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Ferdinand Foch
The French marshal Ferdinand Foch (1851-1929) was commander in chief of the Allied armies in World War I.
Ferdinand Foch was born on Oct. 2, 1851, at Tarbes. His early schooling revealed his "geometrical mind" and mathematical ability. He enlisted in the infantry during the Franco-Prussian War but did not see active service. Resuming his education, he graduated from the École Polytechnique in 1873 and was commissioned a lieutenant in the artillery.
By 1894 Foch had become lieutenant colonel and professor of strategy and tactics in the École Supérieure de Guerre (War School). His lectures were published in two volumes: De la conduite de la guerre (1897; Precepts and Judgments) and Des principes de la guerre (1899; Principles of War). Foch's doctrine of massive attack attracted much attention. He stressed both philosophical and material aspects of war and emphasized the importance of morale and the will to win. In 1900 Foch was transferred to regimental command and then to staff duty with the V Corps. In 1907 Premier Georges Clemenceau appointed him general and director of the War School, where he remained for 4 years.
At the beginning of World War I, Foch was in charge of the XX Army Corps and fought in Lorraine. Next he commanded the newly formed 9th Army and helped check the Germans in the first Battle of the Marne. Gen. Joffre then entrusted him with coordinating troops and operations in the north during the "race to the sea" from the Oise River to the Flemish coast. As commander of the Group of Armies of the North for 2 years, Foch presided over the Artois offensives of 1915 and the Battle of the Somme in 1916. The disappointing results of the Somme offensive led to replacement of both Foch and Joffre. After a brief interval Foch was appointed chief of the general staff by Gen. Pétain.
In the spring of 1918, when the Allies were threatened by the German grand offensive, Foch became chief commander of all Allied armies in France. He halted the Germans and launched a counteroffensive which drove them back and ended the war. On Nov. 11, 1918, Foch induced the German representatives to accept his armistice terms, including occupation of the left bank of the Rhine.
Acclaimed by the world after the war, Foch received many honors, including election to the French Academy and to the Academy of Sciences. He bitterly condemned the peace settlement for its failure to detach the left bank of the Rhine from Germany. Foch died in Paris on March 20, 1929, and was interred in the Invalides.
Further Reading on Ferdinand Foch
Valuable memoirs by Raymond Recouly, a friend of Foch, are Foch: His Character and Leadership (trans. 1920) and Foch: My Conversations with the Marshal (trans. 1929). Leading biographies of the marshal are George Grey Aston, The Biography of the Late Marshal Foch (1929) and Basil Henry Liddell Hart, Foch, the Man of Orleans (1932). Another useful work is Cyril Bentham Falls, Marshal Foch (1939). The postwar Rhineland question is explored in Jere C. King, Foch versus Clemenceau: France and German Dismemberment, 1918-1919 (1960).


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és un exfutbolista albanès-kosovar de la dècada de 2000 i entrenador.

Fou 47 cops internacional amb la selecció albanesa.

Pel que fa a clubs, defensà els colors de Zagreb, KRC Genk, 1860 Munic, RSC Anderlecht, Lokeren i Cercle Brugge.

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Futbolistes internacionals amb Albània de la dècada de 1990
Futbolistes internacionals amb Albània de la dècada de 2000
Futbolistes kosovars
Entrenadors de futbol albanesos
Entrenadors de futbol kosovars
Futbolistes del RSC Anderlecht
Entrenadors del RSC Anderlecht
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Entrenadors de futbol serbis
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Robin Thicke is a Big D— … and Other Horror Stories From This Week's Tabloids
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by Molly Lambert
Robin Thicke Cheats on Paula Patton: Despite his constant boasts about his marriage to high school sweetheart Patton, Thicke is a dog. After a photo taken at NYC club 1 Oak went viral that shows Thicke palming a mystery blonde's ass, the blonde has come forward. Her name is Lana Scolaro, and she says that Robin "whispered dirty things, like, 'You don't understand what I'm going to do to you.'" That sounds very American Psycho of you, Robin Thicke. "He's a player. That's for sure." Well then why bother being married, ya dumbass? "Lana, 20, reveals that after Robin's security guard snapped the telling photo, the 'Blurred Lines' singer whisked her away to a private afterparty at his suite at the Greenwich Hotel, where he kissed and groped her until she left at 8 a.m. even though his wife, actress Paula Patton, was there the whole time!" Maybe it's an open marriage? "We hooked up," says Lana. "Things got a bit out of control." #blurredlines! "I came out and Robin was standing there. He turned out the lights so no one could see us and started making out with me. He was grabbing me and putting his hand on my bum. I kind of pushed him away, even though obviously I was like, 'Wow, I'm hooking up with Robin Thicke!'" I KNOW YOU WANT IT. "They could have been caught at any moment." Lana goes on, "We were against the wall in the hallway. It was so risky. I was like, 'Whoa, you have a wife! What are you doing?'" Robin told her to relax. "He said he and his wife are very chill. He was like, 'Be nice to her, she'll love you. But just make sure you're nice to her, because things could get ugly.'" Patton's rep denied any of this went down. Lana "can't get over how open Robin, 36, was about it all. And how oblivious — or accepting — Paula seemed." She spills, "I'm still shocked about the whole thing." Robin and Paula have a 3-year-old son, Julian, together. And apparently a very laissez-faire attitude about monogamy! What rhymes with polyamory?
Snooki: "I'm a closet nerd. I love anything sci-fi related and I'm obsessed with learning about astronomy."
Liam Payne Tells Taylor Swift to Move on From Harry Styles: "Hashtag get over it." NEVER!
David Schwimmer's Town House Vandalized: Rapscallions painted "ROSS IS NOT COOL" on the property that Schwimmer demolished and rebuilt, overriding preservationists who wanted to protect the "irreplaceable historical building." Another tag read "Fuck you and your ugliness." Hahahaha ROSS IS NOT COOL.
Blake Shelton: "Got stung in the hand by a wasp yesterday. My hand is swollen 2x too big. Been trying to get stung in the dick for the last 11 hours."
Liam Hemsworth to Dump Miley Cyrus?: "There it was again: Miley Cyrus' backside on display for the whole world to see." AND SO WHAT? "Miley is not the same person Liam first met when they shot The Last Song in 2009. Now she's wild to the extreme." AND … SO … WHAT? "No one is more disappointed — or disgusted — than Miley's fiance Liam Hemsworth. After a year of her increasingly desperate grabs for attention, the Aussie movie star, 23, has had enough. He's mortified by her raunchy, classless VMA performance." PSHHHHH. "She may have finally gone too far." After the VMAs "They had a fight about her performance. He's now giving her the silent treatment." A source says, "I remember when they first began dating, and he was obsessed with her. He would literally stare at her like he was a little boy, so in love. I honestly don't recall the last time I saw him look at her that way." PSHHH. "He's very unhappy. They're not in a good place. She's desperately trying to get his attention, but in the wrong way. If she keeps it up, they'll be over for good." PSHH!
Gwen Stefani Is Pregnant at 43: "She's in the early stages, and she's having a hard time with morning sickness. But she and Gavin Rossdale couldn't be happier."
Misc/Etc: "He said it was regarding my audition and asked me very private questions [about my sexual history]" "We didn't have a shot and we just imploded." "I don't even recognize her." "WHOSE NEW BABY HAS THE CUTER NAME?" "The 2-year-old busied herself by feeding candy to her hunky dad" "With their auburn locks" "With those pecs, Dan, you can harvest our produce anytime!" "Maybe cross eyes, but that is about the extent of his goggle eyes!" "Being beautiful is only the fifth or sixth thing that's amazing about her." "promotes a positive message and flaunts her killer body" "Best selfie ever!" "BURY ME IN STRIPPER BOOTS"
Clint Eastwood's Divorce a Wife Swap? "The plot thickens! Just two days after Clint Eastwood's wife of 17 years, Dina, told Us the duo was separated in June 2012, the Oscar winner, 83, was photographed in L.A. with a girlfriend, mom of two Erica Tomlinson-Fisher. Here's where it gets crazy: Clint's flame, 42, was wed until 2012 to Dina's friend of 33 years, University of Hawaii basketball coach Scott Fisher! After Scott and Erica divorced, Erica was sure Scott was romancing Dina. Erica called Clint's office last February to discuss her suspicions — then he fell for her!" While Dina and Scott weren't actually cheating, as soon as Clint and Erica hooked up, Dina and Scott started casually dating. Dina says, "I am saddened to see photos of Clint with Ms. Tomlinson-Fisher. I look forward to new beginnings." High school never ends in Hollywood (or anywhere else, for that matter).
Fergie Gives Birth: What did she and Josh Duhamel name their first child? Axl Jack, naturally, "likely named after Mom's rock idol — Guns 'N Roses frontman Axl Rose." Ferg legally changed her name from Stacy Ferguson to Fergie Duhamel. "They are all using this quiet time to bond with Axl." Sweet child o' mine?
Selena Gomez: "We're not afraid to just be confident in who we are, and if a gentleman can't handle that, then that's not my problem." I wish Selena and Taylor Swift would date.
Kelly Osbourne Hates Grills: "The stupid faces they have to pull to show it off + breath like pennies is really unappealing to me!" Is there anything you DON'T hate, Kelly Osbourne?
Blake Lively: "My hair is my security blanket … I like having a lot of it, like a curtain." Shake your hair cape, Blake!
Anderson Cooper Sunburned His Eyes: "I didn't even know you could do that. And these baby blues, they're my moneymaker."
Misc/Etc: "It's a slippery slope" "She's obviously exhausted, but her excitement is overwhelming" "I'd love to have a mini of my man!" "The f-bomb was being dropped" "Just keep livin' … back in the 1860s!" "his boyish doppelganger" "J is for jorts" "Dance involving thrusting and a squatting stance" "An intense, typically nonsexual admiration felt by one woman for another" "I could eat breakfast for every meal" "On not being a sporty kid" "They're trying to pretty-cry?" "Miley Cyrus channeled Gwen Stefani" "tight … same as me and Britney" "prim teacher turned vigilante" "She rolls deep with him, for real, and he's very loyal to her" "I have big boobs now!" "Makeout sessions! Wedding pressure!" "a serpentine manner"
Jen & Angelina: Now it's Angie's turn to cry. "Jennifer Aniston is happy and engaged and finally over Brad Pitt. But it seems the woman he infamously dumped her for can't do the same. According to a source, Angelina Jolie is weirdly determined to forever remind Jen that she now has her man." Why doesn't Angelina just stand outside Jen's window with a boom box playing "BOOM! I FUCKED YOUR BOYFRIEND" on repeat? Jolie "recently requested Jen's favorite L.A. hotel room to have an all-night sex romp with Brad, complete with sex toys and rubber sheets, on a getaway from their kids!" Man, it's a hundred degrees in L.A. right now and rubber sheets sound like a special kind of hell. They did it at the $2,500-a-night Sunset Tower suite, where Jen stayed while she and Justin Theroux were house-hunting. "Angie likes people to think that Jen isn't even on her radar. But the truth is, she will never stop being curious about her." Is that because Theroux is much hotter than Brad Pitt?
Whither Kim Kardashian? "Kim refuses to leave the house and gets so bored that she spends all her time shopping online for Nori. She mostly buys white items, and she buys multiples of the same thing because they get dirty so easily." Kanye prefers to dress baby Nori in all black. "Whatever the color, the clothes all have one thing in common: an over-the-top price tag."
Simon Cowell vs. Gordon Ramsay: "Forget the baby mama drama — Simon Cowell is more concerned about regaining his post as Fox's top moneymaker." After the failure of The X Factor, he was "livid when he read a glowing article about fellow TV hothead and Hell's Kitchen star Gordon Ramsay that declared Ramsay the network's 'golden boy.'" He's just blond, jeez Simon. "Simon is competitive, and the business at hand is making money and keeping the title of America's love-to-hate TV personality. He likes to remind the executives that people know him by just his first name, but if you say 'Gordon,' everyone has to ask 'Gordon who?'"
Kris Jenner's TV Show's Crew Happy Kris Got Kanceled: "We could not wait for the end of the show's six-week trial period. Working with Kris was absolutely unbearable. She would show up on set hung over and demand her beauty team to fix her up and make her look stunning. Kris would give goody bags to the audience, but instead of giving the crew some too, which is typical, she insisted that she take them home to her family. Talk about tacky!"
Kristen Stewart & Zac Efron? "While insiders say Zac is excited at the prospect of hooking up with Kristen, don't expect the two to be Hollywood's next It Couple. He's a bit of a playboy, so he wants to keep his partying lifestyle intact. He is not looking for anything emotional, and Kristen doesn't want anything serious. This could work out great for both of them!" Famous last words, but I'd sure watch that rom-com!
Justin Bieber Not Allowed to Drive: "The accident prone star has been banned from driving in California. Turns out he never had a license!" Ha! Sounds right.
Misc/Etc: "He just wants to live out his life enjoying the things he's always loved: seeing friends, watching the Lakers, and of course chasing women!" "She's The Boss" "She signed a lucrative contract to continue deejaying in Ibiza next year" "she can never be skinny or glamorous enough, and worries that other women will catch her husband's eye and tempt him to stray." "The 31 year old's thighs look like they've aged three times faster than the rest of her" "Beyonce channeled her inner daredevil" "got playful with a baby snow leopard" "He's never too old to party" "It may not be the greatest outfit, but at least she's wearing clothes!" "Nothing says summer comfort like a full-body leather jumpsuit" "Celebrity CELLULITE SHOCKERS!" "Translation? Mad Men it ain't" "It's frighteningly unfunny"
Kimye Want Another Baby Already? "Kanye would love a son. One of each would be perfect."
Katy Perry & John Mayer: "He's going to pop the question as soon as he gets the ring. Katy knows it's coming, so she's been doing some preliminary wedding planning." The purported guest list includes Taylor Swift, who will show up dressed as Maleficent and put a curse on the marriage. Although Mayer probably doesn't need any outside help at making his relationships fail. Speak now!
Blue Ivy's First Birthday: Jay-Z and Beyoncé gave their daughter an "$80,000 diamond-studded Barbie doll" for her first b'day. Fuck Barbie though, for real.
Miley for Catwoman? "In our eyes, Miley passed the audition live on MTV's VMAs by showing the world she's got all the moves — and the tight plastic outfit! It's her destiny." I am so into this idea, obviously.
Russell Crowe: When he fronted a New Zealand pop band in the '80s, Crowe went by the even sillier pseudonym Russ le Roq.
Misc/Etc: "She may need clothes — she's barely covered up at all!" "Taylor is very strong. She doesn't care what people think and she inspires me." "Blake Lively plans to grow old gracefully without plastic surgery" "tired and a little restless" "enjoyed one of her last days as a single woman" "He's the sweetest pup" "It's not your money. You have the right to spend it any way you choose — even if it seems extravagant and wasteful to others." "But now he has sex with her instead (and is losing weight!)" "Even though a bunch of beautiful models were standing around" "They were super close to each other. Their bodies were in sync." "Green juice."
Filed Under: Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, Clint Eastwood, Gwen Stefani, Jennifer Aniston, Kanye West, Kim Kardashian, Kris Jenner, Liam Hemsworth, Miley Cyrus, Molly's Magazines, Robin Thicke
Molly Lambert is a staff writer for Grantland.
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text:
/**
 *
 * Select option with a specific value.
 *
 * <example>
    :example.html
    <select id="selectbox">
        <option value="someValue0">uno</option>
        <option value="someValue1">dos</option>
        <option value="someValue2">tres</option>
        <option value="someValue3">cuatro</option>
        <option value="someValue4">cinco</option>
        <option name="someName5" value="someValue5">seis</option>
    </select>

    :selectByAttribute.js
    it('should demonstrate the selectByAttribute command', function () {
        var selectBox = $('#selectbox');

        var value = selectBox.getValue();
        console.log(value); // returns "someValue0"

        selectBox.selectByAttribute('value', 'someValue3');
        console.log(selectBox.getValue()); // returns "someValue3"

        selectBox.selectByAttribute('name', 'someName5');
        console.log(selectBox.getValue()); // returns "someValue5"
    });
 * </example>
 *
 * @alias browser.selectByAttribute
 * @param {String} selector   select element that contains the options
 * @param {String} attribute  attribute of option element to get selected
 * @param {String} value      value of option element to get selected
 * @uses protocol/element, protocol/elementIdClick, protocol/elementIdElement
 * @type action
 *
 */

import { RuntimeError } from '../utils/ErrorHandler'

let selectByAttribute = function (selector, attribute, value) {
    /**
     * convert value into string
     */
    if (typeof value === 'number') {
        value = value.toString()
    }

    /**
     * get options element by xpath
     */
    return this.element(selector).then((res) => {
        /**
         * check if element was found and throw error if not
         */
        if (!res.value) {
            throw new RuntimeError(7)
        }

        /**
         * find option elem using xpath
         */
        var normalized = `[normalize-space(@${attribute.trim()}) = "${value.trim()}"]`
        return this.elementIdElement(res.value.ELEMENT, `./option${normalized}|./optgroup/option${normalized}`)
    }).then((res) => {
        /**
         * check if element was found and throw error if not
         */
        if (!res.value) {
            throw new RuntimeError(7)
        }

        /**
         * select option
         */
        return this.elementIdClick(res.value.ELEMENT)
    })
}

export default selectByAttribute

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Can I Save a Cake if I Added Too Much Baking Powder?
By: Cynthia B. Astle
What Causes Bubbles on Top of Cakes When Baking?
What Happens When I Put in Too Much Baking Powder in a Muffin?
What Are the Causes of Large Holes in a Cake After It Is Baked?
The Sequence for How to Bake a Cake
What Is a Substitute for Potassium Bicarbonate?
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There are two schools of thought about how to correct an excess of baking powder in cake batter. One approach says to throw out the cake and start over. Another advocates adjusting the ingredients until the ratios in the batter come out the same as in the original recipe, but that's a much more difficult procedure.
Chemistry Rules Baking
The "throw it out" approach takes into account the chemical effects that baking powder has on a cake recipe. As a chemical leavener, baking powder combines baking soda with cream of tartar or other acids and an inert starch, usually cornstarch, as a dehumidifier to absorb moisture and keep the reaction from happening too quickly. This combination creates a "double-acting" leavener that works twice, first when moistened and again when heated. The first reaction creates lots of little bubbles in the batter, while the second reaction causes these bubbles to expand and lift the cake. Using too much baking powder causes a cake to rise too fast when heated, and then to fall or have a dense center when it cools. Excess baking powder also gives the cake a bitter taste. Both effects can't be corrected once a cake is baked.
Correct the Baking Formula
The "correct the ratios" approach works if you realize at the batter stage that you've added too much baking powder. The chemistry of baking comes into play again because you're trying to fix the "formula" of the cake by adjusting the amounts of ingredients. A general rule of baking says that you want about 1 teaspoon of baking powder per 1 cup of flour for leavening. This ratio is because cake batter can only hold so many bubbles before they start to break through the batter surface. Once that happens, it creates channels for lots of other bubbles to break through.
Do the Baking Math
To correct the ratios, you need to do the math. First, determine the correct ratio of baking powder to other ingredients in the batter. Let's take an extreme example. If the recipe calls for 2 cups of flour, the usual ratio of baking powder to flour would be 2 teaspoons. Suppose that you added 2 tablespoons of baking powder by mistake; that's equivalent to 6 teaspoons of baking powder, since there are 3 teaspoons in 1 tablespoon. Divide the excess amount (6 tablespoons) by the correct amount (2 teaspoons) and you get a result of 3, meaning you've added three times too much baking powder. In order to correct this ratio, you'd need to add three times the amount of flour as the original recipe, and then correct all the other ingredients such as sugar, eggs and liquid to balance the flour. It's easy to see how the "correct the ratios" method can quickly become unwieldy unless you're a professional baker or you're making several cakes at home and have room to bake them all at once.
Saving a Cake Takes Effort
In the end, saving a cake with an excess of baking powder often proves to be far more effort than it's worth because of the realities of baking chemistry (unless a large quantity is involved). It would be easier and probably tastier simply to throw out a cake with too much baking powder and make another.
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Cynthia B. Astle is a longtime journalist who has written on practically every topic of human interest for newspapers such as the "United Methodist Reporter," magazines including "Response," "Arts Ministry" and the "Progressive Christian" and websites such as Darkwood Brew and United Methodist Insight. She was also a food editor and restaurant reviewer for the "Clearwater Sun."


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Prince Andrew's ex-wife Fergie is 'devastated' and 'regrouping' with daughters as he faces trial
Prince Andrew's ex-wife Sarah Ferguson is "devastated" and "regrouping" with their two daughters, Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie, as he faces trial, a source has claimed.
The Duke of York, who has been stripped of his military affiliations and Royal patronages, will face a civil sex case trial after Judge Kaplan dismissed a motion by Andrew's legal team to have the lawsuit thrown out, it was revealed on Wednesday.
The 61 year old is being sued by Virginia Giuffre, now 38, as she claims the prince sexually assaulted her when she was 17, which is under the age of consent in some US states.
Virginia alleged that Jeffery Epstein and the recently-convicted Ghislaine Maxwell trafficked her into sexual abuse and exploitation.
Prince Andrew has vehemently denied these claims.
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A source told OK! online: "Fergie is devastated. She's a very positive person and she always sees the sunny side up in life, but this has been a blow.
"They really did believe he would be able to just walk away from this. They thought the Newsnight interview would help him, but it did the exact opposite. And nobody is above the law.
"The family are regrouping and discussing what to do going forward."
Summing up his ruling on Wednesday, Judge Kaplan wrote: "For the foregoing reasons, defendant's motion to dismiss the complaint or for a more definite statement is denied in all respects.
"Given the court's limited task of ruling on this motion, nothing in this opinion or previously in these proceedings properly may be construed as indicating a view with respect to the truth of the charges or countercharges or as to the intention of the parties in entering into the 2009 Agreement."
Virginia has alleged that she was expected to engage in sexual activity with Prince Andrew in London, New York and the US Virgin Islands. Prince Andrew has denied the allegations.
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Virginia, formerly known by her maiden name Virginia Roberts, had made a settlement agreement in 2009 with the late Epstein, which was released on Monday 3 January, where the financier paid Virginia $500,000 to end a claim for damages.
She then agreed not to bring any future cases against any other "potential defendants", but it does not mention Andrew by name.
The prince's lawyers have argued that the deal means Virginia cannot sue the Duke of York.
But, her lawyer David Boise contested that and said the agreement is irrelevant to her complaint against Andrew.
Mr Boise told Judge Kaplan: "The only claim that is asserted that was made in Florida in the 2009 action that covered Prince Andrew was the third count which was to transport somebody for the purpose of illegal sexual activity.
"There is no allegation that Prince Andrew was the person transporting. There is no allegation that Prince Andrew fell into the category of people who were doing the trafficking. He was somebody to whom the girls were trafficked."
The Queen has since stripped Andrew of both his royal patronages and military roles.
In a statement issued by Buckingham Palace on Thursday evening, it was announced that the Queen "approved" the move for Prince Andrew to step down.
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The Bordeaux wine region covers an expansive area of 120,000 hectares, making it the second biggest wine region in the world. The diversity of its soils, its mix of climates and combinations of grape varieties allows Bordeaux to produce a variety of different wines including dry and sweet white, red, rosé, claret and sparkling wines.
The red wines of Bordeaux rely primarily on three grapes—Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet Franc. However, Petit Verdot and Malbec are also permitted and grown in small amounts in some of the fine vineyards. The white wines make up around only 11 % of the vineyards and are mainly based in Semillon and Sauvignon Blanc.
The Bordeaux region is unusual in that its wines are created by blending different grapes. Other French regions, such as Chablis or Beaujolais use just one variety. The production of Bordeaux wine is very particular and can be quite a complex process.
Cabernet Franc is one of the best known black grape varieties and makes up 10% of Bordeaux production. This grape enhances the fruitiness of the wine, by adding to the different berry flavours. The plants are more tolerant of poor soil quality and dry conditions. It is mainly grown for blending with Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot.
DNA analysis indicates that Cabernet Franc is one of two parents of Cabernet Sauvignon, a cross between that grape and Sauvignon Blanc.
Cabernet Sauvignon is one of the main grapes in the Médoc wine region. It makes up around 26% of Bordeaux production and is rich in tannins. It works to enhance the structure of the wine and assists with ageing. The blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and Merlot created the earliest examples of Cabernet Sauvignon wine. However, Cabernet Sauvignon was first blended in Bordeaux with Syrah, a mixture that is now mainly seen in Australia.
This grape makes up 50% of the Bordeaux production and is used mainly in the Cotes wine region vineyards. It is often used for the Bordeaux blend but is able to stand alone. This grape is known to set and ripen unevenly, making it quite difficult to grow. Merlot adds to the flexibility and to the body of Bordeaux wines. It enhances colour and matures more quickly than Cabernets.
Sauvignon Blanc is planted in many of the world famous regions and produces a crisp, dry and very refreshing wine. It goes very well with a variety of foods, and it also costs less to produce than Chardonnay. Sauvignon Blanc works well in a variety of different styles and can blend well with oak and Semillon. The wine is best served in its youth, but can benefit from spending a short time in a cellar. The wine produces a complex range of flavours and tones -making it suitable for many different preferences.
Semillion makes up 8% of the Bordeaux production. It is the main ingredient for sweet wines and is important for the production of dry, fresh and lively white wines. In Bordeaux, the grape is normally blended with Sauvignon Blanc and Muscadelle. When the grape is used to make the sweet white wines, such as those from Sauternes, Barsac and Cérons – it is often the dominant variety within the blend.
All Bordeaux wines are made only using the finest grapes and that is why they are one of the most commonly sought after varieties when it comes to investment wine. For more information, and to purchase some of these exciting wines, have a browse of our website or get in touch with our team of experienced brokers to start investing today.


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Directions: From Madison, go north on Rt. 231, turn left on Rt. 651 (Aylor Rd), right Rt. 652 (Horn Hollow Ln), left on Rt 698 (Gabriel Ln) to end of state maintenance, then through farm down R.O.W. to stone pillars.
From Madison, go north on Rt. 231, turn left on Rt. 651 (Aylor Rd), right Rt. 652 (Horn Hollow Ln), left on Rt 698 (Gabriel Ln) to end of state maintenance, then through farm down R.O.W. to stone pillars.


Here's a list of Bylo's favourite online books and general articles on investing. They're listed roughly in order of increasing difficulty, so it's best to start at the top and work your way down.
Here's a list of Bylo's favourite books on investing. They're listed roughly in order of increasing difficulty, so it's best to start at the top and work your way down.
David Chilton, The Wealthy Barber. Stoddart, 1989.
John C. Bogle, The Little Book of Common Sense Investing: The Only Way to Guarantee Your Fair Share of Stock Market Returns. ISBN: 978-0470102107, Wiley, 2007.
Bill Schultheis, The Coffeehouse Investor. ISBN: 156352600X, Longstreet, 1998 and Bylo's review.
Bill Bernstein, The Four Pillars of Investing: Lessons for Building a Winning Portfolio. ISBN 0071385290, McGraw Hill, 2002 and Jon Chevreau's review.
Practical investing advice with emphasis on theory, history, psychology and the business side of investing.
Bruce Cohen, The Money Adviser. 2nd ed. Stoddart, 1998.
Ted Cadsby, The Power of Index Funds: Canada's Best-Kept Investment Secret. Stoddart, 1999 [out of print] and Bylo's review.
Howard Atkinson and Donna Green, The New Investment Frontier: A Guide to Exchange Traded Funds for Canadians. ISBN: 1894663144, Insomniac Press, 2001 and Bylo's review.
Explains what ETFs are and how to use them to create a low-cost indexed portfolio. Describes the structural and tax differences between Canadian and US ETFs.
Ted Cadsby, The Ten Biggest Investment Mistakes Canadians Make: And How to Avoid Them. Stoddart, 2000 [out of print] and Morningstar review.
Burton G. Malkiel, A Random Walk Down Wall Street. 7th Ed. W W Norton, 1999.
Peter L. Bernstein, Capital Ideas: The Improbable Origins of Modern Wall Street. Free Press, 1993.
William Bernstein, The Intelligent Asset Allocator. ISBN: 0071362363, McGraw-Hill, 2000.
John C. Bogle, Bogle on Mutual Funds: New Perspectives for the Intelligent Investor. Dell, 1994.
John C. Bogle, Common Sense on Mutual Funds: New Imperatives for the Intelligent Investor. Wiley, 1999.
John C. Bogle, John Bogle on Investing: The First 50 Years. ISBN: 0071364382, McGraw-Hill, 2000.
Jonathan Chevreau, et al, The Wealthy Boomer. Key Porter, 1998 and Bylo's review.
Jeremy J. Siegel, Stocks for the Long Run: The Definitive Guide to Financial Market Returns and Long-Term Investment Strategies. 2nd Ed. McGraw-Hill, 1998.
Larry E. Swedroe, The Only Guide to a Winning Investment Strategy You'll Ever Need. Penguin, 1998.
Larry E. Swedroe, What Wall Street Doesn't Want You to Know: How You Can Build Real Wealth Investing in Index Funds. ISBN: 031227260X, St. Martin's Press, 2000.
Larry E. Swedroe, Rational Investing in Irrational Times. ISBN: 0312291302, Truman Talley Books, 2002.
The psychological aspects of investing, highlights 52 common mistakes and how to avoid them.
Larry E. Swedroe, The Successful Investor Today. ISBN: 0312309791, Truman Talley Books, 2003.
Fourteen simple truths you must know when you invest.
Bylo doesn't read advanced material. It makes his head hurt.
David K. Foot, Boom, Bust & Echo: How to Profit From the Coming Demographic Shift. Macfarlaine, Walter & Ross, 1996.
Joe Dominguez and Vicki Robin, Your Money or Your Life. Penguin, 1993.
John Lawrence Reynolds, The Naked Investor. ISBN: 0143016237, Penguin, 2005.
"Sounds a dramatic wake-up call for Canadians hoping to retire in comfort and security. Revealing the investment industry's darker side in dramatic fashion, The Naked Investor is certain to disturb participants in a system more focused on generating wealth for itself than its clients."
Robert Slater, The Vanguard Experiment. ISBN: 0786305592, Irwin, 1996.
A biography of Vanguard founder John Bogle. Provides a fascinating look at how Vanguard started and how, by giving the ordinary investor "a fair shake," it grew to become the second largest mutual fund company in the world.
Daniel Stoffman, The Money Machine: How the Mutual Fund Industry Works & How to Make It Work for You. ISBN: 1551990520, Macfarlaine, Walter & Ross, 2000.
Explores the conflicts-of-interest in the Canadian mutual fund industry. Explains why owning mutual fund companies is more profitable than owning mutual funds. Advises how to avoid getting caught in the money machine's gears. Jon Chevreau's review.
Bruce Cohen and Brian Fitzgerald, The Pension Puzzle :Your Complete Guide to Government Benefits, RRSPs, and Employer Plans, 3rd ed. ISBN: 978-0470839539. John Wiley & Sons, 2007.
Essential reading for any Canadian who wants to learn about pension plans, including CPP/OAS, RRSPs and private DB/DC plans. See also companion calculator What should you be saving for retirement?
A practical explanation of how to use inflation-indexed bonds and annuities to assure a financially secure retirement.
Jim C. Otar, High Expectations & False Dreams: One Hundred Years of Stock Market History Applied to Retirement Planning. ISBN: 0968963404. Otar, 2001.
Analyses retirement portfolios and withdrawal strategies using one hundred years of US stock market history. Order from the author.
Sandra E. Foster, You Can't Take It With You: The Common-Sense Guide to Estate Planning for Canadians. Wiley, 1997.
Gary Belsky and Thomas Gilovich, Why Smart People Make Big Money Mistakes-And How to Correct Them: Lessons from the New Science of Behavioral Economics. Simon & Schuster, 1999.
Peter L. Bernstein, Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk. John Wiley & Sons, 1998.
Moshe Milevsky with Michael Posner, Money Logic: Financial Strategies for the Smart Investor. ISBN: 0773731711, Stoddart, 1999.
Moshe Milevsky and Aron Gottesman, Insurance Logic: Risk Management Strategies for Canadians. ISBN: 0773733264, Stoddart, 2002.
If you're the author or promoter of a book you believe belongs on this list, then send Bylo a copy for review. If it passes Bylo's taste test, then it will be added to the list. If your book is free, then Bylo's listing will be free. Fair enough?
For information on submitting your book just e-mail Bylo.


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PRO WRESTLING BROTHERS TALK ABOUT DRUG ABUSE TO STUDENTS
KAREN BRANDON, Staff WriterSUN-SENTINEL
Usually, the two brothers are out bashing heads or bruising bodies and getting paid for it.
On Friday, they took time out to speak to students at McArthur High School in Hollywood about staying away from drugs and finding Jesus.
Meet the Von Erichs -- Kevin and Kerry -- professional wrestlers.
They are the ones with the bulging muscles in the T-shirts that read "Stop the Crack" and "America Cracks Down."
They are the ones with the high school girls shrieking and swooning about them.
They are so cool that sophomore Wendy Kelpfer waited an hour to get their autographs and give them her homecoming mum.
Sophomore Liz Otto goes home early every Saturday night to watch them on television, especially Kevin, who is known as the "Golden Warrior."
"We want to see them because they're gorgeous," she said. "They're good wrestlers, too.
"They're the good guys. They always win."
The Von Erichs, who also visited Piper High School in Sunrise, were scheduled to give the students at McArthur more than advice. The state champion McArthur Mustang wrestlers, practicing right up until the arrival of the celebrities, had hoped to learn a Von Erich technique or two.
But the Von Erichs' insurers weren't about to get pinned with that idea.
Kerry Von Erich said his insurance company didn't go for it, apparently worried that a Von Erich or a student might be hurt.
So instead of talking about iron claw grips and double chicken-wing holds and the like, the Von Erichs concentrated on drug abuse.
They know as much about that topic as they do about wrestling, for their youngest brother, Mike, died after intentionally taking a lethal dose of sleeping pills in April.
"We're both Christians," Kerry said, by way of introduction.
"There's no need for us to do drugs," he said. "Our satisfaction is beating people up."
"There's no reason to die for a thrill," Kevin said. "Stay strong and stay straight."
More than 100 McArthur students stayed after school to hear the Von Erichs, and they obviously would have listened to them talk about almost anything. But the students had things beyond drug abuse on their minds.
"When are you guys going for the World Tag Team Title?" they wanted to know.
(In five days, if anyone's interested.)
Still, the sponsors of the drug awareness program said they think the Von Erichs are bound to help at most stops on the wrestlers' 200-city U.S. tour.


The Master of Science degree (thesis option) is designed for students desiring research experience in a specific area of the geosciences. This degree will prepare the student for professional employment in the energy, mining, or environmental industries or government, as well as those seeking a doctoral degree. The Master of Science degrees (non-thesis options) are designed for students who seek employment in the environmental industry, and the industrial application of Geospatial Information Sciences (GIS).
The Doctor of Philosophy degree in Geospatial Information Sciences (GIS) is supported by the Department of Geosciences, the School of Social Sciences, and the School of Engineering and Computer Science.� The degree reflects geospatial information science origins at the confluence of work in multiple disciplines.� The degree focuses on advancement of the technology, its associated theory, and the enhancement of its applications.� Graduates of this program will be well suited to advanced positions in the geospatial technology industry and academic positions.
Research facilities include: JEOL JSM-T300 scanning electron microscope, Nuclide ELM-2B luminoscope with a Nikon Optiphot equipped with an automated photographic system, two research quality Zeiss epi-fluorescence reflected light microscopes with a fluid inclusion stage and video monitor, photometer-indicator and an automated photographic system, petrographic microscopes, rock preparation facilities, and machine shop. Network access to a variety of LINUX workstations, Macintosh and PC computers is available. Parallel processing is done on two state of the art LINUX clusters with 10 64-bit processors, 42 32-bit processors, and 3 terabytes of disk.
Core viewing and subsurface data analysis lab. �A large-scale scanner for digitizing well log data is also available.
Field equipment for measuring ground and surface water flow and chemistry, including borehole bailers, electric water level meter, FlowProbe hand-held flow meter, Hach DREL 2010 Basic Water Quality Lab (field spectrophotometer, pH and salinity meters), and YSI-85 DO/salinity/conductivity meter. Software for modeling water flow and transport, including general interfaces GMS and ArgusOne, Hydrus-2D (unsaturated flow and transport), TOUGH2 and Tetrad (2-3D multiphase flow and transport), and many public-domain models. Hardware and software for visualizing model results, including SGI O2 and Linux workstations, GoCAD and IBM DataExplorer software.
The Geochemical labs house sample preparation and analytical facilities. The sample prep lab uses multi-acid digestion and metaborate-tetraborate fusion techniques to take rock samples into solution for analysis. The analytical lab hosts the following instruments: 1) A Perkin-Elmer Optima 3300 DV inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometer (ICP-OES) instrument, with both radial and axial determination modes, which permits rapid determination of major and trace elements in rocks and water samples; 2) A Perkin-Elmer Sciex Elan 6100 DRC inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer (ICP-MS), used for trace and rare earth element determinations to low parts per trillion levels. The DRC (dynamic reaction cell) removes interfering Ar species in the plasma and allows trace determinations of several critical elements such as Fe, As, and Se. This machine is also used for Se isotope determinations; 3) A Dionex DX-600 ion chromatograph, used to determine anions and cations in waters, Cl, F, and Br in rocks, in addition to As and Se speciation; and, 4) Titration station, for alkalinity determinations.
The principal mass spectrometer is a Finnigan MAT 261 equipped with 9 collectors and a secondary electron multiplier. Also available are an updated NBS 12 inch instrument that is used principally for Rb isotope dilution measurements, and a fixed multicollector, donated by Mobil Oil Corp., that is used for studies of Sr in carbonates. The mass spectrometers are supported by Class 100 clean room facilities with sub-boiling acid distillation apparatus, micro- and semi-microbalances, and vessels for pressure decomposition of refractory silicates. Studies focus on using the evolution of Sr, Nd and Pb as indexes of petrogenetic processes, geochronology, environmental Pb, use of Pb as an index of bone mineral resorption, and evolution of marine Sr. A large inventory of spikes allows precise isotopic dilution analyses of elements of geological (U, Th, REE), environmental (Ag, Cd), or metabolic interest (Ca, Cu, Fe, Mg, Zn).
Remote sensing research is carried out using 12 PCs and 3 Sun Ultra workstations, color and black-and-white printers, and an HP 2500CP Plotter. A wide range of remote sensing data sets are processed and interpreted, including orbital radar (SIR-C/X-SAR) and optical (Landsat TM and ETM+, SPOT, and ASTER) imagery. We have extensive GIS (Geographic Information Systems) facilities including an ESRI site license with ARC/INFO, ARC/VIEW, ARC/GIS and MAPINFO. We have a GeoWall stereo projection system and 3D visualization and analysis packages such as GoCad, AutoCad, and 3D Studio Max.
Geophysical research is supported by two Scintrex CG-3M Gravimeters; a variety of surveying instruments including Nikon theodolite and data collector, a TOPCON GPT 2008 Total Station electronic distance meter and theodolite, two Laser Atlanta Advantage CI reflectorless laser rangefinders, two 16 channel 4000 SSE Trimble dual frequency geodetic GPS receivers, two dual frequency 18 channel Leica 530 RTK GPS systems, a Trimble GeoExplorer GPS system with GIS dictionary and post-processing capabilities, a Landstar RACAL DGPS real time sub-meter GPS system, and GPS post-processing software including Leica SKI, Spectra Precision GeoGenius, Trimble GPSurvey and Trimble Pathfinder Office. We also have two Scintrex GRS Differential Scintillometers.� Seismic and radar equipment include a Bison 9048 48-channel floating point seismic acquisition system with Betsy, hammer, and explosive sources for shallow to deep exploration;and pulse EKKO IV and 1000 ground penetrating radars.
Applicants are expected to take the GRE General Test (Verbal, Quantitative, and Analytical Writing). A combined score of no less than 1000 on the Verbal and Quantitative portions of the exam is advisable based on our experience with student success in the program. In addition, students should complete and submit a Supplemental Geosciences Application Form which can be obtained from the Geosciences Department Office by mail (FO21, University of Texas at Dallas, Box 830688, Richardson, TX, 75083-0688, USA), telephone (972-883-2401), or e-mail ([email protected]).
The Remote Sensing Certificate is supported by both the Department of Geosciences and the School of Social Sciences. Faculty involved are Certificate Coordinator Mohamed G. Abdelsalam, Ronald Briggs, Fang Qiu, and Robert Stern.
B.S. or B.A. Degree. Competence in personal computers, especially Windows-based, is expected.
Only B.S. or B.A. transcripts are needed. No GRE score, or reference letters are needed for non-degree seeking students.
The Graduate Certificate in Remote Sensing is obtained by completing 15 hours of courses. Students must complete the following courses: GEOS 5325 Introduction to Remote Sensing, GISC 6381 Introduction to GIS, GEOS 5326 or GISC 7365 Remote Sensing Digital Image Processing, and GEOS 7327 or GISC 7367 Remote Sensing Workshop. In addition, students can choose one of the following courses: GISC 7366 Applied Remote Sensing or GEOS 5328 Radar Remote Sensing.
GEOS 5304 (or acceptable equivalent) and GEOS 6205.
A minimum of four courses (minimum of 12 semester hours) in a chosen specialization related to the student�s major area of study. Specialty areas are: geochemistry, geophysics, hydrogeology-environmental geosciences, mineral resources-petrology, sedimentology, seismology, remote sensing-geospatial science, and structural geology-tectonics.
A minimum of three courses (minimum nine semester hours) in at least two specialties other than the chosen specialization.
A minimum of nine semester hours of thesis research including GEOS 8398 and submit an acceptable thesis.
All students seeking the Master of Science degree (non-thesis option) must satisfactorily complete a minimum of 36 graduate semester hours of a specified curriculum in the general area of environmental geosciences.
Core: Complete 24 semester hours including GEOS 5310, GEOS 5325, GEOS 5407.
GEOS 5357, GEOS 5358, GEOS 5483, GEOS 5484.
Electives: 9 hours of elective courses selected in consultation with the graduate advisor.
Research: An 8000 level, 3-hour research course.
The Master of Science in Geographic Information Sciences is a professional program that is offered jointly by the School of Social Sciences and the School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics. The program focuses on the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and associated technologies such as remote sensing and global positioning systems for managing spatially referenced information. Students are provided with the concepts underlying GIS, the skills for implementing GIS projects in public and private sector organizations, and the ability to use GIS in pure or applied research in substantive areas. Prospective students should apply using established procedures to either Geosciences or Social Sciences depending on their background.
A minimum of five courses (minimum 15 semester hours) in a chosen specialization, related to the student�s major area of study, selected from the specialties listed under the Master of Science requirements.
A minimum of five courses (minimum 15 semester hours) in at least three specialties other than the chosen specialization.
The Doctor of Philosophy in Geospatial Information Sciences is an advanced degree offered jointly by the School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, the School of Social Sciences and the Eric Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science. Geospatial information is a unifying theme across a wide range of disciplines and the unique organization of this program permits a diverse range of expertise to the prospective student. The Ph. D. in GIS is intended to go beyond the M.S. in GIS degree in terms of analysis, the creation of new technology and the novel application of geospatial information technology. This program will prepare students for leadership positions in academy, industry or government.


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The Widetrack Chronicles 71: Return to the Studio
As previously stated, we'd planned on spending the summer of 2020 playing as many shows as we possibly could… Unfortunately, the unforeseen reality of the pandemic threw those plans to the wayside, so we started rehearsing and writing new songs…
The upside to this development was that, Zach's been in a stunningly rapid period of development, and coming up with guitar/bass/song ideas that far exceed the level he was at when we were writing our most recent album, The Unwakening…
But even though 2020 has brought a few disappointments to him, it's looking like his 16th year is going to be pivotal in terms of his development as a musician/songwriter...
Which brings us to the two new songs we've just finished…
This was the first song we started working on when the pandemic hit… Zach brought in all the guitar ideas, and I added drums, vocals and lyrics…
It was quickly apparent that I was going to have to put in some serious time practicing my drums in order to do this one justice…
More than ever, I realized that Zach's and my sense of rhythm slightly differ, and it made putting this one together very exciting, as it's only now dawning on me how much I enjoy being surprised with music he presents to me in Widetrack, being that I was the sole composer for the first three albums…
In this way, The Unwakening was very much a game-changer for the band, stylistically and musicianship-wise, but it's already aging for us, due to the aforementioned rapid development of Zach's skills…
And so, Connivance further delves into our love for balancing elements of "unconventional-but-(hopefully)-catchy", "heavy-as-possible-without-veering-into-full-on-metal" and "progressive-without-the-overly-technical-wankery" music…
It also became immediately apparent that Zach was going to take the reins on this one, in terms of deciding in which direction the song would ultimately go… And I was more than happy to let him have that freedom and responsibility, as many of my initial ideas were politely rejected in favor of much better ones…
To explain this more clearly, I always encourage him to not hold back when I throw ideas out to him, with the condition that he's cool with me presenting a lot of ideas…
I was actually pleasantly surprised to hear him say, "No, that's not what the song needs…" so many times, as it made me dig deeper and deeper for better ideas as I came to realize that he had a clear vision of where the song needed to go, even when the ideas were not all yet conceived…
And this became ever more apparent once the song was recorded, and I said to him, "This vocal's not working, is it?" And his reply was, "Unfortunately, no…"
Fortunately, the pressure brought out an even better vocal/lyrical idea, and this is what I just love about healthy creative collaboration: The instinct for knowing something can be better gets easier and easier to tap into… And the music always benefits from setting the bar higher and higher…
But mostly, this has become about following Zach's lead and adding what I can to his ideas…
Seeksorrow
This song started with just the title, a term I came across when I was reading about Stoicism… Seneca wrote of these types as "people who are melancholy and bewail everything, who find pleasure in every opportunity for complaint... Such a companion who is always upset and bemoans everything is a foe to tranquility."
The person in Seeksorrow can't take yes for an answer... "Going all-in" is their only way out of their unhappiness, and they know that will never be attained, so instead of counting their blessings, they bemoan the fact that they don't get 100% of the things they want…
Anyway, we both very much liked the title/idea, and one day when Zach was strumming away on the guitar, I heard him play something that I thought would be a perfect way to start the song… I asked him to play it again so I could get a quick phone recording of it… That initial idea was just a couple chords with a swing kind of rhythm… He took that recording and wrote the rest of the song, and then brought that to me…
To say that my mind was blown upon hearing what he'd written would be the understatement of the year… I just couldn't believe what I was hearing… My first response was something along the lines of, "How am I supposed to write a drum part to this??" LOL
Indeed, it was quite a challenge for me… but I loved it… As a drummer, my goal is to make odd time signatures flow and feel natural… I very much like the way bands like Soundgarden, Radiohead and TOOL employ odd time signatures, often making them feel like standard time signatures…
When progressive bands get too far into the technical side of this, focusing more on displaying musicianship than conveying a deep feel, it more often than not loses my interest, personally speaking…
Anyway, it was definitely a challenge to achieve this on Seeksorrow… It took me a lot of practice to find something that felt natural and blended well with the intricate rhythmic patterns Zach had come up with…
Vocally, it was a similar story… Many rewrites came into being on this one… Every time I finished something, I found myself going back to the beginning to see if I could better it… For two weeks straight, I must have written and recorded 20 versions of the vocal/lyrics… It kept revealing deeper emotional layers and continued evolving until the final version was reached…
It was a wonderfully challenging process…
As previously stated, we decided that we wanted to use the benefits of an outside studio/engineer on these songs… Writing and recording The Unwakening put a lot of responsibility on Zach's shoulders, and he wanted to see if we could achieve raising the bar on our recorded sound with a bit less of a strain on him, being that he'd co-written, recorded, mixed and played guitar and bass on the album... A lot to take on for a 15 year old putting together his first batch of original songs, to be sure…
As I've always been immensely pleased with the work that Andy Patalan did on the first three Widetrack albums, we opted to go with him again on these two songs…
So we booked time with him at his world-famous, award-winning studio, The Loft, located in lovely rural Saline, Michigan… I was excited for Zach to record with Andy at The Loft for the first time, and the experience was not disappointing…
Being that it had been roughly five years since we'd last worked with Mr. Patalan, it was wonderful to hear how his skills as a recording engineer had continued evolving… We got some fantastic sounds this time around…
We began by recording the drums, along with a scratch guitar track of Zach playing along with me, for a good feel and vibe…
I've recorded drums in The Loft many times in the past, and am always blown away at how good the sounds come out, but this time… wow… Andy really dialed things in nicely… Just LOVE my drum sound on this one...
Next up was Zach laying down his bass parts… I was so proud of how quickly and efficiently he got his parts recorded… Andy was pleasantly surprised at his professionalism and skill as well, I think…
Lastly, Zach laid down the final guitar tracks to be used… These also went rather quickly, which just goes to show how preparation can mean so much when the studio clock is ticking…
What a wonderful experience putting these two songs together has been… As of now, I've just finished my vocals, (recorded at my home studio), and we're at the final stage where Zach takes all the tracks and mixes them to the final versions of the songs…
Then we present them to you…
Can't wait for you to hear them...
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Kandhamal: The 21st century is an age of vast development in medical sciences in which doctors and scientists have evolved medicines and equipment to cure most of the diseases and ailments which were once considered incurable. But a family in Kandhamal still resorted to traditional healing methods for a stomach ache and that has proved costly for them.
A bizarre incident has come to the fore from Brahmanigaon area in Kandhamal district here as a brass pot got stuck to the stomach of 17-year-old Debananda Baliarsingh on Friday. Reportedly, the young boy from Gajapati was staying in his relative's place in Kandhamal and was working to help out with his family's financial problems. Over the last few days, he had been suffering from terrible stomach ache and instead of medical help his family members had resorted to traditional home remedy using a brass pot.
The method proved costly as the brass pot got stuck to his stomach in a weird angle after which no one was unable to separate the vessel from his body. He was rushed to primary health centre where the doctors referred him to MKCG Hospital in Berhampur.
Till last reports came in, Debananda had been operated on and was stable.


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There is not too much to do outdoors during the winter time. I'm starting to miss the day-trips when the sun was still shinnng. Here is one of them - Bremen. For me, Bremen is a very friendly international city full of tourists. As a foreiner there, I didn't feel uncomfortable at all. Holding the free map from the information centre, we didn't find the 'Town Musicians of Bremen' very easily. It's smaller than we expected. Thanks to the crowd around it, we finally saw it. Have a look at the donkey, and it is quite polished by hands.
This is the town hall, one of the finest in Europe and has been included on the building work started in 1410. Roland is in front of the town hall on the main square. It is of the Knight Roland who was a protector of trade. It appears in many European cities especially those involved in the Hanseatic league. Bremen's is considered as one of the finest and is included with Town Hall on the World Heritage List.
Schnoor is strongly recommended which is an area of twisting lanes. It is a lovely place to wander aimlessly looking at in the many tiny shops.
What caught the little girl's eyes? It was certainly her that caught my eyes.


A technological powerhouse in a tailored suit, the first dedicated CL-Class launched 20 years ago.
With new models seemingly pouring in to its lineup with each passing year, it'd be all too easy to forget that Mercedes-Benz has, from time to time, discontinued certain model lines – or at least rolled them into others. Like the CL, on whose history the Silver Star marque is now looking back.
Mercedes first rolled out the CL moniker in 1996 on a refreshed version of the S-Class coupe, but the first model to be introduced under the CL-Class name launched 20 years ago at the 1999 Geneva Motor Show. And it represented the very height of personal luxury.
Designed to compete with the upscale likes of the Bentley Continental GT, Aston Martin DB9/DBS, and even the Ferrari 612 Scaglietti, the C215-generation CL was an "athlete in a tailor-made suit," with a taut, pillarless roofline. But it was also something of a technological wonder. In addition to standard features like stability control, skid control, brake assist, park assist, and self-cleaning bi-xenon headlights, the CL also introduced an active suspension for the first time.
Everything inside was covered in the finest leather, and Mercedes even offered a thin stone veneer trim option (which Bentley would mimmic years later).
Mercedes offered the C215 with a range of engine options: the base CL500 (with a 302-horsepower V8), the CL600 (with a 362-hp V12, later turbocharged to 493 hp), and three AMG versions – the CL55 (with a 355-hp V8, later supercharged to match the CL600's 493), the CL63 (with a 439-hp V12), and the 603-hp CL65 that replaced it.
A facelifted version launched in 2002, and by the time it was replaced in 2006, Mercedes had sold 47,984 of them. The subsequent C216-generation model was the last CL before the line (not unlike the CLK was into the E-Class) was re-integrated into the S-Class.


PLEASANTON, CA – May 29, 2018 – Associa Northern California's senior vice president –operations, Kelly Zibell, PCAM®, PMP, presented at the San Mateo County Association of Realtors®.
The San Mateo County Association of REALTORS® is a trade association organized to ensure professionalism, protect property rights and promote the ownership of real property. They seek to serve and be responsive to their members by continuously developing, implementing and promoting programs and services to help the individual REALTOR® be successful.


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package org.anderes.edu.jpa.cookbook;

import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.List;

import javax.persistence.EntityManager;
import javax.persistence.EntityManagerFactory;
import javax.persistence.Persistence;
import javax.persistence.PersistenceUnitUtil;
import javax.persistence.TypedQuery;
import javax.persistence.criteria.CriteriaBuilder;
import javax.persistence.criteria.CriteriaQuery;
import javax.persistence.criteria.Root;

import org.apache.commons.lang3.Validate;
import org.eclipse.persistence.config.CacheUsage;
import org.eclipse.persistence.config.QueryHints;

/**
 * In diesem Beispiel eines Repository wird der Entity-Manager für jeden
 * Zugriff neue Instanziert und wieder geschlossen. Damit wird der
 * Persistence-Context wieder abgebaut und alle Entitäten erhalten den
 * Zustand "detached".
 *

 * Beachte:
 *

 * Die JPA Spec (Version 2.0) sagt in Kapitel 3.2.7, "Detached Entities",
 * sinngemäss, dass eine Applikation nach dem Ende des
 * Persistence Contexts nur noch auf den "verfügbaren Zustand" einer Entität
 * zugreifen darf. Der verfügbare Zustand ist dabei die Summe aller Attribute,
 * die nicht (implizit oder explizit) als "Lazy" markiert sind, zusammen mit
 * der Summe aller Attribute, auf die bereits von der Applikation zugegriffen
 * wurde. Dazu zählen auch alle Beziehungen, die entweder mit FetchType.EAGER
 * markiert sind oder bereits geladen wurden, sei es über eine Query (als
 * direktes Ergebnis oder über ein JOIN FETCH) oder über EntityManager.find.
 * Zwar schreibt die Spezifikation nicht vor, dass auf andere Attribute nicht
 * zugegriffen werden darf; aber Applikationen, die das tun, sind nicht mehr
 * "portable", d. h. der Persistence-Provider kann nicht mehr ohne Weiteres
 * ausgetauscht werden.

 * Und tatsächlich erlaubt auch nur EclipseLink den Zugriff auf nicht geladene
 * Attribute nach dem Ende des Persistence Contexts, und das auch nur, wenn
 * die Entität zwischendurch nicht serialisiert, also z. B. an eine
 * Remote EJB übergeben wurde.
 *
 * @author René Anderes
 *
 */
public class RecipeRepositoryAlternative {

	private final EntityManagerFactory entityManagerFactory = Persistence.createEntityManagerFactory("eclipseLinkPU");

	private RecipeRepositoryAlternative() {
        super();
	}

	public static RecipeRepositoryAlternative build() {
		return new RecipeRepositoryAlternative();
	}

	public Recipe findOne(final Long databaseidentity) {
		Validate.notNull(databaseidentity, "Der Parameter darf nicht null sein.");

		final EntityManager entityManager = entityManagerFactory.createEntityManager();
		final Recipe recipe =  entityManager.find(Recipe.class, databaseidentity);
		entityManager.close();
		return recipe;
	}

	/**
	 * Gibt alle Rezepte zurück die im Titel den übergeben Wert enthalten.
	 *

	 * Bei eingeschaltetem Shared Cache wird die Query gespeichert.
	 *
	 * @param title Titel oder Teil eines Titels
	 * @return Rezept
	 */
	public Collection<Recipe> getRecipesByTitle(final String title) {
		Validate.notBlank(Validate.notNull(title));

	    final EntityManager entityManager = entityManagerFactory.createEntityManager();
		final TypedQuery<Recipe> query = entityManager.createNamedQuery(Recipe.RECIPE_QUERY_BYTITLE, Recipe.class);
		query.setParameter("title", "%" + title + "%");

		/* ----- query cache */
		query.setHint(QueryHints.CACHE_USAGE, CacheUsage.CheckCacheThenDatabase);
		/* siehe http://www.eclipse.org/eclipselink/documentation/2.6/jpa/extensions/queryhints.htm */
		/* ----- / query cache */

        final List<Recipe> recipes =  query.getResultList();
        entityManager.close();

        return recipes;
	}

	/**
	 * Gibt alle Rezepte zurück die eine Zutat besitzen mit der Beschreibung
	 * die als Parameter dieser Methode mitgegeben werden kann.
	 *
	 * @param ingredientDescription
	 * @return Liste von rezepten
	 */
    public Collection<Recipe> getRecipesByIngredient(String ingredientDescription) {
        Validate.notBlank(Validate.notNull(ingredientDescription));

        final EntityManager entityManager = entityManagerFactory.createEntityManager();
        final TypedQuery<Recipe> query = entityManager.createNamedQuery(Recipe.RECIPE_QUERY_BYINGREDIENT, Recipe.class);
        query.setParameter("description", "%" + ingredientDescription + "%");

        final List<Recipe> recipes =  query.getResultList();
        entityManager.close();
        return recipes;
    }

    /**
     * Beispiel für 'JPQL Constructor Expressions' : NEW
     *
     */
    public Collection<RecipeShort> getRecipesShortByIngredient(String ingredientDescription) {
        Validate.notBlank(Validate.notNull(ingredientDescription));

        final String queryStr = "Select NEW org.anderes.edu.jpa.cookbook.RecipeShort(r.id, r.title, r.preamble) "
                        + "from Recipe r join r.ingredients i where i.description like :description";
        final EntityManager entityManager = entityManagerFactory.createEntityManager();
        final TypedQuery<RecipeShort> query = entityManager.createQuery(queryStr, RecipeShort.class);
        query.setParameter("description", "%" + ingredientDescription + "%");

        final List<RecipeShort> recipes =  query.getResultList();
        entityManager.close();
        return recipes;
    }

	/**
	 * Nur für Testzwecke
	 * @return Persistence-Util
	 */
	/*package*/ PersistenceUnitUtil getPersistenceUnitUtil() {
	    final EntityManager entityManager = entityManagerFactory.createEntityManager();
		return entityManager.getEntityManagerFactory().getPersistenceUnitUtil();
	}

	public Recipe save(final Recipe entity) {
		Validate.notNull(entity, "Der Parameter darf nicht null sein.");

		final EntityManager entityManager = entityManagerFactory.createEntityManager();
		entityManager.getTransaction().begin();
		Recipe savedRecipe = null;
		if (entity.getId() == null || entity.getId() == 0) {
		    entityManager.persist(entity);
		    savedRecipe = entity;
		} else {
		    savedRecipe = entityManager.merge(entity);
		}
		entityManager.getTransaction().commit();
		entityManager.close();
		return savedRecipe;
	}

	public void remove(final Recipe entity) {
		Validate.notNull(entity, "Der Parameter darf nicht null sein.");

		final EntityManager entityManager = entityManagerFactory.createEntityManager();

		entityManager.getTransaction().begin();
		final Recipe toDelete = entityManager.merge(entity);
		entityManager.remove(toDelete);
		entityManager.getTransaction().commit();
		entityManager.close();
	}

	/**
	 * Zugriff und Mapping einer View mittels JPA
	 *

	 * Anstelle einer JPQL Abfrage "SELECT t FROM TagCounterView t" wird hier
	 * eine Criteria Query eingesetzt. Dies hat jedoch nichts mit dem Mapping
	 * einer View zu tun, sondern soll als Abwechslung da sein.
	 */
    public List<TagCounterView> getTags() {
        final EntityManager entityManager = entityManagerFactory.createEntityManager();
        final CriteriaBuilder cb = entityManager.getCriteriaBuilder();
        final CriteriaQuery<TagCounterView> criteria = cb.createQuery(TagCounterView.class);
        final Root<TagCounterView> entity = criteria.from(TagCounterView.class);
        criteria.select(entity);
        final List<TagCounterView> recipes =  entityManager.createQuery(criteria).getResultList();
        entityManager.close();
        return recipes;
    }
}


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Q: JavaScript - How does AJAX data request appear in the url? when sending AJAX request from client side to server side (if I'm not wrong) we often send data like this :
var postData={name: John, psd: 123 , description : "student"};
var xhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhttp.open("POST","http://localhost:8080/user", false);
xhttp.setRequestHeader("Content-type", "application/json-application");
xhttp.send(postData);

I'm not sure how does the sent data postData appear in the url to the server. I'll be glad if someone can help me or guide me to some materials or articles.

A: I guess your confusion is related to a misconception about POST requests. POST requests can post data to servers. This data (thankfully) does not have to be in the url as query string. Indeed, that's how web gets secured by HTTPS. So data could be sent to a server in a POST request in two separate ways: query string and post data. I hope that helps.

A: It will be sent as a POST request, which is sent through a HTTP header rather than through the URL.
If you were using a GET request, it would appear in the URL like so:
http://localhost:8080/user?name=John&psd=123&description=student

A: When making a post request the data sent to the server will appear in the body/payload of the http request after the headers which is separated by a line break.
Only get requests appear in the url.
If you want to read more about post requests check out Mozilla
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Methods/POST
For http protocol:
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Overview

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Home > Technology
Google welcome in China if it obeys laws, state media says
Tue, Aug 07, 2018 - 4:07 PM
Google, the world's biggest search engine, is welcome to return to China as long as it complies with the nation's laws and right to control the internet within its borders, the People's Daily said.
[BEIJING] Google, the world's biggest search engine, is welcome to return to China as long as it complies with the nation's laws and right to control the internet within its borders, the People's Daily said.
The opinion piece in the state-run newspaper said the Alphabet Inc unit's 2010 withdrawal from China, when it complained about hacking and censorship, was a mistake that caused it to miss out on opportunities. It also made Google a politicized brand, a "tragedy" for the company, the newspaper said. The column, however, was later removed from both the People's Daily website as well as its Facebook and Twitter feeds without explanation.
Google is looking at ways to re-enter China, home to the biggest pool of internet users, through a search app that complies with Chinese censorship as well as partnerships with local companies, people familiar with the matter have said. After withdrawing, most of its services were blocked in the country. News of a potential return have been met with resistance from employees and criticism from human rights advocates and lawmakers.
"The decision to exit the Chinese market was a huge blunder, which made the company miss golden chances in the mainland's internet development," the flagship newspaper of the Communist Party said. "Google is welcome to return to the mainland, but it's a prerequisite that it must comply with the requirements of the law."
The commentary reflects China's long-held line that all foreign companies wishing to offer services in the country must abide by local standards. Chinese tech giants are constantly censored with posts deemed harmful to social order quickly erased from public view. These have run the gamut from news of protests to the cartoon character Winnie the Pooh after it was compared to China's President Xi Jinping. Facebook and Twitter remain blocked as well.
Over two-thirds of Asia-Pac firms lack understanding of blockchain solutions: EY poll
Brazil's vice-president says no restrictions on Huawei
Govt rolls out IT tools to boost security of sensitive data
Xiaomi revamps chip strategy with investment in semiconductor designer


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In this annual report to writers, you will find the Guild's financial statements, recent accomplishments, and other relevant industry and employment data for this past fiscal year.
In the fiscal year ending March 31, 2006, the Guild, for the first time since fiscal year 2000, saw a deficit. This shortfall of $202,611 is modest in relationship to our overall financial health. To put this in context, the Guild received $24.3 million in revenues and investment income combined, while spending a total of $24.5 million. Thus, the deficit amounted to less than 1 percent of our total receipts for the fiscal year.
For fiscal year 2006 Guild revenues of $22.4 million were 5.2 percent higher than fiscal year 2005's total of $21.3 million. This increase was the result of higher member earnings and a resultant gain in dues, which increased significantly to $18.7 million from $17.6 million the previous year.
Investment income, not included in Guild revenues above, totaled about $1.9 million last year. This was up from $0.9 million for fiscal year 2005. This increase was primarily due to favorable returns and market gains on our very conservative investments, which benefited from the increases in short term interest rates.
While the revenues side was strong, Guild expenditures, at the same time, grew to $24.5 million, up 13.9 percent over last year's $21.5 million. Three factors were the most significant contributors to this increase. First was the one-time expense associated with settling Executive Director John McLean's contract with the Guild and in hiring Korn/Ferry International to conduct a search for a new executive director. Second were the costs of negotiating with the WGA East on constitutional changes to our affiliation agreement. Finally, and, we believe, most importantly, were the costs involved in the increased staff and budget of our Organizing Department. That vital department, which employed a staff of seven last year, now numbers 17. The subsequent increase in payroll and other expenses was necessary for us to move forward with our plans to bring all writers of film, TV, and the expanding universe of new technologies into the ranks of the membership of the Writers Guilds, East and west.
Capital expenditures totaled $0.6 million in fiscal year 2006. Significant investment is continuing in information technology and software upgrades to streamline the Guild's collection of data. A major web site overhaul was completed during the year. Members, thanks to this upgrade, can now review their residuals history, declare their earnings, pay dues by credit card, and make reservations for Guild-sponsored events. Members can also search a database of individuals for whom the Guild holds undeliverable funds and learn the procedures to claim those funds.
For a second year, we distributed almost $8 million in foreign levies to our member writers (East and west), heirs and beneficiaries of deceased members, and non-member writers of animation and nonfiction. Undeliverable funds reached $7.2 million by the end of the fiscal year. This money is in two main categories residuals and clip payments due to writers who cannot be located; and foreign levies monies held for more than seven years. The Guild continues to commit resources to identify and locate the recipients of these funds. Money is never truly undeliverable. The Guild is prepared to distribute fully any of these funds should the writers or their heirs who are entitled to them come forward.
Net assets belonging to the Guild decreased slightly to $30.6 million. The Guild owns its headquarters and has an unused $4 million line of credit. The Guild's investments stand at $18.3 million, including $11.4 million in our Strike Fund and Good and Welfare Fund combined. This should serve as a valuable reserve as we prepare for our upcoming MBA negotiations. The expiration of our current contract is 16 months away.
Your Membership and Finance Committee is made up of five members and is mandated by the WGAw constitution. Among its duties, the committee oversees the annual audit process performed by the independent accounting firm of Miller, Kaplan, Arase & Co. The Guild staff and Interim Executive Director David Young operate under sound and prudent accounting policies, which they implement on behalf of the membership.
We, the undersigned members of the Membership and Finance Committee, present this Annual Report to keep you informed about the Guild's financial situation. We invite you to join in your Guild's effort to protect writers and to improve the working conditions and benefits that our members have won for us over the years.
The Membership and Finance Committee John Bowman, Elias Davis (chair), Tony DeSena, Adam Rodman, Steven Schwartz


Pacing myself has been a good thing.
Ser paciente y perseverante. Hay días que son difíciles, pero soy joven y me queda mucho camino por recorrer para poder alcanzar mis metas.
Having a great support network in my family but also being an advocate for myself and making sure others understand what Lupus is.
Support of my Husband who has been unwavering in his support.
Finding the right medication (Azathroprine, in combination with low dose steroids and Xentiva).
cinryze best thing that happened to me.
Young Living Essential Oils really help ease my pain.
Accept the "new" YOU. The things you were able to do but not any more will be "replaced "with the new way of doing it. Accept that.
methotrexate injections weekly (lowered pain).
El apoyo de mi familia, especialmente mi esposo e hijo y mis padres.
Minha família foi essencial, sem eles não estaria ainda aqui.
Traditional Chinese Treatment to treat kidney disease.
Trying to keep a good attitude. It's okay to have a blah day but don't make it permanent.


Welcome to all interested participants in New Plymouth's 70th Annual Festival of the Arts. Once again the Festival will be held at the TSB Showplace Theatre Royal for Ballet, Modern and Tap dance, and the Alexandra Room at TSB Showplace for Speech and Drama, Piano and Instrumental commencing Friday 5th July through to Thursday 11th July.
This year the Vocal section will be held at the Holy Trinity Church, Henui Street, Fitzroy on Saturday 29th June for the Classical section, and at the 4th Wall Theatre, Baring Terrace, Strandon on Sunday 30 June for the Contemporary Vocal competition.
Our competition also presents the opportunity to be nominated to represent the New Plymouth Performing Arts Competitions Society at this year's PACANZ (Performing Arts Competitions Association of New Zealand) National Young Performer Awards held in Palmerston North on 18th to 20th October 2019.
Entries are now open and will close on 1 May 2019, or earlier if capacity is reached.


Caller ID said California # 213-247-1314, this number was on my caller ID from them calling several days in a row. When I answered a male with very hard to understand middle eastern accent tried to tell me my computer was illegally downloading something from his website. Caller stated that he worked for windows and instructed me to go turn my computer on and he would walk me through the steps to fix the problem. After I questioned him several times about the validity of this call and confronted him with contradictions with his story another man came on the line. Second man spoke better English, he tried to be very bossy and forceful, telling me he was from windows technical support and demanding that I turn on my computer so he could walk me through steps to fix this problem. After told him I wasn't turning anything on unless he could prove to me he was legit, he said "you are full of s***", then hung up.
who call me from 046282380?
They called me at 7:30pm on a Sunday to do a survey about education. Told them to NEVER call me again.
He's a scam artist. Identity thief.
Calls and hangs up. Calling back goes directly to voicemail,.
Did not leave a message. Looked up number online and it is from Bloomington, Indiana. I called the number back and it "is no longer in service". Ridiculous!
A WOMAN CLAIMING TO BE AN AGENT,CALLED FROM THIS NBR STATING THAT I OWED 992.00 FROM PAYDAY LOAN YES. NEVER RECALLED A LOAN FROM THEM. LOOKED THEM UP AN CANT FIND ANY FORM OF COMOPANY NAMED THAT. BE CAREFUL.SHE ALSO STATED THERE WOULD BE A WARRANT FOR FRAUD.
got this call on 10-25-2014 @7:27pm I did not answer this call,don't know this number!
It is a non-profit that called me at 1:08 in the morning to tell me that Obama is ruining the country. I had been asleep less than an hour and had to be up in less than four and I am furious they could call at such a time.


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Q: java.util.NoSuchElementExeption regarding the Scanner class? The basis of this program is to have a menu that leads to various different "lessons" that need to be completed. The toMenu() method runs and returns a value back to the main method correctly, and the beginning text of the method3_13() that states "Please enter a positive integer below: ", but after that an error message is displayed. This is the error message:
Exception in thread "main" java.util.NoSuchElementException
    at java.base/java.util.Scanner.throwFor(Scanner.java:937)
    at java.base/java.util.Scanner.next(Scanner.java:1594)
    at java.base/java.util.Scanner.nextInt(Scanner.java:2258)
    at java.base/java.util.Scanner.nextInt(Scanner.java:2212)
    at Chapter3ShortAnswers.method3_13(Chapter3ShortAnswers.java:67)
    at Chapter3ShortAnswers.main(Chapter3ShortAnswers.java:15)

Below is the code that I have written so far... Please help ;~;
import java.util.Scanner;
public class Chapter3ShortAnswers {
    public static void main(String []args) {

        int lesson = toMenu(); //takes user to menu and returns user-inputted value

        switch (lesson) { // switch statement that leads the user to each method's lesson
            case 0: System.out.println("Thank you for running this program! Have a great day!");
            case 1: method3_13();
            case 2:
            case 3:
            case 4:
            case 5:
            case 6:
            case 7:
            case 8:
        }

    }

/**
 * FINSH THIS AT THE END
 * pre: none
 * post: returns number to lesson
 * while: accept user input number
 */
public static int toMenu() {
    Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
    int chapterNum;

    System.out.println("Table of Contents ... Please type the number adjacent to the Lesson you would like to visit \n(Press 0 to go back to the menu, press 0 again to end the program): \n");
    System.out.format("%-10s %8s", "Lesson", "Input Number\n"); // each lesson has a respective number the user
// this is the number the user inputs
    System.out.format("%-10s %8s", "3.13", "1\n");
    System.out.format("%-10s %8s", "3.14", "2\n");
    System.out.format("%-10s %8s", "3.15", "3\n");
    System.out.format("%-10s %8s", "3.16", "4\n");
    System.out.format("%-10s %8s", "3.18", "5\n");
    System.out.format("%-10s %8s", "3.19", "6\n");
    System.out.format("%-10s %8s", "3.20", "7\n");
    System.out.format("%-10s %8s", "3.21", "8\n");

    System.out.println("\nType your number here: ");
    chapterNum = input.nextInt();

    input.close();

    return chapterNum; // returns the user inputed number back to the main menu, which assigns it to variable "lesson"

}

/**
 *
 */
public static void method3_13() {
    int chapterNum = 0;
    int user;

    Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);

    System.out.println("Please enter a positive integer below: ");
    user = input.nextInt();

    if(user % 1 == 0 && user >= 0) {
        System.out.println("Thank you for entering a number! To go back to the menu and choose another lesson, press 0. ");
    } else {
        while (user % 1 != 0 || user < 0) {
            if(user % 1 != 0) {
                System.out.println("This is not an integer. Please try again with an integer.");
            } else if (user < 0) {
                System.out.println("This is not a positive ineger. Please try again with a positive integer");
            } else if (user % 1 != 0 && user < 0) {
                System.out.println("This is not an integer, nor is it positive. Please try again with a positive integer.");
            }
        }

        if (user % 1 == 0) {
            System.out.println("Thank you for entering a number! To go back to the menu and choose another lesson, press 0.");
            chapterNum = input.nextInt();

            if(chapterNum == 0) {
                toMenu();
            }
        }
    }

    input.close();
}
}

A: @Mert is sort of right, Scanner will close the underlying stream if it is Closable, and since you are using System.in when you instantiate another Scanner you are effectively passing a closed stream and thus the NotSuchElementException. Note the Scanner documentation for nextInt():

@throws NoSuchElementException if input is exhausted.

And for close():

If this scanner has not yet been closed then if its underlying readable also implements the Closeable interface then the readable's close method will be invoked.

So just close your Scanner at the end of your application.

A: The problem is you are closing the Scanner with input.close() in method toMenu, and you are trying to use scanner again right after. You can't do that.
Try this:
public static int toMenu() {
        Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
        int chapterNum;

        System.out.println("Table of Contents ... Please type the number adjacent to the Lesson you would like to visit \n(Press 0 to go back to the menu, press 0 again to end the program): \n");
        System.out.format("%-10s %8s", "Lesson", "Input Number\n"); // each lesson has a respective number the user
// this is the number the user inputs
        System.out.format("%-10s %8s", "3.13", "1\n");
        System.out.format("%-10s %8s", "3.14", "2\n");
        System.out.format("%-10s %8s", "3.15", "3\n");
        System.out.format("%-10s %8s", "3.16", "4\n");
        System.out.format("%-10s %8s", "3.18", "5\n");
        System.out.format("%-10s %8s", "3.19", "6\n");
        System.out.format("%-10s %8s", "3.20", "7\n");
        System.out.format("%-10s %8s", "3.21", "8\n");

        System.out.println("\nType your number here: ");
        chapterNum = input.nextInt();

        return chapterNum; // returns the user inputed number back to the main menu, which assigns it to variable "lesson"

    }

Make sure that you always close the Scanner after you are done using it.