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Development Update: Thursday, July 31
Updates include: Rob Mcelhenny to visit FOX's "The Mindy Project"; Mark Moses among latest bound for Showtime's "Homeland"; and John Stamos to guest on ABC's "Galavant."
NBC Gives "Undateable" Second Season of 10 Episodes
Co-star Chris D'Elia and executive producer Bill Lawrence both broke the news via Twitter this evening.
Join the Paladins from ABC's "The Quest," As They Live Tweet During the Series Premiere, Thursday, July 31
Join the 12 would be heroes as they live tweet during the East Coast Broadcast of tonight's premiere episode airing 8:00-9:00 p.m., ET/PT.
Showtime(R) Premieres Ray Donovan Webisodes "Behind the Fix" Starring Steven Bauer and Katherine Moennig
Fans will get an inside look on how Ray's (Liev Schreiber) team pulls off their "fixes," woven directly from the plotlines on screen.
College Football: ESPN's Game and Studio Roster Includes More Than 100 On-Air Commentators
The lineup is highlighted by announcers with familiar and new assignments, the addition of former coaches Mack Brown and Butch Davis, and nationally recognized former SEC players and renowned sportscasters on SEC Network.
Here Comes the Bride: A Duggar Wedding Unveiled in an All-New Season of "19 Kids & Counting"
The series returns with all-new episodes beginning Tuesday, September 2 at 9:00/8:00c.
"Sharknado 2: The Second One" Devours the World - Record-Setting 3.9 Million Total Viewers and 1.6 Million Adults 18-49 for Syfy Original Movie
Syfy spins the numbers for Wednesday, July 30.
Hallmark Movies & Mysteries Announces the Start of Production on "The Christmas Shepherd" Starring Teri Polo and Martin Cummins
The film is part of Hallmark Movies & Mysteries' Most Wonderful Movies of Christmas, featuring traditional and classic Christmas films suitable for family audiences.
Bravo Media Acquires "The Real Housewives of Melbourne" Premiering Sunday 8/3 at 12PM ET/PT with Back-to-Back Episodes
The 12-episode series follows the lavish lives of six successful Melbourne socialites as they live life on their own terms and enjoy the pampered and cultured lifestyle that the "world's most liveable city" has to offer.
FOX Sports Tees Up Faxon & Fay for 2015 USGA Championships Coverage Team
Eight-time PGA TOUR winner Brad Faxon and former USGA executive director David Fay will serve as analysts alongside host Joe Buck, analyst Greg Norman and reporter/host Holly Sonders.
"Tonight Show" Tops "Kimmel" and "Late Show" Combined for the Late-Night Ratings Week of July 21-25 in 18-49, Hitting a Five-Week High
NBC spins the late-night numbers for the week of July 21-25.
Video: "BoJack Horseman" - New Trailer
The Netflix series - due on Friday, August 22 - features the voices of Will Arnett, Amy Sedaris, Alison Brie, Aaron Paul, Paul F. Tompkins and Patton Oswalt.
E! Celebrates "Chelsea Lately" Throughout August with a Star Studded Run Up to the Live Finale on August 26th
As this groundbreaking show ends, E!'s "Queen of Late Night" will welcome some of the biggest names in Hollywood throughout the month of August, as well as some of Chelsea's fabulous friends.
BBC America Announces Special Programming and Nationwide Theatrical Events to Launch "Doctor Who's" First Season Starring Peter Capaldi
Chris Hardwick will host "Doctor Who: Live Pre-Show" at 7:30pm ET and "Doctor Who: After Who Live" at 11:00pm ET following the premiere of "Intruders" on August 23.
Animal Planet's "Too Cute! Pint Sized" Delivers Double the Cute in Half the Time, Beginning August 16, at 8 PM ET/PT
Each episode focuses on two litters of the world's most delightful darlings, and with pint-sized episodes, the best moments of the first eight weeks of life are packed into one extra-cuddly half hour.
Brady Quinn Joins FOX Sports for College Football & NFL Coverage
In the booth, Quinn pairs with two veteran play-by-play announcers, teaming with Tim Brando for college games and Dick Stockton when on NFL assignment.
Cornell Bhangra Wins "Today's Got Talent" Contest, Joins the Top 48 Acts on NBC's "America's Got Talent"
The act will join the quarter-final rounds on "AGT" and perform live Tuesday, August 12 for the chance to win the $1 million prize.
"Taxi Brooklyn" Sets Series Records in 18-49 and Total Viewers in Its Sixth Week on the Schedule
NBC spins the numbers for Wednesday, July 30.
Smithsonian Premieres Season 2 of "Speed Kills" on August 20
The new three-episode season explores areas of the globe where maximum speed is necessary to survive.
Wednesday's Broadcast Ratings: NBC Tops Viewers, Splits Demos with CBS
The former's "America's Got Talent" and the latter's "Big Brother 16" share the gold among adults 18-49 last night.
CBS Significantly Expands Digital Footprint of Watch! Magazine
Watch!, the glossy consumer magazine published by CBS, has partnered with Magzter, one of the world's fastest-growing digital distributors, to bring the publication to its global digital newsstand.
Video: Full Episode of IFC's New Series "Garfunkel and Oates" Available Now - Premieres August 7 at 10PM
Starting today, IFC is making a full episode of the series available online as a special sneak peek.
Chelsea Handler to Interrogate the Inmates of Netflix's Hit Series "Orange Is the New Black"
On Monday, August 4, Chelsea Handler will moderate Netflix's "Orange is the New Black" For Your Consideration Academy Screening Event at the Directors Guild of America theater in Los Angeles.
IndyCar Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio Highlights NBC Sports Group's Extensive Motorsports Coverage This Week
NBCSN will present live coverage of the IndyCar Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio this Sunday at 3 p.m. ET, highlighting more than 30 hours of motorsports coverage across NBC and NBCSN this weekend.
Development Update: Wednesday, July 30
Updates include: Oscar Isaac, Catherine Keener to topline HBO's "Show Me a Hero"; Laura Benanti to recur on ABC's "Nashville"; and Jenny Slate to guest on FOX's "Brooklyn Nine-Nine."
"So You Think You Can Dance" Voting Results for July 30
Next week, the competition intensifies when guest judge and Olympic Gold Medalist Tara Lipinski joins the judging panel.
Discovery's "Gears, Fears and Rears Week" Premieres This Sunday, August 3
Highlights include the two-hour season finale of "Deadliest Catch" on Tuesday, August 5 at 9:00/8:00c.
American Heroes Channel New Original Series "Hardcore Heroes" Showcases Extraordinary Feats by Everyday People
Premiering Wednesday, August 6, this action-packed series follows these courageous fighters as they battle the elements, save hundreds of lives, and ultimately, change the course of history forever.
ESPN's Dan Shulman, John Kruk to Call "Sunday Night Baseball" atop Green Monster at Fenway Park Aug 3
The duo will be joined by ESPN MLB Insider Buster Olney who will provide reports from the field.
Discovery's Hit Series "Bering Sea Gold" Returns for Its Fourth Season with Crews Battling Against Extreme Conditions and Each Other for the Ultimate Payout
The series returns Friday, August 22 at 9:00/8:00c on the cable channel.
TNT Renews Real-Life Crime Series "Cold Justice" for Third Season
Season three is slated for early 2015 and will feature both new states and types of cases never seen on the show before.
Paramount Digital Entertainment Announces New Original Comedy Series "Resident Advisors" Produced by Elizabeth Banks and Max Handelman
The series will star Ryan Hansen, Jamie Chung, Alison Rich, Andrew Bachelor, Graham Rogers and features Anna Camp.
LMN Premieres the Second Season of the Original Series "Ghost Inside My Child" Saturday, August 16 at 9PM ET
The series features stories of children who claim to have lived before, often having died violently in a past life, and whose parents struggle to make sense of their child's memories of a former life.
First Lady Michelle Obama to Guest Star on the Hub Network's "Kid President(R): Declaration of Awesome" Discussing the Importance of Healthy Eating and Exercise, Airing August 9
The episode also includes celebrity appearances by Christina Applegate, Reggie Watts, Carrie Brownstein and the PS22 Chorus from New York.
"Squidbillies" and "Mr. Pickles" Debut September 21st on Adult Swim!
These two series are guaranteed to leave you loving Sunday night and hating Monday morning even more than you already do!
NBC Wins Tuesday Night in 18-49 and Total Viewers Among the Big 4
NBC spins the numbers for Tuesday, July 29.
"Captivated: The Trials of Pamela Smart," Exploring the Role of the Media in the First Murder Trial Televised Gavel-to-Gavel, Debuts Aug. 18 on HBO
An official selection of the 2014 Sundance Film Festival, the project explores how the media coverage of the case may have influenced the trial and sentencing.
Tuesday's Broadcast Ratings: "America's Got Talent" Keeps NBC on Top
The Peacock doubles second place ABC among adults 18-49.
"Baseball Tonight": Trade Deadline Special Airs Thursday
ESPN.com's MLB trade deadline content will be headlined by Rumor Central and a live, interactive chat with ESPN Insiders beginning at 10 a.m. and running through 5 p.m.
ABC's Tuesday Unscripted Series Grow - "Extreme Weight Loss" Ties a 2-Month High
ABC spins the numbers for Tuesday, July 29.
NBCSN Is TV's Fastest Growing Sports Network Since Debut of Premier League on August 17, 2013
NBCSN spins the numbers for the past 50 weeks to date.
Giants and Bills Kick Off Preseason in NFL/Hall of Fame Game on "Sunday Night Football" This Sunday at 8 PM ET
Sunday night's telecast will also feature live interviews with members of the NFL Hall of Fame's Class of 2014.
ESPN's "College GameDay" Heads to Sundance Square for Opening Weekend
The weekly three-hour Emmy Award-winning show (Saturday 9 a.m.-noon ET) will open on August 30 in advance of the Cowboys Classic.
Allison Williams Cast as Iconic Title Character in NBC's "Peter Pan Live!"
"Allison Williams is a major find," said executive producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron.
NBC Expands "Last Comic Standing" Finale to Two Hours on Thursday, August 14
Said installment will bump new episodes of "Welcome to Sweden" and "Working the Engels" from the night.
Destination America Explores the Scariest Places in the Country in All-New Series "Swamp Monsters" and "Monsters Underground"
Look for both series back-to-back beginning at 9:00/8:00c on Friday, August 22.
Development Update: Tuesday, July 29
Updates include: J.R. Ramirez cast as Ted "Wildcat" Grant on "Arrow"; Ron Livingston to lead "We Hate Paul Revere"; and Claire Holt boards NBC's "Aquarius."
Tiger Woods to Appear in First-Ever Exclusive Interview with FOX Sports, Tonight on FOX Sports 1
Woods discussed a range of topics over the course of the conversation, including where he is both mentally and physically at this stage of his return.
TV Land Picks Up 10 Episodes of "The Gaffigan Show" Starring Comedian Jim Gaffigan
Ashley Williams, Adam Goldberg and Michael Ian Black also star in the project, which was previously set up at CBS.
"Laughs," A Weekly Roundup of the Best Stand-Up Comedy in America, Premieres This Saturday, August 2nd on the Fox Television Stations
Steve Hofstetter hosts the series, which will share the funniest, laugh-out-loud moments from comedy clubs in Los Angeles, Washington DC, New York, Phoenix, Houston, Louisville, Chicago and more!
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Hunter Biden's Focus on the "Family"
October 15, 2020 By E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy
With U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry looking on, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden raises his glass to toast Chinese President Xi Jinping at a State Luncheon in the Chinese President's honor at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on September 25, 2015. [State Department photo/ Public Domain]
Today, for the second day in a row, the NY Post has released a bombshell report about Hunter Biden, the son of presidential candidate, Joe Biden.
The latest release mostly concerns Hunter Biden's activities in China, where Joe Biden was the Obama administration "point man." The last email concerned Hunter's activities in Ukraine, where—surprise!—Biden was also the Obama administration point man. It's funny how Hunter Biden keeps getting contracts in places where his father was assigned to lead American foreign policy.
In one email uncovered by the Post, the younger Biden refers to a lucrative deal with a Chinese energy company as "interesting for me and my family." Hunter was divorced at the time. It makes one wonder what "family" he's talking about.
Another email indicates that Hunter Biden will hold equity in the Chinese firm for "the big guy." Who could the "big guy" be? Someone who is so important he can't be named. And someone who could trust Hunter. Those two requirements surely narrow the possibilities.
The Post reports:
Hunter Biden pursued lucrative deals involving China's largest private energy company — including one that he said would be "interesting for me and my family," emails obtained by The Post show.
One email sent to Biden on May 13, 2017, with the subject line "Expectations," included details of "remuneration packages" for six people involved in an unspecified business venture.
Biden was identified as "Chair / Vice Chair depending on agreement with CEFC," an apparent reference to the former Shanghai-based conglomerate CEFC China Energy Co.
His pay was pegged at "850" and the email also noted that "Hunter has some office expectations he will elaborate."
In addition, the email outlined a "provisional agreement" under which 80 percent of the "equity," or shares in the new company, would be split equally among four people whose initials correspond to the sender and three recipients, with "H" apparently referring to Biden.
The deal also listed "10 Jim" and "10 held by H for the big guy?"
Neither Jim nor the "big guy" was identified further.
The email's author, James Gilliar of the international consulting firm J2cR, also noted, "I am happy to raise any detail with Zang if there is [sic] shortfalls ?"
"Zang" is an apparent reference to Zang Jian Jun, the former executive director of CEFC China.
The email is contained in a trove of data that the owner of a computer repair shop in Delaware said was recovered from a MacBook Pro laptop that was dropped off in April 2019 and never retrieved.
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Xiaomi Mi Pad 4 (clover) launched in June 2018. The smartphone came out of the box with Android 8.1 Oreo with MIUI 9. The Xiaomi Mi Pad 4 is one of the best Android tablet releases out of China this year so far. This year the company has moved away from MediaTek processor and run on Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 Octa-Core processor. We have a good news now! Now you can install Lineage OS 15.1 on Xiaomi Mi Pad 4 based on Android 8.1 Oreo. In this guide, we will help you to install the latest Lineage OS 15.1 for Xiaomi Mi Pad 4 (clover). Thanks to XDA Recognized Developer phhusson for bringing the GSI build of Lineage OS 15.1. Full Credits to him and Lineage OS team. This ROM is based on the latest Android 8.1 Oreo AOSP Phh-Treble modular ROM.
Xiaomi Mi Pad 4 features an 8.0 inches IPS LCD display with a screen resolution of 1200 x 1920 pixels. The device is powered by Qualcomm SDM660 Snapdragon 660 (14 nm) processor under Adreno 512 GPU. The tablet packs 32/64GB variant with 3/4GB of RAM. Xiaomi Mi Pad 4 sports a Single rear camera with a 13MP camera and Selfie camera with a 5MP depth camera. The smartphone is running on Android 8.1 Oreo under MIUI 9.0 software package and backed by 6000 mAh battery.
To install Lineage OS 15.1 on Xiaomi Mi Pad 4, your device should have Bootloader Unlocked and should be running on latest TWRP Recovery. If you have all this, then you are good to try the new Lineage OS 15.1 on your device. Follow our guide on how to upgrade, but before that. Let's understand the features of Lineage OS 15.1.
Lineage OS 15.1 is the latest Stock Custom Firmware based on the official Android 8.1 Oreo AOSP source code. Along with the official Android 8.1 features, the Lineage OS 15.1 also brings tons of features and customization option which allows using your phone beyond the Stock Firmware feature. Lineage OS one of the well-known aftermarket firmware built by the team behind cyanogen. In the Android world, Lineage OS is the currently best custom ROM built with many new features. The Lineage OS 15.1 for Xiaomi Mi Pad 4 scheduled with a weekly and nightly update.
If you are installing custom ROM for the first time, then you must first read the difference between Custom ROM and Stock ROM. We understand you would want to make sure your installation process go as smooth as possible. So before we actually jump to the installation process of Lineage OS 15.1 ROM on Xiaomi Mi Pad 4, let's take a look below at how to backup all your data. When installing this 8.1.0 Oreo-based custom ROM, you're wiping all your data and system — like a brand new phone.
As a Xiaomi Mi Pad 4 user, you have many options to choose from depending on how you want to store your data. These are the some of the tips given below that we want you to keep in mind and then proceed As we said, this ROM is based on Android 8.1 Oreo. Here is the quick recap of what's on Android 8.1 Oreo.
Custom Recovery: Install the latest TWRP recovery on Xiaomi Mi Pad 4.
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Is anybody able to confirm if these appearances work on low level characters that are pre 110?
These can be obtained after completing the Commander of Argus achievement.
Does anyone know if I get this on, let's say a priest, I'll also unlock all the swords/shields etc.? Or will it only unlock the weapons I can use?
I don't know which class to pursue this on.
Do we know which weapons (if not all) are included in this package? As a dagger wielding rogue I'm kind of worried I'm doing this achievement for nothing.
Im so sad. You only get 1 handed sword(2), 2 handed sword(2), staff (2) and Shields :S Euhmm blizz what about the rest of the classes!
You can only use them if you are 110.
Pretty salty they have nothing for hunters.
It shouldn't come as too much of a surprise that these lightforged weapons are mainly designed for Paladins and Priests.
I don't get why these Weapons squeak when you unsheathe them instead of the usual sword sheathing sound, it's mildly annoying. But gorgeous weapons nonetheless, and was very happy to complete the achievement.
You guys know that this set of weapons are for items a member of the Army of the Light can use?
It's not for everyone, there are additional Arsenal packs available for everyone else.
The 2 handed swords, while they are beautiful weapons, on humans the tip is almost scraping the ground which is a bit ridiculous as that would be very bad on a blade.
I am surprised no-one mentioned it yet. You won't get the actual arsenal item from the achievement. Rather once you have completed the individual transmogs will become available in your collection.
Just completed this on my priest and it no longer seems to give you the entire set. Just unlocked the two staves for the priest. Didn't get anything in the mail nothing.
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April 14, 2011 at 3:39 pm EDT | by Mark Lee
A vote for Mara is a vote for diversity
A vote for Patrick Mara on Tuesday, April 26, in the special election open to all registered voters to fill the D.C. Council At-Large seat formerly held by the now Council chair, is a vote for diversity in local government and a much-needed addition of a fresh and independent voice on a dais filled with long-serving entrenched members of a single political hierarchy.
Not only that, a vote for Patrick Mara is an affirmation of his strong and unwavering support for the LGBT community. In fact, Mara is the only candidate on the ballot who testified in favor of marriage equality during Council consideration of legislation last year when Washington joined five states in extending legal recognition to same-sex couples desiring to marry. He then went to Capitol Hill to successfully lobby Republican congressional representatives not to intervene in this local legislative determination.
Who can forget the painful public process that Democratic candidate and former Council member Vincent Orange, leading this race in a recent citywide poll, underwent morphing from opposing marriage equality to announcing that he supported it when he was a candidate for Council chair in last year's Democratic primary?
Equally important, Patrick will bring a remedial perspective to a Council responsible for lavish spending habits and lack of government agency oversight leading to a budget deficit totaling nearly half-a-billion dollars. He recently referred to the current Council at a community forum as treating local businesses "as piggybanks."
Mara understands that increasing individual and small business taxes and fees above already excruciatingly high levels — among the worst in the nation — is a prescription for nothing except allowing this fiscal folly to continue and postponing financial disaster. He knows that will merely intensify the negative impact on city services and the social safety net when the day of reckoning arrives.
Most days it seems only Ward 2 Council member Jack Evans — representing the Dupont Circle, Logan Circle and Shaw areas where many of the District's gay and lesbian voters reside — worries about the return of a federal control board to pick up the pieces after the city's leadership forces our city back into bankruptcy.
Patrick also opposes excessive over-regulation of community small businesses, instead supporting a common-sense approach and a positive economic environment to help them survive and thrive. He knows that local businesses create jobs for residents, improve the local economy, increase the tax base and enhance the quality of life in our neighborhoods.
The Washington Post recently quoted Mara as saying that he would not be beholden to special interests if elected to office. "What would they do, threaten not to endorse me?" he asked. "Because they aren't endorsing me now."
In a place where local officials transparently conduct business and propose legislation at the behest of narrow special interest groups, Mara's reform-minded independence is refreshing.
Recently appointed "incumbent" candidate Sekou Biddle – incredulously, selected under a D.C. law allowing the Democratic State Committee to fill the seat in a series of closed-door late-night votes that struck observers as reminiscent of old-style Soviet apparatchik secret sessions – both trails in the polls and suffers among voters due to his endorsement by Mayor Gray and Council Chair Kwame Brown.
A newcomer to citywide politics, Biddle also has the support of — you guessed it! — a majority of Council members. Why rock the sinking ship when you can still fit one more of your own crewmembers aboard?
Patrick is a fiscally responsible and socially progressive Republican who fully and without qualification supports LGBT equality and fairness running for a Council seat in a city where Democrats essentially enjoy one-party rule and elected party officeholders suffer little fear of serious political challenge or diversified legislative perspectives.
However, in a low turnout special election, a dynamic and popular independent candidate like Mara can win.
Patrick Mara has earned the vote of the LGBT community by his consistently rock-solid support without political hesitation. His election will inject political diversity, accountability and a no-nonsense independent voice on the Council – as well as a fresh new look at the path to the best future for our city.
Patrick Mara deserves our support on April 26. He will get the vote of this life-long registered Democrat.
Patrick Mara
Many DC political types think this race will come down to a win by either Orange or Mara — let's hope that the gay community can put MARA over the top!
GO Mara …Orange Revolution in DC


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Los Angeles, 11 February 2013— President David E. Fluhr, CAS announced the results of the Board of Directors elections for the Cinema Audio Society. With an amazing breadth and depth of experience in the field of sound the new board represents some of the most accomplished and experienced sound professionals in the industry. Re-elected CAS Officers are Board President – David E. Fluhr and Treasurer – Peter R. Damski. Not up for re-election and continuing to serve their terms are Vice-President – Mark Ulano and Secretary – David J. Bondelevitch.
Beemer, Tomlinson Holman, Skip Lievsay, Walter Murch and Randy Thom. Board Alternates are: Production Mixers Paul Vik Marshall and Glen Trew and Post Production Mixers Sherry Klein and Frank Morrone.
"I am honored by the vote of confidence from our members," said Fluhr. "I am looking forward to working with the Board as we enter our 50th year. We intend to build upon the long traditions of the Cinema Audio Society, and maintain the standards of the CAS, while fulfilling our mission of education, advancement and recognition of the art of Sound Mixing". The new Board takes office on February 16th at the 49th Annual CAS Awards Dinner.


Alienware looks to be bringing out a super widescreen curved display later this year. It works off of DLP back-projection and has an insane resolution of 2880x900. The response time is .02ms so that should be adequate for use with active stereo glasses. Might be even more immersive than some headsets assuming stereo3d will work with it.


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Q: Using And Clause in Laravel Query Bulider I have the following query:
    SELECT
  customers.CustCompanyName,
  addresses.AddressLine1,
  orders.*
FROM orders
  INNER JOIN customers
    ON orders.CustID = customers.CustID
  INNER JOIN customer_addresses
    ON customer_addresses.CustID = customers.CustID
  INNER JOIN addresses
    ON customer_addresses.AddressID = addresses.AddressID
    AND orders.CustAddID = customer_addresses.CustAd

How do I incorporate the AND clause in using laravel Query Builder:
$orders = DB::table('orders')
        ->join('customers', 'orders.CustID', '=', 'customers.CustID')
        ->join('customer_addresses','customer_addresses.CustID', '=' , 'customers.CustID' )
        ->join('addresses','customer_addresses.AddressID','=','addresses.AddressID')->AND

I can't find any working examples using the AND clause.

A: For:
INNER JOIN addresses
   ON customer_addresses.AddressID = addresses.AddressID
   AND orders.CustAddID = customer_addresses.CustAd

you should use:
->join('addresses', function($join) {
   $join->on('customer_addresses.AddressID', '=', 'addresses.AddressID')
   ->whereRaw('orders.CustAddID = customer_addresses.CustAd');
});

You can also look at Joins in Query Builder for details

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Czech News in English » News » National » Nigerian arms dealer buys flats in Prague for 50 million
Nigerian arms dealer buys flats in Prague for 50 million
Prague Jan 16 (CTK) – Hima Aboubakar, a 43-year-old businessman from Niger, investigated on suspicion of overpriced arms purchases for the military in Nigeria, has invested more than 50 million crowns in real estate in Prague, the Seznam Zpravy server reported on Monday.
Nevertheless, Aboubakar was not among the accused last June when the AFP French news agency reported on the prosecution.
Aboubakar was negotiating about an arms supply for Africa at least once in Prague, the server writes.
Aboubakar has bought a penthouse for more than 36 million crowns and two smaller flats for 8 and 7.5 million in the Dock housing complex on Liben island in Prague, the server writes.
According to the contracts of purchase signed in Prague, he has a permanent residence in Niger's capital Niamey.
Aboubakar is executive director of the Societe D'Equipments Internationaux (SEI) firm trading in arms. Its main client is the Nigerian army that has been fighting Islamist terrorists from Boko Haram for more than seven years.
It surfaced at the beginning of last year that part of the money from Nigeria was sent to the accounts of private firms, however, no military materiel was supplied for it.
A former defence minister and a security adviser to the Nigerian president for security affairs were charged in the case. The Presidential Office wrote in a press release from March 24, 2016 that a committee for audit set by the Nigerian president recommended that a Nigerian anti-corruption unit investigate Aboubakar.
Aboubakar, who presents himself as a security adviser, told AFP that he welcomed the investigation since his firm only cared for the fate of Nigeria and was fighting terrorism, Seznam quotes him as saying.
The presidential commission has concluded that Nigeria earmarked 2.1 billion dollars for defence in 2007-2015. Out of this sum, the Nigerian air force paid 930.5 million to Aboubakar's SEI.
Nigeria signed ten contracts with SEI between January 2014 and February 2015. One of them, on the purchase of two used helicopters for almost 137 million dollars, was clearly overpriced. The supplied helicopters were unable to fly, while a new helicopter of the same type costs 30 million dollars.
Aboubakar's name also figures in a report by the Nigerian corruption unit in the case of bribing a former director of the Nigerian aviation operations.
See also Czech student sentenced for supporting Islamic terrorism


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Alan Lesgold is professor and former Renée and Richard Goldman Dean (2000-2016) of the School of Education at the University of Pittsburgh and also is professor of psychology and intelligent systems. He received his Ph.D. in psychology from Stanford University in 1971 and also holds an honorary doctorate from the Open University of the Netherlands. He is a fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA), in experimental, applied, and educational psychology, and also of the Association for Psychological Science and the American Educational Research Association. In 2001, he received the APA award for distinguished contributions of applications of psychology to education and training. In 1995, he was awarded the Educom Medal. He was president of the Applied Cognitive Psychology division of the International Association for Applied Psychology 2002-2006. Lesgold is a Lifetime National Associate of the National Research Council (National Academies).
He also was appointed by Pennsylvania Governor Rendell as a member of the Governor's Commission on Preparing America's Teachers in 2005 and served later on the State's commission on cyber high schools as well. He served as chair of the National Research Council committee on adolescent and adult literacy. In that role, he led an extensive study of the systems, both in the K-12 world and in community colleges, for remediating literacy problems.
From 1986 to 2000, he was executive associate director of the Learning Research and Development Center at the University of Pittsburgh. He is on the board of Teaching Matters, a New York nonprofit organization that promotes teacher professional development. In 2014-15, he was part of the committee that evaluated the university-based teacher preparation programs of Israel for its Council on Higher Education.
Lesgold has served the Pittsburgh community mostly in education-related activities, including past board service for A+ Schools, Youthworks, and the Pittsburgh Regional Center for Science Teaching. He serves as chair of the advisory board for the Center for Learning at Community College of Allegheny County.
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Coorg has many upscale resorts set in pristine locations. Some are easily reachable, some not quite, so which makes them all the more exotic.
Before you zero in on a resort in Coorg, consider a couple of factors like the location the resorts, the theme they offer, the kind of stay/activity you are looking for etc.
For a good reason, some resorts are quite far away from the typical touristy trail, some are located inside sprawling coffee plantations and still some more are socked in Nature with a the laid back ambient.
Irrespective of what you opt for, taken for granted that you are in the lap of Nature, will experience misty cool Coorg weather and served with excellent food.
Kutta is a small border town in the Kodagu (Coorg) district of Karnataka.
First of of all, there is no railway station in Coorg.


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Q: FLOW3 Restcontroller I would like to set up a Rest Controller in flow3. I have checked the Restcontroller class, but I actually didn't understand what should I do in order to make a derived class to work. I mean:
class myRestController extends TYPO3\FLOW3\MVC\Controller\RestController{
...
}

And how should I set up the routing?
Thanks!
David

A: First, your controller should be named MyRestController and not myRestController. (Flow3 code guidelines)
Second, in a Routes.yaml (probably in your package) file place:
   name: 'RouteName'
     uriPattern: 'rest/myrest'
     defaults:
       '@package':    'Your.Complete.Package.Name'
       '@controller': 'MyRest'
       '@format':     'json'

Lastly implement the methods
index - for http get without resource
show - for http get with resource
create - for http post
update - for http put
delete - for http delete


We can form companies in a day to ensure that trading can commence as soon as the bank account is opened. We can deal with all official duties such as VAT registration, registration with HMRC re corporation tax and set up a PAYE and NIC scheme. If the Client is in the construction industry we will set up a CIS registration.


You have three hours to complete the following nine questions. You are allowed to work overtime, but at a price of 2 pts. per minute.
The total number of points on this exam is 180. You have 180 minutes. Allocate your time efficiently.
Questions 1-6 are worth 15 pts. apiece; questions 7 and 8 are worth 25 points apiece; question 9 is worth 40 points.
As always, a good strategy is to think about the question before you answer it. Clear articulation of your answers is valuable because it indicates how well you understand the underlying economic concepts.
1. What is the "winner's curse"? Describe how it affects the incentives of firms to undertake hostile takeovers. Describe how it affects the incentives of CEO's at firms which are potential targets.
2. Milgrom and Roberts explain movement between mass production and modern manufacturing with a theory based on complementarities among firms' activities. Describe two aspects of either mass production or modern manufacturing. Explain why they are complementary. According to Milgrom and Roberts, what economic forces have stimulated firms to switch from mass production to modern manufacturing. Why do these forces do so?
3. What are the agency costs of equity financing? Why do they arise? If equity financing entails such costs, why is equity financing used at all? Why don't entrepreneurs simply borrow money when they need outside financing?
4. Why were railroads among the first firms to develop sophisticated organizational structures? What function did middle managers play within these organizations?
5. What are the advantages of franchising rather than individual ownership of outlets? That is, why might franchising be more efficient than individual ownership? What agency problems appear in franchise arrangements that do not appear when outlets are individually owned? What features of franchising contracts mitigate these problems?
6. What are the conditions in which the Coase Theorem applies? Describe how each of these conditions may be violated.
7. You own a very small firm. Previously, you did everything yourself, but you now decide that you need to hire someone to help out -- for one period and only one period. One problem you have to solve is how to compensate him. Having taken Econ 174, you know that it is best to implement an efficient compensation scheme. The level of compensation is given: you are going to compensate him such that his CEQ is equal to that of his next best opportunity. The only issue is what form the compensation contract takes: that is, the extent to which you will use performance incentives.
Assume that you yourself will provide the same level of effort regardless of how you compensate your worker.
Under what circumstances will it be efficient to pay your new worker a fixed wage, with no variable component?
Under what circumstances will it be efficient to pay him a function of his output?
Under what circumstances would it be efficient to make him the residual claimant?
8. You own a firm which rents farm equipment to local farmers. The main piece of equipment you own is a tractor with a special attachment that digs and harvests vegetables that grow underground, such as potatoes and carrots. Presently, you rent this machine to one of the town's potato farmers, and you receive $1000/day. Other potato farmers in town would also be willing to pay you $1000/day; carrot farmers would be willing to pay you $900/day. Regardless of whether the machine is used to harvest potatoes or carrots, your average total cost for providing your service using this piece of equipment is $900/day.
One problem with this machine is that it is only able to harvest approximately 75% of the potatoes in any given field; it destroys the rest. You read a advertsement in a trade journal for a new attachment that will work on your machine. The price for this attachment (converting it into a rental-equivalent) is $100/day. Once welded onto the machine, this will allow you to harvest virtually all the potatoes in any given field. Surveying the market, you conclude that up to five farmers would be willing to pay $1200/day. However, it destroys your ability to use the machine to harvest carrots -- it becomes specialized to potato farming. Its only other use would be for non-harvesting-related activities, for which you could receive $500/day.
Define quasi-rents. Calculate the quasi-rents associated with the machine before and after the modification.
Define appropriable specialized quasi-rents. Calculate the ASQR associated with the machine before and after the modification. Are hold-ups likely?
At present, competitive contracting is used to coordinate the provision of farm equipment. Vertical integration is another option. In the context described above, how would vertical integration differ from competitive contracting?
If you decide to purchase and install the new attachment, will the potential for opportunistic behavior likely make vertical integration more efficient than competitive contracting? Why or why not?
9. In the following question, feel free to make any (reasonable) assumptions you wish with respect to facts that are neither described in the article nor below. But state any assumptions you make clearly.
Attached is a news bulletin describing a new alliance between American Airlines and British Airways announced this past Tuesday. This describes a change in how the economic activity that takes place within and between these two airlines is coordinated.
One piece of information that does not appear in the article is the following: airlines have generally been restricted from flying within foreign countries. Traditionally, they have contracted with each other to carry cargo and passengers where they they themselves are not allowed. For example, when a U.S. airline supplies cargo service from New York to a small city in England, it might do so by carrying it from New York to London on one of its own planes, then hiring British Airways to carry it from London to the small city.
How was the economic activity that took place between these two firms coordinated before the strategic alliance? How does it seem that this new alliance will change things? Abstracting from the fact that the airlines' private incentives may differ, is coordination likely to improve as a result? Why or why not?
Are there likely to be incentive conflicts between American Airlines and British Airways after they implement the terms of this new agreement? If not, why not? If so, how are these likely to be addressed?
From your perspective, what are the advantages and disadvantages of this new arrangement? Considering only the interests of American Airlines and British Airways, is this new arrangement likely to be value-increasing or value-decreasing? Why? Under what circumstances would your answer be different?


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Expedia has some outstanding Gescher vacation packages. Combining your bookings is one of the simplest ways to save time and cash — and get your adventure off to a flying start.
By securing a package deal on Expedia, you can save as much as C$590*.
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Itinerary looking a little thin? Gescher vacation all organized but don't know what you're going to do when you arrive there? Let us make it simple.
Traipse through the historic halls, chambers and passageways of Ramsdorf Castle. This mighty structure offers an educational outing for everyone. Still have time on your hands? If you've got an inquisitive spirit, pay a visit to Westphalian Bell Museum. You never know what you'll find out here!
If you're seeking luxury getaways or cheap vacations in Gescher, it's wise to book a place to stay before you go. There are only 3 Expedia properties currently on offer.
If you're looking to make life a little easier, why not go with one of our top suggestions, such as the Hotel zur Krone (Hauptstrasse 39) or the Dom Hotel Gescher (Kirchplatz 6)?
We don't think the airport will be the highlight of your adventure, but there's nothing like the excited rush of knowing that your trip to Gescher is just a plane ride away! Once the plane lands at Münster - Osnabrueck International Airport (FMO), you'll be 30 miles (48 km) from the middle of town.
Situated in Gescher, this hotel is within 9 mi (15 km) of St. Brigida Church, Ramsdorf Castle, and Egelborg Castle. Ahaus Town Hall and Ahaus Castle are also within 12 mi (20 km).
Located in the heart of Enschede, this hotel is within a 10-minute walk of Grote Kerk, Stadhuis, and Rijksmuseum Twente. University of Twente and Grolsch Veste are also within 3 mi (5 km). Enschede Station is only a 3-minute walk.
Situated in Winterswijk, this eco-friendly hotel is within 1 mi (2 km) of Winterswijk City Park, St. Jacob's Church, and Boogie Woogie Foundation Institute for Arts and Culture. Bocholter Stadtwald is 12 mi (19.3 km) away. Winterswijk West Station is 11 minutes by foot and Winterswijk Station is 23 minutes.
Situated in a rural location, this hotel is 0.8 mi (1.3 km) from St. Brigida Church and within 3 mi (5 km) of Egelborg Castle and Stove Museum. Church of the Assumption and Ahaus Town Hall are also within 6 mi (10 km). Legden Station is 23 minutes by foot.
Located in the heart of Luedinghausen, this hotel is 7.1 mi (11.4 km) from Schloss Nordkirchen and within 16 mi (25 km) of Cappenberg Castle and Werne Golf Club. Lake Aasee and Allwetterzoo Münster are also within 20 mi (32 km). Lüdinghausen Station is 18 minutes by foot.
Situated in Enschede, this eco-friendly hotel is within 3 mi (5 km) of Stadhuis, Grote Kerk, and Rijksmuseum Twente. Hulsbeek in Oldenzaal and Grolsch Veste are also within 6 mi (10 km). Enschede Station is 29 minutes by foot.
Situated in Nottuln, this hotel is within 6 mi (10 km) of Church St. Martinus, Rhode Park, and Baumberger Sandstone Museum. Burg Hulshoff and Haus Ruschhaus are also within 9 mi (15 km).
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Roboteq Steers Robotic Vehicles Racing in DARPA's Grand Challenge
The AX2550 Motor Controller has been installed in four of the 20 robotic vehicles that were vying for the $1M prize that DARPA was offering to the winner of the Los Angeles to Las Vegas race held on Saturday March 14, 2004. These vehicles had to find their way and drive the 210-mile trek without a human driver or operator, using solely their own sensors and computers to recognize and navigate through the difficult mountainous and desert terrain.
Each of the three vehicles uses the controller in the position mode to drive the steering with one channel and the throttle with the other. Steering is particularly challenging because of the high force that it normally takes to turn the wheel and the difficulty to move it to a desired position in a fast and stable fashion, using traditional electronics.
The AX2550 can easily be interfaced to any computer through its built-in RS232 interface. The controller can also be operated with a standard RC radio or direct analog joystick, which is handy for manually driving the vehicle until the computer pilot is activated.
The Golem Group team made it the Roboteq-equipped vehicle that went the further in the race with a total of 5 miles. It eventually got stuck going uphill because the throttle command had been limited by (bad) design to prevent the robot from going too fast. Congratulations to the team and best wishes for 2005
"We found that Roboteq's AX2550 is by far the simplest and fastest way to automate a full size automobile," says Chris Pederson, Leader of the AIMotorvators Team. His team's robot is a custom-made, off-road vehicle powered by a V8 Chevy engine fitted with GPS, video cameras, laser range finder, and guided by two Intel Xeon(R) Processors.
"The AX2550's high current drive, PID closed loop feedback, and handy PC utility made steering control literally a plug and play experience," reported Warren Williams, Leader of Team Phantasm. His Ladibug robot is a modified Kawasaki ATV fitted with short-range microwave radar, ultrasound sensors, and GPS.
"The AX2550 was easy to interface to our microcomputer and delivered the exceptional response time and accuracy needed by our challenging vehicle, " said Anthony Lavandowski, Leader of the Blue Team. His Ghostrider robot is an automated dirt bike and the only two-wheeled vehicle in the race. This self-balancing design used two Roboteq controllers, one for the steering and throttle, the other for extending legs if and when the bike comes to a stop.


"Get involved, it's such a fun game you won't regret it"
Kylie's been playing basketball since she was 6, after watching her mum play socially. Kylie was approached by the Telstra Hobart Chargers and invited to come to a training session and progressed from there. Kylie's favourite part of playing basketball is the awesome teammates and cooperative nature of the sport.


Farmer's markets are starting to pack away for the winter, and if you're an ethically conscious eater like us, you're probably wondering what happens next. Lucky for you, it's comfort food season, and there are plenty of ingredients available through our craft producers, farmers, and small businesses. Here are some tips and a ~loose~ recipe for just one example: grilled cheese.
Softened Butter: It doesn't have to be anything fancy, just grab something produced on a Colorado farm! If you've got some time on your hands, try making your own butter by purchasing a bit of local cream, and shaking it up in a sealable container until the liquid separates from the raw butter. Separate and salt the butter. Use that.
Bread: 2 slices of something nice and crunchy. Make sure it's a loaf that's got some height, so you have a bit more surface area on the slices to work with. You also want bread that doesn't come in a plastic bag, but is baked fresh at a small bakery—you know what we're talking about. No one wants a skimpy grilled cheese sandwich.
Cheese: Don't overthink this. The best part about any grilled cheese is the oozy, buttery, and melty center. Here are some examples of excellent melting cheeses: Melville, gruyere, gouda, fontina, raclette, taleggio, and some cheddar cheeses. Do NOT buy pre-shredded cheese—it melts SO much better if you slice or grate it yourself. Plus, you're supporting local artisans: win! If you're interested in visiting an independent cheese shop in Denver, check out places like Cheese + Provisions and The Truffle Cheese Shop.
Fillings (Optional): It's a good time of year to be making grilled cheese, and to jazz it up, fill the center with seasonal produce like roasted squash, a few of the last straggler apples, some local jam, or even some pickled garden veggies. Grilled cheese is also a great canvas for trying to eliminate food waste from your kitchen—sauté up that borderline-wilting kale with some shallots before it's too late!
Preheat an oven-safe frying pan on medium heat. Preheat your oven to 450 degrees. Melt a tab (1-2 tablespoons) of butter, and grate or thinly slice your cheese (I use about 1 cup of grated cheese) while you're waiting for the pan to heat up. Spread some softened butter onto the outer sides of the sandwich. Layer your sandwich on a cutting board. If you're using filling, I recommend layering it in between some cheese, so the cheese clings to the bread, and the filling doesn't slip out all over the place. Toss another tab of butter into your pan and stick that sandwich right into the pan. Cook the first side until it becomes a nice golden brown. Flip the sandwich, lifting it to melt in another tab of butter if necessary (I typically think it is, so both sides get crisp). After flipping the sandwich, sling that pan right into the oven. Keep an eye on the sandwich in there, letting the cheese melt for a few minutes and the bread get nice and golden. When it's ready, take the sandwich out and immediately transfer it to a cutting board to set for a sec. Cut the grilled cheese in half and serve it with some stone-ground mustard or Colorado pickles, depending on what you're into.


"The baby boomers are getting older, and will stay older for longer.
And they will run right into the dementia firing range. How will a society cope?
that traditionally provided the backbone of care?
Dementia (in all its ugly and life-shattering forms) is the Elephant In The Room - for retirees. It is a tough topic that no one wants to face - a bullet everyone wants to dodge. For anyone who has seen dementia in a loved one, it is more than just an unpleasant topic. And it is a growing health care concern for everyone in our society.
Both my grandmother and mother had dementia. I got to stare dementia right in the eye and face the fact that with my familial history - I could be looking at my own future.
This will not happen to me. No!
It is my gut reaction to dementia. It is the scariest, saddest and most depressing of all diseases. Well, maybe not for the person who has dementia. But for the family watching it progress, it is devastating. It slowly rips up your relationship with a loved one - one day at a time for years and years - until the elder doesn't even know your face!
If memory was the only thing lost - it would be almost a kindness. But in the end - if dementia continues its normal slow torturous progression through the human brain, it impacts many of the body's systems ... even the inability to swallow a sip of water.
The pain felt by family members doesn't easily pass either. Now, almost 4 1/2 years from my mother's death from dementia I tear up at her suffering. I still remember to this day - every single microbe of independence and humanity that was stripped from her.
while your brain is whole!
Nothing is promised in the future.
Yes, a crippling of normal life. My mother suffered memory loss very gradually and Dad "covered" for years so it took some time for us to have it sink in. Many blessings to you for your strength to help your mother all those years.
Wise words! Live and love every minute!
We are watching this with my father. There is that scary part, where they realize they are sinking into the dementia pit, until the awareness winks out. It is terrifying.
I can't imagine how painful it must have been for you. I hope your post spreads awareness on this deadly disease.
Yes, the elderly get very good at "covering" because not covering usually leads to less independence. My mom was very good at it. Then she moved into our home and we realized the scope of her functioning.
It amazes me when I mention dementia - on the blog or in my regular life, how many people are dealing with this. Scary.
Hopefully you won't ever have to deal with it in yourself or your family. But the numbers of those impacted seems to grow.
It sure is a scary thought. My mom had Alzheimer's. Her heart gave out though before it got too bad, which was a blessing.
Yes it was a blessing. And it is scary.
It was painful because my mom who was widowed in her 40s and lived independently into her 70s valued her independency. It pained me to see it all slip away.
Wendy - I think I accidentally deleted your comment. I am so sorry. That was my error. But I did want to respond.
If dementia follows its normal path without failure of something else - like a heart attack - you are right. That cannot be managed at home. Mom lived her last year of life in a nursing home - something I promised would never happen to her - but there was no choice. I could not manage her physically. So glad you were able to visit frequently. That is the key to successful care in a nursing home.
A watchful unpredictable eye on what is going on. I feel VERY strongly about that.
No my comment was and still is on your previous post. Succumbing to dementia is my nightmare too - hence I'm always trying to keep my brain trained. Yes being able to keep an eye on Mum gave me some peace of mind. She succumbed from a bout of pneumonia in the end and although she was hospitalised for it she spent her last few days in a special unit designed for end of life/respite for palliative care patients. It was much better than being in the main hospital even if she'd been in a single room. We were able to come and go whenever and there was a lounge/kitchen area for us to use and I could stay overnight.


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Theatrical Thursday, featuring The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008).
Start this week off with a positive mindset, and see how far you can stretch it out.
And if you're so inclined, look for some Go Find Happy related stuff on my Etsy page! The link is in the sidebar.
Musical Monday, featuring David Julyan.


Celebrate the 242nd Birthday of the US Army on June 16, 6:30pm. Come enjoy an evening of entertainment: DJ, door prizes, food and beverages. It's open to the public. WFAN Sport Radio, Boomer & Carton All Stars vs. Fort Hamilton All Stars - Celebrity Softball game. Call or click here to register.


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9/11: Illegitimacy of the US Government
News, Professional Attention, United States, Victims Families Add comments
By Dr. Kevin Barrett
Global Research, April 01, 2013
The absence of crushed-but-intact human bodies, office furniture and equipment, and 50% of the Towers' mass suggests that the Twin Towers did not collapse – they exploded… This would explain why tiny human bone fragments were discovered scattered all over the roof of the neighboring Deutsche Bank building in 2006.
No simple gravitational collapse, like the one posited by US government's official NIST Report, could possibly blast human skeletons to smithereens and deposit those smithereens all over the roof of a neighboring building.
New York City asks: What happened to the 1,116 missing 9/11 victims?
More than 11 years after the catastrophic destruction of the World Trade Center, New York City's government is finally asking: What in the world could have happened to the missing 1,116 victims?In every building collapse in history, all of the victims' bodies have been recovered more or less intact. That is because falling buildings crush human bodies. They do not shred them into tiny pieces, or cause them to vanish into thin air.
Yet on September 11th, 2001, the most famous "building collapses" in history somehow caused the bodies of more than 1,000 victims to magically disappear. Not even a shred of skin, a fragment of fingernail, or a shard of bone from any of these bodies was ever recovered, despite meticulous "sifting and bucketing" efforts.
But that's not the only mystery. Hardly anything was left of the 1,634 WTC occupants who did not completely vanish. Most of the human remains discovered and DNA-identified were in the form of tiny, shredded pieces, not intact bodies.
What happened to the nearly 3,000 human bodies that were annihilated during the ten-second disappearances of the 110-story Towers? Answer: The same thing that happened to the office furniture, filing cabinets, telephones, computers, and other contents of the Towers. Virtually no remains of these objects were ever recovered, either. They – like the human bodies – were somehow transformed into a mixture of tiny shards and sub-100-micron dust, which floated out to sea and slowly settled into the Atlantic. As one of the sifters-and-bucketers remarked, the biggest piece of office furniture recovered from Ground Zero was a tiny fragment of a telephone keypad.
The Last Letter: A Message to George W. Bush and Dick Cheney From a Dying Veteran Tony Rooke to follow up on recent Horsham (UK) Court Case against BBC


The figure illustrates how frequently and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal June. The longest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue suggests the strength, with the strongest winds shown by dark blue. It is based on 2786 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Asu, located 30 km away (19 miles). There are too few recording stations world wide to use actual wind data. Invevitably some coastal places have very localized wind effects that would not be predicted by NWW3.


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Soroptimist International of Barbados breaks ground on new laundry facility
by Bajan Reporter / February 18th, 2018
"The construction of this laundry facility for the residents at our Soroptimist Village is part of Soroptimist International of Barbados' (SIB) on-going commitment to seniors in our society particularly at a time when appropriate, comfortable and affordable housing is scarce.
President of Soroptimist International of Barbados (SIB), Ayo Barnard-Rawlins made this point on Wednesday at the ground-breaking ceremony for the new laundry facility at the Soroptimist Village in Eden Lodge.
She praised the contributions of Andy Voss, Architect of Tomlin Voss Associates who was involved with the village since its inception in 1972, and designed the facility and Mark Pearson, of Cooper Kauffman, the Quantity Surveyor on the project. Both professionals provided their services free of cost.
Under the watchful eye of Heath Hazel, project supervisor of Markham Construction, President of Soroptimist International Barbados (SIB) Ayo Barnard-Rawlins (in tractor) breaks ground for the construction of the new laundromat.
"We are exceedingly appreciative of the contributions made by corporate Barbados. In this environment, it is not a small feat when a professional takes the time out to work voluntarily and to do so with the utmost professionalism." said Barnard-Rawlins.
She noted that they were hopeful of still more corporate generosity in the coming months as they seek to outfit the facility.
Construction on the facility will take two months. When completed, the laundromat will be equipped with four washing machines and two dryers to serve the residents of the Village.
The Soroptimist Village, conceptualised in 1972 by the late Hildegarde Weeks, a member of SIB, completed its first block of Units in 1978 providing 22 self-contained Units for seniors at a subsidized rent. The Activity Centre was completed and opened in 1991 and provides a recreational space for the residents of the Village and seniors within the community to engage in various activities such as line dancing, art and crafts, all geared towards providing a community for seniors to live out their best years.
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Q: Quick proof that free objects on sets of different cardinality are not isomorphic? Suppose $F\dashv U$ is a free-forgetful adjunction of some algebraic theory. I thought there should be a one line proof that if $X\not\cong Y$ then $FX\not\cong FY$, i.e free objects on sets of different cardinality are not isomorphic. I am nowhere near finding one.
Having poked around on MSE, I don't see any hint of such a proof. The case of groups uses a lot of special structure which doesn't seem applicable to general algebraic theories. Now I also kind of doubt whether my intuitive claim is even true.
Is the claim true? Is there a (slick) proof?

A: The standard counterexample is to take a take $R=\mathrm{End}(V)$ for some infinite-dimensional vector space $V$. Then $R \cong R^2$ as left $R$-modules.

A: Counterexample: The Jónsson–Tarski algebra.
Let $\mathbf K$ be the class of algebras $\mathfrak A=(A,f,g,h)$ of signature $(2,1,1)$ satisfying the identities $g(f(x,y))=x,\ h(f(x,y))=y,\ f(g(z),h(z))=z.$ The free $\mathbf K$-algebra on one generator is isomorphic to the free $\mathbf K$-algebra on $n$ generators for every positive integer $n.$
On the other hand, for a variety containing a finite algebra with more than one element, free algebras with different numbers of generators are nonisomorphic.
Reference: Bjarni Jónsson and Alfred Tarski, On two properties of free algebras, Math. Scand. 9 (1961), 95–101.


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Devon Boutte and Martin Moser developed the land building logics Phase 02 proposal that evolved from the original ecolibrium proposal from Phase 01.
The proposal for this project expands on several discrete aspects of the City Sense project Ecolibrium. Ecolibrium proposed utilizing real time data sensing in the Atchafalaya basin to convert negative ecological problems into positive byproducts with the intention of providing more ecological resiliency, or fitness, to these negative problems as they are managed in the future. Currently, certain ecological processes, directly resulting from current or past human intervention, have detrimental effects on the basin. The ecological processes investigated within Ecolibrium are algae blooms, excessive water hyacinth populations, and sedimentation. This proposed land management project takes into account the fluctuations of these processes throughout the year in both their negative effects as well as the opportunity for positive byproducts through management, focusing specifically on algae and water hyacinth. Managing land building in the Atchafalaya Basin redefines land-building strategies, and focuses on a nuanced, calculated approach to utilize biomass generated from algae and water hyacinth as a land building substrate.
Several ecological issues arise from the excess of algae and water hyacinth growth in the Atchafalaya Basin. If this plant material benefits from the nutrients and agricultural runoff that flows into the basin and the vegetation thrives, it creates hypoxic conditions for underwater fauna. These hypoxic conditions, marked with depleted underwater oxygen levels, create massive fish kills and offset the normal ecological balance. The basin has also suffered the detrimental effects of altered hydrology, stemming from human interventions for logging and oil and gas exploitation. This altered hydrology has resulted in erosion and changes in sedimentation patterns, resulting in land loss.
This project provides an alternative to traditional land building methodologies – the typical paradigm is permanent, cumbersome, and unable to react to change. The Army Corps of Engineers, for example, approaches land and land building as simply another infrastructural element – one to be analyzed, sited, built, and maintained when necessary – when in reality, land is part of a living, fluctuating ecological system, and must be managed as such. Utilizing real time data to drive land building locations and patterns allows a responsive environment, capable of functioning at a micro scale and reacting to macro system changes. In this project, sensors located throughout the basin provide real time fertilizer inputs and quantify where land building substrate is available throughout the basin. Additionally, by specifically locating where this biomass substrate is available and in what quantities, an average location of these points shows where land building could most efficiently occur.
The real time data sensing is investigated within this project at a number of scales and time periods. Within the Atchafalaya Basin, ecological systems fluctuate based on inputs from millions of influences. Within the scope of this project, it was necessary to understand some specific factors that relate to the growth and management of the major ecological systems.
In order to provide this real time data, sensing network of three different scales is employed to sense the large picture, zoom in, and finally sense at a micro, nuanced scale. These scales each imply a different time scale of sensing as well. By sensing this data at a variety of scales and times, a wholistic model of real time data is able to be interpolated to provide a glimpse into any given moment in the basin.
The data that this sensing model provides is dynamic and fluctuates according to normal yearly trends as well as unseasonal and unexpected events and systems. Expected year-ly trends may include the seasonal flooding of the basin in the spring of each year, due to the snow melt.
Unseasonal or unexpected events may be storms, ecological pestilence, or industrial accidents.
In addition to the macro cycles on which these different data inputs fluctuate, the sensing model is also able to sense and identify micro changes in real time. Within each of these data criteria, minor fluctuations due to daily or even hourly micro-adjustments have an affect on the macro system. The real time data sensing model is able to pick up on these changes and provides a tool with which to aide programming and design.
Figure #1 depicts the interface between the computer, arduino, and sensing model to help develop the typology and land building rules. This model offers an effective scale to sense the nuanced, micro scale changes and how they affect the macro systems.
In addition to the data fluctuations, the rules that govern the land building are dynamic as well. This type of calibration model requires a feedback loop of real time data sensing, land building, programming, and critique. The goals and rules of the land building strategy may be in flux until a best management solution has been reached. This hypothetically may take a number of months or years to perfect.
All of these various land building models were prototyped with a combination of arduino, grasshopper, rhinoceros, and City Engine modeling software. The arduino and grasshopper interface provided a basic environment in which to program the basic rules were investigated, and City Engine offered additional parameters with which to understand these rule relationships.
This land building will occur according to a series of typologies and rules that reflect the context of the basin near the current location of the land building point. Three land typologies in the Atchafalaya basin: edge, open water, and fragmented, have been identified and are reflected in the land building process. Additional rules within each typology guide the creation of land in reaction to more specific real time data at a site scale. The factors for determining the rules at the local scale may include more specific spacing, connecting, height, and proximity characteristics than the typological rules. The process for determining some of these rules involved utilizing scaled sensing models of the basin to provided a means of physical study of real time data inputs. Additionally, incorporating City Engine software into this investigation may provide another tool for effective parametric modeling to aid in the adaptation of land building rules. As shown in Figure #2, it was necessary to investigate an interface between the grasshopper enviornment and the City Engine environment in order to further understand the land building rules. Ultimately, all of these typologies and rules come together in a loop for ecological fitness and efficient land building, driven by the programming sequence of rules and typologies, and supplemented by feedback from the real time sensing data that updates in response to changing site conditions.
As technology continues to advance into the 21st century, humans are being provided with increasingly efficient and intelligent options to man-age increasingly complex operations and relationships. Real time data and its ability to interface with these new technological devices offer promising opportunities for ecological land management strategies in the Atchafalaya Basin. This new way of managing land building contradicts the contemporary belief that ecological infrastructure must be static and lifeless. Rather, these new pieces of ecological infrastructure offer a nuanced and dynamic footprint of land building that actively manages biological nuisances in ways that result in positive outcomes for both ecological resiliency and ultimately human use and inhabitation.
January 4, 2012 | Filed under academia, interactive, landscape.


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Larry G. Lemert Jr.
Larry G. Lemert Jr., 62, passed away unexpectedly in his home with his family near at 9:27 a.m. on Tuesday, October 17, 2017.
Lifetime Marshall County resident, Larry Jr. was born in Plymouth, Indiana on January 15, 1955 to Larry G. Sr. and Wanda L. (Magnuson) Lemert. He grew up in LaPaz and graduated from LaVille High School in 1973, where he was well known for playing sports. Education was something very important to him, and he continued on to receive his Bachelor's Degree in Business from Ft. Wayne Business International and then his MBA from Indiana Wesleyan University.
The first, greatest moment of his life was the birth of his daughter, Nicole. She was his pride and joy.
Then, on October 31, 1997, Larry Jr. would marry the love of his life, Donna R. Ulrich. He adored her and wanted to give her the world. He worked very hard so that she could enjoy life and family, and never have to worry about a thing.
Larry Jr. wore many hats being a hard worker all his life. Most recently he was the head of accounting and automotive plant controller for Yanfeng in Monroe, MI. A lover of music, Larry Jr. also DJ'd for various events for over 15 years, bringing out the happiest side that many didn't always see.
Most of all, Larry Jr. loved his blended family, and helped raise his grandson Brennen. He dressed up as Santa for many years for his grandchildren. He was a stubborn man and had to be right, but would help anyone in need. He was a sportsman in his younger years of basketball, golf and tennis, and he enjoyed fishing and ice fishing. Donna and he were members of the Moose Lodge in Plymouth.
He is survived by his loving wife, Donna of Plymouth, and their children: Nicole (Matt) Loomis of Indianapolis, Walt Snedeker of Plymouth, Shelia Shepherd of Plymouth and Keith (Sher) Snedeker of Plymouth; his father, Larry Lemert Sr. of Plymouth; 6 grandchildren: Ryan, Camille, Roman, Casondra, Jack and Brennen; great-grandson, Azazel; and numerous nieces and nephews.
His siblings are: Mike (Gail) Lemert of New Paris, IN, Mark (Maria) Lemert of Plymouth, Roxane (Jesse) Minix of North Judson, IN and Lorie (Vernon) Sauer of Lakeville.
Larry Jr. was preceded in death by his dearly missed mother, Wanda; son, Terry Snedeker; granddaughter, Shayla Snedeker; niece, Paige Minix and step-mother, Joyce Lemert.
Visitation will be held on Friday, October 20, 2017 from 11-1 p.m. at New Song Church, 410 Kingston Rd. Plymouth, Indiana. Funeral services will immediately follow in the church at 1 p.m.


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North Korea 'may test hydrogen bomb in Pacific' in response to Trump's threat
North Korea's foreign minister says Pyongyang is considering a powerful nuclear weapon test in the Pacific Ocean in response to US President Donald Trump's recent threat against the North.
Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho, who is due to address the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on the weekend, told reporters in New York that the ultimate decision for the hydrogen bomb test rested with leader Kim Jong-un.
"It could be the most powerful detonation of an H-bomb in the Pacific. We have no idea about what actions could be taken as it will be ordered by leader Kim Jong-un," Ri said.
If that happens, it will be the first time Pyongyang tests a nuclear weapon outside its borders.
In his first speech at the UNGA, Trump threatened to "totally destroy" North Korea if necessary.
"The United States has great strength and patience, but if it is forced to defend itself or its allies, we will have no choice but to totally destroy North Korea," he said.
Earlier this month, Pyongyang tested a powerful hydrogen bomb at its Punggye-ri nuclear test site in the northeast of the country.
Japan, which lies between North Korea and the Pacific Ocean, reacted to Ri's remarks about a potential hydrogen bomb test outside the North's territory, with Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera describing the comment as "utterly unacceptable."
Japan's Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera (photo by Reuters)
The Japanese minister said such a test could be conducted with a medium-range or intercontinental ballistic missile.
"We cannot deny the possibility it (the missile) may fly over our country," Onodera said.
North Korea has twice flown missiles over Japan. Because of constitutional restrictions, Japan cannot shoot down missiles that fly through its airspace but do not directly target it, and has only been able to heat up rhetoric against North Korea.
The remarks by the North's foreign minister came shortly after Kim said, in a first-person statement, that Trump would "pay dearly" for his threat at the UNGA.
Kim was quoted by the official Korean Central News Agency as saying that he "will consider with seriousness exercising of a corresponding, highest level of hard-line countermeasure in history."
Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga reacted to Kim's statement by saying that North Korea's behavior was "absolutely unacceptable."
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I flew down to San Diego last night to participate in the Statewide Information Communication Technologies (ICT) Industry Advisory Committee. It helped me to remember how important ICT education is. We had a great group of folks at the meeting, with a lot of passion and experience in supporting the students of California to becoming our next generation of "computer nerds".
But it also brought back to me, about how our education system isn't keeping up and changing for the needs of our next generation. Technology is our future, and of any industry sector (other than potentially energy), it is the use or abuse of technology will make the biggest difference to the future of human kind. And educational content standards, and the related curriculum, can either be what will give our students the knowledge that will be needed when they graduate; or force irrelevant content on them, leading to more disillusion with our education system; and at the same time lead to more unemployment.
Nearly every leader in our nation is saying that we need to have students get more STEM education (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math), so that our country will not fall behind technologically and economically from the rest of the world. But, what they don't say (possibly, because they don't know), is that the type of math that is needed for Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and Computer Science (CS) is not the math that is normally taught in high school.