand that knows how to push the boundaries to capture the hearts of potential customers, the partnership was one in which I constantly got to experiment and learn what turns on their customers and was a great example of how even grassroots efforts with a clever approach can make a huge splash.


The Rainwater LP is Citizen Cope's fourth studio album, released 8 February on Amazon MP3, and digitally released elsewhere on 9 February , and. 9 Feb - 4 min - Uploaded by Citizen Cope Official audio for Citizen Cope's single "I Couldn't Explain Why", off the album The Rainwater. 2 Jul Citizen Cope - The RainWater LP. ReggaeMindset; 9 videos; 64, Citizen Cope - Healing Hands Citizen Cope - I Couldn't Explain Why.
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8 Feb Citizen Cope is both a person (singer/songwriter Clarence Greenwood) and an acoustic-driven band. Born in Memphis and raised in. 9 Feb Find album reviews, stream songs, credits and award information for The RainWater LP - Citizen Cope on AllMusic - - There was a time. Shop online for Citizen Cope merchandise, t-shirts, tank tops, hoodies, clothing, apparel, THE RAINWATER LP - LIMITED EDITION SIDE A - CD (). 3 Mar It's Clarence's first release on his own new record label, Rainwater Wow, surprised to find no Citizen Cope threads here on the forum. The Rainwater LP by Citizen Cope: Listen to songs by Citizen Cope on Myspace, a place where people come to connect, discover, and share.


Owners' Intent To create a living building that, like Nature, restores life, wastes nothing, generates happiness and re-energizes the spirit.
Goal Tanglewood provides occupants and visitors, spaces and experiences designed to nurture optimum health and happiness.
Earth Materials choice re: impact on health, happiness and aesthetics.
Air Attention to supplier/systems re: ventilation, thermal coordination and lighting.
Water Views, filtered water, rain water capture, art - all highlight water's life-giving qualities.
Fire Internal layout and external landscaping focuses on the design and build of a Living-Building that nourishes the soul and optimises health.
"Living-Builldings" do not tolerate... they open hearts and minds to regenerative, sustainable and healthy futures.
Tanglewood, like Nature will breathe freely in an environment that is fresh, cool in summer, warm in winter, and welcoming. North-facing to neighbouring islands, large double glazed Low E, thermally broken aluminium windows ensure ample natural light, heat retention and reduced glare. South-facing windows with Low E and Argon filled double glazing for better thermal insulation provide cross ventilation.
Lighting has been carefully designed to minimize energy usage, create a comfortable, natural ambience and to maximise eye comfort for work and reading areas. Strategies for Climate Disruption included attention to increased temperatures, including light-coloured roofing. However, a muted "lichen" colour not only reduced glare for neighbours, but blended the structure into the bay beyond.
The entrance with matching outdoor/indoor flooring will spill onto recycled native timber flooring. A stair wall will reflect a view of Rangitoto Island to be crafted by artist, Trish Clark, from recycled copper roofing from Tanglewood 1. The copper will also been beautifully designed to feature in furniture and sculptures indoors and out. Terry Neale, artist and furniture maker is crafting a 3.6m bar from salvaged rimu timber with handrails made from guava trees from the original site. Much of the ceiling will be lined with recycled native timber from Tanglewood1 with the deck lined with a small herb and vegetable garden.
The curving drive, complete with pedestrian pathways for neighbours, leads to Tanglewood's small front porch. Entering Tanglewood will be like a beach walk…with clean feet. Be it raining or sunshine, the view opens to the sea and to our neighbouring islands, Motuihe, Rangitoto, Mototapu and Waiheke.
Tanglewood's biophilic development was a major focus in the early stages of design. After a year+ of negotiations to sub-divide the property and 4 architects later (an interesting journey in itself), the team of builders, solar consultants, etc. formed. 2 weeks before the planned Biophilia Workshop, an architectural designer extraordinaire (who Yoshimi happened to work with in 1990 at Greenpeace NZ), prepared the drawings and the event went ahead.
It's important to the development of a biophilic framework and plan that a range of stakeholders are engaged in the Project and understand what biophilia means. The invited included the Project Team of 12, plus immediate neighbours and our local Maori (indigenous people of Aotearoa) friends. Big picture, the workshop set a strong foundation for meaning and collaboration.
To be true to Project values and aspirations, it became imperative – often challenging – to 'stick to agreed principles'. The key lessons are around the owners responsibilities to remind often and model values. The biophilic framework and plan integrate Nature with structure. Tanglewood plays with space, light, natural shapes and patterns, indoors and out with intent to give evidence that Nature offers us every opportunity to work in harmony with her. We can enjoy and nourish each other.


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Can NCAA remain step ahead of latest threat to amateurism?
by: RALPH D. RUSSO, Associated Press
Posted: Sep 30, 2019 / 05:54 PM EDT / Updated: Sep 30, 2019 / 05:54 PM EDT
FILE – In this March 21, 2013, file photo, an athlete jumps near the NCAA logo during practice for a second-round game of the NCAA college basketball tournament in Austin, Texas. Defying the NCAA, California's governor signed a first-in-the-nation law Monday, Sept. 30, that will let college athletes hire agents and make money from endorsements — a move that could upend amateur sports in the U.S. and trigger a legal challenge. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)
The NCAA and the billion-dollar enterprise that is big-time college sports have been facing targeted attacks on amateurism rules for more than a decade. Each one threatened to bring down the governing body and fundamentally change college sports forever.
The NCAA has lost court cases, made modifications to its bylaws — some would say it has been forced to make changes — and claimed victories because the foundation of college sports remains intact: The athletes are not paid by the schools to play.
And business continues to boom.
The latest threat is California's Fair Pay to Play Act signed into law Monday by Gov. Gavin Newsom. It will require NCAA schools to allow athletes to profit from their names, images and likenesses through things such as endorsement deals or autograph signings. Right now that's against NCAA rules. Other states are looking into similar legislation. California's goes into effect in 2023.
"It feels like every five years or so someone claims that we're at a tipping point for college athletics," said Gabe Feldman, director of Tulane's sports law program. "And what we have seen over the years is incremental change in college athletics. And some of that incremental change has been forced by lawsuits and third parties and external pressure. But at its heart the amateurism model still exists and college athletics exist much as it has for the last several decades."
Is the California law what finally brings down the NCAA or is it just another course correction in the evolution of college sports?
"A top NCAA official told me earlier this year: We only change if we are forced to do so through a lawsuit or public shaming," said Tim Nevius, a former NCAA investigator and college baseball player who is now an attorney advocating for the rights of college athletes.
In recent years, NCAA member schools have passed legislation that has increased the value of an athletic scholarship to include the federally regulated true cost of attending a school, provided unlimited meals for college athletes and put more defined restrictions on the amount of time coaches can require players to take part in team activities. The cost-of-attendance stipend was passed in 2015, months after a federal judge ruled against the NCAA in the so-called O'Bannon case, saying rules prohibiting schools from providing that money were against antitrust laws.
Nevius said he believes the California law has the potential to be more impactful than antitrust lawsuits against the NCAA and a failed attempt to unionize players at private schools.
Where we go from here depends on the NCAA's response, Nevius said. NCAA officials have suggested willingness to change but only on their own terms.
"We will consider next steps in California while our members move forward with ongoing efforts to make adjustments to the NCAA name, image and likeness rules that are both realistic in modern societyand tied to higher education," the NCAA said in a statement.
An NCAA working group is expected to deliver a report on what can be done with name, image and likeness rights in October.
"The easiest thing that they could do is simply change the rules to afford equality on this topic for all college athletes at all schools and it would not only benefit the athletes but would potentially bring more revenue into the system itself," Nevius said. "That would be the logical and rational thing to do here. Given their history of trying to obstruct this type of progress I wouldn't be surprised if they file a lawsuit."
Those who have championed the California law have hailed the bipartisan support for it — not only in that state but across the country. A similar bill in South Carolina is being pushed by Democrats. On a national level, U.S. Rep. Mark Walker, R-N.C., co-sponsored a bill that would change the federal tax code to remove NCAA restrictions on name, image and likeness compensation for student-athletes.
"The NCAA will get on board or be plunged into irrelevance," said Ramogi Huma, a former UCLA football player. Huma is the executive director of the advocacy group National College Players Association that attempted to win the right for players to unionize at Northwestern in 2016.
The NCAA could make incremental changes to its name, image and likeness rules and fight the California law in the courts before it even takes effect. Other states could move to pass similar laws to go into effect sooner. The NCAA could respond to court losses with more concessions.
"I think the main risks here for the NCAA is not necessarily the specific changes to name, image, and likeness," Feldman said. "I think the bigger risk is loss of control of our overall governance."
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Q: How to scale thumbnails based on the device resolution? I have these media query rules that specify how many thumbnails should fit inside a row, depending on the window width:
@media only screen and (min-width: 250px){
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It works fine on a display with a 1.0 pixel ratio, but on high-dpi displays the thumbnails appear too large.
After some googling I found out that I should add another set of rules for higher dpi displays that include (and min-resolution: 1.3dppx)
But that doesn't really fix the problem for any display, it just fixes it for a display with a 1.3 dpi.
Is there any way to adjust the min-width values in the first set of rules in such a way that it takes into account the device pixel ratio?
I'm looking for something like:
...and (min-width: (250px * resolution))

but that obviously doesn't work :/

A: if you are use the "em" in media query it's solved your problem.
1em = 16px
@media only screen and ( min-width: 15.625em ){  // 250 / 16
  li{
     max-width: 100%;
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if you are using the "em" you will be sure your design worked correctly in other device ...
please read this post : Why em instead of px?
https://css-tricks.com/why-ems/
if you want to have good responsive design , use the Inspect Element mobile chrome...
finally if you want to calculate the device resolution you should be using the JavaScript , get the width and calculate it...


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Q: ¿A Dedekind-infinite set $A$ has as many proper subsets, equipotent to $A$, as its own cardinality? Definition: A set $A$ is said to be Dedekind-infinite if it has a proper subset $X$ equipotent (similar/in bijection) to $A$.

My question is as follows, how to prove that if $A$ is a Dedekind-infinite set there exists $\{A_i\}_{i\in I}$, a collection of proper subsets of $A$, such that $A_i\subsetneq A$ and $A_i\sim A$ for each $i\in I$, where $I\sim A$, and $A_i\cap A_j=\emptyset$ if $i\not=j$?
Here $X\sim Y$ means "exists $f:X\rightarrow Y$ a bijective function".
The question comes to me in the middle of a proof and I think is intuitive correct. In addition, in the case of $\mathbb{N}$ we have that the sets of powers of prime numbers is a collection with that property.

Thank you for all kind help and comments.

A: The statement you are trying to prove is not true.
Note that if $A$ is Dedekind-infinite, then so is any set containing $A$. So weird Dedekind-infinite sets can be built by taking some nice Dedekind-infinite set - say, $\mathbb{N}$ - and looking at the union of that with some really weird set $A$. For example, we could take $A$ to be amorphous - that is, infinite but not partitionable into disjoint infinite sets! (Such sets can exist in ZF, but this is not easy to prove.)
Now look at $X=\mathbb{N}\cup A$ for $A$ amorphous. EDIT: As bof points out below, we actually don't need $A$ to be amorphous, it's enough for $A$ to be any Dedekind-finite infinite set; I just like amorphous sets. I claim that $X$ can't be split into $X$-many sets of size $X$. In fact, I claim:

There are no disjoint $Y, Z\subseteq X$ with $Y\sim Z\sim X$.

That is, we can't even find two sets that we want!
The culprit is $A$, via the following fact: $$\mbox{There is no injection from any Dedekind-finite infinite set into any well-ordered set}.$$ This is a good exercise (hint: think about preimages), and in this context means that if $Y\subseteq X$ with $f: X\rightarrow Y$ a bijection, then $f(a)\in Y\cap A$ for all but finitely many $a\in A$; that is, when we "shrink" $X$ down, "most" of the $A$-part of $X$ stays in the $A$-part.
So suppose $Y, Z$ were disjoint subsets of $X$ of size the same as $X$. Fix bijections $f, g: X\rightarrow Y, Z$, and let

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*$U=\{b\in A: f(a)=b\mbox{ for some $a\in A$}\}$,

*$V=\{b\in A: g(a)=b\mbox{ for some $a\in A$}\}$.
Clearly $U$ and $V$ are disjoint, and are infinite by the above observation; but this contradicts the fact that $A$ is amorphous.

A: Suppose there is a Dedekind-finite infinite set $S.$ Then $A=\mathbb N\cup S$ is a Dedekind-infinite set.
Claim. There do not exist two disjoint subsets $A_1,A_2$ of $A$ such that $A_1\sim A_2\sim A.$ In fact, there do not exist two disjoint subsets $S_1,S_2$ of $A$ such that $S_1\sim S_2\sim S.$
Proof. Assume for a contradiction that $S_1,S_1\subseteq A$ and $S_1\cap S_2=\emptyset$ and $S_1\sim S_2\sim S.$ Since $S_1$ and $S_2$ are Dedekind-finite infinite sets, $S_1\cap\mathbb N$ and $S_2\cap\mathbb N$ are finite, and $S_2\setminus\mathbb N$ is infinite. Thus we have $S_1\cap\mathbb N\sim F$ for some finite set $F\subset S_2\setminus\mathbb N,$ and then $S'=(S_1\setminus\mathbb N)\cup F\sim S$ and $S'$ is a proper subset of $S,$ contrary to the assumption that $S$ is Dedekind-finite.


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Bringing a spiritual perspective to daily life
Love often seems to be about "haves" and "have-nots" - as in who has someone to hold and who doesn't. I like to look at love a different way - as an inner fire that all of us have.
I was reminded of this fire recently when I was reading a book about working with gemstones. Speaking of the optical properties of gems, the writer refers to the "fire" within a diamond, and how the fire is reflected out from the gem to the viewer with rainbow beauty. He says that sometimes this fire has to be unlocked, but there is no question that it's present ("Working with Gemstones," V.A. Firsoff).
Everyone possesses a spiritual fire, or beauty, whether it's obvious from his or her physical appearance or not. Its source is God, divine Love, and it's unlocked when people begin to see themselves as reflections, or ideas, of that infinite Love.
To be a reflection of Love is to express love and to look for the fire of spiritual beauty in others. This beauty lies deeper than the physical characteristics of people. You see it in their thoughts and actions. It's actually each individual's expression of the goodness and love of God. In other words, your own inner fire and mine.
Jesus spoke of the spiritual beauty and goodness within each of us as "the kingdom of heaven." He said we didn't need to look outside ourselves for it. This kingdom, with its abundance of love and peace, is present with each of us. And the key to the kingdom is willingness to express love to others.
The interesting thing about this process is that looking with love on others reflects that love back onto us - a bit like the optical properties of the diamond. Not only do we feel good because we're feeling love for someone else. The act of loving makes us more beautiful to others.
The beauty that flows from spiritual love doesn't go away. It doesn't age or wither or vanish. As Mary Baker Eddy put it in her book "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," "Beauty, as well as truth, is eternal; but the beauty of material things passes away, fading and fleeting as mortal belief.... Immortality, exempt from age or decay, has a glory of its own, - the radiance of Soul" (pg. 247).
Many times I've seen this spiritual radiance make people look lovelier. And I know that when I've been able to express more love, it has made me feel lovelier and ultimately, more loved. Why? I think it's because love brings us closer to God, who is the source of all true love. It begins that process of reflection - where love, expressed by me to others, is reflected back to me, and then, like light, bounces on to love still others. In this way friendships form, relationships with substance develop. They don't necessarily become romantic, but they can be important and fulfilling.
Many years ago I had to work with someone whom I really didn't like or respect. And I knew that I needed a better attitude. I was praying to love him in the spiritual way I've been describing, but couldn't change my feelings of dislike. Then, in an article I read in this newspaper, the author used the phrase "The thought of you delights me." For some reason, I felt very attracted to that phrase and decided that I would think that way about this man.
It would take too long to tell all that resulted from that spiritual exercise and the prayer that went with it. The outcome has been a deep respect and a genuine joy every time I see this man. My heart warms, even thinking of him, because I was changed as a result of the prayer.
The fire of love within - you have it, everyone has it. Nothing can take it away. This love unlocks the door to right relationships and to lasting happiness.
If we pray to Him in secret,
Lift to Him the heart's desire,
We shall find our earthly longings
All made pure by Love's pure fire.
Christian Science Hymnal
(c) Copyright 2001. The Christian Science Publishing Society
Never without a family
A dorm room lesson on the nature of love


But while the main message of the march may seem confrontational, the Philly Voice reports that activists see the demonstration as one part protest, one part celebration.
Earlier this month, the Democratic Party adopted language into its party platform that calls for a "pathway forward" for legalization. During the convention this week, activists with Philly NORML plan to take part in a series of rallies to raise legalization awareness and to call for an end to the federal prohibition of marijuana.


Wieland Stolzenburg is a relationship psychologist from Munich. He addresses the observation that people generally blame their environment for their emotional state: especially for unpopular feelings as sadness or anger. And he recommends the opposite in his so-called "milkbottle model": to take over responsibility for one's emotions. People react differently in a specific situation. While one person might get upset, another person might feel undisturbed. Whatever a person says or does to you is being reflected by your own personal background. Whatever you choose to take on, is your responsibility. More about Wieland at https://www.wielandstolzenburg.de/ #Selbstverantwortung für Gefühle #Milchtüten-Modell #Emotionen For more information about TEDxMünster visit: https://tedxmuenster.de This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx There is nothing that other people can do to help us with bad feelings. When we feel frustrated or are in a bad mood, the issue lies within ourselves, and it completely depends on ourselves to find a solution. At TEDxMünster, relationship psychologist, Wieland Stolzenburg advocates the fact that people should take responsibility for their own emotions and become independent from other people´s behaviour.


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CAF announces date for FIFA World Cup 2022 qualifiers, AFCON 2023 draws
The Executive Committee of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) at the weekend, announced the dates for both the FIFA World Cup, Qatar 2022 qualifiers and the Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON, Cote d'Ivoire 2023 qualifiers draws.
CAF, which disclosed this in a statement via their website on Saturday, disclosed that the AFCON, Cote d'Ivoire 2023 qualifiers draw will be conducted on January 21, 2022, in Douala, Cameroon.
The preliminary round will be played by a knock-out system – home and away fixtures. It will include the lower-ranked teams in accordance with the official FIFA rankings.
The teams that would qualify from this round will reach the group stage composed of 48 teams.
The FIFA World Cup, Qatar 2022 African qualifiers draws will be conducted on January 22, 2022, in Douala, Cameroon.
The ten qualified teams will be divided into two levels based on the official FIFA ranking, published last November.
The five highest-ranked teams in Africa will play against the five least ranked teams.
Level-1 comprises Senegal, Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria and Nigeria, while Level-2 comprises Egypt, Cameroon, Ghana, Mali and DR Congo.
News, Sports2022 FIFA World Cup, CAF
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Lagos: Govt. threatens to seal schools over failure to resume today


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San Francisco SPCA and Jewish Vocational Service, in Partnership with Foothill College, Launch First-of-Its-Kind Apprenticeship Program for Veterinary Assistants
Students will be paid to attend college while receiving on-the-job training at the SF SPCA
February 22, 2018 – The San Francisco SPCA has collaborated with Jewish Vocational Service (JVS) and Foothill College to launch the first-ever veterinary assistant apprenticeship program in the field of animal health. Designed specifically for San Francisco residents, the program offers those who are underemployed, without a job, or looking for a career change, the chance to grow while staying in the city. The program, which is two years in the making, recently received approval by the State of California and is now a registered apprenticeship.
In this two-year program, apprentices get on-the-job training and complete college coursework while being paid for a 40-hour workweek and receiving full benefits. Upon completion, students will become full-time veterinary assistants at the SF SPCA and have the opportunity to continue their education at Foothill College. Apprentices will gain the specialized knowledge needed to thrive in the field, which is expected to grow 19% by 2024. The SF SPCA alone plans to hire 175 veterinary assistants over the next five years.
"This program has the ability to transform lives," said Dr. Jennifer Scarlett, SF SPCA President. "The SF SPCA is a local organization, and giving back to the community is one of the cornerstones of our values. The apprenticeship program will give San Franciscans – especially those who are unemployed or underemployed – the opportunity to not only gain steady work, but also build a stable and fulfilling career path in the city they call home."
In April 2018, the first cohort, consisting of seven to twelve students, will begin the program, and new cohorts will start every six months thereafter. Once the apprenticeship is completed, students can enroll in the Foothill College Advanced Veterinary Assisting program, and will also become SF SPCA employees. In addition to being San Francisco residents, apprentices must have a high school diploma or GED, English literacy, basic math skills, eligibility to work in the US, and be age 18 or over.
"The SF SPCA takes great pride in being a local organization and they want their team to be made up of people who have roots in this great city." said Lisa Countryman, JVS Vice President of Planning and Program Development. "JVS worked with the SF SPCA to design this apprenticeship program. We're proud of this innovative approach to meeting the SF SPCA's ongoing need for veterinary assistants while helping people launch new careers at the same time."
"Nationally, there has been a shortage of veterinary assistants for many years," explained Alice Jordan, SF SPCA Senior Vice President of People Development and Education. "The SF SPCA has a 150-year history of pioneering innovative, groundbreaking solutions to complex problems. In keeping with this tradition, we joined forces with Foothill College and JVS to tackle the veterinary assistant shortage. The result is a new apprenticeship program, unlike anything that has been done before in the field of veterinary medicine."
"We welcome the opportunity to create a new model of 'earn while you learn' teaching in veterinary assisting," said Lisa Eshman, Director of the Foothill College Veterinary Technology Program. "Completion of this program gives a thorough education with hands-on experience to animal lovers looking for a meaningful career."
Ultimately, the goal is to make a model program that can be replicated by other organizations, both within the nonprofit world and beyond.
To learn more, visit jvs.org/vetprogram
About the San Francisco SPCA
The San Francisco SPCA is an independent, community-supported, non-profit animal welfare organization dedicated to saving, protecting and providing immediate care for cats and dogs who are homeless, ill or in need of an advocate. The SF SPCA also works long-term to educate the community, reduce the number of unwanted kittens and puppies through spaying and neutering, and improve the quality of life for animals and their human companions. The organization does not receive government funding and is not affiliated with any national organization.
For more information, call the SF SPCA at (415) 554-3000 or visit sfspca.org.
About Foothill College
Founded in 1957, Foothill College is one of two accredited institutions in the Foothill-De Anza Community College District. Along with its sister college De Anza, Foothill serves the Santa Clara County communities of Cupertino, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Mountain View, Palo Alto, Sunnyvale and west San Jose, with a combined population of more than 400,000 residents. The college provides high-quality undergraduate education at an affordable price for students and maintains the primary mission of advancing California through education, training, and workforce improvement. Located in the heart of Silicon Valley, the college sits on 122 rolling acres in Los Altos Hills.
About Jewish Vocational Service
Jewish Vocational Service (JVS) is the Bay Area's leading job training agency helping nearly 3,000 people annually to build skills and secure good, living wage jobs on a career pathway. Our free trainings help unemployed and underemployed people build careers in healthcare, financial services, technology and more to come. JVS is a nonprofit, non-sectarian, community-based organization with a 40-year track record serving job seekers and Bay Area employers.


In the UK, the Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has today published the Data Protection Bill 2017, to incorporate the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and to implement the Police and Criminal Justice Authorities Directive (PCJAD) (respectively: Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC; and Directive (EU) 2016/680 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data by competent authorities for the purposes of the prevention, investigation, detection or prosecution of criminal offences or the execution of criminal penalties, and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Council Framework Decision 2008/977/JHA; aka the Law Enforcement Directive). The progress of the Bill through Parliament can be tracked here.
What is the literal meaning of Article 82(1) GDPR in each of the EU's 24 official languages?
As I have said before on this blog (here, here, here), I think that this formulation is rather odd. It does not provide, in the present tense, that a person whose rights have been infringed "has" the right to receive compensation. Instead, it provides, in a much more congtingent fashion, that a plaintiff "shall have" such a right, which seems to imply that there is something more to be done in national law before plaintiffs actually have the claim. Although the language seems contingent, it does not replicate any of the usual strictures in a Directive, that Member States shall "provide" or "ensure" or "introduce" or "lay down" measures to achieve an outcome, such as a claim for compensation. Even so, the formulation in Article 82(1) GDPR still seems to envisage some national law mechanism in ensuring that a plaintiff "shall" have a claim to compensation. I'm interested in whether the text of Article 82(1) GDPR in other official languages uses a version of the present tense, or whether the formulation is as contingent as it seems to be in English. I have, therefore, set out below the text of that Article in each of the 24 official languages; I have highlighted the words that seem to me to be most relevant to that question; and I have provided a first attempt at a translation of those words. What I need now is a literal translation of these provisions by a native speakers, irrespective of what the EU Commission's official translation or Google Translate might say. In particular, I need confirmation whether I have identified the relevant words, and translated them accurately. I'm not particularly interested in the various synonyms for damages (compensation, indemnification, reparation, and so on) so much as in the accompanying verbs, and in particular in whether those verbs are clearly in the present tense or whether they are more contingent. I know what Google Translate's crowd-sourced machine-translation says, indeed it was one of the sources I used to zero in on what seem to me to be the relevant words in the various languages, but that is as far as I am prepared to go with it, as its translations will be very heavily influenced by the EU's official translations. Instead, as I say, I am in need of human judgment as to the appropriate literal translations of the various texts of Article 82(1) GDPR.
The literal meaning of the precise wording may very well matter a very great deal in assessing whether Article 82(1) is sufficiently clear, precise and unambiguous to be horizontally directly effective. The contingent nature of the English text may not be, leading to potential problems which I have begun to explore here. Other texts may differ. For example, the French text of Article 82(1) GDPR (a le droit d'obtenir … reparation = has the right to obtain … compensation) is more likely to support a conclusion of horizontal direct effect, and the German text (hat Anspruch auf Schadenersatz = has a claim for compensation is entitled to compensation) is even more likely to do so, because they are both in the present tense (a, hat) rather than in more contingent terms. Indeed, of the 24 official languages of the EU institutions, if the assessments and translations below are correct, the text of the claim for compensation in Article 82(1) GDPR seems to be in the present tense in 19 of them: 12 are like the French text (the plaintiff "has the right to [receive/obtain] compensation": Czech, Danish, Dutch, French, Finnish, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovenian); 4 have a similar formulation 5 are like the German text (the plaintiff "is entitled to compensation": Bulgarian, Estonian, German, Greek, Hungarian), and 3 are like the German text 2 others have a similar formulation (the plaintiff "has [a claim for/the right to] compensation": Croatian, German, Slovak). Only 5 seem to have a contingent text like the English (the plaintiff "shall have the right to [receive] compensation": English, Maltese, Spanish, Swedish; the plaintiff "shall be entitled to compensation": Irish).
Moreover, of the three EEA countries, Norway has begun the process of incorporating the GDPR. The literal English translation of the Norwegian text is "shall be entitled to receive compensation", which is a sixth example of a contingent "shall".
All help in confirming whether this is an accurate assessment or not – via the comments below, or better via the contact page on this blog – will be very gratefully appreciated indeed. [Note: as you can see, this paragraph has been updated to reflect a consensus on the German text which is different from my own initial assessment; this is exactly why I'm grateful for all help].


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