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Touchable Unreality---未来镜像
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import contextlib
import logging

from taskflow.engines.action_engine import base_action as base
from taskflow.openstack.common import excutils
from taskflow import states
from taskflow.utils import misc

LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)

RESET_TASK_STATES = (states.PENDING,)
SAVE_RESULT_STATES = (states.SUCCESS, states.FAILURE)

@contextlib.contextmanager
def _autobind(task, bind_name, bind_func, **kwargs):
    try:
        task.bind(bind_name, bind_func, **kwargs)
        yield task
    finally:
        task.unbind(bind_name, bind_func)

class TaskAction(base.Action):

    def __init__(self, task, task_id):
        self._task = task
        self._id = task_id

    @property
    def name(self):
        return self._task.name

    @property
    def uuid(self):
        return self._id

    def _change_state(self, engine, state, result=None, progress=None):
        """Update result and change state."""
        old_state = engine.storage.get_task_state(self.uuid)
        if not states.check_task_transition(old_state, state):
            return False
        if state in RESET_TASK_STATES:
            engine.storage.reset(self.uuid)
        if state in SAVE_RESULT_STATES:
            engine.storage.save(self.uuid, result, state)
        else:
            engine.storage.set_task_state(self.uuid, state)
        if progress is not None:
            engine.storage.set_task_progress(self.uuid, progress)
        engine._on_task_state_change(self, state, result=result)
        return True

    def _on_update_progress(self, task, event_data, progress, **kwargs):
        """Update task progress value that stored in engine."""
        try:
            engine = event_data['engine']
            engine.storage.set_task_progress(self.uuid, progress, kwargs)
        except Exception:
            # Update progress callbacks should never fail, so capture and log
            # the emitted exception instead of raising it.
            LOG.exception("Failed setting task progress for %s (%s) to %0.3f",
                          task, self.uuid, progress)

    def _change_state_update_task(self, engine, state, progress, result=None):
        stated_changed = self._change_state(engine, state,
                                            result=result, progress=progress)
        if not stated_changed:
            return False
        self._task.update_progress(progress)
        return True

    def execute(self, engine):
        if not self._change_state_update_task(engine, states.RUNNING, 0.0):
            return
        with _autobind(self._task,
                       'update_progress', self._on_update_progress,
                       engine=engine):
            try:
                kwargs = engine.storage.fetch_mapped_args(self._task.rebind)
                result = self._task.execute(**kwargs)
            except Exception:
                failure = misc.Failure()
                self._change_state(engine, states.FAILURE, result=failure)
                failure.reraise()
        self._change_state_update_task(engine, states.SUCCESS, 1.0,
                                       result=result)

    def revert(self, engine):
        if not self._change_state_update_task(engine, states.REVERTING, 0.0):
            # NOTE(imelnikov): in all the other states, the task
            # execution was at least attempted, so we should give
            # task a chance for cleanup
            return
        with _autobind(self._task,
                       'update_progress', self._on_update_progress,
                       engine=engine):
            kwargs = engine.storage.fetch_mapped_args(self._task.rebind)
            try:
                self._task.revert(result=engine.storage.get(self._id),
                                  **kwargs)
            except Exception:
                with excutils.save_and_reraise_exception():
                    self._change_state(engine, states.FAILURE)
        self._change_state_update_task(engine, states.REVERTED, 1.0)
        self._change_state_update_task(engine, states.PENDING, 0.0)

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Reyenaldo Ignacio "Chito" Martínez, (born December 19, 1965) is a former Major League Baseball player and the first in MLB history to be born in the country of Belize. Born in Belize City, he spent parts of three seasons (1991 to 1993) with the Baltimore Orioles, hitting 13 home runs in his rookie season and posting a slugging percentage of .514 in 216 at bats. He was also the first Orioles player to record a hit in each of his first six MLB games. It would be the high point of his career. After his power dropped dramatically in 1992, Martínez quickly faded away. He appeared in eight games in 1993 before disappearing from the major leagues.

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Q: Migrating a cluster from SQL Server 2005 to SQL Server 2016 I am in the process of migrating a SQL Server Cluster. I would like to hear considerations for a successful migration.
The specs of production cluster are:

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*Windows Server 2003 SP2 32bit.

*SQL Server 2005 Enterprise edition - 9.00.3152.00 (Build 3790: Service Pack 2)

*Disk space is about 1.5TB including all databases. (IBM v7000)

The specs of destination cluster are:

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*Windows Server 2016 Standard 64 Bits

*SQL Server 2016 Standard 64 Bits

*Same disk as old cluster, but faster (IBM v9000 Flash system)

Special Considerations:

*

*Cluster Name must be the same to avoid changes in applications, linked servers and other connections. I mean, we have to migrate with a different cluster name, then shut down old cluster and rename the new one using the old name (I hope this to be clear)

At this time what I have done and tested is the following:

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*Create and configure a Windows Failover Cluster using Windows Server 2016 (with a different name)

*Configure Active Directory to allow cluster to create objects

*Restoring a database from MSSQL 2005 to MSSQL 2016, run some queries and explore objects.

Also:

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*I have split the drives following the best practices.

*We are cleaning "super users" and giving just the right permissions to users.

*Setting and testing compatibility mode to 130

*Backup strategy was defined about 1 week ago to ensure data availability

Things to do or consider:

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*Download all SSIS packages to new project and test them against the new cluster. Once the cluster name changes, change SSIS to original name

*Migrate all Jobs and make sure they run successfully

*Test application that uses the migrated database

*Create ODBC connections for Linked Servers pointing to SQL Server 2000 Databases (yes, we still use MSSQL 2000)

*Backup Active Directory to have a rollback point in case something fail regarding cluster names (we have to delete old object and create a new one)

*Configure SQL Replication.

A: This is one of those questions that I love to see. There are a lot of things to add to do to add to migration and upgrade successes and it warms the hear to see the question.
You've already covered a lot of things to consider and I'll add a few thoughts but I am looking forward to seeing other answers with more ideas from others.
I'm not including things you've already included in the great list you have started and knowing me I'll be editing and adding to this answer as I go.
**One disagreement I may have with your approach: Regarding the cluster network name, why not make a new cluster name and just use CNAME to point connections to the old name to the new instance? This lets you make a new name, avoid messing with conflict potential, makes go live night smoother and gives you a clearer and easier rollback. I would do a CNAME approach and change the CNAME once you are sure the old can be taken offline. I may be alone here so I welcome comments supporting that idea or disagreeing.
I see a few areas of focus when it comes to migrating. If you make an "outline" of the phases and outline of the areas to focus on comes to mind: Planning, Pre-Migration Steps, Day of Migration, Post Migration. I'll cover some of those sections here and I am hoping others join in with ideas.
Planning Thoughts
Since you are starting with new hardware. This is a great chance to make sure you are considering all of the best practices that may have been overlooked before. Things like:

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*Split out your drives. At the very least I'd love to see separate drives for (Your Mileage May Vary here also, really depends on performance profile of your setup):

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*Operating System (C drive)

*SQL Server binaries and maybe system DBs excluding TempDB

*User Data Files

*User Log Files

*TempDB data and Log Files

*Local backup and/or misc drive for file imports, staging of data, etc

*When formatting your drives for Data files and TempDB specifically, consider doing the 64KB allocation unit size. (Source)

*Now is your chance to maybe clean up some of those security holes and flaws that could exist. Look to build with best practices and least access.
Before Migration
Lots of things to do before the migration. Some that come to mind immediately are:

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*Run the upgrade advisor. SQL Server 2016 made some improvements there and it is a separate download. Look to see what issues may exist.

*Do a more thorough test of your DB to see what breaks and what works. Do a test migration and put into 2016 (130) compatibility mode. And do thorough testing. If you don't have a test approach you can look at something like profiling activity and replaying to see what breaks. Test. Test. Test.

*Grab the SQL Server and Windows Server 2016 documents about clustering and failover clustering. Look to the checklists and prerequisites carefully.

*Ensure you have good transaction log management - why migrate an excessively large LDF file due to poor management.

*Make sure you are doing maintenance properly on your databases - especially make sure you are running regular DBCC CHECKDBs - this is a good thing to do before migration or really as part of final migration, but you don't want the first time you do one to be on migration night and find surprises.

*Determine success criteria and have a rollback plan (doing a migration to new is great, you can simply rollback any CNAME changes, connection strings and point back to old) in case of issues. And know what issues constitute a rollback and what issues you'll "stay and play" with post migration. Get buy in for this list.

*Have a really good backup strategy. Know you can restore. Know where your backup files are, etc.

*Look to all server objects. You covered a lot. But don't forget credentials, proxy accounts, alerts, maintenance jobs, SP_Configure settings, etc. A GREAT tool for you to look at that can actually help you remember things is the PowerShell DBATools scripts. These scripts can help you migrate all of these items - including SQL authenticated logins with the correct SIDs for your databases, but they also can help you remember what to migrate when you look through all of the modules. You can look into the scripts here.

Immediately After Migration
Lots more here. And a category of "On migration week" could be added and maybe someone will or I will edit and add later.
Some things here that come to mind straight away:

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*Have a smoke test / check to verify all came over well.

*Change compatibility mode to SQL Server 2016 on all databases if testing proved that out to work. I see this getting missed a lot.

*Make sure maintenance and backups are in place. Run a post migration DBCC CHECKDB on the databases.

*Make sure your jobs are running.

*Configure monitoring and alerting so you don't miss alerts about this server

*Once you are satisfied with a limited test, turn the old off and make a CNAME change.

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My Favorite Films of 2016
No La La Land to be found on my list, despite its impending domination of this year's Academy Awards. To be honest, I didn't see a whole lot of new releases in 2016—I'm guessing somewhere between 20-30 films total. So as with other years, this list is really a compilation of my most memorable films of the year… or films I can actually see myself watching again after some time has passed. I suppose I could have given spot #10 to any number of runner-ups, but it just didn't feel right. Instead I'll start with something a little different…
10. Westworld Season 1
As the lines between film and TV continue to blur, I feel it is an obligation to include one of my all time favorite cinematic experiences of the year: an HBO TV show. It has everything you would expect from a major budget film… an all star cast, mind blowing visual effects, and most important of all, a compelling story that works on both a literal and allegorical level. The only thing that sets it apart from "film" is that instead of a bloated trilogy that loses impact with each new entry, it becomes exponentially more complex and rewarding with each of the 10 chapters. Perhaps this is a disservice to the medium to leave a potentially deserving film off my list, but as my personal cinematic experience has morphed from sharing a crowded theater to reclining on a couch, this is the only project released this year where I physically leapt out of said couch in utter shock (and complete joy) at the reveal of the mother of all twists.
9. The Jungle Book
And speaking of watching more movies from the couch instead of the theater, this is one of the films that I am very glad I got to see in theaters this year. I had recently re-watched the original animated Jungle Book, and found it to be exceptionally more boring than I remembered as a kid. This new live action version, expertly directed by Jon Favreau, is one of the few examples where a remake nobody asked for ended up making the story fresh for a whole new generation. The special effects were seamless and jaw-droppingly beautiful, but even more impressive was watching a film that's essentially a boy and a green-screen, and actually caring about the story. This was a good year for fun kids movies, and a welcome diversion from the usual big-budget superhero fare.
8. Hell or High Water
Perhaps the finest example this year of a classic, old-school film. Nothing flashy or life-altering here… just a slow-boiling tale of bank robbing brothers on the run from the law. It's being hailed as a modern day western, and certainly it has all the tropes you would expect from the genre, including the scraggly old sheriff hot on their tail (masterfully portrayed by Jeff Bridges, all scruff and sarcasm until the film's vulnerable final shootout). The film also features one of my favorite moments of the year: mid-heist, as the "good brother" suddenly realizes how out of control their escalating antics have gotten.
7. Everybody Wants Some!!
Billed as the "spiritual sequel" to Dazed and Confused, writer/director Richard Linklater sets his latest in the summer of 1980, following a group of college baseball players in the final week leading up to their first day of classes. While this could have easily been another example of Linklater's more serious, existential, walk-and-talks, this was actually just a great excuse to get a bunch of talented up and coming actors together to fuck around and give each other a hard time. It's more in the vein of Animal House, Swingers, or even Entourage… but helmed by a master director who grounds the comedic elements in a very real way. Not a false note in the entire movie, and it really transported me to another time and place.
6. The Purge: Election Year
When I finished watching this film, I had to wonder: has there ever been a series of films where each sequel is better than the next? I don't think there's another example out there. The first film was mediocre, decent at best, creating an incredible premise (all crime, including murder, is legal for one 12-hour period a year), but hampered itself by keeping the story in a single location as criminals attempted to break into a high-security home. The second film raised the stakes, finally giving us a chance to see the violence in the streets when an innocent couple's car breaks down as the chaos is about to begin. But man oh man does the latest installment crank everything up to 11—everything is flashier, gorier, and for the first time in the series, FUN. Now there's a senator who vows to end The Purge, which puts her in the sights of not only the usual psychopaths, but also the protected 1%-ers who will do anything to keep the night of terror going and maintain their power over the less fortunate. Subtle metaphor about the collapse of America? Not exactly. And I suppose it does take a certain kind of perverted mind to find pleasure in this sadistic version of our country where masked international citizens travel here for legal murder-vacations. But man, I fucking loved it.
5. Moonlight
This one took me by surprise, even with all of the "this is the best film of the year" hype. The story follows the life of one man, told through what are essentially three short films highlighting pivotal moments in his life. The structure is simple, linear, and extremely powerful. In the first act we follow a young boy as he tries to escape from his crack-head mom and taunting schoolmates, trying to understand why he feels different from everyone else. You know you live in a fucked up world when the local drug dealer is the only decent person. The tension only builds in the second act, as his mother spirals further into addiction, and the effects of puberty have magnified his gay feelings, as well as the unrelenting bullying all around him. In the third and final act, the boy has become a truly repressed, introverted mess of a man who never felt reciprocated love. Each of the three acts are filled with incredible performances that give real depth and emotion to what sound on paper to be basic stereotypes. Looked at as a larger piece, the film has a quiet message about not becoming the thing you hate, letting go of the past, and learning how to love.
4. Captain Fantastic
Another amazing film from this year that featured stellar supporting performances. Surprisingly funny, the film follows a family that lives in the middle of the forest as a form of social protest. The kids were born and raised like well-behaved savages; living off the land, and highly educated by a very select group of books and principles. The death of a relative means the family must make a pilgrimage back to regular society, and the rest of the film follows their journey as they all discover just how alienated they are from the real world of instant gratification and double-speaking adults. The film could have easily turned into something dramatic and typical, but instead opts for a quirkier, more playful final act. While it does require a little "suspension of disbelief" to take the final steps of the film's journey seriously, I found it to be a powerful and uplifting film about embracing your family's weirdness and living the life you want to lead.
3. Sing Street
All this love for La La Land, and nothing for Sing Street?! Here's a musical I can get behind, where the songs are organic, and catchy as hell. The kids in 1980s Dublin are poor, bored out of their minds, and longing for love… so they turn to writing original songs inspired by the tracks they catch glimpses of in the earliest days of MTV. This is the feel-good movie of the year, with so much heart and soul you can't help but smile for two full hours.
2. The Witch
This was the scariest fucking movie I've seen in years. Stylistically, it reminded me of nothing less than The Shining. It's THAT level of unsettling and creepy. From the opening frame you feel an utter sense of dread as a family is outcast from 17th century New England society and forced to start over on the outskirts of what reveals itself to be a cursed forest. Something is VERY wrong with this family; though their breakdown is slow, subtle, and undeniably terrifying. This is an outstanding directorial debut, filled with chilling performances, horrific images, and one helluva ending. Mandatory Halloween watching from this year forward!
1. The Lobster
A warning up front- this is not a film for everyone. It is weird. Extremely weird. The story is like a long lost Charlie Kaufman movie: should you find yourself single, you have 30 days to find a partner or you will forever be turned into an animal of your choosing. The law requires this, and they have eyes on everyone. Luckily there is an exclusive resort for singles, with a very "successful" program that tells you what love is and how to find it. It only gets weirder from there, but I was enthralled for every frame of this movie. The standout performances from Colin Farrell, Rachel Weisz, John C. Reilly, Ben Whishaw and the beautiful/dangerous Lea Seydoux are equally enigmatic… completely deadpan, and simultaneously heartbreaking and hilarious. Even the smallest side characters left an impression. This was a truly unforgettable film that I found myself thinking about for weeks after I first saw it. If you're willing to take a truly bizarre journey off the beaten path, you will not be disappointed.
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Nigerian Artistes Femi Kuti; Son, Made, Wizkid, Burna Boy Nominated For Grammy Awards
Afrobeat legend, Femi Kuti and his son, Made have been named among nominees for the 2022 edition of the Grammy Awards.
Both artistes were selected for their Legacy+ album featuring tracks like 'Stop The Hate' and 'Na Bigmanism Spoil Government'.
Fellow Nigerian singers Wizkid and Burna Boy are also among the nominees in the 64th Grammy Awards.
The musicians got nominations in the Best Global Music Performance and Best Global Music Album.
Others are Rocky Dawuni for Voice of Bunbon Vol. 1, Angélique Kidjo for Mother Nature, Daniel Ho & Friends for East West Players Presents – Live in Concert.
One-time Grammy Award winner, Burna Boy fetched a nomination in the Best Global Music Performance for his collaboration with Angelique Kidjo.
Femi Kuti's 'Pa Pa Pa' and Wizkid and Tems song 'Essence' were also nominated in this category.
The award is presented by the Recording Academy in recognition of music achievements in the United States.
Femi Kuti is the son of the late Afrobeat pioneer Fela Anikulapo Kuti.
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LG creates the most immersive cinematic experience with LG SIGNATURE OLED TV
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LG's best and brightest consumer-ready TV is the LG SIGNATURE OLED TV - a continuation of last year's W7 OLED that we loved but with a new 'Alpha 9' processor. The TV comes equipped with a 4.2 Dolby Atmos soundbar attached via a flat cable that runs into the TV itself - the latter of which still measures in at an unbelievably thin 3.8mm from front to back.
It's hard to walk away unimpressed after spending time with the LG SIGNATURE OLED TV. It's slim, fits seamlessly onto the wall and it comes with a Dolby Atmos soundbar. LG calls the design aesthetic 'Wallpaper TV' and, put in front of a non-techy, it would definitely give the illusion of a beautiful art display flushed against the wall. The bezel-less display further creates the illusion of a painting, with stunning colours and perfect blacks.
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The LG SIGNATURE OLED TV's use of the soundbar also doubles as its primary source to route cables in and out of the TV. This solution keeps those unsightly HDMI cables from all our sources hidden giving the television a nice clean look on your wall. It also employs a magnetic mounting mechanism that is supremely easy to setup.
We've gushed many times about the inky black levels and colorful images that are produced because of the goodness that is OLED panel technology. The LG SIGNATURE OLED TV also features comprehensive support all four kinds of high dynamic range formats - HDR10, Dolby Vision, Advanced HDR by Technicolor and HLG. This will work in tandem with LG's proprietary HDR Pro and HLG Pro technology that works on a scene-by-scene basis to find the correct balance between low-points and highlights.
New this year is LG's use of the Alpha 9 processor for better contouring between areas of bright light and darkness (like, say an image of a moon on a dark night) and motion processing. It's not only brighter, but holds up with the action better, making sure that images stay clear as the camera pans from shot to shot.
The Alpha 9 processor also enables a massive leap in the look-up table - a term you'll be hearing a lot from LG. A look-up table is a way to color correct source input. Using what's called a 3-D reference table, colors can be corrected on an individual basis - if a blue is too blue, for example, it can be made less blue without impacting the green or red tones in the same image.
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Intel Krzanich on Smartphones: 'I Want to Enter This Market Smartly'
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Intel chief executive Brian Krzanich said at MWC that Intel has "to get the right products for the smartphone space" to be competitive in the segment.
Last fall, Intel (INTC) chief executive Brian Krzanich said he didn't want to subsidize smartphone hardware makers as he had tablet OEMs to win processor share in the hotly-contested mobile market.
At the time, while allowing that he'd been parading Intel's smartphone chip blueprints to potential customers, Krzanich also said he wasn't too keen on setting a smartphone sales target as he did with his well-publicized goal to ship 40 million tablet processors, a bar the company ultimately exceeded.
Six months later, Krzanich still is reluctant to publicly announce a smartphone chip shipment target, preferring instead to outline Intel's strategy for gaining a larger seat at the smartphone table, as he told NetworkWorld in an interview at Mobile World Congress (MWC).
At MWC, Intel introduced the new Atom X3 chip and rebranded its entire lineup of Atom SoCs, moving from code-names and product numbers to the categories Atom x3, x5 and x7, in a similar nomenclature scheme to its iCore i3, i5 and i7. Intel also showed off a handful of handsets featuring the Atom X3 chip, code-named Sofia.
Here are some NetworkWorld snippets of Krzanich on smartphones and wearables:
On Intel's smartphone market strategy:
"First we have to get the right products for the smartphone space. It's a tighter form factor, you've got to be just right…You saw us announce our Sofia product line, which is really the first fully integrated SOC [system on a chip] with modem, all of the connectivity, all in one piece of silicon."
"When I think about cell phones, I think about two paths to market. One is going to be with our partners, especially some our of key OEM partners like Asus and Lenovo, and then our silicon partners with Rockchip and Spreadtrum. The other path is—you can see us doing it already with the tablet space—where we bring in some of the innovation we originally had for PCs and bring it down the stack."
On mobile chip upgrades:
"Right now there's a series of products. There's the Sofia line—we're trying to come out with multiple products per year. At least one to two products per year within Intel on the Sofia line. Then you go to Cherry Trail, it will be like every other year."
On linkage between Intel mobile devices and Intel data center hardware:
"We are trying to do Wi-Fi gateways and things like that, trying to make it so you can recognize an Intel device faster. We have that silicon pathway, we're connecting silicon to silicon. We always make it so that we're agnostic to some extent, that we can connect to anybody and we can connect back to anybody's device."
On wearables:
"I'm a firm believer that if a bunch of tech companies design and build wearables, they will have limited success. There will be a bunch of tech people wearing them and the average person is not going to be a good user. People have been in the fashion industry and have worn fashion products for years because they are very good and know what people want. We have to go through those partnerships."
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Ted Bundy Movie Starring James Hetfield Heads To Netflix
April 3, 2019 6:21AM CDT
If you weren't able to catch James Hetfield's acting debut in Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil And Vile at Sundance, you're in luck. The Ted Bundy thriller is heading to Netflix.
The flick starring Zac Efron as the serial killer and Lily Collins will begin streaming on May 3. The Metallica frontman plays Officer Bob Hayward, who arrests Bundy.
Director Joe Berlinger told Revolver that he cast the singer after Hetfield revealed he wanted to get into doing voiceover work. The pair previously worked together in the Metallica documentary, Some Kind of Monster.
Metallica just wrapped the North American leg of their WorldWired tour and are resting up before hitting Europe next month.
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Relief to Recovery | Stage 2: Small Business Recovery
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By Jules Broussard | Blog Series, Business Help, COVID-19 Updates, Economic Development | 0 comment | 14 September, 2021 | 0
This post is part of a five-part series called Relief to Recovery, an analysis done by Joseph Parilla and Sifan Liu of Brookings Institute.
As the nation recovers from the pandemic, the strategic lens for small business support will shift from averting destruction to making strategic investments in entrepreneurship ecosystems and small business growth strategies. Those longer-term investments typically try to address one of three broader economic objectives: growing jobs, addressing racial disparities in asset ownership, and investing in underserved neighborhoods and commercial corridors. Before turning to strategic responses, below is a brief recap of the evidence on the role of small businesses in each of these areas.
1. Jobs: Not just creation, but quality and accessibility too. The economic literature is clear that young businesses—most of which are small—are the engines of net job creation in any local economy. Every year, a new cohort of startups emerges and creates more net jobs than older, larger businesses. But most of those businesses and jobs are gone within five years. Given this mortality rate, 43 entrepreneurs must start a business to yield a single business that employs someone 10 years later, and that one business will employ nine people on average. As one study concluded, "a small proportion of high-performing firms drive the majority of innovation, wealth creation, and new job generation, while most firms, including the median small business and the median start-up, have only a marginal impact." As a result, economic development strategies often focus on building ecosystems of support for startups positioned for very rapid growth. That is not misguided, but it only accounts for a very small share of small businesses, often focused on breakthrough technologies. This approach leaves out a range of Exporters (or even Local Suppliers) with the potential to incrementally create jobs if given the proper supports.
Additionally, the quality and accessibility of jobs—in addition to their creation—is an important consideration. Along these lines, small business segments vary in the wages they pay (a key metric of job quality) and in the education and skills they require (a key metric of job accessibility). For example, Exporters pay the highest wages and, not surprisingly, have a lower share of jobs that are accessible to workers without a four-year degree. Main Street small businesses account for the most jobs, and a higher share of those jobs are accessible to those without a four-year degree. Local Suppliers offer a combination of relatively high average wages and a high share of jobs that do not require a four-year degree. As local leaders aim to support small businesses to catalyze a jobs-filled recovery, they must be clear-eyed about the varying roles that different types of small businesses play in generating family-sustaining and accessible jobs.
2. The racial wealth gap: A "leveraged bet," not a "sure ticket." The ownership, profitability, and physical locations of small businesses all are influenced by the nation's legacy of systemic racism, discrimination, and economic and racial segregation. At one level, a wide body of research shows that structural factors limit people of color—particularly Black and Latino or Hispanic entrepreneurs—as they consider starting and growing businesses, including disparities in educational attainment, personal wealth, and access to capital. Importantly, these disparities represent structural impediments to entrepreneurship and, per Gallup's research, do not reflect the inherent entrepreneurial abilities or interests of different groups. Currently, people of color represent about 40% of America's population, but only 18% of the nation's 5.7 million business owners with employees.
Racial inequality certainly limits entrepreneurship, but can entrepreneurship be a path to addressing racial inequality in the wake of COVID-19? Yes, suggests a seminal report by the Association for Enterprise Opportunity, which found, "Black business owners are wealthier than their peers who do not own businesses, and business ownership creates new wealth faster compared to wage employment." More recent research finds that entrepreneurship should be viewed as a "leveraged bet"—not a "sure ticket" to wealth mobility.
Across all racial groups, entrepreneurs experience upward wealth mobility when they succeed but downward wealth mobility when they fail. Black Americans start businesses at higher rates than white Americans, but Black-owned small businesses are more likely to close within four years than white-owned small businesses (due to the structural barriers outlined above). These higher failure rates result in a greater likelihood of downward mobility for Black entrepreneurs as compared to white entrepreneurs. In other words, it will be hard for entrepreneurship strategies to close wealth gaps unless they account for the dramatically different starting points in wealth between white Americans and Black and Latino or Hispanic Americans. The typical Black and Latino or Hispanic household has 32% and 67%, respectively, of the liquid wealth of the typical white household. Even successful Black and Latino or Hispanic small business owners (those that were still in business four years after launch) still have a significant gap in liquid wealth compared to white small business owners.
Finally, average revenues vary considerably across industry segments. While not a direct measure of potential wealth creation, it is likely that higher-revenue sectors offer a greater likelihood of generating significant wealth for successful business owners. Yet, due to structural factors, entrepreneurs of color face even more barriers to owning businesses in the highest-revenue sectors, disproportionately owning businesses in lower-revenue segments such as Main Street and Care.
3. Neighborhood reinvestment: One lever among many. A third outcome is neighborhood reinvestment. Taking a place-conscious approach to small business development acknowledges that an opportunity structure determined by where one lives does not arise due to market forces or consumer preferences alone, but also from government policies related to zoning, housing development, transportation, and education that diminished the market attractiveness of certain communities—oftentimes, communities of color—relative to others. Where investment has historically been channeled has ramifications for neighborhood-level consumer demand, where small businesses physically locate, and how the perception of neighborhoods influences small business revenues.
Breaking the cycle of devaluation can bring amenities (especially retail) to neighborhoods that need it, and advance local business ownership so that the fruits of neighborhood reinvestment accrue to local residents. Yet prior research suggests that while retail development can enhance commercial investment returns, improve housing values, and boost tax revenues, it does not significantly influence the economic prospects of neighborhood residents. Given this, small business development should be one lever in broader "community-rooted economic inclusion" strategies that align infrastructure, land use, and housing policies to strengthen commercial corridors and districts.
1. Navigate from a "North Star." As we outline above, local governments could work with and through small businesses to achieve a range of broader economic objectives related to quality job creation, racial equity, and neighborhood reinvestment. Each of these are worthy outcomes and are explicitly referenced in the guidance for how localities can use their Coronavirus Fiscal Recovery Funds. These "North Star" outcomes can help local leaders build a portfolio of small business responses that best address those outcomes. In prior work, Brookings outlined one vision for recovery:
"In the wake of the COVID-19 crisis, local leaders will rebuild better, generating higher-quality job and wealth creation opportunities in their local economies that advance racial inclusion."
2. Create recovery strategies around key leverage points. Recovery strategies must meet the eligibility requirements stipulated in the American Rescue Plan if local governments want to utilize those federally provided resources. The Treasury Department is still soliciting feedback on its interim ruling on the CFR funds. But beyond eligibility, local leaders should select strategic priorities with the recognition that small businesses operate within regional economic systems. These systems are subject to feedback loops and leverage points, which in turn are influenced by economic, social, and institutional conditions. One way to craft recovery strategies is to focus on those leverage points with the greatest potential for positive change in local economic system. While there are countless leverage points that strategies could target, we highlight three that meet the following criteria: a) leverage major resources/policy changes; b) alter existing systems; and c) advance both family-sustaining jobs and racial equity.
Leverage Point 1: State resources
State investment in entrepreneurship-led economic development is the first leverage point. In this section, we draw on the insights from a previous Brookings post on the State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI) authored by Robert Maxim, Eric Cromwell, Dan Schmisseur, Mark Muro, and Joseph Parilla. SSBCI provides $10 billion to states and tribal governments, and it complements existing small business relief programs by giving states more time (10 years) and flexibility to distribute capital.
SSBCI incentivizes states to move capital quickly (states can only receive additional tranches once current funds are lent), inclusively ($2.5 billion is set aside for disadvantaged businesses), and with leverage (a requirement that $10 in private capital be leveraged for every $1 in state-supported capital). Beyond those requirements and incentives, SSBCI can support a range of eligible state programs: capital access, collateral support, loan participation and loan guarantee programs for credit support, and state-sponsored venture capital programs for equity support.
Local actors across government, economic development, entrepreneurship support, and community development should be partnering with states to craft SSBCI strategies that not only deliver capital effectively, but also consider doing so in ways that build longer-term capacity. If designed well, SSBCI could advance family-sustaining jobs and racial equity in several ways.
SSBCI-supported lending programs can work with mission lenders such as CDFIs and community banks to address the systemic market needs of socially and economically disadvantaged individuals. This could involve launching CDFI-led funds—capitalized by major financial institutions—to support undeserved small businesses with viable products and services but little connection to mainstream finance. For example, the California Rebuilding Fund was seeded by the state and is working with a network of 12 CDFIs to deploy capital to small businesses with fewer than 50 employees.
Venture capital (VC) programs can work with nonprofit venture development organizations (VDOs) and private investors to mitigate capital access challenges for high-growth startups resulting from the extreme geographic concentration of the venture capital industry. The Treasury Department provided states with $500 million in technical assistance funding, which could be used to provide legal, accounting, and financial advisory services to very small investment management businesses and accelerators so that they can apply to states to manage SSBCI funds, with the goal of spurring more women- and minority-led investment funds. As one example, the Cincinnati-based Hillman Accelerator—which provides capital, coaching, and connections to underrepresented entrepreneurs operating promising tech-driven companies—received an early investment from Ohio's Third Frontier program. Today, the Black founders of that accelerator run a $50 million investment fund—one of the largest Black-led funds in the country.
Beyond SSBCI, localities, states, and tribes could invest in inclusive entrepreneurship ecosystems by leveraging a portion of ARP's $350 billion in flexible funding contained to put toward small business development centers, incubators and accelerators, worker cooperatives, and other entrepreneurial support. Indeed, recent Treasury Department guidance makes it clear that "technical assistance, counseling, or other services to assist with business planning needs" are an acceptable use of that funding if put toward "businesses with less capacity to weather financial hardship, such as the smallest businesses, those with less access to credit, or those serving disadvantaged communities"—the exact businesses SSBCI targets. In Cincinnati, for example, Mayor John Cranley has proposed a $4 million investment to support the Cincinnati Minority Business Collaborative, a collection of local business development organizations invested in minority business growth, using the city's federal relief funding. In Detroit, Mayor Mike Duggan has proposed an $8 million expansion of that city's Motor City Match, which incentivizes small business investments in lower-income commercial corridors.
Leverage Point 2: Grassroots momentum
A second leverage point is community-based momentum for worker empowerment and job quality improvements. The Fight for $15 has been one of the most powerful worker movements in modern American history. At the start of 2020, nearly half of states and dozens of localities raised their minimum wage. Notably, small business groups such as chambers of commerce, small business associations, and restaurant associations often oppose minimum wage increases. Yet, this historic dividing line requires a rethink amidst newer evidence. Recent increases in the minimum wage in several major cities have not resulted in large employment losses.
The grassroots momentum for enhancing worker pay and stability need not be framed as a battle between workers and small businesses. Rather, as cities and states enact minimum wage increases, they could also invest in intermediaries that provide customized services to help small employers upgrade their management, operations, and human resources capabilities with the objective of improving job quality for workers. Evaluations of these interventions have generated promising results, and a small allocation from a local government's CFR funds (presuming COVID-19 negatively impacted those businesses in some way) could launch and evaluate similar efforts through 2024, when ARP funds must be spent. Examples include:
Genesis, a pilot project run by the Illinois Manufacturing Excellence Center (IMEC), was designed to improve job quality by integrating "people" guidance (workforce engagement, productivity, employee stability) with "product" guidance (cost reduction, quality improvement, technology adoption) for small- to medium-sized manufacturers. The program was customized for each company, with services determined by surveys and focus groups with frontline employees. Genesis companies reported increased sales, higher job retention, wage gains for workers, and lower turnover.
HireReach is another model that offers both large and small businesses advanced talent development services. In 2018, Talent 2025, a group of 100 CEOs from the West Michigan region, and West Michigan Works!, a local workforce agency, collaborated to launch HireReach, a three-year initiative that recruits, trains, and advises employers to hire entry-level and middle-skill talent using an evidence-based selection process. Their model increases the accuracy of candidate selection, which in turn strengthens the quality of the employer's workforce and reduces turnover. It also mitigates biases in the hiring process by using a data-driven approach to assess candidates fairly and objectively. HireReach supports participating employers with a monthly shared learning event called the Community of Practice, as well as with monthly consulting sessions to support individual employers in adopting the evidence-based selection process. Between 2010 and 2018, Mercy Health—which developed the model—employed over 10,000 candidates using this process, reporting a 23% reduction in first-year turnover, a 16% reduction in time to fill, and a doubling of the racial and ethnic diversity of the workforce.
Leverage Point 3: Corporate commitment
The Boston Consulting Group estimates that corporate America has pledged $80 billion to advance racial equity, including to support businesses owned by people of color. There is an inherent skepticism as to if this will be a durable commitment or a passing fad. One way to ensure this rare window creates lasting change is to work with large corporations and anchor institutions to set procurement goals to work with minority-owned businesses—particularly, Black- and Latino- or Hispanic-owned businesses.
Specifically, local governments, economic development organizations, and entrepreneurship support groups could work with large corporations and anchor institutions to assess their current supply chain with respect to location and demographics; set shared targets for contracting with local suppliers and Black- and Latino- or Hispanic-led suppliers and vendors; and invest in accelerators that build the pipeline of minority-owned businesses to take advantage of these shifts in corporate America's procurement norms. These investments in capacity can leverage larger philanthropic investment from corporate America, but the larger impact will be generated by shifting corporate procurement to balance community value with shareholder value. Examples of actionable solutions include:
Cincinnati's Minority Business Accelerator has a team of seasoned executives—some loaned from larger corporations and financial institutions—that rigorously assess, screen, and strategize with minority businesses (which are considered portfolio companies) to ensure the business is ready to take on new investment or benefit from a contract with a larger corporate customer. The rigor with which the accelerator develops its portfolio ensures that corporate partners (referred to as "Goal Setters") who desire a more racially diverse set of suppliers have access to an investment-ready set of minority-owned companies. Since its founding in 2003, the accelerator has built a portfolio of 67 minority-owned businesses that have created 3,500 jobs and over $1.5 billion in aggregate annual revenue. Its current goal calls for doubling the average firm size (from $25 million to $50 million), total sales of its portfolio firms (from $1 billion to $2 billion), and total jobs in its portfolio firms (from 3,500 to 7,000) between 2017 and 2022.
Minneapolis-St. Paul's Itasca Project, an employer-led civic alliance, initiated an effort in 2012 with the Supply Chain Executive Council (SCEC) to increase procurement spend locally. The SCEC comprises more than a dozen senior purchasing officers from Minnesota's largest companies, who established "Business Bridge"—an effort to more intentionally direct spend with Minnesota-based suppliers. Business Bridge centered on a set of shared principles and spend goals. SCEC companies spent more than $10 billion with Minnesota-based companies in 2019 – an increase of $3 billion from 2012. Over the past year, the SCEC leaders looked to galvanize a broader group of companies and organizations to prioritize the procurement of products and services from diverse businesses to close economic inequity gaps by creating jobs and wealth. The SCEC is adding the following goals to Business Bridge: increase spend with Minnesota-based diverse businesses by 25% in three years and double their number of participating members over the same period. The impact could be an additional $500 million per year for diverse businesses in their state.
3. Build a federalist funding plan. To date, most mayors, county officials, and governors have outlined broad priorities related to small business support. Once the Treasury Department guidelines on the CFR are finalized, local governments will be able to solidify eligible uses and move to finance and implement strategies. These plans will differ based on economic conditions, institutional capacity, and government priorities. Table 2 outlines one example of a simple federalist funding plan. It maps the financing sources against those strategies that a) can benefit from key leverage points; and b) could be eligible under the current ARP guidelines.
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 * Class User to create a user with different descriptions part 004, lesson 2.
 * @author Evgeny Vorokhobko (vorokhobko2011@yandex.ru).
 * @since 21.01.2018.
 * @version 1.
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Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson lose last-ditch legal attempt to block phone hacking prosecution
The former News of the World editors tried to get their case dismissed at the Court of Appeal
James Cusick
Friday 28 June 2013 15:42
Andy Coulson and Rebekah Brooks
News International's former chief executive, Rebekah Brooks, and the former Downing Street communications chief, Andy Coulson, have lost a last-ditch legal attempt to have charges of illegal phone hacking against them dismissed.
The two, who are also former editors of Rupert Murdoch's News of the World, were among five staff of the now-defunct News International title who failed to convince the Court of Appeal that a legal and technical definition concerning the "transmission" of telecommunications did not cover voicemails.
Ms Brooks and Mr Coulson, along with former news editor, Ian Edmondson, former chief reporter, James Weatherup, and former managing editor, Stuart Kuttner, have all pleaded not guilty to charges of "conspiring to intercept communications in the course of their transmission without lawful authority."
Their trial will now begin in September, after Lord Chief Justice, Lord Judge, sitting with Lord Justice Lloyd Jones and Mr Justice Openshaw, dismissed their appeals.
Lawyers acting for the five defendants, were led by Clare Montgomery QC. Their appeal turned on legal arguments over when the course of a transmission of a voicemail message ends, and over when a message is saved by the person receiving it on a public phone network, it remains "in the course of transmission."
The Appeal Court judges upheld earlier legal rulings that the law - the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA) - covered both the transmission of messages and when they were stored, regardless of whether the message had been received and listened to by the owner of the mobile.
RIPA replaced the old Interception of Communications Act. It was also updated to include directives and safeguards issued by the European Parliament and Council.
The defendants had argued there was legal ambiguity over RIPA and definitions of interception, the current range of phone technologies, and both the storage and access of communications.
The judges disagreed, stating "contrary to the submission on behalf of the appellants, the resulting situation is not lacking in legal certainty."
It had been expected that, given the imminent criminal trial and previous rulings, there would be no reporting of the Court of Appeal's decision.
However at the Royal Courts of Justice, Lord Judge allowed the names of the defendants to be reported, saying: "We can see no possible prejudice to the fairness of the forthcoming trial."
He added "We must not be unrealistic - there can hardly be anyone in the country who does not know to whom this case applies."
The trail of Ms Brooks and Mr Coulson, and others linked to an alleged illegal phone hacking conspiracy, is scheduled to begin on 9 September at the Old Bailey.
It will be the first of three trials against various defendants linked to phone hacking, conspiracy to commit misconduct in public office, and conspiracy to pervert the course of justice.
The initial trial, dominated by hacking charges, is expected to last at least three months. The other trials may reach into April next year.
All defendants have been granted an extension of the bail conditions that have been in place since their arrest.
The hacking scandal surrounding Rupert Murdoch's UK company, News International, led to the closure of the News of the World in February last year.
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Afanasie Nikitin () a fost un călător și negustor rus, care a întreprins între 1466 și 1472 o călătorie cu scopuri comerciale, având ca țintă India.

Descrierea călătoriei
Plecând din orașul Tver, Nikitin navighează pe Volga inferioară și apoi prin Marea Caspică, de unde pe usact, se îndreaptă spre strâmtoarea Ormuz. Parcurge în continuare Persia și Asia mică, până la Trebizonda, după care trece Marea Neagră și de la Kaffa (Feodosia), care pe atunci se afla sub influența genovezilor, se îndreaptă spre Smolensk, pe valea Niprului. Se crede, potrivit unei cronici din Lvov din 1475, că Nikitin a a murit în drum spre Smolensk. Au rămas însă însemnările sale Călătorie peste mări, păstrate multă vreme în manuscris și copiate de mai multe ori în secolele XVI-XYII.

Călătorie peste mări
Din copiile care s-au păstrat, aflăm, că Nikitin a fost deopotrivă un bun observator al detaliilor geografice. Descrierile lui sunt simple, uneori naive, dar destul de veridice. Însemnările lui aduc astfel informații interesante despre nautura Indiei, cu contrastele sale pe latitudini diferite. Nu lipsesc date despre populația numeroasă, a ținuturilor vizitate, în continuă căutare de hrană, dar cu străvechi tradiții. Orașele sunt și ele descrise cu destulă exactitate. Nikitin s-a oprit mai mult asupra vieții comerciale, dar nu s-a sfiit să descrie templele întâlnite la tot pasul, sau viața spirituală a localnicilor.

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Q: Should all javascript be put inside a load() on body event? Should I put all this inside a load() body event so that it loads after the page has rendered and the DOM objects have been created? (I did find I had to use .innerhtml rather than .value for it to work.) If so how...
(*I know this is rubbish code, but it is better than my last attempt and worse than my next attempt. Once I get some time to comeback to this I will recreate it using a literal constructor with internal functions. I am not looking to take this Javascript any further in functionality. The back-end php I have will handle security and checks)
<script type="text/javascript">

//To get the price of a product applying discount
function getPrice(location,quantity)
{
    //Get the product choice
    var e = document.getElementById("productList["+location+"]");
    var productSelected = e.options[e.selectedIndex].value;

    //TODO: Determine discounts based on product choice
    switch(productSelected)
    {
        case '0':
            return 0;
        case '1':
            return 10;
        case '2':
            return 15;
    }
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function updateProduct(location)
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    updateRow(location,document.getElementById("quantity["+location+"]").value);
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function updateRow(location,quantity)
{
    //Check Quantity is a valid Number and also not a float or negative
    if (!isNaN(quantity) && parseFloat(quantity) && isFinite(quantity) && (quantity >= 0)) {
        quantity = Math.floor(quantity);
    } else {
        quantity = 0;
    };

    //Update the quantity input field to whatever quantity is - Investigate later!
    document.getElementById("quantity["+location+"]").value = quantity;

    //Store old Price for changing total
    var oldTotal = document.getElementById("totalPrice").innerHTML;
    var oldLinePrice = document.getElementById("linePrice["+location+"]").innerHTML;

    //Calculate and Store Prices to adjust the total
    var productPrice = getPrice(location,quantity).toFixed(2);
    var newLinePrice = (quantity*productPrice).toFixed(2);

    //Apply  Updates
    document.getElementById("unitPrice["+location+"]").innerHTML = productPrice;
    document.getElementById("linePrice["+location+"]").innerHTML = newLinePrice;
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A: You only need to put any getElement calls, or calls to functions that get elements, in a load function.

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Motorcycle driver dead following crash involving trailer hauled by truck in Scottsdale, police officials say
By Matthew A. Garcia 4 weeks ago
Motorcycle driver killed in Scottsdale crash identified by family member
A motorcycle driver, according to Scottsdale Police officials, is dead following a crash in the area of Hayden and Indian School Roads. FOX 10's Justin Lum spoke with the brother of the victim, who identified the victim as 50-year-old Michael Miller.
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Officials with the Scottsdale Police Department say a motorcycle driver is dead following a two-vehicle crash.
The incident, according to Scottsdale Police, happened in the area of Hayden and Indian School Roads. According to officials, the motorcycle driver collided with the back of a trailer that was being hauled by a truck.
"Investigators are in the early stages of this investigation and are looking into if weather, speed, and /or alcohol were factors," officials said.
Family member identifies victim
Hours after the deadly accident, the brother of the victim identified him as 50-year-old Michael Miller.
Motorcycle wreck on 380 in McKinney: Cops look for second driver
By Matthew A. Garcia 1 month ago
The 72-year old husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather was driving home from work Monday night when the wreck happened.
MCKINNEY, Texas — A McKinney man's family says he is lucky to be alive after a motorcycle crash Monday night. As Rod Carver recovers at the hospital, his family and a witness want to know why the other driver involved in the crash didn't stop to help.
"I don't know too many people that would leave somebody in the middle of a street," Carver's wife Barbara said.
Rod is a 72-year old husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather who was driving home from work Monday night when he wrecked his motorcycle on Westbound 380 in McKinney.
"He did have some brain injuries, there was some head trauma, there was a brain bleed and some swelling," Barbara listed. "Fractures galore."
McKinney police are not calling it a hit-and-run, but they are saying two
Driver does dangerous move with motorcycle near gas pumps, speeds off
LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) – The Lincoln Police Department arrested a man this week they say was doing a dangerous maneuver with his motorcycle at a gas station last month and then sped away from officers.
On September 11th, around 11 p.m., officers were dispatched to the EZ Go, off 25th and E Streets, to clear the parking lot with loitering people and cars.
LPD said when responding officers got there, they saw a black 2007 Kawasaki motorcycle doing a burnout with a high rev engine.
Police said because this is a dangerous maneuver and it was being done in close proximity to people and gas pumps, the officer tried contacting the driver by using the overhead lights on the cruiser.
According to police, the driver looked at the officer and then sped off. Police said the officer identified the driver as a 24-year-old man and issued a local broadcast for
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Listen more and talk less during negotiations. You will be surprised at how often someone will do all the work for you just by letting them speak. If you listen, you may be able to get a reasonable price.
If you are investing in property to rent out, screen your potential tenants carefully. The individual must be able to afford the rent for the first month as well as the deposit. If they do not have all of the money to begin with, there is a greater potential that they will be unable to maintain payments. Keep looking for better tenets.
When thinking about the value of a potential investment, be realistic about the amount of rent you can charge. It is possible for you to earn quite a bit of money during the year when you find tenants to rent your home. After renting the house for a few years, you can profit further by selling it.
Make friends, not enemies! Instead of seeing the other people and buyers in the real estate market as enemies, work together. This is a great way to share resources and combine all your knowledge to get a better deal on different properties. Eventually, you will have a list of many happy people. This will improve your reputation.
It's smart to do your research first before you begin investing. Sound decisions based on good information will yield excellent profits. Take this advice and use it well so that you can be sure to have great success in the future.
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When deciding to invest in real estate, create something like an LLC. This will help to protect both you and the investments that you make in the future. You will also get tax benefits because of your business.
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Not all property values rise. This assumption is risky in the real estate market and for any one piece of property. The safest thing to do would be to invest in real estate that will net you profits right away. Any raise in property values is going to just benefit your profits.
If you are seeking a good investment property, take care to assess its potential for increased value. A place by a business district or that's near water, for instance, may mean you'll make more later on. Think about long-term pricing and estimate the projected rise in value to determine the prospective value to be had.
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Wow, I go away for a week and everything in the Zune world turns upside down it feels like. I just got back from Indianapolis last night (and I'm still trying to recover I might add) and I find that Zune Masters is shut down and the URGE partnership has evaporated. I'm not surprised ZM went away but I never suspected URGE was going to blow up on Microsoft. I certainly hope they knew it. With all of the somewhat sad news here, I was hoping I could find something to brighten things up. Anything would do really.
Sadly all I could find were stale rumors about Zune 2.0 and the 1.5 firmware update. That's when I found this on Zune-Online.com.
And if that goofy looking dinosaur thing can look that happy on the back of a Zune holding some balloons that look like brains, well, then things must not be too bad. Right?
Man, noone has happy thoughts?


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