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don_dunstan The Ghost of George Stephenson
Location: Adelaide proud
Do you agree with me that George Pell is the new Lindy Chaberlain?
Just Four Corners and I'm still extremely disappointed with the standard of evidence. Frankly I think the evidence was too weak.
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bevans Site Admin
They have never found Peter Falconio and someone is in jail.
On the evidence (which has been discussed in the media) it must have been very thin but perhaps the jury decided not only on the facts but the situation where he was charged and in court and this may be the only time when he would be able to be sent to jail. On that basis they found him guilty.
Recall how he was in charge at Ballarat during the royal commission review and would have moved priests around and covered up wrong doing rather than addressing the issues.
Some might call that natural justice.
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DJPeters Deputy Commissioner
Even Lindy Chamberlain might not be innocent either. Anything can be done to pervert the course of justice if you try. In Pells case he has moved on priests etc for unknown reasons and that alone sounds like he knew what was going on and he did nothing but help them. So in this case Karma got him and hopefully it sticks to him as well.
I know as much as anyone else does, but it is about time these pedos where removed from the church and placed in jail. Not just Roman Catholic churches but all churches and religions.
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This has nothing whatsoever to do with whether he was guilty of that single 1996 charge or not.
Again, ditto.
Don't get me wrong, Pell is a completely unsympathetic character. He's defended the church against allegations of pedophilia but I'm concerned that this combined with other things (like Tim Minchin's song - which was pretty hard to ignore at the time) may have possibly denied him a fair trial.
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bevans
Okay, again, devil's advocate here. This has nothing whatsoever to do with his guilty in the 1996 case.
I'm extremely disappointed with Four Corners, I think they presented a lot of stuff they knew very well was circumstantial.
The fact that Pell walked an (obviously guilty) paedophile into court in the early 1990's has nothing whatsoever to do with whether or not he was guilty in that one particular instance.
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I caught the last half of tonight's Four Corners.
It sounds to me as though Pell was lucky not to be tried on the swimming pool charges.
The guy who spoke about Pell's behaviour there seemed very convincing and had very clear recollections.
There seem to be too many instances of consistent behaviour for Pell to be able to explain them all.
I for one don't think Pell is being victimised in this case.
It isn't, as right wing commentators are implying, a left wing conspiracy against the church as a whole.
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Hafenbahn Locomotive Fireman
Not so much Lindy Chamberlain, more so the Dingo.
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Aaron The Ghost of George Stephenson
Location: University of Adelaide SA
I hope Pell isn't the new Lindy Chamberlain, I hate seeing the rightfully convicted wrongfully released. Keogh springs to mind too - that one still smeg me.
I have a friend (yes, I have one) who is a police officer here in SA, tied up with major crime investigation. We were having a discussion about investigations into abuse within organisations and he was telling me that the Catholic Church is absolutely the most recalcitrant organisation to deal with.
Publicly they're all about 'full cooperation with the investigation' but when the investigation lands what actually happens is the church turns over 'all relevant documentation' except on investigation all the documentation is literally found to be irrelevant.
Further requests for what is relevant is usually met with 'oh, we didn't think you'd need that' or 'we don't have those records'...
Pell provided no evidence in his defence (now he doesn't need to), but no one provided evidence to contradict the defendant, if the defendant was deemed to be reliable, and he must have been, Richter isn't generally regarded as being an incompetent defender, guilty is sort of going to be the default ruling.
When you have a reliable, truthful, walking, talking victim and effectively nothing from the other side the victim is of course going to be believed.
We've heard the last of Pell.
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Valvegear Oliver Bullied, CME
Location: Norda Fittazroy
This thread is nothing but mischief.
The only evidence that is relevant is what the jury heard, and none of us was there listening to it.
What you think may have happened is completely irrelevant.
Nobody is in any position to say that the verdict is wrong, or influenced by any outside factors.
There is no possible way that anybody here can debate the matter fairly.
Chamberlain was convicted, in large measure, due to appallingly inaccurate scientific evidence about bloodstains in the Torana, which were finally found to be sound-deadening adhesive. There is no comparison.
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Big J Deputy Commissioner
Location: In Paradise
I like that you refer to Chamberlain, as that was a gross injustice, or should I say police force at the time that was not up to the standard that was expected. How about comparing this to thousands of other cases when a person has been found guilty and convicted, the court gets it right. You would normally accept that as a whole, the court gets it right with other matters.
Are you saying our justice system is broken?
The system as a whole, has a system of review through the appellant courts. If there is an error of law in this specific case then the decision will be changed.
By the way, people are prosecuted and found guilty with overwhelming circumstantial evidence (despite what is portrayed in the movies and TV), hence people are found guilty of murder without bodies and forensics, harder to do, but it can be done.
My question to you Don, is if the appeal courts upheld the original decision will you accept that Pell is guilty?
I think if that scenario plays out, you won't accept that and therefore I think your question in this thread is pointless, as you will not accept any counterview as your mind is closed on this topic. Your bias is telling.
Personally I am neutral with Pell, however as far as I am concern that he is guilty as he has been found in a court. He has a right of appeal and if he is successful on the appeal, I will then say a great injustice has occurred and he should be given every bit of acknowledgement of that and that would include restoration of his role in the church. However until then, he is guilty of a heinous crime and deserves everything.
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RustyRick Chief Commissioner
Location: South West Vic
Pell had the best solicitor the church could buy. If the evidence was that flimsy but he still couldn't convince the jury of Pell's innocence, then he should retire from the bench. Each party also has the right to exclude any juror they deem unsuitable without giving a reason, so the final jury should have been impartial.
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don_dunstan
You didn't hear all of the the evidence, including cross examinations; it's as simple as that. Therefore, you are in no position to criticise it.
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kitchgp Chief Commissioner
Why has this thread been created? There's already a George Pell thread, currently immediately below.
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Valvegear
What, you mean there's no way that the sole witness will come forward years after Pell dies in prison and say "I made it up on account of my dead friend who was the real victim"?
The sole witness has said repeatedly that he only came forward at this late stage to assuage his guilty feelings about the other witness having overdosed.
Do you think it's impossible that there was some motivation for the witness having made it up?
With regards to the rest of your post, Pell conducted the strategy to defend the church and work their way through the paedophile stuff in the nineties. I can't help but feel that there are people out there who wanted to get Pell just for that reason.
Thanks for your considered response Big J. My concern is that with the number of historical sex charges coming out that if you are accused of something that you're supposed to have done 20 or 30 years ago how on earth do you defend yourself against that?
This applies to anyone - but particularly if you are man and particularly if you work with children (as I have in the past), what if someone comes forward years later and says "he did this to me". What possible defence to you have against that?
It's going to get to a point where any man will not be allowed to be unsupervised with children other than his own, full-stop. Society won't allow it any more.
It's already impossible to get men into the teaching profession, these sort of legal precedents will make men in those kind of children-intensive professions guilty before they even set foot in a school. Know what I mean?
Don; leave it. You don't have any grounds for criticism in this case. You didn't hear it; you don't what was said, questioned, cross examined or anything else.
I agree with you about the perils of false accusations against men, but the subject does not belong in any discussion about Pell. By all means discuss it; but not in this thread.
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If there's a similarity, it's the fact that much of the hysterical mob went after Lindy because she was a Seventh Day Adventist, and after Pell because he headed up the Roman Catholic Church in Australia.
Now both are quite different cases for many reasons. Different crimes, context, location, media blackout, evidence (or lack thereof) etc etc so you can't really say that Pell is the new Lindy Chamberlain.
At the end of the day Pell will ultimately have to answer to the ultimate Judge. Whether his appeal succeeds or not.
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"don_dunstan"
I don't know how anyone could seriously write this. It is pure speculation. Everything you have written about this case so far is fantasy. You may as well say that the witness could have been unduly influenced by the Tooth Fairy at a young age.
The case has been tried according to law. The verdict has been reached. The defence had the best criminal barrister going around. He is the hardest cross examiner at the bar.
Don, for God's sake get used to the idea that you have no evidence at all about this case. Neither do I and millions of others.
You cannot dismiss a conviction on "What if?"
It gets murky, Don, Richter has quit:
Top barrister, Robert Richter QC, has quit Cardinal George Pell's legal team ahead of his sentence and appeal, saying he is too emotional and angry about the guilty verdict handed down by the jury.
More here: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-03-05/robert-richter-quits-george-pells-legal-team/10873112
I find Richter's explanation extraordinary for such an experienced, high profile barrister. Surely he has had guilty verdicts against clients previously.
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Location: Lurking
The difference of course is that Lindy claimed that the Dingo did it.
Pell hasn't pinned the sin on anyone else.
EDIT - They need to amend the Ten Commandments too, as there is nothing there forbidding fornication with under age kids. Perhaps that's why the Vatican hasn't acted.
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I'm glad to see that mikesyd is not taking this thread seriously.
I am not sure Richter is saying what is.
I suspect Pell might have dismissed him and his services.
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lsrailfan Chief Commissioner
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He hasn't quit, it has just been confirmed on 2GB, apparently Richter has put out a statement denying he has quit.
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Looking at a set of Boxster s 17"alloys on ebay, question is will they fit straight on to my 944 s2?
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If it is the same as thie one in the pic, you'll probably need spacers on the front. I had some on a 944S2, but had to put 6mm spacers on. The clearnces were fine, but it was something to do with the centre bore profile and the shape of the 944 hub IIRC which meant the wheel had to be pulled out slightly.


I've got a logfile available if needed.
@micha-r I ran into some hiccups connecting to and passing the hotel's captive portal at a Home2 Suites last week. When I couldn't get it to work the first time from my iPhone, I connected to the teleport from my laptop and the hotel's captive portal finally popped up and let me enter my info to authenticate.
I was able to get it working from my phone only on a different day (since Hilton makes you annoyingly re-authenticate every 24hrs)...but I think when I got stuck where you are at, I had to unplug the teleport, let it reboot and try again.
You have to actually enter your info into the hotel's captive portal and get the success page before you'll be able to get past the "internet" green bubble on the teleport setup.
Yes, please send the file to gunars.ritins@ubnt.com.
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I was wondering about this as a LOT of the Marriott properties have a captive portal you need to enter your room / name into before you get access.
@Jeremy-Smith, @Joshua-Newton, @Micha-R: please update to the latest firmware via the app, and let me know if it works now.
I'll be in a Marriott property next week and will test out. The new firmware for the teleport unit or mesh router?
In any event, I'll be staying at a hilton hotel starting Dec. 11, so I'll be testing it then!
@Joshua-Newton, @Jeremy-Smith: Please, use in-app updates when Teleport is fully connected to the router (green color text in the app). Yes, local network updates would be great. Will check development estimates again.
@ubnt-gunars JUST updated the Teleport firmware manually. However I'll make sure to no update from the App.
Yes for honors I have to reset the Amplifi and connect through my laptop. It seemed when my lease was up it still thought it could do everything but the last step. It would just offer the "change connection" but even doing that didn't work.
Could be the way Hilton blocks internet access until you renew your 24 hour session.
I can't get past this screen without unplugging my device for an extended period of time. Then once I plug it back in, I get the captive portal again. I left it unplugged last night for a few hours while I slept.


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Q: Strange behavior boost::async_write with Serial_Port I`m trying to implement sync write with timeout. i use deadline timer and async_write
Code:
size_t SerialBus::timeout_write(std::vector<byte>& buf)
{
    isWriteTimeOut_=false;
    bytes_writen_=0;

    // After a timeout & cancel it seems we need
    // to do a reset for subsequent reads to work.
    port_.get_io_service().reset();

    // Asynchronously read 1 character.
    boost::asio::async_write(port_, boost::asio::buffer(buf),
        boost::bind(&PLT::SerialBus::write_complete,
        this,
        boost::asio::placeholders::error,
        boost::asio::placeholders::bytes_transferred));

    // Setup a deadline time to implement our timeout.
    timerWrite_.expires_from_now(boost::posix_time::milliseconds(timeout_));
    timerWrite_.async_wait(boost::bind(&PLT::SerialBus::timeOutWriteHandler,
        this, boost::asio::placeholders::error));

    port_.get_io_service().run();

    return bytes_writen_;
}

void SerialBus::timeOutWriteHandler(const boost::system::error_code& error)
{
    // Was the timeout was cancelled?
    if (error) {
        // yes
        isWriteTimeOut_=false;
        return;
    }
    // no, we have timed out, so kill
    // the read operation
    // The read callback will be called
    // with an error
    isWriteTimeOut_=true;
    port_.cancel();
}

void SerialBus::write_complete(const boost::system::error_code& error,
    size_t bytes_transferred)
{
    bytes_writen_=bytes_transferred;
    errorCode_=error;
    timerWrite_.cancel();
}

i have the same read functions
When i use timeout_write with long enough buffer and timer expires. when this happend async_write handler write_complete get 995 error, bytes_transfered is 0, buf become empty(in fact it is member of the same class and it life time long enough) but data is transfered. when i call timeout_read i get the right answers from my device (FTDI). when buffer length less and write complete called before timer everything is Ok (bufer had exatcly what i put in it). . when i used synced version of write it block COM until i restart it with usb cable replug.
In that case i don`t know how to determine what was really send to device or correct cancel transmition. Or i need to use native functions instead boost?
I use boost 1.58 Win7 x64 and ftdi 2.12.00 and vs2010

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Can I use this image in my portfolio.
The white balance is wrong, the image has a blue hue you need to modify. And there's no interesting lighting, it's neither backlit nor frontlit, it's just in the shade unfortunately. So no I wouldn't use it as a portfolio image.
Yes as nick b says my first impression was wrong white balance. I dont think the lighting is a problem, although lighting from behind u (if low in the sky) or side would have been better. The snow has helped to give definition of the mountain. Its a cool composition and i like the fog bottom and right. Is it a portfolio shoot -not sure.
Is the white balance correct now ?
Yes and you can see it's basically a black and white image. But you'd still need a light of some sort, it's too flat.
Ok I understand. Lighting would have made this worth it.
I have to say I really like it with the colour cast - it gives it a suitable cold feeling. iI find the adjusted version less evocative and a bit sterile.
The light could be better, but it's not boring either. What I love is the snaking gap in the clouds curving down through the image - to me it looks a bit like a question mark and has a nice air of mystery.
At the end of the day, do you think you should use it in your portfolio? Is it among your best - are you proud of it? If you are, then absolutely.
Some photos look different depending on the scale in which you are viewing them. I find the larger scale in which this photo is viewed, the better it looks. More detail becomes apparent. I don't find the slightly blue cast objectionable but I wonder how this might look fully converted to B+W, perhaps even more dramatic? For your portfolio? only you can answer that on a personal basis. Ask yourself if this photo says who I am as a photographer. Also consider the scale it will be viewed in when you present it. Print? Web site? Viewed on a laptop or tablet or desktop monitor?
Thank you so much. As of now the scale mainly confined to online and maybe small prints. Since it was not clicked with extremely sharp high end lens, I am afraid how detail will will be available on large prints. So as of now, I will keep it only for online and change it latter with better photos. thank you so much for for your expert advice. it really means a lot.
Hahhahaha. Thank you. I'll remember that.
I would adjust the white balance a bit (I don't hate the blue cast, I would just pull it back) and try some exposure blending to push out the light a little. There are a lot of elements that work well for this image. But, the light does need some direction. You have some nice lines to follow so, I would load it into photoshop with a copy that has its exposure bumped up a bit to blend in select areas to give the eye some more details to follow. There is a nice S curve to follow right to the peak. But the light behind it needs some definition to flush out the focal point of the image.
I tried to see what I could do to bring it out a bit. I did a basic exposure blend on the ridge and textures, changed white balance and selectively warmed up the brighter areas.
I would have waited a bit longer to see if the clouds would have open up more thus revealing the mountain/peak surrounded by the clouds. The balance it there, but the clouds are hindering the true composition of the image. In other words.. try again.. Ideally, what should have happen is that fog remain at the bottom of the image and the sky open up above.. this would have been a more desirable shot.


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For some, the daily commute into The City from neighboring areas of New Jersey causes more headaches than anything else. For others, though, it has become as much a part of their everyday lives as eating, sleeping and even breathing.
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Q: How do I integrate collective.documentviewer with my custom Dexterity type? I'm trying to use newly released support for custom Dexterity types in collective.documentviewer but struggling to make it work properly.
I have confirmed support exists for ATFile, but not my type:

As far as I can tell, I've satisfied the four requirements for support:

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*Implement IDexterityContent (which my Dexterity Container type should do by default)

*Define a primary field, which I do here: https://github.com/collective/collective.pece/blob/master/collective/pece/content/document_artifact.py

*Add the documentviewer view to my type: https://github.com/collective/collective.pece/blob/master/collective/pece/profiles/default/types/document_artifact.xml#L21

*Upload a supported type: PDF is selected by default.

Unfortunately I get: "The file is not a supported document type. Your type may be supported. Check out the document viewer configuration settings."
Am I missing something obvious or is it code digging time? Thank you


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HomeUncategorized'Make or break' as Christchurch midwives march for better funding
'Make or break' as Christchurch midwives march for better funding
Midwives and their supporters marched in Christchurch as the industry fights for better pay.
Lucia Alonso has worked as a midwife in several countries, but says New Zealand's poor pay, gruelling hours and staggering workload forced her out of the job.
Alonso, formerly a rural midwife, said the demands of the job were relentless as a mother could go into labour at any time. It was always a gamble how long she would be away from her family for and taking leave was nearly impossible. Her experience was common in the industry, which was rife with overworked staff stretched beyond capacity, she said.
Midwives marched and protested around the country on Thursday, including a 200-strong group who descended on Parliament in Wellington to ask Government to accept a proposed funding model for midwives.
Andrea Sarty, deputy chair of New Zealand College of Midwives Wellington, said when the current pay model was established, it assumed women had uncomplicated births. The New Zealand College of Midwives estimates the average hourly income is just $7.23 for rural midwives and $12.80 for urban midwives.
Socio-economic pressures, obesity and a greater number of scans have increased midwives' workloads, but their pay remained "frozen".
The New Zealand College of Midwives estimates the average hourly income for rural midwives is $7.23, and $12.80 for urban midwives.
There was no funding for travel costs nor administrative work. If a pregnant woman left the area due to a complicated birth – for instance travelling to a hospital – the midwife then lost the nearly $1000 "birthing fee", which covers much of their earlier work.
Alonso said if a woman in her care gave birth while she was away, it could cost her up to $2000 to pay someone else to cover her. The situation was dire and, if nothing changed, rural midwives would continue to quit, leaving mothers hours away from their nearest hospital, she said.
Friends working in small southern towns were at their wits end and many were considering leaving, she said. The Wanaka Midwives practice is down to one fulltime practitioner and the closest primary birthing unit is an hour away in Alexandra.
Morgan Weathington finished in Wanaka in late March and earlier said although she loved her job, she was exhausted after working 100-hour weeks for $5 an hour under the existing funding model.
"It's make or break time and I don't want [the midwifery care system] to break," Alonso said.
Alonso joined 300 other pram-pushing mothers, midwives and healthcare workers in a march through Christchurch's Hagley Park at midday on Thursday. They held signs reading 'Midwives do it all night' and 'Labour, it's time to deliver' as they marched past Christchurch Women's Hospital.
Student midwife Kirsty Wilkinson, who led the Christchurch march, said there "wasn't much a midwife didn't do", but they were not compensated fairly for their commitment.
"It's not good enough. These woman have the lives of mothers and babies in their hands and they deserve a better deal.
"They're overworked, underpaid. They're leaving the country in droves and we're losing this valuable profession … our model of care is the envy of the world in terms of the midwifery care. It's not the model that's the problem, it's the funding."
New Zealand College of Midwives chief executive Karen Guilliland said the co-written funding model with the Ministry of a Health gained little traction with the last government.
"It's not only pay equity we need – it's actually pay."
The new model was part of ongoing pay negotiations and would still be based on instalment payments throughout the course of a pregnancy, she said.
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Q: mini cart not showing items I have installed magento 2.0.7 and override minicart.phtml file in my custom theme. After adding product in cart ,click on the Minicart icon in the header, the content area of the minicart displays

"You have no items in your shopping cart".

But the product is added to the cart. Can anyone suggest a solution?

A: There is magento default bug in magento-2.0.7
You can get more information about it from here :
https://github.com/magento/magento2/issues/4170
This issue resolved in latest magento version, you can resolve it by upgrade you magento version.

A: can you check is your cache disable?
Because it seems that the issue comes when caching off
In my case. If I enable cache, the mini cart works as it should. Cool.
For Magento upgrade follow below URL:
https://wp.me/p4FAWA-6X


First off, this is one of the most beautiful covers that I've seen and it reflects the contents of this book perfectly. Secondly, I loved this story! Loosely based on The Princess and the Pea and Rumpelstiltskin, this charming tale captivated me from the first page.
Eileen and her love for the forest and its ever changing pathways was so intriguing, especially when she met a mysterious stranger. Can you imagine the paths changing each time you entered? Forests are so peaceful, yet there's always a looming hint of magic and menace, especially in the dark shadows. The draw to Aiden, who turns out to be the unfamiliar man, was hard for Eileen to resist and when she finds herself at a castle, competing as a "princess" to be the Dark Prince's bride, the tale takes an interesting twist in a deliberate case of mistaken identity.
I loved the competition and the way it allowed for Eileen to grow and let go of her past grievances. The way her friendship/relationship develops with Aiden is so sweet, tender, and bewildering, and their bond is undeniable. Sometimes those invisible threads of connection is all it takes for me to swoon and cheer a couple on.
This first offering by this author is stellar and I can't wait to read more of this fairy tale series.


One hundred and one persons are being detained following their arrest under the prevention of terrorism act and the emergency law, reports say.
By 12 July 12, cases have been filed in the high court against 84 of them.
For the remaining 17, the attorney general's advice is awaited.
During the recent visit to the island by UN envoy Ben Emmerson, the media was told that 84 persons were being detained.
Among the detainees are those who had aided in the killing of foreign minister Lakshman Kadirgamar.


During this publication, Mark Rowlands demanding situations the Cartesian view of the brain as a self-contained monadic entity, and provides as an alternative a thorough externalist or environmentalist version of cognitive techniques. Drawing on either evolutionary concept and an in depth exam of the strategies desirous about conception, reminiscence, concept and language use, Rowlands argues that cognition is, partially, a procedure wherein creatures control and take advantage of appropriate items of their atmosphere.
This booklet examines studying occurring at the interface among schooling and dealing existence at 3 degrees: the person studying methods; the organisational studying methods in academic associations and paintings organizations; and the schooling method. Theoretical recommendations uniting those assorted fields of studying are connectivity and transformation.
Workforce Creativity explores the original kind of creativity that emerges from participating teams. Dr. Sawyer attracts on his experiences of jazz ensembles and improvisational theater teams to increase a version of inventive crew techniques. He applies this version of staff creativity to a variety of taking part teams, together with staff studying in study rooms and leading edge groups in corporations.
Desktops and suggestion showcases the paintings of the scientists who not just outlined the sector of man-made Intelligence, yet who're accountable for having constructed it into what it's this present day. initially released in 1963, this assortment comprises twenty vintage papers through such pioneers as A. M. Turing and Marvin Minsky who have been in the back of the pivotal advances in artificially simulating human suggestion approaches with desktops.
Pdf. com/graph/int_bro_acc_percap-internet-broadband-access-per-capita 23 Chapter 3 Make Icons Make Sense: Solving Symbols for Global Audiences Patrick Hofmann designpH 101-26 Kirketon Road Darlinghurst NSW 2010 Australia ABSTRACT Why are icons so often misinterpreted? Is there something in their minimalism that makes their interpretation vary so widely? Is there something in us – our upbringing, our language, our culture, our education, our gender, our age, our religion – that makes us interpret them so differently from our fellow human?
The ―confusion criterion‖ had two components: 1) when the first choice was not the correct choice: symbols (c), (f), (g), (h), (m), (n), (p), (q), and (t); or 2) when the first choice was the correct choice, but it's less than 50%--symbols (a) and (e). For symbols (b), (d), (i), (j), (k), (r), and (s), the results are much better for this matching case than for the prior interpretive case. For example, symbol (b) had a first choice correct rate of 68% for matching, while only a 25% correct rate for the interpretive case (Table 2).
Table 1: Chinese user study results No. Symbol Intended meaning # of correct # of approximate # of incorrect Part 2: matching results # of correct 0 1 14 6 Part 1: interpretation results Category 1: Ready state 1. Ready state Category 2: Fingerprinting on the platen 2 Scan index finger 0 10 5 14 3 Scan fingers 0 7 8 15 Category 3: Start capture 4 Start Capture 5 5 5 3 5 Start fingerprint scan 4 11 0 7 6 Start iris scan 8 6 1 11 49 Table 1 (Continued): Chinese user study results No. Symbol Intended meaning Part 1: interpretation results Part 2: matching results # of correct # of approximate # of incorrect # of correct Category 4: Wait/Hold 7 Wait/hold 0 3 12 4 8 Wait/hold 3 0 12 8 Category 5: Press more/less 9 Press more 9 3 3 9 10 Press more 6 3 6 12 11 Press less 4 5 6 1 12 Press less 2 0 13 5 13 Press less 8 3 4 13 0 12 14 Category 6: Acceptable/unacceptable capture 14 Acceptable 3 50 15 Unacceptable 6 0 9 15 Table 1 (Continued): Chinese user study results No.
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Beginning Monday, October 30, regular hours for City Hall will be from 9am to 5pm Monday through Friday, except on days following a City Council, Planning & Zoning, or Board of Adjustment meeting, where the offices will open at 10am.
With the unanimous support of the City Council, the Mayor announced the new schedule during last night's city council meeting, that adjourned around 11pm.
As part of the discussion, Mayor Steinhagen explained that the full-time staff members, which consists of a City Administrator & City Secretary, typically stays at city hall after the 5pm regular close of business in preparation for meetings and remains on-site to lock up the building. Most meetings last until 8 or 9pm, but over the past six month's since Steinhagen has been Mayor, the City Council meetings have been ending around midnight and beyond.
Steinhagen stated that City Administrator Dave Butler is now required to leave no later than 9pm so that he can open City Hall at 10am the next day, while City Secretary, Lisa Polomba will not begin her day following any meeting until 1pm.
This change reflects the commitment of the City Council to ensure that the city serve the public with excellence while keeping personnel costs to a minimum, when possible.


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He didn't put it like that, of course. Karl Denninger clears up the obfuscation. It's the entitlements!
Entitlements consume, for all intents and purposes, every dollar of tax receipts in the here and now. Not tomorrow, not as growth in medical spending occurs, not in the future.
Right here, right now, today.
Note that we haven't spent one nickel on defense yet. Nor have we paid the interest on the debt, which is quite mandatory. Nor have we funded one of our so-called "discretionary" programs, including Homeland Security, Energy, Education, HUD, Department of State, Veterans Affairs, Justice or anything else.
What President Obama told you is that The Federal Government has no plan to deal with this, not now and not in the future. It cannot even meet its own entitlement spending from the taxes it collects, leaving the entirety of the rest of the government, including national defense, to be put on the credit card.
You were told, today, that our government is insolvent.
Not "might become" insolvent if we don't change our ways.
The United States is insolvent, right here, right now, today, and The President announced it for all who cared to listen worldwide on national television.
President Obama says "we can't afford" that $700 billion. But that number is over 10 years, as are all numbers proffered by the CBO and other agencies when talking about the budget and debt. Those numbers are thrown around because they make you think they're big now, which is especially important when a politician wants to lie to you about what they can and will do about deficits tomorrow.
In point of fact it's $70 billion a year, or about $5.8 billion a month.
The Federal Government accumulates, at today's run rates, approximately $4.1 billion in deficits per day.
That is, this big fat "$700 billion" amounts to roughly 5% of the deficit, and that is what we would "collect" if taxes go up and people do not shift behavior as a consequence (but they probably will.)
Got it yet?
The "Bush Tax Cuts" are absolutely irrelevant to this discussion. The problem is not found in taxes and cannot be solved via tax policy. President Bush, via signing Medicare Part D, dramatically exacerbated this problem, but he was hardly the one who started it. For that you need to look back to FDR and Eisenhower, along with all the others since including The Right's "standard bearer" Ronald Reagan.
It is mathematically impossible to solve this problem without dramatically cutting back on entitlement spending - by something approximating one third to one half.
That isn't going to happen (voluntarily) either.


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We're here to help capture and create the sweet moments of your life.
Learn about Sammie and her love of photography, among other things.
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The Best Defense Tips: The Default Carry Method
When there is literally zero time to respond, the best carry system is the outside the waist band belt holster. This is the fastest way to get to the gun in an emergency.
School Shooting - Student Response
Every school shooting is different, but they all have one thing in common. They happen incredibly fast! Learn what to teach your kids to survive, should they ever find themselves in this position.
School Shooting - Teacher Response
If you're a teacher, it's likely that you have a passion for changing young lives. But you also have an opportunity to save them. No one wants to think about pure evil, but evil doesn't care. The choice is yours.
Pre-Incident Indicators
What is situational awareness? Learn what you're supposed to be aware of in order to keep yourself safe and how to act if necessary.
Kidnapping - You've Been Grabbed!
The moment you're taken, a clock starts ticking. The faster you understand your situation and bring your own skills into play, determines whether you're going to be a survivor or just another statistic.
Kidnapping, 'The Facts'
Driven by the cartels, terrorist organizations and sadly, an upswing in human trafficking, kidnapping has become democratized. Even you can be taken.
The Best Defense: Home Invasion - Police Response
We've all heard the phrase that perception is reality. That is never more true than in a chaotic situation. The more chaotic the situation, the smaller that world gets.
Self Defense Training
Mindset, training, skills and tools to keep yourself safe.
Snub-Nose Revolver Defense
If you have the unfortunate need to defend your life with a gun, what happens when you run out of shots and the threat keeps coming?
On The Best Defense: Airport Attack
People often think of an airport as a secure spot that's safe. But staying safe starts long before you walk through the doors; and it begins with mindset.
On The Best Defense: Youth Violence - Initiation
In today's changing world, random crime and especially random crime associated with youth and gangs, has moved out of an urban city stronghold and into your neighborhood.
The Best Defense: "Mass Casualties" Special
With the headlines full of terrorist attacks, active shooters and escalating mayhem, THE BEST DEFENSE show our viewers how they could survive in Hell.


The manager of The Poacher Ale House in Portishead has said a lack of hygiene documentation was the reason why they received a hygiene rating of one.
The rating means major improvement is necessary.
Jessica Riddock told Somerset Live that she had only just taken over the reins at the pub, when food hygiene inspectors came to visit on September 21.
She said: "We had only just opened the kitchen and because we didn't have a hygiene folder, they gave us a one rating.
"We have now purchased the folder and are now up-to-date and are waiting for them to come back to do another inspection."
"We are a holding company and have been here three and a half months now.
"We hadn't realised that we needed to buy the folder, so we purchased it the day after the inspection, after this had been highlighted."
What is The Poacher Ale House?
It's one of the oldest pubs in the North Somerset coastal town of Portishead. There is an extensive bar area with 'cosy nooks' and an undercover beer garden out the back.
There's a good selection of cask ales and plenty of homemade pub food.
There's a different food offer every day at The Poacher, from Curry Day to Steak & Grill Day, in which offers are available for various dishes. The week ends with a Sunday carvery.
Prices are reasonable and there's a small plate offer, in which some of the main menu choices are available in smaller portions for £4.95.
What did the Food Standards Agency say about The Poacher Ale House?
It was deemed that the management of food safety was where 'major improvement' was necessary. Hygienic food handling and cleanliness and condition of facilities were deemed generally satisfactory.
The Poacher Ale House has a 3.5 rating on TripAdvisor, with 58 per cent of reviewers rating it as 'very good' or 'excellent'.
Customer comments include: "Fantastic night's stay, friendly landlady and staff. One of the best roast dinners I've tasted."
Another complimented the new management, writing: "They have transformed The Poacher into a fantastic smokehouse venue. The food was outstanding, well cooked and presented professionally."


Delica® 4 Flat Ground Carbon - Spyderco, Inc.	Page 1172 – Spyderco, Inc.
Specially manufactured for the Fradon Lock Company, this limited-edition Exclusive version of the Spyderco Delica® 4 features a three-layer laminate blade comprised of a HAP40 core and SUS410 outer layers. HAP40 is a high-speed tool steel produced by the powder metallurgy process—an advanced manufacturing method that reduces alloy migration to yield an extremely fine and uniform carbide structure. Generous amounts of tungsten, molybdenum, vanadium, and cobalt in HAP40's alloy mix give it exceptional toughness and high abrasion resistance—key qualities of a superior blade steel. The blade's high-performance HAP40 core is supported by layers of SUS410 martensitic stainless steel, which increase its structural strength and reduce its vulnerability to corrosion. The boundary between these layers is clearly visible just above the cutting edge and is highlighted by the blade's full-flat grind.
The other remarkable feature of this Delica 4 Exclusive is its handle, which is constructed with full skeletonized stainless steel liners and carbon fiber scales. The smooth finish of the scales reveals the stunning pattern of the solid carbon fiber and is complemented by the expertly blended finish of the handle's perimeter. All other features of this knife are consistent with the best-selling standard version of the Delica 4, including a sturdy back lock mechanism and a polished four-position pocket clip.


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Sci-Fi 2001 2 hr iTunes
Director Tim Burton ("Batman") reinvents one of the most acclaimed and beloved works of science fiction, Pierre Boulle's classic novel "Planet of the Apes." Burton's "Planet of the Apes" begins with the famed original's premise -- a pilot finds himself in a world turned upside down after landing on a strange planet.
Starring Mark Wahlberg, Tim Roth, Helena Bonham Carter
Director Tim Burton
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Remake has intense peril, lots of violence and death.
© 2000 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation.
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Boone is starting to put it together
SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- His shoulders have sagged noticeably in recent games, the product of frustration over time.
DAVE SOLOMON
In what was supposed to be Josh Boone's breakout season, he entered Monday night's late game at the Carrier Dome in desperate need of a single breakout performance.
In the four games leading up to Syracuse, when the schedule hardened and the NBA scouts started to multiply like locusts, Boone produced just seven points and 4.5 rebounds in 25 minutes a game.
Problem is, he wasn't doing all that famously before that, against the Quinnipiacs, Stony Brooks, Morehead States and New Hampshires, averaging just 8.25 points and five rebounds.
So much was expected of Boone this year that the Big East coaches made him a unanimous selection to the preseason all-league team, and draft analysts had him solidly in the top half of the first round.
"Last time I looked, he was a 207 draft choice," UConn coach Jim Calhoun said with tongue-in-cheek. "But you know how that can change with one game. Hilton (Armstrong) started to rise (early in the season) as a second rounder, and then over the past two and a half weeks, he's gone up to, in some (mock drafts), No. 22."
Calhoun said there are times he'll try to motivate players with news of their draft stock, particularly when that news is potentially lucrative. But it's got to the point with Boone that Calhoun said the expectations were wearing him down.
An even better example of fortunes rising and falling in meteoric fashion is Charlie Villanueva, who during a three-game Big East stretch in mid-January last year, averaged 5 points and under four rebounds. Money was dripping out of his pocket like water through a colander, and prevailing wisdom said he'd be better served to come back for his junior season.
Well, Villanueva went No. 8 overall to the Toronto Raptors and is now averaging 12.3 points and 5.2 rebounds in a solid rookie season.
Boone came into Big Monday with a conspicuously aggressive countenance, and if nothing else, it was a launching point to stop the recent bleeding. He had 10 power points in the first half, including a reverse dunk that was thrown down with exclamation. He also had seven rebounds. If you remember back to 2003-04, when Boone and Villanueva were freshmen, Boone was the one who seemed far more aggressive, and arguably with a greater upside.
UConn assistant coach George Blaney, who works extensively with the big men, said cycles of hot and cold play are natural during the course of a season, but said before the game, "he seems to be doing an awful lot of tipping rather than grabbing the ball and power scoring. We keep telling him that he's broad jumping, rather than high jumping. So he becomes a 6-foot-2 player rather than a 6-10 player.
"It makes him not strong enough. It makes him out here (holding his arm out horizontally), rather than up here (holding his arm vertically.) It's almost a two-foot difference where he's putting the ball. But he's still playing the defense, he's still smart, he moves the ball, he does all the things you want a team player to do. He just needs to score more and needs to get more rebounds."
Boone said more than anything, he just wants to relax, stop worrying about outside pressure or distraction, and just concentrate on the next game. He didn't have a particularly good track record in two games at the Carrier Dome, (3.5 points, and four rebounds in 21.5 minutes), but like most players who are experiencing a slump, he was confident things would turn with the next game or the next possession.
"If I knew what (the problem) was, I'd have it fixed by now," said Boone after the win against Georgetown Saturday. "But as long as we're winning, whatever's going on with me is secondary. It's just a matter of getting through this. I've struggled before ... I went through some of this last year, though maybe not for this long. It's just a matter of having that one good game."
If not for the superb play of Armstrong inside, Boone's slump might be far more problematic. But now Boone can slot more comfortably at the power forward position, where he was so impressive as a freshman next to Emeka Okafor.
That year, Boone's aggressive play allowed him to feast on putbacks and inside garbage, which played off Okafor's strengths.
That was the high-jumping, vertical play to which Blaney wants Boone to return. And if the first half was any indication, Boone might be ready to turn his season around.
Dave Solomon, the Register sports columnist, can be reached at dsolomon@nhregister.com


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Australian Mitch Creek thriving in New York for Long Island Nets
Mitch Creek was in a Manhattan cafe recently talking on the phone to a friend back in Australia about the difficulty in finding a good cup of coffee in the US.
"I hung up the phone and the guy next to me laughed and said, 'The coffee is terrible isn't?'" Creek told AAP of his New York moment.
With just over a third of the season completed, the Perth Wildcats sit atop the NBL throne. Will they stay there? We take a deep dive into the first trimester of the season.
"This guy said he has travelled the world and the best coffee he has had was in Australia.
"I said, 'Where in Australia?' and he said 'Melbourne'."
Creek, born and raised in Horsham in country Victoria, agreed with the American stranger and a conversation began.
The 26-year-old Creek, an eight-year veteran of the NBL's Adelaide 36ers, is loving living in New York and pursuing a contract in the world's elite basketball league – the NBA.
His cafe moment exemplified what it was like for a young Aussie getting his first taste of the metropolis that is New York.
When Creek told his new cafe mate how he was a member of the Brooklyn Nets' feeder club, the Long Island Nets, he was shocked to hear what the guy did for a living.
"He told me he managed $US35 billion in assets at a financial company," Creek said.
"I was like, 'Cool'.
"In New York you understand very quickly how little you are in this world.
"I describe New York as Melbourne on steroids."
Creek's enthusiasm to do the hard work on a basketball court, be a great teammate off it and enjoy his surroundings even though he is in the second tier G League with Long Island instead of the multi-billion dollar NBA is a trait replicated in Australia's other band of NBA players.
Mitch Creek is enjoying his move from the Adelaide 36ers to the Brooklyn Nets' feeder club, the Long Island Nets. Daniel Kalisz/Getty Images
Patty Mills was renowned for waving a towel for his teammates from the San Antonio Spurs' bench before he eventually became a key member of the team.
Joe Ingles was beloved for his sense of humour and being a "glue guy" in the Utah Jazz locker room before he became one of the NBA's deadliest three-point shooters.
Matthew Dellavedova put himself in hospital attempting to help LeBron James win a championship.
Ben Simmons is mercilessly criticised for passing to his Philadelphia 76ers teammates instead of attempting a jump shot or three-pointer for himself.
Creek was cut by the Brooklyn Nets in the pre-season and instead of whining he gladly joined the Long Island Nets and has been outstanding, averaging 13 points, eight rebounds and three assists as a starter for a team that has lost just one game.
He says he has received text messages and pats on the back from NBA general managers and players complimenting him on his play.
The expectation is an NBA team will offer him a 10-day contract in January and he will use the opportunity to earn a long-term deal.
He is not under contract to Brooklyn so could play for any NBA team.
"Being an NBA player isn't just being about going out and scoring 30 points and signing a few autographs," Creek said.
"It's about trying to make the community as a whole and the team culture better and that's why the Australian guys have done well because they go in there and care about the staff, whether it is the security guy at the front or the cooks in the back."
He does not want to hear players complain the G League, with its commercial flights, bus trips, four games in five nights schedules and $US35,000 per season contracts, is a "grind".
"I literally say to people, 'This is a grind for you? If we were digging holes and shovelling crap on a farm somewhere and doing 14-hour days you could complain about the grind'."
The NBA is his goal, but if it does not happen the 196cm guard/forward is willing to return to the NBL or give the NBA and G League another shot next year.
He wants to enjoy life and play against the best.
Making money is not his passion.
"I don't want to play in Europe or Turkey and make $US1 million a year, play a 10-month season and get my ass kicked twice a day by a crazy Russian coach," he said.
"That to me isn't fun.
"I don't want to spend my time in a cave thinking, 'I wish I was home with my friends and family, but oh look how good my bank book looks'.
"I'd rather make half the money and play in Australia."
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Many businesses shudder at the thought of their food packaging coming unstuck. This could be caused by leaks and other packaging failures that seriously interfere with the packaged food products. It can also be extremely costly to have to recall food items from the market. Besides, having leak issues or other food product failures can seriously damage your reputation and trust among consumers.
There are many reasons why food-packaging failures occur. The following six are some of the most common.
People get distracted or simply forget to provide clear instructions on equipment use. As a result, a packaging staff may not be keen enough to ensure a food package is properly labelled and packed. Both machine and human errors are mostly to blame for food packaging failures. When such errors are not caught and rectified before shipping, all you can do is to brace for any eventuality, including recalling the product from the market.
Machine malfunctions frequently occur, especially if the packaging equipment is old. Wrong equipment settings also mean that food products are inappropriately packed. This may interfere with product freshness and could even make the food items unsafe for consumption. Make sure that every piece of packaging equipment is clean and frequently inspected, and ascertained to be in perfect working condition.
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As noted above, applying the wrong settings on your food packaging equipment can result in food leaks. Even the slightest setting error could mean that a package is not properly sealed. As a result, the food packaging may not be able to withstand the rigours of shipping, and could ultimately arrive in a state that is unsafe for consumption. Simply resetting the packing equipment can solve this problem.
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Canada treats food safety issues seriously. You are expected to follow stringent safeguards to assure the safety of food from the time it is packaged until it reaches the client. To ascertain this, you should perform thorough and honest inspections at every stage of the food packaging process. You need to use leak detection equipment to ascertain that food packaging is safe in transit, when at the store or warehouse, or on the shelves waiting to be picked by eager customers, and when en route to a customer's home or business.
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Doesn't look too bad IMHO.
The project failed to draw sufficient funds. It's dead.
Postage to Australia was 70 Euro for a 45 Euro game, I have given quite a few European made games a miss because of this in the past.
But it had a good designer and good artists, shame to see it get cancelled.
It did look pretty complicated and although I looked for some gameplay examples I couldn't find anything to tell me how the game played. The theme looked interesting though.
Intersting they just gave up though nearly 25% of the goal reached and I only heard about it a couple of days ago, you would have thought they would have let it run longer just for the free advertising and then relaunched if they had to.
Saving my money for whatever Cool Mini or Not brings out next.
Sucker for Zombicide and even bought Massive Darkness so I could play the miniatures in Zombicide.
Never actually get time to paint or play them though.
I LOVE Zombicide!!! It is about the only thing we play outside of Magic now.
Ray Thiel (1964-2007) - the man who showed me more wonderful games & gaming sessions than I ever dreamed possible... you ran out of hit points too young, my friend.
long time without any news, but now we have something to write about.
We just launched this press release via our regular channels and I want to share the news with you as well.
tl,dr: We will release in 2019.
Dietzenbach, October 16th 2018: Carnival of Monsters, the youngest of Richard Garfield's games, is scheduled to be published in fall 2019 as part of AMIGOs regular program.
Thus, the game publisher says goodbye to his 2017 launched Kickstarter campaign, through which the card illustrations should be funded by well-known artists of the trading card game Magic: The Gathering.
Due to this fact, AMIGO terminated the campaign prematurely in order to define a new approach. "Carnival of Monsters remains a project very close to our hearts. It deserves to get realized with extraordinary illustrations and we want to see it published even without Kickstarter support," says Alexander Jost, member of the AMIGO Management Board.
So, even if the project will not get realized identically to how it was originally planned, its illustrations are still going to be of the finest. The different "regions", for example, will get illustrated by different artists. To this end, AMIGO is already planning ahead with new illustrators. These new artists may not be connected to the Magic: The Gathering universe, but their reputation as excellent game illustrators stands internationally.
as promised, I would like to present our team of illustrators, now that we have the last slot filled.
I hope you like our choices.
We will keep you posted with further information in the future.
Maybe with KeyForge getting all the hype, anything with Richard Garfields's name is getting the green light.
Just picked up Splendor, Camel Up, Dice Forge and Dixit so my board game needs are fixed until at least 2025.


Alongside the new iPad Pro 11 and iPad Pro 12.9 Apple also introduced a second generation Pencil. In case it wasnt clear, the new tablets are not compatible with the old stylus and the new stylus isnt compatible with the old tablets.
A big part of that is charging the new Apple Pencil is charged wirelessly from the new iPad Pros while the old one plugged into the Lightning port (which, by the way, the new tablets do not have). The second-gen Pencil also attaches to the tablet with magnets, which triggers a pairing process.
There are other differences too. The new Pencil supports a double tap gesture that is used in apps. For example, it can switch between drawing and erasing. That solves one of the pain points of the original, but it also makes upgrading more expensive.
Not only do you need a new stylus, but the second-generation Apple Pencil is more expensive too. It costs $130/135 compared to $100/100 for the original.


Gibson Southern Theatre celebrated the end of a great season with their 2012 I.T.S. Banquet on April 29, 2012. With nearly 160 people in attendance, it was great to see support for our graduating seniors and new inductees.


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Refutation and meditation on the situation with a search party "don"
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Yes, sometimes there are situations like the one faced by the "Military review". 10 mar news was published material which was not true: "The scandal with the "Don" causes state agencies to terminate the contract. " the information came from a source that had credibility, but. It happens sometimes. On behalf of the editors of "Military review" i apologize to the entire vroo ippo "Don" (voronezh region) and personally the head of the group Mikhail segodina. Information published by us, is not true.
We sincerely regret the incident. After the official part, move on to the working points. I confess that the publication of news that "Don" found almost fraudulent organization, which is engaged in outright theft and booze instead of finding and burial of the red army soldiers passed me. The output was. But, after reviewing the record, i came in complete bewilderment. Was why: because in may of last year i attended two stages of the activities "Of the don", filmed stories, and wrote articles.
And suddenly. It was something to grab the head, things don't happen every day. Here is the original, where it all started: "Scandal vroo ippo "Don"". But then i picked up the phone, and soon was in the headquarters detachment. For published material telling about these unfortunate events, there is a direct sense to hear the opinion and arguments of the other party. It seems to me, and honestly, and correctly. Looking ahead, i will say that, except for information on the unilateral termination of the contract for work with vroo "Don", all written material on this strange website is a lie. So, we have started a conversation with Mikhail segedunum in his headquarters.
As an illustration, to begin with, so to speak, a few photos. These certificates and letters of appreciation signed by many respectable and important people. We can say that yes, in our life it happens that yesterday was quite the right person suddenly enters upon a slippery slope. But not this time. Alas, the detective who gave me segedin, gives us ground for thorough investigative journalism, because the situation is somewhat different.
But give the floor to Mikhail segodina, head of vroo ippo "Don". The first thing i was shocked, this is the information that 600 000 rubles, which was discussed, no one "Don" is not given. — i did not understand a bit, how is it that we are talking about money that no one gave you?— yeah, no one gave. We of this money is not received. Moreover, we invested 60 000 (10% of contract value. — ed. ) rubles as ensuring that we will work and not nakosyachil. — then you should explain fully the entire process of execution of the contract. — it's simple.
We contract with. We made a deposit of 10% of its value. We get the job. Do it.
Prepare full accounts, sign all acts, our work is checked and only then we transfer the money. We do not work directly with the state, or rather, it doesn't work in this field. Because we have a mediator, it is our museum. The museum itself, no work is, just takes the papers and puts his visa. At the moment, the situation was the following: we have performed the work, provided report.
Within 10 days, having considered the report, we should point to our shortcomings, and we should fix them. If we do not respond to the demands of the commission, do not want to fix, there should be two more decisions of the same committee. And i also need to get. But in our case, all three documents came to me in one envelope, together with a notice of termination of the contract. What does this mean? that i was not given any chance to prove their point of view.
Or to make excuses. — as i understand it, the results of your work should be someone to check? - yes! and this is a separate masterpiece in two series. The first series was when we received a notice from the company that was supposed to check on us. We calmly reacted to this, let them check till he found, by the use of the internet that our audit will deal with the construction company. We then made noise, and the firm quickly on the horizon and disappeared. The second series of the now show.
This is the conclusion of a certain organization "Shield and sword" from krasnodar, on the basis of which, in fact, has terminated a contract with us. That this organization we "Validate" we were not aware of. We no, it is not reported, we did not request any files and documents, nothing. We just one day got a text.
On the basis of what they reviewed, who gave them what documents, with whom they went to work, and out of it even from krasnodar — i don't know. If i understand correctly, you these krasnodar did not see?— no. Apparently, the entire inspection was conducted from the same place. Remotely.
I'll tell you more on the first worksheet the pometochka, now, that sent the "Shield and sword" is one to one copied the text of the claims of the museum. We in the proceedings in the fas smashed to pieces. (11 pages of text will be the starting point in the investigation, i gave them. — approx. Ed. )by the way, notice how they have in the text referred to as the global positioning system.
The fact that jps is a favorite brand of cigarettes of ms viceroy, director of our museum, is well known. The fact that she can write, too clear, sounds about the same. But when it comes from "Experts". And how have you been "Excommunicated"? it was some sort of meeting?— the meeting was supposed to be.
In our department of the federal antimonopoly service. But if the meeting was, that we were not allowed. We generally will not be allowed, just man came out, handed us a piece of the resolution and reported that we lost. Based on what.
Not clear. But true. — question: what is the process? as i understand it, the amount of 600 thousand rubles has not got to anybody? for what then?— yes, the money has not gone anywhere and will remain in the budget. Maybe someone else will give for such things, maybe something else. But our deposit 60tysyach still in the museum, and the museum has the full right to use it fully on your own. — question: well, you, as specified in the material at all bad companions.
No work was done, nobody found, and if found, it is not technical and what they say in the ministry of defence?— psycho. Regional military commissariat, which is the honorable duty of burial of the remains of soldiers found, after all the acts we signed, and waits for the conclusion after which to make a grave. — and where are all these documents?— in the museum, of course. Third, they have to sign. — true, but if you can't find anybody, and so you terminated the contract, or have found, but not there and not those where i watched the military? and there, and, most importantly, who was going to bury?— unlike the museum, representatives of the military are always present at the excavations. You yourself saw them perfectly.
And they were going to bury those men, which we indeed found. They have not gone away here. Come, show. Tiny back room, where they are forced while in the area found the men. Italian. Here and lie, i hope that those 37 soldiers, which we then found. Some are even identified.
And note, everyone there is a tag indicating the exact place where it was found. And everyone there is photo and video evidence. — last question. Well, terminated the contract, you now, as i understand it, will bring in "Black list" for a couple of years suspended from participation in grants, and similar programs. Who, then, will be looking for fighters, if the largest search organization will withdraw from the work?— as searched and will search.
This process will not stop, just be more complications. We are a public organization, and the only one which can receive funding, grants and similar contracts. But this does not mean that we cease to exist and stop looking for victims. Result. The situation is more than strange, and, since we were led to unverified information, and posted it on the website, we now consider it our duty to conduct a proper journalistic investigation together with colleagues from other media to understand what is happening and make a point. To be continued.
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Olympic Torch Relay Stopped at Six Nations
Relay re-routed off Six Nations' Territory
by Alex Hundert
Ohsweken, Grand River Territory--Yesterday, as reported in many mainstream media outlets, organisers from Six Nations of an action against the Olympic Torch Relay declared the day a success. Their goal of keeping the torch and the relay caravan out of the "heart" of their territory was set in order to prevent the Torch Relay from being used to paint a benevolent image of Canada's relations with First Nations, and to prevent a violation of their territorial sovereignty as well as of the Haudenosaunee (Six Nations) "Great Law of Peace".
While the entire territory spans beyond the full length of the Grand River, the declaration made by the Hoskanigetha and Agongweh (Men's and Women's Councils) as well as youth and other "concerned people" referred, rather, to boundaries of the Six Nations reserve. The Torch Relay caravan as has proceeded through most other scheduled stops did not even enter the reserve. Rather, a few vehicles drove the torch around the reservation and entered "through the back door" for a torch celebration on the edge of the reserve.
Spokespeople for the action made it clear that the intention of blocking the torch from crossing the territory was not about sports or about confronting their "own people" or preventing them from celebrating. Accordingly, there was no disruptive demonstration at the Torch Celebration site. Instead, a group of 30-40 people gathered at a point on Hwy. 54 which they had declared the torch would have to go around, even after the celebration had been moved. The Torch Celebration's original location had been scheduled for a location right in the centre of Ohswken, the town sitting at the centre of the reserve. That plan had been called off before noon and announced officially at a press conference shortly after 1pm.
At that press conference, local event organizers tried to claim that the re-routing had nothing to do with planned protests, and that they felt that the Olympics should not be made political. When pressed by reporters however, organizers admitted that the scheduled actions against the relay contributed to the decision.
Spokespeople for the action, like activists across the country, however, were quite clear in their statements that the international context of the Olympics inherently makes the torch relay political, especially with respect to Indigenous sovereignty and land rights (Canada is one of only three developed countries that have not signed the International Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples). Olympic organizers and sponsors were accused of using the Torch Relay and the Games as a propaganda campaign to change their image and Canada's image on a global stage.
Spokespeople for the action also talked about solidarity with Indigenous Peoples in so-called British Columbia who have spurred a national anti-Olympic movement. In both Toronto and Montreal, the main message of and the primary chants of the rallies have been "No Olympics on Stolen Native Land." They cited the issues of unceded territories, land destruction, and the displacement and criminalization of the urban poor in Vancouver, and Canada's ongoing colonialial and assimilationist policies and proactices, as just some of the reasons why activists across the country and in Six Nations have mobilized against the Olympics, and why the 2010 games are being viewed as in principle, a violation of the Haudenosaunee Great Law of Peace.
Interview w Six Nations spokespersons Lyndsey Bomberry [ http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/3312146 (pt1) and http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/3312238 (pt2)] and Melissa Elliott [ https://qik.com/dankellar ] --courtesy AW@L Radio
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Declaration of the Onkwehonwe of Grand River Territory on the 2010 Olympic Torch Relay [pdf].
Top 7 Reasons why Haudenosaunee Nations have a responsibility to take a stand against 2010 Olympics & Torch Relay [pdf].
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Weimarer Land is a Landkreis (rural district) in the east of Thuringia, Germany. The district-free city of Weimar is completely enclosed by the district.
The district dates back to the Großkreis Weimar, which was created in 1922 after the federal state Thuringia was established. The two cities Weimar and Apolda were not part of the district. In 1952 the district was split into two parts - Weimar and Apolda. In 1994 the two parts were merged again, however not completely covering the territory as before 1952.
The coat of arms shows symbols of the historic states on the territory of the district. The lion to the right stands for the dukes of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, the top left displays the Wheel of Mainz, and the three apples are the symbol of Apolda, as they were used in the coat of arms of the governors of Apolda. The coat of arms were granted on November 24, 1994.
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Carnegie Mellon University (USA) – February 09, 2022 Soledad O'Brien Pays Homage to MLK During University Lecture Series Event
Carnegie Mellon
Lecture Series Event
As part of its annual celebration of the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., Carnegie Mellon University welcomed acclaimed broadcast journalist Soledad O'Brien to give a keynote lecture on Feb. 8. Speaking before a gathering inside the Cohon University Center's Rangos Ballroom, and to those who tuned in via the online broadcast, O'Brien delivered a captivating exchange about combatting systemic racism and how to help in dismantling racial injustice.
"We've taken a step back in recent years when talking about race and equality. How do you move forward in a positive way that doesn't devolve into yelling and nastiness?" asked O'Brien. "It's a big challenge but you can do it if you have leadership that cares. We can't even have these conversations if there isn't real leadership. It has to come from the top."
Throughout the evening, part of CMU's University Lecture Series, O'Brien paid homage to King and shared excerpts of his writings with the audience, mostly CMU students. As a regular speaker on college campuses, O'Brien recognized the important role that students and young people can play in advancing equity and justice.
"We've seen in modern days young people being aggressive and strong to voice their opinions on things they disagree with," said O'Brien. "I strongly encourage you to read deeply into MLK's writings to articulate what he believed and how we can get there."
Wanda Heading-Grant, CMU's vice provost for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and chief diversity officer, agreed about the degree that young people are making their voices heard. "They aren't asking for permission; they're asking us to come along on the journey with them," said Heading-Grant.
In 2020, as part of its commitment to confront racism and promote equity and inclusion, CMU pledged to diversify its speakers in order to challenge, engage and educate the campus community on these topics.
"The work we do is complex and is often filled with emotions," said Heading-Grant. "I'm grateful to CMU leadership for its commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion."
Wanda Heading-Grant and Soledad O'Brien have a discussion on stage during the event.
The event included a discussion of voter suppression, the school-to-prison pipeline and institutional and organizational accountability in combating racism. O'Brien emphasized that many of the challenges facing equality and justice are not new and that examining the historical context is an important part of understanding today's disparities.
"I hope you'll have the courage to fight for the truth, accuracy and justice for all people, which I truly think is the legacy of MLK," O'Brien said.
O'Brien is an award-winning journalist, philanthropist and CEO of Soledad O'Brien Productions, a multi-platform media agency. Through these channels, she tells stories on a range of social issues by sharing views and perspectives that often go unheard. A three-time Emmy award winner and host of the nationally syndicated television talk show "Matter of Fact with Soledad O'Brien," she has anchored news programs on CNN, MSNBC and NBC, and was a special correspondent on Al Jazeera's "America Tonight," for which she produced several documentaries on social issues. O'Brien is the author of two books, "Latino in America" and "The Next Big Story: My Journey Through the Land of Possibilities."


I have a question regarding wait(SC_ZERO_TIME) statements.
several ISSs, interconnections and memory modules.
signal is kept high by the initiator after the first request.
The code below shows the memory module implementation.
a quick fix made some time ago, the data read is wrong (not current cycle).
cycles to avoid reading the old value.
Without seeing any details, you most probably need the delta cycles to allow the request line to drop to zero again. You need at least one wait statement on each control path in your process loop, to yield back to the simulation kernel (SystemC uses a cooperative scheduling approach). Without seeing the master code (and the interconnect models, etcpp.), it's quite impossible to say why you need two delta cycles, though.
How do you tell, if the signal "is kept high", when you only wait for two delta cycles between checking the request line? Your ISS runs without consuming any simulation time? You may want to rethink your synchronisation mechanism.
You need at least one wait statement on each control path in your process loop, to yield back to the simulation kernel (SystemC uses a cooperative scheduling approach).
I have a wait statement on each control path, it was not reported in the code snippet above.
Am I sure that the data read by the memory is _data written by the ISS?
Usually: yes. At least if you delay the request and data signals within your interconnect models by the same amount of delta cycles (e.g. by forwarding values via explicit processes instead of just port/signal bindings).


The Davenport Public Library is pleased to announce a new way to download eAudiobooks to your mobile device through Recorded Books One Click digital.
Visit our website and click on "Downloadable eAudiobooks and eBooks" on the left side of the page, which will lead you to Recorded Books One Click digital.
Recorded Books One Click digital offers hundreds of titles that can be downloaded to a computer or transferred to a listening device and all the titles are iPod compatible. Begin by creating an account with your Davenport library card number and you are ready to start listening.
Radio Lovers allows listeners to revisit the listening experience of hundreds of vintage radio programs such as western hero Hopalong Cassidy and comedy classic Amos & Andy.
My favorites are the Agatha Christie Radio Mysteries. Unfortunately, the site no longer produces new feeds, but you can still download old episodes from the website.