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Every day I will feature a swoon worthy gown by a various designer. I hope this collection inspires you or helps you find the gown of your dreams.
PAIR WITH: A fingertip-length veil, pearl earrings and colorful simple flowers.
PERFECT VENUE: A barn or winery.
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GROOM'S ATTIRE: Depending on your over-all look, something comparable weather it be a gray or tan suit or even a classic tux.


M&E train #6663, the 7:26pm PSNY, is cancelled Monday, 3/4 due to equipment availability. Customers to train #6667, the 8:05pm from PSNY.
M&E train #6663 the 8:32pm from Mt. Tabor is up to 20 min. late due to an earlier Amtrak overhead wire problem near PSNY.
M&E train #6663, the 7:57pm from Short Hill is up to 15 min. late due to making additional stops for earlier cancelled train #6363.
M&E train #6663 the 8:08pm from Chatham is up to 10 min. late due to congestion from heavy travel.
M&E train #6663, the 7:57pm from Short Hills, is up to 15 min. late due to making additional stops for earlier cancelled train #6363.
Update: M&E train #6663, the 8:25pm from Morris Plains, is up to 25 min. late due to making additional stops for earlier cancelled train #6363.
M&E train #6663, the 8:01pm Summit arrival, is up to 15 min. late due to making additional stops for earlier cancelled train #6363.
M&E train #6663, the 8:20pm from Morristown, is up to 20 min. late due to making additional stops for earlier cancelled train #6363.
Update: M&E train #6663, the 8:16pm from Convent is up to 30 min. late due to accommodating customers from earlier cancelled #6363.
M&E train #6663, the 7:57pm from Short Hills is up to 15 min. late due to accommodating customers from earlier cancelled #6363.
M&E Line train #6663 the 7:57pm from Short Hills is up to 15 min. late due to making additional stops for earlier cancelled train #6363.
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M&E train #6663 the 7:43pm from Newark Broad Street is up to 15 min late due to accommodating customers from an earlier cancelled train.
(2 of 2) #6663 from Summit to Dover, and #1085 from Dover.
M&E train #6663, the 7:43pm from Broad St. is up to 10 min. late, due to Amtrak signal problems.
M&E train #6663, the 7:26pm from PSNY, is up to 20 min. late due to an equipment issue.
M&E train #6663, the 7:26pm from PSNY, will not operate. Customers may use train #6667, the 8:05pm from PSNY.


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This is my custom interpretation of an Ork Big Mek with a Force Field. I used one of the Nob's from the Assault on Black Reach set as the base model for the project and various other bits and pieces. The original arms were replaced with a scratch built Power Klaw for his right arm and a scratch built switch for his Force Field for his left arm. I sculpted the shoulder of the left arm and the balls on the ends of the poles of the Force Field out of Games Worshop's Green Stuff.


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Q: Is there a $B\in O(n-1)$ such that $A \cdot \pmatrix{\pm1& 0 \\\ 0& B} = A'$? I was wondering if the following is true:
Suppose we have matrices $A, A' \in O(n)$ such that $A e_1 = \pm A' e_1$. Is there a $B\in O(n-1)$ such that $$A \cdot \pmatrix{\pm1& 0 \\\ 0& B} = A'$$ ?
Does such a $B$ exist? How could we construct it?

A: Put $C := (A')^{-1}A$. Since $A,\ A' \in O(n)$, we have $C \in O(n)$. This is equivalent to the statement that the columns of $C$ are orthonormal. Moreover $Ae_1 = \pm A'e_1$ implies $Ce_1 = (A')^{-1}Ae_1 = \pm e_1$. This says that the first column of $C$ has $\pm1$ at the top and $0$ elsewhere. Also, the other columns of $C$ must be orthogonal to the first column, so they must have $0$ at the top. This in turn implies that the columns of the bottom right $(n-1)\times (n-1)$-matrix of $C$ are orthogonal to each other and every one of them has norm $1$. This means that the bottom right $(n-1)\times (n-1)$-matrix of $C$ is in $O(n-1)$. All in all we see that $C$ has the desired form.

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31 Cool Outside Christmas Decorations – ellaandlouise.com. Everything needs to remind of this Christmas coming! Emphasize not just your home inside but also outside, decorate your entrance door, lawn and the home. Set a fir tree out, hang some gorgeous wreaths of fir branches or some other substances. Apples, pinecones, ribbons coated with snow seem so intimate! A garland over the doorway, a few firewood coated with snow and decorated with letters will seem fantastic! Hang hearts and tiny gifts on the doorway. Place candles in the candle holders and mittens with toys around the doorway. If you reside in the South, utilize blossoms and fruit window decorations. Give your lawn a feeling of approaching Christmas and enjoy the vacation!


The Caulfield Campus of Monash University has a long history of teaching of art theory and practice. Initially established as Caulfield Institute of Technology in 1968, the campus became Chisholm Institute of Technology in 1982 before merging with Monash University in 1990. Over the years, artists have used the campus as a space to learn and create, and the library's collection of art exhibition catalogues and related ephemera has developed to support both research and artistic inspiration.
The growing online collection of Caulfield Art Exhibition Catalogues and Ephemera includes printed material relating to artists and their works, with a special focus on the output of Australian creatives. Many of the items are unique and some have only previously been held in uncatalogued collections. Items have been gathered via donations from galleries, artists, alumni and from MADA (the Monash Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture).
William Seeto : work in process.
Catalogue of an exhibition held 19 March - 30 April 1994.
Reverse of card contains work titled: Mind the gap.
Curated by Joseph Allen Shea.
Patrick Pound : painting in a library.
"This catalogue has been published on the occasion of the exhibition "Patrick Pound: Painting in a library", at Artspace Mackay, Queensland, 4 July - 7 September 2008".
Catalogue of an exhibition held at Academy Gallery, Launceston, 13 July - 8 September 2006.
Catalogue of an exhibition held at Burrinja, Dandenong Ranges, Community Cultural Centre, February 24 - April 30, 2006.
Catalogue of an exhibition held at 200 Gertrude Street, Fitzroy, Vic., 8-30th Aug. 1997.
Catalogue of an exhibition featuring 6 artists; held at the Project Space and the Spare Room from Monday 29 May - Friday 16 June 2006.
Catalogue of the exhibition at Margaret Lawrence Gallery between 4 June and 3 July 2010. Works by Catherine Bell, Stephen Garrett, Kathy High, Bronia Iwanczak, Mark McDean, and Patricia Waller.
Catalogue of an exhibition held at Counihan Gallery in Brunswick, 25 May - 17 June, 2007.
Dancing made a man out of me : William Eicholtz, Rodney Forbes, David Frazer, Mark McDean, Geoffrey Ricardo, Rodney Scherer.
Catalogue of an exhibition held at Switchback Gallery, Gippsland Centre for Art and Design, Faculty of Art and Design, Monash University Gippsland Campus, August 15 to September 7, 2000.
Catalogue of exhibition held at the Linden Centre for Contemporary Arts, St. Kilda Vic., 27 April - 27 May 2007.
Post-modern & contemporary Australian art.
Early Australian watercolours, drawings and prints : Bridget McDonnell Gallery.
Curators, Robert Buckingham and Rachel Young.
Defrosting familiar tales : an exhibition by Bev Hogg and Jo Crawford : works in clay and mixed media.
Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Jam Factory Craft & Design Centre, July 7-Aug. 27, 1995.
Introduction by Andrea May Churcher.
Catalogue of an exhibition held at Plimsoll Gallery, Tasmanian School of Art, Centre for the Arts, Hunter Street, Hobart, April 5-25, 2008.
Boghcheh (bundle) : multimedia installations and performance based on contemplations of placement and displacement.
Catalogue of an exhibition held at Viewpoints: the community access space, Australian Museum, 4 Sept.-12 Oct. 1997.
Here & now : Breen, Elderfield, Honeywill, Maas, Ryan, Sparks.
Catalogue for exhibition held July 22-August 16, 2008 at Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne.
Catalogue of an exhibition held 20 July - 26 August 2006 at Ivan Dougherty Gallery.
Catalogue of an exhibition held at Bundoora Homestead Art Centre, Bundoora, 10 August - 9 September 2007.
Milestones : works by Ken Orchard 1980-2009.
Catalogue published to coincide with the exhibition of the same name held at Red Poles Gallery, McLaren Vale, South Australia, 29 August - 27 September, 2009.
Catalogue of an exhibition at the Conical Contemporary Art Space, Fitzroy, Vic., August 3rd - 28th, 2001. Subtitle on cover: Nomadic New Zealand art.
Catalogue of an exhibition held at Spectrum Project Space, Edith Cowan University, Perth, 27 October - 17 November 2012.
Published to accompany the exhibition held at Murray White Room, Melbourne, 13 July to 8 August 2010.
Catalogue of an exhibition held at Platform, Spencer St. Station, Melbourne, 6 December 1999 - 20 January 2000.
Catalogue of an exhibition held at First Draft West, Sydney, October 28 - November 15, 1992 ; Canberra Contemporary Art Space, Canberra, February 11 - March 14, 1993 and 200 Gertrude Street Gallery, Melbourne, April 2-24, 1993.
Catalogue of an exhibition held at VCA Gallery, Margaret Lawrence Galleries at VCA, 20 April - 6 May 2006. Sound by Phillip Samartzis.
"Exhibition: Lyndell Brown, Charles Green and Patrick Pound - Sanctuary and other island fables, curated by Maudie Palmer, Herring Island, Parks Victoria Gallery, 14 February-31 March 2002".
Union Street : Debra Dawes, Suzi Coyle, Jeffrey Gibson, Geoff Kleem, Leah Mackinnon, Deborah Singleton, Jelle van den Berg, Anne Zahalka.
Catalogue of an exhibition held at George Paton Gallery, 5-27 August 1986.
The invisible line : the art of Rina Franz.
Catalogue of exhibition held at the Catherine Asquith Gallery, Melbourne, 25th July to 12th August 2006.
Catalogue of an exhibition held at the ICON Museum of Art, Deakin University, 2 May-2 June, 2007.
Lost & found : Peter Lyssiotis and John Wolseley : the adventures of two artists in the State Library of Victoria.
Catalogue of an exhibition held from 18 November 2005 - 12 February 2006 at the State Library of Victoria.
Prudence Murphy : future forms.
Catalogue of the exhibition at MOP Projects, Sydney between 4 March-21 March 2010 and Counihan Gallery in Brunswick between 13 August-5 September 2010.
Published to coincide with the exhibition "The Kingpins : take me to your dealer", 17 November to 17 December 2005, Kaliman Gallery, Sydney.


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Girona Mediaeval castle for sale for just under €11m
A PERFECTLY-PRESERVED Mediaeval castle close to the Costa Brava is up for sale, and could be yours for a mere €11 million.
Foixà (Girona province) is home to the 1,696-square-metre (18,256-square-foot) sandstone-coloured, four-square, turreted building, which has been renovated for living in, even with glass windows.
Foixà Castle, complete with swimming pool, jacuzzi and over an acre of ornamental gardens, could be yours for just under €11m (photo: Josep Renallas/Wikimedia Commons)
It sits on a small hill, on a 1.2-acre gated and walled-in site, complete with beautiful ornamental gardens and terraces, a swimming pool with showers and changing rooms, a jacuzzi, and an 'outdoor kitchen' with a barbecue area.
Unsurprisingly, it holds 'heritage interest asset' status, or BIC, which has guaranteed its ongoing protection and conservation.
Foixà Castle includes parts originally built in the 13th and 17th centuries, but has been fully restored and refurbished to make it very comfortable and habitable.
One of its many lounges joins directly onto the original castle chapel, and you can get to the tower from the main sitting room – a bonus for buyers with children of their own or in the family, who will love the adventure of getting up off the sofa to head upstairs to a lookout point built for protecting the fortress from enemy invasions centuries ago.
And for a large family or new occupants with lots of potential visitors, space is unlikely to be an issue, as the castle has six bedrooms of its own, and what used to be the separate, self-contained servants' quarters has another six.
Privacy is guaranteed, as the original castle wall – again, fully restored – keeps the complex closed off from prying eyes.
It is up for sale at present for €10.75m.
Property for sale in Foixà
Culture 20/12/2022
Arts and entertainment vouchers of €400 extended to everyone born in 2005
A VOUCHER worth €400 to spend on arts and entertainment for anyone who turned – or has still to turn – 18 in 2022 will be offered again next year, reveals minister for culture Miquel Iceta.
What does 2023 hold in store for the housing market?
RISING energy costs, price-led inflation and increasing Eurozone interest rates have led experts to speculate on what could happen in Spain's housing market in 2023 – and their views offer a range of differing...
Fun facts about the Spanish language – and a guide for learners
IF YOU'RE planning on relocating to Spain, or buying a holiday home and spending a considerable chunk of your life there, you can't avoid learning the language. Even if you're going to be based in a very...
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Leftists Angry Over Dave Chappelle Joking about Louis C.K.'s Accuser
Dave Chappelle dropped two new Netflix comedy specials on New Year's Eve. There was a little something to piss off everyone. SJW-America can be triggered at Dave tripling down on tranny jokes and joking about #MeToo. The snowflakes living in MAGA-America will run to the nearest safe space over Trump jokes. But his Louis C.K. jokes (see Louis C.K. Breaks Silence on Accusations. Admits to Exposing Himself… and Aziz Ansari Fights Sexual Harassment, No Comment on Louis CK) appear to be grabbing all the headlines.
Not so much jokes about Louis C.K.. More like jokes about his accusers.
Chappelle mentions Schachner's story twice in his sexual harassment bit. "One lady said, 'Louis C.K. masturbated in front of me, ruined my comedy dreams,'" he says. "Word? Well, then, I dare say, madam, you may have never had a dream. Come on, man, that's a brittle spirit. That is a brittle-ass spirit, that is too much, this grown-ass woman."
Chappelle compares the #MeToo movement to COINTELPRO — the 1956-1971 FBI program that investigated suspected members of the Communist Party, the Klu Klux Klan, the Socialist Workers Party and the Black Panther Party. Chappelle jokes that if C.K. had masturbated in front of civil-rights icon Martin Luther King, he doubts that King would have dropped his "dream." "Show business is just harder than that," he continues. "I know that sounds fucked up, I'm not supposed to say that, but one of these ladies was like, 'Louis C.K. was masturbating while I was on the phone with him.' Bitch, you don't know how to hang up a phone? How the fuck are you going to survive in show business if this is an actual obstacle to your dreams?"
Firstly, Chappelle didn't "defend" Louis C.K. He pointed out how a woman said Louis C.K. diddling himself stopped her own dreams. The point being, if you have a strong dream, you don't let a creepy asshole like Louis C.K. stop you. Got it?
These guys didn't get it:
#davechappelle - Aim your ire at Louis CK's consequences at the industry, not the women. #brittleass deflection.
— kavid (@kavid) 1514895899.0
Dave Chappelle defends Louis C.K. in 'Bird Revelation' special https://t.co/EZqZ3aKnMw Ask Dave Chappelle how he'd… https://t.co/IVto54ZihT
— martin stein (@martin stein) 1514887025.0
People wonder why Chappelle locks up people's phones before he hits the stage. Not a mystery.
Side note worth remembering: Dave Chappelle is a comedian. He tells jokes. You don't have to like all of them. But you also don't have to protest those you don't like.
No, Dave isn't "standing by his fellow stand-up." He's not "defending" Louis C.K. Chappelle told a joke. It was one joke in two hours worth of new material. It's one thing to find the joke tasteless or unfunny. I think Chappelle is brilliant, but there were some jokes which weren't brilliant. That happens during an hour long set. Some people laugh at some jokes, some at others. We don't need to cover a joke set like Chappelle is a world leader giving a speech at the U.N. council on feminism.
But this is what the left has done with comedy: perverting it into propaganda. Jokes to the left are only funny if the comedian repeats leftists talking points back to them as if they're stuffed parrots.
Dave Chappelle Offers Profound Post-Election Day Thoughts - Louder With Crowder ›
Watch: Half-naked dude leaps on register and pours milk on himself because that's what happens at Walmart these days
Only in Chicago: Thief steals over $1M worth of chicken wings from a low-income school district
LOL: Coach impersonates 13-year-old basketball player, absolutely WRECKS all the high school competition
Watch: Melinda Gates sheds major doubt on Bill Gates's claim he 'just had dinner' with Jeffrey Epstein
Woke sports journalismer freaks out Jordan Peterson is allowed to play an arena where they also play hockey


Although it's been available as a developer preview for a while, yesterday at its annual I/O conference Google announced that the first public beta for Android O is now available to download so anyone with a compatible device can test out the next version of the operating system. The list of supported devices includes the Pixel, Pixel XL, Pixel C, Nexus 5X, Nexus 6P, and Nexus Player.
With Android O you'll be able to keep a video running in a small window while you're doing other stuff on your phone. For now only YouTube Red subscribers and users of the Google Duo video-chatting app have access to this functionality, but third party developers will likely jump on board soon.
You'll now see tiny badges placed on app icons to inform you when those apps have new notifications. They essentially work much the same way as Badge Icons on iOS except they're not numbered, and Google automatically matches the color of dots to the app icon.
The notification tray is still there, Google is just offering another way of accessing app notifications — instead of pulling down the notification shade to view a particular alert, you can now view it by pressing and holding on the icon of an app that has a notification dot so you can act on it or swipe it away.
Autofill now extends into apps using context like user names so you don't have to manually enter frequently used info all time. If you keep your passwords stored in Chrome you'll now be able to autofill those details in apps too rather than only when using the browser.
Google is constantly getting smarter about context and now whenever you select part of an address, Google will be able to automatically select all the relevant parts so you don't have to fiddle around with those tiny handles. Android can recognize phone numbers, addresses, and the names of businesses, and will offer quick actions like launching the dialer, Google Maps or Gmail depending on what's selected.
Google has done a full redesign of their admittedly ugly emoji set with something that looks more consistent with what other platforms offer instead of those confusing blobs.
Android O will offer a cleaner settings app that groups similar options together, more granular control over notifications, including the ability to "snooze" notifications for later and the ability to group different apps into different Notification Channels, among several other small changes.
You can sign up for the Android O beta at android.com/beta.


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One of the missions of the MESD Association is to publish research projects and best practices in sustainable development and to contribute to the international visibility of these publications by offering various publishing medium mainly in English in order to spread them and providing processes to identify future important topics of research in the international context. The most qualified research are published in special issues of international academic journals and books distributed worldwide.
Multinational Business Review 15(1), 2007
John R. McIntyre , Vera Ivanaj & Silvester Ivanaj
Special number of the journal "The Multinational Business Review" co-édité par John R. McIntyre, Vera Ivanaj et Silvester Ivanaj. Sustainable Development and the Multinational Corporation as a Tool of Competitiveness. 15(1), 2007.
Revue de l'Organisation Responsable 8(2), 2013
Corinne Gendron, Silvester Ivanaj and John R. McIntyre
Special number of the french journal "Revue de l'organisation responsable" co-édited by Corinne Gendron, Silvester Ivanaj and John R. McIntyre.
Journal website:
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Journal of Cleaner Production 160, 2013
Silvester Ivanaj | Vera Ivanaj | John McINTYRE | Nuno Guimaraes da Costa | Rodrigo Lozano
Multinational Enterprises' strategic dynamics and climate change: drivers, barriers and impacts of necessary organisational change
Website: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/09596526/160
Journal of Cleaner Production Volume 296, 10 May 2021, 126586
Silvester IVANAJ | John McIntyre | Vera Ivanaj | Nuno GUIMARAES DA COSTA
What can multinational enterprises do to implement sustainable development goals?
The goal of this special issue is to publish the latest research advancements in terms of theory development and empirical research that can guide policy makers in designing policies that maximize MNEs' contributions to the SDGs. In addition, it can play an important role in helping MNEs with the implementation of the SDGs in their strategies and actions. We hope that our special Issue will also foster greater understanding of the positive roles that MNEs could play on implementing Sustainable Development Goals and of the factors that may affect their strategies. The Guest Editors of this Special Issue will invite original contributions that go beyond the dominant discourse and practices on implementing SDGs by exploring new approaches and pathways. Papers for consideration will be of different kinds: theoretical reflections, analytical models and frameworks, literature reviews, monographs, and case studies.
Website: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/journal-of-cleaner-production/special-issue/1029FG7PG4F4
Multinational Enterprises And The Challenge Of Sustainable Development
John R. McIntyre , Silvester Ivanaj et Vera Ivanaj, E Elgar Publishing, 2009
Edited by John R. McIntyre, Professor of Management and International Affairs, The Scheller College of Business, Georgia Institute of Technology, US and Founding Director of its National Center for International Business Education and Research, Silvester Ivanaj, Associate Professor of Information Systems, ICN Business School, Nancy, France and Member of CEREFIGE, a Research Labratory in Management Sciences and Finance, Université de Lorraine, France and Vera Ivanaj, Associate Professor of Management Science, Chemical Engineering School (ENSIC), Université de Lorraine, France and Member of CEREFIGE, a Research Labratory in Management Sciences and Finance, Université de Lorraine, France
Transnational corporations play a role in the design, diffusion, and consolidation of sustainable development in the context of globalization and multinational firms. In this timely book European and American contributors analyze this role and explore the complex and dynamic phenomena of economic, political, cultural and legal interactions involved.
Contributors: A. Abdul-Gafaru, K. Afriyie, M.-P. Arzelier, P. Bardelli, M. Bayad, S.M. Beheiry, M. Bénédic, M. Bourguiba, C.T. Crespy, P. Christmann, S. Ivanaj, V. Ivanaj, J. Koehl, M.L.-L. Lam, J. Lefevre, Y. Masson-Franzil, J.R. McIntyre, V.V. Miller, M. Pastore-Chaverot, S. Peney, B. Philipp, T. Sagafi-nejad, C. Schmitt, E.G. Schumacher, G. Suder, G. Taylor
In order to understand this interplay, the authors examine the practices and organizational behaviors used by multinationals in sustainable development. They also discuss the evolving concepts that multinationals hold about sustainable development and corporate social responsibility and how companies reaffirm these philosophies through their strategy and organizational practices such as human resource development, marketing, supply chain, information technology, law, and communications. The authors outline an approach to help identify the key details and motivating factors in decision making.
Scholars, students and policy analysts in the fields of business, ecology, economic development and developmental economics and consultants focusing in corporate planning and strategic analysis will find this original collection of great value.
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Strategies For Sustainable Technologies And Innovations
John R. McIntyre , Silvester Ivanaj , Vera Ivanaj. E Elgar Publishing, 2013
There is no debate about the fact that a "business as usual" approach is an environmentally unsustainable one. Given the magnitude of the environmental challenges the world faces today, extensive changes in corporate strategies and significant innovation advances are absolutely necessary if we are to avoid substantial decreases in our quality of living. This set of internationally recognized authors provides some fresh and informative perspectives on this topic along with a path for a more sustainable future.'
– Mark Ferguson, University of South Carolina, US
Contributors: G. Abu-Lebdeh, R. Bardy, S. Beheiry, S. Berger-Douce, S.M. Bhale, S. Bhale, S. Bioly, C. Gendron, R. Guimaraes, T. Houé, S. Ivanaj, V. Ivanaj, S. Kakoty, R.N. Kar, M. Klumpp, G. Le Boulch, T. Machiba, M. Massaro, J.R. McIntyre, R. Oudghiri, T. Sagafi-nejad, C. Schmitt, P. Shrivastava, S. Zelewski
'There is no debate about the fact that a "business as usual" approach is an environmentally unsustainable one. Given the magnitude of the environmental challenges the world faces today, extensive changes in corporate strategies and significant innovation advances are absolutely necessary if we are to avoid substantial decreases in our quality of living. This set of internationally recognized authors provides some fresh and informative perspectives on this topic along with a path for a more sustainable future.'
Corporations across the world are becoming increasingly aware of the threat of environmental degradation and the growing importance of sustainable business practices. This raises a vital question: How can for-profit firms (and other profit-conscious enterprises such as government organizations) implement more environmentally friendly policies without sacrificing profitability? This innovative volume tackles that complex question, offering detailed recommendations for making strategic technological choices that are economically advantageous, ecologically sustainable and socially responsible.
Expert contributions examine the contextual factors that affect implementation of more sustainable technology and innovation practices, offering a number of empirical methodologies to describe and explain these multidimensional influences. What emerges is a compelling argument in favor of balanced strategies that merge profitability concerns with ecological consciousness, allowing for controlled sustainable development and stable, long-term economic success. Discussion of companies in both developed and emerging countries makes this book useful on a truly global scale.
Students and professors of business, management studies and economics will find much to admire in this path-breaking volume. Managers, policymakers and other practitioners will also benefit greatly from this book's timely and insightful recommendations.
Emerging Dynamics of Sustainability in Multinational Enterprises
John R. McIntyre , Silvester Ivanaj , Vera Ivanaj a Rabi Kar. E Elgar Publishing
Edited by John R. McIntyre, Professor of Management and International Affairs, The Scheller College of Business, Georgia Institute of Technology, US and Founding Director of its National Center for International Business Education and Research, Silvester Ivanaj, Associate Professor of Information Systems, ICN Business School, Nancy, France, Member of CEREFIGE, a Research Labratory in Management Sciences and Finance, Université de Lorraine and President of MESD Association, France, Vera Ivanaj, Associate Professor of Management Science, Chemical Engineering School (ENSIC), Université de Lorraine, France and Member of CEREFIGE, a Research Labratory in Management Sciences and Finance, Université de Lorraine, France and Rabi Kar, Associate Professor, Department of Commerce SBSEC, University of Delhi, Fellow, ICSI, India
In September 2015 world leaders will gather in New York at the United Nations Summit on Sustainable Development Goals. These goals will guide development activities for coming decades. Sustainable development has been debated as a topic of emergent concern at various world conferences, seminars and meetings, over the last three decades. But now with clear and mounting scientific evidence for human induced climate change and biodiversity decline the issue of sustainability has gone from being "emergent", to becoming an emergency. On the path to sustainability the economic sector and particularly multinational corporations will have to play a central role. As the main engines of wealth creation corporations they are vital to success of every country's development agenda. But doing business as usual is not an option any longer, because it is accompanied with unsustainable levels of social and economic inequalities and ecosystem degradation.
This book "Emerging Dynamics of Sustainability in Multinational Enterprises" is an outcome of past debates as it addresses the issues of creating a livable inclusive society to ensure better quality of life for all. In this context, emerging nations including India face especial challenges and problems which need redressal. After three decades of reforms and convergence towards globalization, it is pertinent and ethical for MNEs to address sustainable development. This book lays more emphasis on the Indian story giving insights of sustainable development and how MNEs and other enterprises are responding to this in their business models. At the same time it tries to explore alternative business models from other parts of the world (such as Africa) that can ensure sustainable development globally.
This special edition brings together scholarly contributions dealing with multidimensional aspects of MNE sustainability to maintain a balance between their economic motives and concerns for society. Business research experts and practice driven contributors examine the present day dynamics of MNEs involving innovative techniques, alternate business models, technology integration, economic development and the societal strategies for achieving long term sustainability. Taking a balanced and multidimensional approach, this book discusses a wide range of literature, opinions, empirical models, and case studies dealing with complex dimensions of the thematic issues.
Paul Shrivastava
Executive Director of Future Earth
CSR and Climate Change Implications for Multinational Enterprises
John R. McIntyre , Silvester Ivanaj , Vera Ivanaj - E Elgar Publishing
New Horizons in International Business series Edited by John R. McIntyre, Professor & Executive Director, CIBER, Scheller College of Business, Georgia Institute of Technology, US, Silvester Ivanaj, Associate Professor, ICN Business School, Nancy–Metz and Member of CEREFIGE and Vera Ivanaj, Associate Professor, Université de Lorraine and Member of CEREFIGE, France SBSEC, University of Delhi, Fellow, ICSI, India
Multinational economic actors, particularly corporations, play a defining role in the response to the climate change or warming debate and the emerging scientific consensus. This book describes, explains, and predicts how multinational firms will rise to the multiple challenges posed by global climate issues and the organizational and behavioral various responses of the international corporate community. It focuses on three core research and learning objectives. Firstly, it develops the core idea that multinational enterprises cannot implement meaningful sustainability initiatives without an appropriate governance system and corporate culture. Building on this notion, it addresses the question of environmental sustainability across select industry sectors, such oil and banking. Finally, drawing on a diverse range of contributing experts, it presents select best practices such as the opportunities arising from smart technologies implementation to achieve symbiotic industrial relationships, directed particularly towards the ecological environment of these firms' transborder operations and global reach.
The Role of Multinational Enterprises in Supporting the United Nations' SDGs
Edited by John R. McIntyre, Professor and Executive Director, CIBER, Scheller College of Business, Georgia Institute of Technology, US, Silvester Ivanaj, Professor, ICN Business School and researcher, CEREFIGE and Vera Ivanaj, Associate Professor, ENSIC and researcher, CEREFIGE, Université de Lorraine, Nancy, France
The Role of Multinational Enterprises in Supporting the United Nations' SDGs is an exploration of the place of the private sector in implementing select Sustainable Development Goals. Beyond the abundant literature published by the United Nations and journal articles, there are few book-length treatments of the unique role that multinationals play as facilitators of goal implementation and agents of change. This volume aims to stimulate debate and research on MNEs' best practices, fleshing out many of the seventeen goals through the lens of corporate strategic choices.
Norita Ahmad, Aldo Alvarez-Risco, Salwa Beheiry, Shyla Del-Aguila-Arcentales, Jerome D. Donovan, Mine Doyran, Luis F. Escobar, Dina Frutos-Bencze, Paola Garrone, Thierry Houé, Silvester Ivanaj, Vera Ivanaj, Linzi J. Kemp, Marlene Leonhartsberger, Eryadi K. Masli, Angela McCabe, John R. McIntyre, Christof Miska, Eileen Murphy, Marc Oberhauser, Tom Osegowitsch, Lucia Piscitello, Agnes Pranugrahaning, Valentina Rotondi, Vittoria G. Scalera, Richard Schoephoerster, W. Travis Selmier II, Rama Seth, Pard Teekasap, Sophie Thalmayr, Cheree Topple, Susan Trenholm, Nancy H. Vaz, Duane Windsor, Lichia Yiu
Sixteen carefully selected chapters present research advances in both study and best practices format, linking disciplines, knowledge systems, and stakeholders' perspectives to support a more sustainable business model and address the varied challenges on the road to the 2030 Agenda. They comprise a balanced mix of research methodologies: comprehensive literature reviews, theoretical frameworks, empirical studies, integrative reviews, and case studies.
The book will be of use to advanced students, researchers, practitioners, planners, and policymakers worldwide who are concerned with sustainable development and corporate social responsibility issues through the lens of multinationals. Furthermore, the book is designed to be used in graduate courses in business, economics, public policy and on sustainability and corporate social responsibility.
'While the United Nations adopted a clear set of Sustainable Development Goals around 2015, the likelihood of any country achieving all of these goals by the planned 2030 deadline seems highly unlikely. The reasons behind the slower than expected progress appear to be diverse and multi-cultural, making any type of scientific inquiry into it a major challenge. The editors of this book have taken on this challenge and provided one of the broadest and most comprehensive explanations to date. Their compilation of ideas and research from some of the top scholars around the world provides key insights for thought leaders seeking to accelerate the progress towards saving our planet.'
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For simplicity, keep it on the cob. To make it special, cook it twice: first in the microwave, then in a skillet till the ears turn golden-brown. Instead of butter, pass this chili-lime-cilantro sour cream. Unlike butter, sour cream adheres to the kernels, and its rich tartness is a pleasant contrast to the sweet corn.
About 10 minutes before serving time, heat butter in a 12-inch skillet over medium to medium-high heat. Add corn and cook, turning with kitchen tongs every few minutes, until golden brown, about 6 minutes. Serve immediately, with sour cream spread passed separately.
I was really disappointed with this recipe. Sauteing the corn didn't add anything to its natural flavor and only made it greasy. The spread was too tart and the chili flavor overwhelmed the delicate sweetness of the corn.
I thought this would be absolutely awesome but I was disappointed. The cilantro is way too overwhelming for corn. Maybe it would OK with another vegetable but it takes away from the fantastic natural flavor of corn.
I'm a big fan of cilantro so was excited to find this recipe and it was fabulous! I made it for a dinner party and used frozen corn niblets for simplicity. I steamed the corn then quickly browned the kernals in a frying pan and added a spoonful of this sauce on top. It outshined even the main course and every guest raved about it. I highly recommend this recipe!
This was pretty good. I liked the tangy flavor of the sourcream but I'm not real sure about the cilantro.
I like the idea of this and I loved the spread as something different (also excellent on baked potatoes) for corn on the cob. I was not so crazy about the twice-cooked method and my corn got a little overdone. Next time I'll just prepare the corn as usual and top with the spread. Thanks!


Speaker Pelosi. Good morning, everyone. Good morning.
Thank you for accommodating our little bit of a later schedule this morning.
We're very excited this week to be having H.R. 1 debated on the Floor. Tomorrow it will pass and we'll send it onto the Senate, with all of the mobilization the outside can provide for cleaner government. This is H.R. 1, a priority for our Freshman Class. They'll be on the steps of the Capitol tomorrow to proclaim their support for it.
This is essential to our For The People agenda: lower health care costs by lowering the cost of prescription drugs and preserving the pre-existing condition benefit – lower health care costs. Bigger paychecks by building infrastructure of America in a green, modern way for the 21st Century.
But, the public belief that we can do that depends on our passing legislation to amplify the voices of the American people and reduce the voice of dark, special interest money that has influenced decisions in Congress before.
It is also, H.R. 1, about ending voter suppression. What are some people afraid of when people have a right to vote? It contains John Lewis's language – fighting voter suppression. It also contains a path to H.R. 4, which is to restore the Voting Rights Act to its fullest efficacy, as it was pushed back by the Supreme Court.
And it also is a way to empower small donors over big donors, so that the public, again, knows that everyone's voice is as important as anyone else's voice.
Again, it was a confidence – it is about confidence. It is about ending skepticism.
I said in Texas a couple days ago in such a town meeting, on the subject of H.R. 1 and how it related to voter suppression, that when we talk about voter suppression, we largely talk about reducing the hours that polling is available, the number of polling places, the number of days. It is about time and location, et cetera, in certain areas where polling places are closed.
But, one of the big suppressors of the vote is the suffocation of the airways by big, dark money, misleading the public – not telling the truth about what is at stake in the election. And, the public throws up their hands and then just decides not to vote. So, this is about honoring our democracy.
We said we were going to do it as we have proceeded, building on what we talked about last week. The committees continue to have – introduce bills, have hearings on bills to lower the cost of prescription drugs and protect the Affordable Care Act, continue to have hearings on how we proceed on infrastructure, and H.R. 1 will be on the Floor today.
We also said we were going to pass legislation to advance commonsense gun violence prevention, and we did last week with H.R. 8. Next week, we'll be launching our Equality Act to end discrimination for the LGBTQ community, and we will also be launching our initiative to protect the Dreamers and the Temporary Protected Status persons in our country.
One more bill before the end of the month will be – well, two more. One will be equal pay for equal work, which comes back to our original lower – increase paycheck – lower health care costs and increased paychecks. And we will be on a path to pass, once again, the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act.
So, we said these things during the campaign, and we are getting it done, and we are telling the public about the paths that we are on to get them turned into law to make a difference in the lives of the American people.
I was proud to send to the Senate and, therefore, to the President, the Land and Water Conservation bill, named for John Dingell, the other day.
So, while so much else is swirling around here in terms of investigations, the Mueller investigation, the fundamental responsibility of the Congress to have oversight over the executive branch and other items, we are doing our housekeeping as we keep proceeding with legislation for the good of the American people.
I was particularly happy this week that we were joined by four Senators who had been former Members of the House, Senator – Leader Chuck Schumer, Maria Cantwell, Ron Wyden and Ed Markey. They joined us to launch our net neutrality legislation led by Mike Doyle, Chair of the Technology Subcommittee of the Energy and Commerce Committee, along with other Members of the committee, including Chairman Pallone. Anna Eshoo is the godmother of that legislation. She, too, joined us. So, we're busy with our legislative work, despite what we might read in the press.
Q: Madam Speaker, do you think that Ilhan Omar understands why her comments were problematic, and what happens if this happens again?
Speaker Pelosi. Well, first of all, thank you for the question. I don't think that the Congresswoman perhaps appreciates the full weight of how it was heard by other people, although I don't believe it was intended in any anti-Semitic way, but the fact is, if that's how it was interpreted, we have to remove all doubt, as we have done over and over again. We are working now on a resolution that you'll see when we bring it to the Floor that will, again, speak out against anti-Semitism, anti-Islamophobia, anti-white supremacy and all the forms that it takes, that our country has no place for this. But on anti-Semitism, we voted a resolution on that just recently.
When I was – a couple weeks – a week and a half ago or so at the Munich conference and then in Brussels for the NATO meetings, at every meeting, at every level, at the highest levels, our delegation impressed upon our European allies the importance of fighting anti-Semitism in our country. This is well before the Ilhan [Omar] statement that emerged this weekend.
But when it did, it was important for me to speak to the Member first before we would proceed. She was in Africa. After I spoke to her, Members had different tacks they wanted to take, some their individual statements, some thinking we should have a resolution. I thought the resolution should enlarge the issue to anti-Semitism, anti-Islamophobia, et cetera, anti-white supremacist, and that it should not mention her name. And that's what we're working on, something that is one resolution, addressing these forms of hatred, not mentioning her name – because it is not about her; it is about these forms of hatred.
Q: She hasn't apologized. Does she need to apologize?
Speaker Pelosi. She may need to explain that she did not – it is up to her to explain, but I do not believe that she understood the full weight of the words. As I said, when you're a Congressmember – when you're an advocate out there, as I was, so I appreciate all the enthusiasm that comes into – I told you that before, that was me pushing a stroller and carrying those signs.
So, I understand how advocates come in with their enthusiasms, but when you cross that threshold into Congress, your words weigh much more than when you're shouting it at somebody outside. And I feel confident that her words were not based on any anti-Semitic attitude, but that she didn't have a full appreciation of how they landed on other people where these words have a history and a cultural impact that might have been unknown to her.
Speaker Pelosi. Did I call on him? Did you hear me call on him?
Q: You sure looked at me. Thank you.
Speaker Pelosi. Does that count? Okay. Go ahead.
Q: And get this done? Explain why.
Speaker Pelosi. No, no. The Republicans will never fail to have their xenophobic Motions to Recommit as they did last week. That doesn't matter whether we have a resolution or not. So, this is nothing to do with that.
This has to do with every – I see everything as an opportunity. This is an opportunity, once again, to declare the strongest possible opposition to anti-Semitism, anti-Muslim statements, anti-white supremacist attitudes. The President may think there are good people on both sides. We don't share that view. So, it has nothing to do with that.
However, I do grant you that the Republicans will try to put these kinds of statements in their Motions to Recommit, but that's housekeeping. That's not policy.
Q: Obviously, Leader McConnell is very opposed to H.R. 1. Yesterday, he said: 'I believe we can actually win elections against people who vote for this.' Do you think H.R. 1 puts any pressure on some of your Members in purple districts?
Speaker Pelosi. No. No. In fact, many Members in the purple districts are the ones who are the strongest proponents for H.R. 1, so I appreciate your question.
H.R. 1 – who is – what the Senator is saying – and with all due respect in the world for his leadership role, he has also said the problem is not that there's too much money in politics, Mitch McConnell said, it is that there's not enough money in politics – where we vehemently, completely, thoroughly disagree.
But it is about money in politics and how that destroys the confidence people have in the political process, but also it is about voter suppression. And so, whatever they say, what they are voting when they say they're against H.R. 1, they are against removing obstacles of participation to voting in our country.
I don't know if you were here when I announced my Too Hot to Handle Club. I think it was last week. You just have to make some of these issues too hot to handle in the public. The shutdown of government was too hot to handle. When we, when we passed the Violence Against Women Act, which is coming up again, we made it too hot to handle because the Republicans would not bring it up in the House.
So, along the way, the public weighing in on this, overwhelmingly the public supports removing voter suppression, lowering the role of big, dark, special interest money in politics, and again respecting the rights of those who are eligible to vote and have it be counted as cast.
Speaker Pelosi. No, this is our constitutional responsibility, to have oversight over the Executive branch, and the evidence that they will have is what they will gather doing the oversight, bringing truth to the American people. I salute the Committee for the action that they have taken. If we were not to exercise oversight over the Executive branch, we would be delinquent in our duties.
Speaker Pelosi. I think we have a few more days for that, don't we?
Q: We are working under extraordinary measures right now.
Speaker Pelosi. Well, according to the Secretary of the Treasury, those extraordinary measures will go until September or October. Let us hope that, long before that, we will have lifted the debt limit.
Q: Does that mean it is not an urgent problem?
Speaker Pelosi. It doesn't mean it isn't urgent; it just means that we have to address it. Everything is urgent here, right? Everything is urgent, but everything is also an opportunity, an opportunity to have a giant civics lesson for America as to what the role is of government, of each of the branches of government, and the extraordinary nature of the President usurping the constitutional powers of the Legislative branch, Article I, immediately following the Preamble.
And, that's why we were so pleased that we were able to succeed in passing that legislation – oh, did I mention that – under the leadership of Joaquin Castro, and now it is in the Senate where the Senators are asking the President to withdraw extraordinary usurpation of the Constitution of the United States. Thank you.
Q: Madam Speaker, can you address the dangers of policing speech? You have spoken about this previously this year when one of your Members used an expletive to describe the President.
Speaker Pelosi. I'm sorry. I don't understand your question.
Q: Earlier this year, when one of your Members used an expletive to describe the President, you said you weren't going to be policing speech.
Speaker Pelosi. That's right. I stick with that – yeah.
Q: I was wondered if you could talk about the wisdom, or the dangers, of being – of policing the speech of your Members.
Speaker Pelosi. Well, we're not policing the speech of our Members. We are condemning anti-Semitism, [Islamophobia], and we are condemning white supremacy. So that is what we are doing. Anybody who engages in that kind of speech, we will condemn.
People using expletives – the President uses expletives. Do we want to police his language?
I'm more concerned about what he does to hurt children at the border, to degrade the air that our children breathe and the rest. I'm more concerned about his policies than his personality or his language, but nonetheless, if we are cleaning up everybody's language, we can start in the White House.


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UVU baseball: early runs don't hold up in 7-6 loss to Utah
By Deseret News Apr 16, 2013, 10:45pm MDT
Clint Burgi, For the Deseret News
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OREM, Utah — After a six-run first inning, Utah Valley's offense stalled and Utah climbed back to win, 7-6, on Tuesday night at Brent Brown Ballpark in Orem.
An RBI single by Trey Nielsen put the Utes (15-17) in front in the top of the first inning before the Wolverines (14-21) had their six-run output in the bottom half of the inning.
After that though, two Utah relievers — Luke West and Nick Green — limited the Wolverines to just two hits over the final 7.2 scoreless innings.
"Our guys went away from what gave them success. The little things cost us tonight. They may not seem important at the time but they cost us and they're huge," UVU head coach Eric Madsen said. "You've got to give Utah a lot of credit. They wanted to win a lot more than we did. They made a lot of good adjustments at the plate."
In the first inning, UVU sent 10 hitters to the plate and were aided by a pair of Utah errors. The bases were loaded with nobody out when Kai Hatch singled home Stone Ramsey and Riley White to put the Wolverines up 2-1.
Kade Andrus scored on a fielder's choice off the bat of Mark Krueger before Taylor Berg singled to score two more and make it 5-1. Jordy Hart capped the run scoring with an infield base hit that brought Krueger in from third.
Utah Valley had five hits in the frame, with four of the six runs coming in earned against Nielsen, who started on the mound and lasted 1.1 innings.
West, who was impressive in relief against UVU on March 19, didn't allow a hit in his first 5.1 innings out of the bullpen on Tuesday. Hatch singled off West with two outs in the seventh but was stranded at third.
West (2-1) was the winning pitcher after allowing just the one hit and striking out eight in six innings. Green came on to get the save, his second, after tossing the final 1.2 innings. Devin Nelson (3-4) took the loss for UVU.
The Utes slowly chipped away on the offensive side, getting single runs in the third, sixth and seventh before plating three in the eighth to take a 7-6 lead.
Braden Anderson's two-out, two-run single tied the game at 6-6. On the hit, Anderson ended up at third after a throwing error and then scored the go-ahead run, which came in unearned, on a bunt single by Tyler Relf.
The Wolverines had the tying run reach in the ninth when Andrus had a two-out single, but Green retired Hatch to end the game.
Hatch finished with three hits and two RBIs to lead UVU with Andrus and White both adding two hits. Utah, which out-hit UVU 14-8, got three hits apiece from Relf and Cory Hunt.
With the win, the Utes earned a sweep of the two-game season series over the Wolverines.
Clint Burgi is the assistant athletic director for sports information at Utah Valley University. For more information on Wolverine athletics, visit WolverineGreen.com.


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The Responsible Gambling Council (RGC) is a leading international authority on responsible gambling—providing insights to industry stakeholders through its research and problem gambling prevention programs, as well as accrediting responsible gambling initiatives offered by gaming companies operating within regulated markets across the globe.
RGC spent over a decade developing the most comprehensive and rigorous set of responsible gaming standards for land-based and online gambling. Based in Toronto, RGC operates independently from the gaming industry, allowing it to offer unbiased insights and services related to responsible gambling.
As part of its prevention mandate, RGC established RG Check, an accreditation program for gaming venues and gambling internet sites. RG Check accreditation provides an independent assessment of gaming venues' and websites' responsible gambling programs, measured against standards developed by the Responsible Gambling Council.
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Bulk properties. Radium is the heaviest known alkaline earth metal and is the only radioactive member of its group. Its physical and chemical properties most closely resemble its lighter congener barium.
George King was born in Cheltenham, U.K., weighing 15 pounds, 7 ounces – double the average weight for a newborn. George's mother, Jade King, delivered him naturally.
If you want to take your road trip to the next level, plan some pit stops along the way that will make your drive more memorable.
Languishing in a reinforced bed with treats and entertainments close to hand, this is the world's heaviest man at home. Paul Mason, who weighs 70 stone, is rarely able to leave his bed and so spends much of his life in the room, eating and playing computer games.
Courtney Padilla held her wife's hand as the plane made an emergency landing.
Egypt national Eman Ahmed, world's 'heaviest' woman, dies in Abu Dhabi The Egyptian woman, who lost around 300 kg during a surgery in Mumbai earlier this year, died in an Abu Dhabi hospital in the morning.
May 23, 2013 · The tragic final days of one of the world's fattest men were spent desperately trying to lose the weight that kept him bedridden for five years.


Loits has woven this album around the well thought out concept of Estonian freedom fighters during WW2. Also musically, the band stands strong. Songs like Aeg Ärgata are modern and cold (vaguely Satyricon-like), others are predominated by moody and epic riffing, together with clean breaks and vocals. Loits thus wisely chooses atmosphere above pure speed and blastbeats: what they do, they do splendidly and in a meticulously executed fashion. I have trouble finding any serious remarks - the songs are well-composed, the riffs striking, the sound direct and harsh. For everyone into this kind of mid-tempo blackmetal: you most surely need to check this out!


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Q: How to watch the ngForm change and do the calculation based on the changed value I failed to get the changed input value from a reactive ngForm and unable to do the calculation based. Please see my requirement as showed in the screenshot.

form code:

<form #adForm="ngForm" (onSubmit)="onSubmit(adForm)">

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MonthlyFee

Months

Total Fee

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          {{ads.price | currency}}

            <input
              type="number" min="1" max="12"
              required
              class="form-control ml-4"
              id="months"
              placeholder="{{0}}"
              name="months"
              [(ngModel)]="ads.months"
            >

          {{ads.adsFee}}

            <button class="btn btn-outline-primary" (click)="onCreate()">Create</button>

  </form>

in ts, would expect the simple calculation:
totalFee = price * months;

A: Simply like that:
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The other image at one of my assignments.
NOW Magazine: UFC Fan Expo at the Direct Energy Centre, April 29 2011.
Former UFC light heavyweight champion Chuck Liddell signs autographs at UFC Fan Expo.
I wanted to share this image to tell you about this assignment, about images that never get to run and the story behind them. In 2011, I got an assignment to cover a Fan Expo prior to UFC 129 at the Skydome in Toronto, Ontario. What I enjoy about this moment, it that it was a small example of how Former UFC light heavyweight champion Chuck Liddell took the time to make time for all of his fans during this event. It must have taken him 15 minutes to walk 200 feet, and he graciously signed every autograph along the way.


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Q: Numpy Array python dimension uniform I have 2 dimensional array with 15 elements in one dimension and variable length in second dimension
for example
>>print abc.size()
15
>>print abc[0].size()
5873
>>print abc[1].size()
9825

How can i make array dimensions uniform either using numpy or skikit sparse array. the data is hog features of an image.

A: Assuming you want to align all the arrays to the left, and pad to the right with zeros, then you could first find the maximum length with
max_len = max([abc[i].size() for for i in range(abc.size())])

and then pad using zeros:
import numpy as np

for i in range(abc.size()):
    abc[i] = np.append(abc[i], np.zeros(max_len - abc[i].size())

A: We have here two possible cases:

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*abc is a list of images, and for each image abc[i] is the set of hog features of the image i.

*abc is one image and each abc[i] is the i-th hog feature of the image
For the first case, the image sizes or the hog parameters (size for the neighbour) differ from one image to another, so you need to adjust the parameters in order to calculate the hog features properly for all the images (if you want fixed sized descriptors).
For the second case, your hog computation is not correct (it shouldn't happen that the sizes of the hog descriptors are different for the same image).
So, in any of the cases, there is no way of resizing your arrays. You need to fix your hog computations.

Edit: related to your problem, you have a dataset of different size images. The are two possible common approaches for image classification with hog descriptors. But first, a quick summary of HOG:

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*HOG splits the image in M x N windows of size m x n each and calculates a histogram oriented gradients with fixed W number of bins (number of orientations) in that window. Hence, you will end up with M x N x W features. Features are usually flattened in a 2D vector of size K x W with K = M x N.

Now, for classification there are 2 common approaches:

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*Combine all the features of an image in one, this is, perform an average (or weighted average or norm) over the K features to end up with a vector of size W for each image (the number of orientations).

*To preserve (more or less) the spatial relationship of the features, another more common approach is to concatenate all the features in order to end up with a flattened 1D vector of size Z, with Z = K x W/
From your data, I think you are trying to perform the 2nd step. The problem you are facing is that the images have different size, and therefore, for a fixed window size m x n the number of features differ from one image to another.
The way you could fix that, is by fixing the number of features M x N you want, and for a given image, calculate m = height / M and n = width / N and calculate the HOG descriptors with that custom m x n window size (which is different for every image). This way, you will end up with an K = M x N vector with the same K (but different window size) for every image.
With a fixed K and therefore fixed Z you would be able to perform classification.
I don't know which library are you using for computing the HOG, but m x n window size parameter should be easy to manually set up for every image.
Hope it helps!


General info One of the most important cities of Tamilnadu, Coimbatore is called the 'Manchester of South India' and is the third largest city in the state. The headquarters of the Nilgiri region, its exposure to the Palghat Gap of the Western Ghats Coimbatore a Salubrious climate. A highly industrialised city, it is the centre of textile manufacturing in the state - there are over a hundred mills in and around Coimbatore. Primarily a business centre, it is known for the manufacturing of motor pump sets and various engineering and electronic goods.
Just 60 km away from Coimbatore, also known as the Indira Gandhi Wild Life Sanctuary. It is the biggest sanctuary in Tamil Nadu sprawls over an area of about 958 sq. km. The animals found here are gaur, elephant, tiger, sloth bear, wild bear dog, nilgiri, langur etc. There is a bird watch tower at Kariam Shola, 2 km away from Top slip. Trekking and hill climbing are also available here. There is a town Amaravathy Nagar has Crocodile breeding centre.
100 km away from Coimbatore-- Ooty called the Queen of hill stations is located at the Nilgiri hills at 2240 meters above sea level. There is 50 acre garden includes a variety of exotic ornamental plants. There is a fossil tree trunk which is 20 million years old. Rose Garden covering an area of 10 acres inside Vijaya Nagar farm has about 1900 variety of roses. The MUKURTHI NATIONAL PARK contains viable population of nilgiri tahr. Fascinating feature of the Mukurthi sanctuary is its relationship with the Himalayan flora and fauna. PYKARA Dam and the reservoir attract many tourists. DODABETTA, 10 km from Ooty, offer beautiful vistas of the Nilgiri hill ranges.
85 km away from Coimbatore -- 19 km away from Ooty is the second largest hill station of the Nilgiris at altitude of 1858 metres. LAW'S FALLS and ST. CATHERINE FALLS are two breathtaking fall. At DOLPHIN'S NOSE, 12 km from Coonoor, one can take a glimpses of the Catherine fall.
It is superb examples of local sculpture, including remarkable Lajja-Gauri images of a fertility cult which flourished in the area. It's open from 10 am to 5 pm daily except Friday.
Just north of the railway station, is a huge place offering good vegetarian meals.
On Nehru St. serves excellent non-vegetarian foods with large range.
Has a very pleasant rooftop restaurant, a good place for a splurge.
Annalakshmi By the Hotel Surya International at 106 Racecourse Rd, is the top vegetarian restaurant. Run by devotees of Shivaji, it's an interesting place to eat and the food, though expensive, is very well prepared.


On Monday, November 08, 2010 Clifton Height's police were dispatched to the Clifton Heights K-Mart where Loss Prevention Officers had an employee in custody for hiding merchandise for another employee who gave him cash for the item. The merchandise totaled $119.99.
Arrested and processed on summary charges of Retail Theft was a 40 year old male resident of Lansdowne Borough.
Clifton Heights Police were dispatched to the unit block of E. Baltimore Ave on Tuesday, November 09, 2010 for a reported armed Robbery. A 19 year old female victim resident of Clifton Heights reported being followed from the Septa Trolley Station to Walnut Street when confronted by two black males, one of which pointed a handgun at her and demanded her hand bag. As the two males fled on foot, the victim believed both entered a waiting white colored car operated by an unknown person which fled north on Walnut Street.
At this time, the case is under investigation by Sgt. Tim Rockenbach and is quite similar to two other robberies that occurred in Lansdowne borough and Upper Darby Township. The community is asked to be aware of any suspicious persons or cars and report them to 911 immediately.
On Wednesday, November 10, 2010 Clifton Heights Police were dispatched to the 100 block of E. Baltimore Avenue for a reported disorderly group also in violation of the 10PM curfew. On arrival this group was advised to disperse and warned of the borough curfew. As a result of two additional warnings after initial contact, a 16 year old resident of Drexel Hill was placed in custody and turned over to his parents after issuance of a Curfew Citation.
As a result of a domestic related incident and reported unwanted subject, a 29 year old male resident of Clifton Heights was arrested for Public Drunkenness and Disorderly Conduct on the unit block of E. Madison Ave. Citations were issued and a responsible party picked him up.


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Act conceptualisation: Part 1
What is the thought process behind creating an act?
Backstage at a show towards the end of last year I had a conversation with burlesque performer Coney Bow about act conceptualisation. She mentioned that her Dancer in Green act was based on the Hollywood Ballet Green Duet between Cyd Charisse and Gene Kelly in the movie Singin' in the Rain. In this bar scene Charisse's character is drawn from her chair into a dance with Kelly's character Don Lockwood. Coney Bow's act is based on the extrapolation and interpretation of what Charisse's character would do if Don didn't turn up. The act explores how Charisse's character would move and act if she were dancing with herself.
I found it an interesting discussion, her comments gave me an insight into her act that I otherwise wouldn't have had. While this perspective is by no means essential to enjoying her act, I found it added an extra layer of depth to her performance. As someone who is very much the type of person who goes around art galleries reading the wall labels, I get a kick out of hearing the concept behind people's acts. As with wall labels, I don't think a conceptual explanation is essential to understanding or enjoying the art itself, but I like how the contextual information suggests ideas that I would have otherwise been unaware of. This is partly why I loved hearing about the inspiration for Coney Bow's performance, as it allowed me to view her act in an entirely different way.
Hollywood Ballet Green Duet from Singin' in the Rain
Coney Bow as The Dancer in Green. Photo: Peter Jennings.
At the time of this conversation I was in the position of nervously debuting a brand new act that was stylistically rather unfamiliar territory for me, while Coney was performing a polished and stunning signature act in a style that is very much her trademark. Despite the obvious differences in our acts, I realized the one thing they had in common was the similarity in the way we had both approached developing a 'classic' act conceptually.
So this led me to where I am now, writing a post about my most recently developed act, and the conceptualisation behind it. I call this act alternately Let Love In or The Dark Act. (It's still settling into its true form, so I'm more or less waiting to see which name sticks.) If any of you have seen me perform before, most of my acts are character-based neo-burlesque. This act is unusual for me, in that it is essentially a classic showgirl act, albeit a slightly unusual spin on the genre. Like Coney's act, the concept behind my routine probably isn't immediately apparent to the audience, but this concept colours the entire act and informs all the decisions made in creating, costuming, and choreographing the act.
image left: Performing The Dark Act at The Cat's Meow
photo: Adam Baines.
The starting point for this act was being invited to take part in a 1920s themed show, The Cat's Meow, for the Rock n Roll Circus. I had been thinking for some time that I wanted to develop a new 'classic' routine. In the year or so since I'd last created a classic act, my style as a neo performer had become more developed and I had grown a much better sense of who I had become as a performer. However, the classic side of my performance had remained comparatively underdeveloped in style. But that set an interesting challenge – how would neo performer Amourous Ava perform a classic routine? Or more accurately, because you can't take the 'neo' out of a neo performer – how would she perform a neo-classic routine?
I also set myself another challenge – no Charleston. I knew other performers would be doing up-tempo numbers, so I wanted to do something that would set my act apart a little, play to my skills, and to push myself in a different direction. I'd also been watching a lot of classic-style acts and wanted to challenge myself to do a slow number. My usual performance style is high energy, frenetic and comedic. This to a certain extent is because of my physicality – I'm slight of build, so to get any sort of decent movement out of my costume I often need to move very, very fast. Torque is not my friend. I also tend to move quickly to dispel nervous energy, so I wanted to learn to control and direct it… and just for kicks see what would happen if I didn't try to be funny. It was terrifying...
Part 2 of 3 to follow...
Kyle Cannon link
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babyTEL, Copia International, and Commetrex Team for High-Availability Breakthrough
Home / News & Events / Press Releases / babyTEL, Copia International, and Commetrex Team for High-Availability Breakthrough
Atlanta, GA – January 23, 2014 – babyTEL (Montreal), Copia International (Chicago), and Commetrex (Atlanta) have developed a high-availability technology they call "Active-Active Redundancy." The three technology partners claim that Active-Active technology delivers inbound availability for fax-over-IP calls (FoIP) in excess of 99.999%. Although the technology is currently being used for inbound FoIP, it applies equally well to voice (VoIP).
The solution marries technologies from each of the three partners:
babyTEL provides the T.38 real-time FoIP access and carrier services.
Copia provides the fax server (CopiaFacts).
Commetrex provides its BladeWare HMP telephony platform on which CopiaFacts is based
The inbound process begins with babyTEL simultaneously delivering a call to two (or more) redundant servers, which can be in different cities or even countries. The key concept is for one of the Copia servers to immediately accept the call and the other to delay accepting the call…say for 200-milliseconds. The babyTEL service acknowledges the first-arriving call acceptance and cancels the other.
To determine whether to answer a call immediately or wait, CopiaFacts utilizes a special feature Commetrex added to BladeWare, according to Mike Coffee, Commetrex' CEO. "BladeWare will deliver calls to client applications in either the alerting or connected state. So, when a call is delivered to the CopiaFacts server, it can examine call-related data to determine whether to accept the call. In this application, each server will be assigned to immediately accept either odd- or even-numbered calls, delaying acceptance of the other half, which, of course, are immediately accepted by the other server, guaranteeing that each server receives half the calls. If one of the servers goes off line, all calls will be awarded to the remaining on-line server, half of them immediately, half in 200-milliseconds."
"High-Availability deployments have been available for some time, but they have been extremely complex to develop and deploy. This one, in spite of the complexities introduced by three companies working together, is as simple to deploy as adding one more server," noted Steve Hersee, CEO of Copia International. Hersee continued: "Customers can ensure their mission-critical telephony applications will continue to work in the face of component malfunction, natural disaster, or a software failure. The solution also addresses business continuity needs for disaster recovery when deployed in a geographically diverse configuration.".
"But none of this matters if the FoIP call isn't successfully delivered," added Stephen Dorsey, CEO of babyTEL. "We deliver call-completion rates exceeding that of comparable services over legacy networks, and we do it using industry-standard T.38 real-time fax over the Internet."
Email: dorothy@copia.com
Web: copia.com
About BabyTEL
Headquartered in Montreal, and founded in 1991, babyTEL develops in-house, advanced telecommunication services for its VoIP "triple play" of voice, fax, and modem services over the Internet. babyTEL's customized suite of services are delivered to residential and corporate customers in over 7,000 locations across the U.S. and Canada. babyTEL services include Cloud Business Phone, Home Phone, FoIP, and Electronic Fax and are offered through its agents and reseller partners in the U.S. and Canada. To meet challenging needs, babyTEL customizes and expands its Services using its own development resources. Our partners, end-users, and network-support teams benefit from the availability of in-house developers for effective and timely support.
About Commetrex
Founded in 1990, Commetrex Corporation provides industry-leading fax technologies to telecom-equipment OEMs and VoIP service providers. Commetrex has unrivaled expertise in fax-over-IP (FoIP) technology. Its FaxTap for SIP and the BladeWare™ telephony server with Smart FoIP® are moving FoIP reliability to a higher level. Commetrex is expanding its product line to offer the same technology excellence to the OEM developing voice-response and messaging systems with BladeWare Studio and BladeWare VXi.
About Copia International
Founded in 1987, Copia International is an innovator in the communications solutions software market. Daily, thousands of customers worldwide use CopiaFacts software suite of FaxFacts, VoiceFacts and E-MailFacts to send and receive information by fax, voice, or e-mail. Copia holds the patents for its one-call fax-retrieval and mail-merge-to-fax technology.
Commetrex Contact
Marilyn Troup
Director, Marketing Communications
Commetrex Corporation
Email: marketing@commetrex.com
Web: commetrex.com
BabyTEL Contact
babyTEL
Email: dsalman@babytel.net
Web: babytel.net
Copia International, Ltd. Contact
Dorothy Flanagan
Copia International, Ltd.


Pretty home. Poor gutter design. Too much roof area flows into too small of a gutter area, creating water overflow.
Spring is the time of year when you find out if your gutters are working as intended or are in need of TLC. With spring rains comes the opportunity to check your gutters to make sure they are successfully moving water off your roof and away from your home.
Detecting leaves and debris is easy to do and you'll know this is a problem whenever you see water cascading over the gutters to the ground below. Leaves, twigs or tree saplings growing out of your gutters is a telltale sign that you have neglected your gutters for too long and they need help — stat. Walk around your house when it's raining and listen for water running down the downspouts. If you hear a trickle rather than a gush, then you know it is time to clean out the gutters. This is also a good time to consider installing a quality gutter guard system to keep your gutters clog-free.
Poorly sealed inside miters, outside miters, end caps and rusting galvanized metal all contribute to gutter leaks. Your gutters take a beating from the sun's UV rays everyday. Gutters get hot during the day and cool at night. Constant temperature swings means that unless your gutter installer used a professional grade construction adhesive that is designed specifically for gutters and metals, you'll likely experience problems sooner than later. Ultraviolet light can quickly breakdown cheap caulks and odds are your gutters won't last the test of time and will leak. What starts as a slow drip can become a steady water stream that can be difficult to repair and lead to other issues inside your gutters, in your garden, and around your house.
If you own a home with galvanized gutters, the metal needs to be maintained and painted regularly otherwise they will rust through. If your gutters are made from galvanized metal and you see rust spots or holes, it is time to replace them.
Whether your gutters are old or new, if not installed properly, they will be ineffective and useless. Improperly hung gutters will lead to water damage around your home, and you will have to eventually pay to have them rehung or replaced. This problem is completely avoidable but is one of the most common reasons why gutters leak. Sadly, few gutter installers use levels to ensure a proper pitch. For some reason, it's taboo to knowingly install gutters properly. It's so much easier to guess and just hope for the best! All too often, hiring an installer who refuses to use a level to install your gutters will result in gutters that won't drain properly, will overflow, and will have to be re-pitched.
Water overflowed with 5″ gutters. Upgraded to 7 inch gutters.
If your gutters are free of leaves and debris, sealed and hung properly, odds are that they'll work most of the time. The general exception to this rule is when they are overwhelmed by too much water flowing into too small of a gutter section. For instance, if you have upper gutters that carry water to lower gutters, correctly sizing the lower gutters is important.
Most homes have 5" gutters while others have 6". In some cases 6" is too small and 7" or larger gutters are necessary to effectively carry water away from your home.
It is becoming more common for architects and builders of newer homes to choose design over function by ignoring basic water management principles. A recent example was a new 5,500 SF home (pictured above) with a steeply pitched roof of several hundred square feet that drained into two 14" long x 6" wide gutters on either side of a bump out window. While the contractor installed 6″ gutters, there is not a chance that the gutters can adequately handle the water flow. The poor home design left the homeowner few options to successfully address the problem.
Believe it not, not all water problems are driven by rain gutters. Roof shingles can contribute, if not be the root cause of water problems. Shingles that hang too far into the gutter or are cut short can cause serious water problems.
To illustrate, if shingles hang too far into the gutter, they reduce the amount of area that your gutter has to accept water. Situations where shingles extend into the gutter by 2-3 inches turns a typical 5" gutter into 3" or 2" gutter. In valleys — where two roof surfaces converge — there may be times when water simply washes over and misses the gutters altogether.
Conversely, if roof shingles don't extend far enough past the fascia board, water has an opportunity to wick back under the shingles and run behind the gutters along the fascia boards. This issue causes recurring leaks behind the gutters and is a surefire way to lead to wood-rot of your roof decking, fascia boards and soffits.
So if your gutters are clogged, leak, sag; are too small to handle the water flow, or the position of your roof shingles or metal roof are reducing the effectiveness of your gutters, now is the time to take action, call an experienced gutter contractor (see Stop: Don't hire a gutter contractor until you ask these 5 critical questions), and get your water problems resolved immediately.
Properly addressing these issues will help you successfully move water away from your home while minimizing water damage to wood surfaces and exterior walls, while stopping water leaks in crawlspaces and basements; reducing landscaping washouts and more.
If you are experiencing any of these issues and need help, feel free to reach out to us by calling Gutter Guards Direct toll-free at 1-800-750-2131 or emailing info@gutterguardsdirect.com.


Dear Colleagues and Partners! The use of the Sky Express corporate identity elements shall be allowed solely upon the Airline's approval. Please inquire for the approval at 2505@skyexpress.ru.
When preparing dummies, please pay attention to the Requirements for Corporate Identity Elements Layout.
Empty white space should be left around the Sky Express logo and emblem. This will enable the best visual perception of the corporate identity elements. No graphic or text elements should appear in this empty space.
Attention! The use of the Sky Express corporate identity elements shall be allowed solely upon the Airline's approval. Please inquire for the approval at 2505@skyexpress.ru.


FVCC's Music Department opens its Fall Concert Series with faculty concerts on September 14 and October 12.
Both concerts begin at 7 p.m. in room 139 of the Arts and Technology Building. There is no charge to attend the concerts, and they are open to the community.
Student-focused concerts are scheduled to begin October 26.
For more information about FVCC's Music Department or the Fall Concert Series, contact Sanford at (406) 756-4813 or nsanford@fvcc.edu.


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Blockering sker när ett anrop till en subrutin inte återvänder förrän det slutförs eller misslyckas med en felkod eller ett undantag. En process som är blockerad är en som väntar på en händelse, som t.ex. att en resurs blir tillgänglig eller slutförandet av en I/O-operation.

I ett datorsystem med flera parallella processer måste de enskilda processerna eller trådarna dela systemets resurser. Dessa resurser kan vara:

 processorn
 nätverket
 primärminnet
 sekundärminnet

När en process använder en resurs är det i allmänhet inte möjligt, eller önskvärt, att en annan process kommer åt samma resurs samtidigt. Tekniker för ömsesidigt uteslutande används för att förhindra sådant samtidigt bruk. När den andra processen är blockerad är den oförmögen att exekvera tills den första processen har slutat använda resursen.

Programspråk och schemaläggningsalgorithmer utformas för att minimera blockering, och förhindra deadlock, det vill säga när två eller fler processer är blockerade, i väntan på resurser som de andra processerna håller i.

Se även

Icke-blockerande synkronisering
Race condition
Deadlock

Referenser

Datorteknik
Interprocesskommunikation

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