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Notes on the postal savings-bank systems of the leading countries.
United States. National Monetary Commission.
by United States. National Monetary Commission.
Published 1910 by Govt. print. off. in Washington .
Postal savings banks.
Series 61st Cong., 3d sess. Senate. Doc. 658
LC Classifications HG1951 .U6 1910
As early as the United Kingdom established post office savings banks and by the turn of the century there were o post offices offering banking services. The success of the English system inspired the creation of postal savings banks in Austria, Holland, France and Hungary among other countries. The role of postal networks in expanding access to financial services: Discussion paper (English) Abstract. The study, the role of postal networks in expanding access to finance, comprises a review of about 60 developing countries in five regional landscapes, based mainly on secondary data.
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A Scandinavian Airlines crew member got involved, who could be seen approaching Azealia's seat. All of a sudden, the camera got shaky and the singer cried out, "You just hit me! This lady just hit me on the f***ing flight." Although it's unclear who she was directing the accusation at, an unseen woman could be heard saying, "No, I didn't." However, in the caption of her Instagram post.
Azelia, Azealia claimed that it was a staff member who allegedly hit her: "Hi SAS, I was just racially profiled and assaulted by your staff on a flight back to LA from Stockholm. Please contact me or my team immediately." HollywoodLife has reached out to Scandinavian Airlines for comment, in addition to Azealia's rep.
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Future Tech Enterprise, Inc. Joins Short List of Companies to Earn HP's Education Specialist Certification
Future Tech now one of eight companies nationwide certified as HP Education Specialist
Long Island's only company to earn this HP distinction
Future Tech has long track record of serving the IT needs of schools and universities
HOLBROOK, NY., August 29, 2018 /PRNewswire — Future Tech Enterprise, Inc. an award-winning IT solutions provider, is now the eighth company nationwide to be certified as an HP Partner First Education Specialist.
Started in 2017, this innovative HP program focuses on helping educators make better use of technology to enhance student learning, improve the effectiveness of IT investments, and enable classrooms of the future. It is a key part of HP's broader initiative to help provide students around the world with easy access to the content, curricula, and collaboration they need to enable true learning, delivering meaningful outcomes for themselves and their communities.
Future Tech is now the only IT solutions-provider on Long Island and within New York City's five boroughs to receive this honor. As part of the certification process, members of Future Tech's education team had to complete multiple levels of HP Education Specialist training focused on:
Enhancing technology use in the classroom;
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Helping schools evaluate, measure, and maximize technology investments; and,
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Participants also had to complete essay-style exams built on a real-life case study of one of the largest U.S. school districts' one-to-one education initiative.
"Earning this HP certification exemplifies Future Tech's knowledge of the education sector and how we invest in the growth of our people and alliances with industry-leading technology partners," said Donna Leonardo, Vice President, Sales, Education Team Lead, Future Tech Enterprise, Inc.
Headquartered in Holbrook, NY, Future Tech has a long track record of delivering IT staffing support and helping to solve the technology challenges of K-12 private and public schools, trade schools, and colleges/universities.
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In the past all a King had to do was look respectable in uniform and not fall off his horse. Now we must invade people's homes and ingratiate ourselves with them. This family is reduced to those lowest, basest of all creatures...we've become...actors!
So says Michael Gambon, portraying King George V, in The King's Speech. The film flitters through the 1930s, chronicling the rise of King George VI (Colin Firth), while technological advances loom on the horizon beside the Second World War. Kings are starting to feel less like kings and more like fancily-dressed public servants.
Much of the prerelease hype for The King's Speech focused on Firth's performance. Despite a handful of BAFTAs and some Oscar nominations, Firth's never taken home Academy hardware. For those winless thus far, character studies about royalty aren't the worst place to start.
The King's Speech, however, is no mere star vehicle or period piece. It's a sharp-witted study of fear – of technology, revolution, responsibility – that is shockingly relevant to our time.
At the film's start, George VI is merely Prince Albert, Duke of York, affectionately referred to by his family as Bertie. In a matter of minutes, director Tom Hooper makes the stakes surrounding Bertie painfully clear. He is to give a public address at the Empire Exhibition – a massive colonial exhibition meant to glorify the British empire. Bertie's crippling speech impediment renders the event a colossal failure.
Succumbing to the not-so-gentle nudges of his wife Elizabeth (a warmer, more likable Helena Bonham Carter than I've seen in ages), Bertie enlists the aid of a failed actor-turned-speech therapist, Lionel Logue (Geoffrey Rush). Logue's approach is unorthodox: he demands that the Prince see him in his dull Harley Street flat, and he strives to address the psychological cause behind the ailment. The burgeoning friendship between Bertie and Logue is frequently tested as Logue pushes his patient to confront the fear that causes the stammer. The reality of that fear sets The King's Speech above mere period drama or actor showpiece. The above quote Gambon delivers neatly spells out the monumental impact of wireless radio broadcasts. Hooper and screenwriter David Seidler parallel this technological revolution with the political unrest that followed the First World War. Following George V's death, Bertie's brother David (Guy Pearce) assumes the throne as Edward VIII. In one heated exchange at a lavish party for David's American mistress, Bertie informs his brother that is not a good time to be a king.
This theme of monarchical impotence runs throughout the film. George V signs away his throne mere feet from his deathbed, sick and disoriented. Edward VIII flees the throne to pursue his love for Ms. Simpson. George VI trembles at the sight of a microphone, and it is only in the absence of others that he takes the crown. Some problems eclipse even the faculties of kings. How ironic is it then that one of the film's heroes is a working class locution instructor.
The attention lavished on Firth is well-deserved. His Bertie is incredibly human: witty, loving, but burdened with incredible obstacles. And his portrayal of the stammer elicits such pathos – never before have I so wanted to hug a king.But it is Rush's turn as Logue that truly surprises. Seidler saved most of the laugh lines (another welcome surprise: there are laugh lines) for Logue, and Rush delivers them with gleeful candor. Of course, he's no cartoon. Logue's audition for an amateur Shakespeare production is as heart-wrenching as it is humorous. The two play off one another easily and thoughtfully, proving the film to be far more versatile than your average kingly drama.
Hooper's visual craft is no less agile. He and his cinematographer Danny Cohen use varied senses of scale and space to connect Bertie's impediment to the immense pressures of the monarchy. Ominous centered close-ups of the radio microphones project coldness. Logue's cramped office constricts just as the echoing expanses of Westminster Abbey suffocates. During therapy sessions, Bertie and Logue inhabit frames with mirrored chunks of negative space, implying the roles they are to fill in one another's lives. None of the shots feel dusty, and moments of reverence are few and far between.
One shot lingers long enough so as to be unavoidable. After his coronation, Bertie sits in a private screening room with his family, watching footage of Hitler's impassioned public speaking. When asked what he thinks, Bertie remarks to his daughter that he believes the man is a good speaker. For just a moment, his fear is replaced with a stoic curiosity.
Early on, Logue tells Bertie that fear is the cause of his stammer, not biomechanical flaws. The King's Speech shows how paralyzing and all-encompassing fear can be. Fear of dizzying technological advancement, of social upheaval and powerful new enemies, of our own responsibilities – to learn from and quell that fear is to be a king.


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I can understand not liking the backdrops and settings used by Thomas Farthing, they give Django Unchained vibes in some photos (which I actually really like for presentation and fun).
That was kind of my point for their clothing being aimed at vintage dressers or period dressers, but individually they can easily be used as part of a modern contemporary wardrobe.
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I agree. I think the coats are fairly classic, while the wide pants veer more into vintage. But it's a lookbook, which is meant to be fun. Lookbooks aren't instruction manuals on how to dress.
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If you're not into vintage styles this probably isn't the thread for you. As discussed at length (like an overcoat ) they are antiquated and not that efficient but still quite comforting.
Here's another option (website is refreshingly ludicrous) https://www.harristweedshop.com/index-men-stock-overcoats.html
One other option would be a fur trim:
That's quite a bit shorter than I'd recommend for an overcoat, but it's just to illustrate the general idea.
A cashmere coat with warming pockets and a fur collar like this has the warmth of an overcoat, plus the option of bundling up the collar even tighter to protect the neck and chest. The effect is quite elegant.
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I always really liked the look of the fur-trimmed overcoats. Who even makes these anymore? Would love to find something belted with lapels like these.
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They're hard to find. Many places will stock fur-trimmed parkas these days, including sable and the like, possibly because fur trim on these is less problematic for some.
I have two coats with fur trim - one is custom (with a fur lining) and the other an old purchase from a luxury store. I still think they're the most elegant version of the fur coat for men, but will cost upwards of $10,000 these days for a proper one.
Back in the day, buying a full length fur for a man's wife meant he was signalling that he was successful - not going in for the same thing himself. Well, I say the days of a shoddy man are over. A man who can spend on himself is self-assured.
That sounds...high. for example, this, from N.Peal, clocks in at roughly a third of that, and the body is cashmere https://www.npeal.com/mens/fur-trim-knitwear/woven-fur-trim-long-coat-navy-blue
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Not really so okay with fur, but here are some (although none are quite what you are looking for).
I suppose there are different levels, but some of it is definitely materials. For example, that coat has rabbit trim - swap in a Loro Piana cashmere and sheared beaver or the like, and the price will climb.
I'm also thinking in Canadian dollars and taking into account makers. It'll be a bit more if there is a lot of handwork.
I appreciate that, in a time when people will yell at each other for literally every reason imaginable, you are helping out someone even though you disagree with their pursuit.
I think I'm probably close to agreeing with you on fur. I would stay away from things like sable, mink, chinchilla, etc. But I think anything that is killed for meat (rabbit, shearling) or for pest control (coyote)...what's the point? The animal is dying anyway and the fur will never be the driver of demand. Might as well use every part of the metaphorical buffalo, or you're just causing more waste elsewhere.
Yeah fair enough. For some reason even though I'm in Canada I do all my mental accounting in USD
That's reasonable. I'm certainly more okay with some types of fur than others. However, I also think that not all these animals are the same. For instance, even though people might be killing Coyotes anyway, I could never justify wearing Coyote fur. Coyotes are canines, look a lot like dogs and are similar to dogs in many ways. I think our relationship with canines is quite different than our relationship with sheep and I could never stomach wearing canine fur even if that does mean some will go to "waste".
Also not sure how true it is in all these cases that fur won't drive demand. Furs can be sold for a lot and that helps keep trappers in business.
One more point. If you are on the fence about something like fur, I am not sure it makes sense to spend thousands of dollars on something that is fur that you may no longer feel comfortable about in the not so distant future.
I think, similar to how I feel about waste, even if I changed my mind or gained new knowledge of the how the fur was harvested that made me uncomfortable supporting it, I would not feel squeamish about things I had already purchased. I try to make the best decisions with the knowledge I have, and update accordingly, but getting upset about the garment at that point wouldn't bring the animals back.
I think, on the coyote point, I wanted an example of a pest animal, but I admit that that's sketchier, and even if they're a declared pest the demand for their pelts might drive people to go out and hunt them that wouldn't otherwise. I was thinking more of hippo leather when I wrote it, which I feel fine with because hippos are giant assholes and people have to kill or be killed, as opposed to something like elephant which I find abhorrent even with the supposed protections in place.
I think e.g. if a polar bear is harassing a settlement, I'd rather the pelt gets put to use than thrown away.
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This is the fourth article in an ongoing series on the Brazilian electoral political scene in 2018.
The multiplicity of political parties in Brazil and their weak ideological cohesion often leads voters to ignore views held by the party itself and instead, vote almost exclusively in favor of candidates with whom they personally identify. This generates what is usually called a "crisis of representation" between voters and parties. This personal identification, in turn, is much more closely linked to agendas of identity than social class. In the past social class was considered the determining factor for both party organizing—reflected in parties such as the Workers' Cause Party (PCO) and various other workers' parties—and civil society organizing, whether in trade unions or social movements. Today there seems to be a far greater propensity to vote for the candidate that supports the cause with which voters personally identify (whether that is LGBTQI+, evangelicalism, or small business ownership) rather than an agenda with which they identify as a social class—a trend that that seems to be fueling polarization.
This political party landscape often confuses voters. Here we try to uncover some of the mysteries behind these party dynamics.
The mystery begins with the use of acronyms to identify political parties. Despite parties' frequent similarities, these acronyms camouflage the politics they represent and become a challenge for voters, especially given the vast number of parties. How many times has the PMDB (Brazilian Democratic Movement Party) been mistaken for the PSDB (Brazilian Social Democracy Party), for example? This doesn't happen so easily in countries where political parties are identified by name, like the US (Democrats and Republicans) and the UK (Labour, Conservatives, etc.).
Furthermore, capitalizing on voters' rejection of both "the Left" and "the Right," the majority of parties currently opt to declare themselves centrists—utilizing terms like "social" and "liberal," which generates a lot of confusion. Research suggests that Left-leaning Brazilian political parties tend to swing to the right when they are in power. They have to make concessions and alliances with conservative groups to be able to govern, as was the case, to a greater or lesser extent, with the PSDB government of Fernando Henrique Cardoso and Lula's PT (Worker's Party).
Current political parties officially came into existence at the end of the dictatorship when the period of re-democratization began. The Constitution of 1988 guaranteed the free creation and dissolution of parties, which resulted in a highly manifold multi-party system—currently with 35 registered parties. While the idea of having many political parties sounds positive in the sense of increasing the chances of representation, in practice, whoever wins the election is forced to make deals with other parties. This inevitably leads to diversions from the party's proposed course of action, whether in terms of values or ethics.
What often happens is the opposite of greater representation: marginalized groups continue to be poorly represented. After all, our Congress is 80% white and male in a country in which half of the population is composed of women and black or multiracial people. Moreover, the political positions defended by various parties end up being strikingly similar. In a study by Nexo that mapped congressional representation in different countries, Brazil was the country with the highest degree of fragmentation (and consequently, the lowest representation by its two dominant parties, as shown by the number in the grey box below the graphic).
This year, the PMDB—officially Brazil's oldest political party, established during re-democratization in 1981—returned to using its previous acronym from the era in which it was an unregistered opposition party during the military dictatorship: MDB (Brazilian Democratic Movement). This is an attempt to rebrand itself in the face of an image crisis brought on by corruption scandals and the unpopular interim president Michel Temer. This unusual return to the name under which resistance forces (including social movements and trade unions) united against the military regime may be intended to make the party more palatable to the Left.
The youngest of the political parties were founded in 2015: the Sustainability Network, the Party of the Brazilian Woman (PMB), and the New Party. These parties seek to represent a breath of fresh air: Sustainability Network is a term never before used in political party names and denotes a clear environmental agenda, the PMB is the first party alluding to women, and the New Party clearly positions itself as an alternative to age-old politics. This political renovation is also an attempt to attract young people, who correspond to just 2% of the near 18 million people affiliated with some political party in Brazil. The narrative of renovation, however, contradicts the fact that Novo and Rede are the parties with the least female representatives in the country—while the PMB indeed has the highest proportion, reaching 55% at the beginning of this year.
Aside from Novo and Rede, other parties have also opted to distance themselves from the concept of a party by abandoning the "P" in their acronyms, seeking to circumvent the rejection of party politics. Such is the case of Solidarity (SD); Patriot (PATRI); the renewed Democrats (DEM), formerly the Liberal Front Party); and Christian Democracy (DC), formerly the Christian Social Democratic Party. There are also cases of parties that have substituted acronyms for slogans, like Avante ("Onwards"), formerly the Brazilian Labor Party (PTdoB); and Podemos ("We Can"), formerly the National Workers' Party (PTN). The latter bears no association with the Left-wing Spanish party Podemos—which has been generating homonyms in Latin America—but instead derives from a study in which "podemos" was the most quoted word. Though some of these parties—including the Sustainability Network, the Brazilian Democratic Movement (MDB), Podemos, and Solidarity—define themselves as movements, their emergence diverges from that of parties such as Podemos in Spain and En Marche! in France, both of which arose outside of institutional politics and only later were integrated into the party system. In the Brazilian case, these "movements" were founded as political parties.
This new take on names has helped to set them apart from parties with similar acronyms—such as the Brazilian Labor Party (PTB), the Democratic Labor Party (PDT), the Christian Labor Party (PTC), the Brazilian Labor Renewal Party (PRTB), and, less often, the Workers' Party (PT). Furthermore, these new names have distanced them from the growing rejection of the Left, symbolized by the term "labor." Avante's name change was justified by the party's president at the time as a way of "strengthening ties between citizens and political institutions" and freeing the party from an old name that "no longer represented its true ideas." Proof of this came in the last election when both parties supported Aécio Neves of the PSDB, a social democratic party in name, but one that today doesn't ally itself with Left-wing parties. The rebrandings are not only targeting voters but also candidates elected to Congress, who bring the possibility of television airtime and funding for the party. Podemos, for example, attracted 12 new congresspeople and two senators with their name change.
In addition to previously registered parties, one year prior to the election, there were 70 party creation requests registered at the Superior Electoral Court. A large number of aspiring parties are heralded as conservative, as is the case with the Social Family Party, the Conservative Party, the Party for the Reconstruction of National Order (a reformulation of Enéas Carneiro's party of the same name). Moreover, the potential return of Arena and the attempted creation of a Military Party are cause for concern. Arena is a conservative party created to rule during the dictatorship when the multiparty system was banned, while the Military Party openly celebrates the dictatorship (one of its speakers said that they want their electoral number 38, alluding to the caliber of a gun, or 64, alluding to the year of the military coup) and wishes to "return to power and invade Congress […] by democratic means." Moreover, the evocation of specific causes is alarming—as in the case of the Corinthian Party (alluding to a São Paulo soccer team) and the sector-specific political agendas embodied by the Sports Party, Public Security Party, and the National Health Party. Some parties, on the other hand, seem to have been created to try to remedy the lack of political representation available to some groups, such as the National Indigenous Party; Favela Front Brazil; and the Equality Party, which aims to include people with disabilities.
This strategy of creating political parties is partly due to the fact that they automatically receive public funding once approved. They can also acquire television airtime and extra funds very easily if an elected assembly member changes their allegiance to the newly created party, allowing them to assume a featherbedded job or strengthen coalitions with bigger parties, without great changes in terms of representation. For a new party to be created, one of the prerequisites is a large number of signatures from unaffiliated voters. This requirement corresponds to 0.5% of the valid votes for federal Congress in the last election, currently equivalent to nearly 500,000 voters.
This article was written by Luisa Fenizola, and published on July 23, 2018.


MOORE—May 22, at his residence, Mountjoy-square, suddenly, James Hamilton MOORE solicitor & eldest surviving son of the late Hugh MOORE of Dromont, County Tyrone, aged 62 years.
It is with regret deeper than we can express that we have to record the sad death of Mr. Robert DONNELL who was found drowned in the Grand Canal, near Leeson street Bridge shortly after seven o'clock on last Monday evening. The deceased gentleman left his residence in Stephen's green, South about 1 o'clock that day, and is believed to have been returning, shortly after six o'clock, from visiting some friends in the neighbourhood of Leeson Park when in walking along the edge of the canal, the evening being dark, he stumbled and fell in. His watch appeared to have stopped at 6 30. Besides his gold watch money to the amount of £6 or £7 was found in his pockets, in which he had also some law papers. An inquest was held on Wednesday, when Dr. PRATT having testified that death was caused by drowning, and that there were no marks of violence on the body, the jury returned an open verdict accordingly.
Mr. DONNELL who was a native of Tyrone, was about 40 years of age and was called to the Bar in Michaelmas Term, 1864. He joined the North-East Circuit, for which he acted as a Reporter for the Irish Law Times. He enjoyed a considerable practice both on circuit, in the county courts, and in the superior courts, his advocacy being especially sought in cases involving questions on the land laws, with which he possessed an especial acquaintance. He was the author of an able work on the Land Act of 1870, and compiled a valuable volume of Reports of the decisions under that Act, which reached a second edition, and has frequently been judicially referred to in terms of high approval. Mr. DONNELL who had been a distinguished graduate of the Queen's University, filled the office of Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Economy in the Queen's College, Galway. He was also a Crown Prosecutor for the County of Louth, and County of the Town of Drogheda. On the appointment of the Commission under the Earl of Bessborough, he was appointed assistant secretary; and it is stated that but for ill health he would have been one of the first to be appointed an Assistant Land Commissioner. His kindly and courteous disposition had endeared him to all, while his marked ability as a lawyer would certainly have lent a yet more conspicuous lustre to a career now so lamentably frustrated.


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This skater girl party dress is the epitome of style, charm, and chic. Fits perfectly on different body types. This fancy dress will make every girl feel like a princess. It will look gorgeous for special occasion wear.


Introduction. Shapes and symmetry are innate to our understanding of the world around us. Perhaps this is why so many designers use deceptively simple shapes to design logos that appeal to our most basic instincts and create images with lasting appeal. In this course on how to design logos, George Bokhua offers his 10+ years of experience to show you how to use grids to achieve that look of geometric perfection.
Why Gridding? Grids allow you to arrange information in a more structured manner. In today's world, the ability to convey a great deal in the shortest time possible can make the difference between success and failure. A viewer must instantly understand what they are seeing. In his series of design tutorials, George shows that using grids to design is not constructive, but rather a versatile way to create a unified form that communicates its message quickly and clearly. He'll give you examples from past Olympics, as well as the art world, to demonstrate that gridding can help you create logo designs with universal appeal.
Gridded examples from George's own work. George will then open up his sketchbook and show you not only examples of his previous works, but also the different types of grids you might use to create your own. From 30-degree grids to dot grids and more, there is an option that suits your style. He shows you how to simplify any complex form. In one example, he uses the golden ratio in art to create an incredible swan logo out of simple shapes. You will learn how to use grids to identify inconsistencies in your design, as well as tips for keeping your design balanced.
Sketching Logo Ideas. From there, you will start to sketch out your own concepts under George's expert guidance. He'll give you hints on how to approach your project and build on existing shapes to quickly construct the basic elements, as well as identify good positive and negative space to explore when you design a logo. Starting with the letter 'R', he will talk you through his approach and help you arrive at a concept that you are comfortable taking to the next stage.
Gridding your logo on paper. As George says, sketching your ideas on paper familiarizes you with your subject's shape, and in this phase he will help you develop your idea further while avoiding common pitfalls. He'll help you save time later by giving you tips on using a compass and ruler to maximize your sketch so there's less work to do later on.
Executing your logo in Illustrator. Once you're ready, you will bring your ideas into Adobe Illustrator and take them to the final level. He'll show you how to quickly and accurately recreate your sketch grid in the computer, and then use it to ensure that your design is perfectly aligned with the specific reference points. Using wireframe mode, he'll show you how to identify and fix any problems before moving on.
Finishing Touches. Now that you have a sleek, stylish logo, you might want to change a few colors or invert black and white to make sure it will work in any situation. George gives you a few ways you can easily do this in Illustrator, as well as a few tips to subtly enhance your design. At the end, you should have a clean, professional-looking logo that will look great anywhere.
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Q: Report builder 2.0 expression to sort values highest to lowest on a chart I have a 3d cylinder chart that I am having some problems with. I want to effectively sort the cylinders with the highest value at the back and the lowest value at the front. Otherwise the tallest valuest cover the smallest values.
I have tried sorting both a-z and z-a but I really need it to be dynamic based on the values. I have also tried sorting the values by the actual value field. both a-z and z-a but this seems to return completely random results.
the data in the database (example) looks like. I use a parameter to separate by supplier.
Date       catgeory_Type  cost    supplier
01/01/2013   apple        $5       abc
01/01/2013   pear        $10       def
01/01/2013   bannana        $15    cgi
01/02/2013   apple        $7       etc
01/02/2013   pear        $12       etc
01/02/2013   banana        $18     etc

I believe I need some form of expression that sorts the values based on cost. as both a-z and z-a in the instance would provide cylinders that blocked other cylinders.
I have tried sorting the series group by  :=Sum(Fields!cost.Value, "DataSet1") and =Fields!cost.Value but this seems to return random results.
I would be happy even if I could achieve a custom sort such as sort by "bannana, pear, apple" although for some "suppliers" this would still cause me an issue.
edit 1: strangely enough this works with a line chart but not a 3d cylinder
edit 2: example
attached is an example. I want the tallest cylinders at the back. but methods mentioned above do not work

A: In chart area properties -> 3D-options  , Enable,
series clustering

Choose this option to cluster series groups. When multiple series for
  bar or column charts are clustered, they are displayed along two
  distinct rows in the chart area. If series are not clustered, their
  corresponding data points are displayed adjacent to each other in one
  row. This option is applicable only to bar and column charts.

Also try changing the Rotation & Inclination degrees, to get a better look.
Decrease wall thickness also.

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Legalism is the tendency to keep to the letter of the law - it lacks the spirit behind it, though. There is little wavering from the laundry list of rules because there is great determination to do everything "by the book". What we often observe in these cases is a lack of true "spirit" behind the obedience - it is a sense of obligation, not desire. Our passage today directs our thought to the helpless state of living life "by the book" without the animation of the Spirit within.
23-24Legalism is helpless in bringing this about; it only gets in the way. Among those who belong to Christ, everything connected with getting our own way and mindlessly responding to what everyone else calls necessities is killed off for good—crucified. 25-26Since this is the kind of life we have chosen, the life of the Spirit, let us make sure that we do not just hold it as an idea in our heads or a sentiment in our hearts, but work out its implications in every detail of our lives. That means we will not compare ourselves with each other as if one of us were better and another worse. We have far more interesting things to do with our lives. Each of us is an original.
There is much to be said about "desire". Desire is a motivating factor - without it, every response we make in the "right" direction is nothing more than doing things "by the book". When we come to Christ, there is an exchange of nature. We get a new nature - one animated by the Spirit of God within. This very "indwelling" of the Spirit is what brings the animation which "drives" us toward "right" choices (we call this obedience).
The old nature has been "nailed" to the cross with Christ - the new nature is "incorporated" into our day-to-day choices by "grace". Grace operates in a realm way beyond "book learning" or "sentimental" reasoning. It operates in the spirit of man - giving us a sense of purpose in our obedient responses.
The most awesome part of this chapter is the very last sentence: "Each of us is an original." As some of my readers already know, I spent some time in the military. In those first months of Basic Training, the main thing we came to realize was the need to "conform" to the rules and regulations being taught. Whether it was in the steps taken to dismantle and reassemble a weapon, or the rigid detail of marching in line with fellow soldiers, there was a drive to "conform" to the plan of our superior's command. What we chafed so much against actually had a purpose.
Christian life is a little like military life. Although God asks for us to conform to the truth of his Word, there is a need for us to "come in line" with the requested steps we are to take. In the military, we learned to do it, or else we did a whole lot more push ups than any human should have to endure! In God's kingdom, we learn to do it because it produces the best effect in our lives. We don't obey the commands of God because we have to keep all the rules - we do it because by keeping the rules, we enjoy the best of all God has for us!
In the military, they worked to keep one from standing out above the others. We each wore the same uniform, marched in formation, called the same cadence, etc. In God's kingdom, we wear a new nature, but it still allows us to be uniquely who we are - all our talents and personality shining through for God's glory. In fact, we "march" together in this walk, but we do it with a certain assurance of the outcome of our journey! We are each an "original" - we don't conform to become "mini-Christ's". We "conform" so we might be "transformed" into the reflection of all Christ is! We become a reflection of his grace, mercy, and love.
In being transformed, we are actually becoming a reflection for others to experience the Lord in the unique manner in which only we can reflect him to others. As an "original", God "meshes" our unique personalities with his work of grace - in turn, we become the reflection of the purpose and possibilities of God's transforming power! So, although the "book" is very important, the "Spirit" is what animates us to reflect the book's Author! Let's live animated, shall we?


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by Debra Manskey in Movie Review, Writing Tags: Brad Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio, Margot Robbie, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Quentin Tarantino
Written and directed by Quentin Tarantino.
There's been a great deal said and written about this film since it's Australian release in August and I thought it was high time to join in. I should say from the outset I'm not a huge fan of Tarantino's more recent work, I find it mostly too overblown and disconnected. And this saddens me, I feel Tarantino is one of those directors I really want to like more than I do. There are always characters, set pieces and key scenes that I really love but they are always lost in the morass of pop-culture or cinephile references that surround his work and I end up feeling a distinct emptiness – similar to feeling hungry soon after eating junk food. Not that Tarantino is junk food – I have too much respect for him and his craft to say that! Jackie Brown (1997) has been my favourite Tarantino film since I first saw it over 20 years ago and despite the ultraviolence, I really like Reservoir Dogs (1992) and Pulp Fiction (1994). As a child of the 60s and a similar age to Tarantino, I hoped Once Upon a Time would push all the right nostalgia buttons and really work for me.
Sadly, I was disappointed yet again.
There are of course, many good things about this movie. Leonardo DiCaprio is perfect as the tragi-comic Rick Dalton, desperately trying to hang on to his flagging career in an industry that feeds on youth, always looking for the 'next big thing'. His anxiety is almost palpable at times and juxtaposes well with his stunt double Cliff Booth, played with skill by Brad Pitt. The older Pitt gets, the more I like him as a screen presence, and here he shows considerably more range than he was permitted in Ad Astra (2019). Across the board, the casting is uniformly excellent and there are some quite genius casting decisions throughout, particularly in smaller roles from the likes of Al Paciono, Michael Marsden, Kurt Russell, Zoe Bell, Damian Lewis, Bruce Dern and Damian Herriman (from Judy & Punch).
Sadly, women are for the most part, poorly served here. As can be expected of the period, women perform very stereotypical functions and are mostly depicted as decorative good girls (Sharon Tate and her cohort) or decorative bad girls (Pussycat and the Manson girls). The only ones who are permitted to push beyond this are Margot Robbie's luminous and endearing Sharon, (she does so much to elevate her role), Margaret Qualley as Pussycat and Julia Butters as the child actor who brings Rick Dalton to tears. There is also some very pointed racism, directed at native Americans and Mexicans that I know can be fobbed off as true to the period but still made me cringe and the less said about the Bruce Lee scene the better!
As to be expected, Tarantino's attention to period detail across all media – television, advertising, film, fashion and music – is simply staggering, adding a rich depth and texture to the film style that for me, offered moments of incredible nostalgia – both good and bad. Sadly, that also fuels what I think is the film's biggest problem – its uneven and meandering tone.
In almost three hours running time, I got bored with so many establishing shots of people driving and walking. Above all, it is difficult to find a narrative through-line and when tension is built, it is removed just as quickly until the very final scenes. This left me with feelings of empty dissatisfaction because, like Rick Dalton's acting, I'm certain there is something great lurking in there, waiting to get out.
Okay – but not as great as I wanted it to be.


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Impossible Quiz for Seniors: Brain Teasers & Riddles
Do you think you're pretty sharp for your age? If so, you might want to try your luck at the impossible quiz for seniors! Can you see through a trick, a trap, and a bamboozle?
The riddles for seniors below will try to trick you, so keep both eyes open! At the end of the elderly quiz, see how much of a senior you really are.
Impossible Quiz: Brain Teasers
Impossible Quiz: Longer Riddles for Seniors
The Car Crash
Beth's Family
Only One Match
A Nice Lunch
Multiple Marriages
Impossible Quiz: Fun Trivia Questions
Impossible Quiz: Brain Teaser Answers
Impossible Quiz: Longer Riddle Answers
Impossible Quiz: Fun Trivia Answers
How Did You Do on the Impossible Quiz for Seniors?
More Suddenly Senior Trivia
What word is spelled incorrectly in every dictionary?
What never asks a question but gets answered all the time?
What goes up but never comes down?
What starts with an e and ends with an e but has only one letter in it?
How do you make the number one disappear?
What will you find at the end of every rainbow?
How many months have twenty-eight days?
How many seconds are there in a year?
What can you hold without touching it at all?
Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Wednesday, Friday, or Sunday?
What occurs once in a minute, twice in a moment, and never in your life?
What travels the world while stuck in one spot?
What moves faster – heat or cold?
What was the President's name in 1974?
What two words in combination hold the most letters?
You have two coins that together total thirty cents, but one isn't a quarter. What two coins do you have?
How many 6" by 9" books can you fit into a two-foot-square crate so that it is no longer empty?
Is the capital of Kentucky pronounced "Lewis-ville" or "Looie-ville?"
Forwards, I'm heavy; backward, I'm not. What am I?
What's as big as a building and weighs nothing?
How many pounds of dirt are there in a 5-foot-square hole?
What do you call a woman who always knows where her husband is?
Why are 1968 pennies worth more than 1967 pennies?
How many times can you fold a newspaper in half?
Which president is on the $100 bill?
A man and his young son are driving down the road when a driver hits the car. The father and son are both badly injured and are rushed to the hospital. The father is in a coma, and the boy has to be rushed in for emergency surgery.
But the surgeon takes one look at him and says, "I can't operate on this boy – he's my son." How is this possible?
Close your eyes and imagine that you're in a room with no doors and no windows. There's just a lamp in the corner and a small hole about two inches across in the floor. But as you watch, water begins to flow out of the hole and fill up the room.
The room will be completely filled up with water in a few minutes, and you have to get out. How do you get out of the room?
Beth's mother has three daughters. Her oldest daughter is named Thelma, and her second daughter is named Louise. What is the third daughter's name?
You are closed in a dark room, and when you feel around in your pockets, you discover you have a matchbook with only one match in it. By feeling around the room, you discover there is a pile of papers, a kerosene lamp, and a fireplace with some logs in it. Which should you light first to make sure you'll be able to see?
A man goes for a walk one afternoon, but he gets caught in a rainstorm. Not expecting the bad weather, he left his umbrella, his raincoat, and even his hat at home. But despite the downpour, not one hair on his head gets wet.
Two mothers and two daughters go out for lunch one day. They visit a wonderful pizzeria that they enjoy, and they decide to share a pizza that comes with eight slices. Each of them eats a piece of pizza, and at the end of the meal, there are five slices of pizza left.
How can they all have eaten pizza and only three slices have been consumed?
Tracey has married lots of men in her lifetime, and yet she claims never to have been married. How is this possible?
Finally, let's round out with some quick trivia questions from the golden years.
Who said, "Old soldiers never die, they just fade away?"
Which longest-running daytime drama moved from radio to television in 1952?
What did Francis Watson and James Crick become famous for discovering?
What fast-food franchise opened to the jingle, "Hold the pickle! Hold the lettuce!" in 1954?
What phenomenon made popular in the 1950s made it possible for anyone to become an artist?
Don't worry; your dictionaries haven't been flawed your whole life. The word spelled incorrectly in every dictionary is "incorrectly."
Although it never asks you a question, you answer your phone every time it rings.
The one thing that defies Newton's laws of nature by going up and never coming down is your age.
Yes, it is possible for a word to both begin and end with the letter e and only have one letter in it. That word is "envelope."
Making the number one disappear is easy, and it doesn't involve an eraser. Simply add the letter "g" to the front of the word, and "one" is now "gone!"
Unfortunately, our St. Patrick's Day dreams of a pot of gold aren't true. The only thing you'll find at the end of every rainbow is the letter "w."
You may have learned to keep up with which months have thirty days and which have thirty-one by counting on your knuckles. But the truth is every month has twenty-eight days!
Although the musical Rent taught us that there are five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes in a year, you don't have to bust out your calculator to figure out the number of seconds. There are twelve of them – January 2nd, February 2nd, March 2nd, and so on.
No, you don't have to summon the power of the Force to answer this one. The thing you can hold without touching it at all is a conversation.
The only way to name three consecutive days without naming Wednesday, Friday, or Sunday is to think outside the box. The answer is to say, "Yesterday, today, and tomorrow."
Don't worry, you aren't missing out on some amazing part of life. The thing that occurs once in a minute, twice in a moment, and never in your life is the letter "m."
Virtual reality is making it more possible to see the wonders of the world all from your favorite chair. But one thing has long since figured out the art of seeing the world while stuck in one spot – a stamp.
The answer to which moves faster, heat or cold, doesn't lie in a physics textbook. It's heat, because you can always catch a cold!
Before you start thinking back to the days of Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford, think again. In 1974, the President's name was the same as what it is today. Our President was born before 1974, and they've had the same name their whole life.
The two words that hold the most letters aren't bacteria names or even "Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia" – the fear of long words. The answer is "post office."
Although it's impossible to construct thirty cents from two coins that aren't quarters, we didn't say both coins weren't quarters. One is a quarter, and the other is a nickel.
It only takes one of those 6" x 9" books to make your two-foot-square crate no longer empty. As soon as the first book is put in, the crate has something in it.
No matter which side of the pronunciation debate you fall on, you're still pronouncing the capital of Kentucky wrong. You see, it's not Louisville – it's Frankfort.
You have to think outside the box on this one – backward, the word "ton," a very heavy unit of measure, is "not."
No matter how big it gets, a shadow, even the one cast by the Empire State Building, never weighs anything.
You don't have to know how much dirt weighs to answer this question. There's no dirt in a hole, and therefore, the answer is "nothing."
The only way a woman always knows where her husband is is if she's a widow.
No, pennies from 1968 aren't more rare or valuable than those from the previous year. But 1,968 pennies make $19.68, one cent more than 1,967 pennies.
You can only fold a newspaper in half once. After that, you're folding it in quarters, eighths, sixteenths, and so on.
Before you go reaching for your wallet, remember your history classes. Benjamin Franklin, who appears on the $100 bill, was never president.
Although the boy's father was in a coma in another part of the hospital, the surgeon who couldn't operate on her son was a woman – the boy's mother.
The answer to escaping the water-filled room doesn't lie in the small hole or the outlet the lamp is plugged into. The best way to escape that room is to open your eyes and stop imagining.
Remember, we said that Beth's mother has three daughters. Her third daughter's name is Beth.
You don't have to think through whether it would be more prudent to light the lamp, the papers, or the fireplace first. The first thing you're going to light in that dark room is a match.
The man who goes walking in the rain is definitely getting soaked. But not one hair on his head is getting wet because the man is bald.
The two mothers and two daughters can all have had their piece of pizza while only eating three slices. A grandmother, her daughter, and her granddaughter were in attendance at the lunch. The grandmother and her daughter are both mothers, and the daughter and granddaughter are both daughters.
Tracey isn't lying when she says she's never been married. She's a minister, and the men she's married have been grooms whose weddings she was officiating in.
General Douglas MacArthur spoke that iconic line in his farewell speech to Congress in 1951.
Guiding Light, which made its television debut in 1952, ran for more than 18,000 episodes and seventy-two years before its final episode aired in 2009.
Together, Francis Watson and James Crick are credited with discovering the double-helix structure of our DNA that would enable us to begin unraveling our genetic code.
Burger King became the first restaurant chain to pioneer the idea of "Have it your way" fast food with its 1954 commercial.
Paint by number sets made it possible for everyone to feel like an artist in the 1950s, though, if we're being honest, the final product never looked as good as the real deal.
So how did you do on our impossible quiz for seniors?


Endangered marine organism raises questions of supply in Corollary.
Corollary explores the history and ongoing symbolic function of red coral, one of the oldest traditionally used materials in gold and silver-smithing. Despite the rarity of coral, its application within jewellery practice has persisted over time due to a belief in its talismanic qualities. Combining actual and simulated forms of this precious material, the works in Corollary aim to raise questions about ethical supply and usage.
Originally from Düsseldorf in Germany, Elfrun Lach studied Art History, Egyptology and Archaeology at Cologne University before moving to Melbourne and embarking on a degree in Silversmithing at RMIT University. Lach has exhibited in Australia and overseas and recently completed a Masters degree, researching the symbolism, historicity and materiality of coral in the context of contemporary artefact.


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Active COVID-19 case in West Virginia drops below 1,500
by: Jessica Patterson
ATLANTA, GA – UNDATED: This undated handout photo from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows a microscopic view of the Coronavirus at the CDC in Atlanta, Georgia. According to the CDC the virus that causes Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) might be a "previously unrecognized virus from the Coronavirus family." (Photo by CDC/Getty Images)
CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) – The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) confirms seven new cases of COVID-19 in the Mountain State, as the state's active cases drop back below 1,500. The state's current daily percent positive test results rate is 1.06%, and the current cumulative rate is 2.15%
View the state's 5 p.m. Tuesday, July 21, 2020 update on COVID-19 here.
As of 10 a.m. Wednesday, July 22, 2020, the WV DHHR says the state has received 242,262 total confirmatory laboratory results for COVID-19, with 5,206 total cases, 125 of which are probable. Total cases include 1,480 active cases, 77 current hospitalizations, 3,625 recoveries and 101 deaths.
Counties with confirmed cases of COVID-19, listed as (Case confirmed by lab test/Probable case), include:
Barbour (26/0), Berkeley (550/19), Boone (59/0), Braxton (7/0), Brooke (39/1), Cabell (220/7), Calhoun (5/0), Clay (17/0), Fayette (102/0), Gilmer (13/0), Grant (25/1), Greenbrier (80/0), Hampshire (51/0), Hancock (64/4), Hardy (49/1), Harrison (142/1), Jackson (150/0), Jefferson (269/5), Kanawha (540/12), Lewis (24/1), Lincoln (30/0), Logan (49/0), Marion (139/4), Marshall (85/1), Mason (30/0), McDowell (11/0), Mercer (74/0), Mineral (76/2), Mingo (63/2), Monongalia (752/15), Monroe (16/1), Morgan (21/1), Nicholas (22/1), Ohio (181/0), Pendleton (20/1), Pleasants (5/1), Pocahontas (39/1), Preston (92/22), Putnam (116/1), Raleigh (108/3), Randolph (200/2), Ritchie (3/0), Roane (12/0), Summers (2/0), Taylor (30/1), Tucker (7/0), Tyler (10/0), Upshur (32/2), Wayne (160/2), Webster (2/0), Wetzel (41/0), Wirt (6/0), Wood (204/10), Wyoming (11/0).
For local and breaking news, weather alerts, video and more, download the FREE WOWK 13 News App from the Apple App Store or the Google Play Store.
More West Virginia Stories
KENOVA, W.Va. (AP) — Griffith & Feil Drug has been in business since 1892, a family-owned, small-town pharmacy. This isn't its first pandemic.
More than a century after helping West Virginians confront the Spanish flu in 1918, the drugstore in Kenova, a community of about 3,000 people, is helping the state lead the nation in COVID-19 vaccine distribution.


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5 children in church van headed to Disney World among 7 dead in fiery 1-75 crash
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The children, who were headed to Disney World, and two truck drivers were killed in the fiery crash.
Five children traveling from Louisiana, along with the drivers in two semis, were killed in a Thursday afternoon accident at mile marker 394 on Interstate 75 just north of Gainesville, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
The children were from Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, and ranged in age from about 8 or 9 up to teenagers, FHP Lt. Patrick Riordan said Friday morning. As many as a dozen people may have been in the van.
A tractor-trailer was traveling north on I-75 when it collided with a passenger vehicle also heading north. After the collision, both vehicles broke through the guardrail in the median and went into the southbound lanes. There they were struck by a passenger van and another tractor-trailer, according to FHP.
The van overturned, ejecting some of its occupants. Both trucks caught fire. A southbound pickup truck that was behind the van and the semi, traveled through the scene.
Five children from Louisiana in the passenger van died as well as the adult male drivers of both trucks.
Those killed in the accident included Joel Cloud, 14; Jeremiah Warren, 14; Cierra Bordelan, 9; Cara Descant, 13, and Brieana Descant, 10, all of Marksville, Louisiana. Steve Holland, 59, of West Palm Beach, and Douglas Bolkema, 49, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, were the two semi truck drivers who died in the accident.
The Town Talk newspaper in Alexandria, Louisiana, reported Friday morning that a representative of the Avoyelles House of Mercy confirmed its members were involved. The church is in Marksville in Avoyelles Parish.
Troy Roberts of the state's transportation department took questions from reporters Friday morning about whether the guardrail that failed to keep the vehicles from traveling through the median into the southbound lane was an engineering problem.
He said it's too early to tell, but guardrails aren't designed to stop everything.
"With these types of incidents, we'll take a look at the road to see if it contributed to the crash," Roberts said. "Guardrails can only take so much."
FHP's Riordan said troopers don't yet know who is at fault in the crash.
"We're early in this investigation, looking at who is fault," Riordan said. "It makes it more difficult (when there is this much damage) but we have professionals that do this on a daily basis.
"There's no doubt in my mind they're going to be able to determine what transpired."
Friday night the Florida Department of Transportation had begun to repair asphalt damaged by the fiery crash.
FDOT said Friday night drivers should expect a double lane closure, with one southbound lane remaining open.
Thursday's crash is the worst in Alachua County on I-75 since nearly seven years ago, when 11 people died and more than 20 hospitalized on Jan. 29, 2012, in a fiery chain of collisions in heavy smoke and fog across Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park.
Officials took heat then for not closing the interstate despite the conditions.
Eventually, cameras, sensors and large electronic message signs around Paynes Prairie were installed and designed to prevent such crashes in the future, part of a $2 million project to improve safety following the 2012 crashes.
Riordan said troopers worked hard to complete next-of-kin notifications.
"We've got a lot dedicated men and women who wear badge ... unfortunately this is a part of what we do. We accept it and try to step up and do the right thing."
FHP handled the crash investigation with help from other agencies, including the Alachua County Sheriff's Office and Alachua County Fire Rescue. A law enforcement helicopter was sent aloft to try to see if any of the injured were in the woods along the crash scene.
Hazardous materials teams were also deployed.
Thursday's crash appears to be the worst in Alachua County on I-75 since nearly seven years ago, when 11 people died and more than 20 hospitalized on Jan. 29, 2012, in a fiery chain of collisions in heavy smoke and fog across Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park.
Forgey, the sheriff's spokesman, said Thursday's crash was "extremely severe, much more severe than what we're used to seeing."
But it's the "used-to" part that's a cause for worry, he said.
"We are obviously concerned with the number of traffic accidents and fatalities we see on I-75. And when it rains, you can almost guarantee that there's going to be an accident," Forgey said.
"I think that drivers become complacent, are not paying attention and the speed and volumes at which they're traveling — it just takes one little thing and you can have a major catastrophe.
"I tell my own family members to steer clear of the interstate. I see the carnage that happens out there."
Riordan said troopers are working to complete the next-of-kin notifications.
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Q: Prove that the countable union of sets of cardinality $c$ again has cardinality $c$. Where $c = 2^{\aleph_0}$.
I have no idea how to tackle this problem. Any help is greatly appreciated!

A: Let $\{ X_n \mid n < \omega \}$ be a countable family of sets of cardinality $2^{\aleph_0}$, and suppose (without loss of generality) that they're pairwise disjoint. For each $n$, you can inject $X_n$ into the interval $(n,n+1) \subseteq \mathbb{R}$. Piecing together these injections yields an injection $\bigcup_n X_n \to \mathbb{R}$.

Expanded answer:
For each $n < \omega$, the interval $(n,n+1)$ has cardinality $2^{\aleph_0}$. Proving this is an easy exercise: first biject any open interval with $\mathbb{R}$, then use a linear ($\Rightarrow$ bijective) function to scale/translate it to $(n,n+1)$.
Since $|X_n|=2^{\aleph_0}$ for each $n$, there is a bijection $f_n : X_n \to (n,n+1)$, which we can view as an injection $f_n : X_n \to \mathbb{R}$ whose image is equal to $(n,n+1)$. The reason we choose this interval is so that, when we build a function $\bigcup_n X_n \to \mathbb{R}$, distinct sets $X_n$ are embedded into disjoint subsets of $\mathbb{R}$.
Since the sets $X_n$ are pairwise disjoint, there is a unique function $f : \bigcup_n X_n \to \mathbb{R}$ such that $f(x)=f_n(x)$ for each $x \in X_n$. Moreover, $f$ is injective, since its restrictions to each $X_n$ are injective and the images of each $X_n$ are pairwise disjoint.
Since $\bigcup_n X_n$ injects into $\mathbb{R}$, we see that $\left| \bigcup_n X_n \right| \le 2^{\aleph_0}$.


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This past Tuesday, I found myself sleeping on a picnic table in the parking area of Cardigan Mountain State Park. How this happened is a bit of a tale.
It started a year ago, when I thought it might be a curious experiment to climb a favorite little peak nestled neatly in New Hampshire's Upper Valley every month for an entire year (On Climbing Cardigan: August). What might be gleaned from 12 visits to the same peak?
I wanted to make the last in this series unique, epic even – or as epic as 3,155 feet can be. I wanted to take the long way up, sleep on top, travel miles around and over, walk a series of backroads to return to my car.
A full day's "work" splashing around our school's own sweet lake with boys and canoes in our wilderness program precluded an early departure, so I arrived at what was described to me as the way to the trailhead sometime after 7 PM.
This back side of Cardigan can be reached by an asphalt-flaking, gloomy thoroughfare called New Colony Road, which turns into a deep mudfest about a mile and half in. I thought it wise to park while the parking was good.
There had been talk about a gate and an overgrown thicket disguised as the trailhead, so I ran up the dirt road, sinking in the mire, but nothing up there looked like a way to climb my mountain. Puzzled, I returned to my car to find, in absurdly perfect timing, another summer school teacher also looking for the same elusive trailhead.
We decided on a united search.
Almost two miles passed before a cairn was discovered in the weeds with what might generously be deemed an opening to a path beyond. A few yards in, an understated sign nailed to a tree announced that we were in business.
Most of said "trail" – called Mowgli's Trail – was swamped due to recent rains, so I surrendered my dry feet to the journey and just squashed on through.
Why had I never taken this way before?!
My new friend and I chatted about NESCAC schools, long distance trails, and a supposed Civil War deserter's cave hidden somewhere nearby as the scenery became more and more glorious.
It was getting dark when we reached a small, dirty shelter slouching in the woods (not staying here, I thought); he needed to get back to his car, so we parted ways and I continued on up Firescrew Mountain, Cardigan's baby brother.
Mists whipped across a sky above granite bare and steep.
I followed the blazes up and over Firescrew to the familiar flank of Cardigan.
Somehow, God never exhausts the ways He is able to display his grandeur. It was as if He had saved the proverbial best for last; moonrise, ripple, vapor, expanse.
All those trips, step upon step upon step upon step?
The absolute vastness of an uncontainable God.
And yet, in all that bigness, that unfathomable huge, He still cares for us.
Jesus told it this way: …the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost (Luke 19:10).
And aren't we all lost?
Broken, hurting, misdirected, wandering, searching, desperate lost?
And that's where He meets us.
In all of our mess, in all of our failings and stumblings and stubbornness and pain.
He fills us up with what He is full of: compassion and goodness, mercy and power.
O, Lord, what am I that You are mindful of me?
So the story ends, for now.
It was too wet and windy to sleep comfortably on top of Cardigan, under the firetower, as I had hoped.
Instead, by headlamp, I wove my way down to the parking area, slipped on a rock and impaled myself on a trekking pole, possibly breaking a rib.
The picnic table was as good a surface as any, so, sore but dry, I passed the night contemplating the next.
In an irony totally reserved for God, I found myself the next day hiking the same exact route with our wilderness kids.
Dangerous weather on the high ridgeline we had planned to hike caused us to change plans at last minute, but isn't that also how He sometimes likes to surprise us?
He had already shown me the way.
I just got back from a four day foray in the woods.
I was with a group of brilliant educators all participating in an inaugural program aimed at expanding place-based education, sustainability, and experiential learning in our classrooms and schools.
It was almost a crime to call this professional development.
There was something magical about this slurry of teachers, solitude, and vision; blend in some sweat, peak-y views, and a few bald eagles, and you have the perfect recipe to energize a tired soul to keep fighting the good fight.
The tide that often seems so strong against us as teachers – societal ills, indifference, lack of resource – might just be able to be turned were more of us able to just get together and dream.
One of the principles we discussed at length was the idea of leaving no trace.
Leave No Trace is the wilderness ethic of minimizing the impact of one's passage through an environment; this includes guidelines such as planning and preparing, properly disposing of waste, and leaving what one might find in the wild – leaf, antler, stone – in the wild.
As a leader in my schools's own wilderness program, this is often a challenge with young people.
Kids are naturally curious and want to touch, pick, throw, and eat whatever surrounds them, so it is a constant battle trying to help them to understand how what they do today will cause a profound echo into what future generations will experience in the tomorrow.
Is tossing this apple core into the forest okay? What about building a small cairn? Tasting wild blueberry?
Their sound footprint alone could drive a ranger bonkers.
I have been thinking of the story of Mary of Bethany a lot lately; she has popped up numerous times over the past few weeks, and I am curious as to why.
God does that sometimes, I think. Percolates an idea, an image, a word over and over until the grounds settle, leaving behind a rich, aromatic brew. Like coffee, this distillate can provide focus if we attend to its message.
Mary's story goes like this: Six days before the Passover began, Jesus went back to Bethany, the town where he raised Lazarus from the dead. They had prepared a supper for Jesus. Martha served, and Lazarus and Mary were among those at the table. Mary picked up an alabaster jar filled with nearly a liter of extremely rare and costly perfume—the purest extract of nard, and she anointed Jesus' feet. Then she wiped them dry with her long hair. And the fragrance of the costly oil filled the house (John 12:1-3).
This act of Mary's would have been seen as scandalous in Jesus's day – uncovered hair! a room full of men! perfume costing a year's wages! – but Jesus wouldn't allow anyone to criticize her, even saying her act would be remembered throughout time.
As I thought more about leaving no trace and about Mary, however, I began to wonder how they connect to the kind of mark we leave behind.
Did the Roman soldiers (as the footnote in my Bible suggests), determinedly driving iron barbs into Jesus's feet, perhaps detect a faint whiff of that aromatic extravagance and ponder what it possibly could mean?
Surely some of the spikenard Mary poured on Jesus spilled out onto the floor of the house where they were gathered. Would others walk by, daysmonthsyears later, and sense the sweet impression of Mary's outrageous love?
Did the scent linger long in her hair?
Because the thing is, Jesus was right. Here we are, some 2,000 years later, still remembering Mary's sacrificial act of devotion.
She left an indelible trace.
Like Mary, we have the profound charge of either being to those around us the fragrance of life or the stench of death (2 Corinthians 2:16).
Although in the wilderness we should tread as if we had never been, in life, we can – we must! – choose the kind of scent-trail we leave behind.
May the costly oil of our lives be poured out and fill to the full the lives of those around us – a true trace that reverberates across time.


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