text:
Една любовна история () e турски драматичен сериал, излязъл на телевизионния екран през 2013 г.

Актьорски състав
 Сечкин Йоздемир – Коркут Али
 Дамла Сьонмез – Джейлян Герман
 Ямач Тели – Толга Каранлъ
 Елчин Сангу – Еда Чаалар
 Зухал Олджай – Гьонюл Каранлъ
 Айберк Пекджан – Таксин Герман
 Айшен Сезерел – Асийе Герман
 Гюнеш Сайън – Емине Саръсой
 Таха Юсуф Тан – Умут
 Халдун Ресуолу – Хакъ
 Онай Кая – Селим
 Асена Кескинчи – Едже
 Айшин Йешим Чапаноглу – Аслъ
 Фатих Дьонмез – Йълмаз

В България
В България сериалът започва на 29 май 2014 г. по bTV и завършва на 15 август. Дублажът е на студио Медия линк. Ролите се озвучават от Биляна Петринска, Ева Демирева, Димитър Иванчев, Николай Николов и Таня Димитрова.

На 8 юли 2016 г. започва повторно излъчване по bTV Lady и завършва на 16 септември. На 1 октомври започва ново повторение и завършва на 2 април 2017 г.

Външни препратки
 Официален сайт

Турски сериали

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


text:
Q: Number of strings from 39 characterst with given length Suppose that I have a Characters Set that has length of 39 total characters. The minimum string limit is 3 and the maximum limit of a string is 15.
I just want to know how many possible outcomes it can make from 39 character set if repetition is allowed.

A: There are $39^k$ strings with $k$ characters.
Using the formula for the sum of a geometric series, we get
$$
\begin{align}
\sum_{k=3}^{15}39^k
&=39^3\sum_{k=0}^{12}39^k\\
&=39^3\frac{39^{13}-1}{39-1}\\[12pt]
&=753789555901957381797159
\end{align}
$$

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


NLOS-C is a tracked vehicle with a reported weight of about 27 tons, carrying a 2-man crew instead of the M109's 5. It will carry a 155mm, 38 caliber cannon (often written as 155/38; the M109's M284 gun is 155/39), with fully automated ammunition handling and loading that's similar to other modern systems like South Korea's K-9/K-10 system. This allows for rapid switching of round types, speeds up rate of fire, and reduces the number of people needed to operate the weapon.
The howitzer will carry 24 ready rounds (vs. 36-39 for the M109), and have an automated rearm function that's about 50% faster than the M109's. The goal is 30-second response to fire requests that's similar to the M109A6 Paladin and M109A6 PIM – with the additional benefit of multiple round simultaneous impact (MRSI) capability from a single cannon, thanks to the rapid fire enabled by its fully automated system.
All NLOS-C cannons will also be capable of firing smart shells like the GPS-guided M982 Excalibur, which have already been fielded on M777 ultra-lightweight howitzers in Iraq and Afghanistan. The US Army lists 1,223 square miles of coverage, which translates into a box 34.5 miles/ 57.5 km on each side. Assuming an M1203 in the center of that box, it translates into a firing range of 17 miles/ 28 km.
The cannon will be mounted on a tracked vehicles of the Future Combat Systems Manned Ground Vehicles (FCS MGV) family, and will weigh 27-30 tons. The MGV chassis' are expected to have 75-80% commonality, which is expected to lead to significant reductions in design, production and sustainment costs, as long as the new design and technologies don't add corresponding increases.
One of those new technologies is a hybrid-electric drive system, which can now be found in some cars but not in many combat vehicles. The traditional engine is de-coupled from the drive train, and is designed only to recharge the energy storage system and power the vehicular systems. The drive train itself is powered by electric motors, creating an all-electric vehicle.
FCS MGV's are using hybrid-electric power for a number of reasons. One important reason is the fact that their units have far more electronics et. al. inside, which leads to higher electrical power requirements. This is already an issue in currently-fielded vehicle upgrades, and demand for electricity within the vehicles is expected to rise over time. Hybrid-electric vehicles' rechargeable energy storage system helps to offset this change, and also allows vehicles to perform key surveillance roles and other tasks with their engines switched off. When combined with the much quieter engine sound of a running hybrid engine, hybrid-drive vehicles offer important tactical stealth benefits if their power output and reliability can meet the required benchmarks. Finally, a hybrid drive military vehicle reaps the same kind of benefits hybrid drive cars offer in terms of improved fuel economy and less reliance on oil, natural gas, and other fossil fuels.
XM1203 Non Line of Sight-Cannon (NLOS-C, 155mm howitzer). Production expected in late 2008.
A total of 8 NLOS-C prototypes mounted on MGV chassis will be produced between 2008 and 2009. They will be used for testing, safety certification and evaluation of the artillery system and chassis.
The NLOS-C P1 will fire an additional 500 rounds through early 2009 to obtain a safety release that will allow Soldiers to move, shoot, and communicate from an NLOS-C in spring 2009.
Beginning in 2010, Soldiers at the Army's Evaluation Task Force are scheduled to receive the first 18 NLOS-C platforms. The vehicles will be used in simulated combat scenarios and conditions, which will produce a final set of changes to the vehicles' design before the final production configuration.
The US Army currently hopes to begin fielding NLOS-C to combat units by 2014.
"…with respect to the FCS program, the FY'10 budget calls for the Army to accelerate spin-outs now to all 73 Brigade Combat Teams. Initially, we were going to spin-out Future Combat System capabilities to 15 BCTs. And so that approach is now going to change, and we will accelerate to all 73 BCTs starting in Fiscal '11. It will take a few years, and probably until Fiscal '25, to complete that fielding.
Secondly, with respect to FCS, we're going to halt the development and the procurement of the Manned Ground Vehicle. And then, thirdly, cancel development and procurement of the Non Line of Sight Cannon.
April 6/09: Cuts recommended by US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates include Future Combat Systems' manned ground vehicles. At this point, it's not entirely clear if NLOS-C's popularity will help it survive as an independent spinout program, or whether it would be canceled. DoD Statement | DID Coverage | Defense Update.
Feb 6/09: BAE Systems announces that dummy rounds mimicking the shape and mass of the BAE/Raytheon's Excalibur GPS-guided shell have been fired from NLOS-C. The test firing was designed to verify proper fit, function and stable flight.
Sept 23/08: The Future Combat Systems program successfully fires the first artillery projectile from the manned ground vehicle NLOS-C prototype, at Yuma Proving Ground, AZ. It also sets out he program's schedule through 2010. US Army release.
March 27/08: The Boeing Co. in St. Louis, MO received a $56.7 million cost-reimbursement contract for advance procurement of materials, tooling and test equipment for 6 future combat systems NLOS-C vehicles.
Work will be performed primarily in Minneapolis, MN and is expected to be complete by Dec 30/08. One bid was solicited on Aug 17/07 by US Army TACOM-LCMC in Warren, MI (W56HZV-08-C-0146).
Feb 28/08: BAE Systems is using its Mission Equipment Vibration Table (MEVT) in Minneapolis, MN to put NLOS-C through more than 10,000 miles and 20 years of equivalent wear. The idea is to pinpoint and correct reliability issues in advance, especially given reliability requirements that are reportedly up to 10-times higher than seen on vehicles operating in combat today. Note that the 27,000 pound capacity MEVT is only testing the mission module, which weighs only 10 tons and includes the automated ammunition handling. Testing the entire chassis would exceed its weight limits.
BAE Systems developed the MEVT in September 2006. It attempts to replicate gun fire shock, vibration, thermal, humidity, and dust contamination all in one environment, attempting to emulate future terrains such as trench crossings, ditches and blockades, as well as various climate conditions such as extreme heat and sub-zero temperatures. BAE Systems release.
Aug 22/07: FCS Lead Systems Integrator partners Boeing and Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), along with industry teammates BAE Systems and General Dynamics, have selected Elgin, OK as a principal site for FCS Manned Ground Vehicle (MGV) integration and assembly work.
FCS MGV partner BAE Systems will construct and manage a 150,000 square-foot facility at the Ft. Sill Industrial Park in Elgin. The facility will initially house production integration and assembly activities for the Non-Line-of-Sight Cannon (NLOS-C) initial production platform, the first of 8 FCS vehicle variants. Completion of the new facility is anticipated in 2009. Boeing release.
Aug 15/07: The US Army unveils its first hybrid-electric propulsion system for a new fleet of Manned Ground Vehicles (MGVs), which will be tested and evaluated at the Power and Energy Systems Integration Laboratory (P&E SIL) in Santa Clara, CA. This is the first time the US Army will be integrating a functional hybrid-electric drive system into a combat vehicle, a path that has also been taken by Sweden's SEP. US Army release.
July 18/07: FCS Lead Systems Integrator partners Boeing and Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) announce that the Army has authorized planning for FCS low-rate initial production, including long-lead items for the first FCS capability Spin Out and Manned Ground Vehicle (MGV) early production units.
Boeing's release adds that: "The latter is focused on the Non-Line-of-Sight Cannon (NLOS-C) initial production platform, which will be fielded in 2010 according to a Congressional mandate." See also US Army release.
Sept 29/06: The FCS Non-Line-of-Sight Cannon (NLOS-C) is unveiled at BAE Systems' Land and Armaments division in Minneapolis, MN. Boeing release.
February 2006: The CTD vehicle completes testing in Yuma Proving Ground, AZ, having fired more than 2,000 rounds. Source.
December 2003: United Defense (now BAE Systems) received a $2 billion contract from Boeing to begin engineering development and demonstration of 5 MGV variants: infantry carrier vehicle, maintenance and recovery, medical, NLOS-M and NLOS-C. Source.
The company also conducted numerous technology trade studies in support of the NLOS-C objective design to support the FCS Lead Systems Integrator in their progress toward the FCS Systems Requirements Review. Source.
January 2003: The U.S. Army and Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency selected United Defense to team with General Dynamics Land Systems and the FCS lead systems integrator (Boeing/SAIC) in the design of the ground vehicle portion of FCS. Source.
Field Artillery, Maj. Vincent J. Tolbert, AC (March-April 2006) – NLOS cannon: Meeting the demands of Future Combat [PDF full issue, 19.5 MB].
DID (March 23/08) – GAO Future Combat Systems Report: 2008 Sees 2009 as a critical year.
DID (May 22/07) – Future Combat Systems in the Crosshairs.
DID Spotlight – Have Guns, Will Upgrade: The M109A6 Paladin PIM Partnership. This is effectively the M1203's companion program, which aims to deliver substantial upgrades to the existing M109 fleet – including a new tracked vehicle base that borrows a number of components from the M2/M3 Bradley.


text:
All issues Volume 10 (2020) J. Space Weather Space Clim., 10 (2020) 64 Abstract
The soft X-ray Neupert effect as a proxy for solar energetic particle injection
A proof-of-concept physics-based forecasting model
Ruhann Steyn1*, Du Toit Strauss1, Frederic Effenberger2,3 and Daniel Pacheco4
1 Center for Space Research, North-West University, 2531 Potchefstroom, South Africa
2 Helmholtz Centre Potsdam, GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Telegrafenberg, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
3 Bay Area Environmental Research Institute, NASA Research Park, Moffett Field, CA 94035, USA
4 Institut für Experimentelle und Angewandte Physik, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, 24118 Kiel, Germany
* Corresponding author: ruhann.steyn@nwu.ac.za
The acceleration and injection of solar energetic particles (SEPs) near the Sun is one of the major unsolved problems in contemporary SEP transport modeling efforts. Here, we establish a new approach to the injection problem by utilizing a correlation between the soft X-ray thermal emission in solar flares, and their hard X-ray counterpart, the so-called Neupert effect, which is indicative of the presence of non-thermal particles. We show that the resulting injection function, in the initial phase of the flare, is similar to those inferred from inverting the transport problem based on in-situ observations. For few cases, we find early injections with no in-situ correspondence, that can be caused by particles accelerated before there is a magnetic connection between the source and the spacecraft. The method has limitations for long-duration injections, since it is not applicable to the decay phase of the flare where particle trapping might play a role. For a sample of SEP events in 1980, observed with the Helios-1 and IMP8 spacecraft, we show the results of a 2D SEP transport model based on this approach. We discuss that, with this method, a physics-based, real-time operational SEP now-cast model for the heliosphere is feasible.
Key words: solar energetic particles / injection function / Neupert effect / forecasting / nowcasting
© R. Steyn et al., Published by EDP Sciences 2020
Release timescales of solar energetic particles in the low corona
Full inversion of solar relativistic electron events measured by the Helios spacecraft
Solar Energetic Particle Event occurrence prediction using Solar Flare Soft X-ray measurements and Machine Learning
Solar flares, coronal mass ejections and solar energetic particle event characteristics
J. Space Weather Space Clim., 6, A42 (2016)
Solar source of energetic particles in interplanetary space during the 2006 December 13 event
A&A 503, 1013-1021 (2009)

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


text:
Newsweek: Saudis briefed top Obama official about "underwear bombers" in October; Update: MI5 knew of bomber three years ago
Not just underwear bombers generally, either, but underwear bombers trained in Yemen. I feel about this the way I felt about Napolitano's "the system worked" comment: It's almost a shame that it didn't happen under Bush, just because the fireworks from the media's outrageous outrage afterwards would have been so spectacular.
As it is, don't expect more than a few sparklers this time.
The briefing to Brennan was delivered at the White House by Muhammad bin Nayef, Saudi Arabia's chief counterterrorism official. In late August, Nayef had survived an assassination attempt by an operative dispatched by the Yemeni branch of Al Qaeda who was pretending to turn himself in. The operative had tried to kill the Saudi prince by detonating a bomb on his body, but stumbled on his way into the prince's palace and blew himself up.
Saudi officials initially thought the bomb had been secreted in the operative's anal cavity. But after investigating the matter more thoroughly, they concluded it had likely been sewn into his underwear, thereby allowing the operative to bypass security checks before his meeting with the prince. A main purpose of Nayef's briefing for Brennan was to alert U.S. officials to the use of the underwear technique.
U.S. officials now suspect that Nayef's attempted assassin and Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the Nigerian suspect aboard the Northwest flight, had the same bomb maker in Yemen, intelligence experts tell NEWSWEEK. At the briefing for Brennan, Nayef was concerned because "he didn't think [U.S. officials] were paying enough attention" to the growing threat from Al Qaeda in Yemen, said a former U.S. intelligence official familiar with the briefing.
Another Saudi official denies that they were worried about Obama not taking Yemen seriously — The One did order airstrikes on AQ camps there before Abdulmutallab made his move — but Newsweek's red-flag hunt isn't done. Turns out that Abdulmutallab's mentor, jihadi cleric Anwar al-Aulaqi, posted a heavy-handed warning on his website in October about a "surprise" from Yemen that would make it "the single most important front of jihad in the world," and that calls made to Abdulmutallab from Aulaqi's own phone were intercepted by the NSA before Christmas. Combine that with the other leads that various arms of U.S. intelligence had and there was enough info floating around in the system to know in advance that (a) Al Qaeda in Yemen was planning an attack, quite possibly on Christmas, involving a Nigerian, and coincidentally (b) a Nigerian named Abdulmutallab who had gone missing after hooking up with jihadis in Yemen and had spent some time yakking on the phone with Yemeni AQ chieftain Aulaqi was booked to fly on Christmas Day. Nuance. Quoth former FBI agent Ali Soufan, "The system should have been lighting up like a Christmas tree."
But back to that Saudi briefing for John Brennan, whom you'll remember as the guy who helped develop the terror watch lists for NCTC that failed in this case and who's now been assigned to, um, review those lists. In fairness, I'm not sure what anyone expected him to do with the detail about underwear bombs. Even now, after a near disaster, the public's still not gung ho for whole-body imagers and crotch checks by TSA; rolling out those measures as a pure precaution just in time for holiday travel, when there was bipartisan opposition to it in the House, probably wouldn't have flown. Brennan could have asked that only travelers from Yemen be put through the special whole-body screening — but that wouldn't have caught Abdulmutallab. He trained in Yemen but didn't fly from there: His ticket was purchased in Ghana and he flew from Nigeria to Amsterdam for his connection to Detroit. Had Brennan broadened the inquiry and asked for special screening for all young Muslim males (especially those traveling without baggage), that might have caught him. But as the boss noted earlier this week, that sort of profiling — successful though it may be for Israeli airport security — simply isn't in the cards politically.
So never mind the detail about the underwear. Here's the real question, which we're asking for the second time today: Why wasn't Yemen given special attention as a potential threat under the circumstances? If, per the Saudis' tip, Brennan had asked the NCTC to re-review leads related to that country, they may well have connected the dots and nailed Abdulmutallab before he ever got on the plane. What happened?
Update: And the missed red flags just keep on coming. The Brits had a file on this turd three years ago thanks to his jihadist activities while at university in the UK. Only now are we getting a copy.
The security services knew three years ago that the Detroit bomber had "multiple communications" with Islamic extremists in Britain, it emerged this weekend.
Counterterrorism officials said Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was "reaching out" to extremists whom MI5 had under surveillance while he was studying at University College London…
British officials have now passed a file to their US counterparts on Abdulmutallab's activities in Britain while he was a student from 2005 to 2008. It shows his repeated contacts with MI5 targets who were subject to phone taps, email intercepts and other forms of surveillance.
Intelligence officials have defended their decision not to flag Abdulmutallab as a possible terrorist risk. They say he was one of many youths who mix with extremists, but are not themselves thought to be involved in plotting or supporting terrorism.
Tags: AL QAEDA TERRORISM WHITE HOUSE ISRAEL BARACK OBAMA


Instructions: 1.Collect six coins from the Location.
2.Collect the anchor from the hay.
3.Hit the anchor in the well.
4.Click the well pedal to get the bucket.
5.Fill the bucket with from the barrel.
6.Collect the boat pedal from the boat.
7.Hit the window using the pedal and get inside.
8.Pour the oil into fireplace and come back to get the key from bear at the chimney.
9.Note the door number of the room.
10.use the key at the another house.
11.Use the coins to get the key.
12.Cut the bear image and paste it on the another half bear at next room.
13.Collect the clue "52" by pasting the bear image.
14.Note the clue from the directions wood.
15.Collect Four boxes located under the tree.
16.Note the time shown on the pillar.
17.Get the box from the ice bar by hitting it using the boat pedal.
18.Enter the time and get the image button.
19.Collect the cuttingplier near the bridge.
20.Use the two house numbers in the ball lock and get the scroll clue.
21.Use the cutting plier on the left side and get the box.
22.Click the button using clue from scroll and four boxes to get the second button image.
23.Make the rightside box to get 52 and get the third button image.
24.Change the gear rightside using the direction board clue to get the musical notes.
25.Use the notes in another room in piano to get fourth button.
26.Place all the four near the bridge and escape.


"This is our motto at MORE. It means exactly what it says. We want you to come join our family, regardless. Please don't talk yourself out of being part of the church until you 'get your act together.' Jesus loves and accepts you right where you are and we will love and accept you too. I promise!"
With God, there is no end to His Goodness, His Grace, His Love-His Whatever. God is inexhaustible.
When we started "MORE" in 1999, we had no idea where our journey as a church would lead; we just knew we wanted and needed MORE of whatever God had to give us. It has been quite a ride since then...and God has provided MORE for us over and over again.
When you visit MORE, you won't find some of the usual things you find in churches. What you will find is a group of people that will love you and accept you for who you are. We like to say that MORE is a gathering place for real people, living real lives, with a very real God.
Please click here to contact us via e-mail.
Click here to learn more about our gatherings.
What to expect when you visit MORE.
Opportunities in what God created you to do.


High definition DVD players…get more affordable. Bloomberg Boot Camp, a report on today's technology. Those thousand dollar plus price tags that were on high definition DVD players when they first came to market….are history. Sony has announced its latest Blu-ray DVD player will be price at 499 dollars. Toshiba's HD DVD player is down to about three hundred. Still lots of consumers, with the two rival formats out there, have decided to wait and see. Samsung, one of the original partners in the Blu-ray camp, has decided to join LG in making a machine that can play either Blu-ray or HD DVD discs. Audio and video VP Reid Sullivan….
"The market for high def products is growing considerably. While there is some confusion." Is that the reason why Samsung has announced that you'll be doing a combination player as well? "Correct. We just recently announced that we'll be introducing the Samsung Duo HD player in time for the holidays this year. And the main reason is there's a lot of consumer confusion over the formats. By providing a product that can play both formats, and take advantage of both formats interactive capability, we're providing a vehicle or a product that lets the consumer enjoy high definition content, all the titles, all the movies available, without worrying about which format it was encoded in."
The dual format players are more expensive…at least for now. Warner home video is planning another solution…high definition DVDs that are Blu-ray on one side and HD DVD on the other. Bloomberg Boot Camp, I'm Fred Fishkin.


text:
@interface PodsDummy_Pods_TouchLock_SAMTextField : NSObject
@end
@implementation PodsDummy_Pods_TouchLock_SAMTextField
@end

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


text:
in Sea Life, Wildlife
Tortoise Helps Save His Species From Extinction By Fathering 800 Kids
I have to say I'm impressed. That's one dedicated tortoise.
Meet Diego, the Giant Tortoise that saved his entire species. His legendary species-saving libido helped him father over 800 babies, thus renewing an almost extinct population. He was part of a breeding program in Ecuador where they increased the population of these animals from 15 to 2000, with over 40% of those having Diego's genes.
Diego the Giant Tortoise was brought to the US in the 1930s, so he's believed to currently be about 130 years old. In the 1970s he was enrolled in a repopulation program in Ecuador, where scientists hoped to save his species from extinction. Diego, never one to let his people down, performed above and beyond the call of duty.
After 30 years they stopped the program and found he had fathered over 800 babies. To date, Diego is still breeding and can claim fatherhood to over 1000 little baby tortoises. Now that he's retired, they are sending Diego back to his native Espaniola Island, where he can live out the rest of his days surrounded by his hundreds of grandchildren.
#SuperDiego #Tortoise #Turtles
Rocky the Turtle savors a like button carved out of a watermelon
in Wildlife
Massive 104-year-old Galapagos Tortoise shows how strong his bite is


text:
Q: Cygwin issue when trying to run phpunit within Yii2 I'm trying to run phpunit within a Yii2 basic installation but whenever I run php vendor/bin/phpunit from the command line I get this output:
Note: I am on Windows 7.
dir=$(d=${0%[/\\]*}; cd "$d"; cd "../phpunit/phpunit" && pwd)

# See if we are running in Cygwin by checking for cygpath program
if command -v 'cygpath' >/dev/null 2>&1; then
        # Cygwin paths start with /cygdrive/ which will break windows PHP,
        # so we need to translate the dir path to windows format. However
        # we could be using cygwin PHP which does not require this, so we
        # test if the path to PHP starts with /cygdrive/ rather than /usr/bin
        if [[ $(which php) == /cygdrive/* ]]; then
                dir=$(cygpath -m "$dir");
        fi
fi

dir=$(echo $dir | sed 's/ /\ /g')
"${dir}/phpunit" "$@"

Can anyone advise what the issue is here? I haven't used phpunit before so unsure what is happening.

A: Well, it was an obvious solution:
File vendor/bin/phpunit is not a PHP script, but a shell script.
Remove php from the start and simply run vendor/bin/phpunit.
Source.

A: Removing php from command I am getting 'php' is not recognized as an internal or external command, and with php it prints what 's inside that file the shell script you mentioned. As mentioned in the question it simply output the script
To fix this

*

*Add php to path as explained here
Or

*

*For temporary use, try this: (benefit for use npm or composer)
SET PATH=c:\wamp\bin\php\php5.3.29\;%PATH%


VIA will sponsor a BBQ planned for Thursday afternoon (Aug 15th, 2002) at QuakecCon. This will be a free party and Texas-style BBQ for all attendees of QuakeCon. In addition this BBQ will also feature beverages from BAWLS! This BBQ will be held in the parking lot of the Mesquite Convention. If you are going to QuakeCon arrive at early on Thursday so you don't miss the fun!


text:
Mandarin Immersion Parents Council
Information for parents of kids in Mandarin immersion education
Mandarin immersion school list
BUY: A Parent's Guide to Mandarin Immersion
Do children soak up languages like a sponges?
by Elizabeth Weise
An interesting article. The important point is this:
Dr. Muñoz makes the point that children are only sponges when they get deep and meaningful exposure to the language. "You need a high frequency of input, of good quality," she said. "You have to live with the language, use the language and function in the language.
Immersion is that deep and meaningful exposure. It's why a taking Mandarin classes in elementary school (called FLES, for Foreign Language in Elementary School and usually 3-5 hours a week) doesn't do much at all.
The article also reminds us that children go through a silent period when they're absorbing a new language. We don't notice it when they're babies because, well, they're babies. But we do notice it when they're give.
And yet pay attention to how much of what's being said in your child's classroom they understand. Do they get up when the teacher says to get up? Do they go to the sink to wash their hands when their teacher says to? Do they take out their math books and not their science books when asked? That means they're understanding — even if they couldn't say those sentences themselves.
It's also true of English, when you think about it. Kindergarteners don't say things like, "Could you please get me a cup of water when you're finished doing the dishes?" But they understand us when we say, "Put your Legos away and after that you can bring me a book and I'll read it to you."
Do Children Soak Up Language Like Sponges?
A pervasive idea assumes that young children can absorb new languages with minimal effort, but it turns out that the science is more complicated.
By Lindsay Patterson June 28, 2019
When my husband and I decided to pack up our comfortable lives in Austin, Texas, to move to Barcelona, Spain, we had a dream for our then-3-year-old son: He would become trilingual. In Barcelona, most people speak Spanish and Catalan, the regional language. Speaking three languages seemed like a big goal for a small person, but we believed it was possible because of one phrase: Children are like sponges.
Whenever we told people about our plans to put our son in a Catalan school, they told us about sponges. Children learn languages quickly, they said. He'll be speaking like a native in no time.
But that's not what happened. In September, our son started school. It wasn't until March that he uttered his first full sentence in Catalan: "M'he fet mal" (I've hurt myself). But that didn't open the floodgates of language. His teacher assured us that he understood everything — he followed directions well, and he was learning. But he stayed mostly silent. I began to worry that my child was not as sponge-like a learner as I'd been led to believe.
Please read more here.
← Houston's Mandarin Immersion Magnet School one of 18 to receive A+ rating
13-year-old fluent in four languages speaks at National Chinese Language convention →
S. Acker permalink
To be more clear and not to place blame on anyone–I am not meaning that the issues I am speaking about are any fault of the children or parents who may not be in a position to provide for certain needs for their children. The point I was attempting to make is that sometimes, there are circumstances that prevent some children from being able to learn as much as they can to really acquire a language,,,
Carey, North Carolina could get not one but two Mandarin immersion schools January 2, 2021
'So much more than a language': How Indianapolis immersion schools prepare students December 20, 2020
Another Utah district's Mandarin immersion students reach high school. December 6, 2020
Kevin Chang, long-time Chinese program director in San Francisco, leaving for Hong Kong November 27, 2020
Chinese immersion program in Lafayette, La. is teaching students more than language November 22, 2020
Hudson Way immersion school celebrates 15 years – And starts to reopen November 8, 2020
What does a Mandarin immersion classroom look like? November 1, 2020
Talk about immersion support: Washington DC has a Language Immersion Project non-profit October 18, 2020
Happy Moon Festival September 29, 2020
A second Mandarin immersion school proposed for Washington D.C. September 16, 2020
The Economist says studying Chinese is in decline in the U.K. September 10, 2020
Sky Kids Mandarin program for the fall August 30, 2020
First class of seniors graduates from Minnesota's XinXing Academy program August 29, 2020
Baton Rouge District finally agrees to middle school for Mandarin immersion students August 21, 2020
Savanna, GA Mandarin immersion program launched August 11, 2020
Chinese Immersion Parents Council of Fremont
Hao Mama
Jose Ortega Elementary School
Moving to Beijing
Nciku Dictionary
Starr King Elementary School
The Mandarin Center
Yellow Bridge Online Chinese-English Dictionary
Camille Dorsey on Chatting in Chinese for your k…
Mandarin program sav… on Economic crisis threatens Mand…
A few Mandarin strea… on Life in the trenches: At home…
Ehren Schwiebert on Parents become teachers overni…
An update on the San… on Staffing troubles means most S…
Amy Cantu on A question for readers –…
Olutope Omosegbon on A question for readers –…
anonymous on Utah Mandarin immersion starts…
Language Flagship cu… on Politics affecting Confucius I…
Susan Banks on The Shen Yun dance troupe and…


Andrew Farkash created #DisabledJoy to celebrate the disabled community.
Hundreds of people have taken to social media to join Farkash in creating visibility of those who have disabilities but are joyful.
Farkash told INSIDER, "My goal was to empower — and bring joy — to my Disabled community and I was happy to see that it did for so many people."
On Sunday, writer Andrew Farkash took to Twitter to tackle a flawed thinking many people have regarding those with disabilities.
Along with four pictures by photographer Myai Jackson, Farkash wrote, "There's a common misconception that you can't be Disabled and happy. That you can't express joy, and if you do, you must not be hurting or Disabled anymore. I propose a new hashtag to empower us and show people otherwise: #DisabledJoy."
Since then, the post has received thousands of shares with hundreds of people all over the world posting in solidarity with Farkash, proving that being happy and being disabled are not mutually exclusive qualities.
"I got the idea to start #DisabledJoy recently when people in my life noticed that I was starting to go out more and seemingly feeling better," Farkash told INSIDER. "I hated the idea that every time I expressed joy it meant that I was no longer suffering. I felt like I wasn't able to be happy without people automatically assuming that I am ok. I also wanted people to realize that Disability and joy/happiness aren't mutually exclusive and that people who are Disabled don't live a miserable existence."
Farkash has pudendal neuralgia, also referred to as chronic pelvic pain, as well as bipolar disorder. His ultimate goal for #DisabledJoy is to, as they explained, "empower — and bring joy — to my Disabled community, and I was happy to see that it did for so many people."
Since Sunday, the reaction on social media has been amazing and, to Farkash's surprise, unanimously positive.
"I don't think there was a single negative reaction, which is rare for social media. Hundreds of people shared their photos or moments of Disabled Joy and it was beautiful to see," Farkash told INSIDER. "Disabled people go through a lot, be it ableism or just dealing with their conditions, and so when they do have a moment of joy, that's special, and I want there to be an avenue for people to express and share that."
Farkash said he also wanted to shine a light on the fact that not every disability is visible.
Often times, many may be suffering internally; Their pain may be unnoticed by the world if they've adapted to dealing with the internal pain.
"What was cool was that it also raised the issue of 'invisible' or better, unapparent disabilities. On the surface, unless you see my curved back without my shirt on, I look like a young, healthy person. Many people assume that. But really I'm going through hell underneath it all," Farkash told INSIDER.
He added, "We still have a lot of struggles and hurdles to overcome as a society when it comes to Disabled people. Ableism — [which is] discrimination against Disabled people — is rampant and systemic in our society. And it literally kills. I wanted to show people that even so, we exist, we are surviving and fighting, and in some cases — despite our disabilities — thriving."


text:
Leon Thomas III Biography, Investment, Asset and Net Worth
Leon G. Thomas III popularly known as Leon Thomas III is a famous American actor, singer, record producer, songwriter and a television personality, who is signed to Columbia Rostrum Records. He is best known for playing the lead role of Andre Harris on the popular Nickelodeon television drama series "Victorious" alongside with Victoria Justice and Ariana Grande.
He was born on 1st August 1993 in Brooklyn, New York in the United States of America. He is currently 24 years old. His mother's name is Jayon Anthony while his father's name is Leon Thomas II. He is very handsome, gifted, creative, skillful and talented. He has two debut studio albums "Vibes" and "Metro Hearts" to his name. Leon Thomas III started his acting career in 2003 as a child actor.
He made his Broadway debut at the age of 10 years old in 2003 as Young Simba in the Broadway production "The Lion King". In 2004, Leon Thomas III appeared as Jackie Thibodeaux in the original Broadway cast of Tony Kushner's Caroline and toured with the company during its five months run in Los Angeles and San Francisco both in the United States of America. Leon Thomas also performed in the Broadway production "The Color Purple".
In 2007, Leon Thomas III appeared in the film "August Rush" as Arthur, performing the song "La Bamba" and was the singing voice for Tyrone in the movie "The Backyardigans". Leon Thomas III has also starred as a guest actor on Jack's Big Music Show and Just Jordan. He also appeared as Harper in the iCarly episode "iCarly Saves TV" and was featured on The Naked Brothers Band Christmas Special.
On 27th March 2010, Leon Thomas III became a public figure after playing the lead character of Andre Harris in the Nickelodeon popular television drama series "Victorious" which he starred alongside with Victoria Justice and Ariana Grande, amongst others. Leon Thomas III also appeared as Andre Harris in the crossover episode between Victorious and iCarly "iParty with Victorious". Leon Thomas III has also appeared in the episode of "True Jackson" and "VP".
On 2nd August 2011, the album "Victorious" a music from the popular TV Show was launched with Leon Thomas III featuring in the songs "Song 2 You" (written by him) and "Tell Me That You Love Me". On 5th June 2012, the album "Victorious" a music from the popular TV Show was released with Leon Thomas III featuring in the songs "Countdown" and "Don't You Forget About Me". The Victorious television series ended their production in July 2012 and the show's final episode aired on 2nd February 2013.
In early 2012, Leon Thomas III started to record his first debut studio album called "Metro Hearts". It was finally released on 1st August 2012. The songs from his first debut studio album "Metro Hearts" include Forever, Bad, Moving On, Vibe, Like Clay and Never Look Back. The album also included a cover of "Take Care" by Drake. The cover is by Leon Thomas featuring Ariana Grande.
Leon Thomas co-wrote the song "Ain't No Other Me" for the British group Stooshe, which features as a deluxe edition track on their debut album "London with the Lights On". Leon Thomas III also co-wrote four songs on Ariana Grande's 2013 album "Yours Truly". He also co-produced five songs on "Yours Truly" in addition to the song "Last Christmas" from Ariana Grande's Christmas Kisses EP, as a member of the production duo "The Rascals".
Additionally, his work in the production as a part of "The Rascals" was included on the Grammy award winning album "Love, Marriage & Divorce". He also contributed as a writer on the song entitled "I'd Rather Be Broke" performed by Toni Braxton. On 4th September 2013, Leon Thomas III released a new single, "Hello How Are You" featuring Wiz Khalifa. His second hit single "Chill" topped high on billboard chart. On 1st January 2014, Leon Thomas released his second debut studio album "Vibes" under the name Leon Thomas, via Datpif. He also announced that a music video for his single "Hello How Are You" was in progress.
In 2016, he served as a co-producer for Post Malone's album "Stoney". In 2003, he acted in the movie "Robin and Roger". In 2007, he acted in the movie "August Rush". In 2010, he acted in the movie "Rising Stars" and "Victorious". In 2014, he acted in the movie "Bad Asses". In 2015, he acted in the movie "Runaway Island". In 2017, he acted in the movie "Detroit". He has also made several Broadway appearances which include The Lion King, Caroline or Change and The Color Purple, amongst others. On 21st August 2012, he went for the Big Time Summer Tour to promote his album.
In 2015, Leon Thomas III won the Grammy Awards for Best R&B Album (Producer/Writer). In 2008, he won Best Performance in a Feature Film and Best Supporting Young Actor (Fantasy or Drama) at the Young Artist Awards. In 2012, he was nominated for Outstanding Performance in a Youth/Children's Program (Series or Special) for his role as Andre Harris in the popular Nickelodeon television drama series "Victorious" at the NAACP Image Awards.
Leon Thomas III is currently one of the richest and most influential actor and musician in the United States of America with an estimated net worth of $245 million.
WATCH VIDEOS ON CELEBRITY RECORDS HERE
[wpdevart_youtube playlist="PLGv1uU8_wk7V9H3iKR1ekqTxwAnhBOST1″ width="640″ height="385″ autoplay="0″ theme="light" loop_video="1″ enable_fullscreen="1″ show_related="1″ show_popup="0″ thumb_popup_width="213″ thumb_popup_height="128″ show_title="1″ show_youtube_icon="1″ show_annotations="1″ show_progress_bar_color="red" autohide_parameters="1″ set_initial_volume="true" initial_volume="100″ disable_keyboard="0″]tn1wqa1iK0A[/wpdevart_youtube]
Watch out this video on the success story, history, achievements, expensive lifestyle, personal records, biography and net worth of Nollywood famous actress Ruth Kadiri and please subscribe to my YouTube channel for more videos.
Tags: Aaron carter, Aaron Eckhart, abbie cornish, adam brody, biography, bollywood, celebrity, celebrity biography, celebrity gist, celebrity gossip, celebrity news, celebrity photos, celebrity videos, comedy, entertainment, entertainment news, famous celebrities, famous people, film, gbenga akinnagbe, Hollywood, hot celebrities, inspiration, leon g thomas III, leon thomas III, leon thomas III biography, leon Thomas III facebook, leon Thomas III family, leon Thomas III girlfriend, leon Thomas III instagram, leon Thomas III movies, leon Thomas III music, leon thomas III net worth, leon Thomas III photos, leon Thomas III pictures, leon Thomas III videos, movies, music, News, NOLLYWOOD


Refresh your weekend profile with this t-shirt from Red Herring. Perfect for off-duty versatile styling, this slim fit piece features a three p grandad neck and is made from pure cotton for all-day comfort. Also available in big and tall sizes.


If you are an Apple iPad 2 or iPhone 4S user, today brings great news. There is now an Untethered jailbreak for your devices. Detailes can be had at the greenpois0n.com website. It appears as though there is only an OSX version of the Jailbreak with Windows coming shortly. Check out details on this new release here. I'll update as I find out more.


Exchange of banknotes of the last schilling series. You can also apply for reimbursement for damaged schilling banknotes in your possession.
Exchange of silver schilling coins. The OeNB exchanges silver schilling coins at their face value, regardless of the current silver price. For a valuation of silver coins, please contact a professional coin dealer.
Exchange of schilling circulation coins (without precious metal content, all coins from 1 groschen to 50 schilling). Please use the self-service counting machine and cash your receipt at the cash counter.
Damaged schilling coins can only be exchanged at Münze Österreich AG.
The exchange of Austrian schillings at OeNB cash counters is free of charge. Austrian schilling banknotes and coins are exchanged at face value and at the fixed conversion rate of EUR 1 = ATS 13.7603. Please note that you will be required to present proof of identity if you wish to exchange sums of ATS 200,000 or more.
Reimbursement for damaged euro banknotes. More information on how to apply for a reimbursement for damaged banknotes can be found here.
Counterfeit euro banknotes. You can submit counterfeit or suspected counterfeit euro banknotes for inspection at the counter.
Exchange of euro banknotes for euro. High denomination banknotes can be exchanged for smaller bills or coins.
Exchange of euro coins for euro banknotes. Euro coins can be exchanged for banknotes. Please use the self-service counting machine and cash your receipt at the cash counter. Please note that a fee of 1% of the exchanged sum is charged if the sum amounts to EUR 15 or more.
For any cash counter services that involve sums of EUR 15,000 or more you will be required to present proof of identity.
Purchase/sale of foreign currency. The OeNB does not engage in commercial trade with foreign currency banknotes or coins.
Purchase/sale of gold coins. The OeNB neither purchases nor sells gold coins. If you wish to buy gold coins, this is possible at Münze Österreich AG.
Purchase/sale of silver coins. Apart from exchanging silver schilling coins for euro, the OeNB does not purchase or sell any silver coins (e.g. Vienna Philharmonic silver coin or Maria Theresa Taler).


When i have printet in some time the filament are getting stock in the nozzle.
I can fix it so the filament can her trough again but it will just get stock again after a hour or so.
I dont know what to do because it ruin my printes totalt.
Clean your nozzle, put a dust wipe on your incoming filament, make sure your filament is not getting stuck on the spool and the spool freely rolls. Also, maybe monitor your extruder temp when it gets close to that level to see if it is cutting out from a loose wire? I dont know what hot end you have, but if it is a cheep one, the PTFE Tube might not be the proper length which can cause back pressure (but that usually affects it sooner than that). Is your computer trying to enter sleep or powersave mode at the same time?
Hi Ejnar, why don't you just change the nozzle to check if it's really the nozzle problem. It could be the temperature as Willy mentioned.
Last edited by Ejnar; 03-24-2019, 07:36 PM.


text:
Q: While inside of onCreated gets stuck on a array in PowerShell but works fine in ISE Wrote a script that monitors a folder for new files.  When onCreated is called it increments to the next drive letter in my list, then checks that drive for free space.  If the free space is under my requirement it increments again.  My full script works great in ISE.
Here is a simplified version that I still can't get to work.
When ran in PowerShell and it gets stuck on $DriveVar and only outputs "marker1".  If you run in ISE the marker2 line correctly rotates through the drive letters for each file you copy into the folder.
$filter = '*.*'
$Watchfolder = "C:\Script\watch"
$LocationArray = "L","J","K","Q","S"
$LocationCount = [int]$LocationArray.Count
$LastUsed = [int]0

$Watcher = New-Object IO.FileSystemWatcher $Watchfolder, $filter -Property @{
    NotifyFilter = [IO.NotifyFilters]'FileName, LastWrite' }

$onCreated = Register-ObjectEvent $Watcher Created -SourceIdentifier FileCreated -Action {
    $Freespace = [long]-1
    while ($Freespace -le 0) {
        $LastUsed++
        if ($LastUsed -ge $LocationCount) {
            $LastUsed = 0 }
        Write-Host "marker1"

        $DriveVar = $LocationArray[$LastUsed]
        Write-Host "marker2 $DriveVar"
        $Freespace = 5
    }
}

Output in PowerShell:

marker1

Output in ISE:

marker1
marker2 J
marker1
marker2 K
marker1
marker2 Q

I tried calling a function for $DriveVar and some other things (all working in ISE) and I can't seem to make it work.  And if I use the while loop on its own (without the onCreated) it works fine in Powershell.

A: Looks like this is a matter of scope. I did a little testing on my end using your code and got the same results. I was able to fix things by scoping the variables to $global:, and then got the desired results. Try this out:
$filter = '*.*'
$Watchfolder = "C:\Script\watch"
$global:LocationArray = "L","J","K","Q","S"
$global:LocationCount = [int]$LocationArray.Count
$global:LastUsed = [int]0

$Watcher = New-Object IO.FileSystemWatcher $Watchfolder, $filter -Property @{
    NotifyFilter = [IO.NotifyFilters]'FileName, LastWrite' }

$onCreated = Register-ObjectEvent $Watcher Created -SourceIdentifier FileCreated -Action {
    $Freespace = [long]-1
    while ($Freespace -le 0) {
        $global:LastUsed++
        if ($global:LastUsed -ge $global:LocationCount) {
            $global:LastUsed = 0 }
        Write-Host "marker1"

        $DriveVar = $global:LocationArray[$global:LastUsed]
        Write-Host "marker2 $DriveVar"
        $Freespace = 5
    }
}

I found this by just trying to Write-Host $LocationArray after your Write-Host "marker1" line, and it just spit out a blank line.

A: We know globals are frowned upon, but for your use case, set your drive, count, lastused as globals and this works as shown below.
$filter = '*.*'
$Watchfolder = "D:\Scripts\watch"

$Global:LocationArray = "L","J","K","Q","S"
$Global:LocationCount = [int]$LocationArray.Count
$Global:LastUsed = [int]0

$Watcher = New-Object IO.FileSystemWatcher $Watchfolder, $filter -Property @{
    NotifyFilter = [IO.NotifyFilters]'FileName, LastWrite' }

# Clear previous event
Unregister-Event -SourceIdentifier FileCreated -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -Force

$onCreated = Register-ObjectEvent $Watcher Created -SourceIdentifier FileCreated -Action {
    $Freespace = [long]-1
    while ($Freespace -le 0) {
        $LastUsed++
        if ($LastUsed -ge $LocationCount)
        { $LastUsed = 0 }
        Write-Host "marker1"

        $DriveVar = $LocationArray[$LastUsed]
        Write-Host "marker2 $DriveVar"
        $Freespace = 5
    }
}

... in the ISE
 marker1
marker2 J
marker1
marker2 K
marker1
marker2 Q

... In the console host
 marker1
marker2 J
marker1
marker2 K
marker1
marker2 Q


We are really excited to introduce to you our very first short video: How to Make Salted Caramel Fudge in the Microwave!
In this video you will see how incredibly quick and simple it is to make fudge in the microwave using our 3 minute fudge mix – you'll have to make it yourself though to find out just how delicious it is! We may be a little late to the party in regards to the magnitude of the short food video phenomenon which has hit social media however, better late than never!
Please do give our video a watch and let us know what you think - you know how much we appreciate any feedback.
Also we want the world to know how quick and easy it is to make fudge using Calico Cottage fudge mixes so please do us a favour and help spread the word by heading over to our Facebook page and giving us a quick like and share!
There's more to come soon and we're already in the process of filming some fun Christmas fudge videos too!
Don't forget you can buy our Salted Caramel Fudge Mix here too!


COLOUR: black with white logo and fuchsia letters.
Please write the name in the box below. We will print the name exactly as you write it, so please check that it is correct.
Name will be printed in fuchsia.


What happened when we gathered: candles, creation. tarot cards, revelations. water, wine. stories, evidence. Demeter, Persephone. empress, high priestess. my heart, your song.
What I heard when you dared to say it out loud: I know. I want. I see. I think. I feel. I try. I need. I hope. I can. I am, I am, I am.
What happened when you all left me and walked out into the rain: candles snuffed out. palo santo lit. room hazy with our energy. plumes of smoke from the incense, burning. washing wine glasses, I thought of how the fragile edges kissed your mouths, like the words. I thought, come back.


There has been a lack of proper tech education in schools, not only across America, but across the globe. As recently published on our website, Raytheon and the National Cyber Security Alliance found that 58% of millennials reported to not having a proper cyber education. In an increasingly digital world, this number is startling. This number begs us to ask two questions: how important is tech education? Is there any hope for the future of tech education? The answer to the first question is "very," and the answer to the second is "yes." Let's break down these two answers a bit more.
Having a proper tech education is important for one simple reason: tech plays a large role in our daily lives. While a tech education provides students with tech-related skills such as the ability to code, a tech education can also give students a better understanding of the digital world in which we now live. "The technology we have chosen to incorporate into our daily lives is advancing at a very rapid pace," said Codecraft founder Shannon Landin. "Even folks who don't want to pursue computer science will benefit from understanding the relationship that our modern appliances and technology have with data. The members of our society must be informed about the security and ethical questions that new technology requires." Most of us live our entire lives online. Social media accounts aside, many of us do our banking, shopping and scheduling on our computers and/or smartphones. With the proper tech education, children can learn how to keep this information safe. They could also learn what to do if an online threat does occur. A comprehensive tech education teaches students how to create stronger passwords, how to determine whether a website is trustworthy and how to learn the difference between what is and what is not worth sharing online. So, even if your child doesn't want to pursue a cyber-related career, they're learning the basics of everyday online safety. However, learning tech-related skills can be beneficial to everyone. knowing how to code can help anyone who is looking to create an online presence or start their own business. "I wouldn't be where I am today without having learned to code," said Landin. "I was able to do more as an entrepreneur because of those skills. Learning to code empowered me to be the person I am today." So, maybe your child doesn't want to pursue a cyber-related career; however, receiving a tech education can be critical in their understanding of and interaction with the world around them.
Though our schools haven't fully caught up with our growing need for tech education, some predict that 2019 will be the year that this will change. "Coding resources are becoming more plentiful and accessible," states an article from TechEd Update. "Code.org, for example, offers free, high-quality computer science activities. Coding in the classroom will continue to grow, particularly with younger students." It's also worth mentioning that we are seeing an increase in access to cheaper devices. This means that we could begin to see more laptops in the classroom. Also, TechEd Update predicts that, with an increase in smartphones and wearable smart technology, there is a good possibility that these devices could be integrated into classroom learning. If all of this were to happen, students could receive crash courses in how to use technology properly and safely. They could even receive lessons in critical skills such as coding and game development. Until our public education systems catch up, Brevard County residents can look to Codecraft Works to fill this educational need. "Despite the plethora of high-wage jobs and increasing demand, industry support and parent interest, computer science courses are still not required for graduation from high school," said Landin. "Codecraft programs prioritize a focused framework for modern skills development and opportunity for STEM learning to be applied in a real-world, engineering projects." Technology is only going to get more advanced. It is important our children know how to use this technology properly and safely. Investing in and wanting a proper tech education for your child doesn't mean your child must pursue a cyber-related career. A proper, well-rounded education can empower your child to be successful in any career path they choose and can help your child be successful in their daily interactions with the world around them.


Over the past 30 years Blind Source Separation (BSS) has established itself as a core methodology for the analysis of data in a very large spectrum of engineering applications.
This thesis aims at extending linear BSS models into bilinear models. When applied to electroencephalographic data, such extension can be used to exploit both spatial and temporal commonalities in the signal.


text:
Excelsior Crossings
The design-build process offered by Opus worked well for us and allowed for a very collaborative effort from start to finish. The end result was substantial cost savings for Cargill.
David Rosener
Cargill Inc.
The project team was highly skilled in its trades, provided superior attention to detail, practiced open, honest communication and offered quality solutions. They were extremely easy to work with.
Sector: Office
Developer: Opus Development Company, L.L.C.
Contractor: Opus Design Build, L.L.C.
Office: Minneapolis
Architect of Record: Opus AE Group, L.L.C.
Design Architect: Opus AE Group, L.L.C.
From 9 to 1: Opus Constructs Corporate Campus for Cargill
The redevelopment of this 31-acre industrial property into beautiful Class A office space called for a sophisticated and sustainable planning response to integrate the campus into the fabric of the existing neighborhood.
Warren R. Staley
Cargill, Inc.
With plans to consolidate its more than 3,000 employees who were spread across nine different Minneapolis locations into one corporate campus, Cargill, Inc. enlisted Opus to design and construct a 920,000-square-foot, three-building, Class A office complex.
Known as Excelsior Crossings, the 31-acre development includes three seven-story buildings. The complex was built in three phases with each individual building making up a phase.
Each of the three buildings include basements and corresponding structured parking ramps.
To better achieve the campus feel and promote employee collaboration, the buildings are joined by three-story links – two levels above grade and one level below grade – that serve as dining areas during the day and large group gathering spaces at night. A central courtyard with a pond feature and outdoor dining areas with walking paths connects to the Hennepin County bike and walking path system.
Collaborating with Cargill from project inception as a part of Opus' uniquely integrated design-build approach, Opus designed buildings that included multiple amenities meant to help foster employee collaboration, engagement and productivity. Such amenities include:
a full-service kitchen/cafeteria/server;
two coffee shops;
centralized large meeting spaces;
a full-service fitness center complete with locker rooms, shower facilities and a group exercise/dance studio and
a 300-seat auditorium.
Built with sustainable construction practices, each of the three buildings has been awarded LEED Gold certification. Sustainable features include:
extra high-efficiency mechanical and electrical systems,
natural day lighting on all floors with automated and daylight lighting controls,
chemical free water treatment systems,
low flow plumbing fixtures,
reflective roofing systems and
efficient irrigation systems and green housekeeping.
Dave Menke
Joe Rademacher
Award-Winning Project
NAIOP Minnesota Award of Excellence - Office Build-to-Suit Greater Than 100,000 Square Feet (2010)
Minnesota Safety and Health Achievement Recognition Program (MNSHARP) Certification (2009)


Harry Harrison (1925-2012) was an American novelist of science fiction, best known for his Stainless Steel Rat character. His novel Make Room! Make Room! was loosely adapted into the film Soylent Green, starring Charlton Heston. Before he starting writing, Harrison was an artist for EC Comics series Weird Fantasy and Weird Science. He also wrote syndicated comic strips. His science fiction was usually full of satire and adventure, although he also used serious themes (like in the case of Make Room! Make Room!).
Notes: The Saint/Simon Templar series was co-authored with Leslie Charteris. King and Emperor was co-authored by John Holm. Stonehenge: Where Atlantis Died was co-authored with Leon E. Stover. The California Iceberg was co-authored by James E. Barry. The Lifeship was co-authored with Gordon R. Dickson. Science Fiction Collection 001 was co-authored by Fritz Leiber. The Planet of the Bottled Brains was co-authored with Robert Sheckley. The Planet of Tasteless Pleasure and The Planet of the Hippies from Hell were co-authored with David Bischoff. The Planet of the Zombie Vampires was co-authored by Jack C. Haldeman II. The Final Incoherent Adventure was co-authored with David Harris.
Planet of the Damned was also known as A Sense of Obligation. In Our Hands, the Stars was also known as The Daleth Effect. Tunnel Through the Deep was also published as A Transatlantic Tunnel, Hurrah!. The Lifeship was also published under the title Lifeboat. The Planet of the Hippies from Hell was also titled The Planet of Ten Thousand Bars.


New Mexico is one of the top states in the nation for manufactured homes. And it's no wonder why—manufactured homes are becoming more and more similar to site-built homes, all while remaining more affordable. However, one of the special challenges that comes with them is how they integrate HVAC systems. It's enough of a challenge that a normal HVAC contractor isn't allowed to work on them—they must also carry a special license proving they can work on manufactured and mobile homes.
If you live in a manufactured home in Santa Fe, NM and need heating or air conditioning, you're in luck. Santa Fe Express Plumbing & Drain is your friend in the business! We can provide any manufactured or mobile home with heating and air conditioning. Not just that, but we always ensure that out staff is prepared for the job at hand. Our technicians will always arrive at your door clean, courteous, and with a fully-stocked truck. They'll be ready to get the job done then and there.
Do you need an expert in manufactured home HVAC services? Contact us today to schedule HVAC services in Santa Fe, NM and the surrounding area.
You may have been told that mobile home heating and air conditioning should only be installed in a manufactured home while it's being assembled—meaning you would have needed the foresight to have it installed back then. This isn't true when you work with a licensed HVAC pro, however. We're specially licensed to install heating and air in manufactured homes, regardless of when you need it.
Manufactured homes don't have the same space between their walls and ceilings like site–built homes, meaning that conventional heating and cooling options don't always work. Plus, these homes can also have energy–efficiency problems, so you need to work with a professional who understands how to overcome those challenges. Relying on anyone less than a professional can cause some serious problems later on. We give you peace of mind by offering a one–year guarantee on all parts and labor.
Mobile home air conditioning typically needs fully functioning ceiling vents, ductworks, or floor vents. Since a manufactured home lacks these things, a homeowner would normally have to settle for a self–contained or window unit AC—but those are highly inefficient and hard to look at. Luckily, there are still several options for air conditioning in Santa Fe, NM homes, from modular home air conditioning to high velocity systems. However, they can't be installed by anyone but a licensed manufactured home HVAC contractor.
Furnaces use the same equipment that ducted air conditioners use, so you can expect a similar challenge. The modular home heating units that go into mobile homes are small, enclosed cabinets. It's important that these units are not blocked or covered, because that can cause the unit to overheat. Likewise, you need an HVAC contractor who understands this during the installation.
You don't have to be left out in the cold (or the heat) in your manufactured home. Contact Santa Fe Express Plumbing & Drain today to request an estimate on modular home heating or modular home air conditioning systems. Why wait for service when you can get it Express?


We have got a sell signal on February 12th. Now 100 % of our assets are invested in the money market and therefore we are protected against price fluctuations. As our investments are in USD we get right now quite good interest rates. We were invested for almost the whole year 2017 and achieved after fees a net return of 4,66 %. Compared with our benchmark Barclays US Aggregate Bond Index (AGG), which increased by 1,3% last year before fees, our result is satisfying.
Our investment strategy with its disciplined decision-making-process has served investors for over 26 years, which delivered when being fully invested (ETF's for income investments from treasury bonds, corporate bonds, high yield bonds up to high dividend ETF's) a high level of security with only moderate setbacks until underlying market conditions deteriorated enough to warrant a move to cash.
In January of this year we cautioned that unwary investors who were buying stocks, lured by the surging strength of the stock market, should do so with "eyes wide open". In February S&P500 Index lost 10 % during 10 days. Our strategy lost in the same period 1,9 %.
Our model is designed to avoid quick in and out investment decisions, so we can expect to stay invested in the low risk money market at least in the near-term. In a later stage, when the market environment is more favorable we will return to our fully diversified investments to participate from the next midterm up-cycle.
Over the period of its 26-year history, this strategy has been through numerous up and down cycles, interrupted by periods of trendless uncertainty. Nowadays, this is one of those times again. Because it's impossible to foresee market conditions ahead of time, we rely on our model that takes the emotion and guesswork out of the process. Such a proven, time-tested process gives us the confidence that it will guide us to a satisfactory return in the future.


text:
The South Asian Times
Arrested DSP Davinder Singh's 2005 letter for terrorist to be probed
Shabana Azmi hurt in Raigad road accident
Bill Clinton prosecutors to defend Trump in impeachment (Ld)
Pompeo meets Qureshi, lauds Pak's efforts for Afghan peace (Ld)
4 killed in US home shooting
PC joins CAA protestors at Kolkata's Park Circus
20 Delhi-bound trains delayed due to fog
SC notice on plea against land acquisition for Bullet Train
Kapil Mishra, Vijender Gupta among 57 in BJP's 1st Delhi list
Am sure they will be hanged on January 22: Nirbhaya's father
You are here!- Home > USA > Trump decorates military dog wounded in Al-Baghdad...
Trump decorates military dog wounded in Al-Baghdadi operation
By IANS
Washington, Nov 26: President Donald Trump on Monday made a surprise appearance before the press at the White House to pose for photos with Conan, the military dog that was wounded in the operation that resulted in the death of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, and he decorated her for her "great job."
"Our K-9, as they call - I call it a dog, a beautiful dog, a talented dog - was injured and brought back," Trump told reporters, accompanied by Vice President Mike Pence and first lady Melania Trump.
Conan was accompanied by her handler, the Efe news reported.
The dog, a Belgian Malinois, similar to a German shepherd, pursued Al-Baghdadi in the late October US military operation as he was attempting to flee through a tunnel in his compound in northwestern Syria until the IS leader found himself trapped and unable to escape, whereupon he blew himself up with explosives he was carrying.
The president had tweeted at the time that the dog had played a key role in cornering Al-Baghdadi and was wounded in the operation.
Amid smiles, Trump warned the press - with whom he has had a tense relationship - that Conan is an extremely "tough cookie, claiming that "nobody is going to mess with him" and adding that "You're lucky he's not in a bad mood today."
Although Trump referred to Conan as "him," a White House official later confirmed that Conan is female.
"The dog is incredible. Actually incredible," Trump said. "We spent some good time with it. So brilliant and so smart."
"They are very special dogs," he said, calling Conan "prime time" and predicting she would retire from the military for some time. "They are very hard to get, this particular dog is. This is the ultimate fighter, the ultimate everything."
The president also said that he had met in the Oval Office with some of the Special Forces troops who participated in the Al-Baghdadi operation, adding that "For obvious reasons, they can't be out in front of the media."
Conan is part of the Army's K-9 unit of military dogs used to detect explosives, mines and drugs, as well as to carry out certain missions, such as being used to chase and corner Al-Baghdadi.
The president said that Conan had participated in many other important military operations.
Al-Baghdadi's death put an end to years of searching for one of Washington's most-wanted - but most elusive - terrorists after he had proclaimed the Islamic State's so-called "caliphate" in large areas of Syria and Iraq in 2014.
Update: 26 Nov, 2019
Advisory on Validity of Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) Card
Multifaith observance marks Mahatma Gandhi's 70th Punya Tithi
© 2020 Forsythe Media Group, LLC. All Rights Reserved.


Good Morning Everyone! I'm so excited to tell you about a new Facebook Challenge Group that has started up. It's a Progressive Challenge and the Digi's are provided FREE. A new challenge starts each Tuesday. It's called Cre8tive Hands Fans. There are Prizes, Freebies and loads of fun! I hope that you will check it out and take part in the challenges.
I started by color the image with Prisma Color Pencils.
I used a Stitched Rectangle Die set from Gina Marie Designs to cut out the image and the brown cardstock It is adhered to.
I used the same brown cardstock to create the sentiment banner. The sentiment was stamped and heat embossed with WOW white embossing powder.
The flower was from my stash and added to the corner for detail.
I adhered everything to a piece of vintage handwritten card stock on an A2 size card.
I plan on using this card for Mother's Day.


text:
Mar 9, 2019 - Health
Ebola treatment center in the Congo attacked for the second time
Health workers inside the 'red zone' of Butembo's Ebola treatment centre. Photo: John Wessels/AFP/Getty Images
An Ebola treatment center in Butembo, the epicenter of an outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, was attacked again by armed assailants on Saturday morning, the AP reports.
What's happening: One police officer was killed in Saturday's attack and the treatment center currently remains open, per the AP. The center reopened only 1 week ago after Doctors Without Borders (MSF) temporarily halted operations in Butembo following last month's attack.
The big picture: During the past week, the total number of cases of Ebola reported in the Congo surpassed 900. This is the second-largest outbreak of Ebola on record and the first to occur in a country already experiencing violent conflict, which has slowed response efforts, exacerbated community mistrust and likely contributed to the ongoing attacks against treatment centers.
What to watch: Saturday's attack took place hours before the World Health Organization's Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was scheduled to visit the Butembo treatment center. In a press release on Saturday, Ghebreyesus confirmed that WHO plans to continue Ebola response operations in the Congo.
"WHO has requested and received further support from UN and local police forces to protect the treatment centres. To conquer Ebola, we must strike a delicate balance between providing accessible care, maintaining the neutrality of the response, and protecting patients and staff from attacks by armed groups."
— Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, in Saturday's statement
Go deeper: Urgent warnings from Doctors Without Borders on the Congo's Ebola epidemic


Baby Me Baby Shower Thank You Notes. These precious baby shower supplies feature an adorble baby and fun large polka dots. 8 Thank You notes and 8 envelopes. Front cover: Thank You! Inside is blank for your own personal message. Approximately 4in x 5in.


text:
Help Anna
Girls2Pioneers
Day Off Campaign
Regional Beneficaries
Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh
HeForShe Impact Awards Luncheon 2019
SNOW Gala
Buy To Save
UN Women Statements
Gamechangers
GOAL CAUSE 300000 S$
ACHIEVED 0 S$
OF OUR GOAL
"It's not just about women's issues ― it's about everyones issues and teaching all our kids that."
Donations 0
Singapore Committee for UN Women supports the mission of UN Women to unify efforts. HeForShe is a solidarity movement for gender equality that brings together one half of humanity in support of the other half of humanity, for the benefit of all.
How are we going to do it?
5 top tips to get you started on your HeForShe journey
10,000 Singapore HeForShe commitments.
To support the global initiative to mobilise one billion men in GE initiatives.
To mobilise corporations, government/ non-governmental agencies and educational institutions to become Singapore's Impact Champions for gender equality.
Raise the profile of HeForShe amoungst the general public through various events and campaigns such as the HeForShe Impact Awards and the HeForShe Impact Awards Luncheon
We're looking for organisations that wish to become Singapore Impact Champions to pledge to make gender equality an institutional priority, committing to real change within and beyond each of their organisations. We will work with these organisations throughout the year so assist them with reaching their goals.
We conducted a survey to assess attitudes about gender equality and feminism in Singapore. We'll be releasing the results soon
HERE Technologies Takes The Pledge
Following the United Nations' global solidarity movement for gender equality, the Singapore Committee for UN Women recognises and supports organisations based in Singapore that are committed to achieving a gender equal world for all.
These "Impact Champions" aim to make gender equality an institutional priority and commit to real change within and beyond their organisation. They are key decision makers who pledge to drive change from the top to reach gender parity.
The Singapore Committee for UN Women is excited to announce the 2019 HeForShe Impact Champion: HERE Technologies!
HERE Technologies has committed to the following three pledges:
HERE Technologies is committed to increasing the number of highly qualified female employees in their APAC offices, including in leadership roles.
HERE Technologies is committed to providing training to employees that include blocking bias, allyship and respectful workpalces to foster a more inclusive culture.
HERE Technologies is committed to increasing employee sentiment with regard to Inclusion, Diversity and Belonging to ensure everyone feels they have a workplace where they belong, have their voices heard and can do their best work.
The Singapore Committee for UN Women welcomes HERE Technologies as an Impact Champion, and looks forward to support them achieve their pledges.
Join over half a million men, including United States President Barack Obama, actor Matt Damon and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon by signing the global pledge now! Visit heforshe.org to take the first step towards concrete action against gender discrimination and violence.
Become an Impact Champion (10x10x10)
Following the global IMPACT 10x10x10 initiative, Singapore Committee for UN Women aims to engage key decision makers at corporations, government/ non-governmental bodies and educational institutions to drive change from the top down. These impact champions will make gender equality an institutional priority, committing to real change within and beyond each of their organisations.
Each Impact Champion will be asked to present a total of three pledges. These pledges will be set independently by each organisation and must be quantifiably measured. The organisations will regroup to update the community on the results of their efforts towards gender equality, inspire the next generation of champions and share ideas for future years.
There are many more ways to get involved in the campaign. Singapore Committee for UN Women invites you to partner with us. Together we will spread awareness and spark action on the responsibility that men and boys have in eliminating all forms of discrimination against women and violence against women and girls - develop sustainable programs for the full participation of men and boys in support of gender equality. Email [email protected] to get in contact with us.
1. Educate yourself about feminism, gender equality and what it entails.
2. Educate yourself about sexual consent and make sure there is clear, unambiguous communication of consent in all your sexual relationships.
3. Assess your beliefs and actions and take concrete action to change sexist opinions and stereotypes that you might hold.
4. Challenge men (and women) who make sexist comments and jokes, especially your friends
5. If you see a situation where a woman looks like she may be in distress while in the company of a man, stand nearby enough that you make yourself a physical presence, monitor the situation, and be in a position to call for help if needed.
6. Challenge people who make, say, or post sexist things on the Internet, especially on social media.
7. Speak out against gender discrimination and violence - and explain why it is offensive to you!
8. Teach your daughters and sons to do house chores and how to fix things.
9. Pay attention to the sex of experts and key figures presenting information to you in the media.
10. If you have children, be an equal parent. Divide childcare responsibilities so that you are doing a fair share of the work.
11. If you are in a hiring position in your company, don't limit your talent pool. Companies should aim for a 50-50 gender split in all their teams – right up to the executive floor.
12. Encourage more female voices in policy and strategy development roles
13. Mentor both women and men because in most cases, mentorships don't cross gender lines.
14. Introduce at least one close friend or relative to the HeForShe campaign and encourage him to participate in the campaign
15. Participate in HeForShe events in your community. Like this one that we're hosting!
Do any of these tips remind you of someone? Do they embody the spirit of gender equality in their everyday living? We'd love to be introduced! We are looking for passionate people in Singapore that promote gender equality at work, at home and in their community.
CAUSE DONORS
Still no donations
INSERT YOUR AMOUNT
YOU ARE DONATING AS GUEST or LOGIN
NOTE : YOUR DONATION WILL BE APPROVED BY THE ADMINISTRATOR ONCE THE TRANSFER WILL BE COMPLETED
NOTE : WAIT THE AUTOMATIC RETURN TO THE SITE TO COMPLETE THE TRANSACTION
© Copyright 2018 Singapore Committee for UN Women | About UN Women


The staff joins me in wishing you every happiness for the future. Gracious hospitality and unhurried way of life is a tradition here. So relax and enjoy the friendliness of the people and tranquility of the beautiful area. Undoubtedly, you will return home with a thousand wonderful memories.


Firm's second two-day auction focuses on quality rarities, with one session focused solely on half dollars.
(Lincroft, NJ)—Legend Rare Coin Auctions is proud to announce the 28th Regency Auction, the second auction in the firm's history that required two sessions to present the wide variety of important, historic, and rare coins. Like the firm's May Regency Auction, the first day's auction will focus on a single denomination, with the remaining coins being offered on the second.
On Wednesday, September 25, at 5:30 PM, the Half Dollar Day auction will commence and will be led off by the Konstantine Collection, the # 1 all-time PCGS Registry Set of Capped Bust half dollar Red Book varieties, 1807-1836. The 73-piece collection features many Condition Census and finest known examples of their respective Red Book and Overton varieties. It has been a great honor and pleasure researching and cataloging these remarkable pieces. Since the initial announcement, there has been a huge response from collectors, and this will indeed be a historic offering, the first of its kind.
Continuing through the Half Dollar session, are other Bust, Seated, and Barber half dollars to delight collectors at any level, beginner to the most advanced specialists. Following the Barber halves is a superb selection of Walking Liberty half dollars, one of the finest LRCA ever handled, anchored by the Sommelier Collection. There are Gems and Superb Gems of many different dates, enough to excite even the most jaded of collectors. Franklin and Classic Commemorative half dollars round out the session, with many high grade and beautifully toned examples, every coin hand-selected for its superb eye appeal and quality.
The rest of the Regency Auction will be held on Thursday, September 26 at 4:30 p.m. Starting with half cents and concluding with patterns, there are many exceptional numismatic rarities in all series for the collector. This evening's session contains many wonderful individual highlights and is anchored by the Hallett Collection of Mercury dimes, the current #5 and #9 all-time set on the PCGS Registry. To attain such a high rank on the Registry, every coin is among the finest graded. High-grade type coins and beautifully toned Morgan dollars, including selections from the Aurora Borealis Collection, will draw significant attention from collectors of all areas and all levels.
Lot 6: 50C 1808 O-103. MS-67 Ex Pogue-Konstantine.
Lot 14: 50C 1812/1 Large 8, O-101. AU-50. Ex Link-Konstantine.
Lot 24: 50C 1817/4 O-102. VF-35 Ex Pogue-Konstantine.
Lot 92: 50C 1830 O-101, Small ). MS-66 Ex Eliasberg.
Lot 103: 50C 1898 PR-67+.
Lot 119: 50C 1919-S MS-65 Ex. Sommelier Collection.
Lot 125: 50C 1921-S MS-65 Ex. Sommelier Collection.
Lot 146: 50C 1929-D MS-67+.
Lot 166: 50C 1949-S MS-67+.
Lot 183: 50C 1936-D Columbia. MS-68.
Lot 210: 1C 1794 S-32. Head of 1794. MS-65+.
Lot 225: 1C 1877 PR-66 RD.
Lot 238: 1C 1911-D MS-67 RD.
Lot 251: The Legend Collection of 2C Proofs, 1864-1873. PR-66 RB.
Lot 292: 5C 1926-S MS-65+.
Lot 304: H10C 1795 MS-66.
Lot 461: 25C 1916 MS-67 FH.
Lot 482: $1 1869 PR-65.
Lot 497: $1 1885-O MS-67.
Lot 543: $1 1896 PR-67+ DCAM.
Lot 564: $2.50 1857-S MS-63 Ex S.S. Central America.
Lot 570: $2.50 1866 PR-65 DCAM.
Lot 584: $3 1881 PR-66 CAM.
Lot 585: $5 1802/1 MS-64.
Lot 589: $5 1820 Square 2. MS-63.
Lot 621: $20 1870-S MS-63.
Lot 649: $1 1836 J-65. Restrike. PR-64+.
Lot 660: 50C 1879 J-1599. PR-67.
To view the aforementioned lots, please click here.
Press release courtesy of Legend Rare Coin Auctions.
These rare pieces are great opportunities for individuals to start or expand their half dollar collection.


text:
Capitol Comments
CSG Justice Center Briefs Congressional Staff on Reentry and Recidivism
CSG Justice Center
Friday, November 5, 2010 at 12:00 AM
On November 4th, the Council of State Governments Justice Center held a congressional staff briefing to highlight the work being done nationwide to reduce recidivism. Experts from the CSG Justice Center, the Urban Institute, and the U.S. Department of Justice discussed the growing body of research identifying practices effective in reducing recidivism.
Maine Election Recap
Krista Rinehart
Thursday, November 4, 2010 at 01:58 PM
Maine Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap, Toll Class of 2009, reflects on the impacts Tuesday's elections will have on his state.
"The results of the November election are going to have people rapt with attention for a long time. In Maine, all speculation about the staying power of the Tea Party movement is done--with sweeping victories in both the House and Senate as well as the office of Governor, Republicans will have full control over all elected bodies of state government for the first time since 1964.
Maine...
Voters Send Mixed Messages on Support for Education
Tim Weldon
Wednesday, November 3, 2010 at 05:04 PM
Nearly lost among races for governor, Congress and key statewide races, voters in several states decided the fate of numerous measures affecting public education – in many cases, whether to increase or limit school funding. The voter sentiment was a mixed bag for school funding.
Election 2010 & Transportation: Oberstar Out, Authorization Uncertain, High-Speed Rail at Risk, Ballot Measure Results Mixed
There were lots of transportation-related headlines to take away from Tuesday's election: The chairman of the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee going down to defeat and what it might mean for authorization legislation… The future of high-speed rail put in doubt by the election of three new Republican governors opposed to rail projects… And a somewhat mixed message from voters on revenues for transportation. Although it will likely take a long time to sort it all out, here are some initial thoughts.
National Political Volatility Hits Close to Home
State elected officials aren't immune from the frustrations voters are directing at Washington representatives--frustrations that translate into political volatility. As Neil King Jr. of The Wall Street Journal reports, "Voters this week look set to do something not seen since the early 1950s: Oust a substantial number of sitting [U.S.] House lawmakers for the third election in a row."
Voters Pull at State Purse Strings: Results of 2010 Fiscal Ballot Initiatives
As voters determined who would be governing their states and the nation on Tuesday, they also made decisions on a myriad of ballot initiatives, referendums and legislative measures. In total, there were 160 ballot proposals in 37 states, many of which were related to fiscal and economic issues. According to the Initiative and Referendum Institute, taxes – as in past years – were the number one issue on state ballots in 2010. Measures concerning property taxes found their way on to a number of state ballots this year, along with income taxes, sales taxes, fiscal limits, fees and miscellaneous taxes, rainy day funds, and changes to legislative procedures and voting requirements related to budget issues.
Prop 23 Fails: CA's Global Warming Act A Go
Doug Myers
On Tuesday, Californians voted down Prop. 23, which sought to suspend California's landmark global warming/clean energy legislation until unemployment dropped to 5.5% for 4 consecutive quarters.
Marijuana Initiatives Up in Smoke
Jennifer Horne
California voters soundly defeated Proposition 19, which would have allowed people 21 and older to possess, grow and transport marijuana for their personal use. It would also have permitted cities and counties to decide whether to regulate and tax the commercial production and sale of the drug, possibly creating a system of "wet" and "dry" counties for marijuana, similar to those that exist with alcohol laws. With 97% of precincts reporting, the measure has been defeated, 46.2 percent to 53.8 percent.
Voters Split on Ballot Measures to Reject Federal Health Care Reform
Voters in Arizona and Oklahoma had the chance – and took it - to reject one of the main provisions of the federal health reform bill, requiring health insurance or facing a tax penalty beginning in 2014. But in Colorado, the voters defeated a similar provision.
Red to Blue and Now Back to Red
Wednesday, November 3, 2010 at 11:49 AM
With Oregon still undecided, 18 houses switched party control this election - all from Democratic to Republican control. Many of these gains return party control to where it was in 2006 or 2008, when many houses switched from red to blue following Democratic gains. In total, 11 of the 18 switches represent a flip-flop from red to blue and back to red over the past four years.


Once they make the deposit, South Africans simply need to contact the Robot customer support and request VIP account activation. The great news is that the next deposit South Africans make will give them three more months of VIP account usage. Adjusting the preferences in the VIP account is the final step.
It is completely up to traders how they wish to set the trading preferences. Most new traders opt to set the risk on low, which is completely understandable. Yet, Binary Options Robot has four risk levels available and with time traders get to adjust that.
In Trading Strategies, South Africans will find five choices. They can activate as many strategies as they want, as each contributes to the overall trading results. Finally, in Expiry Times, traders get to choose among short expiry times like 60 seconds or longer expiry times.
Since the very first time this trading software appeared on the market it stood apart from the rest. From the unique preferences it offers, sertings their free VIP account with its features. But, there is another significant binary options george s which makes Binary Options Robot so attractive to numerous South African traders who wish to use software best settings for binary option robot than manual trading.
This binary trading software has a special trading benefit — Auto Trade Approval.
Binary Options Robot software uses advanced trading algorithms to scan the settingx and, according to that and set preferences, generates binary signals which stand the most chance of being successful. In fact, this software will not trade unless options futures strategies are online.
Nor will it carry out trades without explicit approval from traders. It is because the Auto Trade Approval is a specific way of accepting generated signals.
South Africans who decide to use Binary Options Robot to trade binaries will receive trading signals via pop-up window. But, traders will also have to either accept or decline this suggested signal.
Yes, the Ssettings does most of the heavy lifting, leaving more free time best settings for binary option robot traders as there is no need to constantly monitor the market or ponder which broker to select, which trade option to use….
In understanding how to set the Binary Options Robot preferences and combining that with the ultimate control over what happens, South Africans could be on the path to profitable binary options trading experience.
This option is unique and offers South African traders to have more control over their portfolio.
Trading with Binary Options Robot is simple and completely adjusted to inexperienced traders just as professionals.
Due to many advantages, options futures strategies Robot can serve as great way to maximize profit settigs choosing the most suitable trading strategies, such as with a new Order Flow strategy.
Binary Options Robot VIP Strategy With the new VIP trading strategy, traders in South Africa are able to invest in binary options more wisely than ever before as well as experience this innovative trading platform with additional trading features.
Investors can lose all their capital. In turn, that also means that traders automatically increase their chances forex brokerage profits.
What is more, to keep all of the underlying assets active does not cost a thing. Another fantastic benefit of trading with optiion trading solution 2500 stock options that it will never trade if the traders are not online nor will it carry out the trades without the express permission of traders.
In this approach too is Binary Options Robot different to other binary robots available on the market. Their exquisite VIP account is available to traders the moment they make the deposit with one of the brokers without any additional costs.
The VIP account lasts for 30 days and once that period is up a repeated deposit with the same or another broker will allow traders to use all the advantages of VIP account for another 3 months. What VIP account provides when it comes to how to use Binary Options Broker is advanced features like four-level risk control, five different trading strategies and expiry times. All can and should be used to boost the chances of securing great best settings for binary option robot.
With risk level, South African traders can set the risk level they find acceptable. While every of the five strategies has distinctive algorithms and every of the best settings for binary option robot available strategies provides unique benefits to boost the probability of profitable trades. The benefit of depositing with more than one broker is especially evident here as traders may use different strategies with different brokers to find which works the best for them.
The expiry times feature provides traders to set the expiry time which can be as short as 60 seconds or they may of for Daily trades expiry times. Lastly, as we have already pointed, with free signals and free VIP account, Binary Options Robot will never trade if registered South African traders are not online.
However, nor will it carry out traders if traders have not given direct permission. This is a novel feature recently introduced with the Robot called Auto Trade Approval Benefit setings allows traders complete control over this trading software.
When traders receive the signal generated by the Binary Options Stock options plug they also have to select the green button to approve the trade or the red one to reject it. That way all trades executed by Binary Options Robot are pre-approved by the traders.
Description:Sign up now and use our free binary option robot for profitable trades! When you login to the binary robot, you can choose your own settings and aim to achieve Megan S Total Profit +$ Number of Trades All Time ROI 87% Win Rate . by ASIC whereas FSB is the body that oversees the market in South Africa.


Today I've got a quick and easy DIY for you inspired by my new blogging corner: a sticky note calendar!
This project only took me 5 minutes to make and another few minutes to plan out my month and write on all the sticky notes.
You'll need a blank spot on your wall, several colors of sticky notes, and a marker to make this.
Start by making an L shape on your wall that has 6 notes going up and down and 7 notes going across. Then fill in the rest of the box with sticky notes. Lastly adjust the amount of notes in the top and bottom rows according to which month it is. For June, I ended up with one lonely note on both the top and bottom rows.
Once your calendar looks like the final picture above, it's time for the fun part: filling in the calendar with all your plans! I color coded my month, using pink sticky notes for DIY projects, purple ones for food posts, etc. This is where you get to be as creative as you want. Place your color-coded stickies on top of the blue notes so your calendar never loses its shape.
How do you keep track of your monthly plans? Do you have a traditional wall calendar or something a little different like this one? I'd love to hear about it.
what a great idea! i'm totally going to pin this one.


Our usage reports feature is currently unavailable. Upon attempting to download, users will see an error message stating: "Additional uncaught exception thrown while handling exception." We apologize for any inconvenience as we work on resolving the issue. In the mean time, you can email help@nclive.org with your library, dates to report, and format request (HTML or CSV), and we will generate a report for you.
Update: The migration from SimplyMap to SimplyAnalytics was completed successfully. Read more about the change here, and please send any resource access issues or questions to the NC LIVE Help Desk.
On Wednesday, June 28, SimplyMap is migrating to a new platform with a new name: SimplyAnalytics. The migration will take about 24 hours and during this time, the resource will be unavailable. Please try to access this resource on or after Thursday, June 29.
On Wednesday, June 28 SimplyMap is migrating to a new platform with a new name: SimplyAnalytics.
On Tuesday, June 27, OneClickdigital Audio and OneClickdigital Ebooks will merge into a single platform with a new name: RBdigital.


Results from an annual survey have been released.
WHAT IS YOUR most memorable Irish sporting moment from the past year?
In an annual survey, Shane Long's match-winning goal against world champions Germany at the Aviva Stadium has topped the poll with 27% of the votes.
Paul O'Connell's heartbreaking injury against France in the Rugby World Cup (22%) was second, ahead of Ireland's Six Nations win, Jon Walter's goal in the Euro 2016 play-off with Bosnia-Herzergovina (8%) and Billy Walsh's resignation as Ireland boxing team coach.
Results from the PSG Sport and Sponsorship Sentiment Index 2015, which is taken by 1,000 people nationwide, also rank Ireland's qualification for Euro 2016 (22%) slightly ahead of the men's Six Nations triumph (21%), the women's Six Nations success (6%) and Katie Taylor's gold medal at the European Games.
However, Paul O'Connell (22%) is voted the most admired Irish sports star, with Katie Taylor (20%) and Conor McGregor (8%) directly behind the Toulon man.
"Once again it was a very good year for Irish sport. For a small nation, our sports teams and sports stars continue to have success on the fields of play, in the boxing ring, on the track and elsewhere.
Our passion for Gaelic Games remains strong while our international teams are competing with the best.
Who should win RTÉ's Team of the Year?
Email "Shane Long's magical goal against Germany voted Ireland's sporting moment of 2015".
Feedback on "Shane Long's magical goal against Germany voted Ireland's sporting moment of 2015".