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'Breaking' Some More: Jesse Pinkman Gets His Due in Netflix's Movie Continuation of Vince Gilligan's Groundbreaking Series
Written by Bob Grimm
Aaron Paul in El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie.
Breaking Bad, one of the greatest TV series of all time, ended six years ago. Since then, creator Vince Gilligan has been serving up Better Call Saul, a nice extension of the Breaking Bad universe that will go into its fifth season next year.
However, Better Call Saul is a prequel, meaning the Breaking Bad timeline came to a stop six years ago. (Spoiler alert: If you haven't watched Breaking Bad, but intend to, you may want to stop reading, as spoilers follow.) So, what happened to Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul) after Walter White (Bryan Cranston) liberated him from captivity at that American Nazi compound? When last we saw Jesse, he was speeding off into the night, laugh-crying hysterically.
Knowing full well that the fan base is itching for more, El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie has made its way to Netflix (and a select few big screens). The film picks up where Breaking Bad left off, with Jesse in a pinch as "a person of interest" after the White assault—and still very much in need of a shave and shower.
It's a great thing to see Paul back in his wheelhouse as Pinkman, even if the character has become a bit dour after being held prisoner in a hole in the ground. Jesse's screen time during his captivity on the TV show was limited, as the story, logically, focused primarily on Walter White's last days. We only really saw Jesse eating ice cream and failing in an escape attempt—he became a background character.
El Camino gives Gilligan and Paul a chance to, via flashback, explore some strange adventures Jesse had with his captor, the quietly evil Todd (Jesse Plemons). Plemons actually plays a big part in this movie—thankfully so, because he's a badass as Todd. Todd is a seemingly sensitive, low-volume man—with a psycho streak that poses all kinds of threats to Jesse's well-being.
Other characters we see again include Mike (Jonathan Banks), who makes an appearance in flashback (his character having been eliminated by White in the show). Skinny Pete (Charles Baker) and Badger (Matt Jones) show up early and haven't lost a step in providing comic relief. Most notably, the late Robert Forster, who passed away on the very day El Camino was released, returns as Ed, the vacuum salesman who does something a little extra on the side.
For those who loved the show, El Camino is a must-see. It fits right in, like two episodes that were hidden in a secret vault for six years. I won't reveal all of the other cameos, but trust me: Breaking Bad fans, you won't be disappointed.
If you haven't seen the show and have read on anyway, stay away from the movie until you have watched the series. This is a movie that reveals virtually everything that happened during Breaking Bad's run. Watch something else on Netflix until you have seen all 62 episodes of the series.
The movie gives Jesse Pinkman a more poetic sendoff than him screaming like a banshee. While this might be the end for future Jesse, chances are good that past Jesse will appear somewhere within the Better Call Saul timeline, which is taking place before the events of Breaking Bad. I'm sure Gilligan has a few more Jesse stories up his sleeve.
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie is now streaming on Netflix.
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The fact that Hamburg is not only the "most beautiful city in the world" but also the capital of Powermetal has been well known since the late eighties of the last millennium. It should also be familiar to any friend of melodic, heavy sounds that IRON SAVIOR, the band around Mastermind Piet Sielck, belongs to the the Hanseatic Metal Circus like the Reeperbahn to the Kiez. Founded as a solo project in 1996, Multitalent Sielck, who has established his reputation not only as a guitarist but also as a producer, over the years the quartet has gained more and more full character of a band.
Continuously and relentless they released ten studio albums, one live CD / DVD, and chart entries among others with "Titancraft" (2016) and "Kill Or Get Killed" (2019) and more than 7.5000,000 times streamed anthem "Heavy Metal Never Dies" is indicative for that the Hamburg based band is on the right track with their classic, infectious Heavy Metal sound.
Due to external circumstances a lot of time ticked away since the release of "Kill Or Get Killed". Piet was busy working on new songs for two full years, although he started the songwriting for "Skycrest" immediately after the last album. He explains: "Over the two years I sometimes lost my connection to the songs, I composed and approved them and then... I did something else first. Therefore, in the hot phase of production, when I worked intensively on it again, I was sometimes completely surprised at how good the material actually is. After almost every lead vocal that was finished, I had a new top favorite. That never happened to me before."
"During the production of "Skycrest" the fortune put a few spokes in the wheel, in form of a pandemic and a serious illness of our bassist Jan (who, thank God, has now completely recovered). That facts certainly rubs off on the creative process, but does not focus on the negative events. On the contrary, it binds the band together a good deal more. Corona also had an influence, of course, and at once precisely not. During the lockdown I´ve had a lot of time, but I couldn't manage anything creatively. I just didn't manage to write great lyrics and positive songs in this heavy times. I also didn't want thisdepressive "Corona mood" to appear on the album. We don't live in Seattle and do tune our guitars, so Depression is not us. I still had to motivate and discipline myself strongly, but then things went smoothly, the ideas and the enthusiasm returned. I allowed the positive energies much more to happen than the negative ones. So the bottom line is that IRON SAVIOR is and will remain positive and uplifting."
For all these reasons "Skycrest" has become a very personal album, sometimes subtly in between the lines of the lyrics,sometimes rather drastic, especially in the ballad "Ease Your Pain" performed by Jan. With Power Metal at its best, joy of playing that the pandemic won't ruin, guitar solos right on the spot, perfect hooks, catchy choirs and the extraordinary raspy voice of fronter Piet, the band brings all this along to add another classic to their discography. No need to say that the recording took place again in the Powerhouse Studios by Piet himself, who is also responsible for the entire production.
Finally Sielck promises: "I think SKYCREST has all the potentials to become one of the best albums that IRON SAVIOR have ever released and it alines with highlights such as the highly acclaimed self-titled debut "Condition Red" and "The Landing". "Skycrest" got what it takes to become another milestone in the IRON SAVIOR history. Time will tell."

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Stonefield Adds to Their New Line of Amp Cabinets
The 10-inch cabinet that Stonefield has classified with a Mid-Size designation is now going to be on the NAMM stand
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Where did this suddenly come from and why wasn't it brought up in the discussion last week? We thought Tomm had some explaining to do: "I got in touch last week to introduce the 6.5-inch and the 8-inch Mighty Mini cabinets, but they are only part of the range of small, lightweight, powerful and innovative cabinets that we're currently working on. We were still trying to iron out a few functional elements with this 10-inch cabinet and a 12-incher as well. I wasn't confident that they would make it with us to the NAMM Show, so thought it better to stay quiet about them."
The 10-inch cabinet that Stonefield has classified with a Mid-Size designation is now going to be on the NAMM stand with Tomm and the Stonefield team. The cabinet is equipped with a crossover that allows a titanium dome tweeter to handle the high frequency work and at 8 ohms the package delivers 300W and covers a functional frequency range from 45hz to 10,000hz. With those numbers coming from a small cabinet that weighs in at just over 22lbs/11kgs ... we're impressed.
If you're fortunate enough to be at the NAMM Show stop in to see Tomm and the Stonefield team in Hall D, Stand 3927 and for more on the entire line of Stonefield products check out their website at www.stonefieldmusic.com and also their social media channels with FB, IG and YT all under Stonefield Music.
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Thalia portrays a female apparition picking leaves from between flowers. She forages on overgrown land in the shadow of an abandoned factory in present-day Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Thalia is the muse of idyllic poetry and comedy in Greek mythology. Engaard used analog home video cameras because of their natural Impressionistic picture qualities. He preserved the video's pixels to include its natural texture and took advantage of the cameras' unique ways of capturing light and movement. Thalia is one of nine (9) videos in the series entitled "Mnemosyne", named after the Greek goddess of memory and mother of the muses. The series explores memorialization, nostalgic impulses, and forgotten ideas.
Peter Rose was the director of our program and exposed me to video art that changed my life and inspired my practice.


Organisations from newspapers to oil majors to computing giants have persistently struggled to embrace new technological opportunities, or recognise new technological threats, even when the threats are mortal or the opportunities are golden.
The question is why companies do this? The answer seems to be that these new technologies require a new way of behaving or, as Rebecca Henderson of the Harvard Business School puts it, an architectural innovation is required and these are very difficult for successful organizations to undertake.
An architectural innovation is an innovation that changes the relationship between the pieces of the problem … (it) challenges an old organisation because it demands that the organisation remake itself … The organisational question is deeply unsexy, but it's fundamental.
This then is the fundamental cause of disruption, not, as Christensen has claimed, because of 'disruption from below'. The problem is, there are no easy answers to the problem of architectural innovation. It's messy and complex and therefore not amenable to simple sound-bites or solutions.
This article is worth reading in full. It doesn't offer a solution, but it clearly describes what the real disruption issue is. One conclusion is that all these people writing about disruption should be reading Rebecca Henderson rather than Clayton Christensen.


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Subaru of America's Share the Love Impacts Local Meals on Wheels
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By EAC Network Published: March 25 2016
EAC Network's Meals on Wheels receives new grant.
Hempstead, NY - March 25th, 2016 - EAC Network is proud to announce its Meals on Wheels program received a $1,500 grant from Meals on Wheels America (MOWA).
The grant was awarded for the human service agency's impressive efforts to raise community awareness and participation to support local homebound seniors in need during Subaru of America's "Share the Love" Campaign, which is designed as a way for Subaru dealers to give back to their local communities throughout the holiday season.
"We are delighted to have this added support to our Meals on Wheels program," stated Carol O'Neill, Senior Director of Senior & Nutritional Services. "The funds from this grant will directly help to end senior hunger by providing meals to homebound seniors. Along with the meals, we bring a friendly smile and a "safety check visit" to brighten the day for lonely seniors."
Nassau County seniors 60 and over who are unable to shop and cook because of medical reasons, can call 516-539-0150 x219 to see if they are eligible for home deliveries.
"Subaru retailers and Meals on Wheels have worked together since 2008, helping deliver one million meals to seniors every day," said Ellie Hollander, President and CEO, MOWA. "We are truly honored to be one of Subaru's national charities for the seventh consecutive year. Their vital support enables us to power local communities in their fight against senior hunger and isolation all year long."
About Meals on Wheels America
Meals on Wheels America is committed to ensuring the long-term success of America's senior nutrition programs. Through collaborative action, we leverage the strength of independent community programs in all 50 states and U.S. territories into a unified leadership effort that will end senior hunger in America. The vision of Meals on Wheels is a country where no senior goes hungry.
About Subaru of America Foundation
Subaru of America Foundation was established in 1984 to support the communities where we live and work. Since then, more than $6 million has been awarded through grants, scholarships and matching employee gifts.
The programs are varied but primarily benefit children. Together, we can all help to build the next generation of leaders.
About EAC Network
Founded in 1969, EAC Network is a not-for-profit human service agency serving 71,000 people annually through 70 programs across Long Island and New York City.
EAC Network's mission is to respond to human needs with programs and services that protect children, promote healthy families and communities, help seniors, and empower individuals to take control of their lives.
Among those the organization assists are children who have been physically or sexually abused, senior citizens needing support, people struggling with substance abuse and/or mental illness, youth in the foster care system, persons on public assistance seeking financial independence, adults and youth who are under or unemployed, individuals needing help to mediate disputes, and families in crisis.
For more information about EAC Network, please call 516-539-0150 or visit www.eac-network.org, check out their Facebook Page, and follow along on Twitter.
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I believe this duality came about because of the industrial revolution, where peoples' identities started diverging from this whole thing about "having a job". Then in the late 20th century, we added to that the concept that you should have control over where your life goes.
Personally, I haven't been stressed out about my own "work/life balance" for over fifteen years. That's when I noticed that there were parts of work that I enjoyed and others I found tedious. But the same was true of life – it's not all a bed of roses either. There's stuff I love doing, and other stuff I just have to do because I like to kid myself that I'm a responsible adult.
I realize that there's never enough time or money to do everything I'd like. So I do what I can, and try not to feel guilty about the rest.
I try to focus first on the things which are truly important, then on things which give me energy and peace. After that are other things, as I have time for.
I re-examine my priorities on a regular basis. Hey, January 1st would be a great time to do that!
I realized that true happiness isn't about having fun, owning stuff, or those other superficial accomplishments. For me, it's about making a difference to the people in my life – both through my work and in the rest of my life.
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Francis Matthey (Neuchâtel, 17 de julho de 1942) é um político suíço. Foi eleito para o Conselho Federal Suíço em 1993, mas recusou o cargo, deixando-o para René Felber.

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When Scott and I decided to move abroad, we spent months reading and researching countries and towns, but we both knew from traveling that there is only so much you can get from paper and pictures. At some point, you really have to visit to understand what you're getting into! I distinctly remember the house in Portugal I was so excited about only to discover upon arrival that the neighbors were on top of us and the bedrooms smelled like they hadn't been used since they were built, judging from the linoleum on the floor, probably in 1964! It was awful. We managed two nights before finding another villa ten minutes down the beach.
So with that experience in mind, we decided to use this summer to scout out the towns we were considering up and down the coasts of Spain. We narrowed it down to four places (Frigiliana/Nerja, Javea, Casares and Gaucin) and rented a house for three weeks in each. Our four choices were based upon being relatively small (we didn't want to live in a city,) near the beach, having an international school nearby and still having a flavor of Spain. While you might wonder about this last thought, given we were moving to Spain, wouldn't everything have that flavor, we knew that towns along the Costa del Sol were fairly developed resort towns. We weren't looking for a Marbella or Malaga experience, which are mostly tourist destinations and home to Brits looking for better weather than England offers, so we looked on Google maps for towns up off the coast by about 30 minutes.
By this point in our journey, we had been to three of the four towns and had a few days to thin-slice each of them. (If you haven't read Blink, by Malcolm Gladwall, you should! It's about making decisions with your gut, taking a "thin-slice" of something and going with it, instead of over-analyzing and second-guessing yourself.) So we were off to see Gaucin and get our first live impression while we were in the general area. (We were not staying in Gaucin until August so wanted to have a look before heading up north to Javea for most of July.) Upon leaving Casares, which I've said, was beautiful but perhaps too small for us, we headed up the mountains further. It only got better in terms of the scenery! Perhaps living in Boulder, I've fallen hard for mountain living, because these mountains here too were speaking to me! Beautiful colors and forests, dramatic in how they suddenly rise up and drop off. And then we came upon the goats! That must be the Kansas farm-girl in me! A herd of goats were on the road in front of us, their bells tolling as they scampered across the road and headed down to the creek for water. Our car was surrounded by them, the girls squealing their delight, me whipping out my camera, of course! So far I was enjoying the drive to Gaucin and eager to see if it offered the beauty of Casares with a few more people and restaurants….and perhaps a bookstore? The village itself finally came into view, perched too on top of a mountain, as all good villages do to naturally defend themselves from invaders hundred and hundreds of years ago. We turned into town and found parking straight away, in front of the organic market, none-the-less. Hum. No signs for a tourist office so we went into the market for some general directions. It reminded me of what homegrown Wild Oats must have been like when it opened in the 60s or 70s. Fairly small but full of fresh vegetables and fruits, natural soaps and sunscreens and even two computer terminals for that elusive internet connection! Hum.
We spent the morning wandering around and taking our thin-slice. It too offered amazing views of the countryside. Breathtaking, relaxing, calming. I could envision waking up to a coffee and time on the terrace watching the sun rise. It was bigger than Casares, more restaurants and shops and what looked like a fairly new public school. That might prove to be the deciding factor as we were still not able to enroll without our visas. The drive back to Nerja, about two hours, gave us time to ponder. Gaucin offered the most so far from a small Spanish village, but was it enough for a long period of time? A perfect relaxing vacation for sure, but I still needed to think about a year there. Perhaps Gaucin would take more than a blink!


Bathroom Vanity Cabinets Hickory - You've got a whole lot to think about when it comes time for one to decide on bathroom cabinets; you need to select cabinetry that's going to create your toilet operative, although you not only have to choose bathroom cabinets using a style that you want. In addition, you have to look at the size of the cabinets, the topic of your bathroom layout of, along with the stuff the cabinets are created. Below are a few strategies for making the act of picking cabinets for your own toilet somewhat easier.
First, you will need to define the size of the cabinets you need along with exactly how many cabinets you would like. Would you want a a standalone cabinet, a medicine cabinet, a base cabinet, or a combination of all the latter? Find out where set or you intend to install a cabinet in your bathroom so that you know the dimensions of the bathroom cabinets and assess the area you require. You not only have to know the height of the cabinet you need, but you will have to measure the depth of the cabinet area also.
In terms of style, you've got a whole lot to select from; toilet cabinetry contains shut cabinetry like medicine vanity or foundation offerings, wall cabinetry, recessed cabinetry, and chests. You can also get bathroom cabinets that possess lots of shelving and which are open. Standalone offerings comprise towers, linen cabinets, and storage cabinetry also. You may need to reflect about what you plan on storing in your bathroom now and later on. Would you like cabinetry for personal things and medications? Would you like cabinetry for the linens and towels? As you shop you must think about these issues.
Would you like stainless steel cabinetry? Would you like cabinets manufactured from woods that are fine? Think of the final appearance of your bathroom and contemplate the new decor you will add to it or the existing decor. Will your decor match the cabinets you decide on? Do you know the potential, long term decor alternatives you've got? Put simply, about how diverse the cabinetry is in relation to style, you will need to think. Will you manage to modify your decor later on as to the form of decor you would like so as to add, without being limited? Should you keep these questions in mind as you compare you will end up in a position to obtain the perfect cabinets for your toilet needs.
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Octavia Jolley
When summer arrives to Sayulita, there is only one thing we all think about- where to get in some water. Our options are fortunately varied, as we live right on the Pacific ocean and have dozens of gorgeous beaches accessible to us. Our newest quest has been where to find fresh water, as rivers and lakes prove to be so much more cool and refreshing and leave us feeling purified and clean afterwards.
As the summer starts creeping its way into our lives, there are about 8 families that have religiously been making a pilgrimage up to Laguna Santa Maria del Oro. This is a crater lake up in the higher altitudes of our state, Nayarit. From Sayulita its about a 3 hour drive, and we go for a full weekend to take complete advantage of having several nights to campout and almost three full days of lake time. This lake is special for many of us Sayulita families, as our kids have spent every year reconnecting with it's clean waters, swimming and frolicking care free. Each year we seem to add on a new activity which gives them even more access to the waters. The first year, they mostly jumped off a dock that was right off the campground. The next year, the bigger kids got into fishing, sporting lines and bait that kept them entertained for hours but rarely got a catch. Then we introduced the kayaks and paddle boards. The ultimate was what we call the "floating island" which was the largest inflatable raft we could find, that we tethered to a submerged post, and the kids could swim and jump and lounge and play all day on it.
Over the last couple years, we became privy to some secret river spots which when we motivate to head out to them, we always finish our day enchanted and recharged. One of the closest to Sayulita, takes us through pineapple fields, heading towards the Sierra mountains, until we look for the parking spot that signifies where we get in the river. The water is cool and delightful, and last time we went, the river had risen so that it created a strong flow and the kids were wave surfing on their boogies against the current. It was a bit scary and took me a minute to feel comfortable as their little bodies catapulted down river with the force of the rushing water.
Another secret spot even closer to home is one that is ephemeral in the heavy rains of summer. From the jungle sprouts a clean and clear river running straight into the ocean. It doesn't get too deep, but has a swift flow so that even the little dudes can float on the boogie boards with not too much worry.
What I mostly love about our summer days at the beach, river or lake, is watching my kids and my friend's kids play. Its the true, carefree play of children in nature, creating fun from what is there. It may be splashing and floating the water, or building a sand castle, or collecting sticks, but it is all about being in the moment and experiencing the natural elements as their toys. This is when I feel I have given my kids the best life can offer.
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FDA OKs Adagene's ADG-106 for Clinical Trial in Solid Tumors, Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
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Adagene soon will initiate a Phase 1 clinical trial testing its lead product, ADG-106, in patients who have advanced solid tumors and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, the company announced.
This follows the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's approval of Adagene's investigational new drug (IND) application for the immunotherapy. The trial is expected to begin during the second half later this year.
Adagene also is planning to submit IND applications to advance ADG-106 into clinical testing in Australia and China, the company said on its website.
"We look forward to starting our clinical trial in the United States soon," Peter Luo, CEO and co-founder of Adagene, said in a press release.
ADG-106 is a modified antibody that activates the CD137 receptor, which is found in key subsets of immune cells (T-cells and natural killer cells). By binding and activating the receptor, ADG-106 sends a stimulatory signal that increases the proliferation and activity of these immune cells, improving cancer fighting.
While other antibodies against CD137 already have reached clinical trials, their safety profile was somewhat discouraging, with some patients experiencing liver toxicity.
But ADG-106 targets CD137 in a distinct manner, which supports its excellent safety profile, even at very high doses. The new compound also is better at fighting cancer than other CD137 antibodies.
Consistent with its efficacy, studies in the laboratory have shown that ADG-106 strongly activates CD137, promoting T-cell proliferation and the production of key inflammatory molecules, or cytokines.
In mice and monkeys, the antibody triggered durable anti-cancer responses across several cancer types, while showing a positive toxicity profile, with no liver inflammation or other adverse effects.
"ADG-106 is targeting a different epitope of CD137 compared with the other two therapeutic antibodies against this target in early clinical trials," said Luo, referring to this study. "ADG-106 is the only monoclonal antibody against this target that has demonstrated potent single agent efficacy in multiple tumor models with intact immune system and work in synergy with other therapeutics, while maintaining an excellent safety profile at extremely high dose."
The findings were presented in 2017 at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) annual meeting. The poster was titled "During preclinical studies ADG-106 showed a positive toxicity profile, with no liver inflammation or other adverse effects being reported in the different animal models used."
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The economic downturn will see an increase in demand for tech professionals specializing in IT architecture as businesses consolidate their operations.
According to analyst house Forrester, as organizations look at reducing costs through mergers and acquisitions, skills around data, applications and process integration will be increasingly in demand.
Forrester analyst and author of a report looking at IT's hottest roles, Marc Cecere, told silicon.com: "For the economic problems that we're going through right now, there are probably some roles that tend to be helped by this - and those are going to be those around architecture because there's going to be a lot of data integration, application integration, especially process integrations."
In addition, the Forrester VP said enterprise vendor managers could be in more demand as companies look to cut costs through better value tech deals and outsourcing.
But Cecere said this consolidation activity will put operational and infrastructure roles at risk as they can easily be duplicated within organizations. "Within those groups there'll be highly specialized areas which will still be in demand for a long time," he added.
These could include specialist skills in storage, software reuse (as part of SOA) and mobile and wireless devices.
Other effects of the credit crunch on the IT industry are expected to include longer hardware refresh cycles, increased use of software as a service and a reduction in available contracting roles.


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The recent decision of the United Kingdom to leave the European Union has sent shock waves reverberating around our society. In my opinion, people voiced their growing sense of distrust of politicians, their angst about too much focus on the needs of 'big business', and pain over the years of austerity that the UK has endured since 2010.
The decision has unleashed a massive level of uncertainty for our nation and, I believe, we will no doubt experience a prolonged period of turbulence in our personal and working lives.
Political uncertainty dominates the media headlines, fuelled by a strong call from the EU to leave quickly, the potential of two party leadership elections, and, possibly, an early General Election. All this and the day job still to do!
In the face of such complexity, are you ready to step up to the challenge?
Over the coming weeks, months, and years, what will be required is more strong and agile leadership. At its heart, this will be founded on an agreed purpose, clear values and principles, and leadership and management behaviours that demonstrate, authentically, those things.
What we need, now more than ever, is strong transformational leadership.
As a transformational leader, you will have a clear picture of the purpose and values of the organisation and will espouse and live those values. You will be able to play an enormous range of roles and fulfil large numbers of tasks. You will be skilful in reading and analysing situations so as to play the most effective role at that time.
You will be a strategic thinker, have a clear direction and be able to create clarity from complexity. You will constantly scan external and internal environments, looking for trends and patterns requiring effective responses. You will be flexible in your responses and link theory to practice. Most of all, you will know what is possible by learning from others; and, most importantly, you will listen to people's concerns and take action on what you hear.
You will communicate regularly and consistently, engaging your team, your stakeholders, and your customers at every stage. You will draw on the digital landscape and its technology to assist you in this journey.
It is a learning journey, which will unfold as you move through it. The level of uncertainty before you has increased immeasurably and for this, you need one final ingredient – resilient self-belief.
In your journey ahead, take heart, stay focused on purpose, listen hard and act decisively.
If you need help along the way, engage a good coach! I'm always happy to listen and always ready to help.
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Q: Transference of angular momentum I've been recently wondering looking at the disco ball what will happen if I point the laser beam on reflective ball like this one:

and start to spin the ball to the speed of around 80% of the speed of light.
Will in such case reflected photons that hit it get imparted with a lateral change of direction?
Just to be clear, I am not interested in space/time issues due to the speed, but the "contact" and "reflection" positions slightly moved due to the speed (if that's even a case here).

A: Reflection happens because the electrons in the material are vibrating in response to the incoming wave. When the electrons have a very large net velocity, I expect that they will impart a sideways momentum - in other words, if you aim your laser at the ball when it is stationary, and then speed the ball up, the beam will be deflected off to one side.

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Dearborn Catholic priest compared BLM to 9/11 attackers in homily
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DEARBORN, Mich. (FOX 2) - The pastor of a Roman Catholic church in suburban Detroit is apologizing after a fellow priest likened Black Lives Matter to the people responsible for the 9/11 attacks.
The comments came during Rev. Paul Graney's homily at the Church of the Divine Child in Dearborn. Rev. Graney is an assistant pastor there.
Catholic church in Dearborn apologizing after priest compared BLM to 9/11 attackers
The pastor of a Roman Catholic church in suburban Detroit is apologizing after a fellow priest likened Black Lives Matter to the people responsible for the 9/11 attacks.
"Al-Qaeda's goal was to come to the United States and kill Americans. Really just wanted to wipe America off the map. And they would have done it if they could," said Graney, who has been a priest since 2016.
"But today, those who we see wanting to bring down America are Americans, and they want to do it under the facade of justice, freedom and love," the priest said. "But it is all a big bunch of baloney. It's anti-Christian. It's anti-family. It's evil."
"Cars have been torched. Property has been destroyed. Businesses looted and burned, and police officers and other people have been intimidated, assaulted and even murdered. All in the name of justice.
The church is not providing any on-camera interviews, but its pastor Rev. Bob McCabe made public the letter he wrote to the church Monday. It reads in part:
"I am so sorry that a homily given by Fr. Paul Graney at the 4:30 p.m. Mass on Saturday has brought forth division, anger, confusion and chaos. I first spoke with a couple individuals shortly after his homily. I could sense their anger and their hurt."
"It was disappointing to see something so close to home," said Rachel LaPointe. While not a member of the church, she has close ties to it. She's attended services there and has relatives who worship there.
"It's not like to see someone preaching words that are so, maybe not definitely hateful but the undertone was there," LaPointe said.
The homily which was initially posted on the church's Facebook page has since been removed but not before a Dearborn resident could record and upload it onto her page.
Hundreds have commented on it, with both lament and support for the homily:
"Keep on speaking truth Father G," one woman wrote.
"Excellent homily!" said another. "Nothing to apologize for!"
Also, "Good for Fr. Paul. It's insane that Catholics are holding up BLM as a wonderful group! They were founded and are operated by Marxists."
Black Lives Matter is a global movement whose goal is to eradicate systemic racism and white supremacy and to oppose violence against Blacks.
LaPointe says it's not so much about Marxism but rather what role the church should play regarding social justice.
"So this is a chance for the Catholic church in Dearborn and in the whole Detroit area to really take deep into these issues of racism and what it means to be a Catholic right now because there's a real problem. And we need to be part of the solution, not adding to the problem," she said.
Rev. McCabe also stated in his letter to the church following the events this past weekend:
"Shortly after the tragic murder of George Floyd, I said that we are being called to move from intolerance to tolerance, from tolerance to respect, from respect to love. I pray that this can be an opportunity for all of us to recommit ourselves to the call to love one another as Jesus loves us."
You can read Rev. McCabe's letter in full here.
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Plant milk (alternative milk, nut milk or vegan milk) is a manufactured, non-dairy beverage made from a plant extract for flavoring and aroma. Plant milks are consumed as a plant-based alternative to dairy milk, and to add a vegan beverage choice with creamy mouthfeel. For commerce, plant milks are typically packaged in containers similar and competitive to those used for dairy milk. In 2018 among some 20 plant sources used in plant milk manufacturing, almond, soy, and coconut were the highest-selling plant milks worldwide. The global plant milk market was estimated at US$16 billion in 2018.
Plant-flavored beverages have been consumed over centuries, with the term "milk-like plant juices" used since the 13th century. Across various cultures, plant milk has been both a traditional beverage and a flavorful ingredient in sweet and savory dishes, such as the use of coconut milk in curries. Plant milks are also used to make ice cream, plant cream, vegan cheese, and yogurt, such as soy yogurt, with 54% of consumers open to selecting plant-based products over dairy in 2018.
Horchata, a beverage originally made in North Africa from soaked, ground and sweetened tiger nuts, spread to Iberia (now Spain) before the year 1000. In English, the word "milk" has been used to refer to "milk-like plant juices" since 1200 AD.
Recipes from the 13th-century Levant exist which describe the first plant milk: almond milk. Soy was a plant milk used in China during the 14th century. In Medieval England, almond milk was used in dishes such as ris alkere (a type of rice pudding) and curry chicken (appearing in the recipe collection, The Forme of Cury). Coconut milk (and coconut cream) are traditional ingredients in many cuisines, and are often used in curries.
Plant milks may be regarded as substitutes for dairy milk in western countries, but have traditionally been consumed in other parts of the world, especially ones where there are higher rates of lactose intolerance (see especially lactose intolerance: epidemiology section).
Common plant milks are almond milk, coconut milk, rice milk, and soy milk. Other plant milks include hemp milk, oat milk, pea milk, and peanut milk.
A blend is a plant milk created by mixing two or more types together. Some examples of blends are almond-coconut milk and almond-cashew milk. Other traditional plant milk recipes include kunu, a Nigerian beverage made from sprouted millet, sorghum or maize; Sikhye, a traditional sweet Korean rice beverage; and Amazake, a Japanese rice milk.
The actual content of the highlighted plant in commercial plant milks may be only around 2%. Other ingredients commonly added to plant milks during manufacturing include guar gum, xanthan gum, or sunflower lecithin for texture and mouthfeel, select micronutrients (such as calcium, B vitamins, and vitamin D), salt, and natural or artificial ingredients—such as flavors characteristic of the featured plant—for aroma, color, and taste. Plant milks are also used to make ice cream, plant cream, vegan cheese, and yogurt, such as soy yogurt.
Generally because plant milks are manufactured using processed extracts of the starting plant, plant milks are lower in nutrient density than dairy milk and are fortified during manufacturing to add precise levels of micronutrients.
To improve competition, plant milks are typically packaged in containers similar to those of dairy milks. Advertising for plant milks may contrast the intensive farming effort to produce dairy milk with the relative ease of harvesting vegan sources, such as oats, rice or soybeans.
Globally, plant milk sales grew steadily by 61% over the period 2012 to 2018. Among plant milks, almond (64% market share), soy (13% market share) and coconut (12% market share) were the leaders in the category.
Plants milks may be labeled to highlight their nutrient contents, or with terms reflecting their composition or absence of ingredients, such as "dairy-free", "gluten-free" or "GMO-free".
In December 2013, European Union regulations stated that the terms "milk", "butter", "cheese", "cream" and "yogurt" can only be used to market and advertise products derived from animal milk, with a small number of exceptions including coconut milk, peanut butter and ice cream. In 2017, the Landgericht Trier (Trier regional court), Germany, asked the Court of Justice of the European Union, to clarify European food-labeling law (Case C-422/16), with the court stating that plant-based products cannot be marketed as milk, cream, butter, cheese or yogurt within the European Union because these are reserved for animal products; exceptions to this do not include tofu and soy.
In the United States, the dairy industry has petitioned the FDA to ban the use of terms like "milk", "cheese", "cream" and "butter" on plant-based analogues (except for peanut butter). A 2018 survey by the International Food Information Council Foundation suggests consumers in the United States do not typically confuse plant-based analogues with animal milk and dairy products. Labeling regulations for plant-based products with names such as "milk" or "yogurt" were under review, as of 2018. US Food and Drug Administration commissioner, Scott Gottlieb, stated on July 17, 2018 that the term "milk" is used imprecisely in the labeling of non-dairy beverages, such as soy milk, oat milk and almond milk: "An almond doesn't lactate", he said.
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The Quest for Artificial Intelligence--and Where It's Taking Us Next
Dormehl, Luke
"A fascinating look at Artificial Intelligence, from its humble Cold War beginnings to the dazzling future that is just around the corner. When most of us think about Artificial Intelligence, our minds go straight to cyborgs, robots, and sci-fi thrillers where machines take over the world. But the truth is that Artificial Intelligence is already among us. It exists in our smartphones, fitness trackers, and refrigerators that tell us when the milk will expire. In some ways, the future people dreamed of at the World's Fair in the 1960s is already here. We're teaching our machines how to think like humans, and they're learning at an incredible rate. In Thinking Machines, technology journalist Luke Dormehl takes you through the history of AI and how it makes up the foundations of the machines that think for us today. Furthermore, Dormehl speculates on the incredible--and possibly terrifying--future that's much closer than many would imagine. This remarkable book will invite you to marvel at what now seems commonplace and to dream about a future in which the scope of humanity may need to widen to include intelligent machines"-- Provided by publisher.
Publisher: New York : TarcherPerigee, [2017]
Branch Call Number: 006.3 DOR 2017
Characteristics: xi, 275 pages ; 21 cm
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sandrad114 May 07, 2017
This book was given a favorable review in the New York Times by Ray Kurzweil ( https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/14/books/review/thinking-machines-luke-dormehl.html?_r=0 ) which is why I wanted to read it, because Ray Kurzweil has invested heavily in artificial intelligence research. This book did give a clear easy-to-understand history of the development of artificial intelligence, pointed to new applications of AI which are being developed now, and talked a bit about future directions the technology might take.
Where I found the book was a bit skimpy was in the author's acknowledgement of the potential for abuse which is created when governments and private corporations collect and own the massive data sets required to develop these applications. But maybe that wasn't part of the author's purpose in writing the book to discuss these potentials for abuse. In order to get a more rounded-out picture of this problem, I recommend also reading Data and Goliath by Bruce Schneier, who is a widely respected writer on internet security and privacy. Here is a link to his blog: https://www.schneier.com/books/
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Bobby was supposed to help me this afternoon.
Florian elaborated on the point.
Arne won't believe what happened.
Vadim lived on Park Street when he was a kid.
Lars is supposedly cleaning his bedroom.
Rathnakumar is never going to do that.
Barbra prays several times a day.
All Jinchao left was a note.
Socorrito knows what he's going to do.
I haven't seen Brandon limp recently.
Is Peter even paying attention?
Trent lives in the woods without electricity and running water.
Kelvin is kind of crazy that way.
What if Erwin doesn't like me?
Elric arrived half an hour early.
Sharada didn't get off the bus.
Can't you stop Sorrel from crying?
It looks like Sanity isn't at home.
I want to thank you for picking Leonard up after school.
I know I'll be happy when Delbert gets home.
Amir is as old as Mickey.
Gary wasn't wearing a helmet.
Isabelle learned that lesson the hard way.
There's no need to tell Collin about this.
Kirk never knew Sergiu felt that way.


Can Canada Handle the Truth?
What can we expect from the mainstream media? When programming is not ignoring the truth movement, it is trying to smear its messengers, even taking aim at 9/11 family members. But a clear exception to this was the November broadcast of the Canadian program "The Fifth Estate" calledThe Unofficial Story, which profiled unanswered questions about 9/11. This comparatively professional coverage exposed crucial forensic evidence including WTC 7 free fall, microspheres, nano-thermite and other points raised by luminaries including David Ray Griffin, Richard Gage, AIA, and others.
While tower footage was broadcast, Mr. Gage pointed out that concrete was pulverized to fine dust, while the building tore itself apart and 20-ton perimeter wall units were hurled up to 600 feet away. The only way a building can fall for 100 feet at free fall acceleration (as WTC Building 7 did), he noted, is to have its columns removed all at once. Perhaps more Canadian viewers will begin to see the problem. Does anyone really believe fire is a process that can violently annihilate steel columns in synchrony, and hurl massive steel wall units two football fields away? Common sense, physics, and history tell us the answer.
"Fifth Estate" host Bob McKeown also highlighted the discovery of microscopic spheres of molten iron bearing chemical evidence of thermite, an incendiary that is said to be explosive. He noted that NIST, the federal agency responsible for analyzing the towers' destruction, admits that it never even tested World Trade Center debris for for the residue of thermite or any other explosives. Then there was the discovery of superthermite in the WTC dust, which as Mr. Gage noted, has advantages for covert operations in that it doesn't produce the loud bangs and bright flashes of other explosives.
The problem: How did such materials get into these buildings?
In an effort to achieve what some viewers may call "balance," the show unfortunately allowed itself to serve as a platform for silly and fallacious statements by James Meigs and Brent Blanchard.
Mr. Meigs, editor-in-chief of Popular Mechanics, sidestepped the physical evidence by going off topic. He argued that not all military, intelligence, and media institutions could possibly have been complicit in 9/11. Eureka, a brilliant analysis of nothing! With whom is he arguing? If Meigs takes a closer look, he may notice that the case for a new investigation is based on scientific evidence, which cannot be waved away by extreme assumptions about the number of people required, or by studied ignorance about previous covert operations that were kept secret for decades. Give him points for clever rhetoric.
Most remarkable was Implosionworld.com senior writer Blanchard's denial of freefall, which essentially denies public conclusions by NIST itself. It will be interesting to see how this plays out. His and Meigs' statements are empty and disinformative. Perhaps Mr. Blanchard will try to defend his denial by claiming he was referring to a building other than the one documented by NIST to have descended in part at a free fall rate.
The program's limitations call to mind more general problems of news, namely, that it is expected to draw viewers regardless of whether its producers are given sufficient time to get their facts straight. Viewers of "The Fifth Estate" were not told that government reports regarding 9/11 have changed over time regarding a) the theory called pancaking, and b) the role of diesel fuel and falling debris (in the destruction of WTC 7), and c) the military's account of why it failed to intercept a single one of the four airliners (a point outside the purview of AE911Truth, but historically accurate nonetheless [see: 9/11 Live or Fabricated: Do the NORAD Tapes Verify The 9/11 Commission Report?]).
Some of the evidence highlighted by 9/11 skeptics on "The Fifth Estate" was mentioned only briefly in passing, without explanation. The program mentioned the pulverization of the buildings' concrete, horizontal ejection of huge steel columns, and the discovery of superthermite by a team of scholars. But how many viewers received enough information to make informed decisions? Educating the public in these unexpected and somewhat technical matters will require the contribution of many media institutions each doing their part.
The program's final interview included apt comments by "Rescue Me" actor Daniel Sunjata, who says it was while researching his role on that show that he became a 9/11 activist. "What's the price of not asking these questions?" he asked. "For us to turn this page on history without … reading it properly, and making sure that we have all the right answers; that's unconscionable."
The inconvenient truths uncovered by scholars around the world are becoming harder for pop culture to deny. With "The Fifth Estate," the conventional mass media in North America has begun to form a clearer picture of the 9/11 Truth movement. If more public affairs programs face the hard questions as has the CBC, there is hope that still more citizens will question the strange taboo that has long impeded our call for a new investigation.


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Locals encourage others to vote
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJBF) – We're hitting voter turnout records in Richmond County and a lot of people want to keep the momentum going. Even if that person isn't at the age to vote yet.
"Elections are important because you're deciding who you want to really lead the future generation," said Carter Hill.
With waves, signs, and smiles, a group of future voters encouraged drivers on Deans Bridge and Lumpkin Roads to express their rights Saturday.
"We're really encouraging people to vote and when they honk or smile or wave, they're paying attention to the fact that we're really trying to encourage," said Carter Hill
Monica Johnson said, "Our children can't vote but you certainly as an adult must exercise your right to vote."
In downtown Augusta, where early voting is taking place at the Bell Auditorium, more people motivated others to get to the polls.
"Every time in the election whether is local, state or national, exercise that right. That's what we fought for when went into the military," said Melvin Ivey.
Rev. Christopher Johnson said, "It's important for us to vote. One hundred percent voter participation is what we're looking for."
As of Friday, voter turnout in Richmond County is more than 25 percent. Twenty-thousand and twenty-four absentee ballots by mail have been returned. On Saturday, the advanced voting total grew to 18,392. On the same day, a total of 3,869 votes were counted.
Carter Hill said, "It really just goes to show that more people want to vote. More people want to use their voice."
"There are so many people trying to suppress the vote. They're trying to make it difficult for people to vote but I think that's one of the most fundamental rights that we have. Is to elect the people who represent us rather than the people selecting the people they want to vote for them," said Ivey.
"We are going to let our voices and our choices be known and we hope folks are taking account to that responsibility," said Monica Johnson.
Rev. Johnson added, "Informed voters make the best decision. And if informed voters just don't listen to the politicians, just don't go to the politician's website, don't just listen to the politician's advertisement, informed voters check out the politicians 365 days of the year. Trying to make sure that they're doing what they said they're were going to do. They want to just jump up and say something that's politically expedient."
You can early vote at the Bell Auditorium (712 Telfair St, Augusta, GA 30901) Sunday, October 25 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
City officials look into pet owner responsibility …


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A Very Special Love
"Rain, rain go away
Come again another day
Little children want to play
Rain, rain go away."
Who doesn't know this song? I guess everyone of us heard and sang this song once in our lifetime or maybe have taught the same song to our children just to keep the rain from falling. Raining is such a "kill-joy" season which hinder them to play and have real fun outside.
But have you heard of a "sun dance" to prevent the rain from pouring? There's this Filipino movie entitled "A Very Special Love" which stars John Lloyd Cruz and Sarah Geronimo. It's a romantic-comedy motion picture from Star Cinema and Viva Films
SYNOPSIS by WIKIPEDIA
Laida (Sarah Geronimo) is a modern-day Belle. She works hard to provide for her family while believing that someday she will meet her prince charming and they will live happily ever after together. That prince charming is none other than Miggy Montenegro (John Lloyd Cruz), the youngest of the Montenegro clan—a well-established family in the business world. Laida dreams of meeting Miggy every day and every night. These dreams lead her to apply as an Editorial Assistant at Miggy's newly established men's magazine Bachelor despite it being a long shot, hoping that working in the company will allow her to be close to the man who invades her dreams every night.
By some sort of luck, Laida lands the job. Overwhelmed by the being in the presence of her crush, and by her instant employment, Laida remains blind to the fact that the Miggy she dreams of is very different from the real one. Miggy in person is a hothead who thinks he's always right. The word "sorry" doesn't mean anything to him. Everyone is scared of him, except Laida, who is always ready to defend her dream man. Blindly she caters to his whim, even when he sent her to be his proxy on his date with his girlfriend, breaking her heart a little. Her co-workers question her unrelenting dedication to such a monster but when Laida proves quite loyal to the man, gossip about Laida's feelings for their boss starts to circulate. Laida, to defend herself, unwittingly reveals information about Miggy's personal life, which earns her his ire. Being shouted at for the first time by the man she dreams of opens Laida's eyes to reality. And her awakening in turn leads to Miggy's rude awakening of why people do not like him.
No one has ever talked back to Miggy before. No one dared tell him their opinions and or suggestions. Miggy was always right and that's how he likes it. But when Laida, a simpleton who just follows his every command tells him to his face that he is wrong, Miggy begins to wonder if the reason for his failures could actually be him. For the first time Miggy apologizes. And this opens the door to a whole new world of a lot of "firsts" for Miggy. With the help of Laida, Miggy slowly learns to be a teamplayer. With the help of Laida, Miggy slowly learns the value of loyalty.
But Miggy's conflict with his siblings keeps pulling Miggy back to his old ways, and not even Laida's presence in his life can clear the shadow casted on him by his family. Laida does everything she knows just to help Miggy at the expense of time with her family. As Laida and Miggy's fight to save the magazine become more intense, so is their fight to keep their intentions and emotions at bay. Will Laida and Miggy ever figure out the right combination to solve their problems in business and in their personal lives? Or will their mismatching personalities, despite their common interest and goal keep them from ever figuring out their perfect pair?
And this is how Laida dance just to stop the rain from falling
So if you don't want the rain to spoil your plans... do the SUN DANCE
Buddha October 17, 2008 at 11:54 AM
I just want to say how much I love your blog. it's trully magic!
Irmee October 17, 2008 at 5:31 PM
Hey girl, nice layout you got here...hmm pabago bago ha...I also love A Very Special Love the best pinoy film I've watched so far...
OMYWORD! October 17, 2008 at 8:11 PM
Such a pretty, pretty blog. Thanks for finding me through blogcatalog!


Obsessions are fascinating, even though at times a creeping size. These are, in a milder form, described in the fine book "Daily Rituals" where a number of artists describe their - hence the name - daily rituals, where a great deal is pretty obsessive. For some in the more coarse genre read "The Boy Who Couldn´t Stop Washing."


We consider a regular embedded network composed by two curves, one of them closed, in a convex and smooth domain $\Omega$. The two curves meet only at one point, forming angles of $120$ degrees. The non-closed curve has a fixed end point on $\partial\Omega$. We study the evolution by curvature of this network. We show that the maximal time of existence is finite and depends only on the area enclosed in the initial loop, if the length of the non-closed curve stays bounded from below during the evolution. Moreover, the closed curve shrinks to a point and the network is asymptotically approaching, after dilations and extraction of a subsequence, a Brakke spoon.


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Q: Concurrently Access and Write to a Synchronized Dictionary Efficiently in C# I'm looking for the most efficient way to store key value pairs in a static Synchronized Dictionary (.NET 3.5, so not ConcurrentDictionary) while being able to access them at the same time.
Dictionary.Add(key, value);

if (Dictionary.Count >= 200)
{
       foreach (KeyValuePair<string, Info> pair in Dictionary)
       {
              Info entry = pair.Value;
              StoreInDatabase(entry);
       }

       Dictionary.Clear();
}

This is where the problem lies. If one user is adding to the dictionary while another is accessing and storing to the database it breaks.
lock (Dictionary)
{
    //Same Code Above
}

I put a lock in, and it seems to work fine, but I'm wondering if there is a more efficient way of doing this. It's not as efficient as I'd like it to be. Any suggestions would be much appreciated!
Note: I have to use the StoreInDatabase method to store the values.

REVISED CODE:
private static SynchronizedDictionary<string, Info> Dictionary = new SynchronizedDictionary<string, Info>();

...

Dictionary.Add(key, value);

if (Dictionary.Count >= 200)
{
       SynchronizedDictionary<string, Info> temporaryDictionary = new SynchronizedDictionary<string, Info>();
       lock (Dictionary)
       {
            temporaryDictionary = Dictionary;
            Dictionary.Clear();
       }

       lock(temporaryDictionary)
       {
            foreach (KeyValuePair<string, Info> pair in temporaryDictionary)
            {
                  Info entry = pair.Value;
                  StoreInDatabase(entry);
            }
       }
}

This greatly improved performance. Thanks flq!

A: You will have a lock around the DB operations which in comparison to in-memory activities take ages.
Within a lock, you should copy the values you want to store in the DB and clear the dictionary. Then you can release the dictionary and some other thread writes the stuff to DB.
Also it may make sense to use some private locking object in order to minimize the potential of deadlocks.

A: I have implemented a thread-safe dictionary using Interlocked, which is the most lightweight synchronization mechanism available.
You can find the source code here. It's written for Fasterflect, a library that helps make reflection tasks easier and faster. The code uses an #ifdefine to conditionally enable the custom dictionary for .NET 3.5 as our benchmarks shows the .NET 4.0 ConcurrentDictionary to be even faster.
As flq points out, accessing the database while holding a lock is a really bad idea. Like seriously, not something you would ever want to do. Find a better solution, such as copying data you need to store to a temporary data structure.


Inspired by an idea I saw on Pinterest a while back, I made a necklace holder from a gorgeous old rusty rake.
I had bought the rake from someone on Gumtree. It came with a bonus hoe (not quite sure what I want to do with that yet) for only $7. It was a young guy selling them and he gave me such an odd look when I said what I planned to do with the rake. I bet he'd be jealous now if he saw it!!
...I set to work on my rake.
This is it 'before', complete with spider webs.
I gave it a wash then found some ribbon and tied it through the hole on the back. I secured the ribbon with some wool wrapped around the bit where the stick goes (stop me if I'm getting too technical). Then I glued a bit of felt to the back to protect the wall. It was the quickest project ever, so much so that I felt sure I couldn't be finished and tried to find more to do!
I think it looks rather sweet - and it will certainly be very useful.
Thank you. It's one of the easiest and most useful things I've ever made!


Hal Higdon: Half Marathon Novice 2: Half Marathon Novice 2 fills the gap between the former Novice (now Novice 1) half marathon program and the Intermediate programs. Novice 1 targets beginners. These are new runners who have only begun to train. The Intermediate program serves more experienced runners, those who have raced several half marathons and/or full marathons. Take a look at all three programs before you buy and see which group you might fit into best.
This Novice 2 half marathon program is very similar to my Novice 2 program for the full marathon. The pattern is the same. Fridays and Mondays are rest days surrounding the harder weekend workouts: long runs on Saturdays, cross training on Sundays. The midweek workouts on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays also mimic the pattern of my novice marathon programs. One difference between Novice 1 and Novice 2 is that I prescribe some running at race pace midweek. All the directions plus a chart are available on attachments to this program or on my website: halhigdon.com. Every day I will send you emails telling you what to run that day and offering tips on training. Never before has training for a half marathon been easier.
An easy day. Run 3 miles at a comfortable pace. Over the next 12 weeks, you will continue to run 3 miles on Tuesdays. While this is a progressive program, the mileage build-up will occur in the Wednesday and Saturday workouts. It's all part of the design to get you ready to run 13.1 miles.
Three miles, same as yesterday. As the countdown continues, you will begin to run slightly more miles midweek, peaking at 5 miles in Weeks 9, 10 and 11. Remember: Consistency is the key to half marathon success.
Run the same distance that you did on Tuesday: 3 miles at a comfortable pace. Again, remember the walking-break option I suggested for you on Tuesday. Do you plan to do some strength training during this program? Tuesdays and Thursdays might be good days on which to lift--after you run.
Today is your long run. Even for a novice or beginning runner, 4 miles (today's workout) may not seem that long. But over the 12 weeks of this program, the distance for your Saturday run will increase to 12 miles. You'll hit that distance in Week 11, allowing a final week for you to taper before the half marathon. Don't worry too much about pace now; just run easily. If you want to do your long runs on Sundays rather than Saturdays, simply flip-flop the two workouts. Please note: At the top of each workout on the calendar, you will see time estimates. These estimates are based on 10:00 pace per mile, even though some of you will run faster, some will run slower.
Use this second day of the weekend to recover from your weekly long run by doing some easy cross-training. What kind of cross-training? The exercise you choose should be aerobic: an hour or so of walking, biking, swimming or some such activity. Swimming is a particularly useful activity, because you can use it to loosen muscles.
Today's workout is a run of 3 miles at a comfortable pace, the same as last week on Tuesday and the same as each Tuesday in this half marathon program. This workout shouldn't take a great deal of your time: 30 minutes if you run at a 10:00-mile pace. But forget I said that! I don't want you to go out and time yourself for 3 miles. The time estimates in this program are just that: estimates. In fact, your course doesn't need to be precisely 3 miles. It can be about that distance. Don't be trapped by numbers.
Another 3-miler, but with this difference. Run the 3 miles at race pace, that is: the pace you plan to run in the half marathon. In other words, your goal. Don't know your goal pace? You have several more months to figure it out. Meanwhile, a good estimate of what race pace might be should suffice.