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La Renault VZ (ou AMD Renault) est un prototype d'automitrailleuse conçu pendant l'entre-deux-guerres par le constructeur français Renault.

Historique
La Renault VZ est présentée pour répondre au programme d'automitrailleuse de découverte (AMD) défini en 1931 pour la Cavalerie française. Elle est en concurrence avec la Berliet VUB, la Panhard 178 et l'AMD Latil.

Il s'agit d'un véhicule à quatre roues motrices et directrices. Deux skis, puis deux petites chenilles, sont placés sous la caisse pour faciliter le passage des talus. Le moteur est à l'avant et l'AMD dispose de deux postes de conduites (inverseur).

Le Renault VZ sort avec une tourelle Renault prévue pour un canon de  et une mitrailleuse Reibel de  .

Après essais de  à , la commission d'expérimentation de matériel automobile de Vincennes demande des améliorations de l'AMD Renault, trop lourde et manquant d'espace à l'intérieur. Deux prototypes ont été construits (immatriculations 79761 et 79762) mais le 79761 est accidenté dès le 23 décembre 1932.

Le prototype 79762 est allégé, son aménagement intérieur est revu et il muni d'une nouvelle tourelle de l'atelier de fabrication de Vincennes, équipée d'un canon de  Hotchkiss et d'une mitrailleuse Reibel. Il est à nouveau testé du 5 au 14 décembre 1934.

L'AMD Renault n'est finalement pas retenue, et c'est la Panhard 178 qui devient en 1935 l'AMD standard de la cavalerie.

Références

Articles connexes

 Classification des automitrailleuses de la cavalerie française (1931-1940)
 Liste des codes projets Renault (1899-1941)
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CARDINGTON — The agenda was light when Cardington village council met Sept. 18 in regular session.
Fiscal Officer Deb Fry reported "all fund balances look healthy" and noted that the regional income tax agency had mailed 545 letters to people who did not file their 2016 taxes.
• Council approved payment of bills totaling $48,574.01.
• Approved a resolution that certifies to the county auditor the inclusion on the tax duplicate the amounts owed to the village for delinquent water and sewer charges. Fry said these total $6,346.35.
• Village administrator Danny Wood explained that repair of the storm sewer on the north end of the North Marion Street bridge is still being studied with ODOT having run a camera down to examine the extent of the erosion.
The damaged area is marked with a cone.
She noted that more people are taking advantage of it as a park with fishing and picnics.
• Council will meet next on Oct. 2.


Before coming to the White House, I struggled, as a working parent with a traveling, busy husband, to figure out how to feed my kids healthy, and I didn't get it right.
Our pediatrician had to pull me aside and point out some things that were going wrong.
I thought to myself, if a Princeton and Harvard educated professional woman doesn't know how to adequately feed her kids, then what are other parents going through who don't have access to the information I have?
If a Princeton and Harvard educated professional woman can't figure out what to feed her young'uns, can you imagine the yucky stuff kids whose mothers and fathers went to community colleges are putting in their mouths?
As a graduate of Rhodes College in Memphis, I now see why it is such a blessing that I don't have children. What on earth would I feed them—Tootsie Rolls and Coca-Colas?
Unfortunately, this highly affluent woman, who was pulling down in excess of $300,000 for a job in hospital administration before moving into the White House, yet apparently couldn't devise simple, nutritious menus for her own children without an intervention from the family pediatrician ("Have you considered arugula, Mrs. Obama?") is now trying to tell an entire nation what to feed the children.
Perhaps based on her experience of not having the foggiest what to feed Malia and Sasha, Mrs. Obama has reformed the school lunch program in public schools. Unlike previous first ladies, Mrs. Obama doesn't rely on solely moral suasion ("Just Say No!") to promote her cause.
Not content with encouraging low-income kids to dump taxpayer-bought comestibles into the garbage can, Mrs. Obama worked to expand the school lunch program so that all children, regardless of family income, now are entitled to free school lunches. Maybe Mrs. Obama believes that all parents are as clueless as she was? Apparently, she also believes that instead of mastering the incomprehensible art of menu planning, parents should just surrender the whole project to the federal government.
But this is the opposite of what should be happening: the free lunches for everybody program encourages parents not to be responsible for their children's nutrition. As IWF's Julie Gunlock has written, greater parent involvement in diet, and lifestyle changes like less television and more sleep are among the keys to reducing childhood obesity.
We might also question whether Mrs. Obama has learned enough to be the food decider for a nation. Take, for example, Mrs. Obama's recent attack on the nutritional properties of the humble potato in the New York Times. The first lady urged that the potato be proscribed for mothers who use benefits from the Women Infants and Children (WIC) program to feed their children. Now, there might be plenty of reforms in order for the WIC program, but banning the nutritious potato isn't one. Potatoes are chock full of nutrients: potassium (more per ounce than in the banana), vitamins C and B-6, and several dozen anti-oxidants.
The Obama Administration's FDA is also currently issuing new restrictions related to salt consumption, in spite of growing scientific evidence that reducing sodium-intake will not benefit public health. If Mrs. Obama gets something wrong, because she has enlisted government power and not just persuasion, it almost takes an act of Congress to provide relief. Indeed, Republicans—much to the first lady's chagrin—are trying to offer waivers to school districts that can browbeat the kids into eating Mrs. Obama's food selections. Left to their own devices, school districts and parents more are likely to come up palatable and nutritious meals than Mrs. Obama and a flock of bureaucrats.
I hope you won't think I am sexist when I say that most mothers can learn to assemble healthy menus for their children. (Fathers can, too, by the way.) When my sister was teaching in a public school in California, she invited a couple who had a large family (I believe there were ten children) to come every year and speak to the class about money management, which the couple did very successfully. They talked about what groceries they purchased and even about picking up free potatoes (yes, the potato again) when farmers opened their fields to gleaners. This was a family that ate well and saved money.
When normal obligations are left to the family, the family can learn to cope. If a family is eating too many potatoes, it can just cut down. It's that simple. We're seeing what used to be regarded as everyday activities of life—learning what to feed one's children—turned into a complicated process that must be managed by the federal government.
The irony is that the experts often get it wrong and leave the rest of us with a complicated mess on our hands. Thus it was that the Ivy League educated woman who couldn't figure out what to feed her two children who thinks that her husband and a band of like-minded experts can reorganize the nation's health care system without anyone paying a price.
Mrs. Obama's "I couldn't feed my kids and I went to Harvard" betrays a condescension that is endemic in our new ruling class.


Not long ago, the reading from the Jewish scriptures at church was brief and a bit odd. Early in the Book of Joshua, the Israelites cross the Jordan River and enter the land that has been promised to them, even though it is already occupied by nomadic tribes and city dwellers who are under the apparently mistaken impression that since they already have been living there for generations, it belongs to them. After forty years of wandering in the wilderness, a whole generation of Israelites has been born and grown to adulthood who are unfamiliar with the formative traditions underlying their heritage. First, the males of the new generation are all circumcised. After a short recovery period (recently circumcised guys aren't going to be very good soldiers or anything else), we arrive at the reading in question.
We discover in the Gospel of John that the Jews of Jesus' day still took great pride in the fact that God loved their ancestors so much that they were fed for forty years with heavenly miracle food. The problem is, God is no longer in the manna business—according to the reading from Joshua, he went out of that business as soon as the Israelites crossed the Jordan River. Furthermore, as Jesus reminds his Jewish brethren, eating manna apparently wasn't that special. "Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died." Annie Dillard once called this the cruelest thing that Jesus ever said, but not really. Manna was a temporary stopgap to address an immediate need, it ended as soon as a better solution to daily hunger could be found, and it's nothing to memorialize or interpret as proof that you are special.


The follow up to my previous spirograph! This one is a bit bigger and can produce some pretty cool things! Once again thanks to PG5200 for his inspiring models!
Note: There were quite a few collisions in LDD, most are recognisable as to where parts go. Included in the package are a series of photos showing where each should be placed:) I recommend using the file with the modules "Spirograph V2 Parts" and then assembling as shown in the other file.
All that is left up to you is your choice of pen and battery box. I find BIC four colours provide a crisp line.


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From Trading Alone at the Age of 17 to Starting Up Zerodha: Nithin Kamath's Inspiring Story
By Shyamal Dave
The Asian financial markets are ascending to new heights. The global financial crisis has reached a different stage all together, and this has exposed the market players to myriad challenges. If we were to go by the definition that an entrepreneur is someone who turns challenges into opportunities, it means that many opportunities are open for the startups in the financial domain. Reining in the Indian context, we observe that a good number of startups have emerged in the finance domain.
Here we chronicle one more player, Zerodha: an online discount broking firm, which aims to give lower costs to the clients, something that can be crucial in deciding the long term profitability of a person trading in the capital markets.
"Zerodha is Zero + Rodha (rodha means barriers in Sanskrit). Zero Barriers, is what we are trying to do. From the time we started our business, we have tried to stay as far away from traditional brokers, even with our name we wanted to project what we want to do rather than project saying you can make money," says Nithin Kamath, Founder, Zerodha, explaining the spirit of Zerodha.
Nithin has been trading from the age of 17. He did attend an engineering college, like thousands of Indians do, and then did something not all these engineers do: became an entrepreneur! During college he used to spend more time on trading, and even went bust once, during the 2001 downturn. This forced him to take up work at a call-center. He worked at the call center during night and thus saved the day time for trading. I did this, working-trading, for almost 3 years during 2004-5, post which, I quit my job when I got my first client who asked me to manage money for him after looking at the positive returns on my trading account," says a proud Nithin.
Soon he got more through referrals and also became a sub-broker when Reliance Money was launched. At Reliance Money, he was one of the most successful sub-brokers, sometimes giving volumes that were more than all the other 1000 odd sub-brokers. "But as a trader I was still finding something missing with the way RMoney was working, not really what a trader requires. That is when we decided to start Zerodha," adds Nithin.
The core team of Zerodha comprises people who were with Nithin from his RMoney days. Nikhil his younger brother and a brilliant trader, manages the prop trading desk, risk management and everything related to trading. Venu and Hanan manage the compliance & back-office and customer service issues respectively. Today Zerodha has a team of over 60 people.
Although Zerodha has adopted a successful model; 80% of the business in the US happens through discount brokers, it has experienced its share of challenges, "The biggest challenge for us is credibility, because we charge so less, people assume that there is a catch or the service is bad," says Nithin.
Now a profitable venture, Zerodha still has a long way to go! Also check out 5 Promising Startups from the Finance sector, and two recently covered finance startups, InvestPlus & Dynamic Levels.
Catch all the action happening in the Indian mobile world at MobiSparks 2012!

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Deeper: Documentaries About Film, Filmmakers and Filming 0
After last week's discussion on Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse, Daryl runs through a whole bunch of awesome documentaries about film, filmmakers and filming.
Here's Daryl's Letterboxd list https://boxd.it/eP0n4
Oh... also, here's a great short doc from David F. Sandberg about the test screening process https://youtu.be/Fnvk9MNokPw
145 DARKNESS (John Carpenter's Prince of Darkness, Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse, and Army of Darkness) 0
On the DARKNESS triple bill, Daryl and Matt discuss:
John Carpenter's Prince of Darkness (1987). Starring Donald Pleasence, Victor Wong, Jameson Parker, Lisa Blount, Dennis Dun, Susan Blanchard and Anne Howard.
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1991). Directed by Eleanor Coppola, George Hickenlooper and Fax Bahr.
Army of Darkness (1992). Directed by Sam Raimi. Starring Bruce Campbell, Embeth Davidtz, Marcus Gilbert and Ian Abercrombie.
Deeper: Eddie Murphy - The Man and his Movies 0
This week we chillax and talk about the films and career of Eddie Murphy, from 48Hrs. to Shrek, from Beverly Hills Cop to Dolemite Is My Name and beyond!
Support our Patreon for $3 a month and get access to our exclusive show, Sudden Double Deep Cuts where we talk about our favourite movie soundtracks, scores and theme songs. We also have t-shirts available via our TeePublic store
144 Eddie Murphy triple bill (Beverly Hills Cop II, Bowfinger, Dolemite Is My Name) 0
For Jeanette's birthday episode she decided to break the rules and do a triple bill of Eddie Murphy films.
Beverly Hills Cop II (1987). Directed by Tony Scott. Starring Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, Jürgen Prochnow, John Ashton, Ronny Cox, Brigitte Nielsen and Dean Stockwell.
Bowfinger (1999). Directed by Frank Oz. Starring Eddie Murphy, Steve Martin, Heather Graham, Terence Stamp, Christine Baranski and Robert Downey Jr.
Dolemite Is My Name (2019). Directed by Craig Brewer. Starring Eddie Murphy, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Keegan-Michael Key, Wesley Snipes, Craig Robinson and Tituss Burgess.


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Jaintia Hills district
Thadlaskein block
Remain Population, Caste, Working Data Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya - Census 2011
Remain is a village situated in Thadlaskein block of Jaintia Hills district in Meghalaya. As per the Population Census 2011, there are total 1 families residing in the village Remain. The total population of Remain is 5 out of which 4 are males and 1 are females thus the Average Sex Ratio of Remain is 250.
The population of Children of age 0-6 years in Remain village is 3 which is 60% of the total population. There are 3 male children and 0 female children between the age 0-6 years. Thus as per the Census 2011 the Child Sex Ratio of Remain is 0 which is less than Average Sex Ratio (250) of Remain village.
As per the Census 2011, the literacy rate of Remain is 0%. Thus Remain village has lower literacy rate compared to 47.5% of Jaintia Hills district. The male literacy rate is 0% and the female literacy rate is 0% in Remain village.
As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act (Amendment 1998), Remain village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of the village.
Remain Data as per Census 2011
As per the Population Census 2011 data, following are some quick facts about Remain village.
Literacy 0% 0% 0%
Illiterate 5 4 1
Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 0% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 100% of total population in Remain village.
In Remain village out of total population, 1 were engaged in work activities. 100% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1 workers engaged in Main Work, 1 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.
Main Workers 1 1 0
Cultivators 1 1 0
Non Working 4 3 1
Map of Remain, Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya
Nearby Villages to Remain, Thadlaskein
Below are the list of villages near Remain village in Thadlaskein.
Bamkamar 1,070
Mookabeng 200
Iongshiwiat 263
Kremlabit 569
Mookjat 311
Moobakhon 985
Nongmulieh 156
Moorapushai 424
Nongthymme 373
Iongsnieh Takhniang 355
Remain, Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya - Wikipedia


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Homer wrote: JUWEL FILTERS Aaaaaaagh!
That's bad news had the same with two of my tropical fish and one tiger barb same as you don't know how it happens but its never good.
Had a 10 inch rope fish climb into the little black cowl underneath the Juwel powerhead. He was dead, all coiled up.


According to a report by journalists, Amanda Knox and former boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito have been cleared of murder charges they faced in the death of roommate Meredith Kercher, a British exchange student at the Perugia University for foreigners.
So it's been a couple of weeks since Mozilla released Firefox 5.0 and you're still waiting for your beloved plug-ins to become available?
If you're a Firefox user, you may have recently been notified of an update to the software letting you know that it is now recommended to upgrade to the latest stable version of Firefox 5. Did you blink twice?
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JB Investment Strategist > About JB > Legends > Hetty Green
Hetty Green
Hetty Green (née Robinson), nicknamed "The Witch of Wall Street" (November 21, 1834 – July 3, 1916), was an American businesswoman, remarkable for her frugality during the Gilded Age, as well as for being the first American woman to make a substantial impact on Wall Street.
Birth and early years
She was born Henrietta Howland Robinson in New Bedford, Massachusetts, the daughter of Edward Mott Robinson and Abby Howland. Her family were Quakers who owned a large whaling fleet and also profited from the China trade. At the age of two, she was living with her grandfather, Gideon Howland. Because of his influence and that of her father, and possibly because her mother was constantly ill, she took to her father's side and was reading financial papers to him by the age of six. When she was 13, Hetty became the family bookkeeper. At the age of 15, she went to a school in Boston.
When her father died in 1864, she inherited $7.5 million ($107 million in 2010 adjusted for inflation) in liquid assets, against the objections of most of her family, and invested in Civil War war bonds.
When she heard that her aunt Sylvia had willed most of her $2 million to charity, she challenged the will's validity in court by producing an earlier will which allegedly left the entire estate to Hetty, and included a clause invalidating any subsequent wills. The case, Robinson v. Mandell, which is notable as an early example of the forensic use of mathematics, was ultimately decided against Hetty after the court ruled that the clause invalidating future wills, and Sylvia's signature to it, were forgeries.
At the age of 33, Henrietta married Edward Henry Green, a member of a wealthy Vermont family. She made him renounce all rights to her money before the wedding on July 11, 1867. The married couple moved to Edward's home in Manhattan, but when her cousins tried to have her indicted for forgery based on the Robinson v. Mandell decision, they moved to London and they lived in the Langham Hotel. Her two children, Edward Howland Robinson "Ned" Green and Hetty Sylvia Ann Howland Green, were born there, Ned on August 23, 1868 and Sylvia on January 7, 1871.
As Edward pursued investments as a sort of "gentleman banker", Hetty began parlaying her inheritances into her own astonishing fortune. She formulated an investment strategy to which she stuck throughout her life:
conservative investments, substantial cash reserves to back up any movement, and an exceedingly cool head amidst turmoil. During her time in London, most of her investment efforts focused on greenbacks, the notes printed by the U.S. government immediately after the Civil War. When more timid investors were wary of notes put forth by the still-recovering government, Hetty bought at full bore, claiming to have made US$1.25 million from her bond investments in one year alone. Her earnings on that front were to fund her great subsequent rail-bond purchases.
When the Green family returned to the United States, they went to Edward's hometown in Bellows Falls, Vermont. Already something of an eccentric, she began to quarrel, not only with her husband and in-laws, but also with the domestic servants and neighborhood shopkeepers. After the 1885 collapse of the financial house John J. Cisco & Son, in which Hetty was the largest investor, investigation revealed that Edward had not only been the firm's greatest debtor, but that management of the firm had surreptitiously used Hetty's wealth as the basis for their loans to Edward. Hetty, emphasizing that their finances were separate, withdrew her securities and deposited them in Chemical Bank. Edward moved out of their home. In later years, however, they would effect at least a partial reconciliation, and Hetty helped nurse him in the years before his death on March 19, 1902, from heart disease and chronic nephritis. He was buried in Bellows Falls in the graveyard of Immanuel Church.
There are many tales (of various degrees of accuracy) about Hetty Green's stinginess. She never turned on the heat nor used hot water. She wore one old black dress and undergarments that she changed only after they had been worn out[citation needed]. She did not wash her hands and rode an old carriage. She ate mostly pies that cost fifteen cents. One tale claims that she spent half a night searching her carriage for a lost stamp worth two cents. Another asserts that she instructed her laundress to wash only the dirtiest parts of her dresses (the hems) to save money on soap.
Green conducted much of her business at the offices of the Seaboard National Bank in New York, surrounded by trunks and suitcases full of her papers; she did not want to pay rent for an office. Later unfounded rumours claimed that she ate only oatmeal, heated on the office radiator. Possibly because of the stiff competition of the mostly male business environment and partly because of her usually dour dress sense (due mainly to frugality, but perhaps ascribable in part to her Quaker upbringing), she was given the nickname the "Witch of Wall Street". She was a successful
businesswoman who dealt mainly in real estate, invested in railroads, and lent money. The City of New York came to Hetty in need of loans to keep the city afloat on several occasions, most particularly during the Panic of 1907; she wrote a check for $1.1 million and took her payment in short-term revenue bonds. Keenly detail-oriented, she would travel thousands of miles – alone, in an era when few women would dare travel unescorted – to collect a debt of a few hundred dollars.
Her frugality extended to family life. Her son Ned broke his leg as a child, and Hetty tried to have him admitted in a free clinic for the poor.[3] According to Green's biographer Charles Slack, the oft-repeated story is that when she was recognized, she stormed away vowing to treat the wounds herself, which is only half true. He relates that having been found out (and perhaps also after procrastinating about seeking treatment for the boy in the first place), Green paid her bill and thereafter brought him to other doctors (while also trying home remedies). Similarly, Slack relates that it is not true that the leg had to be amputated because of gangrene. Rather, it was amputated after years of unsuccessful treatment. In any case, Ned ended up with a cork prosthesis.
Ned moved away from his mother to manage the family's properties in Chicago and, later, Texas. Ned became an ardent philatelist and assembled one of the finest private stamp collections ever. In middle age he returned to New York; his mother would pass her final months with him. Ned ultimately married Mabel, his long-time "housekeeper" (a former prostitute he met in Texas), of whom Hetty wholeheartedly disapproved. Although it has often been said that Ned spent the rest of his life spending most of his share of Hetty's fortune, in fact (although he was a spendthrift), the $1 million yearly income he made on the approximately $100 million fortune he inherited was adequate to his most expensive needs. He left the same amount when he died. Most of Ned's estate went to his sister Sylvia, while Mabel had been provided for (significantly less generously) during Ned's lifetime. One of his more infamous extravagant purchases was a diamond-encrusted chamber pot.
Green's extreme respect for her own privacy aside, she entered the lexicon of turn-of-the-century America with the sobriquet "I'm not Hetty if I do look green;" this phrase is quoted in O. Henry's 1890s story "The Skylight Room" when a young woman, negotiating the rent on a room in a rooming house owned by an imperious old lady, wishes to make it clear she is neither as rich as she appears nor as naive.
Her daughter Sylvia lived with Hetty until her thirties. Hetty disapproved of all of Sylvia's suitors because she suspected they wanted only to get their hands on her money. When Green finally let Matthew Astor Wilks marry Sylvia on February 23, 1909, after a two-year courtship, the groom waived his right to inherit Sylvia's fortune, and received US$5,000 for signing this prenuptial agreement. (Wilks, a minor heir to the Astor fortune, entered the marriage with US$2,000,000 of his own, enough to assure Hetty that he was not a gold digger.)
When her children left home, Green moved repeatedly among small apartments in Brooklyn Heights and Hoboken, New Jersey,[2] mainly to avoid establishing a residence permanent enough to attract the attention of tax officials in any state.
In her old age, Hetty Green began to suffer from a bad hernia, but refused to have an operation because it cost $150. She suffered many strokes and had to rely on a wheelchair. She also became afraid that she would be kidnapped and made detours to evade the would-be pursuers. She began to suspect that her aunt and father had been poisoned.
Hetty Green died at age 81 in New York City.[7] According to her longstanding "World's Greatest Miser" entry in the Guinness Book of World Records, she died of apoplexy when she argued with a maid about the virtues of skimmed milk. Biographer Slack, however, reports this not to have been the case; Green had in fact suffered a series of strokes since April 17 of that year (the date of the argument with an intemperate cook in the employ of her lifelong friend Annie Leary). Estimates of her net worth ranged from $100 million to $200 million (or $1.9 – $3.8 billion in 2006 dollars) (Slack estimates $200 million), arguably making her the richest woman in the world at the time.[3] She was buried in Bellows Falls, Vermont, next to her late husband, having converted late in life to his Episcopalian faith so they could be interred together.
Her children, especially Ned, tended to spend their money more freely – though it should be noted that both came through the Great Depressionrelatively unscathed by following Hetty's investment philosophy of conservative buying backed by substantial cash reserves. Ned was an accomplished collector with interests in everything from auto racing to science to horticulture. His Round Hill estate was long used by MIT scientists for experiments including a prototype atom smasher, and his powerful WMAF radio transmitters were used to keep in touch with Richard E. Byrd's 1928-30 Antarctic expedition. When Sylvia died in 1951, she left an estate of an estimated US$200 million, donating all but US$1,388,000 of it to 64 charities, including colleges, churches, and hospitals. Both children are also buried in Bellows Falls.
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— Voltaire
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TikTok Bans Crypto And Finance-Related Branded Content
TikTok has officially banned users from promoting financial products and services including cryptocurrency, and has additionally issued a ban on advertisements for cryptocurrency products and exchanges.
In an update to the company's Branded Content Policy over the weekend, all financial services and products have been added to the banned list.
"All financial services and products are prohibited, including but not limited to lending and management of money assets, loans and credit cards, buy now pay later (BNPL) services, trading platforms, cryptocurrency, foreign exchange, debit and pre-payment cards, forex trading, commemorative coins, pyramid schemes (including non-financial services),investment services, credit repair services, bail bonds, debt assistance programmes, get rich quick schemes, debt consolidation services and penny auctions," the policy now reads.
Interestingly the policy also bans advertisements for buy now, pay later companies, which have already landed themselves in hot water in the UK for influencer partnerships.
Financial products and services now join the laundry list of products that cannot be flogged as sponcon on the platform including alcohol, contraceptive products, vitamins, sexual products and animals among a number of other things.
The news comes after TikTok has come under fire in recent months for allowing users to post unsolicited and unregulated financial advice, which is particularly risky given the volatility of the cryptocurrency market.
According to a report by the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the financial side of TikTok – aptly named FinTok – has targeted young and ill informed investors looking to make a quick profit.
"The findings reveal there is a new, younger, more diverse group of consumers getting involved in higher-risk investments, potentially prompted in part by the accessibility offered by new investment apps," the FCA report states.
Meanwhile, the Morrison Government has repeatedly rejected calls to regulate financial influencers on social media – primarily TikTok – in recent months, with Financial Services Minister Jane Hume going so far as to compare these influencers to taxi drivers giving stock tips.
"We have to back Australians to be sensible enough to judge for themselves whether to put their hard earned money into higher-risk assets," Hume told a conference of the Stockbrokers and Financial Advisers Association back in May.
"Some of the information and opinions that consumers receive from online forums will be bad but some of it will be good, and a lot of it will better engage younger generations in investment and financial markets."
Essentially, Australia's solution has been to simply ignore the problem and assert that these TikTok influencers – some with followers in the millions – are not giving "financial advice."
However, the Australian Securities And Investments Commission is now trying to crack down on finfluencers who offer unlicensed financial advice.
Regardless of how the situation in Australia plays out, finfluencers will no longer be able to hurl unsolicited financial advice on TikTok.
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Ewert and The Two Dragons es una banda estonia de indie rock. Su formación la componen el vocalista Ewert Sundja, el guitarrista Erki Pärnoja, el batería Kristjan Kallas y el bajista Ivo Etti. Su álbum debut, titulado The Hills Behind The Hills, fue publicado en el año 2009. A ese primer trabajo le siguió dos años más tarde Good Man Down, que fue grabado a principios de 2011 y fue lanzado en el mes de abril de ese año con I Love You Records. Ewert and The Two Dragons ha ganado reconocimiento en los países bálticos y en otros países del resto de Europa.

Discografía
 The Hills Behind the Hills (2009)
 Good Man Down (2011)
 Circles (2015)

Componentes
 Ewert Sundja: voz, teclados
 Erki Pärnoja: guitarra, coros
 Ivo Etti: bajo, guitarra acústica, coros
 Kristjan Kallas: batería, percusión

Premios y nominaciones

Premios de la Música de Estonia

Radio 2 Hit of The Year

Referencias

Enlaces externos

 Página web oficial de la banda
 Ewert and The Two Dragons (Facebook)
 Ewert and The Two Dragons (Myspace)
 Ewert and The Two Dragons (YouTube)

Grupos de rock de Estonia
Grupos de indie folk
Grupos de indie rock de Estonia
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MAJOR GENERAL UDE ASSUMES DUTY IN MNJTF
Major General Chikezie Ude recently assumed duty as the new Commander of the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF). During a ceremony at the Headquarters of the MNJTF in N'Djamena, Major General Ude thanked his predecessor for the remarkable achievements recorded during his tenure. He also lauded the Executive Secretary of the Lake Chad Basin Commission and Head of the Mission of MNJTF, His Excellency Ambassador Mamman Nuhu for supporting the former Force Commander and stated that he looked forward to enjoying similar support and cooperation during his tour of duty.
Addressing Officers of the MNJTF and staff of the African Union Mission Support Team, General Ude assured that he would continue from where his predecessor stopped and solicited the cooperation of everyone to ensure that the problem of Boko Haram terrorism is eradicated quickly.
Also speaking at the ceremony, Ambassador Maman Nuhu noted that the former Commander General Irabor is someone awith a remarkable pedigree, noting that he will be missed by all. He assured the new Commander that the LCBC will continue to avail the MNJTF the same support that it enjoyed during General Irabor's tenure.
Speaking earlier, the Former Commander thanked Ambassador Nuhu for providing the leadership which facilitated the achievements he recorded during his tenure. He also thanked political and military authorities in the countries of the Lake Chad Basin for the support given to the MNJTF. Similarly, he commended Strategic Partners, the United Nations, the African Union, Sector Commanders and personnel of the MNJTF for working harmoniously with him for the good of the Lake Chad Basin. He assured that though he is returning to Abuja, he will remain in touch with the MNJTF and will offer any assistance within the purview of his new deployment.
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Labor event targets voters in Tel Aviv mall
Party goes after Dizengoff Center shoppers in "pop-up shop" event; Yacimovich answers party information hotline: "We are the only party fighting the Netanyahu government."
By LAHAV HARKOV
Labor's Yacimovich at Dizengoff Center campaign event 370
(photo credit: Lahav Harkov)
Labor worked overtime on getting its representatives to speak directly to voters on Monday, with MKs manning the party's information line and setting up a "pop-up shop" in Tel Aviv.
At 5 on Monday afternoon, workers appeared in the Dizengoff Center mall in Tel Aviv, quickly setting up a stage for speeches by Labor leader Shelly Yacimovich and candidate Stav Shaffir that was set to be dismantled immediately after.
Yacimovich arrived in a flurry of confetti launched by activists on the mall's upper levels.
"Come help us, because things here can be better," she declared, grinning. "If you went shopping today and noticed prices went up – things can be better for you."
The Labor leader also specifically pointed to single mothers as people her party would help, perhaps in light of recent polls showing a significantly larger number of women than men are undecided about their vote.
According to Yacimovich, "If we divide the deficit between the 2 million families in Israel, each will have to pay NIS 18,000. We say no, we won't take the bill. Not from the middle class and the poor. It must be taken from places that are never touched, like Israel Chemicals."
Yacimovich also called for the shoppers watching to vote and take control of their own lives, as dozens of Labor activists cheered. "Don't waste your vote on parties that won't pass the election threshold [2 percent] or trendy parties that will join [Prime Minister Binyamin] Netanyahu's government," she added.
The brief campaign event was modeled after the concept of a "pop-up shop," in which designers use a space for days or weeks to sell a limited edition collection.
Passersby in the mall seemed to be charmed by Yacimovich's sudden appearance, with even Likud voters saying they enjoyed it.
Peretz Aloush, 82 and from Netanya, said he is "a Likud supporter, but Yacimovich is nice. She doesn't curse Netanyahu, so I respect her. I wish her success."
"Everything is happening on the Internet, so the street isn't as stormy [in election time] as it was in the time of [former prime minister Menachem] Begin," Aloush added.
"This was so exciting!" said Zohar Ackerman, 41 and from Tel Aviv, holding a baby. "I was considering voting for Labor, and this will certainly help me decide. I liked that she talked about working women juggling a career and children. I'm a single mother, so I know how hard it is."
An elderly woman, who is a retired Knesset stenographer and as such said she cannot give her political opinion, said she found the event to be "very nice, original and spontaneous," adding that she hopes elections will bring a change.
Earlier Monday, Yacimovich and MKs Isaac Herzog, Binyamin Ben-Eliezer and Daniel Ben-Simon answered calls on an information hotline set up by the party and advertised on billboards around the country.
The Labor MKs, as well as candidates Nadia Hilu and Itzik Shmuli, responded to questions about the party's platform and economic plans.
Yacimovich spoke to 16 voters, seven of whom told her they are voting for Labor.
The Labor leader told Yesh Atid and The Tzipi Livni Party supporters that "[Yesh Atid leader Yair] Lapid and [Tzipi] Livni are in Netanyahu's pocket and only gave minimal conditions for joining her condition."
"Do you want to replace Netanyahu?" she asked voters. "We are the second biggest party and the only one that wants, can and is fighting to replace the Netanyahu government."
Yacimovich expressed confidence that she convinced all of those debating between Yesh Atid and Labor to vote for the latter.
"This is another step in the party's effort to convince undecided voters to choose Labor," a party spokesman explained. "We hope to reach 25 seats and have Yacimovich put together the next government."


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http://espn.go.com/high-school/track-and-xc/story/_/id/8010251/high-school-runner-carries-fallen-opponent-finish-line Girl in Ohio helps another competitor finish the 3,200 at one of the state meets. This a dang good story. If given this chance, how many of you would do the same?
Girl in Ohio helps another competitor finish the 3,200 at one of the state meets. This a dang good story.
If given this chance, how many of you would do the same?
Great story. Sadly, is there anybody who doesn't believe that if this had happened at our state meet it would have ended with a double disqualification?


3-gatsu no Lion is definitely one of my favorite series to watch. How convenient that this month is March. Thought I would release the simfile before this month is over. A great song from UNISON SQUARE GARDEN.
Also, I updated some of the links for my previous simfiles. Just wanted to let you know.


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The dream of linking Asia and North America by rail moved one step closer with the conference, Intercontinental Magistral Eurasia-America, held last month in Yakutsk, Russia. The conference ended with the agreement to push for a rail link between Russia and Alaska via a tunnel under the Bering Strait. The tunnel would dive under the ocean for approximately 65 miles to join the two continents together. The route proposed would leave Siberian land at the small settlement of Uelen and make landfall in the USA at Cape Prince of Wales near Nome, Alaska.
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At this time, the project is strictly Russian. The conference was organized and attended by Russian politicians, engineers and economists. According to the Conference notes, the idea was floated to the Americans during George W. Bush' s presidency when there was some interest in buying oil from Russia. The Russians, however, are prepared to start on the ambitious project now.
The first phase of the project would be to connect the Siberian town of Yakutsk to the Trans-Siberian Railway, a distance of about 500 miles. The underwater portion is approximately 65 miles and could be built for an estimated $1 billion per mile. Optimistic forecasts predict that the route would pay for itself within ten years.
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The possible payoff for this project is great. With a rail connection between the two continents, goods could be transported more efficiently than by air. Freight from China could easily be routed by train rather than sea shipments. The Siberian territory has big mineral deposits and forests that could be exploited and the proposed tidal electrical plants in Siberia could sell electricity to the USA. As the sea ice retreats in the Arctic, countries bordering the Arctic Ocean are scrambling to assert their claims to what is expected to be a bonanza of mineral and hydrocarbon resources and this would be an efficient way of moving the goods.
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Q: Mathematical confusion in electric field definition I have seen the following in some electromagnetism notes:
$$
\mathbf{E}(\mathbf r)=\cfrac{1}{4πε_0}\int_V\cfrac{ρ(\mathbf r')\hat R}{R^2} \;d V'=
-\cfrac{1}{4πε_0}\int_V ρ(\mathbf r')\nabla \biggl(\cfrac{1}{R}\biggr) \;d V' \implies
$$
$$
\mathbf{E}(\mathbf r)=-\cfrac{1}{4πε_0}\nabla \Biggl( \int_V \cfrac{ρ(\mathbf r')}{R} \;d V' \biggr) \tag1
$$
where $\mathbf r$ is the field point, $\mathbf r'$ the source point and $\mathbf {R = r - r' } \quad(2)$
I cannot understand why in $(1)$ we can swap the integral and the del operator, since $r'$ is the integration variable and $R$ is a function of $r'$, beacuse of $(2)$. Can anyone please explain that?

A: It doesn't matter that $R$ is also a function of $r'$: the point is that the derivative is only with respect to $r$. $R$ being a function of $r'$ means that you cannot take it out of the integral, but no one is doing that!
This is what's known as the Leibniz integral rule, which basically just says that if $f(x,y)$ is a function with continuous derivatives, then
$$\frac{d}{dx} \int_a^b f(x,y)\, dy = \int_a^b \frac{\partial f(x,y)}{\partial x}\, dy.$$
This is basically the same as in your question, just with a bit of a different notation. Notice that it doesn't matter what $f$ is; it can be any function of both variables. In a way, it's another way of stating Fubini's theorem that the order of variables doesn't matter in an integral.

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The first day of Wisconsin recall voting ended Tuesday with few surprises.
In all six districts where voters are attempting to unseat Republican state senators – in protest over their support of GOP Gov. Scott Walker's anti-union budget bill – Democrats won their primary battles against "fake" Democratic opponents put up by Republicans to delay the process.
A victory by any of the "protest" candidates would have been a major upset.
Turnout was unusually high for such a strange election – a summer primary for a state Senate seat without a "real" opposition candidate.
While there's no precedent to compare it to, tens of thousands of voters turned out in all six districts. Charles Franklin, a political science professor at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, ran the numbers against April's state Supreme Court election, which was also seen as a proxy referendum on Governor Walker's budget legislation. That election generated twice the normal turnout.
Tuesday's turnout was 55 to 88 percent of that in the Supreme Court race, Professor Franklin says. "I find that astonishing," he adds.
The vote Tuesday was just the first of four to be held in nine districts around the state in July and August, part of an unusual and complex effort to unseat lawmakers from both parties over their role in the contentious battle over collective-bargaining powers.
The six Republicans being challenged were supposed to defend their seats Tuesday, but to buy the state senators more time, Wisconsin's Republican Party put up protest candidates in all six districts, forcing a primary and putting off a general election until Aug. 9.
No one really expected one of those candidates to win, but in Wisconsin, voters can participate in any primary regardless of party affiliation, so it was a possibility. In the end, the actual Democratic candidate won by double digits in every district except one.
Still, the fact that the protest candidates put up by Republicans still garnered at least 30 percent of the vote in each district – and in one case 46 percent – is a sign that Republican voters are also energized.
Next Tuesday, voters in three more districts will go to the polls, this time as part of an effort to unseat Democratic state senators, whose constituents are angry that they fled to Illinois to avoid voting on the budget bill.
Two of those races will be primaries as well – though Democrats didn't put up protest candidates – but one will be a general election. In that race, state Sen. Dave Hansen (D) will defend his seat against GOP challenger David VanderLeest. Senator Hansen is expected to win, in part because the Republicans failed to get their preferred candidate on the ballot, in what was widely viewed as a major party error.
"A lot of people think, there went the opportunity to ensure that they wouldn't lose the net three seats," says Jeff Mayers, president of WisPolitics.com, a nonpartisan political website based in Madison. To take control of the state Senate, Democrats would need to win three seats.
The final election of the recall season will be on Aug. 17, when the remaining two Democratic state senators will defend their seats in a general election.


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First Sexually Transmitted Case Of Zika Found In Florida
By Abe Aboraya
Published March 10, 2016 at 8:14 AM EST
Florida has its first confirmed case of sexually-transmitted Zika virus.
Florida has its first confirmed case of sexually-transmittedZikavirus.
Florida added two more cases of Zika Wednesday in Polk County. One was caught by a person who was traveling in Puerto Rico, but the other person caught the virus by sexual transmission. Because of patient confidentiality, officials can't say if the two are related.
"The Declaration of Public Health Emergency has been expanded to include Polk County," the Florida Department of Health wrote in a press release. "Of the cases confirmed in Florida, three cases are still exhibiting symptoms. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, symptoms associated with the Zika virus last between seven to 10 days."
The World Health Organization has said sexual transmission of Zika is more common than originally thought. But officials say mosquitoes are still the main way people are being infected with Zika.
So far in Florida's 52 cases, none were caught locally by mosquitoes. But officials are bracing for some local transmission as the state warms and the Yellow Fever mosquitoes breed.
Zika has been linked to severe birth defects and a rare form of paralysis. Four pregnant women in Florida have caught Zika while traveling.
See below for a breakdown of where Zika has bee found in Florida:
County Number of Cases (all travel related)
Alachua 1
Brevard 1
Broward 7
Miami-Dade 24
Osceola 1
Polk 2
Seminole 1
St. Johns 1
Pregnant women* 4
Reporter Abe Aboraya is part of WMFE in Orlando. WMFE is a partner with Health News Florida, which receives support from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
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Abe Aboraya
Health News Florida reporter Abe Aboraya works for WMFE in Orlando. He started writing for newspapers in high school. After graduating from the University of Central Florida in 2007, he spent a year traveling and working as a freelance reporter for the Seattle Times and the Seattle Weekly, and working for local news websites in the San Francisco Bay area. Most recently Abe worked as a reporter for the Orlando Business Journal. He comes from a family of health care workers.
See stories by Abe Aboraya
Florida Hits 50 Zika Cases, Most In South Florida
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There are an estimated 1 billion migrants in the world today and demographic imbalances, economic inequality, increased globalization, political instability and climatic changes all forecast further episodes of large-scale migration in the coming decades. As an important force of development in both sending and destination regions, migration forms a top-priority issue in the global policy debate. To assess the impact of future migrant flows and to develop appropriate policies to manage them, knowledge of their size, composition and distribution is crucial. There are, however, inherent difficulties in predicting the scale and dispersion of the ensuing migrant flows. Empirical analyses are typically subject to binding data constraints, inducing a reliance on a (very) coarse spatial and temporal aggregation of the data. The first and second objective of AMIREG, then, grouped in Work Package 1 of the project, are to provide a deeper understanding of the root causes of migration with a specific focus on the role of financial incentives and constraints; and to identify the effectiveness of and scope for regional agreements to ease mobility responses to such geo-localized shocks.
The second work package of the project wants to understand the interest of political actors in and the added value of the regulation of mobility as opposed to non-regulation. Over centuries the populations in West Africa have developed a "culture of migration" functioning as a strategy to cope with local poverty, drought, or conflict. In fact, migration in Africa is a key resource in development and poverty reduction. Traditionally, West African countries approached migration in a laissez-faire way by maintaining porous borders and, if any, poorly implemented migration policy. However, the idea of managing migration by developing a more fully-fledged policy has gained traction also in West African countries. Most likely, the consequence of adopting a migration policy is the regulation of in- and exclusion of non-nationals from the territory and labour market. This shift from non-regulation to regulation may be a critical juncture in mobility management in West Africa.
The first objective of AMIREG is to provide a deeper understanding of the root causes of migration with a specific focus on the role of financial incentives and constraints. The project will analyse people's capacity to respond to economic, climatic and political shocks by migrating either internally or internationally. The project aims to go beyond the state of the art by exploiting an innovative source of migration data allowing for a more fine-grained analysis, which better captures the local character of most of these shocks. Specifically, the project will draw on individual-level surveys conducted by Gallup in Central, Eastern and Western Africa between 2007 and 2016 to analyse to what extent geo-localized shocks affect people's stated migration aspirations and their actual migration plans. The project will then investigate which factors (household income, family composition, region of residence, etc.) determine the capacity to migrate and the choice of action (migration to cities, neighbouring countries, or the OECD). Financial constraints might, for instance, prevent aspiring migrants from moving, or they might redirect them to second-best destinations. This will give predictions about the possible allocation of future migrants across destination countries, and hence the relative importance of expected internal, intraregional and OECD migration.
The second objective is to identify the effectiveness of and scope for regional agreements to ease mobility responses to such geo-localized shocks. As migration dynamics typically lie beyond the full control of national authorities, cooperation between countries to manage these flows and reduce global inequality is essential. Yet, the optimal policy response depends on people's capacity to migrate: (i) in countries/regions where internal migration is the most prevalent, sustaining urban development (SDG11) is key; (ii) in countries/regions where short distance international migration is frequent, regional integration is desirable (and might be promoted by the EU); (iii) in countries/regions with high rates of long-distance migration, partnership with the EU is advisable. The latter involve readmission of returned migrants and border control strategies (in the less fragile states), as well as developmental measures to limit the migration pressures (which could conversely stimulate the migration pressure depending on financial constraints). EU partnerships with Ethiopia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria and Senegal already show encouraging results (EC, 2016). The project will perform a comparative analysis on the extent to which existing regional associations in Central, Eastern and Western Africa develop effective policies in response to increased migration pressures or to what extent these remain still underdeveloped. Based on the expected allocation of future migrants across destinations delivered by the first objective, the project will then disentangle for which countries new international arrangements on migration are the most pressing and which type of agreement or partnership (intra- or interregional) is most suited for which countries.
To what extent is the regulatory agenda of intra-African migration a result of interaction with external actors such as the EU (and its Member States) or the United Nations?
How do international and national actors conceptualize migration in the regional context of West Africa?
To what extent does the regulatory agenda on intra-African migration relate to or change the implementation of the 1979 ECOWAS Protocol relating to the Free Movement of Persons, the Right of Residence and Establishment and supplementary protocols?
The project assumes that regulatory approaches towards intra-African migration are strongly influenced by external actors such as the EU, the International Organization of Migration (IOM) and the UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency. Mobility within the region may be considered an alternative to international migration, for instance towards Europe. The project is also interested to what extent a notable increase of immigration within some West African countries has contributed to more endogenous interests to develop the region's regulatory framework for migration. Yet, the development of distinct national policies also bears the risk of a fragmentation of the ECOWAS free movement regime.
This is an explorative, medium-sized research working package building upon qualitative methods, notably in-field research and expert interviews. The regional focus on West Africa will allow to deepening insights to what extent migration and mobility constitute a source for development.
The efforts of West African governments to develop a migration policy are still recent so there is a lack of systematic and comparative studies. The existing studies focus on individual West African countries and/or build upon descriptive observations of migration cooperation within ECOWAS. The project moves beyond a purely empirical focus and develops a systematic and comparative case study design by focusing on migration as a regulatory issue in Senegal and Ghana. The two countries are relevant from the perspective of intra-African immigration and (international) emigration. This work package is complementary to the first work package which feeds into the explanatory factors for the observation of migration policy development.


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TV Land honors tops in TV nostalgia
Actor Jamie Farr attends the 8th annual TV Land Awards at Sony Studios in Culver City, California on April 17, 2010. UPI/Jim Ruymen | License Photo
Actor Bernie Koppell attends the 8th annual TV Land Awards at Sony Studios in Culver City, California on April 17, 2010. UPI/Jim Ruymen | License Photo
Actress Cheryl Ladd attends the 8th annual TV Land Awards at Sony Studios in Culver City, California on April 17, 2010. UPI/Jim Ruymen | License Photo
Actor Ryan O'Neal and his daughter, actress Tatum O'Neal attend the 8th annual TV Land Awards at Sony Studios in Culver City, California on April 17, 2010. UPI/Jim Ruymen | License Photo
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LOS ANGELES, April 19 (UPI) -- Celebrities Tom Hanks, Jay Leno and Paula Abdul were on hand when TV Land presented its eighth annual awards show in Los Angeles.
The TV Land Awards, handed out Saturday at the Sony Lot in Culver City, honored "Everybody Loves Raymond," "Charlie's Angels," "The Love Boat," "Bosom Buddies" and comedy veterans Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner.
"We've grown up with a lot of the shows that are being honored here tonight," Patricia Heaton -- one of the stars of "Everybody Loves Raymond" -- said. "And to be part of that, you really get a sense of being part of a continuum of television history, which is pretty overwhelming."
The ceremony featured an honor for "Glee" -- now in its second season on Fox -- which was presented with the Future Classic Award, USA Today reported.
Jaclyn Smith -- who co-starred with Kate Jackson, Cheryl Ladd and the late Farrah Fawcett and John Forsythe in "Charlie's Angels" -- said receiving a TV Land Awards was "bittersweet because we're missing a lot of members of our family."
The ceremony was taped for broadcast April 25 on TV Land.
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Phillies are rolling; so is Victor Arano | Extra Innings
Good morning, Phillies fans. The Phils had quite the weekend in Tampa, which means I have songs like this and this stuck in my head. The Phillies have won six in a row and eight of their last nine. They're rolling, and each win is celebrated in the clubhouse with a light show and club music. The vibe this season feels — and sounds — a bit different. There was a lot to like this weekend from Jorge Alfaro's single Friday to J.P. Crawford's big night Saturday to Aaron Altherr's homer and catch Sunday. And Scott Kingery continued to do things. The Phillies will try to keep the music playing tonight in Atlanta.
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Phillies pitcher Victor Arano throwing a pitch during spring training.
Victor Arano is Mr. Perfect
Victor Arano has been perfect this season, retiring all 16 batters he has faced. And now the righthander thinks a pregame conversation might have helped him get even better.
The reliever altered the grip on his sinker this weekend in Tampa after chatting before Friday's game with Rays reliever and fellow Mexican Sergio Romo. Arano used his new grip Saturday, sprinkling it in with his four-seam fastball and slider to retire the four batters he faced.
"We were talking about our sinkers, and he said 'grab the ball this way' and see how it feels and what happens," Arano said. "Mine didn't move too much. His moves a lot. I feel like I have more control over that pitch. I practiced the pitch in the bullpen, and it was moving. It was working well. I have a lot of confidence in me right now because the results are showing. It felt good. It was moving so I said, 'You know what? I'm going to throw it in the game.' "
Arano has struck out eight of the 16 batters he has faced. Including last season, he has an 11.8-strikeouts-per-nine-innings ratio in 16 major-league innings. Arano pairs his new sinker with a 92-mph fastball and an 82-mph slider. He does not shy away from firing his fastball up in the zone. The next step could be testing the 23-year-old in high-leverage situations. Manager Gabe Kapler said Arano is "capable of handling higher-leverage spots."
"It's awesome for me. That's what we work for. That's what we get ready for," Arano said of his start to the season. "We want to be given that opportunity, and when we have it, it's up to us to take advantage of it. My confidence level is really high. For a baseball player, it's really important to be secure about yourself and be confident in yourself."
The Phillies completed their second straight sweep Sunday behind three RBIs apiece from Scott Kingery and Aaron Altherr. They then reveled in the clubhouse, which is becoming a usual occurrence as the Phillies rattle off wins. "I think it's important in baseball, because there's so much stress and so much pressure and so much on the line each night, to pick your times to indulge and have a great time, and these guys know how to do that," Gabe Kapler said.
Maikel Franco and Gabe Kapler had a lengthy chat before Friday's game, as Franco was bit peeved to be out of the lineup for the second time in three days. Franco wants to play, but the manager seemed able to smooth things over before it became a real issue.
Remember all the heat Kapler took earlier this month when the Phillies lost games after defensive shifts backfired? The shifts paid off in Tampa. Odubel Herrera was positioned perfectly Friday to make a key catch, and Aaron Altherr's diving catch on Saturday was helped by his positioning. The outfielders position themselves with analytical cheat sheets.
Tonight: Aaron Nola opens series in Atlanta, 7:35 p.m.
Tuesday: Tommy Hunter pitches in Clearwater, could return soon, 6:35 p.m.
Thursday: Phillies return home to face Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m.
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Phillies outfielder Aaron Altherr (right) high-fiving rookie Scott Kingery during the Phillies' win against Tampa Bay on Sunday.
A win today against the Braves would give the Phillies their first seven-game winning streak since September 2012. It's been a while. The Phillies lineup that day was Jimmy Rollins, Juan Pierre, Chase Utley, Ryan Howard, John Mayberry, Domonic Brown, Erik Kratz, Michael Martinez, and Cliff Lee. Nate Schierholtz came off the bench. There's a player I forgot about.
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"My concern is the way Scott Kingery is being used. It is great that his bat is popping, but playing him at multiple positions I think can harm him. He is a second baseman by trade and throwing him into the outfield to me is asking for trouble. For one, he is learning the position on the fly, so to speak. I can see some defensive issues hurting the team. Players who play multiple positions are utility players, not potential franchise cornerstones. I was wondering what your thought process is on Kingery." – emailed question from Jeff H.
Answer: Thanks, Jeff. Kingery played second base Sunday for the first time this season, but it's hard to judge his defensive performance on Tropicana Field's artificial turf. Even though Kingery is bouncing around right now, he should still stick long-term at second base. I don't think the way they are using him now will alter how he handles second. I see where you're coming from, but I think he's a good enough defender to handle multiple positions and still keep his talent when playing second. Having him play multiple positions was really the only solution to get him in the lineup every day. It's paying off so far.
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A Bump and Run is by far the most commonly used chip shot. It is low trajectory shot comprised mostly of role that is used when a player is close to, but not on the surface of the green (commonly within 20 yards of the green). The swing is a small pendulum which generally keeps the club head below a player's knees and only lofts the ball a few feet into the air. Typically the shot is made up of 1/3 carry and 2/3 roll.
Chip it Tight With an Intermediate Target Learn how to get chips close by focusing on an intermediate target.
Choosing a Ball Position When Chipping Learn how where you place the ball in your stance when you chip affects your trajectory, spin and roll.
Club Selection When Chipping Learn how to pick the right club for a greenside chip.
Know Your Options Around the Green Learn how to hit various shots with differnent clubs when around the green.
The Putt - Chip You can hit a putt-chip shot in situations where you should putt but can't.
Although you can use every club in your bag to chip I recommend perfecting two. Maybe try a pitching wedge and a 7 iron. Once you master these they can be your fall back clubs. Experiment with all the other clubs in your bag in practice and if you feel confident enough on the course, use them. If not, use your fall back clubs.
For all green side bump and runs focus on keeping your club head below your knees and close to the ground on the back swing and the finish. Keeping the swing compact will help you keep control and keep the trajectory down. The idea is to have minimum air and maximum roll for control on these shots. A low swing with little angle in your wrists will help provide low, rolling shots.
For chipping you can stand square or slightly open with your feet. Standing open is a preference, not a must. In most cases it is not necessary and setting up square to a ball and contacting it in the center of the face is best. Setting up open has the benefit of shortening the backswing and forcing an outside in club path. This can help you hit a short cut shot, but can also result in a pull and inconsistent strikes.
For greenside chips position your weight 80% on your front foot and 20% on the back. Having your weight forward creates a downward blow. It's important to hit down on chip shots to get the ball to pop back up and spin. When your weight is back either staring at address or because you fell back through the swing your club will bottom out too soon in it's arc. The result is unfortunately either hitting behind the ball or blading it.
For most bump and run chip shots imagine 1/3 carry in the air and 2/3 roll on the ground. This of course can vary a bit, but the idea is to have minimum air and maximum roll. When you keep the ball low you simply have more control, don't have to worry about the wind affecting the flight and can use the green to funnel the ball towards the hole. Throwing a ball up into the air is much more risky.
It is o.k. to have a slight forward press with a bump and run shot, but everything in moderation. Avoid pressing too much. If your hands start too far forward of the ball they may want to actually back up as you hit it causing a flip or a scoop. The reason we forward press the hands is to help keep the hands ahead through impact and to deloft the clubface.
Keep your feet quiet on the bump and run. The only thing that should move is your back heel which should come up just a bit in the finish. Your weight should remain on your front foot throughout. Overactive legs can result in weak and inconsistent strikes. Remember it's a little shot than requires you to stay centered and compact.
Practice keeping the ball as low as possible with the bump and run. Keeping the ball low keeps the ball out of the wind and will help to get the ball down and on the green as soon as possible. This way you can use the green to help funnel the ball towards the hole. To hit a shot low, you also delay your release so working on keeping the trajectory down is beneficial to those who have a tendency to flip.
Stand with your feet only one club head apart for this shot. Turn your club head sideways and put it in between your heels to measure. A tiny stance can help you make a tiny stroke. Standing narrow will also help keep you centered over the ball which is important in creating a downward strike with short game shots. When your stance gets too wide it's easy to make too big of a swing and get caught on your back foot.
The chipping motion should be a pendulum motion just like your putting stroke. Have quiet, still hands and allow the big muscles of your back shoulders and core to move the club. Feel like you are hitting the shot with your pivot and that your hands are quiet and are simply being pulled by the pivot. When the little muscles of the hands and wrists get highly involved, consistency becomes a challenge.
When chipping keep your hands and the grip of the club slightly ahead of the club head throughout the stroke. This will help you to deloft the face and get a nice trajectory for a bump and run. Keeping your hands ahead also allows you to maintain control of the clubface and prevent fat and thin shots. Finishing low and with a flat front wrist will help you to keep the handle leading the clubface.
When chipping, choke up and inch or two for better control over the club head. This holds true for all short game shots and perhaps sand shots more than more than any other. Choking up allows you to keep your hands ahead of the clubhead and maintain control. When the head of the club passes your hands you are no longer in control of what it does and it's easy to hit fat, thin and inconsistent shots.
When you are hitting bump and run shots (greenside chips) you have a lot of options when it comes to choosing a club. You can actually use any club in your bag to hit a bump and run. It just depends on how much carry and roll you need. The lower the loft on the club the more the ball will roll. The more the loft on the club, the more you will get backspin and the less the ball will roll out.
With a bump and run you can play the ball at various points in your stance. There are no rules, only preferences. The further back of center you play it, the lower the ball will come out and the less backspin and roll you will get. Playing it forward of center will allow the ball to check up quicker and have less roll out. In most cases a middle ball position works fine and can even result in more consistent strikes.
With all chip shots, focus on your landing spot. It's very easy to get too caught up on the flagstick. That is where you want the ball to end up, sure, but it isn't where you want the ball to land. Your intermediate target or landing spot should be the spot you are focused on. When going through your pre shot routine make sure to pick the best spot for the ball to land on the green. Depending on what club you are using and how high or low you plan on hitting the shot, this spot could be one that is near or far.
How close must you chip/pitch to the flag to consider it a good chip/pitch? When is it good enough?
Actually my game around the greens has been o.k. I just don't know what to look for to decide if I should pitch or chip. What factors determine that decision? When should I pitch and run or pitch up close to the pin?
What type of grip should be used for chipping? Should I grip loosely? I seem to "press" and grip too tightly and tend to blade the ball often!
Hello, I can drive the ball great and putt pretty decent, but when it comes to 50 yds and in I become very inconsistent. What can I do to help this?
I have trouble with the short game. Judging which club to use and getting closer to the pin when I chip is difficult. I always have LONG putts. Can you offer suggestions?
Which club and how should I use it from 45ft off the green?
When I chip my shot goes left even though my club face is square to the hole. How can I straighten it out?
I purchased a chipper. What do you think of these?
Are low, running shots and chips essentially the same type of shot, but just different distances? Do you use the same mechanics that you use to hit a chip that you do to hit a low runner?
I always use my pitching wedge to chip, but I know that others use different clubs, can you explain how different clubs are used and how they impact a chip?
It seems like the type of ball you are using has direct impact on how much english you can get on a chip, is this accurate? Cheap balls don't seem to offer the same amount of spin.
Can you explain what the bump and run is and when I should try to use this shot around the green?
For chipping, should I focus on where I want the ball to land instead of where I want it to roll out to? I obviously want the ball to roll near the hole, but I have a hard time gauging where I want the chip to land to begin rolling out.