Learning to ride with a passenger on a motorcycle is vital to making your motorcycle a regular part of your life. It can be a little scary at first but, using these tips, can be as comfortable as riding solo.
Make sure your bike can handle the extra weight.
Trying to carry a 350 pound man on the back of your Honda Cub is a bad idea, but so is carrying any full-size adult on a motorcycle without making sure it's prepared for the job. The added weight will impact acceleration, braking, and suspension. While you can't do much about the acceleration, you should make sure your brakes are in good shape to help stop a heavier load, and that your suspension is set up for additional weight. Passenger foot pegs are also a must.
Ask your passenger to wait until you tell them you are ready before they try to mount. Make sure the passenger pegs are down and then instruct them to mount from the left, non-muffler side. Make sure the motorcycle is completely upright and that your legs are braced to keep it that way before your passenger gets on the bike. While it may seem more stable when on it's kickstand, the bike will be harder to straighten once the extra weight comes aboard.
Instruct your passenger to hold on to you tightly. If they have a loose grip, they will be more likely slam into you when stopping and also feel like they're going to fall off when you accelerate. Regardless of how you feel about this technique, be it an added bonus or it makes you slightly uncomfortable, it's better than feeling like your passenger could slip off at any moment.
Even slight movements from your passenger will impact how your bike feels when turning. Inexperienced passengers have the tendency to lean the opposite direction you're turning, for fear of falling off. Before departing, instruct them to stay as straight as possible while simply looking over your shoulder to the side you are turning toward. That tiny amount of extra weight to the inside, plus the consistency in their movements, will give you all you need to adjust your steering inputs accordingly.
Instruct your passenger to keep their feet on the foot pegs when you come to a stop. Your motorcycle is at it's most vulnerable when stopped, as gravity tugs it downwards without any gyroscopic forces pulling it forward and helping to keep you upright. Their putting a foot down can unsettle the balance you have and tip you over. Also, at the end of your ride, ask them to wait to move until you let them know you are ready. Then have them dismount the same way they got on toward the left, non-muffler side.
- If you ride with passengers often, you may want to purchase passenger hand holds, either to wear or to attach to your motorcycle.
- Ask your passenger not to turn around or make any sudden movements.
- Avoid high speeds or dramatic lean angles, unless you're Randy Mamola.
- If your passenger is able to reach the tank, they should use it to brace themselves when stopping or slowing.
- Keep in mind your stopping distances greatly increases with additional weight, and stopping will require extra effort on the controls.
- Drag your back brake to smooth out the ride at low speeds.
- As always, make sure anyone riding on a motorcycle is wearing safety gear that fits appropriately.
What are your go-to tips when carrying a new passenger? Tell us in the comments below.


The Colonial Medical Corps was composed of physicians, pharmacists, management officers and nurses the last ones being non commissioned officers (NCO). During all the time it was in operation (i.e. from 1890 up to 1968) its physicians and pharmacists have been trained in military academies and as their professional curriculum was the same as for all other students they took their courses and exams in Medical Schools according to the same agenda as their civilian fellow students. After their graduation their training was supplemented with a course on tropical medicine which they took at the "Training School in the Pharo" in Marseilles.
Once this training was completed they usually had to go overseas for their first tour of duty and there, were assigned to run a medical post somewhere in the bush. This was dubbed "bush posting". The practice of medicine there had nothing to do with the kind of practice a general practitioner could have in the homeland. The duties of a colonial pharmacist also were quite different from the duties of a pharmacist in his pharmacy in France. They were all admirably supported by management officers and NCO nurses.


text:
\section{Introduction}
Even though the standard model (SM)
has proved to offer a very successful description of strong and
electroweak interactions, it fails in providing an explanation to
issues such as the gauge group, the number of families, the
dynamics of flavour and the mechanism of mass generation, among others.
On the topic of the structure of fermion masses and mixings, string
theory provides some hints towards a natural explanation. The particular
case of the abelian $Z_3$ orbifold compactification of the heterotic
superstring with two Wilson lines
is especially appealing, since it predicts the
standard model (SM) fermion content and correct gauge group, and offers
a scenario of explicitly computable and renormalizable Yukawa
couplings~\cite{Abel:2002ih}.
The latter receive exponential suppression factors
that dependend on the distance between the fixed orbifold points to
which the fields are attached. In this case, family replication occurs
not only in the fermions, but also in the Higgs sector, and one has
three families of Higgs doublets. This is a direct consequence of the
orbifold compactification: since we have 27 fixed points, the twisted
matter comes in 9 sets with 3 equivalent sectors in each.
Having six Higgs doublets coupling to matter with distinct Yukawa
couplings potentially induces dangerous flavour changing neutral
currents (FCNCs) at the tree level. Therefore, the viabilty of this
class of models depends not only in accommodating the current data on
quark masses and mixings, but also on being in agreement with the
experimental data on neutral meson mass differences (e.g. $\Delta
m_K$)~\cite{Escudero:2005:2}.

\section{Yukawa couplings in $Z_3$ orbifold models with two Wilson lines}
After Fayet-Iliopoulos (FI) breaking, the SM matter survives as the
 massless mode of the original Yukawa coulings. The mass matrices of the
low-energy effective theory are now modified:
\begin{equation}\label{quark:mass}
\mathcal{M}^u=
g \,N \,a^{u^c} \,A^u \,B^{u^c}\,, \quad \quad
\mathcal{M}^d=
g \,N \,\varepsilon_1 \,a^{d^c}\, A^d\, B^{d^c}\,,
\end{equation}
where $g$ is the gauge coupling, $N$ is related to the volume of the
$Z_3$ lattice unit cell, $\varepsilon_i$ are exponential suppression
factors related to the shape and size of the orbifold ($\varepsilon_i
\propto \exp^{-\frac{2 \pi}{3} T_i}$, with $T_i$ the lattice diagonal moduli),
and $a^f$ are functions of the VEVs of the SM singlet scalar fields
that cancel the FI $D$-term. The flavour content is encoded in
\begin{equation}\label{quark:aFI}
A^u B^{u^c}= \left(
\begin{array}{ccc}
w_2\,\varepsilon_5 \, \beta^{u^c}& w_6 \,\varepsilon_5 & w_4 \, \alpha^{u^c} \\
w_6 \,\varepsilon_5^2 \, \beta^{u^c}& w_4 & w_2\, \alpha^{u^c} \, \\
w_4 \,\varepsilon_5^2 \, \beta^{u^c}& w_2\,\varepsilon_5
& w_6\, \alpha^{u^c}/\varepsilon_5
\end{array}\right)\, , \,\,
A^d B^{d^c}= \left(
\begin{array}{ccc}
w_1\,\varepsilon_5 \, \beta^{d^c}& w_5 \,\varepsilon_5 & w_3 \, \alpha^{d^c} \\
w_5 \,\varepsilon_5^2 \, \beta^{d^c}& w_3 & w_1\, \alpha^{d^c} \, \\
w_3 \,\varepsilon_5^2 \, \beta^{d^c}& w_1\,\varepsilon_5
& w_5\, \alpha^{d^c}/\varepsilon_5
\end{array}\right)\,.
\end{equation}
In the above, $\alpha^f$ and $\beta^f$ are also functions of the
singlet field VEVs, and of $\varepsilon_5$. $w_i$ are the VEVs of the
neutral components of the six Higgs doublets.
By comparing the eigenvalues of the above mass matrices (which can be
analytically obtained by expanding to first order in $\varepsilon_5$,
one can derive relations for the Higgs VEVs in terms of the down quark
masses:
\begin{equation}
\{w_1,w_3,w_5\} \propto \left\{
\frac{1}{\varepsilon_5 \beta^{d^c}} \left(m_d + \varepsilon_5^5
\frac{m_b^2}{m_s}\right), m_s, \frac{m_b \varepsilon_5}{\alpha^{d^c}}
\right\}\,,
\end{equation}
and likewise for the up-type VEVs, in relation to the with up-quark masses.
For given values of the quark masses, one fixes the ratio of the
several Higgs VEVs, which in turn allows to reconstruct the full quark
mass matrices, and obtain the quark spectra and mixings. Satisfying
the current experimental bounds on the latter, imposes severe
correlations on the orbifold parameters, $\{\varepsilon_5, \alpha^f,
\beta^f\}$.
Taking 4 distinct sets of input quark masses, $\{ m_u, m_d, m_c, m_s,
m_t, m_b \}$ (in GeV) as
\begin{equation}
\begin{array}{cc}
\begin{array}{lcccccc}
\mathrm{\underline{A}}:\ \ & 0.004  & 0.008 & 1.35 & 0.13  & 180 & 4.4 \\
\mathrm{\underline{C}}: \ \ & 0.0035 & 0.004 & 1.15 & 0.08  & 176 & 4.1
\end{array}
\hspace*{3mm}&\hspace*{3mm}
\begin{array}{lcccccc}
\mathrm{\underline{B}}: \ \ & 0.0035 & 0.008 & 1.25 & 0.1   & 178 & 4.5 \\
\mathrm{\underline{D}}: \ \ & 0.004  & 0.006 & 1.2  & 0.105 & 178 & 4.25
\end{array}
\end{array}
\end{equation}
and requiring that the points are in agreement with viable quark
masses and current $|V_{\mathrm{CKM}}|$ bounds \cite{pdg2004},
one obtains the following correlations on the orbifold parameters:
\begin{figure}[htb]
  \begin{center} \vspace*{-8mm}\hspace*{-10mm}
    \begin{tabular}{cc}
\psfig{file=figs/plot_Nice.alphau.e5.ps,width=50mm,angle=270,clip=} &
\psfig{file=figs/plot_Nice.alphad.e5.ps,width=50mm,angle=270,clip=}
    \end{tabular}
    \caption{Correlation between the orbifold parameters
($\alpha^{u^c}$, $\varepsilon_5$) and ($\alpha^{d^c}$,
    $\varepsilon_5$) for Sets A-D.}
    \label{fig:orbifold:alpha:ud:e5}
  \end{center}\vspace*{-3mm}
\end{figure}
In addition to the hierarchy constraint imposed by the observed pattern
of quark masses, the VEVs must further comply with other constraints
as those arising from electroweak symmetry breaking, as $\sum w_i^2=
2 \,M_Z^2/(g^2+g'^2)
\approx (174\text{ GeV})^2$, and from defining $\tan \beta$ as
$\tan
\beta={\sqrt{w_2^2+w_4^2+w_6^2}}\,/\,{\sqrt{w_1^2+w_3^2+w_5^2}}$.
Bringing together the several constraints, one can derive relations
that allow to extract the remaining orbifold parameters, $a^{u^c}$,
$\varepsilon_1 a^{d^c}$, and thus $\varepsilon_1$ and the moduli
$T_{1,5}$.
In particular, requiring that $\varepsilon_1$ is a perturbative
parameter will disfavour regimes of large $\tan \beta$, as is clear
from the Figure below.
\begin{figure}[htb]
  \begin{center} \vspace*{-8mm}\hspace*{-10mm}
    \begin{tabular}{cc}
\psfig{file=figs/plot_Nice.au.auTB.e5.ps,width=50mm,angle=270,clip=} &
\psfig{file=figs/plot_Nice.e1.e5.ps,width=50mm,angle=270,clip=}
    \end{tabular}
    \caption{EW symmetry breaking predictions and theoretical
    estimates of $a^{u^c}$ (left), and EW breaking estimate of
    $\varepsilon_1$ (right) for Sets A-D and $\tan \beta=3,5,10,20$.}
    \label{}
  \end{center}\vspace*{-3mm}
\end{figure}
\section{An extended Higgs sector and FCNCs at the tree level}
A generic analysis of this class of
models (which comprises 21 physical Higgs
states), including minimisation of the scalar potential and derivation
of the mass matrices has been conducted in \cite{Escudero:2005:1}. The
FCNCs induced by the tree level exchange of scalar and pseudoscalar
Higgses has been evaluated, and for example, the contribution to the
neutral scalar to the off diagonal element of the Kaon mass
difference, $ \mathcal{M}^K_{12}$ was found to be
{\small
\begin{equation}\label{MK12:sigma}
\left. \mathcal{M}^K_{12}\right|^\sigma =
\frac{1}{8} \operatornamewithlimits{\sum}_{\begin{smallmatrix}
{j=1-6}
\end{smallmatrix}} \frac{1}{(m^s_j)^2}
\left\{
 \left[\operatornamewithlimits{\sum}_{i=1,3,5}
 \left(
 {\mathcal{V}_d}^{ij*}_{12} \ \
 \begin{array}{c} \raisebox{-1mm}{+} \\  \raisebox{+1mm}{-} \end{array}
 \ \ {\mathcal{V}_d}^{ij}_{21}
\right)
 \right]^2 \langle \overline K^0
 | \
 (\bar s \ \
\begin{array}{c}
\raisebox{-.2mm}{1} \\
\raisebox{+.2mm}{$\gamma_5$}
\end{array}
 \ \ d) \ (\bar s \ \
 \begin{array}{c} \raisebox{-.2mm}{1} \\
\raisebox{+.2mm}{$\gamma_5$}
\end{array}
 \ \ d) \
 | K^0 \rangle
 \right\} \,,
\end{equation}}
where the ``+'' (``-'') sign is associated to the scalar
(pseudoscalar) matrix element, and
the flavour violation is encoded in
${\mathcal{V}_d}^{ij}_{ab} \propto (V_R^d  Y^{d}_i V^{d \dagger}_L)_{ab}$.
Assuming four disting textures for the Higgs parameters, that
translate in spectra whose heaviest states are (a): 760 GeV, (b): 880
GeV, (c): 1060 GeV and (d): 800 GeV, we present in Fig.\ref{mesonmass}
the models contributions to the ratios $\Delta m_K / (\Delta
m_K)_{\text{exp}}$ and $\Delta m_{B_d} / (\Delta m_{B_d})_{\text{exp}}$
for $\tan \beta=5$.
\begin{figure}[htb]
  \begin{center} \vspace*{-8mm}\hspace*{-10mm}
    \begin{tabular}{cc}
\psfig{file=figs/plot_Nice.mK.e5.setB.ps,width=50mm,angle=270,clip=} &
\psfig{file=figs/plot_Nice.mBd.e5.setB.ps,width=50mm,angle=270,clip=}
    \end{tabular}
    \caption{$\Delta m_K / (\Delta
m_K)_{\text{exp}}$ and $\Delta m_{B_d} / (\Delta m_{B_d})_{\text{exp}}$
as a function of $\varepsilon_5$ for Set B and Higgs textures (a)-(d). }
    \label{mesonmass}
  \end{center}\vspace*{-4mm}
\end{figure}
Further analysis of other neutral meson systems, as well as that of CP
violation have been also conducted in \cite{Escudero:2005:2},
finding that it is possible to have orbifold configurations in
agreement with experimental data for Higgs masses not heavier than the
few TeVs.

\section{Conclusions}
Orbifold models with three Higgs families are very appealing scenarios,
since the observed structure of quark masses and mixings arises in a
purely geometrical form from superstring constructions. We have
verified that one can easily find orbifold configurations that succeed
in accommodating the experimental data on quark masses and mixings, as
well as neutron meson mass difference and CP violation without the
need to call upon very Higgs textures - $m_h^{\mathrm{max}} \approx
\mathcal{O}$(few TeV) - to suppress dangerous tree level FCNCs.

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How A Group Of Friends From Packer Hall Became One Of Penn State's Largest THON Orgs
Carly Weiss | Onward State
By Carly Weiss
Everyone wants to find their place when they come to a new school, especially at a huge campus like Penn State. Some rush a frat or sorority, some join clubs or organizations, some try out for sports teams.
Like a lot of people starting out as freshmen, I really only hung out with friends from home or girls from my floor in Packer Hall. I considered rushing, but I wasn't sure Greek life was for me. One thing I did know is that I wanted to get involved with THON.
I joined a small special interest org, hoping to get involved from the get-go, but I didn't understand the inside jokes that came up during meetings. It felt exclusive, and it was intimidating for a shy freshman who didn't know another soul in the org. Everyone I knew told me I'd find my place and my people, but I wasn't sure how long that was supposed to take.
By spring semester, someone on my floor introduced me to her friends from home, who also lived in Packer. Crammed into a supplemental room, we found common ground in the fact that we all wanted to get involved in THON, but didn't know exactly how. Starting a brand new THON org seemed like a no-brainer.
Our new group, Eclipse (to help "eclipse" pediatric cancer), started to meet every once in a while to figure out what we needed to do to really get started. When someone mentioned we'd need a logo, my visual mind immediately offered to start designing, and I spent hours creating dozens of concepts for the group to choose from. I knew I wanted to continue this level of time commitment and involvement, so I reached out to our group leader, Colin Heminway, and volunteered to become something of a public relations chair for the org.
I emphasized to the group that we'd need positions to delegate responsibilities like leadership, fundraising, finances, and more, so one day we packed back into that supplemental dorm room, developed our position descriptions, and chose who would fill these roles. Colin had become a natural leader of the group, so he was chosen to be president. He could tell how excited I was about our collective creation, so he suggested I be one of two vice presidents — and I was thrilled.
By fall 2016, Eclipse was established through Student Affairs and THON. Three of us sat at the involvement fair with a makeshift sign that just said "Eclipse," and somehow we still caught the attention of students at the fair. We described to every prospective member that we were a brand new, small special-interest org, hoping to keep an inclusive family vibe.
That semester, we held our first fundraiser and canning trip, which evolved our 30 members into a tight-knit family. We raised enough throughout the year to get nine tickets in the dancer lottery, and luckily were granted two dancer spots in THON 2017 — another chair, Emily Karpf, and myself.
Dancing at THON was a dream of mine even before I came to Penn State, so I was completely taken aback and honored to represent Eclipse at our very first THON.
I was sick and unable to attend THON 2016, so dancing in my first THON was crazy to me, especially as a sophomore. Eclipse was posted up in the nosebleeds of the BJC with tiny letters that I could barely see from the floor, but looking up to each person in our small section helped me push through to the 46th hour. Eclipse raised a little more than $10,000 that year, all For The Kids.
The Eclipse family continued to grow the following year, so we focused on keeping things tight-knit even as we reached 150 members. We had heard of other orgs dividing their members into "families" to split up fundraising efforts, but we wanted everyone to do everything together. This made it easy to include and continue to build bonds between each and every member.
That year, we decided to share our fundraising efforts by teaming up with Tau Kappa Epsilon. We were allotted three dancers between us — two for TKE and one for Eclipse, based on our previous year's fundraising totals.
Our hardworking alt funds chair (and one of my best friends), Christina Rapone, was chosen to represent us on the floor. This time around, we had a much bigger section in the lower bowl at THON. We raised four times as much as the previous year (about $47,000 of our pairing's $50,000), which seemed astronomical to me, but we knew we could continue to increase our efforts.
After two successful years, we began to think about the longevity of the organization beyond our original group's graduation. I wasn't looking forward to giving up the position I'd worked hard to develop, considering Eclipse felt like my baby by that point, but I had total faith in the enthusiastic and hard-working members we chose to become the next group of chairs.
The fall 2018 involvement fair left the organization with more than 500 members, and it was hard to believe so many people wanted to be a part of our little org that used to fit in a supplemental dorm room. Eclipse had quickly become one of the largest student orgs on campus, something my co-founders and I — now seniors — couldn't have imagined our freshman year.
We stepped up our alternative fundraising this year to fill the canning gap, brought members together with canvassing trips, and moved meetings to an even bigger room in Sparks. It was crazy to see so many people wearing the merch that I had designed over the past three years.
Eclipse had four dancers in THON 2019: Colin, our original canning/canvassing chair Cassidy Krier, and two of our most loyal members, Adam Lambert and Danny Guerra. The weekend will always hold a special place in my heart. Eclipse took over the middle section of the BJC and even overflowed into another section in the upper bowl, filling both with energy and hope to cheer on our dancers.
I was able to go on the floor during the Final Four, helping our dancers and experiencing the emotion and electricity of the final stretch of the weekend. There was nowhere I'd rather be than literally holding up my fellow co-founders while honoring the kids we weren't able to help beat cancer.
We couldn't help but cry when the org totals were announced and we found out that Eclipse was the third special interest org with more than $120,000 raised throughout the year. I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw our name surpass the efforts of orgs that have been on campus for years. We never saw it as a competition, but seeing how far Eclipse has come in just three short years was astounding.
It's impossible to explain the love and hope of THON Weekend to someone who's never experienced it. Pediatric cancer is a nightmare for people around the world, and we do this to change that. Our fundraising efforts give hope to those who didn't think they could find it again, and I truly believe it's groups like ours and the THON community that will find a cure. Every meeting, fundraiser, canvassing trip, 5k, THONvelope, and DonorDrive share is worth it.
I THON for the kids who are fighting, for the kids who lost their battles, and for the kids who we've helped win their battles. I THON so that another child can see a brighter tomorrow, hold their family tighter, and feel a little less pain. I THON for everyone in my life who has been affected by cancer.
I THON for Eclipse, the organization that I've been honored to help build from the ground up, that has taught me so much about life, and has given me friendships that will last a lifetime. I couldn't imagine my experience as a student at Penn State without Eclipse and everyone in it. I'm thankful for this journey as a leader and a friend, and every moment we've shaped is priceless.
I'm so proud of everyone who has been involved with Eclipse, whether you've been there from the beginning or became involved this year. I'm thankful for the friendships, the donors, the support from my family and friends, and even Onward State for helping us get our name out there and showing the world what we can do.
When someone tells you that you'll find your place and your people in college, believe them. It may not come to you right away, but it will eventually happen. You can join any of the groups that already exist here at Penn State to try to find your "thing."
But if that doesn't work, you can always create your own.
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Home Comics Comic Strips NOT SD09: Charles M. Schulz Museum
SDCC '09
NOT SD09: Charles M. Schulz Museum
Mark Coale
(The second part of a series on how not to spend Comic-Con week at Comic-Con)
After spending most of the week in San Diego, but only one day at the actual con itself, it was off to the Bay Area for the previously-discussed Miyazaki festivities at Berkeley. But before seeing the director, the previous day was spent making the trip from San Francisco Airport to Santa Rosa to visit the Charles M. Schulz Museum.
(For the super-nerds: Not only did I want to go to Santa Rosa to see the Schulz Museum, but wanted to drive around town, since it was the setting for my favorite and perhaps the most underrated of all the Hitchcock movies, SHADOW OF A DOUBT.)
It's fair to say that anyone coming to California for Comic-Con really should make a detour to the Schulz Museum, as it's one big love affair to Schulz and all the lovable characters (and Lucy) that populate the world of PEANUTS.
Obviously, it goes without saying there is tons of Schulz artwork in and around the museum, from the giant mural in the lobby to comic stripped tiles in the restroom (bathroom reading has never been so appealing).
While I was there in late July, there were two featured exhibits in the museum. The one that was nearing its run featured a number of strips and memorabilia commemorating the 65th anniversary of D-Day. The exhibit had both PEANUTS strips done by Schulz over the years related to the anniversary, as well as personal artifacts from Schulz's time in the army during World War II.
The other exhibit, which had just opened the day I was at the museum, was the second of three under the heading "The Language of Lines." This one is called "How Cartoonists Create Characters" and is filled with original art from the Golden Age up until the present. Sure, it was great to see a BARNEY GOOGLE strip from the 1930s or a page of PRINCE VALIANT art, but, given my age, nothing was cooler to see than an original CALVIN AND HOBBES strip.
The neatest thing among the permanent exhibits may be a re-creation of Schulz's studio, complete with his longtime drawing board. Eagle-eyed visitors will want to be on the lookout for the NHL's Lester Patrick Award, which Schulz was given in 1981 for his contributions to hockey, as well a Peabody Award, given for A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS.
Any visitor to the museum will also want to venture across the street and have lunch at the Warm Puppy Café, which is part of Snoopy's Home Ice, the ice rink Schulz had built in 1969 and was opened by a skate by Olympic darling Peggy Fleming.
Although the museum was set up at Comic-Con (you could have easily missed them, like everything else that wasn't a movie booth), it's certainly no substitute for a visit to the real thing.
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Alexander Shearer 08/16/2009 10:41 pm At 10:41 pm
The Schulz Museum is amazing. We went earlier this year for the first time, and want to return to see the changed exhibits. I hadn't realized, before walking through the Schulz and Beethoven exhibit, that all the music shown in the Peanuts strips was actually selected to match the tenor of each strip.
It is, in a sense, the annotated Charles Schulz, and I could have spent days on it, and plan to go back and do so on a regular basis.
Mark Coale 08/16/2009 11:50 pm At 11:50 pm
Although I doubt I go to SD next year, I'd go back to the museum during Con Week, since they will have an exhibit (according to their literature) about PEANUTS and Golf.
Torsten Adair 08/17/2009 12:47 am At 12:47 am
Willie & Joe are the only non-peanuts characters to appear in Peanuts, in a D-Day strip.
I keep Snoopy's tradition alive… I only quaff root beer on soldier holidays, to remember the many cartoonists who served. (which reminds me…when is the Sgt. Rock trade coming out?)
David Gallaher 08/17/2009 8:00 am At 8:00 am
SHADOW OF A DOUBT, along with ROPE, are easily some of my favorite movies!
Steely Dan 08/17/2009 8:43 am At 8:43 am
"Shadow of a Doubt" is the most OVERRATED Hitchcock film (and this is coming from someone who thinks that Hitchcock was the greatest artist of the 20th century). It's regularly cited in almost every text as being the director's favorite amongst all his films and most critics seem to view this as license to cite it as one of his best as well, and I never understood why. The scene where MacDonald Carey (sp?) reveals his true identity to Theresa Wright during a night on the town was so abrupt and so jarring and so unbelievable in the way that it was done, that it completely takes me out of the film every time I watch it.
Truly the must underrated Hitchcock film is "The Trouble with Harry."
Dave 08/17/2009 10:27 am At 10:27 am
I made it to the Schulz museum for the first time in December. It was really an amazing experience. A must for Peanuts fans.
Synsidar 08/17/2009 10:52 am At 10:52 am
(which reminds me…when is the Sgt. Rock trade coming out?)
Hmm. . . SGT. ROCK'S COMBAT TALES came out in 2005; DC published two volumes of SGT. ROCK in 2007 and 2008. A HC graphic novel, SGT. ROCK: BETWEEN HELL AND A HARD PLACE, came out in 2003. For descriptions of those items and others, including THE SGT. ROCK ARCHIVES and a SGT. ROCK screenplay, see the WorldCat list of SGT. ROCK publications.
David Scroggy 08/17/2009 11:59 am At 11:59 am
We were grateful that the Schulz Museum included so many of Dark Horse's "syroco"-style statuettes in the characters show. We loaned them about 25 of them at the curator's request. It was gratifying to us and also to Yoe! Studio, who did the sculpting, that they were recognized.
mark coale 08/17/2009 1:18 pm At 1:18 pm
Torsten can correct me, but I assumed he meant the new Billy Tucci series.
Amazon's date for that book is Dec 1.
Ralph Mathieu 08/17/2009 1:55 pm At 1:55 pm
I am going for sure to the Schultz Museum next February as a side trip from Wondercon. I LOVe the photo you;ve included here.
Heidi, did you make it to see Ponyo? I loved it and wished this movie got the kind of attention District 9, GI Joe, and Transformers got. I guess Miyazaki needs to have explosions, threats, and villains in his films for U.S. audiences at large to care.
Unrelated: The Billy Tucci Sgt. Rock is excellent and VERY deserving of the hardcover treatment!
Jennifer de Guzman 08/17/2009 2:30 pm At 2:30 pm
I adore the Charlez M. Schulz Museum! The last time I was there, it was for the Beethoven and Peanuts special exhibit, and I loved it. The audio tour put together with the curator of the San Jose State University Beethoven Center was informative and elegant in the way it integrated Schroeder's performances of Beethoven's music and his observations about Beethoven with scholarly information about Beethoven's life and music. They had a reproduction of Beethoven's death mask, actual strands of his hair, and a reproduction forte piano on display — you couldn't touch the forte piano, but there's one at the Beethoven Center in San Jose's Martin Luther King, Jr. Library that I've played. (I also learned that I am taller than Beethoven was, which surprised me.) The exhibit really made me feel excited about Beethoven the way Schroeder is.
I love that they change out the exhibits so different strips and art are always on display. I forget the name of the other special exhibit I saw was — something like "The Language of Comics" — and it was also top-notch. I loved seeing a Pogo original.
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Donetsk Oblast: North & Western Donetsk and Horlivka
Yesterday we reported that the ATO forces liberated Avdiivka and proceeded to Yasynuvata. Thus the complete encirclement of Horlyvka is almost done. This means that terrorists will probably counterattack from Donetsk in this direction, or may try to breach the ATO encirclement from Horlivka via Panteleimonivka.in order to reach Donesk. The consolidation of ATO positions around Horlivka continues and further information will be reported when it becomes available.
Donetsk Oblast: South and Central Areas
Over the previous 24 hour period the militants continued their attacks on positions of the Ukrainian forcers in the Savur-Mohyla and Uspenka. As we warned, in Amvrosiivka the DNR terrorists behaved so freely that inflicted losses to the ATO forces and the State border forces.
We will try to explain what was happened. The vigilance of the ATO forces was relaxed after the reports about a "brilliant victories" in the South-East of Donetsk. At the same time, the terrorists used the tactics of guerrilla warfare flowing through the ATO forces and starting to act in their rear. This is what happened during the night in Amvrosiivka. Because there was no one to back our forces, the Ukrainian forces immediately received a thrust in the Vasylivka area from Mokrojelanchyk village, which was considered free. Therefore we didn't mark Amvrosiivka on our maps in the ATO zone of control.
In the area south of the city of Donetsk our forces have released Novyi Svit and carried out an assault on Donetsk from the South. They also quickly took Ilovaisk. But again, unfortunately without the consolidation of their position they moved on further.
A similar situation happened on Savur-Mohyla. The height was taken by the ATO forces, but they then pushed on to Rovenky and Sverdlovsk in the Luhansk Region without the liberation of Snizhne. Unfortunately this allowed the terrorists to strike Savur-Mogila from Snizhne, almost resulting in a gloomy conclusion for the troops on Savur-Mogila. There is a question as to why there was no backup for our military units on the Savur-Mogila?
Now let us talk about Shakhtarsk and N21 highway. By morning of August, 1 the highway had not been blocked. Terrorists accumulated in Zuhres in order to ensure control over the highway. A lot of military equipment (especially multiple rocket launchers) arrived in Zuhres. Realizing that it is impossible to attack from the direction of the highway, Ukrainian troops advanced upon Shakhtarsk from a northerly direction (from Rozsypne). Then the question arises: why do Ukrainian forces advance only towards Shakhtarsk and ignore Zuhres? Do they want another stab in the back?
Luhansk Oblast: South of Luhansk and the Border
Yesterday the OSCE mission arrived to the Izvaryne border post. Unfortunately they only observed the section of the border around the borderpost, while the routes the Russians use for their reinforcements is at well over 10kms to the north through villages of Sjevernyi, Popivka, and Velykyi Sukhodil. All three used routes converge into one road and go through the area of the mine Sukhodilska-East, going directly to the city of Sukhodilsk (Krasnodon district), and onto the highway M04.
Terrorists continue to build up their forces along the M04 highway (Krasnodon, Molodohvardiisk, Novohannivka, Novosvetlivka). They expect that the ATO forces will attack from the direction of Vilkhova (East of Luhansk) and advance upon Izvaryne. The Ukrainian grouping in the area of Lutuhyne are currently cut off from the main forces. Let us hope that Ukrainian troops are able to complete the encirclement of Luhansk from the eastern side and provide a corridor for that grouping. Otherwise the story of Chervonopartyzansk is going to reoccur here.
At the same time the terrorists continue to move their troops into the Dyakove area from Rovenky, in order to block ATO reinforcements to the troops on the border. It is clear that we need to create a supply route to the guys in Chervonopartyzansk, where they sit in trenches bitterly exposed to shelling by GRAD missile systems.
Forecast of Provocations
For the last 24 hours the conflict in Ukraine has continued with the active intervention of the Russian Federation. The deployment of equipment and personnel of the enemy to terrorist units in the Donbas continues without pause.
Another column of the Russian armoured vehicles came to Ukraine on the night of July 31st. With these re-enforcements there are three likely alternative directions of terrorist attacks:
Along the M03 to Fashchivka where the enemy might make an attempt to attack the АTO forces which are pushing from Debaltseve to Krasnyi Luch.
Through Alchevsk to Bryanka, where there is the concentration of the terrorist forces which could pose a threat to the Ukrainian troops which are trying to liberate Pervomaisk.
Through Achevsk to Bryanka, but instead of attacking towards Pervomaisk this force could attack south towards Debalseve in order to split and cut off the ATO forces in the North Luhansk area from the forces South of Donesk.
We already got the negative experiences of carelessness in protecting our rear in Amvrosiivka and Savur-Mogila, and this has to be taken into account to prevent new errors.
The External Threat
The number of Russian troops along the border with Ukraine continues to increase. If the Russian Federation decides to attack, this will likely happen in the area of Kharkiv and Sumy regions. It is interesting that Ukrainian law enforcers found a car packed with weapons and ammunition in the forest near Korolevets (Sumy region). This could indicate future subversive activity in this direction.
We should not forget about large grouping of the Russian forces in the Rostov region and the bridgehead of approaches to the mainland from occupied Crimea. The only good news is that the Russian Federation has to transfer its forces from other border regions in order to build up forces there; this means that Russia has problems with battle-worthy units. Thus, if the Russian Federation sends troops, they may well experience problems with resources limitations. Besides, it is noteworthy that the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the 4 months of the war in Donbas have gotten much more relevant battle experience than the Russian Federation got from the 10 years of the war in Chechnya. Why? Because Chechen forces had no tanks, no air defense etc. And if the Ukrainian forces already begin to gain control over the situation in such conditions, then open confrontation in the war will not be a `cakewalk' for the Russian army.
By Roman Burko, burkonews.info
Translated by Victoria Field and Oxana Tinko; edited by Larry Field
Tags: Archive, Burko, Donbas
Roman Burko
Roman Burko is the editor in chief of Burkonews.info, an English-speaking resource by journalists of the Ukrainian maritime portal designed to inform the broader international community about the most recent events in Crimea (Ukraine), and InformNapalm.org.
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LU Arts announces exhibition programme for the autumn term 8 September 2021
The Martin Hall Gallery will be home to a variety of art exhibitions this year which are free for staff, students and members of the public to visit and enjoy.
14 September-24 September: Waste Panorama by Festus Adeyemi
Coinciding with National Recycling Week (20-26 September), this exhibition explores the challenges of waste management and aims to encourage the reuse and recycling of waste and single-use items like plastics, cartons and polystyrene. Repurposed items have been converted into pigments and ink to create the artworks on display to illustrate what can be done instead of sending items to landfill.
27 September-29 October: On Sculptors Drawings, curated by Phillip Lindley
An exhibition of drawings by a variety of distinguished artists who also work in three dimensions, including a number of artists working at Loughborough. The exhibition will highlight, as its predecessor Drawing Together did last year, the enormous value of looking at drawings in person.
5 November-3 December: Selene States Delineate: Patterning Bauhaus Dress from Die Neue Linie
An exhibition by American artist Selene States of fashions and installations inspired by the illustrated patterns of the Bauhaus journal Die Neue Linie. Funded by Bauhaus University and modelled after its design paradigms, the project explores the Bauhaus legacy in fashion.
3 December-early January: Sarah Selby
As part of her Digital Commission 2020/21, artist Sarah Selby collected first-person accounts from a sample of international students at Loughborough who have been impacted by the pandemic and the UK Border Regime. She is encoding their testimonies into synthetic DNA and embedding it into writing ink using DNA data storage. This ink will be used to write out the Loughborough University charter and sent to other universities that have also been impacted by the UK Border Control Regime in the form of pens.
All exhibitions will be open 12-2pm, weekdays only and entrance is free. There is wheelchair access to the Gallery. More information can be found on the LU Arts website.
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Electronics System design & Manufacturing is a upcoming sector of Indian economy driven by factors like, growing demands of Electronics hardware and our core competencies in Semiconductor chip designing. A $400 billion opportunity is expected by 2020 in Indian electronics industry, mainly influenced by growing consumption of semiconductors in India at a growth rate of 7.8% over 2010 and expected to grow to $ 9.66 billion by 2015. In this changing industry scenario, the role of government will be to make favorable policies for attracting investors, providing incentives to promote manufacturing setups in the country and connect with Indian engineers. Its high time, India needs to focus on electronics hardware manufacturing upto chip levels to the growing security concerns and threats to ICT dependent business processes. Visits are being done by the government of India and state government professionals to promote business witrh many countries like, silicon Valley, California, USA, Japan, Isreal and many more in future.
Government has recently issued 'in-principal approval' for setting up two chip making facilities which will bring in fresh investments of over Rs 52,000 crore. The much awaited decision to allow setting up of semiconductor wafer fabrication manufacturing facilities would reduce imports through which 80 percent of domestic requirement is met.
The government has accorded in-principal approval to two consortia, (i) Jaiprakash Associates Ltd, IBM (USA), Tower Jazz (Isreal) (ii) HSMC Technologies India Pvt. Ltd. STMicroelectronics (France/Italy), Siltera (Malaysia).
The move will reduce outflow of foreign exchange as it will help cut down on imports, thus strengthening the Indian economy as well as the rupee situation.
The cabinet also approved that incentives that will be made available to the above consortia, will also be extended to other players who also show interest in setting up of similar semiconductor plants. It has opened p a business opportunity for the entire industry.
75% – 100% skill development assistance for sector skill certified frames/NIELIT for training of courses in Electronics.
Preference to domestic manufacturing in Government procurement.
Ready land in Hyderabad, Hosur, Bhiwadi, Bhopal, Jabalpur and Kochi EMCs.
Samsung India Electronics Pvt. Ltd. has been recently given approval for investment of Rs. 406 crore under MSIPS. Samsung presently has its unit in Noida, manufacturing mobile phones, color TVs, Refrigerators, washing machines and split Acess. The proposal under MSIPS is to modernize and increase the capacity of its noida plant from 33 milion units of mobile phones to 48 milions units per annum. The investment will be majorly in setting up of 8 SMD lines, 7 PBA lines and 6 main production lines. With the proposed investment and modernization, 40% production of smart phones is expected to be done in India by 2013, which was only 10% in 2011. Samsung will get 25% subsidy on its investment under MSIPS.
Bosch Automotive Electronics India Pvt. Ltd. Is the first applicant approved under the most coveted scheme of DeitY for bringing first investments in the electronics manufacturing segment in India. A proposal from Bosch Group Company having its plant at Bangalore and promoted by Robert Bosch Investment Nederland BV has been approved for a fresh investment of Rs. 556 crore under MSIPS scheme. The investment includes capacity expansion of existing plant and installing new production facilities for manufacturing of ECU engine system and body computer module.
The investment will be in nine surface mount technology lines and 16 final assemble lines in a duration of three years i.e. 2013-16 Bosch will get 25% subsidy on the fresh investment as the unit is in non-SEZ area. Additional investment of Rs. 120 crore is under consideration. The estimated incentives for he entire project under MSIPS would be excess of Rs 190 crore including CVD/excise reimbursement on capital items.


Abstract: In this work three-dimensional potential energy surfaces of the first five singlet states of OHF are developed based on fits of more than 10,000 highly accurate ab initio points. An approximate treatment is presented for the calculation of the anisotropy parameter describing the electron angular distribution photodetached from a molecular anion. This method is used to calculate the angle-resolved photoelectron spectra in the photodetachment of OHF−. The wave packet formed in the neutral OHF system is placed at the transition state region, and yields the formation of OH + F and HF + O products. The results are compared with the recent experimental measurements published by Neumark [D.M. Neumark, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 7 (2005) 433]. The intensity found at low electron kinetic energy including these five states and the three lower triplet states is found to be low. To analyze the effect of higher electronic states more excited 1Σ−, 3Σ+ and 3Δ states are calculated at collinear geometry. The agreement with the experimental data improves, thus demonstrating that the correct simulation of the photodetachment spectrum at 213 nm involves at least 12 electronic states. All the structures of the experimental spectra are semiquantitatively reproduced finding an overall good agreement. It is concluded that the main problem of the simulation is in the intensity and anisotropy parameters. An alternative to their calculation would be to fit their values to reproduce the experimental results, but this would require to separate the contribution arising from different final electronic states.
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You might think that, as an editor, I would endorse a plan to rewrite Shakespeare in modern English. After all, as the advocates of this undertaking argue, Shakespeare's language cannot be understood by contemporary audiences, and our profession is all about understanding.
However, this has little to do with editing. If Shakespeare's writing comes across as obscure, most of the blame lies with his present-day patrons and their educators; a small fragment can be ascribed to his artistic method.
A lot of great literature, especially poetry, can be murky and reading it forces us to think. Shakespeare did not set out to bewilder anyone.
I have not seen this and I don't want to. I imagine it would be somewhat like replacing the Group of Seven's paintings with snapshots, although I realize there are many excellent landscape photographers. Besides, I think I've had a preview with modern translations of the Bible.
It is impossible now to experience in an English church the enveloping amalgam of tradition, intelligence, beauty, clarity of purpose, intensity of conviction and plangent, heart-gripping godliness which is the experience of page after page of the King James Bible. Nothing in our culture can match its breadth, depth and universality, unless, curiously enough, it is something that was written at exactly the same time and in almost exactly the same place: the great tragedies of Shakespeare.
Modern translations simply don't cut it, and they dominate the 900 or so English versions of the Bible. I have only a few of these renditions on my shelves, but there they stay while I read the KJV. I know my original Shakespeare will get the same preference.
Previous "Wasted Words" post: Considering the Case for Verbosity.
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Will, I'm dubious about the Shakespeare project too, though it's worth noting that the playwrights commissioned include some excellent, interesting writers.Shakespeare's works have lent themselves to many reworkings and adaptations, and while some have been duds, some have been delightful new works in their own right. This project doesn't take the reworking in a direction that sounds very promising, but I personally won't dismiss anything I haven't seen.
…aaaand I see I called you "Will." I'm so sorry! Clumsiest typist in town.
Thanks, Wilf, for a thought-provoking post. And thank you, Elizabeth, for sharing that very informative article about the writing of the King James Bible. It reminds us that the goals of today aren't always so different from the goals of four centuries ago!
On the lighter side, others have already moved beyond plain-language Shakespeare. Check out OMG Shakespeare's srsly Hamlet or YOLO Juliet (aka the texting versions). I haven't laughed so hard in a long time.


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For more advanced use cases, rather than implementing the source for your dataset yourself, you can take advantage of Bloodhound, the typeahead.js suggestion engine.

									<input type="text" class="form-control typeahead-bloodhound" placeholder="States of USA">

Prefetched data

Prefetched data is fetched and processed on initialization. If the browser supports local storage, the processed data will be cached there to prevent additional network requests on subsequent page loads.

									<input type="text" class="form-control typeahead-prefetched" placeholder="Countries">

Remote data

Remote data is only used when the data provided by local and prefetch is insufficient. In order to prevent an obscene number of requests being made to the remote endpoint, requests are rate-limited.

									<input type="text" class="form-control typeahead-remote" placeholder="Oscar winners for Best Picture">

Custom templates

Custom templates give you full control over how suggestions get rendered making it easy to customize the look and feel of your typeahead. Requires Handlebars.js extension for compilation.

									<input type="text" class="form-control typeahead-custom-templates" placeholder="Oscar winners for Best Picture">

Multiple datasets

Multiple datasets give you visually separated sets of data inside Dropdown menu with custom titles, managed in templates option. This looks like a <optgroup> titles in selects.

									<input type="text" class="form-control typeahead-multiple-datasets" placeholder="NBA and NHL teams">

Dropdown height

To change the height of your dropdown menu, just wrap your input in some div with custom css styles and change necessary css properties or change it in css directly.

										<input type="text" class="form-control typeahead-scrollable-menu" placeholder="Countries">

RTL support

Twitter Typeahead supports RTL direction. Wrap your input in any div with text-align: right; property and add dir="rtl" to your input, now your dropdown menu is right aligned.

									<input type="text" class="form-control typeahead-rtl-support" dir="rtl" placeholder="نعم">

Elastic textarea

Basic example

Drop Autosize into any existing website and it should Just Work™. The source is short and well commented if you are curious to how it works.

										<textarea rows="4" cols="4" class="form-control elastic" placeholder="Textarea"></textarea>

									<button type="button" class="btn btn-primary">Submit form</button>

Manual triggering

When the value of a textarea has been changed through JavaScript, trigger the autosize.resize event immediately after to update the height.

										<textarea rows="4" cols="4" class="form-control elastic elastic-manual" placeholder="Press 'Trigger Manually' button"></textarea>

									<button type="button" class="btn btn-primary elastic-manual-trigger">Trigger manually</button>

Removing autosize

Trigger the autosize.destroy event to remove autosize from a textarea element. Once destroy button clicked, autosize will be removed.

										<textarea rows="4" cols="4" class="form-control elastic elastic-destroy" placeholder="Press 'Destroy' button to remove autosize"></textarea>

									<button type="button" class="btn btn-primary elastic-destroy-trigger">Destroy Autosize</button>

Masked inputs

									Date:
		                        	<input type="text" class="form-control" data-mask="99/99/9999" placeholder="Enter starting date">
		                        	99/99/9999

									Phone:
		                        	<input type="text" class="form-control" data-mask="(999) 999-9999" placeholder="Enter your phone #">
		                        	(999) 999-9999

									Phone + Ext:
		                        	<input type="text" class="form-control" data-mask="(999) 999-9999 / x99999" placeholder="Enter your phone #">
		                        	(999) 999-9999 / x99999

									Currency:
		                        	<input type="text" class="form-control" data-mask="$999" placeholder="Enter amount in USD">
		                        	$999

									International format:
		                        	<input type="text" class="form-control" data-mask="+39 999 999 999" placeholder="Enter your phone in international format">
		                        	+39 999 999 999

									Tax ID:
		                        	<input type="text" class="form-control" data-mask="99-9999999" placeholder="Enter your tax id">
		                        	99-9999999

									SSN:
		                        	<input type="text" class="form-control" data-mask="999-99-9999" placeholder="Enter your social security number">
		                        	999-99-9999

									Credit card:
		                        	<input type="text" class="form-control" data-mask="9999-9999-9999-9999" placeholder="Enter your credit card number">
		                        	9999-9999-9999-9999

									Product key:
		                        	<input type="text" class="form-control" data-mask="a*-999-a999" placeholder="Enter your product key">
		                        	a*-999-a999

									Purchase order:
		                        	<input type="text" class="form-control" data-mask="aaa-999-***" placeholder="Enter your order #">
		                        	aaa-999-***

									Percentage:
		                        	<input type="text" class="form-control" data-mask="99%" placeholder="Enter value in %">
		                        	99%

									ISBN:
		                        	<input type="text" class="form-control" data-mask="999-99-999-9999-9" placeholder="Enter your ISBN">
		                        	999-99-999-9999-9

Input formatter

									Date:
		                        	<input type="text" class="form-control" name="format-date" placeholder="Enter starting date">
		                        	99/99/9999

									Phone number:
		                        	<input type="text" class="form-control format-phone-number" placeholder="Enter your phone number">
		                        	(999) 999 - 9999

									Phone + Ext:
		                        	<input type="text" class="form-control" name="format-phone-ext" placeholder="Enter your phone number">
		                        	(999) 999-9999 / a999

									Currency:
		                        	<input type="text" class="form-control" name="format-currency" placeholder="Enter amount in USD">
		                        	$999.99

									International format:
		                        	<input type="text" class="form-control" name="format-international-phone" placeholder="Enter your phone in international format">
		                        	+39 999 999 999

									Tax ID:
		                        	<input type="text" class="form-control" name="format-tax-id" placeholder="Enter your tax id">
		                        	99 - 9999999

									SSN:
		                        	<input type="text" class="form-control" name="format-ssn" placeholder="Enter your social security number">
		                        	999 - 99 - 9999

									Credit card:
		                        	<input type="text" class="form-control" name="format-credit-card" placeholder="Enter your credit card number">
		                        	9999 - 9999 - 9999 - 9999

									Product key:
		                        	<input type="text" class="form-control" name="format-product-key" placeholder="Enter your product key">
		                        	a* - 999 - a999

									Order number:
		                        	<input type="text" class="form-control" name="format-order-number" placeholder="Enter your order #">
		                        	aaa - 999 - ***

									ISBN:
		                        	<input type="text" class="form-control" name="format-isbn" placeholder="Enter your ISBN">
		                        	999 - 99 - 999 - 9999 - 9

									Visible formatted characters:
		                        	<input type="text" class="form-control" name="format-persistent" placeholder="Enter your phone #">
		                        	+3 (999) 999-99-99

Password generator

Checker inside label

Password checker is attached to the label, which appears below the input field. Empty label is hidden, if you add any text inside label, it'll stay visible.

											<input type="text" class="form-control" placeholder="Enter your password">

									<button type="button" class="btn btn-info generate-label">Generate 12 characters password</button>

Label inside input

Rules are the same as for password checker inside label, but this one has absolute position and placed inside form-group. Empty label is also hidden.

											<input type="text" class="form-control" placeholder="Enter your password">

									<button type="button" class="btn btn-info generate-label-absolute">Generate 10 characters password</button>

Label inside addon

In this example password checker appears as input-group-addon. Note: addon must have any text or icon since group addon has table layout.

											<input type="text" class="form-control" placeholder="Enter your password">
											No password

									<button type="button" class="btn btn-info generate-group">Generate 8 characters password</button>

Bootstrap maxlength

Basic example

Basic example of maxlength plugin. The badge will show up right below the input by default when the remaining chars are 10 or less. This is a default value and position.

									<input type="text" class="form-control maxlength" maxlength="20" placeholder="Type 10 characters...">

Label position

The field counter can be positioned at the top, bottom, left or right via placement option. You can also place the maxlength indicator on the corners: bottom-right, top-right, top-left, bottom-left and centered-right.

									<input type="text" class="form-control maxlength-label-position" maxlength="20" placeholder="Centered right position">

Full featured

This is a complete example where all the options configured for the bootstrap-maxlength counter are setted. Please note: if the alwaysShow option is enabled, the threshold option is ignored.

									<input type="text" class="form-control maxlength-options" maxlength="20" placeholder="Always visible with custom text">

Change the threshold value

Do you want the badge to show up when there are 20 chars or less? Use the threshold option. In this example label appears when the remaining chars are 15 or less.

									<input type="text" class="form-control maxlength-threshold" maxlength="20" placeholder="Type 5 characters...">

Custom options

Example with custom options. All options can be mixed: here label will show up after entering 10 characters, label has different color and shows up after the limit is reached.

									<input type="text" class="form-control maxlength-custom" maxlength="20" placeholder="With Primary and Danger labels">

Textarea example

Bootstrap maxlength supports textarea as well as inputs. Even on old IE. Maxlength, attached to the textarea supports all available options and settings by default.

									<textarea rows="3" cols="3" maxlength="225" class="form-control maxlength-textarea" placeholder="This textarea has a limit of 225 chars."></textarea>

					Form actions
					Action button positioning

			        	<form action="#">

Left actions

										Your name:
										<input type="text" class="form-control" placeholder="Eugene Kopyov">

										Your password:
										<input type="password" class="form-control" placeholder="Your strong password">

										Your message:
										<textarea rows="5" cols="5" class="form-control" placeholder="Enter your message here"></textarea>

									<button type="submit" class="btn bg-teal-400">Submit form </button>

			            </form>

			        	<form action="#">

Centered actions

										Your name:
										<input type="text" class="form-control" placeholder="Eugene Kopyov">

										Your password:
										<input type="password" class="form-control" placeholder="Your strong password">

										Your message:
										<textarea rows="5" cols="5" class="form-control" placeholder="Enter your message here"></textarea>

										<button type="submit" class="btn bg-teal-400">Submit form </button>

			            </form>

			        	<form action="#">

Right actions

										Your name:
										<input type="text" class="form-control" placeholder="Eugene Kopyov">

										Your password:
										<input type="password" class="form-control" placeholder="Your strong password">

										Your message:
										<textarea rows="5" cols="5" class="form-control" placeholder="Enter your message here"></textarea>

										<button type="submit" class="btn bg-teal-400">Submit form </button>

			            </form>

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Bold Ministry Initiatives Recognized
6/28/2017 - Annual Meeting
Each year the Massachusetts Conference Church Development Council recognizes two ministries that exemplify innovative and impactful ministries. Here are this year's recipients.
On their website, South Church, Andover, says, "We value our heritage and cherish our memories, and we also focus on what it means to be the church today. We continue to evolve as we explore new and relevant ways of following Jesus' model of sharing God's extravagant love." South Church demonstrates Jesus' model of welcome, acceptance, and sharing the good news within and beyond the church walls. Immediately evident in their worship and program offerings is the spirit of inclusion. The pulpit greeting is very specific and will often juxtapose differences to show a vast spectrum of welcome. The worship bulletin puts people at ease with notes about seating (sit where you feel most comfortable), children (we celebrate the noises of small children; they remind us we're alive) and song (we sing with joy and spirit, without fear of judgement).
South Church offers contextual learning workshops so that people can use their own experiences to engage with topics such as "Living into our covenant with God and each other," "Exploring the sacraments and the idea of membership", and "Creating vital and sustainable worship". In additional to traditional social justice, mission, and affinity groups; South Church offers faith-filled experiences for people wherever they are on their faith journeys. "Theology on Tap" takes place in local establishments and features sacred conversations over beverages. One recent Bible Study was entitled, "Who wrote the Bible? (and other questions you were too afraid to ask)."
Reverend Donna Spencer Collins affectionately known in the Haverhill community as Mama D, was hired by a Search Committee of First Congregational Church Haverhill in May 2014. The Church had closed its doors and sold its building and gave half its money to different local UCC Churches, and city non-profits. With the other half the remaining church members dreamed of starting a new Church for a new Haverhill. Pastor Donna moved here to help lead this New Ministry Initiative, Phoenix Rising in earnest in September of that year exploring and making connections with many.
On Easter Sunday 2015, she led Phoenix Rising's first public service at the "Worshiping Oak Tree", located at the Buttonwoods Museum in Haverhill, because Pastor Donna had discovered that Phoenix Rising UCC could trace its roots back to John Ward, the City's founder and first minister who led worship in 1642 under the branches of this very tree. Phoenix Rising UCC could trace its genealogy back to John Ward and that location. As winter approached they gathered in a barn on Terra Farm in Plaistow, NH. From there they moved to 192 Merrimack Street in downtown Haverhill. The grand opening was September 18, 2016. The gathering has grown 20 fold in just two years. The active congregation was awarded the "Rook of the Year Award" from the Haverhill Chamber of Commerce in March; receiving city, state and federal citations. Pastor Donna says, "It is hard work but it is such a wonderful exciting time in our life together! We find ourselves wondering what is going to happen next!


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Watch the trailer above ahead of the film's May 3 release.


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Google Wonder Wheel (GWW) provides a slick, graphical overview of how keywords link, along with relative search volume. If you're used to trawling through long lists, GWW provides a refreshing and powerful alternative. A teriffic tool for keyword research and analysis.
If you want to know more about how to do market research for your particular niche without having to spend huge amounts on specialized software tools, I'll be running a free, 7-part mini-course called Internet Marketing101 - soon. Sign up below & be the first to get the inside scoop.
Yes Please! Send me details of when Internet Marketing101 comes out!
...I'll be delivering the content over a period of a few months, as time allows - I've got a business to run! But I want to make the mini-course something that you can tap into anytime, and it will contain video how-to's and more, which will be your's to download & keep/pass on to others as you see fit. The only thing you won't be able to do is sell it to anyone else, as I'm making it free of charge.
The simple answer is obvious to anyone who's been around in the internet marketing world for a while: if you benefit/like from what I have to offer, you might just gossip about me to your friends - and that's what networking is all about :) I could charge for the mini-course, but to be honest, I'd rather offer something for free, and get lots of feedback from my users, which is worth way more than a few hundred dollars. If the course is very successful, I might make into a paid course down the line.
So, if you (like I've been doing!) split-test your Ads with different domains to see how this affects your CTR (Click-Through-Rate), you'll have to think of an alternative method. Probably the easiest thing to do would be to (as Google recommends), create different AdGroups with the different Top-level Domain, but using the same keywords & match-types. I guess this is going to be a hassle for some, but if you're using something like SpeedPPC, you should be able to make the adjustment very rapidly. I've only been using the software for a couple of weeks in the PPC campaigns I'm cranking out, but it makes a massive difference to how quickly you can get a test campaign up & running, no matter what Google decides to throw at us! I'll be reviewing SpeedPPC in due course, but just to say for now - it's well worth the investment in terms of the time it saves & the efficiency with which you can create targeted campaigns, and that's just scratching the surface of what it can do for your PPC marketing. Click here for more info about SpeedPPC.
Google Wonder Wheel (GWW) provides a slick, graphical overview of how keywords link, along with relative search volume. If you're used to trawling through long lists, GWW provides a refreshing and powerful alternative. A teriffic tool for keyword research and analysis.
If you want to know more about how to do market research for your particular niche without having to spend huge amounts on specialized software tools, I'll be running a free, 7-part mini-course called Internet Marketing101 – soon. Sign up below & be the first to get the inside scoop.
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Facebook rocked by data privacy scandal as investigations loom
Democratic Senator Amy Klobuchar and Republican John Kennedy call for Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg to appear before Congress, along with the CEOs of Google and Twitter
Published 9:07 AM, March 20, 2018
Updated 12:51 PM, March 20, 2018
SOCIAL MEDIA GIANT. In this May 10, 2012 file photo, a view of an Apple iPhone displaying the Facebook app's splash screen in front of the login page on a computer are shown in Washington, DC. File Photo by Karen Bleier/AFP
WASHINGTON DC, USA – Facebook shares plunged Monday, March 19, as the social media giant faced an onslaught of criticism at home and abroad over revelations that a firm working for Donald Trump's presidential campaign harvested and misused data on 50 million members.
Calls for investigations came on both sides of the Atlantic after Facebook responded to the explosive reports of misuse of its data by suspending the account of Cambridge Analytica, a British firm hired by Trump's 2016 campaign.
Democratic Senator Amy Klobuchar and Republican John Kennedy called for Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg to appear before Congress, along with the CEOs of Google and Twitter.
The two lawmakers said the companies "have amassed unprecedented amounts of personal data" and that the lack of oversight "raises concerns about the integrity of American elections as well as privacy rights."
Senator Ron Wyden asked Facebook to provide more information on what he called a "troubling" misuse of private data that could have been used to sway voters.
Wyden said he wants to know how Cambridge Analytica used Facebook tools "to weaponize detailed psychological profiles against tens of millions of Americans."
In Europe, officials voiced similar outrage.
Vera Jourova, the European commissioner for justice, consumers and gender equality, called the revelations "horrifying, if confirmed," and vowed to address concerns in the United States this week.
In Britain, parliamentary committee chair Damian Collins said both Cambridge Analytica and Facebook had questions to answer.
"We have repeatedly asked Facebook about how companies acquire and hold on to user data from their site, and in particular whether data had been taken from people without their consent," Collins said in a statement.
"Their answers have consistently understated this risk, and have also been misleading to the committee."
'Systemic problems'
On Wall Street, Facebook shares skidded 6.8% amid concerns about pressure for new regulations that could hurt its business model.
Brian Wieser at Pivotal Research said the revelations highlight "systemic problems at Facebook," but that they won't immediately impact the social network's revenues.
Still, he said, "risks are now enhanced" because of the potential for regulations on how Facebook uses data for advertising and monitoring users.
According to a joint investigation by The New York Times and Britain's Observer, Cambridge Analytica was able to create psychological profiles on 50 million Facebook users through the use of a personality prediction app that was downloaded by 270,000 people, but also scooped up data from friends.
A Cambridge Analytica statement denied misusing Facebook data for the Trump campaign.
Facebook said it had hired a digital forensics firm to examine how the data leak occurred and to ensure that any data collected had been destroyed.
"If this data still exists, it would be a grave violation of Facebook's policies," the statement said.
'Self-regulation not working'
Jennifer Grygiel, a Syracuse University professor who studies social media, said the disclosures will increase pressure to regulate Facebook and other social media firms, already under scrutiny for allowing disinformation from Russian-directed sources to propagate.
"Self-regulation is not working," Grygiel said.
"I'm wondering how bad this needs to get before our regulators step in and hold these companies accountable."
Daniel Kreiss, a professor of media and communications at the University of North Carolina, said Facebook failed to live up to its responsibilities on election ads.
"The fact that Facebook seems to make no distinction between selling sneakers and selling a presidential platform is a deep problem," Kreiss said.
Some analysts suggested the breach posed an existential crisis for Facebook because of how it gathers and uses data on its two billion members.
David Carroll, a media professor at the New School's Parsons School of Design, said Facebook and others will soon be forced to live with new privacy rules such as those set to take effect in the European Union.
"Facebook and Google will have to ask users a lot more permission to track them," Carroll said. "Most people are going to say no, so I think it's going to have a huge impact on these companies."
Carroll has filed a legal action in Britain calling on Cambridge Analytica to disclose what data was gathered and used on him.
"If I can get them to disclose my data or my personality score, it indicates every other American has the right to the same thing," he said.
An undercover investigation of Cambridge Analytica by Britain's Channel 4 said executives boasted they could entrap politicians in compromising situations with bribes and Ukrainian sex workers, and spread misinformation over the internet.
The executives claimed to have worked in more 200 elections across the world, including Argentina, the Czech Republic, India, Kenya and Nigeria.
The British firm said it "strongly denies" the claims from Channel 4 as well as reports on misuse of Facebook data.
"Facebook data was not used by Cambridge Analytica as part of the services it provided to the Donald Trump presidential campaign," a statement read. – Rappler.com
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Liftoff: Falcon Heavy Launch and Hopes for a New Space Race
So, in an effort to pull myself back from writing too much about astronomy, I wrote about biology for my last post. I had aspirations to do the same for this week. Then Elon Musk threw my aspirations in the trash and shook up the world of space travel (again).
On February 6, SpaceX launched its Falcon Heavy rocket for the first time. The rocket's test launch went nearly perfectly. Its first-stage boosters worked without a hitch, landing safely almost simultaneously in Cape Canaveral. The second-stage core booster successfully launched its payload, a red Tesla Roadster "driven" by a spacesuit-clad mannequin. This core booster, however, missed its mark on a drone-ship in the Atlantic, crashing into the water at 300mph and damaging the drone-ship. Despite this hiccup, though, the launch was an overwhelming success.
Watch the launch here:
Click to view some stunning photos from the launch.
This rocket is groundbreaking in multiple ways and is the largest and strongest rocket currently in existence. The only rocket that ever had more payload carrying capabilities was the Saturn V moon rocket, but that hasn't flown since 1973 and almost certainly never will again. The Delta IV Heavy, made by United Launch Alliance, is the former holder of the "Strongest Modern Rocket" title, which now belongs to the Falcon Heavy. Look at the table below to compare the three rockets.
(Statistics compiled by CNN Money. Click to see the stats of other impressive rockets throughout the ages.)
The Falcon Heavy is weaker and smaller than the Saturn V. So, what makes the success of the Falcon Heavy so exciting?
Well, for one, it is the strongest in operation today, and the Saturn V will never be produced again. The crew behind the Saturn V is no longer alive or working, and neither its components nor the tools used to make it exist any longer.
The two rockets also have/had totally different goals. The Saturn V was made for a government-funded agency (NASA) with the sole purpose of launching the Apollo missions to the moon (and eventually launching Skylab as its final payload in 1973). The Falcon Heavy, on the other hand, was made by a privately-funded company (SpaceX) to carry out a variety of mission-types for multiple customers. This shift from government-only space travel towards a playing field where companies compete with governments and each other for space innovation is incredibly promising for the future.
Perhaps the most exciting difference between the two, however, is the cost-effectiveness of the Falcon Heavy. NASA effectively paid no attention to costs when creating the Saturn V, coming in at a whooping $1.16 billion. This gargantuan sum was the result of an unyielding desire by the US to beat the USSR to the moon in the space race as a part of the larger Cold War. The Falcon Heavy, on the other hand, is much, much cheaper at only $90 million. This dramatically lower cost is due in part to the reusability of the the rocket cores. By having reusable rockets, SpaceX is massively cutting down on the prohibitively high costs of getting something off this planet.
Read a more complete comparison between the rockets here.
Elon Musk's intentions with SpaceX are clear. As Business Insider reported from the post-launch press conference, Musk said:
"We want a new space race. Space races are exciting [...] I think it's going to encourage other companies and countries to say, 'Hey, if SpaceX, which is a commercial company, and it can do this, and nobody paid for Falcon Heavy, it was paid with internal funds,' then they could do it, too [...] So I think it's going to encourage other countries and companies to raise their sights and say, 'We can do bigger and better,' which is great."
So what are SpaceX's plans after unveiling their mega-powerful, reusable, general-purpose, game-changing rocket? Well, they're obviously going to discontinue it almost immediately. Back in September, Musk announced his plans to have the company's next project, code named "BFR," take over the company's focus as an essential part of his Mars colonization effort. This multipurpose craft will be stronger and larger than the Falcon Heavy, and come in several variants – a tanker for mid-orbit refueling, a satellite delivery craft, and a spaceship for transporting people and cargo between planets, continents, and through Low Earth Orbit.
I am especially excited about the mid-orbit refueling tanker. Since rockets burn most of their fuel when leaving Earth, long-distance space travel practically requires refueling in orbit, away from such a strong gravitational field.
The BFR is, against all odds, even more promising intriguing than the success we saw on Tuesday with the Falcon Heavy. Though the phase out of their other projects might seem premature, SpaceX is planning on having plenty of their Falcon rockets and Dragon spacecrafts on standby for their customers to use while the BFR proves itself. This phase out will simply cut costs further in the development of the infrastructure for their master plan – making humans a multiplanetary species.
With all of this said, I am more than excited. I, as a younger person who loves space, missed out on the first space race and the intense public interest in space brought about by the cold war. With Elon Musk and SpaceX, the dream of a new space race is being brought back to life, this time without the baggage and terror of intense geopolitics in the mix. My mind is racing with the thought that in my 30s or 40s I could be watching a human on my TV make the first footsteps on the soil of another planet.
What are your thoughts on the Falcon Heavy launch, SpaceX, or private space travel as a whole? Share them in the comments if you'd like!
Written By: Jacob Monash
Jessi Brawley April 02, 2018
It really was an incredible thing to see! I agree that it was worthy of talk!!
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