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Advance Auto Parts, Interstate Batteries form partnership; EVs will impact suppliers in the next 10 years, says AASA; Delphi expands steering/suspension line; plus other news of interest to shop owners and technicians.
Advance Auto Parts, Interstate Batteries Launch Partnership
Advance Auto Parts and Interstate Batteries have announced a strategic partnership to better serve the changing needs of the automotive aftermarket with premium quality products, expanded availability and enhanced customer service. Interstate Batteries will become the exclusive automotive and specialty battery brand to Advance Auto Parts stores and customers this spring.
Advance Auto Parts will debut a comprehensive battery program featuring Interstate products at its more than 4900 U.S. and international locations, and will offer free battery testing and installation in stores.
Interstate products will be available initially at Advance's company-owned stores and at independently owned Carquest stores. In the future, wholly owned Advance Auto Parts subsidiaries Worldpac, Autopart International and Carquest Canada also will offer Interstate products.
Automotive technicians have named Interstate Batteries the overall Best Automotive Battery Brand every year since 2007, according to Frost & Sullivan. Through the partnership, professional installers and DIY customers will enjoy greater access and availability to premium automotive and specialty batteries, as well as a broader warranty program.
For more information, log on to www.advanceautoparts.com or www.interstatebatteries.com.
ZF, ASE Honor First Aftermarket Master Automobile Tech of the Year
The inaugural ZF/ASE Aftermarket Master Automobile Technician of the Year has been awarded to Timothy J. Sincebaugh, who runs Sincebaugh Automotive, a successful and thriving garage in central New York state. The presentation was made at the ASE Annual Meeting and Awards Banquet in mid-November (see related item on page 39).
Sincebaugh has worked as an automotive technician for nearly 30 years. He began his career with an AAS of Automotive Technology from Monroe Community College, and has since gone on to be awarded the Oldsmobile Master Technician of 1994 and the GM Mark of Excellence winner of 2003.
Sincebaugh credits his career in the field to an auto tech program class he took in high school. After enjoying the class and scoring well, he knew he had found his calling. He was awarded a $1000 cash prize, plus airfare and hotel accommodations to receive his award.
To qualify for ZF/ASE Aftermarket Master Automobile Technician of the Year, the winner must be ASE Master Auto certified and have taken one or more tests in the automobile test series in any administration in the preceding 12 months. In addition, he must have the highest average passing score on the A2, A4, A5 and 6 tests taken in the previous five years.
"Modern cars today have electronic communication, hybrid transmissions and evolving technology," said Dirk Fuchs, ZF Aftermarket, Technical Training Manager. "The master technicians in the field educate themselves on new technology as it comes along and brings these lessons to everyday patrons. These are the heroes of our industry, providing vehicle owners with quality maintenance and repairs. We would like to congratulate Tim on being one of these heroes."
AASA Survey: Big EV Impact on Suppliers in Next 10 Years
The Automotive Aftermarket Suppliers Association recently published the results of its most recent "AASA Aftermarket Supplier Barometer," a quarterly survey of AASA full-service supplier members on key indicators and market trends. For the third quarter of 2017, the survey included questions about electrified vehicles (EVs) to learn how engaged members are with this technology and how it's affecting their product planning.
The results show that many AASA supplier members believe that the electrification of vehicles will impact their businesses within the next 10 years. Of those expecting an impact, the majority expect that impact to be negative, according to the survey results.
Said Bill Long, AASA president and chief operating officer: "Although the majority of AASA Barometer survey respondents are concerned about the impact from electrified vehicles, the majority also report preparations are underway to respond to new market demands."
"About one-quarter of those expecting an impact report having products needed to capture sales as EV takes hold," explained Paul McCarthy, AASA executive vice president. "Nearly 50% more report their companies have started or are planning R&D initiatives to take advantage of the opportunities presented by EV."
That thought was also expressed by Philip Atkins, AASA director. "Although it is too soon to say that the age of the electric vehicle is upon us, it is safe to say that suppliers have begun EV preparations," he said.
Rotary Video Covers Steps for Daily 4-Post Lift Inspections
Rotary Lift's newest instructional video in the "90 Second Know How" series—"Daily 4-Post Inspection"—presents a checklist of eight steps technicians should take at the beginning of every shift to ensure that their fourpost lifts are operating properly before they start using them. It can be viewed at www.rotarylift.com/News-and-Resources/Training-Video-Library/#video-13.
"Our goal with this 90 Second Know How video is to give shops and technicians a quick and easy way to look and listen for warning signs that would indicate their four-post lift isn't working properly," said Scott Field, and Automotive Lift Institute (ALI) Factory Designated Trainer with Rotary Lift. "It joins Rotary's growing library of training videos that enable shop managers to quickly share important operational and safety information with their staff in an easy-touse format."
In addition to daily walk-arounds by the lift operator, all installed vehicle lifts should be inspected at least annually by an ALI Certified Lift Inspector. If repairs are needed, a local Rotary Lift distributor can provide fast service and Genuine Rotary Parts to get the lift back in service quickly.
Key Topics Addressed at ETI's Annual Winter Tech Week
The Equipment and Tool Institute (ETI) held its Winter Tech Week (WTW) in Newport Beach, CA, in early December. This annual event is open only to ETI members who must sign written nondisclosure agreements and attend presentations from automakers. This year, WTW featured presentations from Hino, Honda, Isuzu, Mazda, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Subaru and Toyota. In addition, Fiat Chrysler America, Ford and General Motors also provided input in other sessions.
As a member, Motor attends three major conferences hosted by ETI each year—the aforementioned WTW (focused mostly on Asian automakers), Summer Tech Week (a similar confidential event, but focused mostly on domestic and European automakers) and TechWeek (an annual public event open to the entire industry, where trending issues of concerns are discussed). ETI's membership consists of major toolmakers, equipment providers and connected service firms—many of them Tier One suppliers.
The collaborative dialogue at WTW enables automakers to provide ETI members with the information necessary to develop and provide the needed tools and equipment to both OEM dealerships and independent service repair facilities. Specifically, ETI members gain knowledge of new technologies, receive instruction on the service and repair requirements of new model vehicles and learn of repair and service tools that may be needed for the new models.
WTW also provides an opportunity for various ETI member subgroups to meet and discuss trends and developments in several key areas, such as scan tools, undercar, collision, service information, telematics and connected services. This year, three key discussions were featured.
New standards that are propelling the industry forward. A wide-ranging update of the regulatory and standards environment affecting the automotive industry was provided by Bernie Carr, a senior engineer for Bosch Automotive Service Solutions, and a member of both the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) and the International Standards Organization (ISO). He covered developments at SAE, ISO, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) with important need-to-know information.
"SAE developments included improved underdash dongle security, the advent of highly secured vehicle station gateways safeguarding access to critical vehicle data and other cybersecurity initiatives," he advised. "ISO efforts continue to focus on secured access to vehicle on-board data and secured intervehicle and transportation network data transmission. CARB is focused on rolling out the rest of its Phase II program for heavy-duty vehicles and working toward a decision to nearly double future emissions tolerances, in stark contrast to inaction and even stepping back by the EPA."
New developments for the ETI's Tek-Net Library. "This data library is a secured depository with more than 15 GB of automaker data files that only full members of ETI with assigned, securitized logins have the ability to access, read and download," explained Rick Matz, ETI technical manager. "In addition, some automakers also require their own permissions for access. Of note, the Library is a living depository. Automakers update their datasteams, software and algorithms each year, which members use to build and improve their products. For example, diagnostic tool manufacturers can license and use some, or all, of the data to design their tools, depending on their target markets, functionality desired and price points."
Security gateways have begun to impact service repair. "Some automakers have begun introducing vehicles equipped with security gateways that may require technicians to jump through hoops to gain access to data," noted Greg Potter, ETI executive manager. These include Fiat Chrysler (FCA), Ford, General Motors and others. While the others' gateways are installed but inactive, FCA became the first to make gateways active. Unfortunately, in its rush to implement gateways, FCA didn't consider the aftermarket and prevented access to necessary data. FCA has since recognized its mistake and is now working with ETI to remedy the oversight. Getting this right could set the standard for others, so developing a uniform industry standard that all manufacturers adopt is essential, so we don't end up with 22 different proprietary scenarios—one per OEM.
"Going forward, ETI will be discussing the tool security standard just proposed by [Bosch's] Carr this week at WTW," Potter concluded. "In addition, although getting automakers' management and their cybersecurity folks to agree is a tough nut, it's a challenge ETI must also address. Look for more on these initiatives at TechWeek in April 2018 and Summer Tech Week in June 2017."—Bob Chabot
47 Technicians Honored At ASE Annual Meeting
Forty-seven automotive professionals were recognized in mid-November at the Fall Board of Governors Meeting of the National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) held in San Diego, CA. The annual awards banquet spotlights top scorers on the ASE Certification Tests.
Thirty-six different companies from both OEM and aftermarket segments sponsored the individual technician recognition awards in the Auto, Truck, Collision, Parts and Service categories, along with awards for automotive instructors. In addition to looking for top scorers on ASE tests, the sponsors examine on-the-job excellence, community service and other factors when selecting honorees.
"ASE has recognized the best of the best in our industry for more than 40 years, and this year we honored 47 outstanding individuals from across the nation," said Tim Zilke, ASE president and CEO. "…The enthusiasm and professionalism displayed by all of our award winners is a testament to the high-quality individuals wearing the ASE Blue Seal and we are proud to have them as part of the ASE family."
Delphi Expands Steering/Suspension Line, Launches Fuel Pump Initiative
Delphi Product & Service Solutions plans to increase the SKU count of its North American portfolio of new steering and suspension offerings by more than 50% by the end of 2018. More than 2000 SKUs were introduced in 2017. The company also is launching an industrywide program aimed at educating technicians on the importance of properly cleaning a vehicle's fuel tank prior to installing a new fuel pump.
The steering & suspension line will include a full range of domestic and import vehicle parts, along with steering kits with all the accessories needed to do a complete job. According to the company, applications will cover more than 241 million vehicles manufactured from 1968 through 2016.
Pertinent to this expansion, Delphi recently launched a new steering & suspension and fuel management app that can be downloaded at www.delphiautoparts.com; it's also available from the Apple Store and Google Play. The steering portion of the app features a control arm position name decoder, checklists for bad suspension systems, how-to videos, diagrams, diagnosis and repair tips and 360° views of Delphi parts.
Delphi's "Clean the Tank" initiative is based on the notion that a vehicle's original fuel pump was installed into a clean tank, so to get the same level of performance, a replacement pump should go into a clean tank as well.
As part of the program, Delphi offers a new fuel tank cleaning kit designed to make fuel pump replacement easier and to enable technicians to clean the tank more safely and effectively. The multifaceted campaign is endorsed by the Car Care Council and offers independent research information on proper fuel pump maintenance, step-by-step trilingual installation instructions, a 10-step instructional infographic, how-to videos, warranty training tools and more. For more information, visit the website listed above.
MAHLE Kicks Off 2018 'Drive With The Original' Technician Promotion
Because of the success of its 2017 MAHLE "Drive With the Original" technician promotion, MAHLE Aftermarket has introduced the 2018 promotion. The grand prize—an authentic MAHLE "Resto-mod" 1968 Chevy Camaro—to be built by the team at Petty's Garage (as was the 2017 promotion vehicle), will be awarded to a qualifying technician at AAPEX 2018 in Las Vegas.
The 2018 promotion kicked off in mid-December and will run through Oct. 1, 2018. Four finalists will be randomly selected from all entries to receive a trip for two to the 2018 AAPEX show, where the "Original" himself, Richard Petty, will be on hand when the grand prize winner is selected. In addition to the grand prize Camaro, more than a thousand additional Instant Win prizes will be awarded.
"We are extremely excited to bring the 2018 'Drive With the Original' promotion to the marketplace—especially with this new 'Resto-mod twist,'" said Jon Douglas, president, MAHLE Aftermarket. "We are also very proud to provide many of the engine components that will be needed to build the motor that will go into the MAHLE Chevy Camaro."
Complete information about the MAHLE "Drive With the Original" promotion—including official rules, terms and conditions—can be found at www.drivewiththeoriginal.com.
Comprehensive Online Training For Automotive Professionals
Offering hundreds of hours of online automotive training courses, The Group Training Academy "gives automotive professionals the opportunity to train as often as they like when it's most convenient for them," said Robert Roos, vice president of sales and marketing, National Pronto Association. (The Automotive Parts Services Group, also known as "The Group," was created by the merger of the efforts and resources of the Federated Auto Parts and Pronto program groups on behalf of their respective members.)
Available 24/7, The Group Training Academy includes everything from ASE test prep to automotive, diagnostic, diesel, transmission, shop management and scan tool training videos. Training resources, diagrams, reading materials, quizzes and interactive resources are also part of the program.
The following are some key components of the Academy:
Advanced Technical Training – ASE test prep, hybrids, diesel, management, HVAC and diagnostic training and testing.
Sales & Product Training – product tutorials, marketing videos and training content produced by aftermarket manufacturers.
Business Management – access to The Group's sales programs, marketing materials and content.
To take a tour or to register online, visit www.thegrouptrainingacademy.com, or call 800-718-7246 for more information.
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Fresh Air Weekend: Tarantino, Waltz, 'Downton'
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Christoph Waltz (right, with Jamie Foxx) stars in Quentin Tarantino's new film<em> Django Unchained</em>.
Quentin Tarantino: 'Unchained' And Unruly: With his latest film, director Quentin Tarantino was inspired both by spaghetti Westerns and the drama of slavery and the Civil War. The movie is extremely violent — but, says Tarantino, "What happened during slavery times is a thousand times worse. ... If you can't take it, you can't take it."
'Unchained' Admiration Between Actor And Director: Austrian actor Christoph Waltz won an Oscar for his portrayal of Nazi Jew hunter Hans Landa in Quentin Tarantino's 2009 film Inglourious Basterds. Teamed up with Tarantino again in Django Unchained, he says Tarantino's writing and the rhythm of the language speaks to him as a performer.
'Downton' Returns With Aristocratic Class and Clash: On Sunday, the PBS anthology series Masterpiece Classic begins its third season of Downton Abbey, the British period drama that has taken England — and America — by storm.
Quentin Tarantino: 'Unchained' And Unruly
'Unchained' Admiration Between Actor And Director
'Downton' Returns With Aristocratic Class and Clash

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RONALD KAUFFMAN > BLOG > Modifications > Modifications and Other Divorce Trends for 2020
Modifications and Other Divorce Trends for 2020
Posted by Ron Kauffman on February 3, 2020 with 0 Comment
According to the National Center for Health Statistics, there were in excess of 787,000 divorces in the United States in their last report. If you're planning on filing for divorce in 2020, or have other family law issues forcing you into family court, here are some recent trends you should know about.
How We Changed
When a Massachusetts woman, Elizabeth Luxford, found out her husband James already had a wife, she went straight to court, and then got the first-ever American divorce in December 1639. Her husband James was sentenced to forfeit all of his assets, pay a fine, and faced stocks and pillory.
In the colonies during the 17th century, there was on average one divorce a year. Over time, petitions for divorce grew, with 229 in the Massachusetts Bay colony alone between 1692 and 1785.
The Puritans rejected Anglican and Catholic views of marriage as a sacrament, and defined marriage as a civil matter. If a marriage partner violated the marriage agreement, the injured party could escape the chains of matrimony with a divorce.
Since torture was eliminated in family law, there have been some other noticeable trends in divorces and separations.
Increased Time-sharing
With more two-income families, there has been a recent trend toward increasingly shared time-sharing schedules. In Florida, every year there are always rumblings in Tallahassee to mandate equal time-sharing in all cases, but no bills have been signed into law yet.
Florida has had a long-standing public policy which states that each minor child has frequent and continuing contact with both parents after the parents separate or the marriage of the parties is dissolved and to encourage parents to share the rights and responsibilities, and joys, of childrearing.
There is also no presumption for or against the father or mother of the child, or for or against any specific time-sharing schedule, when creating or modifying a parenting plan for the child.
Today, neither parent has a leg up in a custody dispute, which has led to more resolutions that include substantial and even equal parenting time for each party. But while many people want equal time-sharing, a 50/50 time-sharing schedule simply is not practical in many cases.
After a separation or divorce, it is common for parents to live apart, nesting is rare, and some former couples can live more than a few hours apart from each other with traffic. It could be impossible for them to get a child to school and home again every day.
Divorce over 50: The gray divorce
A gray divorce" is a recent term referring to later-in-life divorces where both parties are over age 50. There are unique challenges — legally, financially, and emotionally — for those who divorce when they're older.
In a gray divorce there may be less time to recover from financial hits such as dividing up the assets, debts and especially retirement benefits. That's what makes investment management especially critical as the parties face the uncertainties of getting older.
Often, people must retire sooner than they may want to due to health issues or layoffs, which adds to the complexity of older divorces. We are also living longer, and the marital assets must provide for a longer time.
Health care funding also becomes a big issue in older divorces because there is often a time gap between the divorce and when individuals are eligible for Medicare. Medical costs can become a larger portion of the overall budget later in life.
Estate planning issues also come into play. For example, there are new medical directives and powers of attorney which may need to be drafted, new beneficiaries on life insurance, annuities and retirement accounts need to be considered.
The need for trusts and the establishment of other estate planning strategies may change when a couple is no longer together, so those issues need to be addressed too.
A growing trend everywhere in the United States, and especially in Florida, is the trend towards alternative dispute resolution. This includes mediation, arbitration and collaborative family law.
The alternative dispute resolution process, such as mediation, arbitration, and collaborative law, are designed to help couples discuss their issues and come to an agreement that is beneficial to everyone, without having to go through a long costly court battle.
The prospect of saving time, money, and minimizing the level of stress involved is perhaps the biggest incentive for people to pursue alternative dispute resolution.
Unlike mediation, arbitration is where a neutral third person or panel considers the facts and arguments presented by the parties and renders a decision. An arbitration can be binding or non-binding. The primary advantage of binding arbitration in non-child family law cases is the conclusiveness which attaches to an arbitration award, which can avoid the expense and delay of litigation.
Modifications of Custody, Alimony, and Support
You might think when a final divorce decree is entered, the case is done. But there is a trend involving more post-judgment filings in family court. In Florida, asking to change something in the final decree or agreement is known as a "modification." Actions for modifications are supplemental to the original divorce or family law case.
Modifications include cases where parents try to change the time-sharing schedule, argue that alimony should be increased or decreased or terminated because of a substantial change in circumstances.
I recently spoke at the Florida Bar Family Law Section and American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyer's co-sponsored Certification Review Course in Orlando about modifications. This year's 'Cert Review' course attracted over 1,800 family law attorneys and judges from around the state of Florida.
Is Facebook to blame for the increase in modifications? Some say social media may be a reason for the increase in modifications because it's a lot easier to see how your former spouse or significant other is doing.
Anyone with a Facebook or Instagram account can spy on the lives of their Ex to see if they are driving around in fancy new cars, eating in expensive restaurants, or if they are involved in a supportive relationship.
The New Jersey article is here.
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Wimborne and Ferndown Lions Club certainly know how to put on a Quiz Night and on Thursday 3rd October they did just that.
With 26 teams showing their support the evening was a great success. Congratulations must go to the Ferndown Upper School Team who fought off the opposition yet again to take first place on the leader board. It was a really well organised and fun event and with wine on the table and a wonderful buffet supper, the Lions had thought of everything.
The amount of effort that had obviously gone into putting the questions together, preparing the food, and organising the raffle was acknowledged by many of the guests who congratulated the club on an excellent evening. The JTYAF was delighted to have been chosen as the recipient charity for the Quiz Night and is extremely grateful for the continued support from Wimborne and Ferndown Lions Club.


I haven't posted all that much lately because I've been busy with work, getting ready to go off to college, and prepping for vacation. I will be taking mini-break from blogging for a week or so while I'm on vacation. I'll be camping for the whole week, and while there will be wi-fi (I don't do backwoods camping — at least, I haven't yet!), I'll have no need for a laptop where I'm going.
And where will that be, you might ask?
I grew up in a small, coastal town in Southern Maine — and I couldn't be more grateful. It was in Maine that I developed a love of nature, fostered by the surroundings of my hometown. The people and way of life in Maine are also what I remember fondly of my years there. From the beach, to the small business (chain stores were banned), to the wild animals (turkeys, porcupines, and THE MOOSE I ONCE SAW IN MY NEIGHBOR'S YARD) and the wonderful people Maine seems to attract, I cherish my childhood memories of Maine.
So, as I am returning once again to vacation in Maine, I thought it would be fitting to make a guide of YA books set in Maine. I know I've read a few, but there seem to be even more that I haven't read. So, here I go!
Well, if that title don't say it all! Because a movie is being shot in the MC's hometown of Henley, Maine, the reader really gets a feel for the town. Casual trips to the beach, summer job scooping ice cream for tourists, low-key atmosphere and boating trips (not that I've been 'boating' per say, but still)…the author sure does a great job with the book's setting. It definitely felt familiar to me — and I used to be a Maine local! The setting in This Is What Happy Looks Like really sets the mood as relaxed and, well, happy. So A+, Jennifer E. Smith. A job well done.
Set in a dystopian Portland, I didn't at first realize it was in Maine. Sure, I knew of Portland, ME, but I figured Delirium referred to the more well-known Portland in Oregon. But references to the warehouse-like buildings and the coastline, combined with subtle clues as the the location of the neighboring 'Wilds' (the untamed land outside of the society in Delirium) that put it near Canada convinced me that it was set in Portland, Maine. This immediately improved my image and feel for the setting, adding a new dimension to it when I knew that I could connect to it. While the book is not focused on location, for me it helped me to better imagine the society in Delirium — an orderly, controlled society that contrasts sharply with the 'Wilds' of the Maine woods.
So I'm sure this is the Maine everyone imagines — cold, buried in snow, and as isolated as it gets. While I've never been to the "far-north woods of Maine", I've seen my fair share of snowfall (including snow that came up to my chest, but that's because I was about four years old). The beautiful thing about Lovely, Dark and Deep is how much the setting enhances and adds to the story. Wren suffers a lot a grief throughout the book, and her sadness, confusion, and loneliness only seems to be amplified by the snowy woods that are indifferent to her suffering and very foreboding at times, but other times quiet and inviting. In some ways the setting and story are one and the same, spun together and inseparable. It's really something special to behold; I highly recommend this lyrical novel.
Okay, so this might be cheating, but just barely. This book takes place on a small island off the coast of Canada — but the setting is quite similar to Maine! I've visited a small island off the coast of ME called Peaks Island, which reminded me SO much of the island setting in The Way We Fall. Both can only be accessed by a ferry (perfect for a quarantine!), and both are so small but still have a grocery/general store, schools, public services… basically, the islands are like long-lost siblings. Or maybe the fictional one is based off the one in Maine. Anyways, Peaks Island, ME, WAS the setting of this book for me. This made the setting so much more believable, and more frightening — because I can clearly imagine a place where an epidemic is breaking out!
The isolation aids the book in adding a creepy, supernatural, or thriller element.
The wintery weather adds a different sort of mood to the book that might not otherwise be as prevalent.
Or the nature (beach, woods) adds an additional dimension the the setting and therefore the story.
Well, I'm off on vacation then. But I urge you all to explore the books on this list, because the Maine setting really defines some of these books and it is quite spectacular. If there's this many books written about such a sparsely populated state as Maine, there's gotta be something to it. (And there is, trust me 😉 ).
Have you been to Maine (or want to go)? Have you read any books set in Maine? How did you feel that the setting defined the book? Or, how important can setting be in a book? Share your thoughts!
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Thanks, I had a great time! And everyone should go camping at least once…you know, make a campfire and roast marshmallows, the whole nine yards! I'm really excited about heading off to college, I'm gonna have a post about it coming up (with a giveaway!). I've heard a lot of good things about Hush Hush, so I'll definitely have to check that one out!
I didn't realize Delirium was set in Maine. (or that so many other books were.) Have fun on your vacation. 🙂 I hope you see lots of (non dangerous) wild life.
I haven't been camping for the longest time, but I think your pics have given me the outdoor bug. There's only a month of summer left so I'd best get on that. Enjoy your vacay!
Can't wait to read these books. I love me some YA.
They're pretty great, I hope you enjoy them!
I recently read Fracture by Megan Miranda. It was set in Maine, and the setting did tie into the plot. It all starts when a girl falls through a frozen lake and dies for eleven minutes… so the cold winter setting was kind of important!
Woah, sounds intense! The setting plays into a book in so many ways, and it sounds crucial in Fracture. I bet it added a certain mood to it as well! I'm so intrigued now…does she live or come back to life as something different? I MUST KNOW!


Race Review: Chom Bueng Marathon 2019 (by healthobeing) | JustRunLah!
Another Thai race which I participated Mid Jan. Taking place in the province of Ratchaburi, the race is really little known to foreigners but extremely popular with the Thai locals.
To get there without chartered buses, you can take the mini van from the Mo Chit Mini van terminal ( which is opposite the Mo Chit long distance buses). From there just head to the "D " building and at row number 4 you can get a direct ticket to Chom Bueng at about 130 baht ( SG$7 estimated). The distance is about 160 km away and seriously the Mini Bus may be a bit cramped, it is definitely the fastest and most direct way to get there especially if you do not speak Thai that much.
You can sign up for their race at the official website. Do note that the slots are like hot cakes and gets sold out within a week. You can also write in through Facebook Messenger or Email after that to check if you can get a waitlist slot. I joined the Full Marathon at the cost of about 800 Baht ( about SG$40) it is really cheap because not only finishers will get 2 tee shirts and a drawstring bag, the mandatory finisher medal. There is a carnival of Thai food for breakfast after the race. The race has a water point almost every 2km and has a team of on the ball medics checking out almost every 5km. To top that up, this race is IAAF certified too.
Held at the Muban Chom Bueng Rajabhat University main Hall. The whole town is basically an University town. It gives you a nostalgic feeling to be back here. Buildings an structures are like in the 90s. Accommodation can be very challenging, so check their Facebook page often to see if you can get a tent or stay at the Lady only zone in the school building. Staying in the University itself will save your travelling time required to get to the start line as the Start and end are all in the University itself.
The whole place turns into a big sports bazaar for the two days. Runners can get their running needs at the fair, there was also a food bazaar beside the school field where you can get many Thai favourites. Even if you do not like the food in the Bazaar, the main town itself has many choices and the 7-Eleven convenience store is the best place to shop for your last minutes needs.
Although the race pack is very simple, I judge that most of the cost is gone into organising the race itself.
The route is simply fantastic for the FM, just one turn back and its the Full Marathon done. There were not much elevation and the course is flat. It does help that Chom Bueng is pretty cooling in the morning making the run felt good. Along the way there are water points serving water, Isotonic and basic fruits like watermelon and banana.
It is very well organised. You only get to meet the Half Marathon , 10Km runners way further nearer to the finish line, but the road is wide so there are not much congestion. There were also a lot of photographer lined throughout the whole race. Especially so towards the end of the race. I had like 95 shots in all. After checking on other people, everyone seemed to have more than 50 shots and it is not difficult to search, just get into the running connect webpage and you can just key in your bid and there you go all the pictures. The pictures can be downloaded in low quality, or if you want , you can purchase the shots too.
The ending portion is superb with the red carpet lined on the floor , really give the runners a VIP feel. With photographers at the end , you will not miss your finishing picture at all.
The finishing carnival is very well organised too. Full marathon has its own dedicated area while Half and 10km has their own. Both have sumptuous breakfast spread out, which you can retrieve with the coupon dished at the finished line. There were also many exhibitors displaying food and recovery drinks with samples and free gifts for all.
It felt more like a fun fair than anything. There were also massage counters to give those sore legs and feet a good rub.
Overall, another race which I will recommend as it is really very relaxing and good to run.


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Hilarious: Brooke Baldwin Touts Venezuela 'Baffled By Our Relationship With Deadly Firearms'
On CNN Newsroom Thursday, anti-gun host Brooke Baldwin touted Uruguay and Venezuela posting travel warnings to their citizens after the two recent mass shootings, warning about Americans "indiscriminate possession of firearms." Towards the end of the 2pm hour, she brought on an liberal comedian, Arturo Castro, to explain to the CNN audience how absurd it is that Americans have access to guns.
Castro has a sketch show on Comedy Central called Alternatino With Arturo Castro where he regularly attacks the Trump administration. In June his show made headlines for characterizing ICE as child-kidnapping terrorists. Sounds like the type of level-headed guest CNN is known for promoting on their air waves.
Brooke Baldwin first played a portion of the most recent sketch he did on his show, playing a Guatemalan immigrant student named Diego, who doesn't understand why Americans have access to guns. She fawned over the sketch: "[I]t's clear that people who have not grown up in America's gun culture are baffled by our relationship with deadly firearms. This Comedy Central sketch perfectly illustrates that point."
"Basically you play this Central American immigrant--You cannot wrap your head around how in America, unless you're connected with some kind of cartel, how you would get your hand on a gun? Like a massive gun!" Baldwin gushed.
Although CNN didn't play the full clip, The Hollywood Reporter described the full sketch, which ends like this:
"If he is not in a cartel," Diego says finally, frustrated, "then where is he getting his guns?"
"You can get guns anywhere. It's America. I can get you a gun," the teacher says.
At the end of the sketch, Diego announces that he's returning to Central America: "It's super dangerous, but they have rules I can understand."
"Can't argue with that," the teacher says before turning to the topic of opioids.
To Baldwin, Castro explained that America didn't have "laws" when it came to guns:
Yeah. Listen, in Central America there's a ton of gun violence, I've seen firsthand what it can do to a community, it's almost more systematic in that poverty equals crime equals lawlessness. America is a land of law except when it comes to weapons, right? So when we were writing about the sketch, I wanted to come from a point of the view as the outsider I am and trying to explain it to my fellow countrymen is sort of baffling.
What's truly baffling is that CNN feels like a country that's been run into the ground through socialism has the moral authority to tout how Americans got it wrong with our Constitution.
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This will be our house during the trip! Exciting! The tent is a Maggiolina and is very comfortable.
On this picture, Frida has just arrived to Alfredo at Piva Auto in Milan! Brand new Defender 110 with new engine 2.2 Ford Puma.
Then we had to build the interior of our new transportable home.
Here with the second spare tire in place and with the structure almost finished, just missing the plate in front…..
And here we have put two small seats on either side.
Here Frida with the tent mounted on top….behind the tent there is a small roof rack for extra diesel tanks etc. With the tent in front, the roof stuff makes less noise when driving.
Here you can see Marco's home-made covered veranda for the back of the car.
Here the back of Frida fully loaded.
And finally, Frida ready for departure to Rotterdam!
Slightly more crammed but still quite ordered! What the car looks like after 9 months of travelling.
Cleaning Frida! All our belongings outside and then a good cleaning!
What was the best thing we bought along the way? Probably this gas stove from Medellin in Colombia! And our friend Jorge gave us the gas bottle. Another very good purchase was the awning, which we bought in Seattle, USA, after 1 very wet month in Canada.
New tires on Frida, GoodYear Wrangler! What a pleasure to drive the gravel roads with the new tires! In Chile we found it easy and relatively cheap to get good quality new tires.
Seems well engineered. Please keep us posted on how the sharp and clean interior of the car transforms with time and milage..
Greetings. I just found your blog. I love your trip. I'm an American living in Quito, Ecuador with my family. I drive a 1998 Defender 110 and love it. Anyways, I've got a great LR registered mechanic. Let me know if you need to stop and see him. We've also got a spare room in our home if you need a bed for a night or two. If not, we would still to meet you personally to hear about your trip. We are also considering doing a similar trip around South and Central America in the future and would love to hear more about your experiences.
Hi Rusty! A pleasure to know that also in Ecuador there are Defender fans! We just came back from Galapagos and we are running South to climb Cotopaxi and Chimborazo…thanks for your kind invitation, but I think we'll have to make it in another life 😉 in the meantime, if you need info on the trip continue following us on our blog or write us directly to aanund06@yahoo.it!
Hi. A small Russian and American family living in Switzerland, we are happy Def 110 owners, searching high and low for a smaller rack to fit the rear roof, like you have. Is yours custom made? We are patterning our setup on yours, and would be grateful if you could steer us on this one equipment requirement. Merci, David & Xenia. BTW, it is great fun reading, enjoying your travels.
Hi there! Sorry for the very late reply! We have not been checking lately.
We bought the small roof rack at africaland.it. It is a small italian company, very reliable, so you can order over the internet and they will deliver. The website is only in italian, but you have to look for the "portapacchi"(http://www.africaland.it/ppdef.htm), ours was the model AP070R ("con sponde" = the edges/borders on the sides). You can write them an email in english to ask or order, the email address is on their website.
Wow! Just found this. My 110 Defender is also called Frida and looking to have some adventures similar to yours but on a smaller scale. Will read through your trip but well done!


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Lesic Dimitri Palace
Originally the Bishop's Palace in the 18th century, Lesic Dimitri Palace has been lovingly restored and now boasts five unique residences, a first class restaurant and a beautiful spa set in the Old Town, moments from Korcula's sandy beaches.
Korcula, Croatia
Hidden among the medieval walls of Korcula's Old Town, next door to the house of Marco Polo
Small boutique hotel with excellent personal service and attention to detail
Just a short walk from the crystal clear waters of the Adriatic
A collection of five self-contained residences with an excellent restaurant and spa
Of the many islands that dot the Dalmatian coastline, Korcula is certainly one of the most scenic, with crystal clear waters, sandy beaches, pine-clad hillsides and sun-bleached buildings steeped in history. According to legend, the island was founded by Trojan hero Antenor in the 12th century BC. Even today, the gentle pace of life and historic architecture feels like stepping back in time.
Lesic Dimitri Palace is a hidden gem set among the winding alleyways, terracotta-tiled houses and tiny churches of Korcula's Old Town, next door to Marco Polo's residence. Restored over five years from its original incarnation as the Bishop's Palace, the architects took inspiration from the great explorer's journeys along the Silk Road, which are reputed to have started in Korcula. Each of the five residences is themed by destination to reflect these travels: India, China, Venice, Ceylon and Arabia. They range from one to three bedrooms and each one has a fully fitted kitchen for self-catering or private dining by one of the hotel's excellent chefs.
The hotel's restaurant, LD Terrrace, is housed in the oldest part of the hotel and celebrates the local dishes of the region. There is also a beautifully equipped spa, with treatments influenced by the Silk Road, Thailand and the Mediterranean and products featuring herbs and flowers organically grown in Dalmatia.
Although Lesic Dimitri is more of a collection of boutique residences than a hotel there is a full concierge service available. Highly recommended, is a tour of the Old Town with the hotel's owner, Toni, who is a wealth of information on the island's history. A visit to one of the local vineyards to sample the produce of the region is also a wonderful way to while away an afternoon.
Take a guided tour of Korcula's old town with the owner, Toni, who really makes the history of the island come alive.
Korcula is one of the largest of Croatia's islands and lies between Dubrovnik and Split. Lesic Dimitri is located in the heart of Korcula's old town, hidden among the medieval walls overlooking the sea.
From Dubrovnik, Korcula is a 2-hour drive (including a 20-minute ferry ride). In addition, Croatian Airlines flies direct to Split. There is a catamaran from Split to Korcula which takes approximately 2.5 hours.
Mljet National Park
A short ferry ride from Dubrovnik lies the Mljet National Park, bordering two salt water lakes - Veliko and Malo Jezero and stretching for more than four kilometres. Surrounded by idyllic scenery, it's a lovely place to visit for the day.
Oyster Harvesting and Private Island Picnic
The picturesque region of Ston is home to an authentic Croatian delicacy. Set out by private boat to a tiny island and oyster farm for this exclusive oyster tasting picnic and witness them being harvested straight from the sea.
Ston and the Pelješac Peninsula
A wonderful day trip from Dubrovnik can take you to Ston and the Pelješac Peninsula, giving you a real taste of Croatian life. Join traditional fishermen, sample fresh seafood, and taste some excellent local wine.
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Image from Progresso ad
The recent series of TV ads for Progresso soup has got more of my attention than ad campaigns usually do. It isn't the soup that interests me – although I like Progresso soup — especially wedding soup and escarole soup. No, it's the gimmick that ties, as it were, the several ads together — the two-cans-and-a-string telephone.
When I was a kid, I loved to fool around with such a device. Anything that allowed one person to talk to another person over a distance was a source of fascination to me, and two cans and a string was in that genre. What I especially like about it — note the present tense — is that it is such simple and clear demonstration of the physical laws that make it work. In that regard, it is more elegant to me than the Blackberry now lying on my desk.
The Progresso ads, in some cases, ignore the principle at work, because they show the string hanging slack or turning corners. In neither case would the device work, of course, because the string must be tense and unencumbered so that the vibration of the bottom of one can — caused by the sound waves of a voice — can transfer to the string and create the identical vibration in the bottom of the can at the other end. I was reminded of the beauty of this technical achievement a decade or so ago when the boyfriend of one of my daughters was visiting our house and asked about the 1927 model Victrola that stood in a corner of our basement. His question was in the vein of, "What is that?" I opened the lid, put a shellac disk on the turntable, wound the spring and released the brake, and showed the young man how the sound was transfered in turn from the grooves of the record, onto the needle, up a metal wire, onto the isinglass membrane of the head, through the hollow tone arm, and through the amplifying horn out into the air. The postmodern lad was delighted to see what once was done without electricity, never mind electronics.
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I remember who showed me how to put two cans and a string to such remarkable use. It was Frank Brady, both a friend of our family and an employee in our family's grocery store. I don't know if my grandsons have yet been exposed to the deeply satisfying experience of stripping the paper labels off two cans, puncturing the centers of both bottoms, inserting and knotting both ends of the string, and then stretching the line and achieving the technical miracle of remote communication.
I hope not. I'd like to be the one to show them.
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"It seems to me I've heard that song before" — Sammy Cahn
"His Master's Voice," Francis Barraud, 1898
In a post on May 14, I mentioned a song written in 1920 by Harry Ruby and Bert Kalmar: "So Long, Oolong, (How Long Ya Gonna Be Gone?") I didn't mention that I happen to have a recording of that song, sung by Frank Crumit on the Columbia label. Crumit was a popular singer and radio personality who also wrote about 50 songs, including "Buckeye Battle Cry" which is played at Ohio State University football games.
Victrola, the Victor Talking Machine Co.
My recording of the Ruby-Kalmar song is a 78 rpm shellac disk. I could play it on the electric turntable that we use to listen to our 33 rpm LPs, but I don't. I play it on our 1927 model wind-up Victrola. I have an odd assortment of records stored in the cabinet of that phonograph. Most of them are 10-inch disks, but there are a few of the 12-inch disks. Some of these are recorded on only one side – including a 12-inch Victor record of Giovanni Martinelli singing "Celeste Aida" from the Verdi opera. By the mid 1920s, Crumit was recording for Victor, so the recording I have has to date from before that. The Martinelli recording was made at the Victor studios in Camden on Nov. 25, 1914. I was able to determine that at THIS LINK, which is a complete catalog of Victor recordings. An interesting detail is that the Martinelli recording – one side only – sold for $1.50 and the Crumit record sold for a buck.
45 rpm record
I got on this subject because of a story I read today HERE, on the Boston Globe web site. The nut of this story by Sarah Rodman is as follows:
As consumers buy fewer and fewer CDs, an interesting phenomenon is occurring — artists who appeal to older listeners are showing up surprisingly high on the charts.
The reason: Adults are largely the ones buying CDs these days. Younger people tend to download in general and focus on singles.
The story makes it clear that while this isn't universally true, it's a clear trend. It's also interesting to note that "surprisingly high on the charts" is a relative concept. Rodman points out that a reissue of a Rolling Stones album recently hit the charts in second place on the strength of about 76,000 sales. In the "early 2000s," the writer explains, a recording had to achieve six figures just to be in the Top 10. The early 2000s are already "the old days."
The acts the story cites as appealing to "older listeners" are an eclectic group that includes Sarah McLachlan, Sade, Barbra Streisand, Michael Buble, and Susan Boyle.
There is a lot of discussion about the changes that have taken place in the recording industry. Like some other fields affected by rapidly evolving digital technology, this one presents a variety of challenges to everyone involved. And the challenged include people like me, who have lived through all of the developments in recording except wax cylinders — and who have accumulated evidence of every stage.
Besides the heavy shellac records and the acoustic talking machine, we have boxes of 45 rpm records in the garage — including a duet by Connie Francis and Marvin Rainwater — hundreds of LPs in the living room — dozens of cassette tapes (and several cassette players, including the one in my Beetle), CDs all over the house, and a couple of MP3 players. The only stage we skipped was 8-track.
There's an episode of "Seinfeld" in which George Costanza, having seen "Les Miserables" on Broadway, can't get the song "Master of the House" out of his head. We've all had a similar experience, and it can be annoying. I read a book by the neurologist Dr. Oliver Sacks in which he discusses the possible causes of this phenomenon. Pay attention. I think the next step in sound technology will be a chip implanted in the listener's head and songs transmitted directly into the brain.
Meanwhile, is there a market for all these jewel cases?
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DRIVING THE INDUSTRY
Lebanon 2016 | FINANCE | INTERVIEW
TBY talks to Ghassan T. Assaf, Chairman & General Manager of BBAC, on the bank's anniversary, performance factors, and the vision for the future.
Ghassan T. Assaf is a banker, businessman, and philanthropist. He holds a master's degree in economics and finance and a bachelor of science degree in electrical and electronics engineering from the University of Manchester. He started his career at Citibank in New York in 1980 and moved to Citicorp Investment Bank in London in 1981 where he worked until 1985 as a loan syndication manager for the MENA region. Assaf joined BBAC in 1985; he was appointed General Manager in 1992 and became Chairman/CEO in 1996.
This year marks the 60th anniversary for BBAC. What are the bank's main accomplishments, and how has it transformed throughout its history?
BBAC is one of the few banks in Lebanon that still retains the same DNA it had at its inception 60 years ago. My father established this bank in 1956, and he reflected his culture and values into it. Among the most important values, providing jobs to his fellow Lebanese, increasing their living standards, and integrating the youth into the labor market were the main drivers for him. After he passed away, I took over the leadership of BBAC in 1996, and I kept holding firmly to those values my father long fought for. Now, BBAC is one of the major banks in Lebanon with 40 branches covering the territory. We were the first banking institution to believe in rural development and to grant loans to small businesses in the extensive rural areas in the country; we contributed to bringing many small businesses back to their feet and being sustainable. Over time, we also evolved to become the first bank to introduce computing into our systems, to become the pioneers in IT technology applied to banking services. We have also believed in Lebanon, and we have kept an active presence in this country regardless of the political or security situations we have been through.
What factors account for your good performance, despite regional instability and economic shocks?
In 2015, BBAC ranked number one in terms of growth in deposits and number three in terms of the loan portfolio among Lebanese banks. We achieved this due to our good reputation and our decision to be more aggressive in marketing, both locally and internationally, where we have started to make some good inroads. We have been aggressively targeting corporate clients, and this led us to succeed in increasing our loan portfolio substantially. Outside of Lebanon, we have been able to maintain our presence in the Iraqi market despite the insecurity and the drop in oil prices that have hindered that country's economy. We were among the first foreign banks to go into Erbil, and this meant we were able to choose the cream of the business clients. Rather than being affected by the situation in Iraq, we have seen a small growth in profitability. We were also active in 2015 on treasury operations and our trading assets, as well as on the retail and consumer lending segments, where we maintained a healthy ratio.
How has BBAC become involved in the promotion of entrepreneurial projects and the development of the knowledge economy in Lebanon?
This sector is expected to balance the brain drain effect in favor of Lebanon since large parts of its educated youth will stay in the country. The Central Bank's efforts have driven this industry to new spheres and have encouraged commercial banks to follow suit in funding these projects. We believe banks can have a larger involvement if we have specific members of staff dealing with the knowledge economy, which is why we have decided to invest in the sector indirectly through the capitalization of incubators and accelerators and promoting young entrepreneurs by lending to them through Kafalat's loan guarantees. We see a great future in this industry and the development it will have for small businesses operating in sectors such as agriculture, small industries, artisanship, and tourism.
What is your vision for BBAC in this landmark year for the bank, and what are your main objectives for the next two or three years?
We will continue expanding our presence in Lebanon to cover any regional gap; we will continue to strengthen our external market penetration. We will engage in a larger number of IT projects since this is the future of banking. Finally, one of our upcoming projects is to launch the rebranding of the bank to inject fresh air to our image and increase our visibility.
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Crew // (deutsch "Mannschaft") steht für:

 Deck Crew, Besatzung eines Schiffes, siehe Schiffsbesatzung
 Flight Crew, Besatzung eines Flugzeugs, siehe Luftfahrtpersonal #Fliegendes Personal
 Crew (Marineoffiziere), Einstellungsjahrgang von Marineoffizieren
 Film Crew, siehe Filmstab
 eine Clique oder Rap-Band im Hip-Hop-Jargon, siehe Hip-Hop-Jargon #A-F
 gewisse Ortsverbände der Piratenpartei, siehe Piratenpartei Deutschland #Weitere Unterverbände

Crew ist der Familienname folgender Personen:
 Amanda Crew (* 1986), kanadische Schauspielerin
 Brittany Crew (* 1994), kanadische Kugelstoßerin
 David F. Crew (* 1946), Historiker
 Francis Albert Eley Crew (1886–1973), britischer Biologe, Genetiker und Hochschullehrer
 Henry Crew (1859–1953), US-amerikanischer Astrophysiker und Physikdidaktiker
 Louie Crew (* 1936), US-amerikanischer Anglist und LGBT-Aktivist

CREW steht als Abkürzung für:
 Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington,  US-amerikanische Anti-Korruptionsorganisation
 Concurrent Read Exclusive Write, siehe Parallel Random Access Machine #Unterschiedliche PRAM-Modelle

Siehe auch:

 Die Crew
 The Crew
 Grew
 CRU
 KRU
 Crews

Abkürzung

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This course on International Human Rights is taught as an interactive and lively seminar that triggers thought-provoking analysis of the most significant and current trends in the field of human rights and international relations. The course will acquaint students with every significant aspect of this critical field as seen through multiple lenses: social, cultural, religious, political and economic factors that shape the global implementation of human rights. As a foundation, students will gain some understanding of the barriers to universal applicability of human rights by studying thought-provoking debates concerning cultural and religious relativism, and the double standards in human rights enforcement and implementation triggered by political and economic factors. The course covers , among other topics, the United Nations human rights system, regional human rights systems, domestic litigation, and mechanisms for the implementation of human rights including through the advocacy efforts of NGOs. Wherever possible, the course will focus on current domestic and international topics. Grading is based on a series of short papers and presentations, as well as class participation. There is no final examination.
This course on International Human Rights is taught as an interactive and lively seminar that triggers thought-provoking analysis of the most significant and current trends in the field of human rights and international relations. The course will acquaint students with every significant aspect of this critical field as seen through multiple lenses: social, cultural, religious, political and economic factors that shape the global implementation of human rights. The course covers, among other topics, the United Nations human rights system, regional human rights systems, domestic litigation, and various mechanisms for the implementation of human rights. Wherever possible, the course will focus on current domestic and international topics. Grading is based on a short paper and presentation, as well as class participation. There is no final examination.


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Q: What sorting algorithm does Swift implement for its standard library? I am wondering how Swift's sort function is implemented. Which sorting algorithm does it use—is it a mergesort, quicksort, or something completely different? What are the timing/complexity guarantees provided by this function?
I can't find any indication of how it is implemented either online or in the official documentation.

A: Not a definitive answer, just guesswork – only the Swift std lib dev team can tell and they haven't (scratch that, @martin-r shows how you can tell via the debugger!  It's a hybrid introsort/insertion sort):
The docs for sort don't state complexity.  They do state it isn't stable though (i.e. equal elements aren't guaranteed to stay in their original order), which suggests it's not a merge sort (which is usually stable).
There's several functions in the Swift std lib that look like they're there as helpers for other functions in the lib.  There's a partition function, which is a key building block for quick sorts.  In the very early Swift betas, there used to be two sorts in addition to the non-brand-name one: quickSort and insertionSort.
The GNU implementation of the C++ std library sort uses a hybrid of an introsort (which is itself a hybrid of quicksort and heapsort) sometimes combined with an insertion sort.  So it's possible these two variants were originally implemented as building blocks for the actual sort feature.
quickSort and insertionSort disappeared in later betas – if sort were a best-case hybrid of both, there'd be little point calling one of them. partition is still there tho, presumably since it's useful as a standalone function.

A: Update 2: As we can see in Sort.swift, sort() now uses a "modified timsort" in Swift 5. Timsort is a

... hybrid stable sorting algorithm, derived from merge sort and insertion sort ...
In the worst case, Timsort takes O(n log n) comparisons to sort an array of n elements. In the best case, which occurs when the input is already sorted, it runs in linear time, meaning that it is an adaptive sorting algorithm.

This means that sort() happens to be a stable sort in Swift 5, but that is still an implementation detail. The MutableCollection.sort documentation states that

The sorting algorithm is not guaranteed to be stable. A stable sort preserves the relative order of elements that compare equal.

See also Is sort() stable in Swift 5? in the Swift forum:

The algorithm was only recently made stable in preparation for a proposal to make it guaranteed as such.

Update: Swift is open source now, and in

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*https://github.com/apple/swift/blob/master/stdlib/public/core/Sort.swift
one can see that sorting a collection is done using introsort
with a maximum recursion depth of 2*floor(log_2(N)). It switches to insertion sort for partitions with less than 20 elements, or to heapsort
if the recursion depth is reached.

Old answer: Defining a custom Comparable structure and setting in breakpoint in <:
struct MyStruct : Comparable {
    let val : Int
}

func ==(x: MyStruct, y: MyStruct) -> Bool {
    println("\(x.val) ==  \(y.val)")
    return x.val == y.val
}
func <(x: MyStruct, y: MyStruct) -> Bool {
    println("\(x.val) < \(y.val)")
    return x.val < y.val // <--- SET BREAKPOINT HERE
}

var array = [MyStruct]()
for _ in 1 ... 30 {
    array.append(MyStruct(val: Int(arc4random_uniform(1000))))
}
sort(&array)

shows the following stack backtrace:

(lldb) bt
* thread #1: tid = 0x5a00, 0x00000001001cb806 sort`sort. Swift.Bool + 454 at main.swift:22, queue = 'com.apple.main-thread', stop reason = breakpoint 1.1
  * frame #0: 0x00000001001cb806 sort`sort. Swift.Bool + 454 at main.swift:22
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This confirms the conjecture of Airspeed's answer that introsort is used
in combination with insertion sort for the smaller ranges.
If the array has less than 20 elements then only insertion sort seems to be used.
This could indicate that the threshold for switching from introsort to
insertion sort is 20.
Of course the implementation might change in the future.


The Alexander restaurant in the hotel Seeburg, in Luzern, understands the significance of enjoyment. This completely innovative international cuisine fosters fine dining of the highest level. The restaurant came first in the gourmet category of the Swiss Gastro Awards and has been recognized for its excellence by the Club Prosper Montagné. The restaurant welcomes its guests with creations such as Muotathaler beef fillet with Hollandaise tonka beans, served with roasted potatoes, and asparagus mousse, poached freshwater fish fillets from the local fishmongers, with ginger and coconut crust and a saffron flower mousse on a bed of red Camarque (regional) rice and baby flat leaf spinach, or Toblerone-Millefeuille (layered pastry cake with cream) made from either white, milk or dark chocolate Toblerone mousse with a fancy strawberry Carpaccio. In addition to the cuisine at the Alexander restaurant the distinguished and abundant wine menu of the Seeburg Hotel, Luzern combines perfectly for a magnificent experience. Those who can tear themselves away from looking at the impressive oak interior have an amazing view of the ebb and flow of Lake Lucerne, behind which, you can see the impressive backdrop of the soaring Pilatus mountain.
same menu applied for both restaurant of the hotel (see restaurant and Alexander) which surprised us (why 2 different restaurant then to book from??) and the menu was not what we would call a gourmet restaurant level. It is good but nothing extraordinary.
Die Location ist wirklich nett am See! Das Essen war, dem Preis entsprechend, ganz gut, aber auch nicht hervorragend. Die Erbeeren beim Dessert waren nicht wirklich süss beispielsweise. Die Auswahl in der Karte ist super nicht zu gross aber auch nicht zu klein jeder findet etwas und verliert sich nicht in 100 Gerichten.


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It's official, Autumn is upon us and we are very excited about wearing warmer clothes, and getting cosy! It's also time to go on walks to watch the changing colours on trees. One of my favourite walks in London is around my neighbourhood, in Clerkenwell.
London is starting to get colder and the days are getting shorter. I'm sinking in whatever sunlight I can, even going out for strolls now seem to be my thing. I guess this is how I get myself ready for the next few months of winter! How do you guys like to prepare for the winter?
Wearing my 2 favourite quintessentials staple for Fall : the Burberry trench coat and those suede Saint Laurent boots courtesy of Matches man.


FATALLY HURT-Engineer Johnson, Brakeman J. D. Hill.
Both trains were destroyed by fire.
Crash of Freights on Southern Railroads Ends Fatally.
Three firemen were fatally hurt, also Engineer Johnson and Brakeman Hill. Both trains were destroyed by fire.


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Enjoying Your ZZZZ's In Kauai
Selecting a holiday homebase can be confusing. Kauai's variety of accommodations simplifies the decision.
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No matter how many times you visit Kauai, soft air filled with the babble of throaty birds and the wondrous scents of ginger and plumeria are often your first impressions. Kauai, solidly entrenched atop a large shield volcano rising three miles above the ocean floor, is encircled with more than 43 white sand beaches, sheer cliffs, waterfalls and vistas streaked with dazzling green hues.
Most of the island's residents live along the coast, leaving the sprawling interior to the acres of sugar cane, wild goats and pigs, and the majestic Waimea Canyon, one of Hawaii's most revered treasures. For all the development going on in Hawaii, Kauai remains magnificently grand. The ever-present trade winds act as a natural air-conditioning system, resulting in temperatures that seldom vary more than 20 degrees, regardless of the season.
The essence of Hawaii's northernmost island, the Garden Isle, is nature's natural gifts. They are found here in abundance in an almost circular landscape--33 miles wide and 25 miles long with distinct micro-climates that include sweeping coastal sand dunes, deep river valleys, and one of the world's wettest sites, Mt. Wai'ale'ale. Here, the rain falls at the rate of about 486 inches a year and is the trusty fountainhead for the Wailua River, Hawaii's only fresh-water navigable river, perfect for kayaking and nature excursions.
STEVE HUNT'S KILAUEA LAKESIDE ESTATE
Impossibly romantic and free-spirited, Steve Hunt, who's Great Uncle Poindexter was Governor of Hawaii, has maintained a passionate love affair with Kauai and the North Shore most of his life. Hunt offers the only lakefront home in Hawaii, a secluded love nest overlooking a 20-acre freshwater lake, only minutes from the beach and the spiffy Princeville Hotel.
Great for a family, or two or three couples, the three bedroom, three bath estate, located within the Kilauea Bird Sanctuary, is the ultimate Hawaiian escape complete with a treehouse and a 3-par, 100 yard golf hole shared with ducks, coots, red breasted cardinals and snowy egrets that strut around as if they owned the place. The spacious grounds are meticulously maintained and dotted with colorful flowers, a sweeping lawn, and mature trees that dapple the light and shelter the wild and raucous roosters.
Guests stroll up the rock-strewn Waiakalua Stream that snakes through the property to a small waterfall and verdant rainforest alive with wild flowers and mossy ferns feeling like a native islander on a back country exploration. Horsebackride on an adjoining ranch, cast a line for bass, skinny dip in the lake under a drooping breadfruit tree or from an inflatable boat, and then snooze in the comfy hammock and dream that the world is on vacation. The house is designed island-style, with a cathedral ceiling, pastel colors, rattan furniture, full open kitchen, a number of dining choices and a washer and dryer.
Shoes not allowed in the house, but memories of good times are. Kilauea Lakeside Estate; (310) 379-7842.
KILAUEA TOWN
Tucked between Kilauea Lakeside and the Princeville Hotel is Kilauea town, a center of the old sugar plantations, with historic churches, a large guava plantation and fruity drinks at Banana Joe's and Mango Mamas. Farmers sell organic yams, sweet potatoes and papayas in a timeless setting of Kauai hospitality, while in the Kong Lung Center, the Kilauea Bakery is serving up Billy Holiday Pizza with smoked fish and roasted onions; Napali brown bread with fennel and piping hot Hawaiian sour dough bread.
You can pack a picnic lunch and kayak up the Kalihiwai River, then drift downstream to the Anini Beach lagoon. The experience is a glorious half-day outing that most visitors overlook. When the tide is low Anini Beach's black volcanic rock is swarming with sea urchins, sea cucumbers, lace coral and fish trapped in deep sandy holes. The reef is cracking and popping from the blazing sun, while a quarter mile out the surf is breaking over the reef in a mighty roar.
PRINCEVILLE RESORT
The Princeville Resort, a short drive from Anini Beach Park that overlooks Hanalei Bay, is the North Shore's crowned royalty. It was voted the top hotel for ITT Sheraton North America. The glorious setting of sparsely developed mountains that slope steeply into the ocean should win the gold every year.
The hotel is Terraced on a cliff and you arrive on the marbled ninth floor. The lobby of the palace-like property is open to the coastal view in a grand blending of indoor/outdoor space. The island's arts, crafts and pre-statehood music are featured in a lush setting of Hawaiian heritage and floral designs. At some point during your stay will work your way down to the first floor and the beach where you can enjoy the sunset from the most northeastern point in the Hawaii.
A honeymoon haven, special touches include custom-designed furnishings, original art, oversized bathtubs, 24-hour room service, Italian and Pacific Rim dining, top-ranked golf on two Robert Trent Jones, Jr. courses, tennis on 25 courts, a five-star spa and service that is a way of life. (800) 826-4400; (808) 826-9644.
Kupuna Weiss, a lei designer at Princeville, who's grandfather never drove a car or owned a clock said, "When I was a little girl growing up here, you could get in trouble for chewing gum and walking too loudly. Life has always been sweet in Hawaii."
ASTON HOTELS & RESORTS
Another hospitality player is the family-owned Aston Hotels, synonymous with value-packed condominium-style holidays. Condo rates are based on room type rather than the number of guests and have fully equipped kitchens that save visitors a bundle of cash.
Kauai condos include the Aston Kauai Beach Villas near the Fern Grotto and Wailua River, and the Kaha Lani Condo Resort a few minutes from the challenging Wailua Golf Course.
Aston Savings:Children under age 18 are no additional charge if they occupy existing beds in the condo with their parents. Seniors receive discounts up to 25 percent on room rates; guests also save when booking a Budget Rent a Car through the Aston Car Certificate Program.
Aston also has a free Fun Book filled with coupons offering discounts on gifts, meals and admission to attractions. Value season is from April 1 through December 22. Check their travel packages at (800) 922-7866; (808) 931-1400, or visit Kauai's website.
For a free official Kauai Vacation Planner call (800) AH-KAUAI; for live tourism updates direct from Kauai, call (800) 262-1400.


United Trust Bank was approached to assist with the redevelopment of an existing Social Club in to a mixed use residential led scheme including a new social club with adjoining office space and 18 brand new apartments in the upper parts.
The Borrower originally approached their local high street Bank but after a lengthy consideration the finance requested was not forthcoming. As such, time was now of the essence.
The Borrower was a Joint Venture between a local Social Club and an experienced House builder whereby the Social Club contributed their building and associated land in return for a new Club facility and 2 of the apartments at practical completion of this new build scheme. The Bank advised on the nature and structure of the JV agreements to ensure that the Social club had confidence that the scheme would be delivered in line with the original design and planning permission granted.
Within two weeks of receiving the initial funding request, the UTB deal team had met the Borrower, visited the site, liaised with their professional team, presented at Credit Committee and issued a Committed facility letter to finance construction of the entire site.


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Hospitals, Health Systems & Integrated Delivery Networks throughout the United States are facing a wide range of challenges in the continued progression towards value-base care delivery and corresponding payment structures. Uncertainty regarding future health policy changes, consolidation in the payer market alongside restricted networks are only a portion of the difficulties faced by finance executives as they look towards creating financially viable organizations which are highly efficient while delivering outstanding patient care.
Networking time build into the agenda to allow industry peers to connect and exchange ideas.
Boardroom discussions are designed to maximize peer to peer learning and knowledge share.


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By Shelley Seale	India, Stories
The Railway Children of India
In March 2007 I was in Mumbai, India – a city of great juxtapositions. Home to massive, sprawling slums in which a large portion of its citizens live, Mumbai is India's tale of two cities. One is on the streets, right up front – the beggars, the pavement dwellers, the street children who pick through litter for anything they can sell. The other India is cocooned behind all this, tucked away from it. This India is one of quiet, air conditioning, service and amenities; middle and upper class people living their lives much as those with means live their lives anywhere. Mostly, these two Indias exist separately, as if each half is unaware of the other's existence.
And in the middle of it all is an estimated 100,000 homeless children in Mumbai alone. With the second largest rail network in the world carrying eleven million passengers each day, India's train stations play a major role in street children's lives. Many of those who run away take a train, often without even knowing where it is headed, and usually remain in the stations where they arrive because of access to toilet facilities and the ability to scratch out a meager existence from industry that springs up around rail travel: as luggage porters, shoe shiners, food or tea servers, rag pickers or beggars.
A boy picks through trash on the tracks
Kids of all ages make their homes in these stations, often begging or picking through trash for a living. Waves of people step over and around them every day without ever really seeing them. As crowds of people disembark from the trains – commuters, businessmen, families, university students, mothers and babies, young trendy urbanites with their iPods – they leave the platforms and swarm to the exits. But some remain behind – the small and permanent residents, the ones for whom the railway station is their only home. Of all the vulnerable children they are the least hidden, in plain sight right on the platforms or outside on the pavement, yet they are perhaps the most invisible of all.
With no supervision of any kind and largely unprotected by adults they are extremely vulnerable to trafficking, exploitation and violence – especially within the first days and weeks of leaving home. On average, a child arriving alone at a railway station will be approached by a predator, maybe a factory representative seeking cheap child labor or a brothel owner, within twenty minutes. Employers of kids who perform jobs such as rag and bottle collecting keep the children indebted to them. These victimizers know where to find children who won't be missed.
Me & Gyan with the boys of Kurla Station.
I set off to spend the day with some of these kids one sunny morning. Gyan, a social worker with the NGO Oasis, met me at my hotel to escort me to their Ashadeep project for railway children. Ashadeep offers these children food and a bath, clothing, medical care, recreations such as games and movies, and learning. We took a train to the Kurla station, where the center is located. Exiting the platform, Gyan led the way through a maze I was sure I would never find my way back out of alone, and knocked at the door of a locked room. Another Ashadeep worker let us in. The tiny room was filled with nine boys, ranging in age from about 9 to 16, playing games on the floor with two other male workers. These boys all lived at the Kurla railway station by night, sleeping on the platforms, sometimes mere feet from where the trains race by, or on the footpaths or under bridges.
Drug use, particularly glue sniffing, is a problem for many of these boys without a childhood who often yearn for an escape from the brutality of their lives. I asked Gyan why it is only boys in the program. He said that the majority of railway kids are in fact boys, and this seems to be attributed to two reasons. One, boys are more likely than girls to actually run away from home and leave their villages. Second, when girls do arrive they are the first to disappear. The sex trade swallows up the girls immediately; every hour four new girls and women enter prostitution – three of them against their will. And once any child is plucked away from the station, they are almost always lost.
Half an hour into my visit the games were put away and a math lesson began. The boys grew serious as they carefully wrote out the numbers and did their sums. The interesting foreigner in their midst was quickly forgotten and they concentrated on their assignment, soaking up the learning like a sponge and eager to show off their skills. I watched these eight, ten, twelve year olds who should be in school every day and thought about children who take their education for granted. It was such a simple right that it should be taken for granted as a right for all children. This was the only schooling these boys had, and it made me very fearful for their futures.
Rashid struggles to write
I noticed one of the boys struggling to write his math problems. His arms were missing below the elbows and he leaned over his notebook on the floor, holding a pencil in his teeth and guiding it with the stub of his left arm. Threads hung from where the sleeves had been cut off the heavily stained shirt. His brown knees were scabby below his shorts; I could see only the top of his head, short black hairs bristling from his scalp, as he bent over his work laboriously. His name was Mohammed Rashid, and he was about twelve years old. He lived at the Kurla station with the other boys part of the time, and sometimes with his family. When he was four or five, Rashid suffered some sort of injury to both his hands – exactly what Gyan either didn't know or wouldn't tell me. Such vagueness seemed common for such children who often didn't know their birthdays or exactly how old they were. An infection set into Rashid's hands and spread. The desperately poor family lacked the money for a proper operation and medical treatment, so both of his arms were amputated at the elbows.
The caseworkers try to protect these boys as much as possible from the dangers of the station. "These boys lose their right to a childhood, education, and family," Gyan said as we watched the boys play. "They even lose their humanity."
Excerpted from Shelley Seale's upcoming book, The Weight of Silence: Invisible Children of India.
Tagged children, India, invisible children, railway
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Colymbetes fuscus est une espèce d'insectes de l'ordre des coléoptères, de la famille des Dytiscidae, de la sous-famille des Colymbetinae.

Description
Corps brun foncé long d'environ  plus étroit que celui des Dytiscus, les élytres et le pronotum bruns et luisants sont bordés d'une marge jaunâtre. Il présente souvent des reflets irisés verts.

Distribution
Paléarctique : Europe, Asie du Nord-Est (Chine exclue).

Biologie
Les adultes en principe visibles toute l'année (si les conditions climatiques le permettent) vivent dans les lacs, étangs, mares et même les fossés aux eaux troubles, tous riches en végétaux aquatiques. Grâce à ses pattes postérieures développées faisant office de rames, ce dytique nage rapidement et, en tant que prédateur, peut fondre sur ses proies (têtards, petits poissons, larves, vers...) ; charognard, de petits animaux morts lui conviennent et si une disette locale doit survenir, il peut s'envoler à la recherche de sites aquatiques plus favorables. En cas de capture, il est préférable de se méfier de ses mandibules puissantes, capables d'endommager la peau humaine.

Références

Liens externes

 Dans les îles Britanniques, où il est répandu

Espèce de Coléoptères (nom scientifique)
Dytiscidae


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When do my Checks Start?
Under Georgia law your employer and their insurance company are allowed 21 days to investigate your case and decide if they are going to accept your claim. So in most cases you will not see any money for 3 weeks.
Weekly income benefits in Georgia workers' compensation law are called TTD benefits. TTD stands for "temporary total disability." Your TTD payment will equal two-thirds of your average weekly wage, with a maximum under the law of $575 per week (for 2017 injuries).
If your claim is accepted, you will get your first TTD check no later than 21 days after the first day you missed work. That first check will not pay you for your first week of missed work – you will only get paid for the 2nd and 3rd week of missed time.
If you miss 21 consecutive days in a row, the insurance company has to pay you for week one of missed work.
Not only do you have to miss work to recover TTD benefits but you will need a "no work status" letter from an authorized workers' compensation doctor. You can also get TTD benefits if the authorized doctor puts you on light work status but your employer does not have a light duty job available.
If your employer and their insurer conduct an investigation and decide that they are going to challenge your claim, they will file a notice of controvertion. If your claim is controverted, you will not get any TTD benefits until the insurance company backs down or until a judge orders the insurer to start making payments.
If the insurance company is late in making payment, they will owe you a financial penalty which will be added to your TTD check.
As you can see from the above summary of the rules regarding the initiation of TTD payments, there are a lot of moving parts. Insurance companies are often late in sending out payments, authorized doctors (from the posted panel of physicians) are chosen by the employer and are often not sympathetic to injured workers and there can even be disputes about how much you should be getting.
Insurance companies and employers put a lot of pressure on authorized doctors to limit your no work status and issue return to work letters. One of the biggest areas of dispute in workers' comp. law arises from questions about whether an injured claimant should be released to full or light duty work. Our clients also find that so-called light duty work really isn't so light after all.
Unfortunately you cannot assume that your employer's insurance company will do what they are supposed to do, or that they will treat you fairly at all.
If you would like to speak with attorney Jodi Ginsberg about your case, we invite you to call or email. All communication with the lawyer is confidential and there is no cost or obligation when you call. Jodi can be reached at 770-351-0801.
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Failed back surgery treatment is important, because it combats the devastation of failed back surgery, which is often a crushing disappointment, because surgery is a last resort for debilitating back pain. Often leading to symptoms that include chronic leg pain, chronic back pain, joint instability, muscle weakness failed surgery can even result in a recurrence of the symptoms the surgery was meant to treat. For example, in cases of failed spinal stenosis surgery, patients often return to the doctor with worse spinal stenosis symptoms than previously experienced.
Decatur Pain & Rehab has a competent team of medical professionals who offer failed back surgery treatment for chronic pain management. Providing high quality care and customized treatment plans for each individual patient, Decatur Pain & Rehab utilizes a variety of physical medicine therapies, including physical therapy, chiropractic, and therapeutic massage. These and other holistic healing options provide relief from the pain and symptoms of failed back surgery and many other medical conditions.