How Can Mini Hurdles Be Used To Improve a Young Athlete's Running Technique?
I believe that mini hurdles – called "wickets" in some parts of the world – can help young athletes improve their running technique and therefore their sprinting effectiveness.
It is, however, a combination of equipment and knowledgeable coaching that will get the results, rather than than use of equipment alone. A coach should never rely on the equipment to do all of the work.
Simply running over the hurdles without knocking them down is not enough. It needs to be done well, accompanied by effective coaching cues, observation and feedback.
My favourite mini hurdle sprinting drill simply involves athletes running over a series of the mini hurdles at at a sub-maximal sprinting pace.
The athletes use a 4-8 step run-in before reaching the first hurdle.
The distance between the hurdles is a matter of trial and error for an athlete, but as an example, for a female athlete in her later teenage years, I am currently using 12 mini hurdles with the first two gaps at 1.45 metres, the next two gaps at 1.52 metres, the next three gaps at 1.59 metres and the remaining gaps at 1.66 metres.
Many young athletes run with a low knee lift, and/or too high a heel recovery, with too much of the leg cycle occurring behind the hips.
Mini hurdles are a wonderful way to constrain the sprinting task and guide an athlete into a desired sprinting position with a higher knee lift and more effective, quicker heel recovery.
Mini hurdles will assist with influencing a desired leg cycle – they will certainly encourage the athletes to pick their feet up and improve an athlete's front side mechanics – but they will not solve (and may even worsen) an athlete who "sits" with their hips low and back.
Really important in improving their posture is to to cue the athletes to lead the movement with their "belt buckle" or a piece of coloured tape placed on their shirt at belly button level. It can be effective to cue them to push the "belt buckle" or tape out towards an external landmark or target. This will help the athletes keep their hips high and assist them to avoid the dreaded (but common) "sitting" position.
Also watch for the young athletes who flick their feet around the hurdles rather than over them. This can be a sign that the mini hurdles are set too high. Try lower mini hurdles. Also, simply cueing an athlete to "step over the middle of the hurdle" and/or to point their knees and toes to the front as they step over the hurdles can solve the problem.
I am a big fan of the adjustable mini hurdles as they provide more scope for progressing and regressing the task by increasing and decreasing the hurdle height.
I will always start an athlete at the lowest height and gradually increase the complexity of the skill by adjusting the hurdle height – not during a session, but over a few weeks once an athlete has stabilised their technique.
Of course, the next challenge is whether the skill remains once the constraint (i.e. the mini hurdles) are removed.
Try videoing the athlete running over the mini hurdles and then running without the hurdles. Use a video app such as "Coaches Eye" to compare the videos side-by-side to determine whether a skill transfer has occurred.
If you are a coach, or a parent who is assisting your child in the absence of accessible coaching, I recommend borrowing or investing in some mini hurdles.
Try the activity suggested in this article, accompanied by the suggested cues. I would love to hear how it goes. Let me know by leaving a comment/reply or by using the below contact details.
The following YouTube videos don't feature kids but they will provide you with some more valuable information about the use of mini hurdles.
Are mini hurdles okay for U. 10's-12/13 and what settings would I need?


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NHAI conducts workshop for engineers in Pune district
The National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) organised a one-day training for all engineers of Pune Zilla Parishad (ZP) earlier last week at Pune. The NHAI is a leading organisation for the development and maintenance of public infrastructure, especially roads.
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PUNE: The National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) organised a one-day training for all engineers of Pune Zilla Parishad (ZP) earlier last week at Pune. The NHAI is a leading organisation for the development and maintenance of public infrastructure, especially roads. Pune Zilla Parishad develops 78 types of Public Infrastructure, including roads and the training, according to the Pune ZP officials has helped immensely to the engineers.
According to Pune ZP CEO Ayush Prasad, Pune ZP built 443 kms of rural roads in the last financial year and it maintains a road network of over 13,000 kms.
The day-long training focused on preparing proposals for public-private partnership in road development, road project management, choice of material and its testing, latest designs, construction techniques, surface testing, cost management, increasing the speed of execution of projects, understanding the latest rules of Indian Road Congress among others.
Prasad said, "We thank NHAI for their support. We are committed to continuously improving our work in service of the nation."
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Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 12:46 am Post subject: Vivitar Series 1 70-210 lenses.
Regarding Viv S-1 glass. There are numerous (8 editions) Series 1, 70-210 lenses. However, for the sake of discussion, we will deal with the first three. The following editions are nothing to seriously consider, so we will concentrate on the first three editions, which are the good one's. The 4th & 5th editions are also 2.8-4 variable aperture model's, but lacking in construction quality (Cosina built). Due to the fact that the third one is a variable aperture lens, (2.8-4) it will be somewhat sharper than a fixed aperture lenses. It is much easier to design and build a quality variable aperture lens. The first edition was designed by Vivitar (Ellis Betensky, of NASA optics fame, had a hand in it) and built by Kiron. (67mm filter) It is a professional caliber lens, with a 1:2 macro feature built into it. It was the first zoom, designed with the aid of computers, that truly rivaled the OEM lenses of the time. That was in "76."
The second edition (my personal favorite) was built by Tokina, per, Vivitars specs. It too, is a fixed 3.5 aperture, but smaller, lighter and sharper. (62mm filter size). I really like it because of the fixed 3.5 aperture which is nice for focusing in dim light and long range flash work. However, not a true macro, 1:4 life size.
The third edition was made by Komine, and like the first two, is very well built. It is a 2.8-4 variable aperture lens, and the sharpest of the bunch. It has 1:2.5 life size macro from 100-210mm's, with a working distance of about two feet. Which can be quite useful. Can you see a discernible difference in slides taken with either one of them? No! Don't get caught up in bench tests. Any of the first three editions will give you professional-publishable images. I really like this lens, and in time may become my favorite.
Personally, I recommend the second or third edition of the line. I have and use all three of the first editions, and can highly recommend any one of them. Superb optics and construction.
Can you make a Panagor lens list what lens made by Kiron ?
Best description of the Viv 70-210 series 1 differences I have seen. Thanks. How about Kiron primes? I have the 28/2 and it's pretty good. although I prefer the Nikkor 28/2.8 AIS.
The Kiron 24mm f/2 and 28mm f/2, are pretty good lenses. I've gotten good results with them.


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News Issue 1-2016
Built Temperzone Tough
Temperzone's reputation for building quality equipment that can withstand highly corrosive environments is continually being put to the test. Recently 4 Temperzone package units were installed on a power generation barge that supplies power to a gold mine, in an old volcano. Did we mention that the units on the barge are on racks that are open to all the elements?
Jackson and Jackson Refrigeration Pty Ltd in Cairns have a reputation for meeting the challenges posed by large, complex projects. And while this was, according to Installation Supervisor Dan Bradford, "just an air conditioning replacement job", it was certainly in a unique situation.
The Newcrest Mine on Lihir Island, Papua New Guinea is on an extinct volcanic crater that is geothermally active, and is one of the largest known gold deposits in the world.
As Dan explained, they first had to remove 2 x 55kW and 2 x 45kW units which were rusted after just 5 years on the job. They then used a 200 tonne crane at full stretch to get the new units into position. The replacement units are 4 x 55 kW Temperzone package units with custom built Stainless Steel panels to withstand the elements.
As you can imagine, this is an incredibly corrosive environment. The units are mounted on racks on the barge and open to the full brunt of the salty sea air. Add to that the corrosive nature of gold mining and the sulfur gases leaking out of the volcano when they dig.
The units installed also have a very high level of anti-corrosive treatment including the epoxy coated evaporator and condenser coils.
According to Dan, "Temperzone's Salt Spray Test results were sent to mine for approval before the deal was finalized. Those results combined with the stainless steel panels sold the client on the Temperzone units.
The power generation barge is permanently docked on the wharf next to the mine site. The barge provides power for 70% of the mine and township. The Temperzone units are responsible for the HV and LV control Switchrooms as well as the offices on the barge.
The barge was built in Singapore and sailed to PNG which at the time was a more efficient way to do it than building a power station on the island.
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2 Delicious Low Temperature Chiller Applications
In recent issues of Temperzone News we have seen numerous examples of the flexibility and versatility of modular Hitachi Chillers. Recently, the South Australian Office was involved with 2 new applications of Hitachi Chillers both manufactured to be capable of Brine -10c leaving.
Riccarton Mall
Shopping Mall refurbishment projects are often challenging due to the size of the units involved and the size of the Mall itself. This often makes access to the units difficult. Over the last three years, Temperzone New Zealand has pulled out all stops to meet their customer's needs.
Congratulations Ken McLeod and RST
Recently, Ken McLeod, owner of Refrigeration Services Townsville (RST) celebrated an impressive 35 years of air conditioning in North Queensland. Ken was kind enough to speak to us recently and share his views on a range of things, most of which we could include in this story!
The Number 1 Air Conditioning Manufacturer in Australasia
Temperzone is leading the way in design and manufacture of air conditioning in Australia and New Zealand. Take a mini tour of our state of the art factories with our latest video. We wanted to share our latest video creation with you. This is Temperzone in a nutshell…
Look How Far We Have Come
Just a few short years ago, we were using typical refrigeration gauges to look inside the system and see what was happening. To diagnose a system, we had to use the gauges in conjunction with temperature sensors to work our superheat, subcooling and discharge superheat. We have certainly come a long way since then.


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Q: How to use docker-abuild in a Dockerfile? I want to use docker-abuild to build imagemagick in a Dockerfile. I use the following in the Dockerfile:
FROM alpinelinux/docker-abuild as imagickbuilder
COPY imagick/APKBUILD.imagick /home/builder/package/APKBUILD
COPY imagick/APKBUILD.imagick /home/builder/APKBUILD
COPY imagick/disable-avaraging-tests.patch /home/builder/package/disable-avaraging-tests.patch
COPY imagick/webmaster@mycompany.com-5b42f8ed.rsa /home/builder/ssh.rsa
COPY imagick/webmaster@mycompany.com-5b42f8ed.rsa.pub /etc/apk/keys/ssh.rsa.pub
ARG DABUILD_ARCH=aarch64
RUN dabuild -r
# tried abuild -r as well as builder -r

Regardless of what APKBUILD file I have/use, I'm getting the following error while building with docker build -t test .:
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#11 [7/7] RUN dabuild -r
#11 sha256:8c6e0fa4c055b4f5bbb7f633a3b4b4009cda31017a26dc48a047fd02466ce60c
#11 0.658 /bin/sh: dabuild: not found
#11 ERROR: executor failed running [/bin/sh -c dabuild -r]: exit code: 127
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executor failed running [/bin/sh -c dabuild -r]: exit code: 127

I'm getting the same error with abuild -r and abuilder -r. Any ideas?
JFYI, I'm running this under macOS Monterey 12.2.1 with an M1 Pro MacBook Pro.

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Jessica Marais' big return to TV
Australia's Got Talent 2019: Who is Shane Jacobson?
Prepare to be in stitches! - by Madison Spira
Shane Jacobson has signed up to be a judge on Channel Seven's Australia's Got Talent, so expect the upcoming season to be sprinkled with hilarious one liners and cracking jokes.
"So happy that I can finally announce that I am part of the Australia's Got Talent family with my fellow judges," he wrote on Instagram. "See you all at the auditions!"
WATCH: A FIRST LOOK AT THE SERIES
Joined by Grammy-nominated singer Nicole Scherzinger, My Kitchen Rules judge Manu Feildel and theatre star Lucy Durack, Jacobson— who scooped up an AFI Award for best lead actor as the "Dunny Man" in Kenny— is set to bring his expertise, energy and fun to what is undisputedly the world's biggest entertainment show.
One of the busiest men in the industry, Jacobson's credits include the animated Santa's Apprentice, Hollywood blockbuster The Bourne Legacy, The Dressmaker and, most recently, Ladies in Black.
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Great News! Ladies in Black is available on DVD from today! A great movie to enjoy with all the family over the holiday season.
The 49-year-old has also hosted the Australian Film Institute Awards, Top Gear Australia, The Great Australian Bake Off, The Logies and Little Big Shots.
In 2017, Jacobson married lawyer Felicity Hunter. Sharing a snap of the couple's wedding bands, he captioned the Instagram post: "OK..........so this happened on the weekend!!!!"
I just have to brag about my amazing Fiancé Felicity who finished her law degree this week, smart and a spunk.... I honestly could not be more proud or in love with this woman. #luckyman #shanejacobson
Naturally, the way he proposed to his longtime girlfriend was absolutely hilarious!
"I proposed in a restaurant but it was so weird," he told New Idea. "So Tim and Anna from The Bachelor were at the same restaurant. Fliss was so excited and all I was thinking about was proposing. They rained on my parade! I knew she was going to say yes, but there was a lot of pressure on it."
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Returns a copy of the receiver with every substring which matches the given regular expression is replaced by the replacement. The regex format used is Java's Pattern. The replacement string can contain references to captured groups as described in Java's appendReplacement docs.
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Q: Why iphone app start slowly? i'm newbie in iphone dev, i got an issue with running an app in my iphone device. I added my provisioning profile to xcode and build successfully in my iphone (iphone 3G). But, i don't know why when the app start, it takes 2 seconds to run the app.my app is a sample project create by xcode (file - new project - view based application), i don't add any more code to it. i wonder that: does my provisioning profile make it slowly?
Please help me ...

A: Are you sure that the other applications are actually starting faster than your test case?  1-2 seconds has been the minimum startup time for applications that I've tested on the older iPhones.  For example, see James Thomson's description of the startup time optimization he performed on PCalc, where he measured that it takes ~1 second to even begin the startup process in your code.
Perhaps what you are seeing is the default image that most applications throw up on screen when they launch, making them look like they're starting faster.  They aren't actually responsive until 1-4 seconds after the launch, but they have the appearance of a fast start.

A: Your app will start slow if you run it from the XCode debugger. The reason is that there is  lot of communication between the app and the debugger.
To have a realistic measure of the startup time, install the app via XCode, but start it from the iPhone's home screen.

A: Check for:
1- Your iPhone available memory, and for the background processes. You may use Mobile Substrate profiling tool (Available via Cydia only).
2- Use Instruments to check your code runs on the device, and compare it to the simulator's results

A: Check your OS version, if it is 4.0 then you cannot do anything because it has been seen that some applications runs slowly on OS 4.0 in comparison to OS 3.x The reason for that is, iPhone 3G is not fully supported the OS 4.x. You have at least 3GS device for full support.


Institute of Computer Graphics and Vision at Styrian Graz University of Technology wants to enable computers to orientate themselves in a non-standard environment. Research and development work will be carried out within robotics with a focus on artificial intelligence. Together with US chip manufacturer Qualcomm, Graz University of Technology will put its emphasis on developing spatially "seeing" drones that are able to identify objects. The results of the project will be highly relevant for among others Amazon, which wants to utilize the local expertise for its Prime Air delivery system and has announced an investment in Styria´s capital.


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Aldean, Lady Antebellum, Shelton take ACM honors
Friday, March 22, 2013 – Jason Aldean, Lady Antebellum and Blake Shelton were among early winners named Friday for the 48th annual Academy of Country Music awards.
Aldean won the Crystal Milestone Award, while Shelton took the Gene Weed Special Achievement Award. Lady Antebellum took home the Jim Reeves International Award.
Other winners were:
Cliffie Stone Pioneer Award: The Judds and Keith Whitley
Poet's Award: Guy Clark and Hank Williams
Mae Boren Axton Award: Tommy Wiggins
Casino: Red Rock Casino & Resort, Las Vegas
Nightclub: Joe's Bar, Chicago
Venue: Ryman Auditorium, Nashville
Don Romeo Talent Buyer: Jerry Hufford (Buck Owens' Crystal Palace)
Promoter: Ed Warm (Joe's Bar)
Producer: Jay Joyce
Audio Engineer: Chuck Ainlay
Bass: Jimmie Lee Sloas
Percussionist/Drummer: Matt Chamberlain
Fiddle: Aubrey Haynie
Guitarist: J.T. Corenflos
Piano/Keyboards: Michael Rojas
Specialty Instrument: Ilya Toshinsky
Steel Guitar: Mike Johnson
Songwriter: Dallas Davidson
The ACMs will be held April 7 in Las Vegas
More news for Jason Aldean
01/15/20: Aldean announces summer tour
11/22/19: Aldean releases "9"
09/16/19: Aldean announces We Back Tour
09/09/19: Aldean announces "9"
08/19/19: Aldean returns to Vegas
02/04/19: Aldean becomes a dad again
01/14/19: Aldean will Ride All Night on tour
09/28/18: Country remembers Vegas shootings
CD reviews for Jason Aldean
Hollywood may be pushing a broadminded agenda where there are more genders than one can even count, but in Jason Aldean's world, there are only two: tough guys, and the women that love them. There's no confusion it's a guy in the "Camouflage Hat," for example. Also, nothing is said or done without also washing it down with alcohol. The opener,"Tattoos and Tequila," breaks it down into tattoos to remember, and tequila to forget. Within its booze for every »»»
Rearview Town
If you liked Jason Aldean's three previous number one albums, you'll like "Rearview Town." He sticks to the winning formula that has brought him past success. The 15 tracks are mainly juiced up, muscular numbers with scorching guitar. Ironically, amid the torrid tempos and high volume that dominate the collection, the ballads are the standouts, especially with the duet with the Miranda Lambert on "Drowns The Whiskey." Instead of whiskey drowning a memory, the inverse »»»
Old Boots, New Dirt
Arguing whether or not Jason Aldean's kinda (country) party is, in fact, anything remotely related to true country music is pointless. Aldean is so entrenched in the mainstream country marketplace now, we just need to accept him as he is, the same way we reluctantly accept Taylor Swift as "country." It's mighty tempting to subtitle a review of Aldean's new "Old Boots, New Dirt" release as 'Pickup Trucks & Pickup Lines,' as Aldean spends a little time »»»
Editorial: Walking the talk – When names like Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, Waylon and the Hag are invoked, you're talking hard core country. These are the touchstones of country , the guys who made country music what it was and still is (or maybe can be). When these folks would sing about being down-and-out and the rough-and-tumble, they knew of what they were singing about. Fast forward a few years to the country singers of today. »»»
Concert Review: With or without band, Isbell satisfies – Usually, when an artist performs without his regular backing band, it becomes about mathematics of subtraction. That artist is armed with far fewer artistic weapons at his/her disposal, after all. In Jason Isbell's case, though, when he performed with just his wife and fiddler Amanda Shires, it was more about substitution than subtraction.... »»»
Concert Review: Grammy nominations aside, Yola, Kiah are the real deal – Grammy nominations do not make the artist, but Yola and opener Amythyst Kiah underscored time and again on this night that the honors were well deserved. In fact, Yola and Kiah's other group, Our Native Daughters, are nominated in the same category - Best American Roots. Yola has three other nominations as well. The clear winners... »»»
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The Mavericks "Play the Hits"
When recording its album "Play the Hits," The Mavericks approached this covers album in much the same way the band creates any of its other studio albums. "Above all, we're always trying to reach a certain musical bar that we... »»»
Larue moves "Onward"
The release of "Onward," his eighth studio album, finds veteran Texas Music/Red Dirt artist Stoney Larue at a crossroads. After almost two decades on the road, playing 200 shows a year across America and abroad, he has had success... »»»
Willis, Robison spin "Beautiful Lie"
Eleven years ago, Kelly stepped away from music. She had just finished touring on 2007's exquisite "Translated From Love" and felt the angst of being a travelling musician with family at home. At that point, Willis and her husband, musician/producer Bruce Robison,... »»»
Hawktail features some of the finest players of a generation in traditional American acoustic music. The product of their collaboration, "Formations," is a testament to the musical milieu in which they create. »»»
Fully Loaded: God's Country
Blake Shelton has been openly critical of the traditional album format. "Fully Loaded: God's Country" is his fourth greatest hits album and third in the "Loaded" series. In an effort to release music more often, he packages five new songs »»»
Hollywood may be pushing a broadminded agenda where there are more genders than one can even count, but in Jason Aldean's world, there are only two: tough guys, and the women that love them. There's no confusion »»»
Lady Antebellum may lean a little too closely to pop music for many tastes, but it's hard to argue with the trio's song choices. And its latest collection is filled with many memorable songs. The single "What If I Never Get Over You," »»»
Too Late to Pray: Defiant Chicago Roots
The first time we encountered the term 'insurgent country,' we were in the mid-90s. The roots-rock music world was quickly evolving, and a Chicago-based upstart called Bloodshot Records was putting out compilations featuring groups »»»
When The Mavericks call an album "Play The Hits," It really should be qualified as "Play The Selective Hits" because this band has never been especially interested in performing only what's commercially viable. »»»


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Co-Founder of Green Day, Mike Dirnt, Announces Entry Into The Cannabis Industry
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Q: Does critical event caused by RadeonSettings.exe mean Nvidia GPU card has hardware fault? I have been getting "System Interrupts" a few times every day on my Windows 10 PC. This is slowing down my PC and is getting irritating. From the reliability history (see screenshot below), I can see critical event caused by RadeonSettings.exe.
Is it a fair conclusion that the most likely hardware problem causing System Interrupts to be Nvidia GPU card?


Thermaltake Mod Submittal *NOW CLOSED to new Submittals"
I have finished the CAD models for my real submission.
The aim is to meld the modded PC with high end car audio components.
In both PC modding and custom car audio, the hardware is displayed in a way as to show-off, as much as it is made for performance/functionality.
-Color is still kind of up in the air, depends who ends up major sponsoring the build. Would paint the accents as shown in models below. Would also get matching LED/cold cathode/etc lights for interior of case.
-8" Car audio subwoofer mounted in the normal PSU area, firing downward out of bottom of case. 1/2" thick acrylic/perspex enclosure for matching sealed box frequency for optimum performance and show-off of components. Alternatively can also make it fire straight out of the bottom 200mm fan 'protrusion'.
-2x 5.25" Car audio component speakers mounted in upper 200mm fan area, also in 3/8" thick acrylic/perspex enclosures for performance.
-4-channel 500W 12v car audio amplifier mounted vertically in the position directly behind the drive bays.
-Secondary ATX PSU dedicated for 12v power supply mounted in the lower 5.25" drive bay area, turn-on wire spliced to primary computer PSU. May have to add a 12V audio cap here.
-Possibly replace the 3.5" drive bay section with a single DIN car audio headunit, relocate HDD tray lock.
Are you going to at least leave a hole between the mobo/drive bay area so if you forget to feed the kitten it can at least eat the gold fish.
OK finally updated with the real BeatBox submission!
I've always been curious about putting car speakers in a PC but... what's the EMF range on a charged 8" Car audio subwoofer? The 2x 5.25" Car audio component speakers look like they're even closer to the processor.... Are you going to include any shielding?
The on-board components (CPU, GPU) shouldn't have any problems with the EM noise.
The only place you might get interference is if your SATA or PATA cables run near those magnets, due to the low frequency noise.
PATA cables are generally unshielded, and SATA cables have thin foil shielding which is ineffective against the low frequency EM noise that would be generated off the subwoofer, for instance.
If the cables ran near the subwoofer, it would require braided (stranded wires, looks like cable sleeving but metal) shielding to deal with the low frequency EM noise.
In this case, the cables are as far away from the speakers/subwoofer as possible.
Hmm.. I could also add a HDD holder near the subwoofer for a "integrated HDD erasure" feature!
Anyway, I would go SSDs only in this case (I already have them anyway) mostly due to the insane vibrations the case would experience.
Loc-tite and high density foam dampening material will likely be needed to applied liberally inside..
I'd use SSD too,but I thought anything with memory would be corruptible by magnetism.
Well even DNA is "corruptible" by magnetism, but I'm not really worried about it.
I'll do some long-run IntelBurnTest cycles with the speakers on to see if anything gets messed.
Oh damn, and I realized that I suppressed the Thermaltake logo feature on my renders!
Its actually embossed on the lower acrylic window replacement, but I suppressed it because it was taking a long time to render all the reflections and refractions from it.
Anyway, yeah the Thermaltake logo will be either vinyl overlay or laser etched onto that bottom acrylic window.
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This architectural firm was established by partners Frank Day and Charles Klauder. Day had worked in the firms of Addison Hutton and George Pearson before opening an independent architectural practice in Philadelphia in 1887. He was joined by his brother Henry Day in 1893, and the firm's name was changed to Frank Miles Day and Brother. Klauder began his career at age fifteen, working for the architectural firm T.P. Chandler in Philadelphia. He joined Frank Miles Day and Brother as a chief draftsman in 1900 and was made a partner in 1911. The practice's name was changed to Day & Klauder, Architects after Henry Day's retirement in 1912.
In addition to many private commissions, the firm built a reputation for work on college campuses across the nation. Such projects included dormitory plans for Princeton University and Cornell University, as well as master plans for the University of Colorado, Boulder, the University of Delaware, Pennsylvania State University, and Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. The firm also collaborated with Olmsted Brothers on plans for the University Heights Campus of New York University (now Bronx Community College). Day & Klauder continued to operate under the banner of its eponymous founders for several years after Day's death in 1918. But in 1927 Klauder established an independent practice in his own name, and the firm was dissolved.
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What would you do - send 'em back OR just ride the buggers..
Depends how much they were, how important it is that they are grey/black, and whether there is free returns on incorrect goods.
Use them. If they turn out to be good then you haven't lost out.
Ah, Parkers eh. Think yourself lucky you got a matching pair. I ordered a pair of grey/black Fortezza Tricomps a year or so ago and got sent one grey/black and one white/black.
Dr Hutch says only tarts ride tyres that aren't black!
what's wrong with being a tart?
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Saint of the Day for May 13
The Story of Our Lady of Fatima
Between May 13 and October 13, 1917, three Portuguese children–Francisco and Jacinta Marto and their cousin Lucia dos Santos–received apparitions of Our Lady at Cova da Iria near Fatima, a city 110 miles north of Lisbon. Mary asked the children to pray the rosary for world peace, for the end of World War I, for sinners, and for the conversion of Russia.
Mary gave the children three secrets. Following the deaths of Francisco and Jacinta in 1919 and 1920 respectively, Lucia revealed the first secret in 1927. It concerned devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. The second secret was a vision of hell. When Lucia grew up she became a Carmelite nun and died in 2005 at the age of 97.
Pope John Paul II directed the Holy See's Secretary of State to reveal the third secret in 2000; it spoke of a "bishop in white" who was shot by a group of soldiers who fired bullets and arrows into him. Many people linked this vision to the assassination attempt against Pope John Paul II in St. Peter's Square on May 13, 1981.
The feast of Our Lady of Fatima was approved by the local bishop in 1930; it was added to the Church's worldwide calendar in 2002.
The message of Fatima is simple: Pray. Unfortunately, some people—not Sister Lucia—have distorted these revelations, making them into an apocalyptic event for which they are now the only reliable interpreters. They have, for example, claimed that Mary's request that the world be consecrated to her has been ignored. Sister Lucia agreed that Pope John Paul II's public consecration in St. Peter's Square on March 25, 1984, fulfilled Mary's request. The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith prepared a June 26, 2000, document explaining the "third secret."
Mary is perfectly honored when people generously imitate her response "Let it be done to me as you say" (Luke 1:38). Mary can never be seen as a rival to Jesus or to the Church's teaching authority, as exercised by the college of bishops united with the bishop of Rome.
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Q: For transitive relations, do a, b and c have to be unique? Theorem: If a relation is symmetric and transitive then it is reflexive.
Proof. Let R be a symmetric and transitive relation. Take elements x,y satisfying x R y. Then y R x (since R is symmetric), and so by the transitive law x R x. So R is reflexive.
I'm trying to show this is an incorrect proof to an incorrect theorem but I'm confused for something. Can a and c ever equal each other? So, aRb and bRa -> aRa

A: $a,b,c$ do not need to be unique.  The relation $\{(1,2),(2,1)\}$ is not transitive because with $a=c=1$ and $b=2$ you do have $(a,b)$ and $(b,c)$ in the relation but $(a,c)$ is not.
Further, you do not need to have any examples of $a,b,c$ such that $(a,b)$ and $(b,c)$ are both in the relation in the first place.  Scenarios where you do not have any such choices of $a,b,c$ are also considered transitive.
As to the question of whether symmetry and transitivity together imply reflexivity, they do not.  Consider the relation $\emptyset$ over some nonempty domain.


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U.S. Protective Gear Manufacturer PGI Simplifies IT With Visual End2End
NEW YORK CITY — March 22, 2013 — Visual 2000 International Inc. announces that Green Lake,
Wisconsin-based PGI, Inc. has begun implementation of its Visual End2End™ enterprise solution. The
manufacturer of Cobra™ Flame Resistant Hoods, FireLine® Wildland Clothing, Sawbuck™ Chainsaw Chaps,
and other firefighting and protective gear brands is replacing multiple software systems with the
integrated, industry-focused solution across its product development, production, warehousing,
financial management, and other key operations. PGI expects the move to a unified IT platform to
eliminate redundancies and related errors, streamline critical processes, and increase overall
business efficiency.
According to PGI Corporate Secretary Renee Ristau, "We chose the Visual End2End solution
because it will enable us to manage our entire operation with a single, out-of-the-box system. This
will help us to eliminate the visibility and functional gaps of the past. Instead of struggling to
patch together information from a variety of sources, we will have a single, reliable source for
all the information we need to make faster and better informed business decisions."
Visual End2End incorporates Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), Enterprise Resource Planning
(ERP), Supply Chain Management (SCM), Warehouse Management (WMS), Financial Management (FMS), and
other traditionally independent software capabilities into a fully integrated solution designed
specifically to manage the unique requirements of fashion, sewn products, and other softgoods
PGI expects to go-live on the new system in the third quarter of 2013 at the company
headquarters and peripheral office locations.
"We welcome the opportunity to work with PGI," noted Farhat Awan, Visual 2000 USA Sales
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power of this uniquely comprehensive system. We look forward to helping PGI accomplish their goals
and take their business to the next level."
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Navigation: TowerBells Home => What's New => What Was New 2015
What was new in these pages?
This page reports on the evolution of this Website during the year 2015. This helps to keep the "What's New" page to a manageable size. The changes are reported in reverse order, with the latest at the top. Dates of entries show when pages were installed on the Web server, which is not always the same as their internal dates of revision.
2015/11/24 - Added a new Summary of North American tubular tower chimes by state/province; revised the related list of indexes to such chimes.
Revised the history of Rincker bellfounding in America.
Revised the worldwide summary of all instruments by type.
Fixed bug in regional map for North American traditional carillons.
2015/11/19 - Revised regional maps to include mobile instruments, mapped to their home cities.
Added cluster ids to non specialized XMLs outside North America.
2015/11/02 - Updated the distribution figures in the article about Natlor-Vickers in North America.
Fixed a bug in a regional map. Also added cluster ids to all specialized XMLs (--RI,--TR,--TU,--NT)
2015/10/29 - Revised 29 site data pages and added 8 (see list); revised affected indexes and regional maps accordingly.
Added a word to the introductory paragraph on the home page, and a few more words about What's Missing.
Tweaked some wording on the Great Bells page.
2015/10/02 - Revised 8 site data pages and added 6 (see list); revised affected indexes and regional maps accordingly.
Clarified some text in the page about subscribing to update notices.
Revised the page about subscribing to update notices to allow for stating one's interest in various types of instruments.
Revised the page about standard format to include "Associate Carillonneur" among the GCNA membership categories.
Added detail to the paragraph about the vanished chime of Normal, IL.
2015/09/10 - Revised 37 site data pages and added 10 (see list) based on changes to the GCNA membership roster in the past five years as well as changes to the WCF list in the past year; revised affected indexes and regional maps accordingly. This completes the set of changes begun on 08/30.
Revised the history of former travelling carillons.
2015/08/30 - Revised 166 site data pages and added 1 (see list) based on changes to the GCNA membership roster in the past five years as well as changes to the WCF list in the past year; revised affected indexes and regional maps accordingly. (More changes for these reasons remain to be made.)
2015/08/05 - Revised 27 site data pages (see list); revised affected indexes and regional maps accordingly.
Revised the Hanks genealogy with newly discovered details about Julius Hanks' work in Troy, NY.
2015/07/31 - Created a new page defining all of the instrument type abbreviations used in various index pages, and simplified those pages by referencing it.
2015/07/27 - Added two paragraphs to the end of the page about keyboard range, and expanded some other areas slightly.
Revised the index of North American traditional carillons by size to state explicitly which sizes (between 23 and 77 bells) do not exist.
Revised the index of North American traditional carillons by keyboard range, expanding the introductory text, correcting and re-sorting a few entries, and adding counts of keyboard configurations. Added back-links into this index to all site data pages referenced.
Split 2014 news into the separate history file referenced below, to save space here.
2015/07/25 - Revised 25 site data pages and added one (see list); revised affected indexes and regional maps accordingly.
Added to the home page a paragraph about "what's missing" here.
2015/06/30 - Provided a new index to North American traditional carillons by keyboard range.
Revised the probable scrapping date of the Deagan tubular chime in Grace Methodist Church, Newport News, VA.
2015/06/24 - Removed site data pages about former Deagan tubular tower chimes that were in Grace Methodist Church, Newport News, VA, and in The Christian Temple, Norfolk, VA; replaced them with corresponding paragraphs (linked above) in the page of tubular chimes that are no more.
Removed the site data page about the former chime/collection that was in Coinjock, NC, replacing it with a paragraph (linked above) in the page of North American sites that are no more.
2015/05/27 - Revised the home page slightly, removing the direct link to the tubular bells introductory page, since that is already linked from the General Introduction page. Revised the Website Map accordingly.
2015/05/26 - Expanded all of the summaries of traditional carillons by maker to include an additional table with numbers of bells in the various work stages.
2015/05/24 - Provided a summary of North American traditional carillons by maker.
Fixed various broken links.
2015/05/23 - Replaced both regional locator map systems (one for conventional bells and one for tubular bells) with a consolidated system based on the current application program interface (API V.3) from Google Maps. This is the last step in merging the original TowerBells.org Website with the data migrated from the GCNA Website in April 2012. Newly added functionality includes new markers (map-tack icons) showing more types of instruments, as well as the ability to display multi-region maps of the visitor's choice. Revised the Data Top page appropriately. Removed all locator maps for prior update packages and their links in this page.
Revised the site locator map system to use the current application program interface from Google Maps. Also, the help and control panel at the right of the map has been improved, and scrolling of the map page is much less likely to be needed.
Revised some map help pages, since Google's current Maps API no longer provides a method for detecting whether a visitor's Web browser is supported by Google Maps, as the previous Maps API did.
Added a new page of Notes on the Global Gazetteer.
Added a section of essays on unrelated subjects.
2015/05/02 - Added Global Gazetteer links to 25 site data pages (not listed).
2015/04/29 - Revised 310 site data pages so that site data pages for tubular tower chimes will use the same locator map routine that pages for other instruments do.
2015/04/28 - Revised 2316 site data pages to change the location of the MapQuest link icon.
2015/04/14 - Revised the regional locator map system for instruments made of conventional bells to present a clearer distinction between the maptack icons used for traditional versus non-traditional carillons.
2015/02/05 - Revised 31 site data pages (see list); revised affected indexes and regional maps accordingly. All are for Deagan tubular tower chimes, and most of the changes were prompted by email failures in the general announcement of the preceding update package (below).
2015/01/30 - Revised 212 site data pages and added 2 (see list); revised affected indexes and regional maps accordingly. All are for Deagan tubular tower chimes, and most of the changes were prompted by information recently acquired from a Deagan book of installation records for the northeastern USA. Important information newly available includes not only location and major equipment but also identification of the donor and the installer. Most of the revised pages have had locator maps added if they did not already have them; the exceptions are systems that are warehoused awaiting resale or reinstallation.
Removed site data pages about former Deagan tubular tower chimes that were in the Baptist Church of the Master, Cleveland, OH; in Butler, PA; in Clearfield, PA; in B.P.O.E. Lodge #2, Philadelphia, PA; in Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Philadelphia, PA; in Mount Hermon Reformed Church, Philadelphia, PA; in New Castle, PA; in Atlantic City, NJ; in Ocean City, NJ; in Rochester, NY; and in Syracuse, NY; replaced them with corresponding paragraphs (linked above) in the page of tubular chimes that are no more;
added a paragraph about a newly-identified former Deagan tubular tower chime at St.Peter's Lutheran Church, New York, NY;
deleted the site data page for Park View Cemetery, Detroit, MI, upon discovering that it had been relocated to Toledo, OH, for which a site data page already existed;
revised affected indexes and regional maps accordingly, along with the Deagan sites list and the Deagan summary table.
Repaired numerous broken internal links, fixed numerous minor syntax errors and corrected encodings of several special characters (not itemized here), in the course of preparing to re-host this Website with a different company before the current hosting contract expires. The company used since early 2012 (GoDaddy.com) terminated its Website statistics service in Nov.2013, and prohibits the use of third-party tools to identify broken external links, making it unsatisfactory for my purposes.
Prior years' news has been moved into the following separate files to save space here:
2014 - See What was new in these pages during 2014?
2012 - See What was new in these pages during 2012 - the year of the merger?
A Website history explains the merger.
2000-2011 - See What was new in the TowerBells pages before the merger?.
1996-2012 - See What was new in the GCNA data pages before the merger?
[Tower Bells Introduction] [Website Map] [The builder] [What Was New in 2015]
This page was created 2000/03/02 and last revised on 2019/04/24.


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IT layoffs 2022: Major job cuts by tech giants; Is recession round the corner?
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From Amazon to Disney, several tech behemoths have announced mass layoffs as part of their restructuring plans, raising fears of an imminent global recession.
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With talks of global recession gathering momentum, Tech titans Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezoz among others have resorted to cost cutting measures by issuing pink slips to thousands of their employees.
From Amazon to Disney, several tech behemoths have announced mass layoffs as part of their restructuring plans, raising fears of an imminent recession.
According to Layoffs.fyi, a website that tracks tech job cuts, as many as 1,20,000 jobs have been lost across the world this year.
Here are some of the major layoffs announced in recent weeks:
On November 9, Facebook's parent company Meta announced plans to lay off 11,000 of its employees, 13% of its global workforce.
In a blog post, CEO Mark Zuckerberg wrote, "Today I'm sharing some of the most difficult changes we've made in Meta history. I've decided to reduce the size of our team by about 13% and let more than 11,000 of our talented employees go."
According to a recent report by the New York Times, Amazon is planning to lay off approximately 10,000 people in corporate and technology jobs by this week; the biggest layoff in the history of the company.
In Twitter, Elon Musk sacked 7,500 employees, roughly 50 percent of its workforce, including CEO Parag Agrawal, CFO Ned Segal and Vijaya Gadde, head of legal, trust and safety. In India, around 90 percent of its staff was sacked over the weekend.
Snap plans to lay off around 20% of its global workforce, or nearly 1,300 out of 6,400 employees in August 2022. The company is also planning to cancel some in-house projects to limit liabilities and streamline workflow. Snap's stock price has declined nearly 80 percent this year.
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Edtech company Byju's is planning to fire 2,500 employees (5% of its workforce) in the next six months with an aim to boost its profit by March 2023.
The tech multinational has reportedly stopped hiring for a large number of positions outside of research and development (R&D).
The company's chief executive Bob Chapek said in a memo that the company is instituting a targeted hiring freeze and possible staff reductions.
"While certain macroeconomic factors are out of our control, meeting these goals requires all of us to continue doing our part to manage the things we can control - most notably, our costs," Chapek wrote.
According to a latest Axios report, Microsoft laid off close to 1,000 employees across different departments in 2022.
"Like all companies, we evaluate our business priorities on a regular basis and make structural adjustments accordingly," the company told ABC news.
Why are companies slashing jobs?
According to Forbes, the job cuts have been significantly driven by a hiring spree during the pandemic lockdowns. Although the reasons are company specific in nature, one cannot ignore the adverse effect of the pandemic driven hiring frenzy that was aimed at adapting to the new normal.
With the corona fears subsiding over the years, companies were left with too many workers paving way for mass layoffs in the sector.
Moreover, the trend of high level automation in workplaces also gained momentum significantly. Here, it needs to be noted that the concept of automation is not merely restricted to the substitution of human labour with machine labour. Rather, at it's core, automation is about implementing a system to complete repetitive and mundane tasks without the need for human labour. Such technical makeovers are indeed one of the major driving forces behind the massive job reductions in the sector.
In addition, reports of the global economy heading towards recession added to the trouble.
Recession hints by World Bank
Currently, the global economy is in its steepest slowdown. Since the aftermath of the pandemic crisis, the world's three largest economies – US, China and Europe – have been slowing down piercingly.
According to a comprehensive study by the World Bank, as central banks across the world simultaneously hike interest rates in response to inflation, the world may be edging towards a global recession in 2023.
"Global growth is slowing sharply, with further slowing likely as more countries fall into recession. My deep concern is that these trends will persist, with long-lasting consequences that are devastating for people in emerging markets and developing economies," said World Bank Group President David Malpass.
"To achieve low inflation rates, currency stability and faster growth, policymakers could shift their focus from reducing consumption to boosting production. Policies should seek to generate additional investment and improve productivity and capital allocation, which are critical for growth and poverty reduction," he added.
How are employees handling layoffs?
As thousands of techies lost jobs, much to their surprise, it may not be easy for them to find new jobs as many companies have put a freeze on new hirings.
"Unfortunately today I received the sad news that I am part of 11,000 employees who were laid off by Meta. I was not expecting to be part of the layoff, as I had a strong performance in all quarters since I joined Meta. I started an incredible journey to work in Meta 9 months back, but it abruptly came to an end," wrote Raju Kadam, who served as senior technical program manager at Meta, on LinkedIn.
The story isn't much different for several others too. Taking to LinkedIn, Himanshu V, an IIT-Kharagpur graduate said, "I relocated to Canada to join Meta and 2 days after joining, my journey came to an end as I am impacted by the massive layoff."
Is the recession fear for real?
Although mass tech layoffs are often associated with economic downturn, it need not necessarily point towards a looming recession.
"Recent IT sector layoffs can be read alongside the contemporary global uncertainty coupled with the Russia-Ukraine war. The global situation is quite poor. However, Twitter layoffs are likely to be linked with the company's current situation. It is probably not doing very well and the latest move is aimed at some particular pursuit of profits," said Prof. Pulapre Balakrishnan, former director of Centre for Development Studies (CDS).
The labour market has witnessed mass layoffs in the past as well. Experts opine that the current job cuts are specific to the respective companies and need not indicate a fear of recession.
"Global recession does not immediately justify the specific layoffs in these companies. With the labour laws diluted thoroughly, managements are at ease to sack anybody any time. There is no notion of employee rights here. It is a very conscious anti-worker tactic," opined Prof. Venkatesh Athreya, chemical engineer turned economist.
What's the future?
As the layoffs pile up in the IT sector, it will presumably bleed into other sectors too. However, as per expert opinions, a situation of rapid economic downturn is quite unlikely.
According to Reuters, despite the surge in technology-sector job cuts, there has been a fall in the number of people, particularly Americans, claiming unemployment benefits, indicating that widespread layoffs still remain low.
That is, even as the global economy struggles through rising inflation and falling share prices, chances of rebound are still very likely in future.
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#ifndef SQUID_ESICUSTOMPARSER_H
#define SQUID_ESICUSTOMPARSER_H

class Trie;

/* inherits from */
#include "esi/Parser.h"

/* for String variables */
#include "SquidString.h"

/**
 \ingroup ESIAPI
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class ESICustomParser : public ESIParser
{

public:
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    ~ESICustomParser();
    /* true on success */
    bool parse(char const *dataToParse, size_t const lengthOfData, bool const endOfStream);
    long int lineNumber() const;
    char const * errorString() const;

    EsiParserDeclaration;

private:
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    static Trie *GetTrie();
    enum ESITAG_t {
        ESITAG=1,
        ESIENDTAG=2,
        ESICOMMENT=3
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    char const *findTag(char const *a, size_t b);
    ESIParserClient *theClient;
    String error;
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However, as this verse succinctly points out, the holy and perfect essence of God also divinely expresses His holy wrath towards all sin and unrighteousness. He cannot be a God of love and holiness without also having wrath and hate for sin and unrighteousness.
God is divinely filled with both love and wrath. How can this be? How can a loving God hate? If you know a god who loves unconditionally but does not hate sin, you might want to biblically check the condition of your spiritual pulse.
Yes, God loves every person enough to point to His Truth and to declare all sin unrighteous.
Yes, God both hates and opposes sin. He loves righteousness and is filled with great grace and mercy. The two sides of the same coin cannot be disconnected. God must oppose sin and have divine wrath towards all sin.


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> And then even laugh loudly.
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> for more air to bellow in laughter once more.
> going to be okay.
> "I know Ernie's really thankful for what you did, Dad," he told me.
> "Oh, you have NO idea," my wife agreed, collapsing with laughter.
> Trip to the vet: $30.


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How to evaluate hammer investors shelling Alibaba "almost killed hammer"?
via:博客园 time:2017/8/11 10:00:55 readed:823
Did not expect Luo Yonghao a jitter leads to a person between the "war" and "ralph lauren pas cher.
On August 6, Luo Yonghao revealed an explosive message at the Rebuild 2017 conference at Geek Park:
"As nuts go very well, our round of financing is about 1 billion or so, at least 9 million." There are also some money in the supply chain finance, so we have no surprises, and from the beginning of the fall there are about 19 billion in cash for the operation. & Rdquo;
Luo Yonghao is no doubt talk to excitement and can not help but "jitter" ralph lauren pas cher. He then said: "Today, there is no such plan, but" hellip; & hellip; & rdquo;
When I heard the news, I believe that most people like me, are for Luo Yonghao and hammer feel happy. At least, the story of an entrepreneur can continue, and not because of funding problems stop short.
Funding problems have been troubled by Luo Yonghao running on the road of the yoke. Since the creation of the hammer in 2012, the report on the hammer funding chain problem is not broken, especially in 2016, the hammer on the acquisition of the news every three times a difference, Luo Yonghao also admitted to the company and millet and other companies have talked about the acquisition.
Fortunately, the hammer at least for now, survived.
Originally this is a happy Luo Yonghao, hammer are also happy, and even its opponents are also happy things.
However, if a story is just straightforward, calm, this is not a good story.
Turning is important.
Hammer investment investors, Zixi venture venture founder Zheng Gang in the circle of friends Luo Yonghao announced the acquisition of 1 billion financing of the news, but the fire at the Alibaba and mate; this once with Luo Yonghao engaged in small ambiguous, and Promised to invest $ 1 billion investment enterprises.
Zheng Gang said in the comment area: "(hammer) was almost killed by Alibaba!" Know that the company can not afford to start, before and after get half a year, and finally said no! Amazing! Or if Zixiang insisted, how do you make a billion dollars in the street! "He then gave the entrepreneur six police training.
Zheng Gang character is good, word of mouth is also good, many people respect that he & ldquo; Uncle & rdquo ;. He is a man who is very generous, from his willingness to hammer in the most difficult time for the hammer to go around and let go of the money, and even their own house can be seen mortgaged.
Soon, the above circle of friends circle out on the flow (the last Ma and Zhu Xiaohu each other is also so out of the flow), caused a strong interest in the media and users. After all, is concerned about the two well-known companies, regardless of hammer or Alibaba.
This morning, Tencent has made an "exclusive dialogue hammer investors Zheng Gang: Why am I bombard Alibaba", so that things have to follow up.
Speaking of that friend circle, Zheng Gang Tencent Technology said: "This thing I basically hold back for a long time has not said, just that day the hammer announced the financing, I would like to write in the circle of friends, I did not think of friends Circle things will be spread to the outside. I am basically active in the circle of friends, no microblogging said, microblogging spray too much. & Rdquo;
He said he was so angry, because "Ali was want to enter the street, all I let them into the, and in the hammer on this matter, they almost killed the hammer" rdquo ;.
Luo Yonghao said that last year with other companies on the acquisition of hammer during the period, he himself has been adjusted to be a product manager after the acquisition of a psychological construction: "I do a product manager is essentially the most happy, more than a Entrepreneurs are happier. If our future relationship is similar to the relationship between Ma and Zhang Xiaolong, from my career is also very happy and willing to accept the results. & Rdquo;
Luo Yonghao himself said that side also side of the music it Luo Yonghao has been in response to a user's question, said a word still remember: hammer can not die, the worst result is also acquired. & Rdquo;
According to Zheng Gang's description: "Difficulty at that time, you can really need a lot of courage to ride the hammer, this is not a good to the surprising company, who is willing to vote old Luo is not a lot of people. Millet also talked about, although people do not vote, but also nothing, Theoretically I do not have to say this thing, I used to be restrained, but the hammer is, after all, such a big thing, I think this is a company worthy of being encouraged, can not be bullied, I can be a bit Regardless of. & Rdquo;
In order to save the hammer, Zheng Gang said he and the founder of the street Tang Yan, Yuan Jing Capital founding partner Wu Yongming and many other hammer investors and Luo Yonghao I borrowed money to save over, in order to borrow money from the hammer, Zheng Gang put his house Are mortgaged.
This once again proved that Zheng Gang is a good investor. Just today, I saw yesterday, a group of middle school students say that there is such a sentence:"If you meet a good investor, is a lifetime can help you grow up." & Rdquo;
Zheng Gang is very rational, as an investor, he also said that Alibaba does not invest in the hammer, he said: "In fact, they do not invest in hammer this thing is normal, big institutions they can not help you, only Take care of their own interests. & Rdquo;
He refers to the Alibaba this type of business to invest more attention will be able to give their own share price to bring a direct role in promoting.
Because the big institutions to vote for the start of the company, he counted, but they cast so much money, theoretically it must promote its share price, which is very orthodox normal practice of listed companies, "Zheng Gang or Very fair.
He thought it might not be the intention of Ma, but the hands of the people too bureaucratic.
"Tell the truth of the company after the big, the following is not good control, easy to become bureaucratic, so it is not necessarily Ma I was like this. Ali, even if not malicious, but after all, your behavior led to such a result. Stock pledge to you, you either do not pick ah, why not take a bridge loan? I learned with the hammer of the financial, Ali did not give a hammer to the bridge loan. & Rdquo;
Luo Yonghao at the geek park meeting also said the truth, said there are two no wages, he can only hide, tell the staff is a bank system out of the question.
Luo Yonghao said: "I most of the time almost borrowed more than 9600 million to rescue the company, including personal out & sell" sell "and sell tens of millions into the company, these things are done. & Rdquo;
"" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" " According to unreliable news, then Tang Yan said nothing to give Luo Yonghao 10 million "banquet" and Tang Yan is just a hammer angel investors, in 2012, he gave Luo Yonghao 10 million yuan angel round.
Many times to save the hammer, can see Tang Yan and Zheng Gang, is also very generous investors.
There is also a need to mention a special person, he is Jia Yue Ting. Zheng Gang said: "From this thing can be seen, Jia Yue Ting is indeed an entrepreneur, he understood the transaction takes time, talk to you when you first give a sum of money. So there was no pledge of equity, directly to the hammer borrowed 100 million. & Rdquo;
This can be considered inadvertently to the jail of Jia Yue Ting six months a rare flash point, and the recent Feng Jialing from the United States flew to Hong Kong to find financing, is to pay wages to employees and also the supplier's debt.
Over the past few days, about Zheng Gang bombarded Alibaba this thing, Alibaba up and down have maintained a high degree of restraint, no one on this open response, until Tencent this interview came out.
13:23 this afternoon, Alibaba partner Wang Shuai in the microblogging on a gap in a response, he said: "investment is not public interest, investment is not borrowing and charity." Many projects, investment and not vote, are the two sides in-depth understanding of the process of understanding, are normal business behavior. Any investment requires a normative and rigorous process, which is a basic common sense. & Rdquo;
But a very noteworthy detail is that the absolute protagonist of the whirlpool center as a public opinion, the hammer and Luo Yonghao individuals have not made any sound.
Tiger sniffing this afternoon to Luo Yonghao issued a request for comment, as of press, Luo Yonghao did not respond. Perhaps he knows that silence is the best way.
According to the tiger to understand, Luo Yonghao and Ma's personal friendship has been very good, and Ma was also agreed to the investment in the hammer.
A close to the hammer, asked the anonymous industry to accept the tiger sniffing phone interview, said: "I think Zheng Gang Tucao is not the core point of Ali said to vote did not vote results, in fact, because Ali's contact with the hammer before the direct lead Old Luo (Luo Yonghao) that after the financing of this matter is stable, went to other things to go. Old Luo feel that since you promised, I do not hurry to find someone else to talk about. But as an entrepreneur, he should not have this idea. & Rdquo;
Including later Luo Yonghao to find millet and music as, did not talk about, so the whole capital market also played a certain role.
According to the above sources, that time point card is very embarrassing, that is, when talking with Ali (almost in June 2016), when the hammer's financial pressure is not so big, but after two or three months, the hammer found the capital market suddenly Cool, this process, ali's decision has begun to become more cautious. You have to say this thing who have a particularly big responsibility, or that Ali do not generous attempts, it is hard to say. & Rdquo;
But nevertheless, I very much agree with Zheng Gang on Alibaba a proposal: As a big company, you really should pay attention to their investment behavior, how do you interact with the entrepreneur, people feel you are a The company, or a company with a beautiful and complete feathers. & Rdquo;
Investment and entrepreneurial things, who can break off so clear it? But Luo Yonghao should have learned from this thing to a lesson or experience - as an entrepreneur, in all did not listen to before leaving some back is always right.
Perhaps, this play in the Luo Yonghao, hammer, Alibaba and Zheng Gang, there is no dispute, only the position of the points. History is written for the winner.
In short, or to congratulate Luo Yonghao and hammer to get 1 billion financing.


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Q: Push-forward of coherent sheaves and Hilbert polynomials Let $k$ be an algebraically closed field of characteristic zero, $X, Y$ be projective $k$-schemes. Fix closed immersions $i:X \hookrightarrow \mathbb{P}^n$ and $j:Y \hookrightarrow \mathbb{P}^m$ for some positive integers $n$ and $m$. This induces a natural closed immersion $i \times j:X \times_k Y \hookrightarrow \mathbb{P}^n \times_k \mathbb{P}^m \to \mathbb{P}^{nm+n+m}$, where the last morphism is the Segre embedding. Let $F$ be a coherent sheaf on $X \times_k Y$ flat over $X$. Denote by $p:X \times Y \to X$ be the natural projection map. Denote by $P(F)$ (resp. $P(p_*F)$) the Hilbert polynomial of $F$ (resp. $p_*F$) with respect to the ample line bundle arising from the closed immersion $i \times j$ (resp. $i$).
Is there a formula relating the Hilbert polynomials  $P(F)$ and $P(p_*F)$?


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Michael Jordan admits he 'wouldn't be here' without David Stern
Kriel Ibarrola
Even the greatest basketball player in history, Michael Jordan, knows he wouldn't be in the position he is today without the help and guidance of former NBA Commissioner David Stern.
In a piece from Roderick Boone of The Athletic, the All-Time great and current principal owner of the Charlotte Hornets opened up about how Stern laid the foundation for what the league is today.
"I wouldn't be here without David Stern. Adam can say the same thing. He meant that much to the game. His vision was something that we took great pride in learning from him. I learned a lot from him, not just as a basketball player. But then obviously running a business and he had a lot to do with that. I don't have enough time to pay that much thanks — that I can pay that man. He did a lot for the game of basketball."
David Stern, who holds the distinction as the longest-tenured commissioner of major North American sports leagues, passed away on January 1 after suffering a brain hemorrhage. He was 77.
Stern first assumed the position on February 1, 1984, at a time when the league was still recovering from its darkest periods. Through hard work and sheer determination, Stern transformed the NBA into a global brand up until he stepped down from the position in 2014 after 30 years.
Michael Jordan, meanwhile, was drafted in the same year Stern assumed the role of commissioner. He was the third player to shake Stern's hand during the draft, when he was picked third overall by the Chicago Bulls after Hakeem Olajuwon and Sam Bowie.
The pair developed a good relationship during Jordan's playing days, which carried over upon his Airness' retirement and eventual transition to an NBA ownership role.
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Lúčka () is a village and municipality in the Rožňava District in the Košice Region of middle-eastern Slovakia.

History
In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1405.

Hussite remains
In Lúčka you find the ruins of a church established by Hussites who left Bohemia during the religious conflicts of the fifteenth century and finally settled here.

The church is oriented north-west, towards Prague, and though deconsecrated is still the site of an annual ceremony to mark Hus's burning at the stake (an event commemorated by the well-known statue of Hus in Prague's Old Town Square).

The Hussites' influence remains in other ways. The division between the villagers who converted to Protestantism under their influence and those who later converted back to Catholicism is still visible in the design of the houses: the houses of Protestants have a cup carved into their wooden eaves; Catholics' houses have a cross. Until recent times, Catholic graves were oriented south, while Protestants faced north.

Geography
The village lies at an altitude of 540 metres and covers an area of 14.937 km².
It has a population of about 211 people.

External links
 Lúčka
https://web.archive.org/web/20070513023228/http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html
 Spectacular Slovakia travelguide - Lúčka: Outpost of rebellion

Villages and municipalities in Rožňava District

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