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Matt Bevin, Andy Beshear pull no punches at Fancy Farm political picnic
Candidates for Kentucky governor address crowd of partisans amid dueling chants of "Four More Years" and "Throw Him Out"
FANCY FARM, Kentucky (CFP) — Kentucky's August political ritual, the Fancy Farm picnic, is known for tasty barbecue, hot weather and barbed comments coming from politicians on the stage.
But the nastiness went into overdrive Saturday amid highly contentious governor's race between Republican Governor Matt Bevin and Democratic Attorney General Andy Beshear, with both men — and their supporters — making it abundantly clear just how much they do not like each other.
Bevin speaks at Fancy Farm; Beshear works the picnic crowd
The only moment of unity came when Bevin ended his remarks by asking the crowd to recite the Pledge of Allegiance. Democrats obliged — and then went right back to heckling the commonwealth's controversial chief executive with chants of "Throw Him Out."
Republicans on the other side of the picnic pavilion responded with "Four More Years" and "Daddy's Boy" — a reference to the fact that Beshear's father, Steve, served as governor before Bevin.
Note: Videos of Bevin, Beshear at Fancy Farm follow this story.
Beshear's campaign — buoyed by teachers, state employees and other groups angered during Bevin's tenure — turned out more signs and a somewhat larger crowd. Republicans, however, accused Democrats of busing in non-Kentuckians from across the Ohio River in Illinois and Indiana to bolster their ranks.
"Andy Beshear may have won the sign battle today, but you will lose the war in November," promised State Rep. Richard Heath, a local GOP legislator who warmed up the crowd for Bevin.
Among the Democrats' signs was a giant cutout of the head of Republican Lieutenant Governor Jenean Hampton, whom Bevin tossed from his ticket and with whom his administration touched off an ugly feud by firing members of her staff.
The Fancy Farm picnic, a fundraiser for St. Jerome Catholic Church, draws thousands of partisans from across Kentucky to the town of 500 on the far western side of the state. The church has hosted the event on the first Saturday in August every year since 1880, and it has become a ritual for ambitious politicians across the commonwealth
As Bevin has throughout the campaign, he sought to use national political issues as a wedge with the conservative Kentucky electorate, beginning his remarks by noting that the picnic raises money for a Catholic church and then displaying a poster from a recent Beshear fundraiser hosted by the owner of the state's last remaining abortion clinic in Louisville.
"The only collusion that has ever happened in Kentucky is the collusion between this attorney general and the abortion industry," said Bevin, who criticized Beshear — who supports legal abortion — for refusing to defend in court abortion restrictions passed by the Republican-controlled legislature.
The governor said the issue to be decided by voters in the November election is "which side are you on?"
"This should not be a difficult decision. It's a function of whether you stand for America and American principles or whether you stand for socialism," the governor said. "Do you stand with Donald Trump as the president of America, or do you stand with The Squad?," a reference to four far-left Democratic congresswomen who have drawn Trump's Twitter ire.
Beshear then followed Bevin to the stage to continue the strategy he has pursued throughout the campaign — to make the election about Bevin and his tenure in Frankfort, rather than Trump or national hot-button issues. He offered no response at all to the governor's digs on the abortion issue.
Beshshear began by thanking Bevin "for finally showing up" to face him and then adding, "I guess we've got to thank the Koch brothers, too, for letting him," a reference to the conservative mega-donors who have supported the governor.
"I guess they didn't tell him Fancy Farm wasn't one of their fancy resorts," Beshear said.
Beshear called Bevin "reckless and erratic" and said "he never takes responsibility" for his decisions. He called the governor "more show pony than work horse" and said he had "left us a lot of manure."
"The only thing we're shoveling out of Frankfort this fall is you," he said, as Bevin looked on impassively.
Beshear said the race comes down to four "critical" issues — fixing the financial problems in the state's pension system, supporting public education, creating well-paying jobs and protecting health care. "And on every single one of them, Matt Bevin is wrong," he said.
The attorney general also didn't pass up the possibility to remind the crowd about what has become the most controversial moment of Bevin's tenure as governor, in April 2018, when he claimed "somewhere in Kentucky" a student had been sexually assaulted or "ingested poison" because schools closed when teachers called in sick to protest pension changes at the Capitol.
"Matt Bevin thinks our teachers are ignorant thugs. I think you are amazing and selfless," Beshear said, adding that if he is elected, teachers "will always be respected, you will never be locked out of your Capitol, and you will always have a seat at the table."
The fall race in Kentucky will be a test of whether Trump's popularity in Kentucky, which he won by 30 points in 2016, will be enough to save Bevin, who was ranked as the nation's most unpopular governor in a recent Morning Consult poll. In Kentucky, 55 percent approve of Trump's job performance; by contrast, 52 percent of state voters disapprove of Bevin's performance, including 37 percent of Republicans.
Trump is expected to travel to Kentucky in the fall to campaign with Bevin, who attended the president's rally last week in Cincinnati, just over the Ohio River.
Kentucky is one of three Southern states electing governors in 2019, along with Mississippi and Louisiana.
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As most of you know I enjoy helping Liam and Chloe make homemade cards & art for the holidays. With Easter right around the corner I figured we should get-to-making some cards prior to this weekend.
Last year was Chloe's first Easter and we made cute little cards using Liam's and Chloe's finger prints: Little Chick Easter Cards.
This year Chloe ended up just 'advising' us (watching and giggling at us) while we made some Easter eggs out of coffee filters. I'm planning on saving a few and hanging them on a window, and then we'll mail the rest out to family members this week.
I laid out some paper on the table to absorb the expected watery mess. Then Liam decorated the coffee filters with an assortment of Do-A-Dot colors.
Then I gave him a little bowl of water and a plastic dropper. He gently (ha ha...who am I kidding) messily dropped water onto the coffee filter and watched the colors 'bleed' together.
Once he realized how fun it was to squirt the water we were on a roll. He made ten of these in one sitting!
Then we laid them out to dry. They were dry in about an hour.
I cut them into egg shapes, trimming two sides of the filters off.
And here are our eggs!
Now we have to write "Happy Easter Grandma" etc on the back of them, stick them in envelopes and address them. And I'll have Liam and Chloe stick Easter stickers all over the envelopes.
- These took very little time and it was perfect for a 3 year old to do.
- If you don't have Do-A-Dot markers I'm pretty sure washable markers would work just as well.
- If you don't have plastic water droppers I bet a paint brush dipped in water and 'dripped' over the filters would work well too.
Let me know if you try this too!
I hosted this month's Crafty Club recently. The evening was filled with crafting, cocktails and snacks. No hubbies or kids. Just a bunch of cool girlfriends hanging out and being creative.
The craft I picked out was one I came across in a blog a few months ago. I didn't think up this craft in any way and take absolutely no credit for the idea (although I wish this is something I had thought of)! I fell in love with it when I saw it and just knew I had to do if for my next hosting gig.
The blog I saw it on is A Beautiful Mess (it's one of my new favorite blogs to follow). And the craft is Marbled Clay Ring Dish.
Ours did not turn out exactly like the ones on A Beautiful Mess, but I think that's what's so cool about this craft! Each dish you make turns out different from the rest. They're little works of art.
All you need is a specific type of clay, a rolling pin, bowl, knife, kitchen oven and liquid leafing.
Aren't these colors fun? Liam thought so too (you can see his little hand grabbing at them)!
test-rounds prior to hosting the craft. I wanted to make sure I had the technique down.
Here's the dining room table, all set up for crafting.
Luckily I had 6 cheap IKEA cutting boards on hand, one for each lady.
And here are some of our finished dishes!
We each ended up making two dishes, one big and one small.
This one is my favorite. It was the very first one I made.
We did not apply a glaze to seal them better. And they are not food safe by any means. But I think they're great for rings, earrings, bracelets, pins, paper clips, stray buttons....what would you put in these dishes? Please share!
And thank you A Beautiful Mess for the fun idea.
It isn't full of fake crap. It's ingredients are nonfat milk, heavy cream, sugar and natural flavor. It tastes good. And it's not so overpowering that you can't taste the coffee too.
They ACTUALLY stay on Chloe's feet! These (and Old Navy's) are the only socks that Liam, and now Chloe, seem to keep on their feet. Like all day on their feet. It's a miracle.
Chloe loves them, Liam loved them. I give her a rusk and it keeps her happy for ten minutes. She eats the entire thing and they are NOT messy (especially compared to the Plum Organics Little Yums - which are so, so messy). No artificial colors or preservatives. Just rice/potato starch/sugar/sea salt. And you can buy them at Target.
(It's pricey) but it does not clump at all! Every mascara I've ever bought eventually clumps. And because I've recently developed contact dermatitis from many cosmetics, this one does not cause me to have a reaction! It goes on great/stays on great. It's non-toxic and it doesn't smell.
It tastes really darn good. It tastes like actual home-made lemonade. And it's not too citrusy where you get a stomachache or heartburn afterwards. It's not too sweet & not too sour. For me it's just right. And the ingredients are water/sugar/lemon juice/lemon pulp & lemon oil. That's it. It tastes good with vodka in it too.
I swear by this stuff! It is my new miracle product. It's inexpensive ($8 at Target and it lasts a few months), smells good, feels good, works good. It's organic and packed full of essential oils. It's another product I've found that's completely okay for my face and skin (it does not cause dermatitis). I'm going to start giving this to people as gifts!
I love maple-anything, so this is a delicious yogurt to me. It's a 'runny' style yogurt, which I prefer over the thick stuff. The cows' milk the yogurt is made of comes from happy cows (grazing, open air milking, grass fed) and the ingredients are simple whole milk/organic agave nectar/maple syrup/ginger/cultures. It's more expensive than Yoplait, but I think it's worth the flavor and ingredients. And I think it tastes great on top of waffles or with oatmeal & dates. Liam loves it too.
The songs are upbeat and it's hard not to move around when you hear it. And if you don't agree, then I guess 'haters gonna hate.' Liam, Chloe and I play this album almost every day and we dance, dance, dance.
Okay -- so what are you diggin' lately?


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Cloud approach to formulating rations
By	PW Reporters on	 September 19, 2013 Nutrition
A new ration formulation program that can produce optimised rations based on production forecasts and raw material supply has been launched in Beta Test mode.
The new service, called Cloud Rations, has been designed by Stephen Hiller and is being provided as an internet cloud service. That means there's no capital outlay, no complicated downloads and no upgrade costs. The service is simply accessed via a web browser and will even operate on mobile devices.
Almost 12 months in the making, Cloud Rations can be used for free Beta Test mode until October 27. It has been designed to allow users to make the best use of the raw materials they have in stock, have purchased on contract, or have available in the market against their projected needs.
The service allows them to perform as many formulation runs as they need, making raw material substitutions or changes in production forecasts simple.
Mr Hiller told Pig World that during beta testing users are free to make use the results from the system free of charge, although he noted this is done at their own risk.
He added that if a user signed up to the service they would get an option to populate their own database with the existing demo pig rations on the system. These can then be amended to suit the user's requirements.
Alternatively, users can start off with a blank database and enter all the data themselves.
Subscription costs for the service start at £30 for a month.
For more information visit: www.cloudrations.com.
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Thanksgiving Shopping: Can It Turn Retail Revenues from Bleak to Black?
Thanksgiving has traditionally been a day for family, turkey and football, but increasingly retailers are viewing the holiday as a chance to kick the Christmas shopping season into high gear.
This year, stores including Best Buy, J.C. Penney, Kohl's, Macy's and Toys "R" Us, will open their doors just after the sun goes down on Thanksgiving, betting that consumers will be done with dinner and ready to cross some gifts off their shopping lists. Meanwhile, Nordstrom, Costco, BJ's Wholesale Club and others have put out statements saying they will remain closed, as they always have, out of respect for the holiday and for employees who want to spend it with their families.
But is either camp really coming out ahead? It's a wash, Wharton experts say, while predicting that as an increasing number of retailers decides to add Thanksgiving hours, it is only a matter of time before almost everyone joins in. "[Opening earlier and earlier] is not going to lead to more retail sales, and there is not much of a competitive advantage," notes Wharton marketing professor Stephen Hoch. "At the same time, there is no benefit to not opening on Thursday; the higher moral ground really doesn't matter."
The trend of stores opening on Thanksgiving is relatively new. It began with brick and mortar retailers deciding to open early — 3 a.m. and 4 a.m. — on Black Friday. Then, in 2010, stores like Toys "R" Us and Walmart started opening at midnight on Black Friday. Over the past three years, that 12 a.m. start has been pushed back hour by hour, with the average opening time now coming in at 7 p.m. on Thanksgiving.
However, just 14% of consumers surveyed in the National Retail Federation's holiday spending survey said they plan to shop — online or in stores — on Thanksgiving (and some could start browsing in person as early as 6 a.m. that day, thanks to Kmart), compared with 42% who said they will shop on Black Friday. Another 38% planned to forgo all holiday shopping during the Thanksgiving weekend, making the total number of expected shoppers for the big weekend lower than the previous year at just 140 million.
Still, total holiday sales are expected to be up, albeit by just 3.9%, from 2012, to $602 billion. This figure is more than the pre-recession levels of 2007, which were followed by two years of significant drops.
A Time for Shopping
The reason most store executives give for opening during the waning hours of Thanksgiving — and staying open through Black Friday night — is customer demand. Officials from Best Buy, which plans to open earlier than ever this year, said in a press release that they decided to open at 6 p.m. because "last year, millions of people made it clear that they wanted to shop on Thanksgiving evening." Macy's conveyed a similar message when it announced its earliest opening time ever: "In response to interest from customers who prefer to start their shopping early, most Macy's stores will open at 8 p.m. on Thanksgiving evening, consistent with many other retailers."
The last phrase in the Macy's statement may allude to the real reason many stores are opening — peer pressure. Hoch says that most retailers would probably prefer to sit out the holiday. But once their competitors began opening earlier on Thanksgiving, others felt compelled to follow suit. "If you stay closed, you are not going to get enough credit from employees or the public [for doing so]. You have to be out there or run the risk that competitors might get the sale before you," Hoch notes.
Additionally, Thanksgiving falls late in the calendar in 2013, meaning that retailers have just 26 shopping days between the holiday and Christmas — the shortest possible time. Consequently, this year in particular, retailers want to get in as many shopping hours as they can, according to Wharton marketing professor Barbara E. Kahn, director of the school's Jay H. Baker Retailing Center. "It's an important period for retailers — with 30% of sales coming from the holidays — so they can't afford to miss a day."
"It's an important period for retailers — with 30% of sales coming from the holidays — so they can't afford to miss a day." –Barbara Kahn
There is also the ever increasing pressure from online retailers, which are open 24 hours a day, every day. In 2012, online sales during the holiday season totaled $43 billion, according to digital research firm comScore, up 13% from the previous year. While that accounts for only 7.4% of total holiday sales, based on estimates from the National Retail Federation, almost everyone expects this percentage to only increase over the next few years. Additionally, 53.5% of online retailers say they will offer promotions specifically for Thanksgiving Day, the National Retail Federation reports, although it is unclear whether this is in response to brick and mortar stores opening earlier or just online retailers getting a jump-start on Cyber Monday.
"Part of it is that Amazon is open all the time, and [brick and mortar retailers] are feeling the pressure to open as well," says Wharton marketing professor David Bell.
A Time for Family
Still, opening on a day traditionally reserved for families can definitely have a negative effect, says Wharton marketing professor Cassie Mogilner, who points to research showing that consumers tend to have negative views of companies that appear materialistic and money-driven (the perceived reasons for opening on Thanksgiving). In fact, users of the website Change.org have created nearly 60 different petitions that have collected almost 200,000 signatures in total, asking specific stores to "Save Thanksgiving." The petition against Target (which is opening at 8 p.m., an hour earlier than last year) alone has collected more than 95,000 signatures. And Walmart's 6 p.m. opening is only adding fuel to the fire of employees who plan to protest on Black Friday to bring to light complaints about low wages and recent unjustified firings.
"It's really smart to take a stand and protect your relationship with consumers and employees," Mogilner notes. "The goodwill perception of the brand will have a longer impact than the initial money gain."
"It's really smart to take a stand and protect your relationship with consumers and employees. The goodwill perception of the brand will have a longer impact than the initial money gain." –Cassie Mogilner
Stores that do open likely won't experience a notable gain in sales, Hoch adds, because revenue from Thanksgiving Day will just take away from Black Friday receipts. In addition, retailers are shouldering the extra operating costs of opening up their buildings for half a day and paying employees higher holiday wages. "It's really inefficient to [open] on Thursday," Hoch states.
Most of the stores that are remaining closed on Thanksgiving this year have always taken the day off, and are simply using their competitors' decision to open as a way to market themselves as retailers that place greater value on the importance of family. "We feel so strongly about our employees spending Thanksgiving with their families," a spokeswoman for TJX, the owner of TJ Maxx and Marshalls, told USA Today.
But many of the retailers that are promoting their Thanksgiving closures are not typically associated with holiday shopping madness anyway. For example, Kahn points out that Costco garners much of its revenue from the memberships that consumers must buy to shop there. Nordstrom is considered high-end retail, Hoch adds, and for decades has relied on a strategy of bulking up revenues during its annual anniversary and half yearly sales. In other words, Nordstrom shoppers, too, aren't the typical Black Friday — or Thursday — kind of crowd.
According to Bell, the only retailers that actually stand to benefit from opening earlier are specialty retailers like jewelry or electronic stores and higher-end retail where people don't typically do their everyday shopping. As for the likes of Target and Walmart, "People are going to buy the same detergent on Thanksgiving that they would have bought any other day."
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"It's great for soccer in the state of Michigan to have these clubs popping up and creating local rivalries."
United head coach/GM Eric Rudland can see the day that Lansing United and Grand Rapids FC develop a healthy rivalry. Over 700 fans at Archer Stadium saw that too, but the first ever meeting between the sides in a friendly match was not really about the 1-0 loss to GRFC.
"We've already started getting ready for (the) Wednesday night (U.S. Open Cup match), and evaluating players for that match," Rudland said. "Each player has had a crack and a chance to show our coaching staff what they can do, so we're really looking at that as our goal."
A three-shot flurry by United in the 29th minute was the best chance for either team to open the scoring in the first half, which concluded with no score for either team. The second half saw the tables turn for the best opportunity.
Lansing keeper Quinn McAnaney handled the ball outside the box in the 49th minute, giving GRFC a free kick just 20 yards from the goal. McAnaney redeemed himself with a stellar save on the resulting shot which was headed towards the upper corner of the United goal.
In the 70th minute of play, Domenic Barone converted on a break over the outstretched arms of McAnaney for the only goal of the match.
"I thought we had a good response in the second half right after we conceded," Rudland said. "We had a good flurry of chances to finish the match, and we had a lot of guys who just got here this week so there were still some positives."
United was presented with a number of set pieces in the final 15 minutes, but no one came closer than a shot from Matt Brown that was tipped over the crossbar by GRFC keeper Beau Prey on a free kick. Without much time to work with their new teammates, Lansing was unable to string together any plays outside of dead ball situations.
"We should have scored in the first half," Dean Trailways Man of the Match Cholo Petit said after his first match for the club. "It's hard to get in a flow with all the new guys. I did like all the 11 players on the field, we ran the whole game and chased every ball, so I like that in a team."
"The difference was taking advantage of scoring opportunities," Rudland said. "We created a number in the first half. We didn't put them away…overall chances I think we had a ton, but we didn't take that final moment to put the ball away."
United will face GRFC at Houseman Field in Grand Rapids, Michigan again on June 27.
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Data-Sufficiency questions follow the American style of multiple choice tests, with 5 answer-choices, only one of which is correct. However, the answer choices are do differ significantly from the standard multiple choice format, in that they are always the same. Kaplan introduced a good mnemonic for memorizing the answer choices: 12TEN. Manhattan Prep, a Kaplan subsidiary, advocates a workflow for solving DS questions. It can be a bit unwieldy, so take the time to consider other options.
WHAT IS TESTED ON DS?
DS questions, as these are known, are based on topics from the standard American curriculum of Arithmetic, Algebra, Geometry, and Statistics, at an elementary level. However, these questions are more aggressively logical than are PS questions - which follow the familiar style of multiple choice question. You can and should read more about these issues here.
For any quant question, the average time constraint is 2 minutes per question. However, this is only an average, and in reality you may succeed in spending far less time on a DS question. Even if not, just make sure to finish the whole section within the total time budget of 32 minutes. A good workflow is imperative for these questions, even more than for PS.


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99% of mobile security threats target Android
Written by Dawinderpal Sahota
A study published this week has claimed that 99 per cent of mobile security threats that emerged in the first quarter of the year were targeted towards the Android platform.
Security software provider F-Secure said that its labs tested hundreds of thousands of mobile app samples in 1Q14 and analysed whether or not they contained malicious code. It found that almost 14 per cent of all Android apps tested were malicious Android apps, and it also found that 275 new threats that run on the platform. The firm only found one threat on each of the iOS and Symbian platforms.
"Mobile malware development in 1Q14 continues to focus exclusively on the Android platform, continuing the inexorable trend we've seen in the last couple years," the security firm wrote in its 1Q14 Threat Landscape Summary.
It added that the vast majority of the malicious Android samples that it analysed were Trojan programs and that almost 83 per cent of these sent SMS messages covertly.
However, the firm also found that the latest version of Android, Jellybean 4.2, saw the introduction of a notification prompt for SMS messages that are sent to premium-rate numbers. This gives the users the option to block such SMS messages being sent from their handset.
"If your Android device isn't using OS version 4.2, consider requesting a call or SMS barring service from your operator to prevent unwanted outgoing calls or messages. This is especially handy for parents who want to keep their children's devices from racking up unexpected charges," F-Secure added.
The study also revealed that during the quarter, more users from the UK discovered and blocked malicious software on their Android handset than any other country. US, Indian, German, Saudi Arabian and Dutch users also reported a notable level of malware being detected and blocked, the security firm added.
F-Secure also noted that, at present, the number of mobile malware threats is "miniscule" in comparison to PC-based threats.
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For a start, the £250m is a meaningless figure. The No camp might as well have said that AV will cost us all four hundred squillion billion trillion million pounds, and that if we say Yes to AV then disembodied zombies will rise up from graveyards and devour our babies. Now I come to think about it, that is basically what they are saying.
Secondly, they seem to misunderstand how government spending works. Money isn't being taken directly from maternity wards, out of the mouths of babes and sucklings (literally) and instead being spent on referendum publicity, or on vote counting machines. It'll come out of the budgets for the relevant government departments that run elections.
Also, complaining about cuts would be more convincing were the No campaign not comprised of groups (such as the Conservative Party and the Taxpayers Alliance) who are in favour of, and are carrying out, massive cuts to public spending that will affect poor and vulnerable people. If you want a proper debate over public spending, then the AV referendum is a red herring. Also, they seem to have based their claims on the wrong electoral system.
Let's face it, this figure of £250m is farcical. Apparently it comes from a report commissioned by the No to AV campaign. Which obviously means it'll be a balanced, impartial figure. Maybe the Yes campaign should commission their own report saying that the referendum will only cost £3.50, and we can spend the referendum arguing over the cost of the campaign rather than the actual issues involved.
For this is what the No campaign are ignoring. They already seem to have given up trying to give us reasons to retain First Past the Post, and the referendum campaign hasn't even really begun yet.
Of course, bringing in AV will cost some money. Probably not as much as £250m, but it will cost something. Yet surely cost is irrelevant compared to bringing in a voting system that will lead to a more pluralist politics, greater choice to voters and ensure that MPs have a proper mandate?
Except the No campaign refuses to engage in debate with the Yes campaign. Conservative groups who are in favour of AV have even been banned from the Tory conference, for goodness sake. What does that say about the No campaign's commitment to a fair, open debate?
There are important constitutional issues at stake in this referendum that will affect how every single Briton engages with politics forever. Rather than debating these issues, the No to AV camp has decided to go for scaremongering. It's immoral, abhorrent and shameful.
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£90 million of it comes from the cost of the referendum, which will be spent even if there's a No vote.
Another £130 million comes from the assumptions that Britain will need to invest in counting machines, even though Australia does fine without them.
"Our Country can't afford it." Brilliant – we can't afford a fairer system of democracy. I may consider this a valid point for a nanosecond, if only I lived in Zimbabwe.
Some things really don't come down to finance. And anyhoo, £250 million is being referred to as a drop in the ocean of government finances when we talk about the new tax on the banks – IT CAN'T BE BOTH!!!
Gosh, I'm getting angry in my old age.
Want to explain why if the Yes campaign are committed to an open and fair debate that the ERS erased all criticism of AV from their website at the exact time the general public were trying to get a balanced view?
That sounds a bit 'dishonest' don't you think?
I found your claim that money isn't taken out of other departments, just the one it affects. Oh good, so all departments have a surplus of cash do they? they never have to move money around…? Is that what you are really claiming??
The other point I got from this is you have NO idea how much it will cost. As the proposers of the change shouldn't it be YOUR job to tell us how much it will cost?
At the end of the day, the cost does take a back seat IF AV was a fairer system ( which I think is plain to see that it isn't), but for all those that are #meh2av or don't really know how they feel. Is it worth a possible £250 million? i.e. the same cost as 16.5 million hursing hours, to find out?
I don't speculate on what the cost will be, because I haven't done any research into it. Unlike the No campaign I wouldn't want to enter a debate in which I haven't done my homework. I refer you, however, to the first comment on costs. Also, the debate should be about: is this a better electoral system? Therefore I find such arguments tedious anyway.


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η Canis Majoris (Latinised to Eta Canis Majoris) is the star's Bayer designation.

The traditional name Aludra originates from the Arabic: العذراء al-adhraa, 'the virgin'. This star, along with Epsilon Canis Majoris (Adhara), Delta Canis Majoris (Wezen) and Omicron2 Canis Majoris (Thanih al Adzari), were Al 'Adhārā (العذاري), 'the Virgins'. In 2016, the International Astronomical Union organized a Working Group on Star Names (WGSN) to catalog and standardize proper names for stars. The WGSN's first bulletin of July 2016 included a table of the first two batches of names approved by the WGSN; which included Aludra for this star.

In Chinese,  (), meaning Bow and Arrow, refers to an asterism consisting of Eta Canis Majoris, Delta Canis Majoris, HD 63032, HD 65456, Omicron Puppis, k Puppis, Epsilon Canis Majoris, Kappa Canis Majoris and Pi Puppis. Consequently, Eta Canis Majoris itself is known as  (, ).

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Eta CMa is classified as an Alpha Cygni-type variable star and its brightness varies from magnitude +2.38 to +2.48 over a period of 4.7 days.

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Both USS Aludra (AF-55), an Alstede-class stores ship, and USS Aludra (AK-72), a Crater-class cargo ship, were U.S. Navy vessels named after the star.

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Diverse data feeds paint a complete picture of IT costs
by Mary Shacklett in Big Data on December 11, 2014, 10:12 AM PST
Learn how traditional and non-traditional machine-based data is being combined into new data center analytics.
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For years, enterprises have labored to figure out their IT costs of doing business by developing formulas that attempted to break down computing costs on a per transaction basis. In other cases, they divided IT costs across the company by assigning a proportionate amount of the cost to various business departments in the enterprise on a chargeback basis.
Few enterprises have arrived at meaningful ways to evaluate their true costs of computing in a business context that the CEO and other C-level executives can comprehend. This has rendered life difficult for CIOs at the budget table, because new investments in IT infrastructure don't sound particularly compelling to those who must approve such recommendations if they can't see how the investments will benefit sales or the bottom line.
The good news is that breakthroughs in big data approaches and technologies in the data center might be changing this.
"Companies want new ways of capturing and stating data center costs that go beyond virtualization, initial energy savings from greening the data center, and other technologies that they have been deploying to eliminate or reduce sunk costs over the past decade," said David Wagner, product manager at TeamQuest, a provider of IT optimization services. "What they want to do now is to look at the bigger picture."
Getting to that bigger picture means finding ways to combine the data coming in from computing resources that tells the story of how much CPU, disc, and other IT-related resources are being consumed with machine-generated data coming in from the environmental aspects of the data center such as HVAC and energy consumption. The latter systems generate continuous usage data that may or may not be in digestible form, so it is up to big data stream analysis functions to weed out the noise and distill this machine-generated data into useful information that can contribute to the overall IT usage picture.
The next step is deploying a methodology capable of merging this machine generated data from facilities systems with the CPU and disc usage data emanating from computing systems so a total cost of IT that includes computing and facilities.
"We call this bimodal IT because we are using analytics techniques that combine diverse data feeds into a composite picture of IT that doesn't leave out vital cost elements," said Wagner.
Just as importantly, this "complete" picture of IT costs is plugged into follow-on analytics that spell out the cost of IT in business contexts that decision makers can understand.
In one case, a national car rental agency added up its total IT costs (facilities plus IT), and then took this cost to determine what the true IT cost per car rental is. In another case, a major grocery chain computed its total cost of IT and then performed additional analytics to determine what the IT cost of running an individual store and product promotions is, and it has gone even further by calculating out the IT costs per customer acquired from these promotions.
From the standpoint of non-IT executives, it becomes easier to understand the value of IT investments when the production from these investments can be viewed in a business context. This also aids the CIO, who might have to fight less fiercely for needed IT infrastructure improvements.
"Methodologies like this are still in beginning stages," acknowledged Wagner. "But over time, we can first expect to see cost allocations emerge in data centers that are able to use big data to capture the true total cost of IT. The next logical extension will be follow-on analytics that plug these costs into business contexts that assist executives in understanding where their IT dollars are going -- and how these IT investments contribute to profits in the business."
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package demo.oauth;

import com.intuit.karate.junit4.Karate;
import com.intuit.karate.KarateOptions;
import org.junit.BeforeClass;
import org.junit.runner.RunWith;

@RunWith(Karate.class)
@KarateOptions(features = "classpath:demo/oauth/oauth2.feature")
public class Oauth2Runner {

    @BeforeClass
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From master storyteller and #1 New York Times bestseller Barbara Taylor Bradford comes a gripping drama with a shocking twist.
Margo, the most brilliant political fixer in Chicago, has made her name helping others – but now she's the one in trouble… Just as she is about to board a plane with her husband, Jack, he vanishes.
Stunned and devastated, Margo starts to investigate Jack's past, using all her contacts and pulling in favours. But before long, she discovers how little she really knew about the man she married.
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Our "So You Think You Can Style?" 'Sun's Out, Buns Out' Winner!
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Congratulations to Michael Dubuc from Drummondville, QC., on his first-place win in the "So You Think You Can Style?" 'Sun's Out, Bun's Out' photo contest.
Dubuc has been a hairstylist for 14 years, specializing in cutting and balayage and is currently an educator for Matrix Canada.
"From an early age, I admired Hollywood fashion and when I got into hairstyling, it was a revelation for me and what I wanted to accomplish in my professional life," said Dubuc.
For this look, Dubuc used Matrix R.A.W. Biolage products to achieve a natural, yet glamorous look.
"What I like about Matrix R.A.W. Biolage products, is that they have an ecological conscience with a well-balanced performance," he said. "This look was inspired by the simplicity of glamorous curves and "ready-to-wear" red carpet styles."
In terms of competitions, Dubuc said it allows him to push himself and be creative. "For me, competing is a way of expression, surpassing one's limits and seeing the beautiful creativity in all of the participants."
Congratulations also goes out to our second-place winner, Katie D'Souza, and our third-place winner, Potrus Potrus.
Check out our past "So You Think You Can Style?" contest winners and stay tuned for the next contest starting July 27!
First place: Hair, Makeup, Photos: Michael Dubuc, Model: Audrey-Claude Aubin
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Marvel's Inhumans: Where Did It All Go So Wrong?
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As the moon dust finally settles back down over the Ill-fated adaptation of Marvel's Inhumans, it's time to pick through what remains of Attilan's ruins and try to figure out where things went so badly wrong. Departing our screens this week with not so much a bang, but more of a dry fart, it's unlikely we'll see Black Bolt and his family return for a second series. So what lessons do Marvel need to go away and learn from what has been a truly bruising and painful viewing experience?
Was it the way that the final product was pieced together, utterly saturated with examples of lazy scriptwriting and embarrassingly cheap visual effects? Was it the chronically lackluster publicity campaign leading up to the show's eventual release? Or do the issues go back even further than that, to when the concept as a whole was first raised? The answer, my friends, is there is truth in all three of the above…
Having forced myself to sit through the entire eight grueling hours of this sorry affair, and feeling like I should be awarded some kind of medal for having done so, I can confirm that there is nothing remotely redeeming to be found anywhere amongst the wreckage of this car crash. Inhumans typifies what happens when cost outweighs care, and amplifies all of the issues that led to Marvel's Iron Fist receiving such negative reviews.
If you did watch it, you have our deepest sympathies. If you were lucky enough to have swerved it, take heart in the fact that that was the most sensible thing you did this year. Either way, here's our guide to exactly why this is Marvel's most embarrassing Marvel Cinematic Universe failure to date:
5. It was just a really bad idea…
Way way back when the first muddled announcements about an Inhumans movie started to leak out of Marvel's media machine, faint rumblings of ridicule started to build. Despite the fact that this is a company that has successfully served up talking ducks, raccoons and trees, a quick glance at the original source material showed that this would be a creative mountain the company would be very lucky to successfully climb over.
In order to do justice to a storyline which features living hair, giant teleporting dogs and a king who can tear a planet in half when he burps, the production budget and scriptwriting would have had to require significant investment. It's clear that someone at Marvel must have still been sober enough at this point to bury the plans for an Inhumans movie, realizing that the reward for success here was simply not worth taking the risk.
Further clues about the project's likely failure were easy to find when the first introductory steps for creating MCU versions of the characters were taken in Agents Of SHIELD. Having survived a tepid and tedious first season, the SHIELD show runners pinned their hopes on an Inhuman future, making this the basis of their entire second season. The deployment of Terrigen crystals, Kree warriors and Inhuman political intrigues was not received well by fans though, and only the return of HYDRA in season 3 has managed to keep Agents Of SHIELD afloat.
4. There's no effort to make it fit…
The main way that each individual new project is spliced together with the larger MCU environment is via the liberal sprinkling of Easter eggs and cameos throughout the narrative. All of the other TV projects and movies have seen walk-on roles from actors heralding from somewhere else in the franchise, prompting wider discussions about pre-existing MCU issues.
A classic case of where this works well is Agents Of SHIELD. As well as the inclusion of MCU movie characters flashbacks and modern day events, every episode had a pre-credits scene built in between the end of the episode and the end titles. Most of the time this was used to depict events occurring elsewhere in the MCU, or the reaction of characters in the wider environment to the ongoing story.
Almost recognizing that this project was doomed from the outset, the locations in Inhumans were limited to either Hawaii or the Moon. There was no effort to show SHIELD or Stark Industries responding to the unfolding events, and completely missing the opportunity to use the fact that series 5 of Agents of SHIELD is taking place in space. You know, where the Moon is?
3. The storyline took ZERO risks…
Whilst critics attacked Luke Cage and Iron Fist for a lack of adventure or creativity with their scriptwriting, those projects were Shakespearean compared to this drivel. Not one character had any depth or interest, as viewers were pummelled with exactly what each one was thinking via incessant and needless flashbacks, or lazy overt dialogue.
The few human characters who are dotted around the storyline may as well have had numbers, as opposed to names. There was 'helpful human number one', who is intended to be mildly comedic (she fails). 'Helpful human number two', who is meant to be an engaging love interest (he fails). And then there's 'nasty human number three', who is supposed to reflect the dark side of humanity (guess what, he fails…).
The fact that the lead character can't even speak means his thoughts are spoon-fed to the audience via his insufferably boring wife. Alongside this, asking Iwan Rheon to play a PG13 version of his iconic GoT character is the final insult. With little bark, little bite, and little everything bar a few major insecurities, he's about as villainous as your average grumpy teenager.
2. Aren't they supposed to have powers?
One of the main gripes that people have had with the series is the methods the show runners have used to try and keep their special effects budget as low as possible. This is supposed to be a society where every member possesses a wonderful and spectacular superpower of some kind. So where were all the superpowers?
Looking at the depiction of the larger Inhuman society as a whole, rather than a race of talented and entertaining mutants, what we got was the leftover pieces from Star Trek: Discovery's practical effects department. The majority of the population look like they're normal people wearing boring clothes, and the rest have a limited application of prosthetics and/or badly applied makeup.
What about the Royal Family themselves then? A fella with hooves who wears boots. A lady with living hair who gets a haircut. An aquatic ninja who goes into the water once. A man who can crush worlds with his voice, who coughs three times during the series. This was a truly naive and misguided move by the makers, effectively signing the show's death warrant from the get-go.
1. And when there were special effects…
If a chronic lack of spectacle was bad enough, the only possible way to compensate for that would have been to make what few events the script did possess truly spectacular. What we in fact got was the exact anti-climactic opposite – some truly awful special effects.
The sets themselves consisted of about two or three large rooms where the furniture had blatantly just been moved to one side to indicate a new location. The explosions and laser beams wouldn't even have made their way into the average Doctor Who episode, and the props resembled budget children's toys.
The eventual destruction of Attlian looked like something you would find in Minecraft, all 2D blocks of differing colors, and slightly shaky camera angles. Triton's makeup was a bad joke, not even fit for the SyFy channel and Karnak's 'power' proved so tedious they dispensed with it halfway through the series.
All the evidence points to an overall lack of interest and investment in the project. This was a total afterthought on behalf of Marvel. "We've promised it to the fans, let's just give it to them and then forget all about it." The company may think they can get away with this, based on the loyalty of their fan base and the success of their movies. But they're wrong. After all, the show's director said the show was purposely shot quickly and cheaply.
At some point the Marvel bubble will have to burst. Even with Disney investment and innovation, their model and blueprints won't last forever, and the market will shift out of their favor. The nature of success is that it can can only build and build to an eventual failure. To insult the fans with this mess, and not care or apologize for it only starts the rumblings of discontent amongst the fan community. Rumblings they may well grow into something a lot more serious.
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The team has stayed in the same division as last year, but the league has reorganised and we now play in Division 3D.
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The captains for the coming season are Fiona Rooke and James Buckle.
This team was started a few years ago as a stepping stone for older juniors and better club players. This is the team of the first and second team players of the future playing alongside more experienced players. The captain for the coming season is Jeanette Legg.


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Marek Janowski
Marek Janowski is one of the great masters of the music of the German tradition. He is recognised throughout the world for his interpretation of Wagner, Strauss, Bruckner and Brahms, Hindemith and the Second Viennese School. From 2002 to 2016 he was Artistic Director of the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin and his Wagner opera cycle with the orchestra in Berlin's Philharmonie in 2012 and 2013 was held to have set a new standard of performance in concertante opera. The complete cycle was recorded live on Pentatone and released in 2016.
Marek Janowski's artistic path has led him from Assistant positions in Aachen, Cologne, Düsseldorf and Hamburg to his appointment as General Music Director in Freiburg im Breisgau (1973-75) and Dortmund (1975-79). As his reputation grew, he was soon invited to conduct in many of Europe's leading opera houses, from the Metropolitan Opera New York to the Bayerischer Staatsoper Munich; from Chicago and San Francisco to Hamburg; from Vienna and Berlin to Paris.
Marek Janowski stepped back from the opera scene in the 1990s to concentrate on the great German symphonic repertoire. He is now one of the great masters of the music of the German tradition, enjoying an outstanding reputation amongst the premier orchestras of Europe and North America.
Between 1984-2000, as Musical Director of the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Janowski took the orchestra to a position of pre-eminence in France and abroad. From 1986 -1990 he held the title of Chief Conductor of the Gürzenich-Orchester in Cologne and was also First Guest Conductor of the Deutsche Symphonie-Orchester Berlin between 1997-1999. From 2000 -2005 Janowski served as Music Director of the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, and from 2001-2003 he held the position of Chief Conductor with the Dresdner Philharmonie. From 2002 to 2016 he was Artistic Director of the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin.
Marek Janowski has built a distinguished discography including several complete operas and symphonic cycles, many of which have been awarded international prizes. His recording of Wagner's complete tetralogy the Ring Cycle with the Staatskapelle Dresden (1980-83) remains one of the most notable and musically interesting recordings that has been made. His Bruckner cycle with the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, recorded for Pentatone has also been accorded high praise.


AGARTALA, Sep 11 (TIWN): CPI-M strongly lodged protest in EC against JUMLA Party's organized violence. As opposition CPI-M was unable to fetch and file nominations due to BJP led rigging in Tripura and many left without submitting nominations due to open rigging of election, CPI-M gheraoed Election Commission Office on Tuesday, which was the last date of nomination submission.
CPI-M activists led by Party leader Pabitra Kar protested before the State Election Commission office, voicing for democratic rights of oppositions.
On yesterday CPI-M leaders had met West District Magistrate Sandeep Mahatme in this regard as no action was taken against BJP goons even after placing deputation to him earlier centering Bamutia BDO-meeting rigging incident. CPI-M told the DM BJP is continuing rigging across BDO meetings, neither allowing CPI-M to submit nominations, but no action was taken so far.
Tripura by-election to be conducted on Sep 30 for around 2500 vacant posts due to massive resignations of CPI-M leaders after Assembly Election.
But BJP activists have started open violence backed by MLAs and party leaders resulted many activists of Congress injured at Dukli block. BJP activists were also injured after they stone pelted on Police and Police dispersed tear gas and also lathi charged.


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honor 8 Officially Goes on Sale in Malaysia on September 8
By Alleef Ashaari
The long awaited flagship from honor not only steps up its game but also raises the user experience in terms of functionality.
After successful launches in the US, Paris and Sweden, honor made good on its promise and has finally launched the highly anticipated honor 8, the latest flagship smartphone from the Huawei sub-brand.
In wanting to focus it efforts towards the new generation of youths, millennials, and digital natives, honor has set itself to be more brand-savvy with the youth. To do this, it launched the honor 8, which will officially go on sale on September 8 2016, to be more in tune with the needs and wants of these specific target audiences.
This can be seen in the use of its newly appointed ambassador—Brooklyn Beckham, and how honor markets the new flagship device with the use of popular gaming apps, like Pokémon Go, to snapping crisp selfies, and using a variety of apps with just one touch.
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Head on over here to read up on the review that PCMag USA put together right after the official launch there. The PCMag SEA take will be up soon!
Based on personal industry insights, these remarkable growth, which in itself is impressive as it is just over a short span of two years, has set honor up to emerge as a leading smartphone brand with sales amounting to US$6 billion and up to shipping 40 million products in 2015 alone.
Allen An, E-Commerce Director of Honor Malaysia, during his keynote speech, shared how "honor Malaysia understands the evolving demands of youth in the digital era. Hence, with the honor 8, we have gone further to ensure that our fans do not have to choose between a beautifully-crafted device and an all-powerful mobile platform."
The honor 8 prides itself on the modern and sleek look it uses, a design that does not compromise on the specs used within. The Aurora Glass concept that this new flagship uses ensures a unique shine effect can be seen on both sides of the device to create beautiful reflections of light.
Following the footsteps of the Huawei P9, the honor 8 also sports an innovative Dual-Lens 12MP camera array and a 8MP front shooter. Having both, selfie and photography enthusiasts everywhere would be amazed with the crystal clear images that the two are capable of producing.
As for the hardware that thrums within the honor 8, just like the enriched chassis used, they are similarly as impressive. Beyond using the Huawei Kirin 950 2.3GHz mobile processor that uses the 16nm FinFET architecture, there is also an 8 Core GPU, 4GB DDR4 RAM, and 32GB storage (up to 64GB) with support for 128GB expandable memory.
The honor 8 also sports an advanced 3D fingerprint scanner that doubles up as a smart key, a primary feature that most honor flagship devices is known for. With it, the smartphone can be unlocked and engaged instantly without any hassle.
Powering all that is a 3,000mAh battery that has native support for 9V/2A quick charging.
In a twist that many did not expect to see, honor also revealed that it has a new smartphone that caters directly to users who are searching for more affordable alternatives. Set to appear two weeks after the honor 8 goes on sale, the honor 5A will sport some pretty powered specs as well, like the Huawei Kirin 620 Octa-Core CPU, 2GB RAM, 13MP rear-facing camera, and an 8MP front shooter camera.
This surprising reveal, which comes in Black and White, will be priced at RM599 and go on sale officially from September 20. There is also a gold variant going for RM629.
As for the honor 8, it will hit VMall Malaysia, Lazada Malaysia, DirectD and selected SenHeng stores nationwide from its official sale date. In terms of pricing, the standard variants, which come in Pearl White and Midnight Black, is priced at RM1,699 while the premium variants, appearing in Sapphire Blue and Sunrise Gold, is priced at RM1,899. Instead of the usual pre-order bonuses, honor Malaysia will be providing special free gifts for the first 100 customers who purchases the honor 8. For additional information, head on over to the honor Malaysia webportal.
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(CNN) - New polls out Saturday in two of the smaller battleground states – where the first votes of this cycle were counted last January - show a neck-and-neck race in one state and an advantage for President Barack Obama in another.
In Iowa, which has six electoral votes, Obama has an edge over GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney among likely voters, 47% to 42%, according to a Des Moines Register Iowa Poll.
(CNN) - Just days away from Election Day, a significant number of Ohioans have already cast ballots, a state official said Saturday.
Secretary of State Jon Husted said 1.6 million people in the critical swing state have cast ballots through Friday, when four days remained in the race.
(CNN) – President Barack Obama's campaign touted an intensely focused ground game going into election week on Saturday, citing their robust voter contact efforts as a reason the president will prevail against his rival Mitt Romney.
Campaign manager Jim Messina and national field director Jeremy Bird said their system incorporating neighborhood "hubs" where volunteers can register and help turn out voters had produced sizable results going into Tuesday's vote.
Elizabeth, New Jersey (CNN) - Four days before Election Day and four days after Superstorm Sandy ravaged the East Coast, Dennis Kobitz, administrator for the Union County Board of Elections, is on his way to polling sites to check on voting machine deliveries.
It would normally take Kobitz a few minutes to cross into the nearby city of Roselle from the Board of Elections office in Elizabeth, a city near Newark. This time it stretches into a 30-minute adventure.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin (CNN) - Despite a strained voice and a hectic campaign schedule, President Obama's rhetoric was as lofty as ever when he took the stage before 20,000 supporters here Saturday afternoon.
Promising to be a voice in Washington, D.C. for voiceless Americans, the president told the crowd that those who listened closely to his speeches in 2008 should remember that "change we believe in is not just changing the president."
EDITOR'S NOTE: CNN has sent dozens of reporters, producers, contributors and correspondents to the key battleground states to cover the final days of the 2012 election. The following dispatch is from CNN's Deirdre Walsh who is traveling with House Speaker John Boehner on an Ohio bus tour over this pre-election weekend.
Findlay, Ohio - As the green "Team Boehner" bus snaked north up Interstate 75 along the Western edge of Ohio on Saturday the House speaker wasn't likely to find many undecided voters to talk to about supporting GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney.
The early stops on House Speaker John Boehner's three day statewide bus tour were all squarely focused on reinforcing how important it is for Republicans to come out in big numbers for the GOP ticket.
Arvada, Colorado (CNN) - Three days before the presidential election, Vice President Joe Biden made a prediction: the sun will go down on Mitt Romney's presidential hopes on Tuesday.
During a rally in Colorado, the vice president teed up his premonition.
Columbus, Ohio (CNN) - In the face of poll numbers showing a challenging path to victory Tuesday, particularly in Ohio, Mitt Romney's campaign is telling allies to talk up Republican chances in Democratic-leaning states while insisting that "GOP enthusiasm" will carry Romney to victory on Election Day.
In a memo circulated Saturday to top Republican leaders and surrogates in the media, the Romney campaign says they are "forcing Obama on defense" in states he won handily in 2008 – including Minnesota, Michigan and Pennsylvania, where Romney will campaign on Sunday.
(CNN) - CNN's Athena Jones looks at the battle over control of the House of Representatives.
(CNN) - Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney delivered his party's weekly address on Saturday, outlining his economic platform and case against President Barack Obama with just three days remaining until Tuesday's election.
"The question of this election comes down to this: do you want more of the same or do you want real change?" Romney asked in his remarks. "President Obama promised change, but he could not deliver it. I promise change, and I have a record of achieving it."


What are the Generally Accepted Accounting Principles?
Generally accepted accounting principles help to maintain uniformity among all businesses' financial reporting.
Generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP as they are more commonly known, are rules and guidelines that help companies prepare financial statements. What exactly the principles contain varies slightly from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, but in most cases they cover assumptions, basic principles, and basic constraints. They are used predominantly by corporate accountants who are preparing public earnings statements and financial reports, and the goal is usually to provide some level of uniformity across industry sectors.
Most countries require publicly traded companies to release annual financial statements to their shareholders and, in many cases, to the general public. These reports are really important for investors, banks, and creditors since in many ways they speak to the financial health and profitability of the company, but unless all companies prepare their reports according to the same basic principles the results can be tough to sort through and fairly compare. Requiring that statements from all companies comply with a standardized set of general assumptions, rules, and restrictions can be one way to improve transparency as well as to streamline reporting for things like taxes, earnings, and executive salaries.
The key assumptions of generally accepted accounting principles are broken down into four subsets, namely business entity, going concern, monetary unit, and time period. The "business entity" assumption presumes that the business functions as a legal and financial entity separate from its owners or any other business. This means that all the amounts shown as revenue or expense in the financial statements are for the business alone and do not include any personal expenses.
"Going concern" is the assumption that the business will operate for the foreseeable future. This is important when calculating the values for assets, depreciation and amortization. The "monetary unit" assumption is that all the amounts listed use one stable currency, and that any amounts in another currency are clearly listed. "Time period" assumes that all the transactions reported did in fact occur within the time period as listed.
There are also four basic principles. These are cost, revenue, matching and disclosure. The "cost" principle refers to the notion that all values listed and reported are the costs to obtain or acquire the asset and not the fair market value, while the "revenue" principle states that all revenue must be reported when is it realized and earned, not necessarily when the actual cash is received. This is also known as accrual accounting. The "matching" principle holds that the expenses in the financial statement must be matched with the revenue. Accountants must include the value of the expense in the financial statements when the work product is sold, not necessarily when the work or invoice is issued. Finally, the "disclosure" principle holds that information pertinent to make a reasonable judgment on the company's finances must be included, so long as the costs to obtain that information is reasonable.
When it comes to constraints, the GAAP covers objectivity, materiality, consistency, and prudence. The objectivity constraint states that all the information included in the financial statements must be supported by independent, verifiable evidence. What this means is that the significance of the item must be considered under the materiality constraint when deciding whether it should be included on the financial statements. In general, if this information would be significant to a reasonable third party, it must be included.
The company is required to use the same accounting methods and principles each year under the consistency constraint and any variation must be reported in the financial statement notes. Under the constraint of prudence, accountants are required to choose a solution that reduces the likelihood of overstating assets and income.
The principles are, as their name suggests, simply principles — they aren't hard and fast rules and there is usually some room for interpretation. Companies can more or less choose how they are going to comply with each area, but by publishing their reports publicly they are, in most cases, asserting that the assumptions and general principles of the rules have been followed and present an accurate and true picture.
Most countries have GAAP rules, but they can vary from place to place in terms of specificity and particular procedural requirements. In most cases, special financial accounting standards boards are responsible for drawing up the rules, and may also be tasked with resolving common problems in a systematic, coherent way. These boards are usually housed in the government, but can be privatized, too. A lot depends on location.
Differing principles and rules from country to country can pose problems, or at least complications, for businesses that operate in several places simultaneously. In these cases accounting professionals usually have to be aware of all relevant principles, and sometimes have to publish different forms of their financial reports that are tailored to rules of particular localities. A number of experts encourage the development of a single, international board to administer to resolve this problem; a singular code would, they say, promote a greater level of uniformity in accounting standards around the world.
What Are the Different GAAP Depreciation Methods?
What Is a Full-Cost Method?
What Is a GAAP Disclosure?
What Is an Entity Assumption?
What is a Normal Balance?
Please tell us those principles in the GAAP that are included also in the IFRS?
I imagine CPA's and other accounting professionals use the GAAP book more often than a CEO would. Financial reports should adhere to GAAP requirements as mandated by the SEC. Who knows how heavy that's enforced. I have heard though that the SEC is proposing to convert from gaap standards to International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) around 2014.
Any company, large or small should should maintain a current copy of the GAAP guide. Besides helping ensure that their financial reports adhere to GAAP requirements -- which is especially important for small businesses -- it can also help eliminate fraudulant activity.
Materiality can vary greatly based on the size of the company. For example, $10,000 seems material to most people. And to a business that makes $60,000 a year, it is very material. However, for a company that brings in $30 million per year, it would generally not be considered material. This would mean that in an audit, issues pertaining to this amount of money could be completely left out. Many people do not realize this. However, gaap accounting also dictates that fraud is always material, regardless of the amount involved.


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History Repeats With Gulutzan Firing
April 19, 2018 by Ryan Pike
On Tuesday afternoon, just 10 days following the completion of a disappointing season, the Calgary Flames parted ways with head coach Glen Gulutzan and his two assistant coaches. The change in coaching directions come on the heels of a disappointing season where Flames management, ownership and fans had sky-high expectations that were not met.
Calgary Flames head coach Glen Gulutzan (Sergei Belski-USA TODAY Sports)
If this sounds familiar, it's because this precise scenario has played out before. Just over a decade ago, following the lost 2004-05 lockout season, a rising Flames squad was undone by a series of strange hockey operations decisions – including a very reactive coaching change. The decisions that Brad Treliving makes this off-season could save this incarnation of the franchise from the same fate.
Diminishing Returns Out of a Rebuild
Darryl Sutter was coming off his second full season (and third full year, including the lockout) as Flames head coach and general manager. In the pre-cap world, it wasn't unheard of for one person to be coach and GM – they just wouldn't sleep very much. But the new complexities of the cap world, combined with the challenges of a changing NHL landscape, made Sutter's plate a little bit too full. He led the Flames to a division title, their first since 1994-95, only to have them drop their first round series to Anaheim in seven games.
Don't know how to feel about the Gulutzan firing. Given injuries to Smith, Monahan, Tkachuk, Brodie… is it fair to pin this season on coaching? Felt more like rotten luck to me.
— Matt Larkin (@THNMattLarkin) April 17, 2018
Sutter's Flames were in an interesting position in their development. Sutter inherited a weird hodge-podge of players from his predecessor, Craig Button, and immediately went about revamping the team while holding on to a few key core pieces – primarily a budding superstar named Jarome Iginla. Behind the bench Sutter was lauded as a taskmaster, impressing upon his new club the importance of playing a particularly structured style of game. His attention-to-detail got the Flames within a single game of a Stanley Cup in 2004. But following the lockout Sutter began to see diminishing returns behind the bench – players can only be pushed so far by a single voice before they tune it out – and he needed a new coach to get them to the next level.
Calling Upon a Protege
Looking for a fresh tactical perspective, Sutter went to trusted lieutenant Jim Playfair to get the team over the hump. Playfair was considered an up-and-comer, a progressive thinker with an old school facade with an impressive resume of experience from the ECHL, IHL, AHL and as an NHL assistant under Sutter. Playfair knew the team, knew the group's tendencies and systems, and the marriage of a talented, veteran team with a progressive, energetic coach made a ton of sense.
Unfortunately, the veteran group never really clicked with Playfair – his "good cop" approach was too much of a departure from Sutter's "bad cop" – and the group stalled out in the playoffs and lost to Detroit in six games. With the clock ticking on the team's core between the group's age and contract statuses, Sutter made a reactive move. Trying to get the most out of his group while he still could, he demoted Playfair after one season and doubled down on old ideas by hiring another taskmaster in Mike Keenan. The group didn't respond to the abrupt change in tone and never quite got back to the same level of performance as they did under Sutter and Playfair.
Like Sutter, Treliving inherited a hodge-podge group from his predecessor Jay Feaster. However, Feaster's focus on drafting gave Treliving several impressive youngsters who have matured over the past several seasons. They matured and learned work ethic under taskmaster Bob Hartley, but plateaued when his message began to fall flat. Treliving turned to Gulutzan, considered a progressive mind and an up-and-comer with an impressive resume from the ECHL, AHL and NHL, to get his team over the hump.
Related: Potential Replacements For Glen Gulutzan
Like Playfair, Gulutzan just never quite clicked with the maturing Flames group to the extent that was hoped and the team's underachievement under his watch necessitated a change. History has definitely repeated itself in that respect, but the Flames don't necessarily need to fall into a similar downward slope. Those who fail to learn from the past are destined to repeat it and hopefully Treliving and his management group can avoid the pratfalls of wildly swinging back and forth from taskmaster to "player's coach" – and can instead hire a bench boss that can maximize the accumulated talent on the Flames roster rather than fitting a particular archetype.
Sutter's misguided coaching hire set the clock ticking on his time in Calgary. Treliving cannot afford a similar misfire.
Categories Calgary Flames Tags Brad Treliving, Darryl Sutter, Glen Gulutzan, Jim Playfair
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Thank you Dulce…they disappear in a flash!
These sound so scrumptious Marisa!
Thank you Sandhya, they're simply wonderful!
Hi Marisa, these look and sound great. The mandarin peel is what makes all the difference. Thanks for the about out!
Hey Stefan, thanks so much! Your tip works like a charm and yes the mandarin zest really livens up these morsels!
Orange Frittelle sounds divine. Adding to the try list; Mandarin is so readily available for now.
They're so easy to make and any type of orange will do…which probably goes without saying! Thanks so much Nidhi!
They look delectable!! I so enjoy finding new Italian recipes!!
Thanks so much Toni, I'm happy to hear you like it and for dropping by!
Marisa, these little bites are delectable, as are all of your recipes. I can't wait to make these!
Thanks so much Colleen! They're surprisingly easy to put together and will disappear in a flash!
This sounds delicious! Will have some time this Easter weekend to try this recipe .
Thank you Ros! They're delightfully easy to make…enjoy!


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Wake Modelling for Rotary Wings
Helicopters support a broad range of services (as search and rescue, coastguard, firefighting etc.) and adverse environmental conditions can play a crucial role in the safety of their operations with a significant number of accidents ascribed to the hazardous working environment[1]. As a result, wake encounters and rotor wake/obstacle interactions have become a challenging research topic in the last few years.
Vorticity magnitude contour from 1 to 5 rotor diameter downstream the helicopter hub of a Puma helicopter at a forward speed of 70 kts (in this simulation a non uniform steady actuator disk model has been employed).
Today, there are clear separation criteria between fixed wing aircraft, while the situation for helicopters is different, and separation criteria have not been fully established yet. Some guidance can be found for particular situations [2], however, more detailed guidelines are needed. The increase of air traffic in the recent years makes these separation standards a limiting factor for capacity at the busiest airports. A solution to airport congestion is thus to reduce, when possible, separation minima, keeping at least the current safety level.
Vorticity magnitude contour at the simmetry plane of a EC145 at 20 kts of forward speed (in this simulation a non uniform unsteady actuator disk model has been employed).
This research aims to provide accurate and safe separation criteria between a leading helicopter and different classes of following aircraft. For this, CFD is used to generate and analyse wakes. Detailed simulations on structured and adapted Cartesian grids are used to reduce the numerical dissipation of CFD schemes.
S. Cavallo, G. Ducci, R. Steijl, G. N. Barakos, "CFD Analysis of Helicopters Wake in Ground Effect", 2018 September 18-21, 44th European Rotorcraft Forum, Delft, Netherlands
Jimenez-Garcia, A., Barakos, G., Treve, V., Rooseleer, F., Cappellazzo, V., and Graham, R., "Helicopter Wake Encounters in the Context of RECAT-EU," 2017
Sugiura, M., Tanabe, Y., Sugawara, H., Barakos, G. N., Matayoshi, N., and Ishii, H., "Validation of CFD Codes for the Helicopter Wake in Ground Effect," 2017.
G. Barakos (Professor), George.Barakos@glasgow.ac.uk
S. Cavallo (Phd student), stefano.cavallo@glasgow.ac.uk
"Aviation Accident Reports - National Transportation Safety Board." https://ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Pages/AccidentReports.aspx
CAA, "CAP 490: Manual of Air Traffic Services Part 1," 2015.