When it came time for FDH Velocitel to move to a new warehouse office in East Norriton, Pennsylvania, NBF Account Executive Kevin Emery was happy to help the team design their new workspace. With a blank canvas to work with and a strict budget to stick to, Emery successfully achieved a sleek look on a dime in this small space.
With four employees to accommodate and approximately 1000 square feet of office space to work with, the employees at FDH Velocitel needed to maximize the room they had by incorporating no more and no less than what was needed. The solution came in the form of the NBF Signature Series At Work collection of office furniture. Four At Work L-desks were situated in a rectangular configuration to support the collaborative efforts of the four employees working in the space. Each desk was also outfitted with two At Work mobile pedestals and an NBF Signature Series Perspective mesh back chair for ergonomic support and space-saving style. Multiple At Work storage cabinets and hutches were also added to the space to provide room for office supplies while tying in a well-coordinated look. Finally, the At Work round conference table and four Perspective mesh back guest chairs were added to the small conference room to create a space where the four could gather and meet privately.
When it came to the look of their new workspace, the employees at FDH Velocitel wanted something sleek and sophisticated with a clean look that wouldn't make the small space appear too cluttered. The clean lines and rich espresso finish on the At Work desks and storage units made achieving a modern look easy. The new office gives off a sleek appearance with no unnecessary frills or superfluous details. This understated style provides just the right amount of work area without taking up too much visual space, keeping the room looking open and bright.
While a sleek, modern appearance was important, sticking to the budget was even more so. Fortunately for this warehouse team, Emery was able to meet the budget constraints without having to sacrifice any of the features they wanted.
At the end of the day, employees at FDH Velocitel were left with furniture that is as beautiful as it is functional, and they got it all at a price within their budget. In regards to working with Emery, FDH Velocitel Office Manager Robyn Pascale had to say, "My experience working with Kevin Emery at National Business Furniture was professional, pleasant and accommodating. We were given a lot of different options and he worked within our budget. The space created is very functional. The furniture has worked out great and staff has been very satisfied. The installation went smoothly. I would recommend them for your office furniture needs."
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1. Attention to detail. When arranging a training event Karen pays close attention to the needs of the participants ensuring that they feel comfortable and safe and therefore able to maximize their learning.
2. First class facilitation skills. Karen is a caring and sensitive facilitator who manages to achieve the right mix of safety and challenge according to the nature of the group in front of her. She empowers people to speak up and to be honest and respectful group members.
3. Confident and compelling presenter. Karen is passionate about the issues and information she is presenting. She gets her messages across in a way that is both positive and accessible.
4. Ability to deal with difficult issues in the training room. Karen responds in a careful and where necessary assertive way to situations in the training room that if left unaddressed can get in the way of people learning. If a participant becomes distressed for whatever reason she provides fantastic support and usually enables the person to remain in the group.
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Fluoxetina è un farmaco antidepressivo inibitore selettivo della ricaptazione della serotonina (SSRI). Il modo in cui funziona questo farmaco non è ancora completamente chiaro. Si presume che il medicinale influisca positivamente sulla comunicazione tra le cellule nervose del sistema nervoso centrale e/o ristabilisce l'equilibrio chimico nel cervello. Fluoxetina è utilizzato per trattare la depressione maggiore, disturbi ossessivo-compulsivi della bulimia nervosa (disturbo alimentare), disturbo di panico e il disordine disforico premestruale (PMDD). La fluoxetina viene talvolta utilizzata assieme ad un altro farmaco chiamato l'olanzapina (Zyprexa) per trattare la depressione causata da disturbo bipolare (depressione maniacale). Questa combinazione viene anche utilizzata per trattare la depressione dopo che sono stati utilizzati almeno altri 2 farmaci senza un trattamento efficace dei sintomi.
FLUOXETINE is a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI) antidepressant. The way this medicine works is still not fully understood. It is thought to positively affect communication between nerve cells in the central nervous system and/or restore chemical balance in the brain.
Fluoxetine is used to treat major depressive disorder, bulimia nervosa (an eating disorder) obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic disorder, and premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD).
Fluoxetine is sometimes used together with another medication called olanzapine (Zyprexa). to treat depression caused by bipolar disorder (manic depression). This combination is also used to treat depression after at least 2 other medications have been tried without successful treatment of symptoms.
Do not use fluoxetine if you have taken an MAO inhibitor in the past 14 days. A dangerous drug interaction could occur. MAO inhibitors include isocarboxazid, linezolid, phenelzine, rasagiline, selegiline, and tranylcypromine. You must wait at least 14 days after stopping an MAO inhibitor before you can take fluoxetine. You must wait 5 weeks after stopping fluoxetine before you can take thioridazine or an MAOI.
You should not use fluoxetine if you are allergic to it, if you also take pimozide or thioridazine, or if you are being treated with methylene blue injection.
If you also take olanzapine (Zyprexa), read the Zyprexa medication guide and all patient warnings and instructions provided with that medication.
Tell your doctor about all other antidepressants you take, especially Celexa, Cymbalta, Desyrel, Effexor, Lexapro, Luvox, Oleptro, Paxil, Pexeva, Symbyax, Viibryd, or Zoloft.
if you are being treated with electroconvulsive therapy (ECT).
Some young people have thoughts about suicide when first taking an antidepressant. Your doctor will need to check your progress at regular visits while you are using fluoxetine. Your family or other caregivers should also be alert to changes in your mood or symptoms.
Taking an SSRI antidepressant during pregnancy may cause serious lung problems or other complications in the baby. However, you may have a relapse of depression if you stop taking your antidepressant. Tell your doctor right away if you become pregnant while taking fluoxetine. Do not start or stop taking this medicine during pregnancy without your doctor's advice.
Fluoxetine can pass into breast milk and may harm a nursing baby. Tell your doctor if you are breast-feeding a baby.
Do not give fluoxetine to anyone under 18 years old without medical advice.
Take fluoxetine exactly as prescribed by your doctor. Follow all directions on your prescription label. Your doctor may occasionally change your dose to make sure you get the best results. Do not take this medicine in larger or smaller amounts or for longer than recommended.
Do not crush, chew, break, or open a delayed-release capsule. Swallow it whole.
Do not stop using fluoxetine suddenly, or you could have unpleasant withdrawal symptoms. Ask your doctor how to safely stop using fluoxetine.
To treat premenstrual dysphoric disorder, the usual dose of fluoxetine is once daily while you are having your period, or 14 days before you expect your period to start. Follow your doctor's instructions.
If you miss a dose of Prozac Weekly, take the missed dose as soon as you remember and take the next dose 7 days later. However, if it is almost time for the next regularly scheduled weekly dose, skip the missed dose and take the next one as directed. Do not take extra medicine to make up the missed dose.
Taking this medicine with other drugs that make you sleepy can worsen this effect. Ask your doctor before taking fluoxetine with a sleeping pill, narcotic pain medicine, muscle relaxer, or medicine for anxiety, depression, or seizures.
This list is not complete and many other drugs can interact with fluoxetine. This includes prescription and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal products. Give a list of all your medicines to any healthcare provider who treats you.
Get emergency medical help if you have any signs of an allergic reaction to fluoxetine: skin rash or hives; difficulty breathing; swelling of your face, lips, tongue, or throat.
Drinking alcohol can increase certain side effects of fluoxetine.
Ask your doctor before taking a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) for pain, arthritis, fever, or swelling. This includes aspirin, ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin), naproxen (Aleve), celecoxib (Celebrex), diclofenac, indomethacin, meloxicam, and others. Using an NSAID with fluoxetine may cause you to bruise or bleed easily.


John Lennon once claimed the song was "sort of a history of rock and roll," as it features five different sections but is less than three minutes long. The song begins with a brief lilting section ("She''s not a girl who misses much..."). Drums, bass and distorted guitar are introduced as this portion of the song proceeds. The surreal imagery from this section is allegedly taken from an acid trip that Lennon and Derek Taylor experienced, with Taylor contributing the opening lines. Read more on Last.fm.
The Beatles were an iconic rock group from Liverpool, England. They are frequently cited as the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed band in modern history, with innovative music, a cultural impact that helped define the 1960s and an enormous influence on music that is still felt today. Currently, The Beatles are one of the two musical acts to sell more than 1 billion records, with only Elvis Presley having been able to achieve the same feat. Read more about The Beatles on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License and may also be available under the GNU FDL.


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Grace M. Crowe
Grace M. Crowe, age 82 of Linn, passed away Tuesday, April 28, 2015, at Capital Region Medical Center in Jefferson City.
Grace was born August 29, 1932, in Stonyhill, Missouri, a daughter to the late Fred and Ester (Schulte) Engelbrecht.
Grace attended the Potts School in Osage County.
On December 23, 1950, Grace was united in marriage to Dale "Buster" Baclesse in Gasconade County. He preceded her in death on August 22, 1984. On August 2, 1986, she was united in marriage to Robert "Bob" Crowe in Linn. He survives of the home.
Grace worked for a number of years at McGraw Edison in Jefferson City. She later worked as a home health worker and at the Linn Post Office.
Grace was a member of St. John's United Methodist Church in Linn and the Osage County Trail Riders.
Grace enjoyed fishing and camping.
In addition to her husband of 28 years, Grace is survived by: two sons, Carl Baclesse and his wife Janelle of Linn and Denny Baclesse of Taos; three stepsons, Robert Crowe and his wife Ginny of New London, Kevin Crowe and his wife Barb of St. Charles, and Brian Crowe and his wife Amanda of Columbia; two stepdaughters, Dawn Crowe of Troy and Robin Young of New Haven; three grandchildren, Jamie Baclesse, Ashley Sher, and Skylar Baclesse; 18 step grandchildren; a soon to be great grandchild and several step great grandchildren.
In addition to her parents and her first husband, she was preceded in death by one daughter, Cheryl Baclesse and one stepdaughter, Darla Maxey.
Visitation will be held from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 30, 2015, at Morton Chapel in Linn.
Funeral Services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, May 1, 2015, at Morton Chapel with Rev. Floyd Gudde officiating. Interment will follow in the Mint Hill Cemetery.
Expressions of sympathy may be made to the Mint Hill Cemetery or the American Cancer Society.
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CAKEWALK is a new Dutch brand of clothing and accessories for girls aged 6 months to 16 years that offers a great variety of stylish fashion items. The brand is focused on creating the ideal design of a clothes, shoes and accessories. The creative ideas of its manufacturers are represented in a unique style of the fashion brand CAKEWALK. Colorful girls T-shirts with bright prints, amazing blouses with short and long sleeves, and cardigans with flowery elements will make each girl look fantastic. The new line represents girls wear with flowery patterns and images of different animals and nature in its entire color spectrum to provide a really unforgettable look for babies, toddlers, infants and young teenage children. The designers believe that such a color scheme will make the kids love the clothes by CAKEWALK. CAKEWALK tries to make attractive girls clothing with the combination of high quality of its materials, using only the natural ones, mostly 100% cotton. Besides, it is worth noticing that thanks to the comfortable tailoring of trousers for young ladies, they can feel themselves free while moving. The swimming suits are made from a soft and stretchy fabric that provides both comfort and style. It becomes more and more popular to buy the kids wear of CAKEWALK brand online especially using our online children boutique.


By Tommy Goudge (February 22, 2013) – Drivers and teams from Ohsweken Speedway are hard at work getting ready for the 2013 racing season, which is now less than 3 months away. Mike Thorne took a break from those preparations to reflect on his two consecutive Thunder Stock titles, and look ahead to his attempt at a three-peat in 2013.
Mike Thorne will turn 23 years of age next week, but he's already been racing full-size cars for 7 years, and has won the Thunder Stock championship at Ohsweken in each of the last two seasons. Feature wins are hard to come by in the very competitive Thunder Stock division, but Mike has managed to collect a few of those, while also maintaining an amazing level of consistency. This season, he's trying to become the first driver at Ohsweken Speedway to win three consecutive Thunder Stock championships.
MT: "If the option arose that we could move up, we'd love to move up, but it's such a tough decision to leave the Thunder Stock family after all these years. But, I know we'd have everyone's support in moving up in my racing career.
About Ohsweken Speedway: Founded in 1996, Ohsweken Speedway is a motorsports complex which includes a 3/8 (0.375) mile clay oval. The facility is owned by the Styres family, and located in the village of Ohsweken, Ontario, Canada. Ohsweken's weekly Friday night racing program runs from May to September each year, featuring Corr/Pak Merchandising Sprint Cars, Thunder Stocks, HRW Automotive Mini Stocks, and Bombers, while the season finishes each year with the annual Canadian Sprint Car Nationals. Ohsweken Speedway also hosts weekly Micro Sprint racing on Thursday nights, and has been a yearly stop on the World of Outlaws Sprint Car series schedule since 2007.


Inle Advisory Group is a boutique firm focused on development opportunities in Myanmar. As Myanmar opens up to political and economic engagement from around the globe, Inle Advisory Group will be there to provide in-depth and comprehensive advisory services for clients across industries. Like the iconic fishermen using his distinctive rowing style to navigate the difficult waters of Inle Lake, Inle Advisory Group utilizes our unique knowhow and capabilities to steer our clients through the many investment challenges in Myanmar. The strength of Inle Advisory Group is unparalleled knowledge of the country and this deep expertise equips us to provide clients looking to invest in the world's newest emerging market with a tailored package of the best possible tools and strategies for long-term growth and desired results.
Inle Advisory Group uniquely serve our clients to ensure they are fully informed to invest successfully in a challenging environment, promoting the "gold standard" of business practices that will benefit our clients and the people of Myanmar.
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Q: _BLOCK_TYPE_IS_VALID(pHEAD->nBlockUse) error I'm new to C++ (I'm most comfortable with node.js and Java, but have done some Python before) and am working through understanding pointers.  The following example generates a runtime error when compiled with debug symbols.
#include <iostream>

void main(){
    int number = 0;
    int * numberPtr = &number;
    * numberPtr = 1;

    std::cout << number;
    delete numberPtr;
}

And the error message:
Debug Assertion Failed!

Program: C:\path\to\executable\main.exe
File: f:\dd\vctools\crt_bld\self_x86\crt\src\dbgdel.cpp

Expression: _BLOCK-TYPE_IS_VALID(pHead->nBlockUse)

FWIW, I've gotten the same error when I've compiled with both VS 2008 and 2013.

A: As Oli Charlesworth said, u did not dynamically allocate numberPtr, therefore you can't delete it. I suggest reading about new and delete and Dynamic Memory Allocation if you intend on coding in C++.

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Activities such as dancing, reading and going to the theatre have a "positive impact" on the health of Scots, new research has suggested.
The Scottish government-commissioned study was based on data from the Scottish Household Survey 2011.
It found that people who take part in or attend culture events are more likely to report "good health and life satisfaction" than those who do not.
The report comes on the day Commonwealth Games tickets go on sale.
Glasgow will host the event in the summer next year.
The research found that regardless of factors such as age, economic status, income, education and disability, cultural participation was positive for health and wellbeing.
Culture Secretary Fiona Hyslop said in response to the report, titled The Impact of Cultural Engagement and Sports Participation on Health and Satisfaction with Life in Scotland 2013, said: "Starting young, and being encouraged to take part in culture as a child, makes it more likely that the benefits of taking part will be experienced as an adult.


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Austrian Airlines has introduced the "Austrian Melangerie" catering concept for short and medium haul flights.
By Cristina Last updated Apr 1 2021
Apple strudel, chicken schnitzel, chives or Brettljause - accompanied by a Melange, an apple juice, "g'spritzt" or a glass of wine. From March 18, passengers of the Austrian Airlines economy class on European flights will be able to choose the diverse and high-quality range of products offered by "Austrian Melangerie".
The new catering concept is available for flights with a flight time of up to three hours. Quality, regionality and selection are at the heart of the new offer. Fresh food is made by the DO & CO brand "Henry for Austrian", while coffee and tea are provided by Julius Meinl.
Depending on their personal needs and tastes, Austrian Airlines Economy class guests can choose from the "Austrian Melangerie" selection. On all European flights, sweet and savory Austrian snacks such as Mannerschnitten, Mirabell Mozartkugeln, Soletti Salzstangerl or organic almonds from the Austrian company Landgarten are available, as well as soft drinks.
Individual selection and classic Austrian products.
For flights lasting 50 minutes or more, an extensive offer is available. For example, passengers can choose between an apple strudel, a vegetarian farmer roll or an original Sacher cake. In addition, a selection of hot drinks from Julius Meinl is offered, as well as Austrian wine and beer. For flights of 85 minutes or more, don't forget the main dishes, such as chicken schnitzel with parsley potatoes or an Alpine Poké Bowl with smoked trout.
Alcoholic beverages such as gin and snaps from the main Reisetbauer distillery complete the offer. Snacks will be available from 2 euros, drinks from 3 euros, the price for the main courses starts from 9 euros. Water is provided free of charge on request to passengers. As a sweet gift, all passengers will receive a plate of chocolate from Salzburg Schokolade.
Details on the new catering offer for European flights and the menu valid from March 18 can be found at https://www.austrian.com/at/en/austrian-melangerie.
The voice recorder of the Boeing 737-500 Sriwijaya Air (PK-CLC) plane, which crashed in Indonesia, has been recovered.
ECDC updated epidemiological index: Malta and Slovakia will be removed from the list / Turkey, Ukraine, Armenia, Croatia will be added to the list (April 1, 2021)
Switzerland reduces quarantine from 10 days to 5 days January 14 2022
Norway has removed Romania from the list of safe countries in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic! January 14 2022
Air Connect announces flights from Bucharest to Targu Mures, Sibiu, Oradea, Arad, Baia Mare, Craiova! January 14 2022
List of countries at epidemiological risk has been updated by Romania (January 14, 2022) January 14 2022


We are pleased to announce the winners of SuperAchievers 2019.
EA Goes Above and Beyond to Connect Those Around Her.
Keeping family at the heart of it all.
Hard Working Dad Transforms His Career Prospects.
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The government would spend Rs.8.5 lakh crore to overhaul the Indian Railways, Minister of State for Railways Manoj Sinha said here.
"The government has decided to invest Rs.8.5 lakh crore in the next five years to change the entire face of the Indian Railways," Sinha said at a function held to receive the first broad-gauge trial train on the newly laid Badarpur (Assam)-Agartala railway line.
"After completion of the remaining broad gauge line work, and necessary clearance from the Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS) by March 31, regular train services would start immediately," he said.
In the presence of thousands of people, the central minister accompanied by Tripura's PWD and Health Minister Badal Choudhury and Transport Minister Manik Dey received a seven-bogie trial train decked with flowers.
Sinha told reporters that the ongoing work to lay the new railway line up to southern Tripura's Sabroom bordering Bangladesh would be completed by December 2017.
From Sabroom, the Chittagong sea port is just 72 km away, and the Indian government has decided to construct a bridge over the Feni river to link the northeast region with the port in southeastern Bangladesh.
In the first phase, the 210-km Lumding-Silchar gauge conversion project was completed early last year, and in the second phase the 227-km Badarpur-Agartala gauge conversion was undertaken. It was scheduled to be completed in March but wast completed three months earlier.
With the completion of gauge conversion work right up to Agartala, the Tripura capital is now connected with the country's broad gauge railway network through Guwahati with a distance of around 600 km.
The newly laid broad-gauge line links the Guwahati-Lumding rail line with Silchar, Badarpur and Agartala.
The Lumding-Silchar metre-guage track was in operation from 1899, while Tripura came on the Indian Railway map in 1964 through metre-gauge track.
Agartala came up on the rail map only in 2008.
Southern Assam's Barak Valley was brought on the broad-gauge rail map on November 21 last year, with Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu flagging off a regular passenger train.
Northeast Frontier Railway general manager H.K. Jaggi said Rs.7,751 crore was spent to lay the broad gauge track in the Badarpur-Agartala sector.
The Badarpur-Agartala line has five tunnels and 461 major and minor bridges. While the longest tunnel is about 2 km long, there are a record 161 curvings in the line.


He's 45, but he's still our baby boy. He will always be that and I think he's OK with it. Now.
Jeff was born this day in 1972, in Rome, Italy. Consequently, his birth certificate is in Italian. Unique. When he started playing Little League we thought it may pose a problem, but no one seemed to mind. Apparently all those official could read Italian, or they didn't care. He got to play which was all that mattered to us.
Jeff has made our life interesting over the last 45 years. Lots of memories, some good, some bad. Oddly, the good memories are easier to remember so it's all good. We love our Little Baby Boy who has grown into a good man and a well-loved father. There's more in store from him in the future, we're sure.
Today I had really good intentions of digging up the rest of those weeds that inhabit the east side of the house, but that didn't work out. The weather got in my way by turning up the heat. To about 117 degrees. That's a lie, of course, but it sure felt like it. It really was 90, or so, thought. As I manipulate this keyboard it's 85 out there and it's 7:00 pm. Actually, it's 7:04 pm.
I didn't do the weeds because Diane said I wasn't doing it when it's 90 out there because she doesn't want me to die, I guess. As a compromise, I got permission to mow the yard which doesn't require a lot of physical effort. Just steering the mower which is pretty easy to do when the tires are properly inflated.
To prepare for mowing the yard, I lifted the front end of the mower off the ground to more easily access the mower deck so I could swap out the mulching blades for the hi-vac version. That needed to be done because the lower 40 is too tall to run mulching blades. Instead, I plan to just blow it out all over the place, let it dry, then vacuum it up. Much easier than trying to get the stupid thing to vacuum up heavy grass. Much easier on Jerrie.
Once I get the mulching blades off I thought, "you know, I should clean the old grass off the deck before putting on the other blades." Yes, I actually thought all of that in one coherent sentence. So, I took the mower to the front of the house, got the power washer, changed the short water hose for the longer one so it would reach across the street, went to the gas station to fill my gas can, filled the power washer, and cleaned the deck. Whew. Then I just left it over there to dry.
While waiting I thought, "gee, I might as well finish power washing the front walk. I'd both ends un touched from the other day because Diane usually likes to do a little PWing herself, but not today. I was directed to finish the job, which I did. That and a little more. Not much more. Just a little.
While working on the sidewalk I only had to stop twice. Once when Doug showed up and I did some work for the American Legion Post 42 at his request, then again when Jennie appeared, looking for addresses. She's working on Lydia's graduation announcements. Maybe you'll get one.
After all that, it was time for lunch but I couldn't eat until I cleaned up. That meant a shower because I was a mess. Since I had to take a shower, my work day was officially over so I put on the PJ's Jeff gave me last Saturday, in addition to the apple fritter, and called it a day.
While in the shower Diane constructed a Crab Louie for us. We love those things. She was well into hers by the time I showed up because she said she'd given me to 4:00 pm to finish before she started because she was hungry. I don't blame her because while I was messing around outside, she cleaned the entire inside of the house. That's the deals with all the dust and pet hair inside and I deal with anything that's green and grows.
After lunch I took the trash and recycle cans out front so they can be emptied tomorrow. I took the dogs out with me because I knew they'd stay close. They got all interested in the fermenting grass I'd cleaned from the mower deck, to the point where Ziva was laying down in it. Diane poked her head out the door and asked, "What are they eating?" I didn't know they were eating it, but they were. Must be tasty stuff, but I certainly wouldn't do that. It was pretty nasty looking. All squishy, rotting, and just plain nasty. It was like silage. And they were eating it. Maybe they are mutated cows that look like dogs.
It wasn't easy getting them away from their new-found treats, but I did it. I knew they wouldn't let me brush their teeth because I've tried it before, so I didn't bother. I just won't be kissing them any time soon. No sir, not me.
Now I must stop and watch the Golden State Warriors finish the destruction of the San Antonio Spurs. I don't mean that in a bad way. It's just the way it is. The Spurs are a really good team, but they can't stay with the Warriors. They have a 67-15 win loss record this season. Not too bad.
Today was a bit different from the day before yesterday because we actually got dressed and left the house. Day before we spent all day in our jammies and just watched Hallmark Christmas movies all day long.
Yesterday was an indoor day, too, but for a different reason. It was time to move our Christmas tree outside into the rain so it could get a good watering until we're ready to stick it in the ground. Then we moved furniture around so we could clean up all the popcorn and candy from under Diane's chair. That was actually quite a surprise because she really likes popcorn and it's hard to believe she dropped any on the floor. But she did, and the dogs didn't find it. That's odd, too, because they all like popcorn more than people do and nothing says on the floor for long.
Moving the furniture involved moving pretty much everything to a different location, including the TV, and turning the carpet 90 degrees so the dogs could lay comfortably in front of the fireplace. That, led to the need to actually light the fireplace, something we haven't done for a long, long time. Thankfully it came on and worked just great. Ziva's a happy camper.
It didn't take long for Panzie to roust Ziva and take over. Actually, they take turns. They stay right in front of the fire until their eyes dry out, then move to a cooler location until they can blink. It's a constant cycle. Little Ozzie sneaks in there once in a while, but not often.
Another interesting thing that happened yesterday was that we lost one of our new butcher knives, the blue one. We looked absolutely everywhere for it but couldn't find it. It almost kept me awake last night, but not quite. I did spend a considerable amount of time looking for it before going to bed.
Then, this morning, thinking one of us (me) may have tossed the knife in the trash, for some reason, Diane dug around in it for a while to no avail. No knives in the trash. On her way back in the house she asked me if it might be in with the fudge.
Click! went the light and I had a clear view of the knife laying alongside the uncut fudge after I had cut a bunch of pieces for Diane's Mom, Jean. Once again, Diane solved the mystery. She's really good at that. Solving mysteries.
After all that hard work yesterday Diane had plans to relax a little and take Mom shopping for a new coat at Penny's in Longview. I had planned to stay home and work on a couple of projects I have on my list. The main one is to remove the hair from the tub drain in Diane's bathroom. It has an interesting contraption that plugs the drain for a bath, and it collects the hair. Consequently, when Diane showers, the water kinda starts filling the tub allowing her to soak her feet during the shower. She doesn't like that.
Then someone mentioned having lunch at Sizzler. Upon being made aware of the lunch decision, I made a command decision that the bathtub hair could wait until tomorrow. Normally my command decisions are subject to review, but fortunately this one passed without comment.
The main reason for the shopping trip was to replace the coat Diane got for Mom that was a bit too tight. Fortunately, it fit Lydia just right so she inherited the coat. What a deal.
Finding the proper coat was much easier with the recipient present so we were at Sizzler in no time. I ate 8 chicken wings, two tacos, a soup bowl of ice cream, and a healthy salad. And a lemonade.
We've been home for a while now and Diane's letting me watch a bowl game – Utah against Indiana. It's tied 17-17 at the half. I'm not normally a Utah fan, but they are a PAC-12 team so kinda need to wish them well.
Tomorrow I'll tell you about the tub hair. Might even show you a picture.
So, I played another bad 9-hole round of golf today and had a great time with my former classmates, JP and Doug. I also played an enormously bad 18-hole round of golf last Saturday with a fellow named Dennis, and two former classmates, Jim and Doug and had a great time doing that, also. Although I had great fun golfing badly on those two days, I came away with new knowledge that will affect the future of golfing efforts. The main takeaway from those two days of bad golf is that my current body will not tolerate more than 9-holes of golf on any given day. Swinging a club, and looking for my balls for 18-holes, on the same day, is just too demanding for many parts of me. In order of importance, the parts that suffer most are my shoulders, and my egos.
Before you get all technical on me, I'm aware that my ego isn't technical a part of my anatomy. I'm also aware that most people do not have more than one ego. So, the only part of that really hurts is my shoulder – the right one, to be more specific. My ego just gets a bit bruised from doing badly, but the company I keep makes up for that. By doing 18 holes, like Jimbo does on a regular basis, both my should and ego suffer more. By only golfing for nine holes, the damage is halved and far less painful and I heal in half the time.
Sorry. That went way farther than I intended it to go, but think I made my point that I will probably not be signing up for rounds of 18 in the future. Nine is the limit, I'm afraid.
The first time that showed up on my calendar I admit I was a bit concerned about what I was supposed to clean because as stated, it's very ambiguous, leaving too much room for interpretation which in turn provides too many chances for doing a terrible thing, like cleaning the wrong thing, in this instance. So, ignoring my male instinct to continue forward without asking directions, I asked for clarification.
"It means that's the day you are supposed to clean the furnace filters," I was told.
Problem solved. Since then I've been faithfully cleaning the furnace filters on the 25th of every month, whether they need it or not. Actually, they always need come cleaning because of the animals that run in and out of our home all the time. In the summer I use my air compressor to blow out all the dust most of the time, but other times I use my power washer. When I do that, I use the compressor to dry them off. There are a couple of pieces of the filter that look kinda like a honeycomb which takes an incredibly long time to dry so I only use the power washer on them on really hot days so I can leave them in the sun to dry.
The main purpose for sharing all this filter cleaning task is to report that Ryan, the furnace technician, told both Diane and I, right out loud so we could hear him clearly, that our filters were the cleanest of any furnace he's ever serviced. I asked him to repeat it to ensure Diane heard him because I thought that was pretty significant but she heard it the first time. The cleanest filters in Ryan's service territory. Wow! Diane went right to the calendar on the refrigerator and put a gold star on it. It was awesome because I don't get many gold stars, just mainly silver and red ones. The last time I got a gold one was when I remembered to take the garbage out every Monday evening for an entire month without being told.
Thankfully, since the furnace was essentially overhauled yesterday, I didn't have to clean them today. Now I can relax for another month.
This is Dennis. When I first saw him it was about this angle and my heart skipped a bit because with just a glance he looked a lot like my older brother, Lyle, God Rest His Soul. Kinda spooky.
This is for Jewel because she likes weird fungi. This is a rare R2D2 fungus that only grows on the Wildwood golf course.
The remainder of the Saturday foursome … Me, Jim, and Doug.
This is what the sky showed us before I left to golf this morning. Looks like aliens are looking for something.
I've been meaning to clean out my golf bag for a while because it was getting kind of heavy. That, and I was looking for a bag of tall tees that I used to have. I didn't find the tees, but I found all of these balls.
Here's Doug who was so excited about all those leaves that he got out a bag so he could take some home since he doesn't have many of his own. Actually, that's a towel and he's preparing to pick up his ball and wipe the mud off of it. He's got many acres of trees that drop leaves like this so he doesn't need to import any. It's really pretty on the course this time of year, but finding a ball amongst all those leaves is a real challenge. We generally find them.
Just a look at trees on the course. We like this time of year because it's easier to hit a ball through trees that don't have leaves.
I suspect that's enough trees for now.
Soccer in Warranton – Most of the victorious team. That's our Lydia in front.
The Lady Lions varsity team won all three of their assigned games quite handily. They are always fun to watch. I'm sure glad I figured out some of the rules so it makes sense to me. Off sides was the tough one to get the handle on. Now they will shortly be on to league play when school starts.
Diane and I got up fairly early Saturday morning and took a walk on the beach. In spite of all the volley ball nets strung up, and people smacking their balls back and forth, it was a quiet, uncrowded walk on which we got to me some nice dogs and their people on the beach. I even found a rather normal rock, very similar to many I've found digging around in the back yard. I kept it anyway.
Seaside Beach Volleyball, as I mentioned, was the deal of the week and the entire town was hopping. People everywhere. Parking places hard to find. But, the mood was always festive and we didn't encounter any unhappy people to ruin our day. After Saturday's game Diane and I went to Dooger's in Warrenton to get our normal fare on trips to the coast. I had my crab louie and Diane had her fish and chips. It's always good.
We got home late yesterday afternoon to a fleet of barking dogs. Apparently we pulled in just after Scott & Whitney returned from their weekend away as they were working on backing their trailer into their yard. As we stood talking, Kiah & Brooklyn backed their pink jeep out of the garage and headed on down the street, toward town. Whitney said no, she just sent them down to get the mail. How handy. Kiah is 5 and Brooklyn is 3. This is Kiah preparing to park her jeep back in the garage.
Diane and I are thinking about having them get our mail, too. How handy is that?
This morning I woke up at 0250 and couldn't go back to sleep so took my little self to the recliner and read for a while. I've been reading "Inferno", by Dan Brown, because I just learned they made it into a movie. I forgot that I already read it, but that's OK. I'm reading it again. Fun stuff. When Diane got up I pried myself off the recliner and prepared to do some yard work for a little while. Couldn't do it for long because it got hot fast and I don't do well when it's hot. I run out of sweat way too fast. Besides, we had a lunch date with Jack & Wynette after going to view their home. Their empty home. It's listed for sale and they hope to sell it quickly so they can move along down the road to Surprise, Arizona. So, if you know of anyone seeking a secluded home, pass this along.
After the viewing, and some visiting, we headed to Scappoose for sustenance at Ichabod's where we ate and visited some more. Tom Anderson, from Wynette's class stopped to say hello so we had him sit with us. I don't remember him but, then, he was an upper class man. That means he's older than me. It's hard telling who you'll run into at Ichabod's. Sit there long enough and you'll usually see three or four old class mates.
The heat is finally going away for the night so we can open some windows and doors for some fresh air before we head for bed.
It's August 12th, almost 10:30 am and I'm already sweaty from my morning chores. I was up at 5 am, like normal, fed the dogs, then napped a little on the couch. The nap was terminated when Diane reported that it was 9 am and made me get up and peel about eleventeen apples for apple sauce.
Immediately after finishing the apples, and getting the pan on the stove I was encouraged to wax the truck. Thankfully it was only 86 degrees in the garage or it would have been the end of me. Still, I'm happy that my assigned tasks were indoors.
Diane did her part, too, by taking her little squirter thing into the yard to kill all the dandelions. And, we have a bunch of those thanks to all our up hill neighbors. This time of year they aren't too bad because everything pretty much dies, or goes dormant to escape the heat.
She uses a holistic mixture of Dawn soap, vinegar, and epsom salts which actually almost smells good enough to taste. I like vinegar.
"OK," I'd say, then proceed to poke the hole with my Pulaski.
It went on like that until holes were poked all over the place just waiting for something to be stuffed into them. It worked out nicely in the end. We're a pretty good team as long as I mind.
You know, of course, the foregoing is mostly a fabrication.
Oh! I also shaved this morning because we're going to the beach for the weekend. Jewel has agreed to dog sit while we go watch Lydia play in a soccer tournament in Warranton. We wanted to take the trailer but apparently everyone has heard about what a hard time I have parking it so denied us entry. She finally found an overpriced motel in Seaside we can use, but we have to be out of our room during daylight hours so they can rent it to their regular hourly customers who agreed to free up the nights for us. We thought that was pretty nice of them. They also promised to change the sheets which was an unexpected bonus.
Staying in Seaside will give Diane a chance to stick her toes in the Pacific Ocean, something she loves to do. The beach is where she feels her best and I'm happy for that. I love it, too. There's nothing quite as magnificent as the Oregon Coast.
I spect I should end this and get ready to leave. I'm sure Diane is busy packing her "stuff" already. Maybe she did it last night.
Diane and Jewel abandoned me today with strict instructions that I stay away from power equipment. So, I cleaned the garage, organizing "things" into piles for throw away, give away, and donate, as I have done many times in the past. This process involves lots of trips up and down the basement stairs in order to take tools down there from the garage, and bring something back up for one of the piles. I made a very concerted effort to not go either direction without carrying something with me. Once, or twice, I kind of lost track, I admit, and just carried the same item up and down the stairs until I figured out where it went. It usually doesn't take me that long, but I'm tired today after all that weed whacking yesterday.
Once I was done with the garage I went to work on my computer collection with the intention of removing them to the garage to stage them for my next trip to the city dump. They have a section where electronic equipment of all sorts are welcome at no charge. My first trip up was for a 19″ CRT monitor that hasn't been used in about 16 years and has been collecting dust all that time. I actually have two of them but one belongs to an old Compaq system I bought from Radio Shack (a long time ago) when Windows 98 was the newest operating system on the block. Shortly before moving beyond Win98 I set that computer to OOTB condition. That means out of the box. So, it's like a brand new Windows 98 computer with nothing on it. How cool is that? It isn't very useful, but it's still cool and will stand proud next to my 128 system.
The monitor mentioned previously weighs about 185 lbs and proved difficult to handle. But I managed to get it clutched tightly to my chest with the glass side toward me so if I fell, and it broke, nothing else in the house would be damaged. I would absorb explosion and all the resultant glass fragments. Once in hand, I took my first step and tripped over an old brief case that I used way back in 1965. Yes, it's been sitting around all that time waiting for this moment. I caught it with my left foot which caused me to fall to my left against a pile of laptops I got from somewhere that were stacked on top of the Panasonic radio/record/tape console that we purchased in 1968 while on Okinawa. It saved me from falling all the way to the floor, and from dropping that extra heavy monitor. My left wrist was slightly damaged in the process, but nothing broke. It was an odd event because just as I started to tip to my left time kind of stopped and gave me a moment to consider all the possibilities associated with this event. Like, "man, if I break something Diane will never forgive me because she wanted to take me the next time I went", and "if my wrist breaks I'll still be able to drive to the ER", and "crap, this is really going to hurt." But, I maintained my balance, regained a vertical position and got the monitor upstairs to the truck for delivery.
Now, a few hours later, my wrist has a bump at the point of impact and is extremely sore when touched. But I can type just fine so doubt if it's anything to worry about. So, I won't. As soon as Diane got home, and we had unloaded her truck from the Costco trip, I told her about my near fatal injury so if it manifests into anything of concern, it's her fault.
The ringing in my ears has escalated to the point that indicates it's time for me to go squeegee the sweat off my tired old body and begin preparations for getting prone for the night. It's only 5:30 pm, but I've discovered that it's never too early to begin getting ready for bed.


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A: You see that you have the error "File `float.sty' not found."
This is a LaTeX problem that you must first resolve.


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Q: How to protect the azure blob storage urls from being retrieved by anyone using developer tools I have to save images/videos in azure blobs and then use them in my site. After doing some research I found that you have to include the blob url in the href tag for the image/video to be retrieved from azure.
However anybody could open the site page and get that blob url and misuse it. Also the site has user authentication, hence only after login should the user be able to see that image/video on the site page.
Is there any other way of retrieving blobs from azure? Or any other solution to the url being openly visible in developer tools?
I am currently using an azure emulator with Visual Studio.

A: I've recreated an Azure Function that implements the first scenario I mentioned. The Blob URL inside the storage account was not exposed, and the container and everything in it is set to be private. Since I don't know your authentication scheme I skipped that for now, but you could secure this in a number of ways.
There's a few shortcuts in this code, but you'll get the general idea. Here's the code:
public static async Task<HttpResponseMessage> Run(
    [HttpTrigger(AuthorizationLevel.Anonymous, "get", Route = "files/{id}")]
    HttpRequest req, string id, TraceWriter log)
{
    var account = CloudStorageAccount.Parse("UseDevelopmentStorage=true");
    var client = account.CreateCloudBlobClient();
    var container = client.GetContainerReference("sitecontent");
    var blob = container.GetBlockBlobReference(id);

    var stream = new MemoryStream();
    await blob.DownloadToStreamAsync(stream);
    stream.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin);

    HttpResponseMessage result = new HttpResponseMessage(HttpStatusCode.OK);
    result.Content = new StreamContent(stream);
    result.Content.Headers.ContentType =
            new MediaTypeHeaderValue("application/octet-stream");

    return result;
}

I've tested it by referencing it from an HTML file like this:
<img src="http://localhost:7071/api/files/techdays2017.jpg" alt="Me at TechDays 2017" />

The image I used was 267KB, response times of the Function were all < 200 ms when testing locally using the Storage Emulator.

A: Not sure if the question is valid, but another very simple approach could be

*

*Use a custom domain with your storage endpoint

*Make your blobs and containers private

*using backend infra, generate a Shared Access Token which should be valid only for short duration.

*Use the SAS to generate blob urls.

Incase you need to hide the structure alltogether, all the steps could be used in conjugation with functions as mentioned in answer by @rick.
One thing to understand is that video stream needs to go to browser player, so there cannot be any perfect plan. The above option also will just time bound the access. There could be some other options like message layer encryption by which the server sends in encrypted content and it will be decrypted at runtime You need to have some custom player functionality as well as this could incur higher charges on server side..
Even this will not user from pirating video if he has skillset and high motivation, but can somehow make it difficult and that should be driving point here.
Ref: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/common/storage-dotnet-shared-access-signature-part-1


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Q: Wpf RichTextBox copy text with textstyle is there any possibility to get the rtb text as an identically copy? Included textstyle, color, or withespaces? I wrote a texteditor, and I need the text to copy into another window.

A: Not simply copy, but saved.
At the first you need to take TextSelection (property Selection of RichTextBox and then save it with Save method.
It can be saved in RTF format too.
using (var mem = new MemoryStream())
    rtb.Selection.Save(mem, DataFormats.Rtf);


According to recent rumors, OnePlus has partnered with McLaren to release a brand new version of their flagship smartphone OnePlus 6T with 10GB of RAM and a new color scheme. Now, we have the official renders of OnePlus 6T McLaren Edition in Speed Orange color variant.
The images were leaked by Ishan Agarwal on Twitter and the images show the McLaren Edition handset in all its glory. The handset will have the same design as the regular OnePlus 6T, but it will come with McLaren branding on the back. Furthermore, the phone will sport a new color. We are looking at a black paint job with orange accents on the bottom and the lower half of the phone's sides. On the front, we have what appears to be a new wallpaper, with orange being the dominant color.
According to Ishan, the OnePlus 6 McLaren Edition will pack 10GB of RAM under the hood, which confirms a previous leak. He also claims that the phone will have with Warp Charge 30, which will get you "a day's power in 20 minutes".
OnePlus and McLaren will apparently unveil the phone on December 11th, and it should be available in select markets in the weeks that follow. Amazon India has already confirmed that it will sell the handset soon, but it is unclear which other countries will get it.
We do not have any information regarding the price. However, we expect the phone to cost a bit more than the current high-end OnePlus 6T model, which packs 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage.
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After a long winter, your skin may be a little less than luminous. We all know that facials are good for increasing the vibrancy of our skin, however, sometimes it is hard to know what sort of facial we should ask for at the salon or spa. Do we need a peel to perk our skin up? I sat down with Rhea Souhleris Grous, owner of La Suite Skincare, to understand what we should know about facials and peels.
Rhea is a skin care specialist who has been practicing esthetics for over two decades. She spent ten years at Bliss Spa in Manhattan, where she was the head esthetician and the most-requested. Eight years ago she opened La Suite Skincare in Greenwich. Clients are dedicated to her for her custom facials. She encourages all visitors to the salon to bring their at home regime so that she can help them make tweaks to meet their personal skin care needs.
Rhea, what should we know about facials?
"Well, time of year matters. For spring into summer I recommend lactic peels for my clients. Glycolic peels are wonderful too. At La Suite Skincare we analyze your skin to determine the best formulation for your specific skin type."
What is the difference between a lactic peel and glycolic peel?
"Lactic peels really hydrate the skin and get you glowing. They increase luminosity and target hyper-pigmentation. Lactic peels are optimal for dry, maturing or sensitive skin."
"Glycolic peels soften fine lines and wrinkles. They are terrific for retexturizing the skin. They also improve skins' overall pigmentation."
How important are peels in the facial repertoire?
"Very! Peels encourage mild exfoliation which helps the skin regenerate. They stimulate collagen and elastin within the skin. This increases firmness and elasticity while softening fine lines and wrinkles."
How will I look after a peel?
"The beauty of our peels is there is no 'downtime'. Results are immediately visible and they improve with each peel session."
If you are looking to put your best face forward this spring, book yourself a facial that includes a peel. Your skin will thank you.
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SoftBank fund opens loophole for Chinese investors in US tech
Posted on March 16, 2017 by Eurasia News Online
By Doug Tsuruoka
A US$100 billion war chest is likely to court the type of Chinese investors previously barred from involvement in strategic technologies
Japanese technology tycoon Masayoshi Son announced late last year he would set up the US$100 billion SoftBank Vision Fund to pour money into promising new technologies and undervalued technology companies worldwide.
Already contributing are the Saudi Arabian sovereign wealth fund, Apple, Qualcomm and Oracle founder Larry Ellison. The fund's creation dovetails with Son's move in February to acquire Fortress Investment Group, a Wall Street private equity firm that oversees around US$170 billion in assets.
Some analysts say it is only a matter of time before investors from China are involved. They have highlighted Son's ties with Jack Ma's Alibaba and other Chinese Internet companies. "I see the Chinese being part of the SoftBank Vision technology fund," said Stanley Chao, business consultant and author in Los Angeles. "I suspect part of the US$100 billion for the fund is going to come from China."
Chao worked for Son as an executive vice president of Kingston Technology, in charge of its operations in the Asia-Pacific region. Kingston Technology is a maker of memory boards that SoftBank owned in the 1990s.
Emerging markets specialist Gary N. Kleiman also thinks Chinese investors will be interested in the SoftBank fund. "Son is looking for deep pockets," Kleiman said. Kleiman heads Kleiman International in Washington.
Chao predicts the Chinese cash coming from companies or venture capital funds. "It's an indirect way for Chinese to invest in overseas technology as silent partners," he said. If Chinese were not among the first wave of contributors, they might be among subsequent waves, he said. The US$3.3 billion Fortress deal, which US regulators have not yet approved, may open another conduit for Chinese investment. "Fortress is going to be another way for Chinese to indirectly invest," Chao said.
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Chao and other analysts say adding Chinese cash to that of a bigger group of investors in the SoftBank fund will help avoid the official scrutiny, especially from US authorities. The US Congress has opposed Chinese takeovers of US tech companies on the grounds of national security and the need to preserve economic competition.
Chinese involvement in the SoftBank Fund may be acceptable to the US because of an action a plan that he and US President Donald Trump have devised. Son hopes to create 50,000 new jobs by investing US$50 billion in technology startups.
Bloomberg says SoftBank is on the verge of closing the first round of investments in the fund. The fund expects to have US$45 billion from Saudi Arabia and another US$25 billion from SoftBank. Apple, Qualcomm and Oracle chairman Larry Ellison are said to be contributing US$1 billion each. Blomberg's sources said the initial investment would likely exceed US$80 billion. They said it had yet to be decided when the first round would be closed.
So far, there have been no reports of Chinese involvement. SoftBank did not respond to a request for comment.
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Chao said the Fortress deal and the SoftBank Vision Fund allowed Son to pull together his widely dispersed investments in tech. "Son is bringing everything together now into a global strategy," Chao said. He said Son had previously invested piecemeal in tech. Chao said that before the Fortress purchase, Son had had a unit in Japan overseeing his investments in technology there.
SoftBank venture capital groups in China and Europe oversaw Son's investments in technology. Chao said nobody in the US had managed Son's investments there and that Japanese were sent to ventures there.
Now, Chao said, those in charge of investments in Japan, China, the United States and Europe all reported to Fortress. "Fortress will be the main overseer and it will be Son's worldwide investment leader," Chao said. "If the Chinese unit wants to invest locally now, it will have to get clearance from Fortress and show how the move fits with SoftBank's global investment strategy."
On the Fortress front, the US Securities and Exchange Commission added a new wrinkle on March 1, when it said it had frozen the assets of traders in London and Singapore on suspicion that insider trading before the announcement of the agreement for SoftBank to acquire Fortress had reaped illegal profits of US$3.6 million.
While some in Washington will welcome the involvement of SoftBank's fund in tech startups, Chao thinks a national security flap is possible. US regulators are increasingly worried about Chinese investment and broader involvement in strategically important companies and networks.
Those concerns led to a ban on Huawei, a Chinese maker of communications gear, from selling products in the US network market in 2012. The fear is that ties between Huawei and the Chinese defense establishment mean Huawei products could be rigged to snoop into US defense and other systems. Huawei says the fear is groundless.
Suspicions such as these set the stage for a confrontation between SoftBank and US officials, Chao says. He predicts that Son, who owns 80% of US wireless telecommunications giant Sprint, will use mergers, buyouts and the new fund to establish beachheads in a swath of technological fields, including Chinese technologies, making all of them nodes in SoftBank's network of investments.
If Son were to take a sizable stake in Huawei, for example, it might lead to Huawei servers in China being used to run the Sprint wireless network. "This is how [the Chinese] could get in the back door and it raises national security concerns," he said.
Scott B. MacDonald, an economist and risk consultant who focuses on Asia, agrees with Chao. "In the current environment, buying Chinese and Japanese tech and fishing for investments in the US will get you noticed by US authorities," MacDonald said. "The US view hardened under Obama and is even more sharp-elbowed under the Trump administration."
Kleiman believes one more matter with implications for US national security is the US Treasury securities primary dealer's license held by Fortress. The license makes Fortress a direct player in the US$18 trillion US debt market. That Japan and China are now the biggest holders of US Treasuries "could become another issue," Kleiman said.
Kleiman also remarked that Japan has not allowed a US company to take over a Japanese investor the size of Fortress. "Reciprocity could become an issue with US regulators," he said.
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Blessed Carlo Acutis: An Example to Be Emulated
2 months ago6 min readFaith
Written by Fr Mario Attard OFM Cap
On Saturday 10 October 2020 Blessed Carlo Acutis was beatified in the Italian and hometown of St Francis, Assisi. Cardinal Agostino Vallini presided over the ceremony of his beatification.
During his homily for this special occasion of the beatification of a computer whiz, who passed away from leukemia at the age of 15 and heroically offered his suffering both for the Holy Father and the Church, Cardinal Vallini gave a beautiful summary of who this great Italian teenager really was. "He showed that faith does not distance us from life, but rather deeply immerses us in it, indicating for us the concrete path to live the joy of the Gospel. It's up to us to follow him, attracted by the fascinating experience of Blessed Carlo, so that our lives can shine with light and hope".
Even Pope Francis lovingly remembered Blessed Carlo Acutis after his Angelus address of Sunday 11 October 2020. The Holy Father said that "Carlo Acutis, a 15-year-old youth enamoured of the Eucharist, … did not ease into comfortable immobilism, but understood the needs of his time, because he saw the face of Christ in the weakest. His witness indicates to today's young people that true happiness is found by putting God in first place and serving Him in our brothers and sisters, especially the least".
Another inspiring comment regarding Blessed Carlo came from the Archbishop of Assisi Mgr. Domenico Sorrentino. In his brief reflection Archbishop Sorrentino managed to link Blessed Carlo with St Francis whom Carlo reserved a very special place in his holy heart. "Carlo's life – always united to Jesus – his love for the Eucharist, his devotion to the Holy Virgin, his making friends with the poor, brought him closer to the spirituality of the Poor One," St Francis, Archbishop Sorrentino said at the end of the Beatification Mass. "Both invite us to live according to the Gospel."
Blessed Carlo's beloved mother, Antonia Salzano, spoke about Carlo's love of St Francis. She qualified her son's love for the Poverello as being "very much". Moreover, she said that since St Francis "was a very Eucharistic soul who used to attend Mass twice a day," her son Carlo also tried to emulate that same wonderful Eucharistic devotion throughout his short life here on earth. Blessed Carlo sought to spread his love for the Eucharist online. Recalling his great work on his Eucharistic webpage, his mother Antonia said: "Carlo's work was huge. He spent almost three or four years putting together this collection of Eucharistic miracles. It was diffused widely in 2005 as well. That was the year John Paul II dedicated to the Eucharist. From there, the website has spread and gathered international fame in an incredible way."
This normal teenager was an excellent evangeliser who knew how to use the internet constructively and as an effective tool to proclaim Jesus Christ in this digital age. Whilst describing Blessed Carlo as a "normal, simple, spontaneous, friendly" teenager who evangelized by these modern forms of communication so as to sow the "values and beauty of the Gospel" Cardinal Vallini said that in so doing, Carlo showed by his life testimony that "the internet was not just a means of escape, but a space for dialogue, knowledge, sharing and mutual respect that was to be used responsibly, without becoming slaves to it and rejecting digital bullying." "Being a young man of our time", Carlo "was conquered by Christ and became a beacon of light for those who want to know him and follow his example", Cardinal Vallini emphasized during his homily. At this point the Cardinal took the opportunity to invite the young men and women of today to refrain from seeking "gratification only in ephemeral successes." They are instead to focus on "the perennial values that Jesus proposes in the Gospel."
In front of such practical holiness there is no other thing one can do other than acknowledge, appreciate and seek to emulate it in the first place. The thousands who sang and applauded during Blessed Carlo's beatification ceremony magnificently subscribed to those solemn and fully significant words thanks to which Pope Francis officially beatified Carlo. "With our apostolic authority, we grant that the venerable servant of God, Carlo Acutis, layman, who, with the enthusiasm of youth, cultivated a friendship with our Lord Jesus, placing the Eucharist and the witness of charity at the centre of his life, henceforth shall be called blessed."
Undoubtedly the shining holy example of Blessed Carlo Acutis serves as an example to follow, particularly for young people. Thus, for the 19-year-old Rosanna, who had the grace of being present at Blessed Carlo's beatication, the latter's evangelical life witness is certainly a source of both hope and inspiration to her. She said: "With his life, Carlo made me see that despite the small or even great difficulties – like his illness – that we could live a full and happy life if we keep our eyes looking up toward heaven."
Blessed Carlo's holy life is also reflected in the beautiful brief reflections he left us to ponder upon and let them direct and change our lives in, with and through Christ Jesus, whom he loved with all his heart, soul and strength. Perhaps one of the most unforgettable messages which Blessed Carlo instructs us is this: "All people are born as originals but many die as photocopies." How frustrating to live and die as a photocophy! On the other hand, how beautiful to live originally!
Personally speaking, Carlo teaches me how to live originally. First, by loving Jesus in the Eucharist. He said: "The more Eucharist we receive, the more we will become like Jesus, so that on earth we will have a foretaste of heaven." Second, by loving Mary. Carlo said: "The Virgin Mary is the only woman in my life." Third, by going to confession regularly. He said: "Our soul is like a hot air balloon. If by chance there is a mortal sin, the soul falls to the ground. Confession is like the fire underneath the balloon enabling the soul to rise again. . . It is important to go to confession often." Fourth, by letting my personal guardian angel lead me in my life. Blessed Carlo said: "Continuously ask your guardian angel for help. Your guardian angel has to become your best friend."
Let us never forget his always very relevant life advice: "Sadness is looking at ourselves, happiness is looking towards God." For all these reasons Blessed Carlo Acutis is a holy example to be emulated absolutely!
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Fr Mario Attard OFM Cap
FR MARIO ATTARD OFM Cap was born in San Gwann on August 26 1972. After being educated in governmental primary and secondary schools as well as at the Naxxar Trade School he felt the call to enter the Franciscan Capuchin Order. After obtaining the university requirements he entered the Capuchin friary at Kalkara on October 12 1993. A year after he was ordained a priest, precisely on 4 September 2004, his superiors sent him to work with patients as a chaplain first at St. Luke's Hospital and later at Mater Dei. In 2007 Fr Mario obtained a Master's Degree in Hospital Chaplaincy from Sydney College of Divinity, University of Sydney, Australia. Currently, he is one of the six chaplains working at Mater Dei Hospital. Furthermore, he is a regular contributor in the MUMN magazine IL-MUSBIEĦ and hosts radio programmes about the spiritual care of the sick.
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Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates (Nintendo DS)
Publisher: Square-Enix
Rating: Everyone
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Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer
The Great Crystal protects the land from the malefic glow of the blood red moon. Twins are born to this land, endowed with a shared, mystical power. Their peaceful life is suddenly changed with the rise of the blood red moon. All fates are etched into the crystal.
Unique action-based gameplay – with 3D levels, exploration and puzzle solving.
Action-based control system lets you experience the adventure your way.
Experience exhilarating real-time battles with intuitive controls.
Gorgeous 3D graphics and an emotional audio score create a beautiful world to explore.
Up to four players can co-operate via DS Wireless Play!
Realise the tale of two heroic yet innocent twins in a unique story of fate, adventure and fraternal love.
Hundreds of different item and costume combinations add to the fun. Changes to costume/equipment are directly visible on your character in the game.
Trade with friends using Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection functions.
Additional content over the original Japanese version, with four new quests.
Can be played in four different languages – English, French, German and Spanish. The multiplayer mode, which allows up to four players to play together, can be played seamlessly even when each player selects a different language.
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