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NEV 86
Nevada Overall (13-0)
- Pac-12 Network
Utah Overall (6-6)
O/U (3-4-2)
615 Nevada Wolf Pack -320 Under -110 (-7) -110 Cover: 8
616 Utah Utes +260 Over -110 (+7) -110 OVER: 157
615 NEV -320 Under: -110 (-7) -110 Cover: 8
616 UTAH +260 Over: -110 (+7) -110 OVER: 157
NEV(-7)
NEV(-7.5)
NEV(-10)
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Eric Musselman observes other coaches bench players when they aren't shooting well. He, instead, tells his stars to just shoot more.
Caleb Martin scored a career-high 33 points and Jordan Caroline added 17 to lead No. 6 Nevada over Utah 86-71 on Saturday.
"Coach gives us so much confidence," Martin said. "I know how good a shooter I am capable of being. I just had to shoot myself out of it and get to the rim a couple times."
Along with his signature glides to the hoop, Martin emerged from a shooting slump (10 for 43 from beyond the arc the prior four games) in a big way with six 3-pointers to go along with seven assists and four steals.
Nevada, which forced Utah into 18 turnovers, remained just one of five undefeated NCAA Division I teams.
Jazz Johnson went 4 for 4 on 3s as the Wolf Pack made 12 and shot 46 percent from long range. Coming into the game, the Wolf Pack had made just 27 of their last 112 3-point attempts.
"I'm not worried about the shooting. I just know we do not lose when we have 200 passes — it hasn't happened in three years here," Musselman said of the way ball movement produces open shots.
Sedrick Barefield countered with a season-best 33 points for the Utes (6-6), who couldn't bounce back from Nevada's big run early in the second half. Donnie Tillman had 13 points and 10 rebounds for Utah, which lost for the first time at home this season.
Trailing by double-digits most of the second half, Utah drew within 75-66 with 4:17 to play on Charles Jones, Jr.'s 3-pointer.
But Martin made a couple more baskets and Nevada grabbed three timely offensive rebounds to clinch the game.
Utah had height to contend with the formidable Wolf Pack frontline, but the Utes couldn't stay with the Nevada's athletes on drives to the hoop and scrambles for loose balls.
After a back-and-forth first half, the Wolf Pack ratcheted up the pressure and turned a 38-37 edge into an 11-point lead.
"We put more pressure on the ball and tried to be more active, get in the lanes a bit more and I think it showed. We got some turnovers and it sparked us," Caroline said.
The Nevada defense forced Utah into five turnovers on their first six possessions of the second half. Caleb Martin sparked the 13-3 run with an off-balance 3-pointer and capped it with an assist to Caroline to make it 51-40.
"I thought we were lackadaisical at the start of the second half," Utah coach Larry Krystkowiak said. "We fueled their fire to start the second half by turning the ball over."
The Wolf Pack all say they are a second-half team and early deficits don't bother them. They take their cue from Caleb Martin.
"I just become a different player in the second half. I know I have to produce and I get a real fire under me. We just do whatever it takes in the second half to win the game," Martin said.
Neither team was happy with how tight the officials called any contact and it finally boiled over when Cody Martin got a technical foul with 13:57 left. Trey Porter, who had nine points, fouled out with 9:30 to play and Cody Martin missed significant time with foul trouble.
The win marked the best start since Nevada became a Division I school in 1969 and the only time the Wolf Pack has completed non-conference play with an unblemished record.
Nevada: The Wolf Pack know they can't consistently dig themselves holes at the start of games. They also struggle in the half-court when teams take away their potent transition prowess. Good 3-point shooting bailed them out against Utah, but they'll need better offense to match their consistent defensive pressure because they've shown the long-range shots aren't always going to be falling.
Utah: Despite the loss, the Utes played with more toughness than they have showed in their uneven start to the season. "That was a really physical game, so I'm proud of how we fought," Barefield said.
Utah outrebounded Nevada, 39-30, and didn't give up too many baskets, except off turnovers. Barefield, who has come off the bench the last three games, was nearly unstoppable but the Utes need more offensive firepower around him to make a run in the Pac-12.
Nevada: Hosts Utah State on Wednesday to open MWC play.
Utah: Visits No. 17 Arizona State on Thursday.
More AP college basketball: https://apnews.com/Collegebasketball and https://twitter.com/AP_Top25
Wolf Pack Overall
W/L 13-0
Wolf Pack Away
1:00 PM at Utah W 86-71 W (-7) O (144.5)
6:00 PM Akron W 68-62 L (-16) U (139)
8:00 PM South Dakota State W 72-68 L (-16.5) U (162.5)
4:30 PM at Grand Canyon W 74-66 L (-10.5) U (150)
11:00 PM at Arizona State W 72-66 L (-6.5) U (162)
3:30 PM at USC W 73-61 W (-5.5) U (161)
7:00 PM at Loyola (IL) W 79-65 W (-4) U (149.5)
9:00 PM Massachusetts W 110-87 W (-14) O (156.5)
3:00 PM Tulsa W 96-86 L (-14.5) O (152.5)
9:00 PM California Baptist W 90-55
Utes Overall
Total 3-4-2
Utes Home
1:00 PM Nevada L 86-71 L (7) O (144.5)
8:00 PM Northern Arizona W 76-62 L (-17.5) U (149.5)
7:00 PM Florida A&M W 93-64
4:00 PM at Kentucky L 88-61 L (15.5) O (138.5)
1:00 PM BYU L 74-59 L (3.5) U (158)
4:00 PM Tulsa W 69-64 L (-7) U (145.5)
1:00 PM Northwestern L 79-57 L (3) T (136)
8:00 PM Grand Canyon W 75-66 W (-1.5) U (144.5)
10:30 PM Hawaii L 90-79 L (-9) O (139.5)
7:00 PM MVSU W 98-63
Over/Under 3-4-1
Caleb Martin (F) 39:00 11-23 47.8% 6-16 37.5% 5-8 62.5% 0 1 7 4 2 0 0 15 33
Jordan Caroline (G-F) 37:00 6-14 42.9% 2-3 66.7% 3-5 60% 7 12 0 2 0 2 2 18 17
Jazz Johnson (G) 29:00 4-6 66.7% 4-4 100% 0-0 0% 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 3 12
Trey Porter (F) 24:00 3-5 60% 0-0 0% 3-4 75% 0 3 1 0 0 2 5 23 9
Cody Martin (F) 30:00 2-5 40% 0-1 0% 4-4 100% 3 6 2 1 1 1 4 13 8
Tre'Shawn Thurman (F) 25:00 2-5 40% 0-1 0% 0-0 0% 2 3 2 0 0 0 3 14 4
Jordan Brown (F) 13:00 1-2 50% 0-0 0% 1-2 50% 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 -7 3
Corey Henson (G) 3:00 0-1 0% 0-1 0% 0-0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -4 0
JoJo Anderson (G) 00:00 0-0 0% 0-0 0% 0-0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
David Cunningham (G) 00:00 0-0 0% 0-0 0% 0-0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lindsey Drew (G) 00:00 0-0 0% 0-0 0% 0-0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jalen Harris (G) 00:00 0-0 0% 0-0 0% 0-0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
K.J. Hymes (F) 00:00 0-0 0% 0-0 0% 0-0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vincent Lee (F) 00:00 0-0 0% 0-0 0% 0-0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jalen Townsell (G-F) 00:00 0-0 0% 0-0 0% 0-0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Zach Wurm (G-F) 00:00 0-0 0% 0-0 0% 0-0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nisre Zouzoua (G) 00:00 0-0 0% 0-0 0% 0-0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sedrick Barefield (G) 33:00 10-15 66.7% 6-10 60% 7-9 77.8% 0 0 0 1 0 5 3 -14 33
Donnie Tillman (F) 25:00 3-9 33.3% 1-4 25% 6-6 100% 4 10 0 0 0 2 3 -9 13
Timmy Allen (F) 34:00 4-7 57.1% 0-0 0% 3-5 60% 2 4 1 0 0 2 4 -3 11
Charles Jones Jr. (G) 6:00 2-3 66.7% 1-1 100% 0-0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 5
Both Gach (F) 21:00 1-6 16.7% 1-5 20% 0-0 0% 1 3 3 0 0 2 0 1 3
Jayce Johnson (F-C) 22:00 0-1 0% 0-0 0% 2-2 100% 1 4 0 0 1 2 3 -17 2
Riley Battin (F) 21:00 1-3 33.3% 0-1 0% 0-0 0% 0 2 0 0 0 2 4 -23 2
Novak Topalovic (C) 12:00 1-5 20% 0-0 0% 0-0 0% 2 6 2 0 1 0 2 8 2
Parker Van Dyke (G) 26:00 0-4 0% 0-4 0% 0-0 0% 0 0 3 0 1 1 1 -17 0
Naseem Gaskin (G) 00:00 0-0 0% 0-0 0% 0-0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vante Hendrix (G) 00:00 0-0 0% 0-0 0% 0-0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brooks King (G) 00:00 0-0 0% 0-0 0% 0-0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kevin Kremer (G) 00:00 0-0 0% 0-0 0% 0-0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brandon Morley (F-C) 00:00 0-0 0% 0-0 0% 0-0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Christian Popoola Jr. (G) 00:00 0-0 0% 0-0 0% 0-0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Marc Reininger (F) 00:00 0-0 0% 0-0 0% 0-0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Beau Rydalch (G) 00:00 0-0 0% 0-0 0% 0-0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lahat Thioune (F) 00:00 0-0 0% 0-0 0% 0-0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0


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Boxing News, Featured Stories
No Mas: Lara TKOs Zaveck
by	Robert Ecksel
Asked if he could continue, Zaveck said, "I don't know," which is one of the ways we say "no mas" in English.
Asked if he was able to continue, Jan Zaveck said, "I don't know," which is one of the ways we say "no mas" in English. (PBC)
Wednesday night at Hialeah Racing Park & Casino in Hialeah, Florida, WBA World super welterweight champion Erislandy Lara (22-2, 12 KOs), the slick southpaw from Miami by way of Guantanamo, Cuba, successfully defended his title by forcing former IBF welterweight champion Jan Zaveck (35-4, 20 KOs), from Magdeburg, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany, by way of Ptuj, Slovenia, to quit at 41 seconds into round three.
It was curious win for the champion.
Although only seven years separates 32-year-old Lara and 39-year-old Zaveck, those seven years might have been dog years considering how each man fought and appeared.
Lara looked like someone in his fighting prime. Zaveck, by contrast, looked like a bloated old man, and pulling what appeared to be a "no mas" didn't change that perception.
Lara took charge at the opening bell. Zaveck's wide punches and lack of head movement were ready-made for Lara's skill set. Firing off stinging combinations from the southpaw stance, Lara also found a home for his uppercut. He rocked Zaveck with a straight left at 1:20 that drove him to the ropes. A right jab to Zaveck's face at the bell was a suitable exclamation point.
Lara landed 21 punches to Zaveck's 7 in round one.
Things didn't improve for the Slovenian in round two. He would occasionally throw an ineffective flurry, but he looked more like a sparring partner than a man fighting for a world title. Meanwhile, Lara's lead left could not miss. Zaveck must have fought a lefty at some point in his career, but he seemed incapable of defending himself. As the round was drawing to a close, Lara split Zaveck's guard and landed a straight left down the pike that caused his knees to buckle.
At the start the third Lara landed a quick 1-2 to which stunned Zaveck. He reached out to touch gloves, as though the fight was just beginning or as if to apologize for an accidental foul (which hadn't occurred). Then he turned away.
The referee Telis Assimenios was out of position and Lara landed a three-punch combination on Zaveck, who had turned his back in a sign of retreat.
The ref got the message and waved it off.
ESPN's Teddy Atlas immediately called it a "no mas" and it was hard to disagree. Sitting on his stool while grimacing and holding his right shoulder, Zaveck was in no shape to continue.
But what happened? He was getting nailed, but none of the punches appeared to do serious damage.
In an attempt to solve the mystery, one of Teddy's sidekicks, Bernardo Osuna, asked Zaveck after the fight what was going on. He said a punch to the right side of his neck caused a spasm in his right shoulder. He extended his glove, not as a show of sportsmanship, but in an attempt to make the spasm go away.
When Osuna asked Zaveck if he thought he was could have continued, Zaveck said, "I don't know," which is one of the ways we say "no mas" in English.
This article was penned by the author who is not related to the WBA and the statements, expressions or opinions referenced herein are that of the author alone and not the WBA.
Happy Thanksgiving Day

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Last weekend our friends, Rachael and Casey, taught us how to make sushi at our monthly dinner club — the first interactive one to date.
Rachael and Casey have been making sushi for years, but this was the first time both Nick and I gave it a try.
Wet your hands in warm water (to prevent rice from sticking to them), and spread a thin layer of rice onto the nori (seaweed wrap).
Pack the rice onto the nori.
Add fillings like cucumber, asparagus, carrots, avocado, and cream cheese. (We kept the meal free of seafood due to two vegetarians and one pregnant lady.) Don't over stuff it! Though the beginners in the group all did this at least twice.
Tightly roll the sushi, using the bamboo mat (covered in plastic wrap) as your guide.
Use the mat to shape and secure the sushi roll, then slice it into bite-size pieces.
She made it look so easy! The rest of us, however, struggled to keep our rolls … well, rolled.
But we had a good time, regardless.
And although our sushi wouldn't earn any points for presentation, it was certainly delicious — dipped into wasabi and soy sauce, of course.
Rachael and Casey also served a mixed salad with sesame-tahini dressing and a flavorful miso soup. Japanese beer, saki, and fruit juice were on the menu, as well.
Luckily our friends gave us each our own bamboo mat, so we can practice at home!
Have you ever made sushi?
Rinse 2 cups of sushi rice in a strainer. Let it drain over a bowl for 1 hour.
Add rice and water to a a heavy sauce pot. Bring it to a simmer, then turn the heat to low and cook, covered, for 10 minutes. After 10 minutes, turn off the heat and let rice sit, covered, for 10 more minutes.
Meanwhile, mix together vinegar, sugar, and salt until fully dissolved.
Pour rice onto a sheet pan. Drizzle half of seasoned vinegar over rice. Fluff rice with chopsticks or a fork while constantly fanning it out. Then drizzle remaining vinegar on top. Fluff and fan. Keep cool until ready to use.
I have and I love it. We usually make it a girl's night activity and though I am not very good at it, the results always taste great. It's fun and you'll get better every time you try it. Promise!
How fun to be in a monthly dinner club — I love that idea! I've always wanted to make sushi at home, but heard that the rice making process was a little fussy. This doesn't seem too bad at all!
Excuse me – where was my invitation? lost in the mail? I'm just teasing 🙂 I want to try making sushi SO BAD! Maybe we'll have a sushi making party.


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Look How You Turned Out
I've known Marcus since around junior high when he moved to town and got a job at the station where Artie is chief of police. Marcus was this young married guy with a baby on the way, and I was just starting to feel tingly about males. Well, he was right on time, the gas in the tank of my fantasies. What motivation! If I had a nickel for every time I imagined Marcus telling me to do bad things and professing undying love for me while I did them, I could lay those nickels end to end all the way to the moon…three times.
I was in my first year of college when I heard he was going through a divorce. He had a little boy, five at the time. I tried to express my sincerest sympathy to him one night in our kitchen during my father's annual, have the guys and their wives over Christmas party. But Marcus had custody of his son, and at Dad's insistence brought him along. I don't even think Marcus had a beer, and as I remember he'd patted my head instead of…anything else, and thanked me for my kind words like I was Laura Ingalls and he was Mr. Edwards. I was thinking more along the lines of Lolita and a way less disgusting HH.
https://www.amazon.com/Look-How-You-Turned-Out-ebook/dp/B01ENNL0NU
2. Finding My Thunder
The story takes place in the late sixties. Hilly Grunier has been in love with Danny Boyd since she was a kid telling scary stories on summer nights at the fire hydrant while Danny pulled close on his bike. But when Danny is thirteen, their friendship ends when he and his brother Sukey have a vicious fight over Hilly. Years pass, and Hilly carries a secret and growing love as she watches Danny rise athletically to the top of their school's food chain. He even dates the prom queen and rumor says they are engaged. Now Danny has graduated and shows up in her dad's shop looking for some temporary employment until the army picks him off for Vietnam. He's thrown aside his college scholarship and the golden girl. He seems to be searching for something new before he leaves town. He seems to be searching for her. Hilly can't let him go overseas without showing him how she feels. But once he's gone, her own battle intensifies. It's a long road to finding her thunder.
https://www.amazon.com/Finding-My-Thunder-Diane-Munier-ebook/dp/B00UY5DWJW
3. Darnay Road
Starts out in summer of 1963. Sweet little ten-year-old Catholic school girl Georgia Christine meets eleven-year-old smoker with armpit hair who really does live on the wrong side of the tracks Easy. She and Abigail May are mystery solvers, The Darnay Spies, in their spare time, and Easy Caghan (E.C.) and his brother Cap will keep these two little ladies on their sleuthing toes. Darnay Road leads them into a future where their childish friendship blooms into love. Will the Vietnam War be the one challenge they can't overcome?
https://www.amazon.com/Darnay-Road-Diane-Munier-ebook/dp/B00WAP543Q
4. My Wounded Soldier: Book One, Fight for Glory
All across the country men are drifting home from the war. But when Tom Tanner musters out, he doesn't plan to go home. He has been working in the brickyard in Springfield trying to save enough money to buy a rig and head west. He's not expecting his father to show up and plead with him to return to the farm. After the horrible loss of his older brother, Tom doesn't feel worthy of the family's company. But his guilt won't allow him to cause them more pain and so he goes home for one last visit. It's hard to find normal around the folks. The work of harvest provides the perfect distraction. Once the crops are in he'll go so far away they'll never have to look at him again. But his plans are challenged one day. Tom is working in the field when the neighbor boy, Johnny, comes running for help. What Tom finds at the neighbor's home is a scene right out of the war. But it's not just about killing. The Missus Addie Varn, is ready to birth. Tom wants to run, and he will come fall, but now he must roll up his sleeves and play midwife.
https://www.amazon.com/My-Wounded-Soldier-Fight-Glory-ebook/dp/B00XLZ3DL4
5. My Wounded Soldier: Book Two, Fight for Love
Tom Tanner has taken on a family. He lived through the war, but becoming a lover and pa to two small children may be the role that breaks him. This is the story of a man's slow rise from black sheep to patriarch. 1866 is a time of learning to carry on in the aftermath of civil war. Tom is ready to heal, ready to take over Addie's farm and make it a grand place. He has money from reupping in the war and reward money for bringing a few notorious outlaws. Can Addie's love help him settle and become an outstanding man like his pa? It's the only fight worth making– a fight for love.
https://www.amazon.com/My-Wounded-Soldier-Fight-Glory-ebook/dp/B010W8NDDK
6. My Wounded Soldier, Fight for Glory, Fight for Love (Special Edition bringing both books together).
This is a special edition, formerly Book One and Two of the My Wounded Soldier series and the complete saga of Tom Tanner. Tom musters out of the Twenty-Seventh after the Civil War. Battle-weary and broken-hearted, Tom plans to go west when his father prevails on him to come home. It's there that his future takes a turn. Soldiers roam the country, some bent on mischief. When a drifter kills the neighbor, it's Tom the widow sends her son to find. Tom arrives at a gruesome scene, and the widow is ready to birth.
https://www.amazon.com/My-Wounded-Soldier-Fight-Glory-ebook/dp/B01F2Y4M3Y
7. Me and Mom Fall for Spencer
The house next door to Sarah and her mother Marie has been vacant since the murder that happened there when Sarah was ten. Their neighbor, Frieda, was like a second mother to Sarah and she died brutally and that event sends a paralysis over this sleepy neighborhood that hasn't lifted for seventeen years. Imagine Sarah's surprise when the old place finally sells to an on-line buyer. She looks through the thick growth separating her house from the other and a wild man looks back. He's thirty-seven year old Spencer Gundry. Once he shaves the beard and gets a haircut, he's not hard to look at. Well Sarah's mom doesn't think so. And maybe she doesn't either. Problem is, Sarah has evolved into the neighborhood watchdog and she knows this tumbleweed Gundry has as many secrets as the house he owns.
https://www.amazon.com/Mom-Fall-Spencer-Diane-Munier-ebook/dp/B00U4GQYGE
8. Leaping
Two lonely souls on the beach. A chance meeting or orchestrated? She invites him to leap to the end of what could be a great time. She has a cabin for three weeks. He has his grandfather's Victorian house. He doesn't take chances as a rule, but he's been drifting for a long time. Does he have the guts to take her up on the offer? It's reckless. But his moral compass got reset after the incident. So maybe he'll leap and see where he lands.
https://www.amazon.com/Leaping-Diane-Munier-ebook/dp/B00WYJ3QKQ


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Q: switch between 1 and 0 in a list
There is an initial list always consists of '1' (e.g.: [1,1,1], [1,1,1,1]), and the initial list will be given in the question. Then there are some people want to switch the list. The first person will switch every '1' to '0'. The second person follow the first one, and he want to switch the every second number to another(if he meets '0', he switch it to '1';if he meets '1', he switch it to '0'). The third person follow the first one, and he want to switch the every third number to another. Of course, the number of people will be given in the question. Please give the result of final statement of the list.
Write a program 'switch(1,N,Initial,Final). N is the count of people.
For example :

switch(1,2,[1,1],Final).       Final=[0,1].

switch(1,3,[1,1,1],Final).     Final=[0,1,1].

A: So we've got a bunch of people who, with nothing better to do in
their lives, want to sequentially switch some numbers in a list. Someone needs to introduce them to Prolog, they could make better use of their time. But this is our initial recursion and base case:
switch(N, N, In, Out) :-
    person_switch(N, 1, In, Out), !.
switch(P, N, In, Out) :-
    person_switch(P, 1, In, Done),
    succ(P, Q),
    switch(Q, N, Done, Out).

So we can make our people do their switch sequentially via the first argument, which we increment until we reach the base case.
Next up, we'd better teach these people how to do their jobs of switching 0's and 1's.
person_switch(_, _, [], []). % Base case
person_switch(P, P, [1|In], [0|Out]) :- % switch 1 to a 0 on their turn
    person_switch(P, 1, In, Out). % Recurse
person_switch(P, P, [0|In], [1|Out]) :- % switch 0 to a 1 on their turn
    person_switch(P, 1, In, Out). % Recurse
person_switch(P, C, [H|In], [H|Out]) :- % don't switch, unify
    C < P, % don't not switch when they should, C is a counter along the list
    succ(C, D), % increment
    person_switch(P, D, In, Out). % Recurse

Good luck learning Prolog.

A: :- [library(plunit)] .

switch(_one_,_two_,_source_,_target_) :-
    switch('induce',_one_,_two_,_source_,_target_,1) .

switch('swap',false,0,0) .
switch('swap',false,1,1) .
switch('swap',true,0,1) .
switch('swap',true,1,0) .

switch('induce',_one_,_two_,_source_,_target_,_nth_) :-
    _source_ = [] ,
    _target_ = [] ;
    _source_ = [_car_|_cdr_] ,
    _target_ = [_CAR_|_CDR_] ,
    _NTH_ is _nth_ + 1 ,
    switch('induce',_one_,_two_,_cdr_,_CDR_,_NTH_) ,
    switch('deduce',_one_,_two_,_car_,_CAR_,_nth_) .

switch('deduce',_one_,_two_,_car_,_CAR_,_nth_) :-
    _one_ = _nth_ ,
    switch('swap',true,_car_,_CAR_) ;
    _one_ \= _nth_ ,
    _two_ = _nth_ ,
    switch('swap',true,_car_,_CAR_) ;
    _one_ \= _nth_ ,
    _two_ \= _nth_ ,
    switch('swap',false,_car_,_CAR_) .

%
:- begin_tests(switch).

test(switch,[nondet,true(Final == [0,0])])       :- switch(1,2,[1,1],Final) .
test(switch,[nondet,true(Final == [0,1,0])])     :- switch(1,3,[1,1,1],Final) .
test(switch,[nondet,true(Final == [0,1,1,0])])   :- switch(1,4,[1,1,1,1],Final) .
test(switch,[nondet,true(Final == [0,1,1,1,0])]) :- switch(1,5,[1,1,1,1,1],Final) .
test(switch,[nondet,true(Final == [1,1,1,1,1])]) :- switch(1,5,[0,1,1,1,0],Final) .

:- end_tests(switch).

%
/*
$ yap -f stackoverflow_switch_list.prolog -g 'run_tests' ;
YAP 6.2.2 (i686-linux): Sat Aug 17 14:01:16 UTC 2019
% PL-Unit: switch ..... done
% All 5 tests passed
yes
   ?-
*/

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Q: Como convertir el formato de una fecha larga a una fecha corta en mysql? Estoy realizando una aplicacion completa, en la cual al revisar envios pendientes,deberá mostrar en un grid de default el folio del viaje pendiente,la fecha del dia actual y su proveedor. El problema esque desde la base SQL tomo el dato con el siguiente formato:
2018-07-03 09:02:32.000
y deseo solo utilizar el formato:
2018-07-03
utilizo la siguiente consulta para arrastrar los datos de la DB en MySQL
select folio as #DeViaje,
       fecha,
       proveedor
from  TBL_Recolectores_historial
where (enviado_SAP='0')

En la DB, esa columna de fecha esta con el formato datetime.
¿Hay alguna forma de cambiar el formato que se muestra solamente modificando la consulta?
He leido las respuestas posibles que me han comentado, pero creo no he dado a entender mi problemática. En la DB, ya EXISTEN las fechas establecidas, se obtuvieron al capturar los datos.Lo que requiero es sencillamente realizar una consulta, en la columna fecha, donde en vez de obtener la fecha completa, obtenga la version abreviada, como si fuera un substring. No deseo obtener la fecha actual, deseo obtener los datos de la columna en el formato de fecha corta, para yo en mi aplicación poder manejarla como yo según requiera.

A:
Necesitas pasar tu columna por la función DATE la cual solo tomará la parte de año-mes y día de tu columna ignorando mas no eliminando la parte de tiempo

Ejemplo
SET @Fecha = NOW();
SELECT DATE@Fecha;

Obtengo como resultado:

2020-01-31 00:31:58

Ahora si esa misma consulta la pasamos por dicha función obtenemos solo la parte que nos interesa:
SET @Fecha = NOW();
SELECT DATE(@Fecha);

2020-01-31

Tu consulta entonces pudiera quedar así:
select folio as #DeViaje,
       DATE(fecha),
       proveedor
from  TBL_Recolectores_historial
where (enviado_SAP='0');

A: estuve consultando con algunos programadores en la universidad que tienen mas experiencia como data manager, y me indicaron que la adicion seria solamente CONVERT(varchar, fecha, 101)
Para que en mis consultas solo apareciera la fecha que me interesa.Tambien haciendo algunas pruebas afortunadamente no necesitare la conversion para las consultas mas sencillas al sustraer datos.
select folio as #DeViaje,fecha,proveedor from  TBL_Recolectores_historial where (enviado_SAP='0') and fecha >= getdate();

https://www.w3schools.com/sql/func_sqlserver_convert.asp
En este sitio aparecen los codigos de conversion, que necesitaré de acuerdo a como avance el proyecto, y dejo la información por si en el futuro alguien lo necesita.


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John Tortorella on the NHL's All-Star Weekend: 'I don't even watch it'
By Ian Oland
When not leading an NHL team as a head coach, John Tortorella has long served as a TV analyst due to his colorful takes such as Trevor Zegras's Michigan moves being bad for hockey. Tortorella's perspective as a media member and as a head coach gives him tremendous insight into how powerful his words are and how big of a role he has in promoting the game.
Which is why it was a big fat lol when Tortorella unloaded on the NHL All-Star game after the Flyers' 6-2 victory over the Arizona Coyotes, Thursday.
He knows not to be this honest, yet he does it anyway.
Torts on TK All-star snub: "I really don't care."#Flyers pic.twitter.com/SSpgAt67bI
— Sam Carchidi (@BroadStBull) January 6, 2023
During the nationally broadcast Capitals-Blue Jackets game, ESPN announced the league's first 32 All-Stars, which included Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin. The Flyers' representative on the Metropolitan Division All-Stars is Kevin Hayes, who made the team — perhaps controversially — over the team's leading goal and point getter, Travis Konecny (20g, 20a).
"Oh, I didn't worry about that s&*t," Tortorella said. "The whole game, the whole weekend, I don't even watch it. I think it's turned into a… I'll leave it at that. I really don't care."
When pressed if Konecny was deserving, Torts replied, "I really don't care about All-Star stuff" and walked out of the room.
The Flyers edited out the ASG response in their postgame video posted on NHL.com. Tortorella showed candor in questions about the team as well, admitting that part of his team's recent success was due to the schedule being easier.
The All-Star Game format is no longer a five-on-five game that pits each conference against the other. Now it's a four-team tournament where teams play three-on-three.
While Tortorella isn't a fan of the current ASG setup, he is a fan of overtime three-on-three hockey.
"Get rid of the shootout," Tortorella said in 2019 as head coach of the Columbus Blue Jackets. "Just play three-on-three until a team dies. I think that's the way it should be. It's exciting, yeah!"
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What is striking here is of course not the pedestrian lyrics themselves but the suggested elision. It's claimed there's something they have to say then nothing of any consequence is said. Their political neutrality, the pledge of allegiance to the standards and practices of the TV station, is referred to through the subtle employment of the word "restless" earlier in the song.
They're not the "angry young man". They're not angry at all, and especially not at you. Like the rest of the things in the television set, they desperately want you to like them. The extent to which they actually represented the youth culture of the 1960s is negligible beyond the fact that some of them wore jeans. Still, the Monkees as a commercial product existed in the time period along with many other examples of hippie minstrel and must have done so for a reason. The misreading came from somewhere.
The archetypes we see in these hippie or beatnik minstrel artifacts are given to the internal contradiction of any sort of caricature-the thing is shown as not being dangerous for fear that it is in fact dangerous; nervous reassurances by the older folks making the commercial culture that the young people aren't to be taken seriously but also the need to pump their heads full of stereotyped "moderate" declawed versions of themselves or "dangerous threatening" versions as seen in various motorcycle movies. That this would seem to mirror the similar dichotomy of the "black friend"/"angry black man" cliches from the mass culture of the same time period doesn't suggest anything besides a narrow common origin of the two phenomena: the aging generation, disproportionately in the positions of power, who get to control what go through the big megaphones that define what cultural products we end up getting bombarded with.
The younger generation scares the older generation until the process repeats. This makes sense. The younger generation are actually there to take your jobs. No matter what you do, we will end up replacing you.
An LA Times columnist went viral this week. His name is Chris Erskine and the column in question is a piece of writing so monumentally bad it inspires. But first, who is Chris Erskine?
The strained smile, the creepy mustache, the blue glowing light presumably leading to the afterlife behind his back. It's hard to imagine this man was ever less than 50 years old. What look was aspired to here? My mind searches for a specific person on whom Erskine could've modeled himself. But all that comes up when I brainstorm is the Jungian archetype of middle aged white irrelevance.
"Just give them a ton of love — the best bubble wrap.
No self-respecting writer would let their name be attached to lines like that. Certainly not on a weekly basis. And that's the point. Erskine might be the voice of his generation.
What is interesting in this whole thing is that Erskine has pulled off the trick of becoming momentarily relevant for being the hyperreal summoning of all that is mediocre and irrelevant. The incoherence of his suggested things millennials pledge to do points to the fact that there is no single monolithic "millennial" identity.
The overwhelmingly favored tone of the viral is the exceptional mediocre. In the face of a lack of large unified targets to attack, the person who can come to embody an abstract strain of something hated will pull in the attention and hate clicks. Erskine, by virtue of his socks-with-sandals obliviousness, is a troll par excellence. The LA Times gets traffic, and I'm sure Erskine isn't losing any sleep over this.
This is the antidote to the apolitical Monkeys.
This is really spot on and I hate to make my first comment to this wonderful blog a nitpick, but you can hardly call the Monkees apolitical, right? Their first single, "Last Train to Clarksville", is clearly about the Vietnam War.
Oh weird I never thought about Last Train to Clarksville being about Vietnam. The one in the back of my head I was hedging my bets against was Pleasant Valley Sunday. I kinda figured Last Train to Clarksville was in the tradition of songs like Letter to Maria or Midnight Train to Georgia where it's narrative of lovers parting at a transportation hub. Was there a military base in Clarksville?
Then Play Long has the definitive story – http://nobilliards.blogspot.com/2009/07/monkees-monkees.html and http://nobilliards.blogspot.com/2009/07/monkees-more-of-monkees.html. But maybe I could request a WWM review of Head?
Yeah, lemme track down a copy.
Fascinating. Methinks the college kids of the 6os and (me) 70s were squelched by Kent State in 1969. The college rebels and war protesters all of a sudden had to fear their own government. Those people, my peers, grew silver-haired and became their own parents, but worse, even more materialistic than their parents ever were. They got government and corporate jobs, spent the best years of their lives in debt and saving for retirement, and now they find all the assets have been plundered by the war mongers and other GoverCorp thieves. Not only that, they have strained relationships with their own children, because they trusted FDR to take care of them with Social Security, and LBJ to take care of them with Medicare. Haha. The jokes on you, my bretheren and sisteren. You people (my "cohort") need to start getting useful, or the Xers and millenials are going to decide you're not worth the life support system.
I'd include the Cointelpro infiltration/dismemberment of SDS with Kent State in my own appraisal. Also trusting in Social Security/Medicare isn't in itself a bad thing but you have to be willing to fight for it. The fight went out of those guys pretty damn quick.
Also the Hard Hat Riot a few days after Kent State (which Nixon praised).
The ruling class was already able to recruit enough brownshirts in New York to drive an anti-war protest off the streets, New York not the Jim Crow South.
I don't believe FDR had the right to promise future generations' income. Of course early recipients fell for it, but it was a Ponzi scheme, as we are seeing now. If payroll taxes had been optional, people could have opted out of these programs and might have planned differently.
Why should someone who has paid payroll taxes all her life have to "fight" to get it back? Better to allow younger folks to opt out now, before they are so heavily invested they have to "fight" for an even smaller supply. If you recall this little-known fact, Dr. Obama allowed the temporary payroll tax reduction to expire while the media was looking the other way, talking about taxing the rich, blah, blah.
First off, you still have a turntable?? I am jealous, I never ever should have been sucked into ousting the so-called "old" for the so-called "new" and gotten rid of all my albums. Anyway, that aside (and no, I am not still bitter, haha), as a pre-teen growing up immersed in hippie culture, the Monkeys were the voice for my age demographic speaking back to the mainstream notion that hippies (our parents and their peers) were lazy, dirty and untrustworthy. We had Monkeys posters on our bedroom walls. They weren't in the same league as, say, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, which the adults preferred.
This might have been my favorite song as a teenager.


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You would think that the world would be a less polluted place if everyone switched to digital downloads, lessening the number of physical objects — and factories to produce them — in the world. A recent study suggests that even though removing physical objects lowers the potential for future for garbage, going digital isn't the best answer to cleaning up the planet.
1TB per disc: Sony and Panasonic team up on next-gen Blu-ray	March 10, 2014 at 11:44 am
Electronic storage has been moving away from discs for quite some time. Music is kept on our phones rather than in giant CD books that get left in the car, important documents are kept on the cloud, and flash drives and cards are becoming ever cheaper and much larger in size. Even video games — the last bastion of optical media — have been moving toward the cloud. However, games arguably benefit the most from increased storage, and that's why Sony and Panasonic's new 300GB disc is extremely promising for the future of gaming.
A disc-free, hard-drive-only Xbox One could be on the cards	January 3, 2014 at 10:40 am
As late as the summer of 2013, Microsoft was still toying with the idea of releasing an Xbox One model completely lacking an optical drive. That would have been a very different machine, and could have drastically changed this generation. After all of this back and forth with the gaming community, I'm left wondering if Microsoft could still release a new Xbox One SKU in the coming years with no disc support whatsoever.
How console add-ons have changed the face of gaming	January 1, 2014 at 11:02 am
Add-ons for video game consoles are an expected part of the hardware cycle. A console comes out, it starts to age, and add-on hardware is released to breathe a little more life into the platform. We've already discussed the future of add-ons for the PS4 and Xbox One, so let's take a moment to reflect on the history of console add-ons.
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'American Idol' Alum Antonella Barba Ordered To Undergo Mental Examination While Serving 45 Months In Prison
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Nov 27, 2019 at 17:00 pm UTC By Ryan Naumann
"American Idol" star Antonella Barba has been ordered to undergo a mental examination and drug rehab in her criminal case.
According to court documents obtained by The Blast, Barba will not only have to spend 45 months behind bars but complete mental health and drug programs.
Earlier this month, Barba finally found out her fate in the criminal case accusing her of playing a role in a drug ring selling Fentanyl.
In newly filed docs, the judge ordered Barba to enter a prison that is close to her home of New Jersey. The prison must have a facility with a residential drug abuse program for Barba to complete. She must be provided a mental health evaluation, diagnosis and treatment as needed.
Once she checks out of prison she will have to complete five years of supervised release. Barba will be subject to one drug test within 15 days of her release. She will then be randomly tested by her probation officer throughout the five years.
She will be prohibited from hanging out with other convicted criminals or drinking or taking drugs. The judge said if Barba tests positive for drugs or signs of drinking, she will have to enter rehab and pay for the costs.
Barba is currently behind bars serving her 45 months sentence.
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Back in August, Barba plead guilty to possessing and distributing fentanyl. She reached a plea deal with prosecutors. She is facing 10 years in prison in the case.
Prior to her sentencing, Barba pleaded with the judge to not throw the book at her. Barba's lawyer argued, "The extent of Ms. Barba's involvement, in this case, is limited to delivering one shipment of drugs and that single instance forms the sum total of her relevant conduct "
Further, "Ms. Barba had very little if any insight into the scope and structure of this conspiracy. In fact, prior to receiving the package, she did not know the type of substance or the quantity she was to deliver. Ms. Barba also did not participate in any of the planning or organization nor did she exercise any decision making authority. As indicated above, Ms. Barba's conduct in this offense was limited to this single delivery. That was her sole responsibility; she picked up a package and transported it from one location to another." The documents noted, "Ms. Barba was told where to go, when to go, and what to do when she got there. She did not break down the contents of the package into smaller amounts for resale and she did not collect any proceeds. She had no pecuniary interest in the package and did not stand to benefit in any way by the sale of the narcotics. Ms. Barba was paid only to deliver the package."
Her mother even blamed "American Idol" for the downfall. The docs said, "one of the common themes is that the American Idol experience brought about a detrimental change in Ms. Barba's life. For instance, K.J. notes that Ms. Barba's sudden move to Hollywood following American Idol "was a recipe for disaster" and when it came to pass that Ms. Barba was unable to "achieve the results she wanted, it was devastating to her." Likewise, Ms. Barba's mother believes when American Idol happened and "the world intruded and interrupted her . . . dream of a career in architecture" that this is "where it all went wrong".
Barba was facing 10 years in prison or a maximum sentence of life in prison, a fine of $10,000,000, a possible forfeiture of assets, and five years of supervised police.
Barba was allegedly one of the multiple members of a drug conspiracy that was active in Virginia from 2017 through the fall of 2018.
Barba was attempting to deliver approximately 830.8 grams of fentanyl on the day of her arrest. She also had an additional 400 grams of a "mixture or substance" containing a detectable amount of fentanyl. Barba appeared on the sixth season of "American Idol" and made the Top 16 (Jordin Sparks took home the crown).
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Good Energy shreds Bulb over REGOs, claims no nukes needed for Net Zero
Bamboozling consumers with green-washed tariffs, energy's lingering reputational wound, has seen another onslaught, with Good Energy, defender of pure power standards, alleging sharp practice by new entrant Bulb.
Meanwhile, the long-established wind and solar sponsor says UK investment as low as £14bn a year could achieve a 'low cost' Net Zero.
Bulb's stretching of its 'carbon-free supply whenever possible' definition takes a kicking from Nigel Pocklington, Good Energy's new CEO. In a recent blog on Good Energy's website, he claimed Bulb's claims amounted to carbon-free supply to its customers 'only 4%' of the time.
The Good Energy chief notes that Bulb lists on its generator map only 29 small carbon-free generators, included among the suppliers it needs to light and heat its customer base. Bulb puts the latter at 1.7 million accounts.
Pocklington cites a recent report into tariff greenwashing, which his firm and Scottish Power commissioned from consultants Baringa Partners. The paper highlighted the often spurious quality of REGOs – Renewable Energy Guarantees of Origin – certificates traded on wholesale markets, and often barely related to any underlying power.
"Bulb came out as one of the worst culprits (for REGOs)", the Good Energy chief wrote, "backing just 4% of their 'green' tariffs with power bought from renewable generators. The rest is REGO-backed wholesale bought electricity".
Pocklington also eviscerates Bulb's website claim that "we have enough PPAs with renewable generators to meet up to 40% of our members' demand."
"What Bulb is saying", the Good Energy boss concludes, "is if their 1.6 (sic) million customers all used much less electricity at the same time, and it happened to be very windy, they have enough PPAs to meet 40% of demand".
Today, a fortnight after Pocklington's accusations, Bulb supplied no point-by-point rebuttal. Instead, a company spokesperson doubled down, "We've always been transparent about our fuel mix, which is 100% renewable. Getting to net zero is a huge global effort and we don't think it's as simple as debating PPAs and REGOs.
"Taking energy efficient (sic) products mainstream will be essential to help the UK reach net zero. As well as providing affordable, renewable energy to our 1.7 (sic) million customers, we're building technology that will transform how we use energy.
"And (Bulb) is a B Corp, which means we meet rigorous standards of social and environmental impact".
In a separate development, Chippenham-based Good Energy has published modelling it commissioned from Catapult Energy Systems, putting costs to six different scenarios for Britain to reach Net Zero energy supply by 2050.
Titled 'Renewable Nation: Pathways to a Zero Carbon Britain, the supplier's research concludes the net costs of delivering Britain's decarbonisation are between £14 and £49 billion per year. Such sums, the supplier argues, are manageable when compared to the £11bn yearly outlay on maintaining roads or Britain's £42bn defence budget. Long term environmental and economic benefits only increase the favourable comparison.
According to Good Energy, the model suggests that by mid-century wind and solar could generate 98% of UK power, making redundant any new investment in nuclear and fossil fuel power.
It argues that a total of 210GW of solar power and 150GW of wind capacity, combined with 100GW of lithium-ion batteries for energy storage, could almost "fully" decarbonise the grid. Over 80 % of heating and 90% of transport would need to be electrified, for the scenario become reality.
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Oscar Nominee Roles Are A Lot Different Than Their Earlier Performances
Sure, you know about the heavy hitters like 'The Revenant' and 'The Big Short', but will you even recognize these movie stars in their first roles?
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Bryan Cranston- Best Actor, Trumbo
Aside from 'One Life to Live,' Cranston was in a Preparation H commercial in the 80s.
Matt Damon- Best Actor, The Martian
When he was 18 he landed his first role alongside Julia Roberts in 'Mystic Pizza.'
Leonardo DiCaprio- Best Actor, The Revenant
In 1989 his first role was in "The New Lassie."
Michael Fassbender- Best Actor, Steve Jobs
In 2001 Fassbender was in a show about a group of friends living in London called "Hearts and Bones."
Eddie Redmayne- Best Actor, The Danish Girl
'Animal Ark' was Redmayne's first role in 1997.
Cate Blanchett- Best Actress, Carol
It's almost hard to even recognize Blanchett in her role in 'Police Rescue' in 1993.
Brie Larson- Best Actress, Room
As a little girl, Larson played on 'Touched by an Angel' in 1998.
Jennifer Lawrence- Best Actress, Joy
Lawrence played a high school mascot in 'Monk' in 2006.
Charlotte Rampling- Best Actress, 45 Years
51 years ago, Rampling was quite the beauty in 'Rotten to the Core.'
Saoirse Ronan- Best Actress, Brooklyn
Before 'Brooklyn' and even 'The Lovely Bones,' Ronan was in a show called "The Clinic" in 2003.
Christian Bale- Best Supporting Actor, The Big Short
Bale was an adorable little boy in 'Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna' in 1986.
Tom Hardy- Best Supporting Actor, The Revenant
Hardy was a young soldier in 'Band of Brothers' in 2001.
Mark Ruffalo- Best Supporting Actor, Spotlight
Ruffalo's grown up a lot since his role in "There Goes My Baby" in 1994.
Mark Rylance- Best Supporting Actor, Bridge of Spies
Rylance took to the stage in 2000 to play 'Hamlet.'
Sylvester Stallone- Best Supporting Actor, Creed
Stallone's come a loooong way since his first role in 'The Party at Kitty and Stud's' in 1970.
Jennifer Jason Leigh- Best Supporting Actress
Before "The Hateful Eight," Leigh got her film role break in the horror flick "Eyes of a Stranger"
Rooney Mara- Best Supporting Actress, Carol
Mara was in a creepy tv movie called 'Urban Legends: Bloody Mary' in 2005.
Rachel McAdams- Best Supporting Actress, Spotlight
Remember 'The Famous Jett Jackson?' McAdams was on the show in 2001.
Alicia Vikander- Best Supporting Actress, The Danish Girl
Vikander started out on a Swedish teen drama called "Andra Avenyn," or "Second Avenue," in 2007.
Kate Winslet- Best Supporting Actress, Steve Jobs
Winslet was quite the moody teenager in 1991's "Dark Season."


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News outlets report on the winners of the 2015 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, awarded this year to three researchers of parasitic diseases.
"…Half of the award goes to Ireland's William Campbell and Japan's Satoshi Omura, who discovered a new drug to treat infections caused by roundworm parasites. The other half goes to China's Youyou Tu, who used traditional herbal medicine to find a new kind of antimalarial agent…" (Yan/Mullen, 10/5).
"…Campbell and Omura were recognized for the discoveries leading to ivermectin, a semi-synthetic derivative of a drug from soil bacteria to kill roundworms that cause river blindness and, to a lesser extent, elephantiasis. … Tu isolated the antimalarial drug artemisinin from a plant used in traditional Chinese medicine…" (Kroll, 10/5).
"… 'These two discoveries have provided humankind with powerful new means to combat these debilitating diseases that affect hundreds of millions of people annually,' the [Nobel] committee said in a statement. 'The consequences in terms of improved human health and reduced suffering are immeasurable'…" (Altman, 10/5).
"…The eight million Swedish crowns ($960,000) medicine prize is the first of the Nobel prizes awarded each year. Prizes for achievements in science, literature and peace were first awarded in 1901 in accordance with the will of dynamite inventor and businessman Alfred Nobel…" (Johnson et al., 10/5).


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KKR reportedly approaches Walgreens Boots Alliance on leveraged buyout
By Sandra Levy - 11/11/2019
KKR has reportedly approached Walgreens Boots Alliance about a leveraged buyout.
According to a Bloomberg News report, the New York-based private equity firm has been preparing a proposal to take the company private.
On Nov. 5, according to a Reuters report, Walgreens Boots Alliance reportedly was looking into whether or not it should take the company private.
No final decisions have been made, and Walgreens Boots and KKR could decide against pursuing a deal, the report added.
Walgreens Boots Alliance reportedly considers going private
Report: Genoa Healthcare may be for sale
UnitedHealth reportedly buys Genoa Healthcare from Advent
Walgreens Boots Alliance reduces stake in Guangzhou Pharmaceuticals
UnitedHealth reportedly in tentative agreement to buy Genoa Healthcare


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As a group we have helped clients manage their security in various ways; building trusted relationships that help play a successful role in the way that we protect our customers, listening to their individual and specific needs and then creating tailored and bespoke solutions to ensure they are protected.
Below is a list of sectors that our group companies have provided work and services for.
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The financial sector is a category of the economy made up of firms that provide financial services to commercial and retail customers. e.g. Banks, investment funds, insurance companies and real estate.
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(plural noun) Food-service providers are so widespread that half of all adults have worked in food service in one way or another at some point in their lives. The food service industry encompasses any establishment that serves food to people outside their home. e.g. Carveries, Bistros, Pubs, Restaurants, Fast-Food, Takeaway, Buffet, Teppanyaki.
(noun) The sale of goods to final consumers, usually in small quantities. Varying from high streets, supermarkets to jewelers and car dealers.


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TeachDFW is a regional effort to elevate the perception of the teaching profession and to increase applications to partner teacher preparation programs that are committed to continuous improvement, quality preparation of teachers for our region's students, and collaboration. TeachDFW is made possible by The Commit Partnership, Communities Foundation of Texas, and TEACH.org.
Research tells us that completing student teaching leads to better prepared, effective teachers. Yet, in 2017, 72% of DFW's brand new teachers did not come from regional teacher preparation programs that require a form of student teaching.
In 2017, DFW teachers with a form of student teaching in their preparation were 16% more likely to feel well-prepared to teach compared to their counterparts without student teaching.
This matters because when new teachers have a strong start to their careers, they are more likely to be effective long term and more likely to stay in the profession. And, teachers are the most important in-school based factor in students' achievement.
For 2017-2018, we have focused on improving the digital tools of TeachDFW, including the addition of content and functionality to help teacher preparation program applicants. We piloted My Application Coach, a suite of services to provide individualized support to applicants. Our primary goal was to increase applications to partner post-baccalaureate teacher preparation programs and secondary goal was to assist recruiting efforts across the continuum.


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This Sunday's conference championship games will be some of the most anticipated ever. In both contests, the story consists of a legendary quarterback taking on an up and coming star. 24-year-old Jared Goff will battle the great Drew Brees who just turned 40 this month, and the 23-year-old Chiefs sensation Patrick Mahomes will duel what could be football's undisputed GOAT: Tom Brady, now at age 41. This 18-year difference is the largest of opposing starting playoff QBs ever. So does Mahomes or Goff have any chance to slay Goliath? Let's take a look at how the difference of experience between battling starters has turned out in the postseason during this decade. This chart shows how much better or worse the senior did against the junior, by point differential and differential per game.
The first two columns of the chart do not seem too surprising, but when QBs have been 7-9 years apart, the less experienced players have actually outscored the veterans. In 2016, our team right down the road, the Carolina Panthers, annihilated Carson Palmer's Arizona Cardinals 49-15, thanks to the outstanding play of MVP Cam Newton, which was likely the last hope for 36-year-old Palmer's chances at a ring. But the biggest surprise of them all was young Joe Flacco's stunning victory (just before his 25th birthday) over Tom Brady back in 2010 by a solid 19 points, taking advantage of three early Brady turnovers.
However, when the QB experience reached double digits, the veterans began to take over. The most overwhelming performances include Brady's bashings of Marcus Mariota in 2018(35-14) and Andrew Luck in the 2014-15 AFC title game by a sound 45-7 (with a possible asterisk due to supposed deflated footballs), along with 40-year-old Brett Favre's 34-3 win over a young Tony Romo in 2010. So, do Mahomes and Goff have a chance on Sunday? Even with this veteran dominance, one QB has been extraordinary against his older peers. Russell Wilson(in just his second season), albeit aided by his elite Legion of Boom defense, stifled Peyton and the Broncos 43-8 in Super Bowl XLVIII. With the new kids on the block looking legit, despite the data it wouldn't be surprising to see a complete changing of the NFL guard. But Tom Brady and Drew Brees, the keepers of the castle, will for sure have something to say about that.


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Stuart Morton Winter Sheppard1
M, #695611, b. 1895, d. 1937
Stuart Morton Winter Sheppard was born in 1895 at Dawlish, Devon, England.2 He was the son of Henry Winter Sheppard and Rita de Courcy Martelli.2 He married Barbara Shepherd, daughter of William James Affleck Shepherd and Nellie Gertrude Turner, on 19 September 1922 at St. Nicholas Church, Charlwood, Surrey, England.1,2 He died in 1937 at Chelsea, London, England.1,2
He was a practising solicitor.1
Children of Stuart Morton Winter Sheppard and Barbara Shepherd
Mary Stuart Sheppard3 b. 1923
Rt. Rev. David Stuart Sheppard, Baron Sheppard of Liverpool+1 b. 6 Mar 1929, d. 5 Mar 2005
[S7529] WikiTree, online http://www.wikitree.com/. Hereinafter cited as WikiTree.
[S6286] Clan MacFarlane and associated clans genealogy, online http://www.clanmacfarlanegenealogy.info. Hereinafter cited as Clan MacFarlane.
Barbara Shepherd1,2
F, #695612, b. 1898, d. 1983
Barbara Shepherd was born in 1898.2 She was the daughter of William James Affleck Shepherd and Nellie Gertrude Turner.2 She married Stuart Morton Winter Sheppard, son of Henry Winter Sheppard and Rita de Courcy Martelli, on 19 September 1922 at St. Nicholas Church, Charlwood, Surrey, England.1,2 She died in 1983.1
From 19 September 1922, her married name became Sheppard.1
Children of Barbara Shepherd and Stuart Morton Winter Sheppard
Frances Parsons1
F, #695613, b. 30 August 1779, d. 8 December 1813
Frances Parsons was born on 30 August 1779 at St. Marylebone, London, England.1 She was the daughter of Sir William Parsons and Charlotte Sophia Worgan.1 She married John Carbonell on 8 October 1803 at St. James' Church, Piccadilly, London, England.1 She died on 8 December 1813 at age 34.1
From 8 October 1803, her married name became Carbonell.1
Children of Frances Parsons and John Carbonell
Frances Anne Carbonell1
Mary Sophia Carbonell1 b. 30 Aug 1804
John Tufnel Carbonell1 b. 13 Mar 1806, d. 1 Mar 1879
Robert Warren Carbonell+1 b. 24 May 1810, d. 12 Jul 1859
Leycester William Carbonell+1 b. 20 Jul 1812, d. 3 Oct 1873
John Tufnel Carbonell1
M, #695614, b. 13 March 1806, d. 1 March 1879
Last Edited=9 Apr 2017
John Tufnel Carbonell was born on 13 March 1806 at London, England.1 He was the son of John Carbonell and Frances Parsons.1 He married Elizabeth Corrie, daughter of Edgar Corrie and Margaret Byrom, in 1839 at Bloomsbury, London, England.1 He died on 1 March 1879 at age 72 at Harpsden Court, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England.1
Elizabeth Corrie1
F, #695615, b. 23 April 1813
Elizabeth Corrie was born on 23 April 1813 at Liverpool, Lancashire, England.1 She was the daughter of Edgar Corrie and Margaret Byrom.1 She married John Tufnel Carbonell, son of John Carbonell and Frances Parsons, in 1839 at Bloomsbury, London, England.1
From 1839, her married name became Carbonell.1
Sir William Parsons1
M, #695616, b. circa 1746, d. 19 July 1817
Sir William Parsons was born circa 1746.1 He married Charlotte Sophia Worgan on 21 November 1778 at St. Marylebone Parish Church, London, England.1 He died on 19 July 1817 at 22 Somerset Street, Portman Square, London, England.1
Child of Sir William Parsons and Charlotte Sophia Worgan
Frances Parsons+1 b. 30 Aug 1779, d. 8 Dec 1813
Charlotte Sophia Worgan1
F, #695617, b. 1761, d. 17 August 1853
Charlotte Sophia Worgan was born in 1761.1 She married Sir William Parsons on 21 November 1778 at St. Marylebone Parish Church, London, England.1 She died on 17 August 1853 at 22 Somerset Street, Portman Square, London, England.1
From 21 November 1778, her married name became Parsons.1
Child of Charlotte Sophia Worgan and Sir William Parsons
Edgar Corrie1
M, #695618, b. circa 1788, d. 28 March 1862
Edgar Corrie was born circa 1788 at Liverpool, Lancashire, England.1 He married Margaret Byrom on 10 December 1811 at St. James' Church, Walton, Liverpool, Lancashire, England.1 He died on 28 March 1862 at Worthing, Sussex, England.1
Child of Edgar Corrie and Margaret Byrom
Elizabeth Corrie1 b. 23 Apr 1813
Margaret Byrom1
F, #695619, b. 21 October 1790, d. 1885
Margaret Byrom was born on 21 October 1790 at Liverpool, Lancashire, England.1 She married Edgar Corrie on 10 December 1811 at St. James' Church, Walton, Liverpool, Lancashire, England.1 She died in 1885 at Newbury, Berkshire, England.1
From 10 December 1811, her married name became Corrie.1
Child of Margaret Byrom and Edgar Corrie
Loring Sagan1
Loring Sagan married Hon. Patricia Makins, daughter of Roger Mellor Makins, 1st Baron Sherfield and Alice Brooks Davis, in 1980.1
Children of Loring Sagan and Hon. Patricia Makins
Colin Sagan2 b. 29 Apr 1981
Ana Sagan2 b. 11 Sep 1982


LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Marios Stavropoulos, CEO of Softomotive, one of the leading Robotic Process Automation providers worldwide, is being interviewed by Diana Davis, Senior Editor at PEX Network, in the context of PEX annual Operational Excellence research report.
Research findings dictate that businesses need to transform the way they operate in order to survive the shifting market dynamics in the coming years, and robotics are predicted to be a key enabler for these new ways of working.
"New technologies such as AI and RPA, will radically transform business operations over the next decade," says Diana Davis, Senior Editor at PEX Network and author of the report. "To truly harness these technologies companies will need to focus on doing things in better, faster, simpler and easier ways. That means that the successful businesses of the future will manage their processes as strategic assets. What you do and how you do it is next decade's competitive advantage."
"There are so many benefits that organizations gain by adopting robotic automation, that the true ROI ends up exceeding the initial expectations." says Marios Stavropoulos, CEO of Softomotive.
According to the interview, cost reduction is the most obvious benefit from RPA adoption, especially today, that outsourcing has started becoming less cost effective. But there is more to that. Delivery speed combined with error reduction, results in improved customer experience and increased quality of service. Detailed auditing allows for greater transparency helping businesses with regulatory compliance procedures. Organizations become more agile, and can scale up rapidly in order to deal with a continually changing workload, meet new demands and handle production peaks efficiently.
Softomotive, one of the leading Robotic Process Automation providers worldwide, is being interviewed on the Future of RPA, in the context of PEX annual Operational Excellence report.


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Katie Price now registered disabled following horror accident
Tom Butler
·Senior Editor
5 February 2021, 4:10 am ·2-min read
English television personality, businesswoman, model and singer
Katie Price (PA/AP)
Katie Price said she is registered as disabled and has applied for a blue badge after breaking her feet in a fall during a holiday in Turkey.
The former glamour model, 42, was injured last year after reportedly falling off a 25ft wall.
Price told The Sun that walking leaves her in agony and compared the pain to "shocks of lightning shooting up my feet all day".
She said: "I'm registered disabled and have got letters from the doctors to certify me for a blue badge, which I've sent off for.
Katie Price and boyfriend Carl Woods at Shaka Zulu Restaurant September 10, 2020 (London, England, UK)
"I have to park near the entrances to shops all the time, otherwise it would cripple me to walk from the back of a car park to a shop and back again.
"I can't carry anything from the shops either or even walk up the stairs with anything. The heavier items, the more it hurts my feet."
Watch: Katie Price shares Harvey update on Radio 4
Read more: Katie Price praised for BBC documentary
Price previously told how, after falling onto a concrete ramp in July, she underwent an eight-hour surgery.
The reality TV star said she can only walk for 20 minutes at a time before the pain becomes unbearable.
Katie Price at the Dorchester Hotel, 2006. (Photo by Nick Harvey/WireImage)
Last month Price, a mother of five, said she wants another baby with boyfriend Carl Woods.
Her oldest son, 18-year-old Harvey, is severely disabled and in January Price was praised after they appeared in a BBC documentary together.
She also told the paper last month she had decided to move her son Harvey into a residential college, where he will be taught skills which will help him to lead a more independent life.
Blue badges can enable certain concessions to holders, such as parking for up to three hours on single and double yellow lines, dependant on the location and local rules.
According to online Government guidance, the badges allow people easier access to shops and services by allowing them to park closer to their destinations.
The permit is only for use by the person it has been issued to and the Government warns that misuse may result in a £1,000 fine and confiscation.
Watch: Katie Price talks about her injuries
NYPD Officers Rescue Woman After Explosion Triggers Fire at Bronx Home
An explosion at a home in the Bronx triggered a large fire, leaving at least one person dead and eight others injured, including five police officers suffering smoke inhalation, according to local officials.A blast was reported before 11 am at 869 Fox Street in the Longview neighborhood of the Bronx. This footage, released by the NYPD, shows officers working to rescue a woman pinned under a couch in a house next door. The 68-year-old woman was in a serious condition, authorities reported after being rescued.New York City Council Member Rafael Salamanca, who was on the scene, said the fire was due to a gas explosion, though the cause has yet to be confirmed. Credit: NYPD via Storyful
Boris Johnson called rebel MPs from the 2019 Conservative intake to Downing Street for one-on-one meetings in an attempt to stave off a plot to destroy his premiership, The Telegraph has been told.
Worst of Omicron wave could be 'done with' in some countries – WHO
The Omicron wave may have peaked in some countries, global health leaders have said. But the World Health Organisation (WHO) said that "no country is out of the woods yet" and it is not time to "give up and wave the white flag". Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general of the WHO, also said that the pandemic is "nowhere near over" and warned that new variants are likely to emerge.
Johnson: Putin cannot be allowed to 'rewrite the rules' over Ukraine
Boris Johnson told the Cabinet the UK was doing 'everything possible' to support the Ukrainian people.
Jay-Z makes surprise admission about past music in rare Twitter post
'It haunts me,' rapper said
Tracey Scholes, one of Greater Manchester's first female bus drivers, who is 5ft tall, said Go North West's changes to her bus meant she could not reach the pedals without a blind spot in her wing mirrors. In a statement, the bus firm said it was glad that Scholes had accepted a deal to drive other buses and described her as a "valued and long-serving driver". Ms Scholes will now keep her job "after she decided to accept an offer to drive different buses as per a proposal made in September", said the statement.
23st office worker sheds 8st 10lb after seeing himself in a video and 'shouts it from the rooftops'
A 23st office worker who has shed 8st 10lb in 16 months after being horrified by his size in a friend's video vows to "shout about it from the rooftops" to encourage plus-sized men to talk about their weight rather than "suffering in silence". On target to lose 10st by his 41st birthday in August and one of just four males in his 50-strong Slimming World group, Richard Griffiths, who says he was "born fat", feels men's refusal to discuss their weight means they are less supported when it comes to losing it.
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LGBT+ veterans whose lives were destroyed by military ban to give evidence in long overdue review
LGBT+ veterans whose lives were "shattered" by the pre-2000 military ban will be invited to share their stories as part of a new government review.
Nadine Dorries tells Peter Bottomley 'some of us may not be here by 2028' after BBC criticism
NY attorney general details possible fraud at Donald Trump's family business
NEW YORK (Reuters) -New York state's attorney general has accused Donald Trump's family business of repeatedly misrepresenting the value of its assets to obtain financial benefits, citing what it said was significant new evidence of possible fraud. The accusations by Attorney General Letitia James mark a substantial escalation of her civil probe into the Republican former U.S. president's business, the Trump Organization, and the roles of his adult children. They are part of her effort to force Donald Trump and his children Donald Trump Jr and Ivanka Trump to comply with her subpoenas to testify under oath, which the family has asked a judge to block https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/donald-trump-jr-ivanka-trump-subpoenaed-new-york-probe-2022-01-03.
'Age is no limit': Grandfather takes up skateboarding at 82
Hundreds of dementia care homes found to be substandard in England
Hundreds of dementia care homes found to be substandard in England. Exclusive: Guardian analysis finds one in five homes rated 'inadequate' or 'require improvement' by CQC
Shares in PlayStation maker Sony have plunged after rival Microsoft, the company behind rival games console Xbox, agreed to buy games developer Activision Blizzard for $68.7bn (£50.5bn). It represents a new challenge in the console battle in which the PlayStation is currently widely seen as having the upper hand. The concern for Sony could be that Activision games might be pulled from the PlayStation's systems - though that would mean sacrificing the major source of revenue that PlayStation currently provides the developer.
André Leon Talley, the towering former creative director and editor at large of Vogue magazine, has died


While the arrival of spring heralds a new lease of life and energy for most people, for those suffering from depression the effect can be drastically different.
Harvard psychiatrist John Sharp has done extensive research into the effects that the changing seasons have on our mental health and emotional well-being.
In his book, The Emotional Calendar, Sharp outlines how physical, psychological and socio-cultural factors influence the way we feel.
"Most people do feel an increase in exuberance, energy, optimism, excitement, maybe a restlessness and sleeplessness that can come from what the Americans call spring fever," he told the BBC World Service's Health Check program.
Dr Sharp breaks the effect of seasons into three big "realms".
The first is the physical realm – factors like light and temperature. Extra hours of sunlight and rising temperatures can increase the levels of serotonin and dopamine in the body – the chemicals responsible for feelings of well-being.
The second realm features cultural events, such as festivals and summer holidays, that give people a positive outlook.
The third is event anniversaries. Whether it is something positive, such as a great achievement, or a negative event, like death and loss, seasonal cues trigger our senses and can cause us to relive these moments year after year.
For most people the first two factors conspire to make us feel more positive in springtime. But as Dr Sharp points out, for those who suffer from depression, spring can have the opposite effect.
It is not surprising, then, that in the UK suicide rates are at their highest in spring, peaking in April and May.
"If you're not being carried along with the natural energy of the season it can be really hard," says Dr Sharp.
Nicolas Werner, a mental health worker from Hove in East Sussex, agrees.
He was diagnosed with depression in 2001 and subsequently with bipolar disorder towards the end of last year.
"Many people look at spring as new beginnings, something positive. This is a sharp contrast with how people with depression feel and exacerbates the condition.
It is something he feels personally.
"In March when I know we're putting the clocks forward I'm not looking forward to that, so that gives me a negative sort of mindset," he says.
As the low mood sets in he can feel irritable, has trouble concentrating and has racing, suicidal thoughts. He also loses interest in the things he usually enjoys.
"I'm a book-worm. When I'm feeling ill I lose interest in reading," he says.
This year he was absent from work with illness for almost a month between March and April.
What Werner suffers from is known as reverse Sad (Seasonal Affective Disorder).
Emer O'Neill, of charity Depression Alliance, acknowledges the seriousness of the condition.
She says: "Reverse Sad is rare but this has a lot to do with the fact that so little is written about it. It is not talked about so there are potentially many people out there who have the condition and have not been diagnosed.
Books like Dr Sharp's, then, can be an important tool in helping sufferers to see their altering moods in a new light.
And for Werner a similar approach has helped him to deal with his cyclical depression.
Since he was diagnosed with bipolar disorder last year Werner has been observing his own behavior patterns. He has linked his low mood to an attempt he made to take his own life.
His own observations correlate directly with Sharp's theory that it is not just the physical factors of seasonality but psychological and social factors, too, that affect the way we feel.
This new understanding can help sufferers like Werner. By being aware of certain seasonal triggers he can learn to manage his depression.
But thousands of people who suffer from depression remain undiagnosed in the UK.
"We all have to be careful that the people around us who seem unduly glum are getting support and talking to their doctor or their therapist and not feeling isolated and alone," Sharp affirms.
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Where do I get Water Dogs? Not the furry kind.
These are really popular for trophy bass and catfish bait.
Not gonna use them as bait. But they are hard to find in TX.
Supposed to be native to northern central US from what I am told...but I haven't verified.
Just going by old fish stories here.
Gotta be someone out there that knows what I am talking about.
You could mail order if you can't find them locally....but they ain't cheap 1-2 dollars a piece.
Mail order from whom? I have only seen these for sale during peak fishing seasons here, and those aren't very healthy.
Also try the salamander forums, they also pop up from time to time on Aquabid.
Are these guys useful or edible?
I suppose both in some cultures.
What it is, is the young juevenile stage of the Giant Tiger Salamander, which I believe is native from the Carolinas and northward on the east coast to Great Lakes...I could be wrong, but I think I read it somewhere. They range from a couple of inches to nearly a foot long.
They have many many uses. Depending on price and shipping I am looking for about 20-25.
We called these things "water dogs". I hadn't heard that term in years! We would catch them in and around irrigation ditches, playa lakes and holding tanks. If it was relatively warm, wet and humid, we could usually find them. You might just need to put on your rubber boots and go looking. A net is helpful cause the little buggers are slippery and quite quick.
Hmmm. Only problem you run into here...I am in TX. Snapping turtles, snakes, leaches, mosquitos...rednecks.
This stuff was okay when I was a kid. Now, I am more than happy to pay someone else for it. Good Idea though.
am in Texas as well and all those things you mentioned just made the experience more fun. Of Course we were kids then and didn't much phase us. Nothing like picking up a 40ft joint of irrigation pipe and having a 5ft rattle snake slide out the end.
I was under the impression they didn't live this far south, more of the Carolinas to the Great Lakes kind of critter?


The 1.9% performance gain comes from optimization of the 2 DX9 shaders (water & sky) in Game Test 4. We render the scene exactly as intended by Futuremark, in full-precision floating point. Our shaders are mathematically & functionally identical to Futuremark's & there are no visual artifacts; we simply shuffle instructions to take advantage of our architecture. These are exactly the sort of optimizations that work in games to improve frame rates without reducing image quality & as such, are a realistic approach to a benchmark intended to measure in-game performance. However, we recognize that these can be used by some people to call into question the legitimacy of benchmark results, & so we are removing them from our driver as soon as is physically possible. We expect them to be gone by the next release of CATALYST.
Since Nvidia is not part of the Futuremark beta program (a program which costs of hundreds of thousands of dollars to participate in), we do not get a chance to work with Futuremark on writing the shaders like we would with a real applications developer.
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Joanne Bradford, Chief Revenue Officer, Demand Media. Read more.
Salman Khan, Founder & Executive Director, Khan Academy. Read more.
Deanna Brown, CEO, Federated Media Publishing. Read more.
Jeremie Miller, Co-founder, Singly. Read more.
Frank Cooper, Chief Marketing Officer, Global Consumer Engagement, PepsiCo, Inc and Shiv Singh, Global Head of Digital, PepsiCo Beverages. Read more.


It was a project to make a book out of any material I can find around me.
The rule was I can't buy anything to make this book.
I had a conversation about this with my friend Uni, and she gave me great idea.
She had a solid perfume which has a character name 'Music' on it.
the village become colorful by 'Music's fragrance.


Honeywell security offers theft, water, temperature, and burglary protection.
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This innovative sonic toothbrush works with state-of-the-art, patented ion technology as well as the natural electrical charge of your body. At the tip of the toothbrush is a titanium dioxide rod. In combination with ultraviolet LED light, which reacts with the rod, it produces ions and OH radicals that fight bacteria. These ions and radicals are directed into your mouth with the help of water or your saliva.
A conductive element on the back of the handle produces a weak counter-charge to your body's own charge. This countercharge keeps plaque and bacteria away from the teeth and concentrates on the brush head. The ION-Sei can not only remove part of the plaque and bacteria, but can also inhibit the growth of bacteria and thus prevent the formation of new plaque. It therefore offers an advantage over conventional sonic toothbrushes. The caries risk is reduced, the teeth are clean longer, which is also noticeable through a feeling of smoothness. The next morning or after hours the teeth still feel smooth and clean.
The ION-Sei offers you three vibration modes to support you. These allow you to adjust the number of sound vibrations to your individual needs. 31,000, 24,000 or 18,000 vibrations per minute are available. The individual modes can be activated simply by pressing the On button several times.


In this introduction to the special issue on children's participation, Cahill and Hart address issues raised by the collected papers and identify new questions for further engagement, rather than offer a general overview of the field. These questions include What is the context for participation? What does it mean to "participate"? Why have children been excluded from the current discourses on young people's civic participation? What is the role of ideology in youth participation programs? What roles do young people play in their communities? And, finally, the overarching question that structures our discussion: What lessons can we learn about participation from an understanding of the everyday lives of young people?


Selling a home can be a very emotional experience. You are putting the place you call home on the market. And no matter what your reasons are for moving, you have a personal connection to your home that can make the process of selling it a challenge.
We understand that. We know selling a home is not a transaction—it's a transition. Our role is to guide you calmly, clearly, and confidently through the steps, so you understand exactly what is happening and to ensure that you get the highest possible price in the shortest period of time.
This guide outlines our steps for guiding you in the sale of your home.
We're Ally and Dennis, real estate professionals with extensive experience and expertise in the real estate market in beautiful Victoria, British Columbia.
We're also a married couple with complementary strengths, a deep knowledge of the real estate market, and a shared love of helping people make good real estate decisions.
Together, we provide calm, clear guidance through the complex processes of buying and selling property, ensuring you feel informed, confident, and satisfied every step of the way.
We're real people—real people who genuinely care about our clients. We're not transactional—we believe in relationship building and community involvement. We believe honesty, integrity, and trust form the foundation of all good business.
We get to know our clients—their expectations for the present and their plans for the future—and they get to know us. We think of our clients as friends—and they know they can count on us to be there for them and trust us to tell them the truth.
We are really proud to say that over 90% of our business comes from repeat clients or their referrals. It's a compliment like no other.
It also goes both ways. We are very loyal to our clients and their businesses. We support their causes, cheer their successes, and often follow their Facebook and Twitter feeds. We like to catch up over coffee and love it when people call just to say hello.
Because for us, real estate is about much more than business—it is about relationships and forming real connections that last a lifetime.
When it comes to choosing real estate professionals, we encourage you to do your homework—it's a connection that should last a lifetime.
You'll find more about who we are on our website allyanddennis.com and by reading our newsletter, Tips and Updates, and Real, Real Estate, The Blog.
But the best way to connect with us is to call us. Let's sit down, face to face, and have a real conversation.