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1. Violence between intimates : domestic violence.
Zawitz, Marianne W.
Selected findings.
Washington, D.C. : U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Statistics, [1994]
2. International mortality chartbook : levels and trends, 1955-91
Zarate, Alvan O.
Hyattsville, MD : U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, 1994.
3. The heart of Achilles : characterization of personal ethics in the Iliad
Zanker, G. (Graham), 1947-
Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan Press, c1994.
4. The economic status of black women : an exploratory investigation.
Zalokar, Nadja.
Staff report (United States Commission on Civil Rights).
Washington, D.C. : U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, [1990]
5. Una apertura a la esperanza : estudio de cinco organizaciones femeninas de desarrollo de América Latina y el Caribe
Yudelman, Sally W., 1931-
Hopeful openings. Spanish
3. ed. en español.
Arlington, VA (901 N. Stuart St., 10th floor, Arlington 22203) : Fundación Interamericana, 1993.
6. National assessment of educational progress, 1985-86 : NAEP mathematics subscales and math-learning attitude factors
Yu, Ching C.
E.D.TABS.
Washington, D.C. : U.S. Dept. of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., [1990]
7. Equality of opportunity : the making of The Americans with Disabilities Act.
Young, Jonathan M.
Washington, D.C. (1331 F St. N.W., Suite 1050, Washington 20004-1107) : National Council on Disability, 1997
8. Triumph of the fatherland : German unification and the marginalization of women
Young, Brigitte, 1946-
Social history, popular culture, and politics in Germany.
Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c1999.
9. The social context of education
Young, Beth Aronstamm.
Findings from the Condition of education ; no. 10.
Washington, DC : National Center for Education Statistics, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, U.S. Dept. of Education : For sale by the U.S. G.P.O., Supt. of Docs., [1997]
10. From East Germans to Germans? : the new postcommunist elites
Yoder, Jennifer A.
Durham : Duke University Press, 1999.
11. AIDS and the national body
Yingling, Thomas E.
Series Q.
Durham, NC : Duke University press, 1997.
12. Housing discrimination study : incidence of discrimination and variation in discriminatory behavior
Yinger, John, 1947-
[Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research, [1991]
13. Reflection in the writing classroom
Yancey, Kathleen Blake, 1950-
Logan, Utah : Utah State University Press, 1998.
14. Community policing in Madison--quality from the inside out : an evaluation of implementation and impact
Wycoff, Mary Ann.
NIJ research report.
Washington, D.C. : U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Naional Institute of Justice, [1994]
15. Evaluating patrol officer performance under community policing : the Houston experience : a final summary report presented to the National Institute of Justice
Washington, D.C. : The Institute, [1994]
16. An index bibliography of wildlife research in the U.S. national parks
Wright, R. Gerald.
Washington, D.C. : U.S. Dept. of the Interior, National Park Service, [1990].
17. The Chinese armed forces in the 21st century
Wortzel, Larry M.
Carlisle Barracks, Pa. : Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, 1999.
18. China's military potential
[Carlisle Barracks, Pa.] : Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, 1998.
19. SDI and the alternatives
Worden, Simon P.
Washington, D.C. : National Defense University Press, 1991.
20. Rise of the fighter generals : the problem of air force leadership, 1945-1982
Worden, R. Michael, 1954-
Maxwell AFB, Ala. : Air University Press, 1998.
21. Toward independence : the emergence of the U.S. Air Force, 1945-1947
Wolk, Herman S., 1931-
Air Force 50th anniversary commemorative ed.
[Washington, D.C.] : Air Force History and Museums Program : [For sale by the U.S. G.P.O., Supt. of Docs.], 1996.
22. Studies of education reform. Assessment of school-based management
Wohlstetter, Priscilla, 1953-
[Washington, DC] : U.S. Dept. of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, Office of Reform Assistance and Dissemination : for sale by the U.S. G.P.O., Supt. of Docs., [1996].
23. A coordinated approach to reducing family violence : conference highlights
Witwer, Martha B.
Research report (National Institute of Justice (U.S.)).
Washington, DC : U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, National Institute of Justice, [1995]
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24. Faces of internationalism : public opinion and American foreign policy
Wittkopf, Eugene R., 1943-
25. Maneuver and firepower : the evolution of divisions and separate brigades
Wilson, John B., 1934-
Army lineage series.
Washington, D.C. : Center of Military History, U.S. Army, 1998.


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OTTOVILLE — Brice Schroeder threw a one-hitter for the Big Green in Wednesday's contest against Bluffton. Schroeders strong performance on the mound helped lead Ottoville to a 2-1 victory over the Pirates. He surrendered one run over seven innings, striking out eight and walking one.
Two runs in the third inning proved to be enough for the Green to pick up the win. Schroeder also led Ottoville at the plate by going 1-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored.
Cole Koenig took the loss for Bluffton after throwing six innings, walking four and striking out six.
Ottoville improves to 2-5 (1-1 PCL) on the year while Bluffton falls to 1-8 (0-2 NWC).


Whenever you write something, you're trying to influence someone. You want them to follow your instructions, give you their approval, accept your position, or look favorably upon you and your company.
Your ability to influence others is important to your success. You'll fail to influence others if your memos and letters are hard to read, e-mails are ignored, procedures are overly complex, building notices miss the point and look unprofessional, business cases are unconvincing, and occupant newsletters are uninteresting.
Unfortunately, many of the traditional ways of writing simply don't work when you're trying to influence the people within your buildings. Many facility and property managers also tend to write backwards by writing before identifying the purpose, developing the message, assessing the audience, or focusing attention on what's important and how to influence the reader.
Short attention span. If you don't get the point across quickly, you lose your audience's interest. If they aren't interested in what you say, they won't read to the end.
Information overload. Everyone is bombarded with information, so your message must be uncluttered and easy to see and understand. If your audience doesn't see your argument, you can't convince them.
Limited time. Nobody has time to read everything that crosses his or her desk, so you lose your audience quickly with long, tedious documents. If the person doesn't want to read a long document, he or she may read only the summaries and miss the critical details. This is also important to remember when writing notices posted in the elevator or lobby – people won't have much time to stop and read.
The key is to have a strategy before you start. Communicating without a strategy is like throwing darts blindfolded – just less likely to hurt your audience. There are some basic yet important steps to communicating effectively.
Your message and goal must be carefully integrated throughout the communication and guide content and structure. It's important that you know what you want from your audience, and that you make it clear to them. For your building newsletter, this may be gaining support for changes or showing occupants how proactive you are. A notice in the lobby may tell occupants about changes in a process, project activity, or your greening initiatives. Your business case aims to sell your position to someone who can approve it. Your memo explains something new in a way that creates support and makes sure instructions are followed.
Understanding and assessing the reader is critical. You can't influence someone unless you know what will influence them. Even the best ideas fail unless the reader understands them. This isn't easy, but, by assessing what your audience wants or needs to hear, you can tailor your communication for maximum effectiveness. Consider how your message is received. This includes the level of detail, type of information, tone, wording, examples, and benefits, risks, or rewards. Keep in mind that your communication may need to reach different readers with different needs, so understand the differences and decide where your focus should be.
Part of effective communication includes understanding what your audience's interests are. For an occupant receiving a newsletter, he or she needs to know how something affects him or her. Someone reading a business case will want to know what decision is necessary and what impact it will have. A tenant receiving a memo about the lease needs to understand the legal implications and the risks, as well as what to do to rectify the issue or how to comply with lease terms. An employee wants to know why a policy is being implemented, what should be done to comply, and how to do it.
The content must support your purpose. Build your content with facts and examples that will be meaningful to the reader and support your purpose.
Where possible, consider possible objections, and build those into your communications upfront – don't leave unanswered questions. If you write a tenant memo, consider what the responses will be, and address them in the memo. When you send a written communication, you don't have the luxury of a discussion to clarify issues.
If you expect the reader to take action, clearly outline what you expect, and make it easy to take that action. This is especially important for approvals, policies, or procedures.
It's easy to pack lots of information into your communications, especially when you know the topic and are passionate about it. In the interest of keeping it simple and short, prioritize the information based on its potential influence and impact. Throw out content that doesn't support your message.
Don't try to impress the reader with your writing – you aren't writing a novel. Make written material visually easy to read with shorter sentences and more paragraphs, especially in long documents. Simplify sentences using fewer words and eliminating unnecessary language. You don't need to say "involves the use of" when you can say "uses." Add short intros and summaries to reinforce messages. Don't be afraid to repeat important content if it gets your message across and influences the reader.
If the reader can't clearly see and understand what you're saying, your effort is wasted. Because of the reader's limited time, short attention span, and information overload, your job is to structure information to be compelling and easy to read and understand.
Start with a compelling title and use a powerful first sentence or paragraph. Don't save the best content for last, or the reader may never read it. Get them to keep reading by convincing them that they should.
Use white space and visual cues, such as headings, tables, diagrams, and bulleted lists. Keep things short, and present only the information needed to influence the reader. Highlight the important information, but don't highlight so much that nothing stands out.
Chunking. This involves pulling out key information from your main text and separating it. You can use a text box, an indented paragraph, a graphic, or a table. By using a text box, for instance, the main text can wrap around the box. Use shading, borders, color, or a bold title to draw attention. Don't be afraid to repeat information from the main text when using this technique.
White space around information to provide visual separation around key points and items you want to bring attention to.
Meaningful headings that draw attention.
Bullet points that say something (don't just use round bullets).
Bold words within a sentence, which can be effective when used sparingly.
Charts, diagrams, and figures that illustrate your point.
Boxing. Boxing involves separating information using a table structure to focus attention and organize information (see an example in the images at the top of this article). Use the "table" feature in your word-processing software. You can use lines to separate boxes or remove all or some of the lines for a cleaner look.
These techniques require less effort when reading and will help the reader find and accept the information you're giving them. Essentially, you're guiding your reader to your message with these visual cues, and you're focusing their attention on what you want them to see.
While technical skills and knowledge are often emphasized for property and facility managers, it's the soft skills that separate the top performers from the average performers because they're able to get results by influencing others with their communications.
By using a strategic approach to communicating and getting your message across, you can enhance your career and contribute to your company's success.
Michel Theriault is principal with Strategic Advisor, a consulting firm specializing in strategic and management issues within the facility and building management industry. For more information, contact Michel at michel@strategicadvisor.ca.


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The Jonard Tools PATENDED MS-26 Mid Span Slitter is designed to open fiber jackets and loose buffer tubes to provide easy fiber access. The MS-26 is designed to work on cables or buffer tubes ranging in size from 2.9mm to 6.8mm in diameter. It's sleek ergonomic design allows you to open a jacket or buffer tube without damaging the fiber and features a replaceable cartridge blade set - part number MSB-2968.
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Deposition Author(s): Schoch, G.A., Benz, J., D'Arcy, B., Stihle, M., Burger, D., Thoma, R., Ruf, A.
Schoch, G.A., D'Arcy, B., Stihle, M., Burger, D., Bar, D., Benz, J., Thoma, R., Ruf, A.
Mifepristone is known to induce mixed passive antagonist, active antagonist, and agonist effects via the glucocorticoid receptor (GR) pathway. Part of the antagonist effects of mifepristone are due to the repression of gene transcription mediated by the nuclear receptor corepressor (NCoR). Here, we report the crystal structure of a ternary complex of the GR ligand binding domain (GR-LBD) with mifepristone and a receptor-interacting motif of NCoR. The structures of three different conformations of the GR-LBD mifepristone complex show in the oxosteroid hormone receptor family how helix 12 modulates LBD corepressor and coactivator binding. Differences in NCoR binding and in helix 12 conformation reveal how the 11beta substituent in mifepristone triggers the helix 12 molecular switch to reshape the coactivator site into the corepressor site. Two observed conformations exemplify the active antagonist state of GR with NCoR bound. In another conformation, helix 12 completely blocks the coregulator binding site and explains the passive antagonistic effect of mifepristone on GR.


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Russell Hanslip Dip.Arch, RIBA (Principal / MD)
Trained at Northern Polytechnic, London 1963-69 and qualified as an architect in 1970. After working in public and private offices in London, took up residence in Nassau, Bahamas in 1972, running a practice for three years. On returning to London in 1975 he joined the commercial practice of Peter Ednie & Partners in Gray's Inn, becoming a partner in the following year. In 1985 he set up Russell Hanslip Associates in North London. After merging with a practice in Chichester in 2007, it was renamed HMDW Architects.
Elected President EASA Ecclesiastical Architects & Surveyors Association for 2008.
Simon Dyson Dip.Arch, RIBA (Director)
Architectural training at Canterbury School of Architecture 1980-1986. Practical Training year at the Department of Education and Science in 1984.
Worked in private practice for three firms since 1986, schemes include commercial offices, community facilities, halls of residence, churches, restaurant, domestic and restoration. Worked on a winning submission in an invited competition for student accommodation at Brasenose College, Oxford in 1993 which has since been completed. Joined Russell Hanslip Associates in December 1993 and became an Associate of Russell Hanslip Associates in 1998. Included on the AABC Architects Accredited in Building Conservation Register in 2004.
Nicholas Weedon Dip Arch, RIBA (Director)
Trained at Canterbury School of Architecture 1980-1986. Runner up in 1985 RIBA International Student Competition, scheme displayed at Royal Academy of Arts. Contributed to two editions of Traditional Kent Buildings published by the School's Vernacular Studies Unit. Practical training year in a multi-disciplinary commercial practice, JF+P Group, in Brisbane, Australia.
Worked as a project architect on residential, commercial and historic building projects in a private practice in London 1986-1990. Undertook the Society for Protection of Ancient Buildings conservation course.
Worked on commercial, residential and transport sector buildings in Germany, based in Munich from 1991-1998. Joined Russell Hanslip Associates in 1998, helping to implement IT systems, and became an Associate in 2000. Included on the AABC Architects Accredited in Building Conservation Register in 2004.
Hilary Harris BLA (UGa) MLI (Consultant)
Trained at the University of Georgia School of Environmental Design, five year Bachelors Degree in Landscape Architecture (BLA) 1973. Received the Stanley Smith Horticultural Exchange Fellowship for post graduate study, University of Reading (1973-74). Full membership of the Landscape Institute 1976.
Worked as Landscape Architect at Derek Lovejoy and Partners for 18 months before joining the Greater London Council for nine years until 1986. Team leader in charge of over 40 projects. Civic Trust, Brick Development Association, RICS and various housing organisation awards.
Joined Russell Hanslip Associates in 1986 as part-time Landscape Architect servicing Practice architectural schemes and running an individual portfolio of landscape schemes. Major clients: Mercury One 2 One (now T-Mobile), LVMH.
1990-95 part-time, Senior Landscape Architect for the Ash Consulting Group, Didcot. Specialist area, planning constraints.
1999-2000 Masters level Professional Updating Course, University of Westminster Business School.
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The solder in a wave solder machine can become contaminated with other metals dissolved during the soldering process. These impurities can affect the physical characteristics and wetting ability of the solder, and may possibly result in defects such as icycling, bridging, pin-holes, webbing and non-wetting.
Occurs if pot is over heated; from pot, pump or other surfaces in the wave.
When precipitating copper from a pot make sure the pot is stagnant and is undisturbed for at least 8 hours.
Tin levels will typically drop over time. ±1.5% of the nominal tin content is acceptable. To raise this level, calculate the weight in your pot times the analyzed percentage. This gives the actual weight of tin. Take the weight of solder held by the pot and multiply it by .63; this is the amount of tin that should be in the pot. Subtract the analyzed weight from the theoretical weight. This is the amount of tin needed in the pot. Remove 15% more solder than this and add the calculated amount of tin. Top off the pot with bar solder.
The AIM Solder Analysis Service is a program of scheduled analysis that can increase wave soldering throughput and reliability and reduce the rework of soldered assemblies. In order to maintain solder purity, a program of regularly scheduled pot analysis is recommended. The program allows customers to track solder pot impurities for conformance to IPC and/or internal requirements.
Customer provides a purchase order for a certain number of solder analysis envelopes and is billed accordingly.
The envelopes are sent to the customer via USPS unless the customer has an urgent need for them. In this case, the envelopes will be sent via FedEx or UPS at the customer's expense.
Customer sends in a sample for analysis, using an authorized envelope. The sample should be 1" wide x 2" long or weigh 200 grams. Samples can be sent to the closest AIM facility or directly to AIM Montreal in urgent cases.


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We train each client like an athlete, with the goal of increasing performance. We divide the training plan into a series of manageable phases. Each phase can then target a specific or series of attributes to be developed within a designated period of time. Periods of appropriate overload and recovery are designated within each phase to enable growth and reduce overtraining.
Please cancel your Private or Semi-Private session at least 24 hours in advance of your scheduled session, or you will forfeit your session.
SEMI-PRIVATE TRAINING sessions only have 2 – 6 people and they do fill up! Please REGISTER early.
If you are going to be 15 minutes late to a PRIVATE or SEMI-PRIVATE TRAINING session, please email, text or call the coach personally to let them know you are running late, or the session will be viewed as forfeited at the coach's discretion. We will not reschedule your PRIVATE TRAINING session if you are late and the session will end on it's original scheduled time unless the coach agrees to stay late. No matter how late you are, we always advise you to show up for your Private Session. " Better late than never ".
Clients are allowed 8 visits each month. Sessions do not carry over month to month.
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Eric Andrew Posner (5 de diciembre de 1965), es un jurista estadounidense. Hijo del juez Richard Posner, actualmente es Profesor Kirkland & Ellis de la Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad de Chicago.

Ha continuado la línea de investigación de su padre, quien dio origen y dimensión permanente al análisis económico del Derecho.

Estudios y docencia
Posner se formó en el prestigioso Colegio Laboratorio de la Universidad de Chicago. Tras graduarse en 1984, completó su educación en la Universidad de Yale, donde culminó sus estudios de licenciatura y maestría con menciones honoríficas en Filosofía en 1988. Sus estudios doctorales en Derecho los cursó en la Universidad de Harvard. Sus estudios posdoctorales los realizó en la Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad del Sur de California, en donde fue becario John M. Olin.

Fue actuario y proyectista del juez Stephen F. William de la Corte de Apelaciones de Estados Unidos para el Circuito del Distrito de Columbia. Ha ejercido la docencia en varias instituciones de los Estados Unidos de América, entre estas la Escuela de Derecho de la Universidad de Nueva York y Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad de Pensilvania. Entre 1998 y 2011, dirigió la revista arbitrada The Journal of Legal Studies.

Líneas de investigación

En 1997 abrió un nuevo campo de investigación sobre el análisis económico en el terreno de las normas informales de la vida social, con los métodos de la teoría de señales. Entre las líneas de investigación principales a las que se ha dedicado están el Derecho Internacional, el Derecho de Extranjería, y la Política Internacional. Cuando los Estados Unidos de América estaban siendo azotados en 2008 por una grave crisis financiera, en la que los propietarios estaban "bajo agua" (con deudas hipotecarias que superan el valor de sus viviendas), propuso un plan de rescate de apreciación compartida entre deudores y acreedores.

Notas

Bibliografía
Las obras principales de Eric Posner son:

Radical Markets: Uprooting Capitalism and Democracy for a Just Society (Princeton University Press, 2018) (con  E. Weyl).
Economic Foundations of International Law (Harvard University Press, 2013) (con Alan Sykes).
Contract Law and Theory (Aspen, 2011).
The Executive Unbound: After the Madisonian Republic (Oxford University Press, 2011) (con Adrian Vermeule).
Climate Change Justice (Princeton University Press, 2010) (con David Weisbach).
Law and Happiness (University of Chicago Press, 2010).
Perils of Global Legalism (University of Chicago Press, 2009).
Terror in the Balance: Security, Liberty, and the Courts (Oxford University Press, 2007) (con Adrian Vermeule).
The Limits of International Law (Oxford University Press, 2005) (con Jack Goldsmith).
Law and Social Norms (Harvard University Press, 2000).

Análisis económico del derecho
Alumnado del Colegio Laboratorio de la Universidad de Chicago
Escuela de Chicago
Profesores de la Universidad de Chicago
Nacidos en Chicago

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Forster, Raymond R., 1922-; Platnick, Norman I.; Coddington, Jonathan A.
"The previously monotypic subfamily Physogleninae Petrunkevitch is redefined to include Physoglenes Simon--containing P. vivesi Simon and three new species from Chile--and three new genera: Meringa, containing nine new species from New Zealand; Tupua, containing four new species from Tasmania; and Paratupua, containing one new species from Victoria. The physoglenine genera are united by unique modifications of the male pedicel and anterior abdominal region. The new subfamily Pahorinae is established for five new genera from New Zealand: Pahora (containing nine new species), Pahoroides (containing two new species), Wairua (containing two new species), Nomaua (containing five new species and N. crinifrons (Urquhart), transferred from the linyphiid genus Bolyphantes), and Runga (containing five new species). The pahorine genera are united by a carapace-abdomen stridulatory system, secretory pores on the male pars cephalica, and a deeply excavated paracymbial area on the male palp. Three other genera seem closely related to physoglenines and pahorines: Mangua, new genus, containing 13 new species and M. forsteri (Brignoli), transferred from Linyphia, all from New Zealand; Chileotaxus, new genus, containing one new species from Chile; and the Neotropical genus Synotaxus Simon. These spiders have been widely separated in some past classifications; Physoglenes has been variously considered a leptonetid, pholcid, theridiid, or araneoid incertae sedis, whereas the other previously described taxa have generally been considered theridiids or linyphiids. All 12 genera are united by the presence of a small, basally situated and dorsally excavated paracymbium, a longitudinal incision of the retrolateral cymbial margin, thickened (and sometimes spiniform) dorsal macrosetae on the male palpal femur, patella, and/or tibia, and greatly elongated, spineless legs, with the first pair much the longest and all femora basally thickened. The known web forms are diverse, including an irregular sheet (Mangua and at least some physoglenines), an inverted bowl (pahorines), and a latticelike structure (Synotaxus). The absence of a comb on tarsi IV and widened aggregate spigots on the posterior lateral spinnerets, and the presence of a basal paracymbium, indicate that these genera do not belong to the Theridiidae, and the male palpi lack the distinct embolic division including a radix typical of the Linyphiidae. The oldest family-group name available for the assemblage is Synotaxidae, based on Synotaxeae Simon. Synotaxidae is hypothesized to be the sister group of Nesticidae plus Theridiidae. Wunderlich's synonymy of the families Hadrotarsidae and Theridiidae appears to be justified by paracymbial morphology; two possibly monophyletic groups can be recognized among the genera that are currently considered valid members of those families. The genera Anatea Berland, Audifia Keyserling, Dipoena Thorell, Dipoenata Wunderlich, Euryopis Menge, Gmogola Keyserling, Guaraniella Baert, Hadrotarsus Thorell, Lasaeola Simon, and Yoroa Baert are apparently united by a suite of characters (a dorsoventrally flattened female palpal claw, shortened chelicerae with elongated fangs, specialized ventral setae on tarsus I, a series of parallel ridges on the medial surface of the anterior lateral spinnerets, and four rather than two spermathecae) and may all be specialized predators of ants; the earliest available name for the assemblage is Hadrotarsinae Thorell. At least the genera Anelosimus Simon, Chrosiothes Simon, Chrysso O.P.-Cambridge, Coleosoma O.P.-Cambridge, Helvibis Keyserling, Nesticodes Archer, Rugathodes Archer, Spintharus Hentz, Tekellina Levi, Theridula Emerton, Thwaitesia O.P.-Cambridge, and Thymoites Keyserling are apparently united by a distinctive paracymbial hood. The name Spintharinae Simon is available for this assemblage; if Spintharinae is monophyletic, the genera Achaearanea Strand and Anelosimus, as currently construed, may be polyphyletic assemblages that require relimitation"--P. 3.


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Q: Pre-style the Color of a Substring in a Spinner Option [Android Studio] I've got an SQLite database with a units table. The units table is set up with only two columns:
create table units (_id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, desc TEXT)

Example data for a row in this table is:

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*_id: 4

*desc: "Helix #5 [2231]"

The "[2231]" substring is important, and I'd like to change its color to a medium gray color. Id also prefer to do this to the data in the desc column, as opposed to manipulating it with java.
So, I query for the data:
/**
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public Cursor getAllUnitRecords(){
    String sql = "select * from units order by `desc`";
    return db.rawQuery(sql, null);
}

My spinner looks like this:
<Spinner
    android:id="@+id/UnitSpinner"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:spinnerMode="dropdown" />

And I get the data to the spinner like this:
// Prepare unit dropdown
Cursor units = db.getAllUnitRecords();
MatrixCursor unitsMatrixCursor = new MatrixCursor(new String[] { "_id", "desc" });
unitsMatrixCursor.addRow(new Object[] { 0, "" });
MergeCursor unitsMergeCursor = new MergeCursor(new Cursor[] { unitsMatrixCursor, units });
String[] unitsFrom = new String[]{"desc"};
int[] unitsTo = new int[]{android.R.id.text1};
Spinner unitSpinner = (Spinner) findViewById(R.id.UnitSpinner);
SimpleCursorAdapter unitAdapter = new SimpleCursorAdapter(this, android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item, unitsMergeCursor, unitsFrom, unitsTo, 0);
unitAdapter.setDropDownViewResource(android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item);
unitSpinner.setAdapter(unitAdapter);

Since I'd like to color the "[2231]" substring a medium gray color, I thought I might be able to change the value of desc in the database, so that it looks like this:
"Helix #5 [2231]"

I did that only because I was searching the internet, and it seemed like it might work. Well, that doesn't work, as the tags are just output, instead of changing the color. What is wrong, and how can I fix it? I guess I'm open to a different solution if necessary, but this Android stuff is hard for me, as I don't work on it very often, so I was trying to go for the easiest solution.
UPDATE #1 ----------------------
So @MartinMarconcini was kind enough to point me in the right direction, and I copy and pasted his colorSpan method into my activity class to test it out. I then looked all around Stack Overflow for any clues as to how to modify the text of my spinner, and then how to modify the text that's in a SimpleCursorAdapter.
I found these questions with answers:

*

*Android, using SimpleCursorAdapter to set colour not just strings

*Changing values from Cursor using SimpleCursorAdapter
That gave me some ideas, so I tried to work with that:
// Prepare unit dropdown
Cursor units = db.getAllUnitRecords();
MatrixCursor unitsMatrixCursor = new MatrixCursor(new String[] { "_id", "desc" });
unitsMatrixCursor.addRow(new Object[] { 0, "" });
MergeCursor unitsMergeCursor = new MergeCursor(new Cursor[] { unitsMatrixCursor, units });
String[] unitsFrom = new String[]{"desc"};
int[] unitsTo = new int[]{android.R.id.text1};
Spinner unitSpinner = (Spinner) findViewById(R.id.UnitSpinner);
SimpleCursorAdapter unitAdapter = new SimpleCursorAdapter(this, android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item, unitsMergeCursor, unitsFrom, unitsTo, 0);
unitAdapter.setDropDownViewResource(android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item);

/* NEW CODE STARTS HERE */
unitAdapter.setViewBinder(new SimpleCursorAdapter.ViewBinder() {

    public boolean setViewValue(View aView, Cursor aCursor, int aColumnIndex) {

        if (aColumnIndex == 1) {
            String desc = aCursor.getString(aColumnIndex);
            TextView textView = (TextView) aView;
            final Spannable colorized = colorSpan(desc);
            textView.setText(TextUtils.isEmpty(colorized) ? desc + "a" : colorized + "b");
            return true;
        }

        return false;
    }
});
/* NEW CODE ENDS HERE */

unitSpinner.setAdapter(unitAdapter);

Notice I added the letter "a" if there was no text, and "b" if there was text. Sure enough, the "a" and "b" were added to my spinner items, but there was no color change! So, I am trying ... but could still use some help. Here is an image of what I'm seeing:

A: As mentioned in the comments, the presentation shouldn't be tied to the logic. This is a presentation problem. You want to display a text and you want part of that text to be colored.
So, anywhere in your app where you need to display/present this text to the user, say…
someTextViewOrOtherWidget.setText(yourString);
…you'll then have to call a method that does the coloring for you.
Example…
I'd move this code into a separate method/place for reuse and make it more re-usable by not hardcoding the [] and such,but this is how a simple example would look:
private Spannable colorSpan(final String text) {
    if (TextUtils.isEmpty(text)) {
        // can't colorize an empty text
        return null;
    }

    // Determine where the [] are.
    int start = text.indexOf("[");
    int end = text.indexOf("]");

    if (start < 0 || end < 0 || end < start) {
        // can't find the brackets, can't determine where to colorize.
        return null;
    }

    Spannable spannable = new SpannableString(text);

    spannable.setSpan(
            new ForegroundColorSpan(Color.BLUE)
            , start
            , end
            , Spannable.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE
    );

    return spannable;
}

And you'd use it like…
    String text = "Hello [123123] how are you?";
    final Spannable colorized = colorSpan(text);

    textView.setText(TextUtils.isEmpty(colorized) ? text : colorized);

I hope this gives you a better idea how to get started.

A: So, with a lot of help from @MartinMarconcini, I finally achieved what needed to be done, and so I wanted to leave "the answer" here, in case anyone else wants to see what needed to be done. I ended up making a custom cursor adapter, and although I'm still dumbfounded by the complexity of Android Studio, it works!
First, in the activity, the way SimpleCursorAdapter was being used ended up getting changed to the custom cursor adapter (which extends SimpleCursorAdapter).
These lines:
Spinner unitSpinner = (Spinner) findViewById(R.id.UnitSpinner);
SimpleCursorAdapter unitAdapter = new SimpleCursorAdapter(this, android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item, unitsMergeCursor, unitsFrom, unitsTo, 0);
unitAdapter.setDropDownViewResource(android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item);
unitSpinner.setAdapter(unitAdapter);

Were replaced with these lines:
Spinner customUnitSpinner = (Spinner) findViewById(R.id.UnitSpinner);
UnitSpinnerCursorAdapter customUnitAdapter = new UnitSpinnerCursorAdapter(this, R.layout.unit_spinner_entry, unitsMergeCursor, unitsFrom, unitsTo, 0);
customUnitSpinner.setAdapter(customUnitAdapter);

I put the custom cursor adapter in its own file, and I put Martin's colorSpan method in there too (for now):
package android.skunkbad.xxx;

import android.content.Context;
import android.database.Cursor;
import android.graphics.Color;
import android.support.v4.widget.SimpleCursorAdapter;
import android.text.Spannable;
import android.text.SpannableString;
import android.text.TextUtils;
import android.text.style.ForegroundColorSpan;
import android.view.LayoutInflater;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewGroup;
import android.widget.TextView;

public class UnitSpinnerCursorAdapter extends SimpleCursorAdapter {

    private Context context;
    private int layout;

    public UnitSpinnerCursorAdapter(Context context, int layout, Cursor c, String[] from, int[] to, int flags) {

        super(context, layout, c, from, to, flags);
        this.context = context;
        this.layout = layout;

    }

    /**
     * newView knows how to return a new spinner option that doesn't contain data yet
     */
    @Override
    public View newView(Context context, Cursor cursor, ViewGroup parent) {
        super.newView(context, cursor, parent);

        Cursor c = getCursor();

        final LayoutInflater inflater = LayoutInflater.from(context);
        View v = inflater.inflate(layout, parent, false);

        int descCol = c.getColumnIndex("desc");
        String desc = c.getString(descCol);
        final Spannable colorized = colorSpan(desc);

        TextView unit_spinner_entry = (TextView) v.findViewById(R.id.custom_spinner_entry_desc);

        if (unit_spinner_entry != null) {
            unit_spinner_entry.setText(TextUtils.isEmpty(colorized) ? desc : colorized);
        }

        return v;
    }

    /**
     * bindView knows how to take an existing layout and update it with the data pointed to by the cursor
     */
    @Override
    public void bindView(View view, Context context, Cursor cursor) {
        super.bindView(view, context, cursor);

        int descCol = cursor.getColumnIndex("desc");
        String desc = cursor.getString(descCol);
        final Spannable colorized = colorSpan(desc);

        TextView unit_spinner_entry = (TextView) view.findViewById(R.id.custom_spinner_entry_desc);

        if (unit_spinner_entry != null) {
            unit_spinner_entry.setText(TextUtils.isEmpty(colorized) ? desc : colorized);
        }

    }

    private Spannable colorSpan(final String text) {
        if (TextUtils.isEmpty(text)) {
            // can't colorize an empty text
            return null;
        }

        // Determine where the [] are.
        int start = text.indexOf("[");
        int end = text.indexOf("]");

        if (start < 0 || end < 0 || end < start) {
            // can't find the brackets, can't determine where to colorize.
            return null;
        }

        end++; /* Why do we even need this ? */

        Spannable spannable = new SpannableString(text);

        spannable.setSpan(
                new ForegroundColorSpan(Color.rgb(100,100,100))
                , start
                , end
                , Spannable.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE
        );

        return spannable;
    }

}

Finally, I had to make a layout file for each entry in the spinner:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="50dp">

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/custom_spinner_entry_desc"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:textSize="16dp"
        android:textColor="#FFFFFF"
        android:layout_marginLeft="10dp" />

</LinearLayout>

Thanks Martin! It might seem like nothing to you, but it was hard for me, and I couldn't have done it without your help.
One note: I had to put end++; in your colorSpan method, because for some reason it wasn't coloring the closing bracket.

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It's NOT about the flowers
A Story by Crashbang
Glen is waiting to tell a girl his feelings for her, but there is something missing from his armoury.
'I sat in this park, on this bench, wrestling with my fingers... you know, the way I do. It was nice, the sun was out, cloudless. It just didn't matter...
I must've been the only guy in all of England to be freezing that day, in the middle of a summer heat wave. It was as if a shower head was following me around, dousing me in freezing air, you know what I mean?
Point is I realised there was something missing, but I couldn't...I couldn't grasp what it was I needed. There was something absent, something...that I was supposed to have but didn't. Something missing from my fingers, something to hold.
So, I went for a wander away from the park, into the sardine tin esque alley that was our towns high-street. Around the shops and such, Woollies, WHSmith, you know all the corporate crap and then there, right in front of me, was a florist....maybe it was fate or something.
The place smelt girly, so I went in. Heh, it felt right initially.
But I'm walking, and walking, and this place...its a small place. Jill's on the high street, no room to swing a baby in there, so I'm walking round and round and round, in circles, checking out these nice laminated pictures of flowers and... the girl behind the desk was laughing as she walked up to me and asked if I wanted any help picking.
I told her no, I was just browsing. She said I had been browsing for a half an hour. She even did the quote fingers as she burst into hysterics. I may as well have just been pacing up and down in the shop, just ignoring the photos completely.
I told her that I wanted to find a flower for someone. A special one, one that jumped out and grabbed me by the arms and said She will love this! She will cherish this!
She said that she could find just the thing.
She beckoned me over to the chair behind the desk, pushed me into it, and wandered off, into one of her back rooms. "What are you doing?" I called. She said that she had no other customers, and that I had her all to myself. Maybe she was just being friendly, although my over-active imagination thought otherwise...
She brought back a flower, a tall, butter-yellow petalled thing. "Sunflower." She said with a grin. "A flower of loyalty. Beautiful as a Florida day and this is going to make her know, that you will love her forever. And you will. I can tell."
She's right. Unfortunately.
I roll the stem in my fingers, looking up at it's petals, almost flapping like it would take off any moment. It felt like too...much. I shook my head. She looked almost affronted, and I didn't really blame her to be honest. She was playing me like a saleswoman.
"Ya sure?" She asked, leaning forward and playing with the petals. "I would love this type of flower. I would have it in a big pot, in the hallway. It would be the first thing guests would see when they came in the house..."
I said that the girl the flower was for didn't have a big pot. She raised an eyebrow, looking falsely offended.
"I guess I best stop flirting with you then!"
"Guess you'd better."
"Well... it works on the rest." She said, taking the sunflower back from me. "I do it with every guy that comes in, because you never know, when true love is going to walk through that glass pane door."
"Does it work?" I asked.
"Oh yeah. Sometimes, two, three...even four days in a row."
A few moments later, she was back again, and she had this heavenly white bunch of tiny flowers, their petals were the nicest, most delicate white petals you ever saw, like coloured tears clinging to a piece of green rope.
"Those are nice..." I even raised a surprised eyebrow as she sat down, delicately handing the stem to me. I lightly twirled it in my hands, watching the petals spin and spin.
"They should be. They're mine." She said. She was so proud of her flowers, like a young gardeners world type.
But it happened again. I found myself staring into the pollen, observing and judging every tiny detail. this one still didn't feel right.
"Lilys." She said, this time the pride obvious, and that saleswoman like tone came back again, that fearsome tone of hers.
"The flower of innocent love. Perfect if you are about to confess your lurve so some saucy minx.'
'Really?'
'Well...' She flashed a ...saucy grin before getting back to salesmanship. 'Want them? Fiver for a bunch?"
"They are good...and yes, I am about to tell her-"
"Oh, you are quick..."
"Har har, but these aren't right."
She looked crestfallen. "Why? Those are perfect!"
"They're not." I said, and I was trying in my own head to figure out what was wrong as I said this. They were nice...perfectly nice...but they weren't perfect, you know?
But then...I bet you're wondering what I was really looking for.
"You are an irritant." She said, giving me the baleful glare as she got up. "This is war. I'm finding you a flower you'll love if it's the last thing I do."
"Okay..." I said, and I was a little embarrassed as she left the room so I tried to change the subject as she was leaving.
"What's your name anyway?"
"Ill tell you when you buy a flower... a*s!"
I couldn't help but laugh as her swing door swung closed behind her and I was left to wait for the next petalled candidate. And guess what it was...
"Okay." She said, flustered, sitting back down opposite me and shoving a very familiar flower in my direction. " If this, a sunflower or a Lily doesn't do it nothing will. A rose. A good old fashioned, freaking rose."
"Oh comeon." I said. "If I wanted one of these, I would've just picked one up."
Okay, that was true. But it hardly helped my cause.
"You- are- an- irritant." She said, jabbing a finger at me while I twirled the thornless Rose in my hand. "I honestly don't think I've had a worse customer."
"Thanks." I smiled ruefully, my hands behind my head as I sighed and she looked at me nonplussed.
"You don't want any of them?" She asked. "None of them?"
I shook my head. Something was wrong here...
"Not one customer of mine has come out of here without a flower for two years. And you are not busting that record. Sunflowers, Lilys, Roses, all beautiful, all wonderful to receive!"
"Couldn't you get some more flowers out?" I asked. "What about all the others in the photos, surely you can recommend some more of them?'
"But that's not your problem is it?" She asked.
And there it was.
I knew she had struck upon the right chord because I was about to say the same thing.
"It's not about the flowers."
"To be fair..." She began, taking the rose back, stroking the petals with one finger. "It never is about the flowers themselves. They're beautiful, yes." She sniffed the rose, and shrugged. "But it's not about the flowers when it comes to love. It's about what they mean."
In my head, I already had an idea. An insane idea...but an idea.
"Thanks very much." I said, getting up to leave. And she blocked me in. Holding her arms across the way out from behind the desk.
"You still need to buy a flower."'
'Wow. What a b***h.'
Dess, who sat on the bench beside Glen shook her head as Glen laughed, beaming bright. 'Nah, she was alright. You should go visit her sometime. She'll sell you a good flower!'
'Yeah I'll go visit her. I'll leave with her eyes.' Glen bursting into further laughter as she bared her teeth in that unattractive way.
'Someone get out on the wrong side of bed.' Glen teased.
'Well...I haven't seen Ben since we got back from uni.'
'Ah...sounds a bit crap.'
'It is a bit crap, it's more than a bit crap. It's like the sky is raining crap.'
Glen patted her sympathetically on the shoulder. 'Has he called?'
'Nope.'
'It's only been four days, don't worry about it...'
'Its four days! That's a long time for people to not talk. You'll know that soon, if this girl gets with you...'
'Maybe...'
'Oh come-on, have some optimism. Tell me about her. Have you met her before?'
'Oh yeah. Plenty of times.'
'Oooh...' Dess grinned at the thought of pumping more knowledge about Glen's love-object. 'What's she like?'
'What's she like?' Glen laughed, as Dess watched on, on of her eyebrows arched. 'She's like...'
Glen looked into Dess's face, unable to decide what best to say.
'She is it...' Glen managed.
Then he beamed uncontrollably.
'She is the only one I want to be with, she is beautiful, and she is funny, and she is...utterly, brilliantly...brilliant.'
'Hmm...she sounds alright.' Dess had raised a nonchalant eyebrow. 'What flowers did you get her?'
At this, Glen turned bright red.
'Er...no. Its embarrassing.'
'Why do people say that to me?' Dess said, in fake wonderment as she leaned toward him. 'It just means I am going to try and find out...'
Glen didn't say anything. He was chewing his lip, fingers threading through each other, over and over.
'...comeon then.' She muttered to his ear. 'Where are they anyway? Thought you were giving them to her today?'
Glen looked at her. Dess saw, and she saw the uncertainty in his eyes. She grinned like a hyena scavenging.
'Comeon then. I have to see them at some point.'
Glen looked away into the grass at his feet. Colour was draining from his face.
Then he smiled, a thin thing flicking up one side of his face as if his head was lopsided.
He delved into his jacket. Dess smiled a little bit – she hadn't seen his jacket as baggy before.
He drew out the flowers, making sure they were alright, not bent by the inside of his jacket, and handed them to Dess. Who's smile faded and a confused eyebrow arched into her black fringe.
'....wildflowers and sticky weed?'
'Yeah...' Glen said, watching her nervously. 'I wanted flowers that meant something. So I picked them.'
'...sticky weed?'
'Yeah.'
'It's not even a flower though.' Dess said. 'It's just...a weed.'
'It's not about the flowers...' Glen said.
Dess' eyes suddenly widened.
'I remember you sticking these on my back on the way home!' She said, beaming as she remembered. 'It was like our game...'
'Yeah. It was.'
The pair looked at each other as, above, the sunlight burst from a flock of clouds, like the dawning of thought.
Then Dess looked away, to her bag as if it had suddenly hooked her attention.
'So... when's she turning up?' Dess asked, her voice quieter than it had been a moment ago as she looked through her bag, flicking through paper and pencils. 'We've been sitting here a while now...twenty minutes or something...'
Glen smiled, awkward.
'She turned up about twenty minutes ago.'
Dess, after a moment, stopped searching through her bag. She had already been looking for something that wasn't there. Terrified of the look Glen would have on his face.
She looked around to see Glen kneeling in front of her, hands clasped together.
'Oh god -'
'What?' Glen arched an eyebrow, before looking at himself. And dropping onto two knees instead.
'Sorry.' He said, a little shame faced.
Dess stared at him in a kind of wary confusion.
'Why...why me?' She asked, face contorted not in annoyance, but sadness. 'I have a boyfriend...we are friends! I couldn't-'
'I know.' Glen said. 'There are plenty of people in the line before me, we're friends, so on, so on. It shouldn't...but...'
Dess looked at the bunch in her hand. The weeds. The wildflowers, the tiny petals which she stroked with a small finger.
'Oh yeah.' Glen walked over the rusty bin, delved in. Bringing forth a tall, beaming sunflower.
'That's for you as well.'
Dess took it lightly. 'Thanks.' She said meekly.
She stroked the petals lightly, as Glen figured out what to say.
'I...had to buy a flower.'
'Oh yeah. From the b***h.'
Glen laughed softly. 'Yeah. The b***h.'
'And I thought it wasn't about the flowers.'
'It wasn't...' Glen said, weak smile on his cheeks. '...she made me buy them.'
'Nice...'
'Yeah...'
For a moment, the two exchanged the briefest of glances, only for both to find something interesting to look at in the plain green grass, both focusing on the blades of grass with some intensity.
'I know...' Glen started. 'That I have no chance with you. I mean... You are the best girl I have ever met. Period.'
Dess smiled at him as he continued, fond eyes watching him over the petals of her rainbow like wildflowers.
'There are a bunch of guys in line before me. I know that. We're not even at the same uni. But...well I just can't get over you.'
Above them, the clouds shifted through the sky, the wind beginning to blow. The trees swayed with the wind, their leaves whistling a momentous tune, the strong breeze rippling Dess's hair.
'Is there anything I can do?' Dess asked, Glen looking up at her with a slightly tinged red face, as if he was ashamed of what he was going to say next.
'...What?' Dess said, curiosity getting the better of her.
Glen smiled, with some cheek. Like he was about to release a chat up line, to either blow her away with the wind or leave her laughing in the grass.
'You could kiss me.' Glen said. 'You wanna?'
She smiled. For just a moment Glen thought that was a good sign.
Except that it was a sad smile, a smile that softly said in his ear not to be...
'That's not a good idea.' Dess said. 'And I think you know that.'
And for that reply, Glen had no counterargument, no defence to suggest it was otherwise.
'That's fair.' He said, shrugging. 'You'll miss out though.'
She looked into the deep of his eye and said 'I'm sure I will.'
Together, they stood up and walked back towards the street and its shops. Ness handed the flowers back to Glen, who put the little bunch back in his jacket.
'What are you going to do with them?'
'Dunno...find another girl I guess.'
'Oh yeah? Any potentials?'
'Well...there is one.'
'...say the wrong thing here...I dare you.'
'Oh not you. I have bigger fish to fry!'
'Har har... Who then?'
'Oh...just that girl at the florist.'
'...You don't appreciate living do you? You and that b***h really asking for it today...'
'Jealous...'
'...What...ever.'
© 2009 Crashbang
This is one of a few stories Im wanting to publish, so I hope you enjoy them. So...enjoy!
i really enjoyed that being a florsit myself it tickled me :D lol i wonder if they ever did get together? can you let me know? lol i loved it though it was a bit sad that he didnt get the girl he originally wanted :) jules x
This story made me very aroused.
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I was looking for a rule that say anything about using pvc above ground in an industrial setting. Like coming up from an under ground run to a "j" box.
See Sections 300-5(d) and 300-5(j) in the 1999 NEC for underground systems up to 600 volts.


Media captionBlaise Yepmou Mendouo, Cameroonian boxer: "We left the Olympic village because we were threatened"
Cameroonian boxers who deserted their Olympic squad have told the BBC they want to stay in the UK to develop their careers.
The five boxers, who met the BBC at a secret location in London, went missing more than a week ago.
Cameroonian authorities said they suspected the boxers wanted to be economic migrants.
The boxers said they had absconded after they were threatened by senior members of the Cameroonian delegation.
Last week, swimmer Paul Ekane Edingue and female footballer Drusille Ngako also went missing from the Olympic village.
The boxers - Thomas Essomba, Christian Donfack Adjoufack, Abdon Mewoli, Blaise Yepmou Mendouo and Serge Ambomo - said that there was no support for athletes in Cameroon.
In the BBC interview, Essomba said the boxers were looking for a sponsor to take them on and to help them obtain long-term residency.
"We are not staying here because we don't like our country, but [because we] want to practise the sports we love," he said.
"We want to become professional. We cannot return to Cameroon... if we return, we will not practise anymore."
Mendouo said Cameroonian officials had treated them badly during the Olympics - and there had been differences over their promised bonuses, which had been halved.
"Cameroonian authorities threatened us - those who brought us to these Games," he said.
"When a colleague was defeated, he was asked to give his passport."
The head of the Cameroon delegation to the Olympics, David Ojong, said the boxers were lying.
They had never been threatened and were making up the allegation to justify their desertion, he said.
The boxers have a visa to stay in the UK until November.


Maiden, the first vessel to be sailed around the world by an all-female crew, is to set sail once more to promote girls' education in a collaborative campaign with six charities and The Maiden Factor Foundation.
The Maiden was sailed by the all-female crew in the 1989-90 Whitbread Round The World Race, and has recently been restored. On 22 September, she will set sail for a three-year world tour that sees The Maiden Factor Foundation, the charity set up by Maiden owner and sailor Tracey Edwards MBE, and six charity partners unite to raise funds and campaign against the barriers stopping girls from reaching their full potential.
The Maiden Factor Foundation has teamed up with Fields of Life, Just a Drop, Orchid Project, Room to Read, The Girls' Network and Why Comics?. Together, they aim to raise funds and campaign to 'empower a girl, and change the world together'.
Yesterday (5 September) saw The Maiden Factor Foundation and its charity partners unite for the first time aboard the yacht to launch the campaign. Decorated yachtswomen Dee Caffari MBE, Wendy Tuck and Nikki Henderson, all confirmed as skippers for legs of the tour, were also there to meet the charities, along with Prince Charles and The Duchess of Cornwall, and Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein.
The restoration and the yacht's upcoming journey has been made possible by the support of Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein, in a tribute to her father King Hussein I, who was integral in making the original Maiden journey possible.
Maiden will set sail from the Southampton Boat Show at 2pm on 22 September to begin the world tour, which will take in 30 destinations in 22 countries. At each stop, the crew will dock and meet with community-led, and girl-centred programmes to promote girls' rights and schooling for all. Maiden will be sailed by an all-female crew throughout the journey, but men will also be allowed to sail on Maiden as paying guests to help to raise funds for girls' education.


I rar'd one of my ebooks and tried to extract it using the shell. Look what happend.
I think WR handles it a lot nicer.
It's improved. It cuts of the extract folder. It's better already. Will this be further improved?
Works perfectly fine with PA 2006 9.5 Final and FM2006 6.0.1 patch. I just wish they would release another one to get rid of annoying bugs :-).


Description	 The Shining One dislikes it when you hit distracted/disabled enemies unless they're undead, demonic or of less-than-normal intelligence. I think it would make sense to exclude shapeshifters from the restrictions, as well, not because he has any special regard for them, but because it makes little sense for it to be ok to shoot a "yak" one turn and then not ok to shoot the "elf" that it turned into later. There are already special cases in the game for Jiyva and Beogh for shapeshifters, and I think TSO merits one, too.
Applied in trunk (0.13-a0-2663-g065a63a), thanks! I applied a fix (0.13-a0-2671-g4d72376) to make it work only on known shapeshifters, to avoid leaking information.


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Atoll: A Historical Journey to the Central Pacific
Edward W. Shiok
Jeremy Edward Shiok
After years of exhaustive fact-finding, writer Jeremy Edward Shiok retraced the World War II tour of duty of his grandfather through Pacific islands forever changed by the conflict. Shiok explored American Samoa, Samoa, Wallis, Tarawa, and Abemama in search of answers no archive can provide, and crisscrossed the U.S. many times over to interview veterans and their families. Now he's writing a book about the history he discovered.
"I became enthralled with the idea that I could find the places where my grandfather served, that I could go to those places, and that I could stand in his footprints and imagine him there, breathing in the same unfamiliar air."
Jeremy Edward Shiok, from an interview with Samoa News.
© 2018 by Jeremy Edward Shiok.


Managing email is often at the top of self and professional improvement lists, and for good reason. We are inundated with tens, hundreds and sometimes thousand of emails daily. It is difficult to ignore.
And while many try to prioritize business responsibilities over email, few of us have the strength to resist the thought, "I will just take a quick look to see if anything important is there."
I certainly have been guilty of these quick peeks, which time and time again draws me into the all-consuming black hole of email detours and distractions and derails my day.
While it is important to properly manage your time with emails, you should not look at emails as a distraction. Instead, start by accepting the fact that email is the primary means of business communication these days and for the foreseeable future. It is just a fact of life, and like the technological innovations before it (with the exception of voice-activated phone systems), it has allowed us to handle and complete a multitude of tasks that otherwise would require much more time and effort.
Now that we have that out of the way, I do suggest you review the many available email management tips and resources that will help you better manage your day, but before you implement all of them, here are a few I have tried and found to be not so helpful.
Sure, we all hate receiving long diatribes from colleagues and especially as solicitations. However, brief and impersonal responses with no regard to grammar or punctuation can send a negative message to the recipient. Brevity has never been my problem, but if you are like me and composing emails on small mobile screens with stubby fingers, or constantly being misunderstood by Siri, putting forth this effort on mobile devices can be frustrating. For this reason, I suggest including a signature on mobile replies apologizing for "brevity and tie-pohs".
In the end, just keep in mind that emails are professional business correspondences, so they should be treated as such. Simply learn to say more with less.
Email is probably the best way to stay informed. From group emails about projects to conversations with clients to e-newsletters, I have always used these, even if briefly, to stay atop of current events and business. While these emails may crowd your inbox, the value in the information they deliver should not be discounted.
Like many other suggestions, I do recommend that you not oversubscribe to newsletters and ask to be excluded from mundane office correspondences, such as who ate the last of the cream cheese in the break room. Focus on the topic and emails that are pertinent to your business and your career, and take some time to review the information that they deliver.
I used to sort my email into folders, at least 50 at one point, and I would have countless filters that sent emails from specific senders or about certain topics to these folders. Sure, it was a great way to stay organized, but the truth is, moving hundreds of unread emails from one folder simply created tens of unread emails in hundreds of folders. At some point, you still have to read them.
Instead, I deal with the emails as they come in, and instead of a quick decision about what folder to file them in, my decision is whether to keep them. If the answer is no, I delete it, otherwise I answer priority emails right away and clear out the rest at the end of the day.
I have read about and even tried to set aside specific times for email consumption. Unfortunately, with a mobile phone in hand, this is almost impossible. For starters, I prefer to be reached by email (or text, Snapchat or other instant messaging services) rather than phone, and most people I correspond with know this. So important requests are sent by email and often do not have the luxury of waiting until I sit for lunch to check email (something else I have been told not to do but find impossible to avoid).
Instead, make it a habit to spend no more than a few minutes in your inbox every time you check. Learn to recognize the important emails and resist the urge to immediately engage in e-newsletters and emails from your fantasy football league group. They can wait until later (unless it is serious trash talk).
I have in the past applied advice to set auto-reply to my email indicating that I have received the sender's email and would reply soon. It was a nice idea, but it had two problems. First, it was clearly an impersonal automated email, which senders would receive each time they sent an email, something I personally find to be annoying. Second, I have found that auto-replies were also sent to spam emails, notifying the spam sender that they have a valid email address. I have noticed that when using auto-reply, my instances of spam increase dramatically.
One useful suggestion I received was to include dates you would be out of the office or specific office hours in the signature line of each email you send. Also, using shared calendars with important colleagues and clients will allow them to see your availability instantly.
What do you think? Do you have a shared experience or other tips and resources for managing email more efficiently? Please share your thoughts in the comments below.
Related: Is There a Future for Email?


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Even though it is considered a rare case, it has happened multiple times during commercial airline history. Breaking a window in an airplane is something that might seams not dangerous …
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University of Tartu
Software Engineering Group
Theses Topics 2021
Defended Theses
BPStruct - A Tool for Structuring BPMN models
BPStruct is a tool for transforming unstructured BPMN process models into structured ones for the purpose of improving readability and ease of analysis.
The techniques behind BPStruct are documented in the following papers:
Artem Polyvyanyy, Luciano García-Bañuelos, Marlon Dumas: "Structuring Acyclic Process Models".
Download BPStruct for Windows
Follow the instructions in ReadMe.txt file that is included in the package.
Important note: BPStruct makes use of a net unfolding library and a graph library, both implemented in C/C++. The libraries are only compiled for the Windows platform. Versions for Linux/Mac will be made available later.
BPStruct was developed by the Software Engineering Research Group at University of Tartu in collaboration with the Business Process Technology Group of Hasso-Plattner Institute at University of Potsdam. The development of the tool is partly funded by the Estonian Centre of Excellence in Computer Science (EXCS) under the auspices of the European Regional Development Funds.
QoS extension for BPStruct
Based on the structural analysis made by BPStruct, QoS4BPstruct computes and aggregates QoS values for composite services.
The techniques behind this extension to BPStruct are documented in the following papers:
Yong Yang, Luciano García-Bañuelos, Artem Polyvyanyy, Marlon Dumas, Liang Zhang: "Aggregate Quality of Service Computation for Composite Services".
Download QoS4BPstruct (for Windows)
Important note: BPStruct and QoS4BPstruct make use of a net unfolding library and a graph library, both implemented in C/C++. The libraries are only compiled for the Windows platform. Versions for Linux/Mac will be made available later.
QoS4BPStruct was developed by the Software Engineering Research Group at University of Tartu in collaboration with Fudan University, China, and the Business Process Technology Group of Hasso-Plattner Institute at University of Potsdam. The development of the tool is partly funded by the Estonian Centre of Excellence in Computer Science (EXCS) under the auspices of the European Regional Development Funds.


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The Village Choir
1973, SCM 1000
Amazing, creative arrangement putting down a great groove, with an over-the-top female vocal lead. Whew!
1973, RCA Victor 0145
One of the best songs of Parton's long career, and further evidence that she's one of the best Country songwriters of all time — and the best female Country songwriter for sure.
1975, Mums 6040
Caroline (Are You Ready For The Outlaw World)
The group's last single was actually one of their best efforts on Mums, but sadly was pretty much ignored at the time. Although it rocks pretty hard, it's got such a catchy chorus that it feels more like "power pop" than their classic 1960's recordings.
1975, Ariola 7601
Only You Can
One of my all-time favorite Bubblegum obscurities... hard to find, but well worth the effort! Yes, it's pretty strange, but still quite delectable. The U.K. group had several hits in the mid-1970s, this being their first and biggest, climbing to #3 on the singles chart there.
1966, Veep 1228
Better Use Your Head
This is a truly special offering... It was Little Anthony's first single on the Veep label (a United Artists subsidiary like DCP), and it's a masterpiece of the Northern Soul dance beat, plus a high drama and rich arrangement that would do Phil Spector proud. It must have been disappointing to all involved that the record did so poorly on the charts — not even cracking the top half of the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and not getting any measurable airplay in the Black market at all. But those numbers don't in any way detract from its value to 45 collectors, or to music lovers in general.
The Bubble Puppy
1969, Int'l Artists 128
Hot Smoke & Sasafrass
Here's an unusually clean copy of this essential Garage/Psych hit.
Wall Of Voodoo
1983, I.R.S. 9912
Mexican Radio
This is one of the absolute best Techno singles of the 1980s... and its impossible to find!
1975, London 1061
My Little Lady
This is a terrific Philly-Style soul dancer! The song is great, and the arrangement is awesome. Though a hit on the RnB/Black singles chart, it fizzled on the pop chart... too bad, cause it's a definite keeper. I'm sticking a snippet in the jukebox to keep it close by. :-)
Cactus Channel
2011, HopeStreet 6495
Pepper Snake
If any of you thought soul was dead, take a listen to this little modern wonder. The group does an amazing 2011 version of what King Curtis called "Memphis Soul Stew"!
Paul Revere & the Raiders
Him Or Me - What's It Gonna Be?
One of my personal favorite Raiders tracks... sadly, one you don't hear often enough.
This is one of those great songs from the Year of Love that oldies radio never plays anymore... but should!
Cryin' Inside by Mouse and The Traps


Research Interests: 19th- and 20th-century French, Italian and Portuguese literature; human rights, justice and freedom in world literature; women's writing; feminist theory; gender and sexuality studies; moral philosophy through literature.
Dissertation: The Work of Ennui: Studies on Attention in Early French Modernism (Baudelaire, Flaubert and Huysmans).
Research Interests: French Renaissance literature; national identity; music; poetry.


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Q: Face detection MATLAB - slanted and up side down I am working on a MATLAB project which enables the user to do face detection and blur them out.
Built-in functions used:
vision.CascadeObjectDetector

The problem with this function: It only detects frontal faces.
The methods I tried: Use imrotate function in a while loop to rotate the image while the degree is less then 360. So I thought that it would work. I increment the rotation by 23 everytime.
Cons: It doesn't work, it changes the spatial resolution of the image.

A: I have done some experiments in the past, and I have learned that the vision.CascadeObjectDetector using the default frontal face model can tolerate about 15 degrees of in-plane rotation.  So I would advise rotating the image by 15 or even 10 degrees at a time, rather than 23.
The problem with training your own detector in this case is the fact that the underlying features (Haar, LBP, and HOG) are not invariant to in-plane rotation. You would have to train multiple detectors, one for each orientation, every 15 degrees or so.
Also, are you detecting faces in still images or in video?  If you are looking at a video, then you may want to try tracking the faces. This way, even if you miss a face because somebody's head is tilted, you'll have a chance to detect it later. And once you detect a face, you can track it even if it tilts. Take a look at this example.


Home Drink How to Make A Wine SuperStar?
Blondie, Sting, Mick Jagger, David Bowie to name but a few of the artistically, thoughtful and reflective photographed celebrities of the modern age, who adorned the walls of the London Wine Competition's 2019 venue. On March 21-22,2019, the judging day, London Wine Competition invited stars of the UK trade to look for celebrities of their own – wine superstars. Judges evaluated some of the known, unknown and everything in between wines, brands, varieties and countries that will go on to grace the shelves of some of the most famous high street names, often grace the tables of celebrities and enjoy the greatest approval of all from the everyday drinker.
Nine teams of judges lined up to taste hundreds of entries, increasing by 40% on 2018. The London Wine Competition judges its entries in a different way to traditional wine competitions, reflecting the way that the real consumer judges and selects wines.
The judges begin with taste and quality always a critical part. If there isn't quality in the bottle then customer just won't buy again. Each team of judges has a Master of Wine or Master Sommelier on it, together with 3 or 4 experienced tasters and commercial traders. They judge the wines individually and their scores are taken uniquely to contribute to the overall final score. Quality is evaluated blind – each bottle is wrapped in an opaque bag without sight of the capsule or label. They are asked to score the wine purely on its quality as seen in the ISO glass in front of them. Looking, smelling, swilling, tasting, analysing and scoring, the judges taste around 80 wines in a day tasting. Following their organoleptic evaluation, a score is awarded out of 100.
Whilst this is manor from heaven for lay people, this swooning idea is mostly a creation of the imagination as they conjure up the image of their favourite Friday night tipple perhaps.
On a professional basis it is different. For the novice the understanding and profound examination is a rewarding experience and in equal measure for those who have been tasting for many years. For the trade apprentice or starter there is the opening up of worlds of flavour and discovery that they never realised existed previously.
For the seasoned pro there is the reward, I imagine, similar to that of an experienced dry stone-waller completing a stretch of challenging rampart, fitting all the stones in. Albeit that they are irregular shapes and sizes, as one, they form a raw beauty, unique and unparalleled anywhere else. Similarly, with wine tasting. It is never complete, over a lifetime of tasting, the evaluater builds a bank of knowledge and understanding like no other, creating pictures, moments in time, of wines, their colours, their smells, their taste, reputation and consistency, or otherwise. A flight of London Wine Competition wines is that piece of challenging stone wall, which shows itself as unique at a moment in time. Each wine is a knowledge stone, a distinctive unique shape, filled with crevices of sensory attributes, that may be judged to excite and elaborate or render the imagination numb, if the wine makes a feature of its neutrality. Fortunately the vast majority of wines have something to say, their crafter and maker asserting a personality through this vinous liquid. As a wine is tasted, and eventually revealed, it builds a picture in the tasters mind forming part of their vast tasting wall built with passion and determined effort over time.
Next comes value. The wines price is placed against the product and a score awarded on the basis of its quality for the money. Scored out of 100, a wine which is judged to be excellent value will score 100/100, if the wine should be priced lower according to the judge then it scores a corresponding score. Good value between 61 and 80, somewhat 41 to 60, not really 26-40, not at all 0-25.
Next comes the most telling aspect of London Wine Competition judging – packaging. Many judges exclaim how fantastic this part of the London Wine Competition is, some even suggesting that the look of the bottle influences what they think about the quality of the wine inside the bottle. Judges are asked to evaluate label, bottle colour, shape and closure, in the eyes of the consumer. In other words when this bottle ends up on a shelf, amongst the many other wines from around the world, how will it really stack up?
Of course we will not know the answer until the results are published on April 30th. That is when we will find out the identity of the next batch of wine superstars including Wine of the Year, Winery of the Year, Best in Show Wine (by variety, Best in Show Wine (by country) Best Wine of the Year (by packaging).
Like the seasoned photographer, Brian Aris, who was responsible for those portaits mentioned in the introduction, the London Wine Competition will take you on a journey around the world. However its purpose is to show off the celebrities of the wine world, as opposed to those of the rock world. Enjoy the ride.
Be the first to get the winners' list. Fill up the form on the website (https://londonwinecompetition.com/) and we would send the names of the winning wines in your inbox by 30th April, 2019.
In case of any further queries, please contact sid@londonwinecompetition.com or call +44 (0) 330 097 0138.


Carbonated water (bubbly water, fizzy water) is water into which carbon dioxide gas under pressure has been dissolved, either by technology or by a natural geologic source. Many kinds of water are carbonated, including sparkling mineral water, club soda, seltzer water, tonic water, and soda water. Mineral water, club soda and soda water typically contain dissolved minerals such as potassium bicarbonate, sodium bicarbonate, or potassium sulfate which are meant to enhance its flavor, though seltzer water is water combined only with carbon dioxide with no other additives. Tonic water includes quinine. Carbonation is the process that causes the water to become effervescent. All forms of carbonated water are available in ready-to-drink bottles and cans but some can also be prepared at home with a soda maker.


← Our first CSA delivery!
I finished the tank top! And it fits! It makes me look very flat chested, though and that is a look I generally avoid. So I am not sure that I'll take a photo. Back to making more ornaments.


After a long day of basketball and crime fighting, we all had our first full nights sleep since arriving in Europe. I was first out of bed at around 7.15am and it finally feels like the circadian rhythms are sorting themselves out.
Today was a rest day in the basketball, so we set out to the Basilica Cistern. We were able to squeeze in a little shopping along the way, with the girls picking up some very nice pashminas and Michelle got a great pair of Ottoman slippers.
We headed down the hill, past the Milion Stone and arrived at the Cistern. Once again, I'll let the pictures do the talking.
We arrived home around 6, having clocked up almost 8 kms walking, had dinner and were treated to a wonderful couples massage by our creative, special children. They are quite the little role players and are starting to feel more comfortable in the big wide world.
We had great plans to get out early today, but a few of us went back to bed after breakfast. I have been fighting off a sinus infection since the flight here, but it just wasn't getting any better. This holidaying stuff is really wearing us out! We let sleeping kids lie and gently roused them around 10.30 and got our selves ready for the walk to Ayasofya.
After doing some research regarding doctors in Istanbul, I discovered that you can buy antibiotics over the counter. So on the way to Ayadofya, we went past a pharmacist. With my lack of Turkish and their lack of English, I managed to explain what my ailment was and what I needed and I walked out with a course of antibiotics and 10 effervescent Vitamin C tablets for $12 Australian. Noice!
We made our way up to Sultanahmet Square past the Blue Mosque and on to Ayasofya. This place shares the magnificence of the Blue Mosque, but it is a very different place. Darker colours and more grandiose. Never the less, a breathtaking and amazing building.
When you visit these buildings, you can understand the power of religion in the middle ages. To the the average person, living in medieval homes, these places must have truly seemed the work of some other worldly power.
After Ayasofya, we were back off to the stadium to watch the Opals secure an automatic quarter finals berth with a 87-45 victory over Belarus. Greta news, as that gives us an extra day for sight seeing!
Today was an official rest day in the tournament and a travel day for us to move to the Asian side of Istanbul and closer to the stadium where the finals are being played. It took us close to 2 and a half hours to travel 9.5 kms to our new accommodation.
Our new digs are wonderful. A large garden for the kids to run around in. A large suburban block on a hill overlooking the enormity of Istanbul's Asian side. Our hosts are lovely and have two teenage children that are very friendly and they play soccer! The kids were very excited.
We did some shopping and had a nice quiet afternoon in the Lovely Garden.
Ok, now I'm getting lazy and cramming 2 days into one post, but we really have just been resting and going to basketball :) So I thought I would post some photos of our neighbourhood where we stayed on the European side.
Now we are over on the Asian side and it is far more densely populated, but we are lucky to be staying up on the side of a hill in front of a lovely park.
We watched both semi finals in the Basketball last night, with Spain defeating Turkey and the USA defeating our beloved Opals. The crowd for the Turkey game was amazing, and the Opals will play-off for bronze against Turkey tonight. It should be an awesome atmosphere.


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© Goteborg.com / Kjell Holmner
The fishing village of Fjällbacka is on the northern coast of Gothenburg.
Gothenburg by water
by CAMILLE CHIN • May 2013
A river runs through it — through Gothenburg (goteborg.com, that is. The Göta River then continues to the sea, which is really what defines Sweden's second largest city. Many a ship was even built in the city's port in the early 1900s, though today Cityvarvet is more of a ship mender, than a ship maker. Soak up all the present-day sea world has to offer with the three suggestions below.
Sjömagasinet (Adolf Edelsvärds Gata 5; sjomagasinet.se) is one of Gothenburg's five Michelin-starred restos, but the Chef Ulf Wagner's seafood eatery is the only one that made it into the 2013 Red Guide. Its menu includes a lobster salad served with crispy bacon, roasted pistachios, pine nuts, yellow raisins and a mild Parmesan dressing ($47), and blackened scallops with brisket of suckling pig, a plum and coriander sauce, crudité in Japanese mayonnaise and deep-fried noodles ($55). Reservations can be made online.
Paddans (Kungsportsplatsen; stromma.se; through October 13) are low-lying, open-air watercrafts that creep under 20 of the city's canal bridges — even the one called the Osthyveln or "cheese slicer." They also snake passed the city's old moat and shipyard. A 50-minute boat tour costs $24 for adults, $12 for kids six to 11, but rides are free after 3pm between June 16 and August 14 with the Gothenburg City Card (goteborg.com/en/do/city-card-faq; adults from $50) and free all day with the card during low season. The card gets you free entry to 27 attractions, and covers public transit and parking too.
Scandinavia's biggest science centre is your secret weapon when the kids start to go cuckoo. Universeum's (Södra Vägen 50; universeum.se) 1.4-million- litre ocean tank features a long, clear-glass tunnel through which you can keep an eye on its eight different kinds of shark, including a sawfish (technically a ray) named Miss Sågkrates. Universeum's new underworld exhibit is as impressive: its nocturnal inhabitants include Indian cobras, tokay geckos and small, sweet sugar gliders.
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Oregon-Idaho: A Thank You Letter that Says "Wow!"
Late in July, my dear friend's father passed away. Mr. Hendrick had always been so kind to me, especially when I was a poor missionary living far away from home in Richmond, Virginia. I was lucky to have visited with him three weeks before he died. Mr. Hendrick lived a long and wonderful faith-filled life of service. I wanted to honor him in some way.
I decided to make a small contribution in Mr. Hendrick's memory to The Greater Richmond ARC. My friend Meg has been a devoted volunteer at the ARC for many years and helped raise the funds for a fabulous new ARC playground designed for people with developmental disabilities.
I made my donation electronically and easily. My first impression was a good one. But when I received the thank you letter a week later, that's when I really had my socks knocked off (and that's quite a sight).
You opened your heart in memory of Arthur Hendrick, and as a result you are helping kids and adults with disabilities to thrive. I am so fortunate to have met both Arthur and Ann through my work with their daughter, Meg Hendrick Downs, who is one of Greater Richmond ARC's favorite volunteers. How very special the Hendrick family is!
1. They spelled my name correctly. As I result, I wasn't distracted or slightly annoyed. Getting someone's name right is a big deal.
2. The first four words grabbed me emotionally. "You opened your heart…" clued me in that this was no ordinary thank you letter.
3. It was personal. Someone took the time to personalize the first paragraph. Hint: it didn't take them hours to do so. That special touch delivered an emotional punch that had me in tears.
4. There was one last surprise. Near the end of the letter (1½ pages, which is a little long but I was hooked), I was invited for a tour. And then this line, "Arthur was especially fond of the ARCpark, which he visited with Meg shortly after it opened in 2015." At every turn, this letter was personalized seemingly just for me.
Thank you for your recent gift of $____ (amount hand-written). Because of your generosity, [name deleted for obvious reasons] provides students, faculty and university staff a welcome place to gather [and by this time I have fallen asleep]… It ended with a hastily written "Many Thanks!" with two barely discernible signatures from two mystery people.
What a totally different giving experience. With the Greater Richmond ARC, I was emotionally hooked from the first line. I am ready to give again because someone took the time to be personal and help me feel invested.
Organization #2: What would inspire me to give again?
Cesie Delve Scheuermann (pronounced "CC Delv Sherman," yes, really) is a consultant in stewardship, development, and grant writing. Over the past fifteen years, while working as a volunteer and part-time consultant, she helped raise over three million dollars for numerous non-profit organizations. She's ready to have a little fun at a playground. Swings anyone? She was the Oregon-Idaho Annual Conference Lay Leader from 2008-2012. Her position with the Conference is funded through a generous grant from the Collins Foundation. She is available to consult with churches. You can reach her at inspiringgenerosity@gmail.com or on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/inspiringgenerosity.