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US power company Duke Energy does not plan any new investments in Brazil, Argentina or Bolivia in the short term because of regulatory and economic troubles, the company's Southern Cone president Mickey Peters has said.
While Argentina's economy is still facing trouble because of a recent default on its international debt and Bolivia is revising its hydrocarbon laws following political upheaval, Brazil is putting in place a new regulatory framework following power rationing in 2001 and 2002.
The Charlotte, North Carolina company's net income rose to US$738mn in the first half of 2004 from US$639mn in the same period of 2003.
Duke has invested R1.5bn (US$491mn) in Brazil since it bought generator Cesp Paranapanema in 1999. The company invested in capacity expansion and now has 2,000MW installed capacity in eight hydroelectric plants.
"Our original plan was to make an initial investment and expand," he said, adding that the company is using its local cashflow for maintenance investments of some R5mn in 2004.
Duke has about 2.5% of Brazil's generation market and had planned to reach some 10% through new projects and acquisitions, he said. Now these plans are on hold until the company can get the returns on investment it had targeted.
"We are not doing well enough. We are not losing money, but the rate of return is not sufficient to stimulate new investment," he said, adding that the company has no plans to divest from Brazil either.
Strong currency devaluation in 2002, as well as the 2001-02 power rationing, reduced overall returns in Brazil's power sector. Because consumption has not rebounded yet, there is at present an excess power supply of about 15%, which reduces power prices, Peters said.
"The foreign exchange risk and the market risk we knew and accepted; we are not complaining about that," he said. Recent changes in regulations and the behaviour of power sector regulator Aneel were factors that raised risk, he added.
The recently determined power sector rules determine that all electricity be sold through power auctions, separated between tenders for existing capacity and for new capacity. The latter group includes unfinished projects and projects authorised since 2000 and that are operating, but lacking long-term power contracts.
Since Duke bought assets that were already operational, it will have to sell power in auctions for existing power, competing with older, amortized plants of state-controlled generators that make up 80% of Brazil's generation capacity and can sell power at very low prices.
"We never expected a segmented market," Peters said, considering that having to compete with the amortized plants is unfair since Duke's investments have not been paid off.
Duke has to seek new long-term contracts for the 20-30% of generation capacity that is not currently contracted and for the 25% of its contracts that will expire in 2005, Peters said.


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Q: Space separated string parameter in Jenkins String Parameter I have a string parameter in jenkins called 'Keywords'.
I set the value of Keywords = "Google,Microsoft,Uber Go".
But jenkins string parameter takes only till "Google,Microsoft,Uber" and truncates "Go" automatically.
Due to this my code runs incorrectly.
Can anyone help in handling this auto-truncate issue in jenkins string parameter?
This string parameter is used in my python code where I split the Keywords on comma(,) and use the 3 generated words for operation in my code. But jenkins is truncating "Go" automatically due to which incorrect word is processed by my code.

A: Found the solution for this.
While calling the string parameter variable "Keywords" put in Double  quotes. Shell script command to be put in Jenkins :
python script.py "${Keywords}"

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Q: Can I send raw keyboard input using Mink and Selenium2? I am using Behat and Mink with the Selenium2 driver, and I'm trying to type directly into a form field (simulating raw keyboard input), instead of using the fillField() function.
This is what I'm trying:
$element = $this->getSession()->getPage()->find('css', '#questionName');
$element->focus();

$element->keyPress('a');

// also tried this, with no success
// $element->keyDown('a');
// $element->keyUp('a');

There is an <input type="text" id="questionName"> element on the page. It correctly receives the focus, but does not respond to any of the simulated keyboard input.
Is it possible to simulate raw keyboard input like this?
What am I doing wrong?

A: There seems to be a lot of posts complaining about keyPress not working as intended and some drivers don't support it at all. e.g.:
Goutte - Keyboard manipulations are not supported by Behat\Mink\Driver\GoutteDriver
The Selenium driver in particular uses a custom js library to run it's commands, however it doesn't seem to work. I've tried using both the $this->getSession()->getDriver()->keyPress() and the $element->getPress() without luck.
https://github.com/Behat/MinkSelenium2Driver/blob/master/src/Behat/Mink/Driver/Selenium2Driver.php#L815
https://github.com/Behat/MinkSelenium2Driver/blob/master/src/Behat/Mink/Driver/Selenium2/syn.js
What is interesting is that there are no unit tests for the keyPress event in the Selenium2 code base yet (so I assume it's currently in development).
So, for the moment, an adequate solution is to use the javascript emulation of key events from Is it possible to simulate key press events programmatically? (see this for an alternative if you're not using jQuery) and Behat Mink's evaluateScript function.
If you're using straight PHPUnit to test:
$key = 'a';
$script = "jQuery.event.trigger({ type : 'keypress', which : '" . $key . "' });";
$this->getSession()->evaluateScript($script);

Or if you're using Cucumber, add this to your FeatureContext.php file you can add this function:
/**
 * @Given /^(?:|I ) manually press "([^"]*)"$/
 */
public function manuallyPress($key)
{
    $script = "jQuery.event.trigger({ type : 'keypress', which : '" . $key . "' });";
    $this->getSession()->evaluateScript($script);
}

And use it in your feature file like this:
Given I manually press "a"

As for using the javascript as the solution, some of the drivers use javascript to perform the required keyPress. E.g.:
https://github.com/Behat/MinkZombieDriver/blob/master/src/Behat/Mink/Driver/ZombieDriver.php#L819

A: I'm using Mink with Zombie.js and as it does not catching keyboard events natively, I both listen to focusout and keyup jQuery events.
$('form[name="order"]').find('input[id$="quantity"],input[id$="price"]').bind('keyup focusout', function(){
// [...] update order price
});

I has solved the problem for me but I didn't try it with Selenium2.

A: The easiest answer I have found is to trigger the key event in javascript and write a specific behat step to send the js to the browser and trigger it.
We have been using YUI so we use the YUI event simulate but jquery or native js handles it. The concept is what matters. It's the best solution I've found until the native behat support is there.
hope this helps.
public function press_key_in_the_ousupsub_editor($keys, $fieldlocator) {
        // NodeElement.keyPress simply doesn't work.
        if (!$this->running_javascript()) {
            throw new coding_exception('Selecting text requires javascript.');
        }
        // We delegate to behat_form_field class, it will
        // guess the type properly.
        $field = behat_field_manager::get_form_field_from_label($fieldlocator, $this);

        if (!method_exists($field, 'get_value')) {
            throw new coding_exception('Field does not support the get_value function.');
        }

        $editorid = $this->find_field($fieldlocator)->getAttribute('id');

        // Get query values for the range.
        $js = '
    function TriggerKeyPressBehat() {
    // http://www.wfimc.org/public/js/yui/3.4.1/docs/event/simulate.html
    YUI().use(\'node-event-simulate\', function(Y) {
        var id = "'.$editorid.'";
        var node = Y.one("#" + id + "editable");

        node.focus();
        var keyEvent = "keypress";
        if (Y.UA.webkit || Y.UA.ie) {
            keyEvent = "keydown";
        }
        // Key code (up arrow) for the keyboard shortcut which triggers this button:
        var keys =  ['.$keys.'];
        for(var i=0; i<keys.length;i++) {
            node.simulate(keyEvent, { charCode: keys[i] });
        }
    });
    }
    TriggerKeyPressBehat();';
        $this->getSession()->executeScript($js);
    }


Poynton Junior Football Club have their own web site!
However it is not all about winning but giving the children the opportunity to play the game that is loved the world over.Currently teams range from u8s to u18s,All the children are encouraged to enjoy themselves and have a smile on there faces when they are playing,learning sportsmanship and the art of losing as well as winning.
Many players have prospered playing for the club and have gone onto play for many localteams as well as poynton seniors.
Poynton juniors was one of the 1st in cheshire to be awarded Charter standard and was voted Charter standard club of the year 2005.
The Children have also been given opportunities to have once in a lifetime experiences in 2007 the club was asked to provide ball boys/girls for the FA cup final between Liverpool/west ham and in2008 the then under10s played at the newly opened Wembley stadium.
looking to the future the club runs training sessions for the children from the age of 5 and continues to support local schools with regular coaching sessions provided at many local primary schools. We also organise an annual 6 a side competition for the schools the day before our very own soccer tournament.
The club continues to develop and provide the opportunity for local children to play football in an enviroment they can learn and enjoy.


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Q: Where to include the object id when POSTing form data for the object To POST data to the server for an object, one must provide the object's ID for lookup. Where to include the ID and send it to the server is something that has been bugging me. There are three options I have in mind:

*

*Include the ID as part of the URL

*Include the ID as part of the POST data

*Put the ID in query string (I'm not sure if query string is allowed when doing a POST)

I use python/django for my server end.
Someone please comment on which one I should go with and why. Thanks.

A: I'd do it via the URL in most cases, particularly if you are creating a view to display an object. Furthermore, I'd use the slug (if there is one) instead of an ID as it looks better in Google SERP, it makes more sense semantically, and it is more readable for users.
Remember that you can easily reverse object's urls using get_absolute_url(), the {% url ... %} tag and the reverse() function. You won't be able to avail of these if you use query strings or Posts to display your objects.
Regarding query strings/parameters; I usually go by the rule of constructing the queryset with my URL, but filtering it with parameters. i.e. If I want to see all posts tagged with something, I get the main queryset via the URL /posts/tagged/some_tag and then drill them down where necessary with parameters; /posts/tagged/some_tag?rating=2
Regarding POST data; this should only really apply when you are presenting a form to edit an object. I would still use the URL to find and display the form (i.e. /posts/my-post-slug/edit/) and I would use parameters to control any options or features (i.e. /posts/my-post/slug/edit/?highlight_required_fields=true) but all the fields of the form would be submitted via POST


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Deadline: June 17 - teacher enrolls school and students on the server, creates Contest groups and set up, when and how long will groups compete. More information are in school round Proposition.
Date: February 8, 13:00 - June 17, 14:00
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The results: May 23, 16:00 - are not public, only the logged teachers from the school can see them.
The diplomas: June 1, 10:00 - making diplomas available in the school results.
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Champions League: Last minute guide to sure winning
On Tuesday and Wednesday, Manchester City, Real Madrid, Chelsea, and PSG will go for broke in a battle for who will be crowned the Kings of Europe. Despite the brouhaha over the European Super League (those clubs need to be sanctioned though), the attention of the football world has turned once again to the UEFA Champions League - the most prestigious club competition in the world. After a slow start to the campaign, 13-time winner, Real Madrid will face Chelsea, while last year's finalists PSG, will take on the most in-form team in Europe, Manchester City.
The Quarter-final results that led to this stage are as follows:
Dortmund vs Man City – Man City won (4-2 on agg.)
Liverpool vs Real Madrid – Real Madrid won (3-1 on agg.)
Chelsea vs Porto – Chelsea won (2-1 on agg.)
PSG vs Bayern Munich – Finished 3-3 on agg. (PSG won via the away goals rule)
So how will the semifinals pan out?
Real Madrid - Chelsea
Zinedine Zidane's side beat Liverpool in the last 8. The Spanish billionaires showed their attacking skills in a 3-1 victory in Madrid, and then displayed their resilience in defense at Anfield to hold the Reds to a goalless draw. Real look unrecognizable from the team who lost at home and away to Shakhtar Donetsk during the group stage of the competition. This game will see Edin Hazard face his former club Chelsea for the first time since he moved to Real Madrid in the summer of 2019. Normally, Real Madrid would be the favourites in such an encounter. But the recent form of Chelsea has made banking on Real Madrid more like an unsafe option. Also, Chelsea have not lost in their last 3 encounters with Real. Both teams to score is 48% likely. Nevertheless, our predictions show that Los Blancos have a 39% chance of beating Chelsea in Spain. While Tuchel's team is 60% likely to get the win.
PSG - Man City
If there is one team that has a real chance of winning the trophy this season, it's Manchester City. If they can find a way to restrict Mbape and Neymar, PSG will be no match for City to win at 45%. But of course, they need to be wary of Pochettino and his tactics which he unleashed against Bayern and sent them out of the competition. In a way, it was a kind of revenge for Les Parisiens' loss in the final last season. This is why PSG to win is 32% likely.
Neither City nor PSG have lifted the trophy before, so they would be giving this match everything they got. For Pep, failure will mean that he has no excuse to give City's billionaires, and may not get more money for player purchase next season. The urgency of both teams to get on the scoresheet is reflected on the sportsbook as Both Teams to Score is 1.60 odds which is about 62.5% likely. Pochettino will also be gunning to prove a point to Tottenham whom he took to the finals of the Champions League three years ago, but got rewarded with a sack. With PSG armed with the deadly trio of Mbappe, Neymar, and Di Maria, our predictions at the sportsbook fancy Mbappe to score at 37% likely, Neymar to score at 3.00 odds, and Di Maria to score at 4.50 odds.
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Inner spring mattresses are a unique type of mattresses. They have some inside features that make them a little bit different and to some extent better, and also to some extent inferior to other mattresses. They are however a very great brand of mattresses to sleep on.
Innerspring mattresses are different from other types of mattresses in the sense that their inside is not made of foam or fibre, to look it – link here. It is instead made of curled up springs, in the inside layer of support. We shall look at this and other features in details below. For now let's start by looking at the benefits.
Inner spring mattresses have a wide range of benefits ranging from the look to what good they can do to and for us. They have health benefits, beauty benefits, durability and many other benefits. For now, we shall look at the three benefits above.
The best innerspring mattress is compatible with the shape of the human body. Their level of firmness is suitable for holding any amount of weight that rests on them. The coils in the inside of the mattress sink in accordance to the weight on them. By this, they ensure that the spine is well aligned, hence avoiding straining and stress which may be caused by inadequate sleep.
The best innerspring mattress is long lasting. They provide long term service to the user and they don't get worn out easily. The coils found on the inside are made of long lasting material, same case the outer parts.
Innerspring mattresses are made up of three main layers; the support layer, the comfort layer and the fabric cover.
The support layer is the innermost part of the mattress. It is the part that provides support to the user of the mattress in his sleep. The support layer is made up of curled up spring which differ in make and look. The best inner spring mattresses have a firmly designed support layer that is made of strong material.
This is the part that provides comfort to the user. The best innerspring mattress will have a comfort layer that gives luxury to the user and that ensures the person gets an enjoyable and a beautiful night sleep.
This is the top most part of the mattress. It covers the support layer and the comfort layer. The best innerspring mattress will have a fabric cover that is skin friendly.
The best innerspring mattress is made of comfy material that makes you feel as if you are in heaven all night long. The comfort layer is made up of fibres or foam that provides a luxurious feeling.
The best innerspring mattress is fit enough to go for a long term without replacement. The best innerspring mattress is made with long lasting material and springs to ensure that is gives service for a long period of time to the user before being replaced. In addition, the top material used does not wear out easily and the springs are strong enough to hold any kind of weight that sleeps on them, and for a long period of time.
The best innerspring mattress has various health benefits to the user. Through their ability to confirm to the shape of the body, inner spring mattresses help to maintain a proper sleeping position. They ensure that the spine lies in the correct way. They also improve health by relieving back pain and stress.
You can stay all day long reading about innerspring mattresses. If you are looking for the perfect mattress to suite you sleeping needs, I'd recommend that you try the innerspring mattress.


Poor Google. It seems that everyone is attacking them right now. Google + is growing, but at what rate, and with what benefit to Google? Android is brilliant, but it pisses too many patent holders off.
And just when you thought things couldn't get any worse, they go and screw up the thing they "do best", advertising. Okay, to be fair, this is not their error. But to the ordinary web user, it will sure look that way.
The ad looks good, it is bright and beautiful, immediately attracting my attention. So what's the problem? "Deals on the great places to eat, shop, and play in Atlanta" would be a great message if I were not in New York City. Fail.
The technology that is serving this ad to me is reading the location data off of the IP address on my computer at work, which is registered in Norcross, GA. So they aren't wrong. That's the risk that you take when you use something like this to target specific areas.


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"We are honored to include Karman and Aziz, two of the most prominent voices championing democracy and human rights in the Arab world, to lead our organization as members of our board of directors," said Sarah Leah Whitson, executive director of DAWN. "With their guidance and support, we will further Jamal Khashoggi's legacy to push for freedom in the Middle East and North Africa and ensure that the international community is helping, not hindering, this quest."
Tawakkol Karman was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2011 in recognition for her non-violent struggle for democracy and her advocacy for women's rights in Yemen. Karman has been imprisoned on a number of occasions for her pro-democracy and pro-human rights protests. Amongst Yemen's youth movement, she is known as "mother of the revolution," "the iron woman," and the Lady of the Arab Spring. She is a human rights activist, journalist, politician, founder of the Peaceful Youth Revolution Council, and the founder of the Tawakkol Karman International Foundation.
TIME Magazine described her as a 'Torchbearer of the Arab Spring' and named her both one of the 100 most influential women defining the last century and one of the Most Rebellious Women in History. She was a member of the High-Level Panel of eminent persons on the post-2015 Development Agenda. She is also a board member of the Facebook oversight board and the Nobel Women's initiative.
"DAWN's mission to promote rights and democracy — and an end to tyranny still strangling the Middle East — is also my mission and my life's work, so I'm honored to join as a board member," said Tawakkol Karman. "I believe DAWN's work will help give voice to the voices of political exiles and defenders of freedom from the region and to develop policies centered on ensuring that governments around the world are helping, not hindering, human rights and justice."
Professor Sahar Aziz is a civil rights activist and law professor at Rutgers University School of Law, focusing on national security, terrorism and authoritarianism. She is the founding director of the Rutgers Center for Security, Race, and Rights and an editor for the Arab Law Quarterly and the International Journal of Middle East Studies. Professor Aziz was named a 2020 Middle Eastern and North African American National Security and Foreign Policy Next Generation Leader by New America. She appears regularly in domestic and international media as a writer and commentator.
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DAWN, founded in 2018 by Jamal Khashoggi and board members Nihad Awad, Dr. Esam Omeish, and Asim Ghafoor, was relaunched earlier this year under the leadership of its new Executive Director, Sarah Leah Whitson. DAWN works to promote democracy and human rights in the Middle East and North Africa by investigating abuses and exposing the worst abusers in the region, providing an institutional home for the voices of political exiles and experts on the region through its publication, "Democracy in Exile," and advocating for an end to US support for abusive governments in the region.
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Curtis Thomas Simmons
Born: 5 / 19 / 1929 at Egypt, PA (USA)
This article was written by Edward Veit
Curt Simmons left the visiting dugout and was moving through the bowels of Yankee Stadium toward the visitors' locker room when a roar erupted from the Yankee Stadium crowd. Simmons knew the third game of the 1964 World Series was over, but he had given the St. Louis Cardinals eight solid innings, allowing only four hits. Cardinals manager Johnny Keane had pinch-hit for Simmons in the top of the ninth inning. With the score tied 1-1 in bottom of the ninth, reliever Barney Schultz was now on the mound. Mickey Mantle remarked to an exhausted Jim Bouton, the Yankees' starter, "I'm gonna hit one outta here." Mantle hit Schulz's first pitch, a knuckleball, into the third tier of the right-field stands. Simmons nonetheless could take some pride in his outing; at the age of 35, he had finally pitched in the World Series. He'd missed out on one when he was 21, the youngest of the Philadelphia Phillies' 1950 Whiz Kids.
In 1946 and 1947, nearly every major-league club was interested in signing Curtis Thomas Simmons, a schoolboy phenom born in Egypt, Pennsylvania, on May 19, 1929. Looking at what he did during his high-school years, it was easy to see why. He had led his Whitehall High School team to three straight Lehigh Valley championships, and the Coplay American Legion team to two state championships.
During his senior year in high school, in 1947, Simmons batted .465 with two home runs, three triples, and six doubles. On the mound he struck out 102 batters and gave up only 12 hits in 43 innings. He threw two no-hitters, three one-hitters, and two four-hitters. In one game he struck out 20 of the 21 batters he retired.1
Simmons also played high-school basketball and football, but his father wouldn't let him play football in his senior year. Curt was disappointed, but his father, Larry Simmons, didn't want him to jeopardize his baseball promise by getting injured.
Simmons played in the Pennsylvania American Legion All-Star Game at Shibe Park (later Connie Mack Stadium), striking out seven of the nine batters he faced, and was the MVP of the East-West All-Star game, played at the old Polo Grounds in New York. (Simmons showed the author a photo of him flanked by managers Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth.) Simmons pitched the first four innings before Ruth moved him to the outfield. He singled and tripled for the victorious East team. Having made a similar move in his own career, Ruth advised Simmons afterward to give up pitching and stay in the outfield.
By the spring of 1947 three teams, the Phillies, Detroit Tigers, and Boston Red Sox, were still in the running for the left-handed schoolboy. About a week before his high-school graduation, his father and Phillies scout Cy Morgan organized an exhibition game that pitted Simmons and the Egypt town team against the Phillies. The Phillies players were not happy playing on an offday, but their lineup featured Jim Tabor, Emil Verban, Johnny Wyrostek, Howie Schultz, Lee Handley, and Del Ennis. Unknown at the time, the 21-year-old Ennis was the first of the Whiz Kids. Simmons would soon be the second. In the exhibition game he struck out the first two batters, Jack Albright and Johnny Wyrostek. The game was tied, 4-4, when it was called because of darkness. Simmons struck out 11, walked three, and gave up seven hits. His team committed five errors and allowed two unearned runs.
After graduation Simmons signed with the Phillies for $65,000, becoming one of the first of the postwar bonus babies. The Red Sox had offered $60,000 but Larry Simmons had offered to let the Phillies match the offer. (Before Simmons signed, the New York Giants offered him $125,000, but the Simmons family kept to its promise.)
Curt Simmons grew up during World War II and before Little League. "We would play pickup games on open fields and behind the schools until we were old enough for American Legion ball," he recalled. "Some kids had bats, we used tire-tap balls or some kid had a real ball. I remember us walking four miles to play another town. We didn't have coaching then – my father was working in a cement mill and didn't have time for baseball. Times were different. A lot of my stuff comes natural to me." He credited much of his success to his high-school coach, Bud Nevins, who had been a catcher in the Cardinals chain. Simmons's American Legion coach, Sam Balliet, had advised him against signing a $150 contract with the Allentown Red Birds while he was a high-school sophomore.
Simmons signed his contract with the Phillies on June 16, 1947, and was assigned to the Wilmington Blue Rocks of the Class B Interstate League, where he posted a 13-5 record. The Phillies called him up after the Interstate League season ended. The 18-year-old Simmons' first major-league start was the last game of the 1947 season, against the home-run-hitting New York Giants in Shibe Park. Giants slugger Johnny Mize, who was tied with Pittsburgh's Ralph Kiner for the league home-run lead, was batting leadoff to perhaps get more at-bats. Simmons walked six but kept the Giants from scoring for eight innings, gave up a scratch run in the ninth, and won a five-hitter, 3-1, with nine strikeouts. Mize got a broken-bat single in five attempts.
Because Simmons was a bonus baby, he was allowed only one year in the minor leagues before being placed on the major-league roster. Shortstop Eddie Miller was picked up in a trade and when he saw Simmons he commented, "Kid, you signed for more than I made during my whole career." Simmons stuck with the Phillies through the next two seasons; they could be best described as learning years: Pitching coach George Earnshaw tried to change his delivery. Simmons stepped toward first base and threw across his body, and the coaches thought he would hurt his shoulder. After going 7-12 in 1948, then 4-10 in 1949, he was told to return to his old delivery.
For the Phillies 1950 was magic; all the pieces were in place. Del Ennis and Jim Konstanty, Granny Hamner and Willie Jones, Dick Sisler and Curt Simmons had career years. By the end of August Simmons and Robin Roberts had both won 17 games, and the Phillies held a seven-game lead over second-place Brooklyn. But the pitching faltered, and in early September the Phillies were on the verge of collapse. Then, because the US was fighting a war in Korea, Simmons's National Guard unit was activated. Bubba Church, who had eight wins, was slammed in the face with a ball off the bat of Cincinnati's Ted Kluszewski, and Bob Miller (11 wins) developed back problems and was never again effective. Russ Meyer and Ken Heintzelman were not the same pitchers they had been in '49, Meyer winning nine and Heintzelman only three. Nonetheless, the Phillies won the pennant with last-day heroics from Richie Ashburn, Roberts, and Sisler. Simmons finished the season 17-8 with a 3.40 ERA.
In the World Series, the Yankees swept the Phillies. Simmons was on a ten-day pass from the service, but was reduced to the role of spectator after Baseball Commissioner Happy Chandler ruled him ineligible for the Series.
What would have happened if Simmons had not been called into military service? How would that have affected the team? Maybe the September swoon would not have happened. Maybe the Yankees' sweep would have never happened. Simmons said in March 2009, "Right after I had been activated (in 1950) Phillies owner and club president Bob Carpenter said don't worry, he was going to get me out of it – it never happened. …"
The Phillies expected to win several more pennants during the 1950s, but Simmons spent all of 1951 on military duty, and the Phillies slid to fifth place with a 73-81 record. "Not having Curt Simmons all year in really hurt us in 1951," manager Eddie Sawyer said. But Simmons returned from the service in 1952 and, without the benefit of spring training, went 14-8. He was the starting pitcher for the National League in the All-Star Game, giving up one hit in three innings as his team got a 3-2 victory in the rain-shortened game. (Bob Rush was the winning pitcher.) Simmons posted a 2.82 ERA and led the league with six shutouts. The Phillies won no more pennants in the '50s, but with Roberts a habitual 20-game winner and Simmons winning 14 to 16 a season, they stayed in the first division from 1952 through 1955.
In June 1953 Simmons cut off part of his left big toe while mowing his lawn and was out for a month. Three weeks before the accident he had pitched perhaps the best game of his major-league career, a one-hit shutout of the Milwaukee Braves. Bill Bruton led off the Milwaukee's first with a single, then Simmons retired 27 straight batters, striking out ten. Simmons returned to the Phillies' rotation in time to pitch one inning in the All-Star Game, and he finished the season with 16 wins and 13 losses (3.21 ERA). Simmons said of his injury, "I always felt the effect of that accident was exaggerated." The Phillies finished tied for third with St. Louis behind the Dodgers and Braves.
In 1954 Simmons posted the best earned-run average of his career (2.81), ranking third in the National League – though his won/loss record was 14-15, reflecting the team's 75-79 fourth-place finish. Roberts was 23-14. The Whiz Kids began to fade away; Dick Sisler, the hero of the pennant-winning game in 1950, had left after 1952.
Simmons slipped to 8-8 in 1955, with an elevated 4.92 ERA. He rebounded to 15-10 in 1956 and cut more than a run and a half off his earned-run average (3.36). Simmons more or less replicated his 1956 performance the next year (12-11). He started the 1957 All-Star Game, and had back-to-back starts (May 30 and June 5) in which he pitched ten innings. By 1958 the Phillies were back in the cellar and arm woes had finally come to a climax for Simmons. He won only seven games and lost 14. Richie Ashburn was sent to the Chicago Cubs. Roberts and Simmons were the last of the Whiz Kids still with the Phillies in the beginning of 1960.
Much of the Phillies' downward spiral was blamed on several factors: Simmons' inability to become a 20-game winner; owner Bob Carpenter's refusal to sign African-American ballplayers (Roy Campanella, Junior Gilliam, and Hank Aaron were available for the asking in 1947 and 1948), and the drying up of the farm system once the Whiz Kids were promoted to the big leagues.
Simmons missed most of the 1959 season, healing from a sore shoulder and elbow surgery. Throwing across the body had caught up to him. Even in his good years, his arm was sore after every outing. But he went to spring training with the Phillies in 1960 with his arm feeling good. "After a year away, I was pressing like a kid," he said. He started the 1960 home opener, but gave up two home runs in the first inning and was lifted in the second inning. He had three more rocky no-decision outings, then, after 13 years with his hometown team, was unceremoniously released while the Phillies were in San Francisco. He got the news from Robin Roberts, his roommate. He got coach fare back to Philadelphia and was soon on the telephone looking for a job. The Orioles wanted Simmons to come to Baltimore for a workout, and the Pirates offered him a job in Triple-A Salt Lake City. Cardinals manager Solly Hemus, a former Phillies teammate, asked about his arm and Simmons said it was fine. Hemus urged Cardinals general manager Bing Devine to sign Simmons. Devine agreed, signing Simmons for $25,000 – $5,000 more than the Phillies were paying him.
At 31, Simmons said, "I'm a pitcher now, no longer a thrower. I can pitch to spots and I don't give in to hitters." Hemus placed him in the starting rotation on June 19. Simmons won seven games and lost four for the Cardinals with a 2.66 ERA and after the season was voted the Comeback Player of the Year by the St. Louis baseball writers. In 1961 he finished third in the league with a 3.13 ERA. In 1962 he defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers twice in the last ten days of the season to help force the Dodgers into a pennant playoff with the Giants. In the first of those two games, he was making an emergency start against the Dodgers' Sandy Koufax after Bob Gibson fractured his ankle during batting practice.
In late 1963, during a 19-of-20 Cardinals win streak, Simmons was 4-0 with three shutouts. He finished 15-9. Then he became a big winner in 1964, the year of the Cardinals' surge and the Phillies' great collapse. He was 11-8 at the end of July, then finished with an 18-9 record. His final 1964 win was the last game of the Phillies' ten-game losing streak. He no-hit the Phils into the seventh inning while the Cards gave him an 8-0 lead; he won, 8-5. This win, coupled with the Reds' extra-inning loss to Pittsburgh, propelled the Cardinals into sole possession of first place. Against the Phillies Simmons was 19-6 since his release in 1960, and in 1964 he went 4-0 with one no-decision in a game the Cardinals won. Besides Game Three of the World Series, Simmons also started the sixth game. After getting a no-decision in Game Three, he was the losing pitcher in Game Six, giving up three runs in 6? innings before the Yankees plated five runs against two of the four St. Louis relievers, to win 8-3. The Cardinals bounced back the next day to win Game Seven.
Hank Aaron, a right-handed batter, hit six of his 755 home runs off left-hander Simmons, but told a sportswriter that Curt was the hardest on him. "Speed had nothing to do with it," Aaron said. "It was that motion of his. He would turn his body, give me a view of his backside, then he would throw and I wouldn't see the ball until a split second before he would let it go … then it come floating in like plastic."
Simmons slumped to 9-15 (4.08 ERA) in 1965 and was 1-1 in 1966 when he was sold to the Cubs on June 22 (joining old teammate Robin Roberts). Simmons won seven games and list 14 for the Cubs during the rest of 1966 and the first four months of 1967 before Chicago sold him on August 7 to the California Angels. He was 2-1 with the Angels with a 2.60 ERA, but wanted to retire, be with his family, and help restore a golf course in Pennsylvania that he and Roberts had purchased, and the Angels gave him his release after the season. During a 20-year career, he won 193 games and lost 183 with an ERA of 3.54.
Simmons made one brief return to baseball, as part of the Phillies' minor-league instructional staff in March 1970. He spent most of his post-retirement career managing his and Roberts' golf course, the Limekiln Golf Club near Ambler, Pennsylvania (Robin Roberts, Jr. later took over the reins of the club.) In 2011 Simmons and his wife, Dorothy (Ludwig) Simmons, lived next to a fairway of the golf course. When they were young, Dorothy lived across the street from the Simmons family and she and Curt went to school together from the first grade. "I was shy," Simmons said. "We never started dating until after I was out of high school." They were married on September 23, 1951. The couple raised two sons, Timothy and Thomas, and a daughter, Susan. Curt and Dorothy celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary in 2011.
In 1968 Simmons was inducted into the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame. In 1993 he was made part of the Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame, with a plaque in Citizens Bank Park. In 1997 Simmons was inducted into the Brooklyn Dodgers Hall of Fame in the outstanding opponent category. In November 2011 he was inducted into the Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame.
This biography is included in the book "Drama and Pride in the Gateway City: The 1964 St. Louis Cardinals" (University of Nebraska Press, 2013), edited by John Harry Stahl and Bill Nowlin. For more information, or to purchase the book from University of Nebraska Press, click here.
Interviews with Curt Simmons conducted by the author in March 2009 and September 2011
"What Ever Became of ... Curt Simmons." Baseball Digest, March 1970
Furman Bisher. "Hank Aaron Tells a Secret." Baseball Digest, November 1971
Bob Broeg. "Season's Biggest Dollar's Worth." Baseball Digest, November 1962
Howard Bryant. The Last Hero: A Life of Henry Aaron (New York: Pantheon Books, 2010)
Skip Clayton and Jeff Moeller. 50 Phabulous Phillies (Champaign, Illinois: Sports Publishing Inc., 2000)
Frank Eck. "Simmons' Feet Get Twisted Up." Baseball Digest June 1948.
David Halberstam. October, 1964 (New York: Villard Books, 1994)
Jane Leavy. The Last Boy: Mickey Mantle. (New York: HarperCollins, 2010)
Ed Linn. "The Tragedy of the Phillies," in The Phillies Reader (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2005), 104-121.
Robin Roberts and C. Paul Rogers, III. The Whiz Kids and the 1950 Pennant (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1996)
Robin Roberts. My Life in Baseball. (Chicago: Triumph Books, 2003)
C. Paul Rogers, III. "The Day the Phillies Went to Egypt," in Baseball Research Journal, Fall 2010.
Lyle Spatz, editor. The SABR Baseball List & Record Book (New York: Scribner, 2007)
Carson VanLindt. Fire and Spirit: The Story of the 1950 Phillies (New York: Matabou Publishing, 1998)
1 Data in C. Paul Rogers, III, "The Day the Phillies Went to Egypt." Baseball Research Journal (Cleveland: Society for American Baseball Research, Fall 2010), 9-12. Some of the games may have been shortened by a mercy rule, hence the unusually low number of innings.


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You Can Now Listen To The Sound Of A "Perfect" Fluid
Christine Daniloff, MIT
Physicists have measured for the first time how soundwaves travel through the closest thing we have to a "perfect" fluid, an ideal case where a fluid is defined by its density and pressure alone. This could help researchers to study and better understand extreme environments such as the interior of neutron stars and the first few fractions of a second after the Big Bang.
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To create the soundwaves the team simply varied the brightness of one of the sides of the box. This generated mechanical waves through the gas akin to sound. They recorded thousands of these snapshots allowing them to understand which soundwaves propagated best, the resonance frequencies.
"All these snapshots together give us a sonogram, and it's a bit like what's done when taking an ultrasound at the doctor's office," senior author Professor Martin Zwierlein said in a statement.
"The quality of the resonances tells me about the fluid's viscosity or sound diffusivity. If a fluid has low viscosity, it can build up a very strong sound wave and be very loud, if hit at just the right frequency. If it's a very viscous fluid, then it doesn't have any good resonances."
The distribution of the resonance frequencies gives them a way to calculate the fluid's sound diffusion. This is where things got very interesting. The same value is found using the mass of the individual atoms and the Planck Constant, one of the fundamental physical constants crucial to quantum mechanics. The properties of the fluid were only dependent on the limits imposed by quantum mechanics. This gas was as perfect fluid as can get it.
"This work connects directly to resistance in materials," Zwierlein added. "Having figured out what's the lowest resistance you could have from a gas tells us what can happen with electrons in materials, and how one might make materials where electrons could flow in a perfect way. That's exciting."
The reproduction of the sound is certainly something: a bit old-school sci-fi and a bit like an alarm. And it definitely needs the full explanation to be appreciated.


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Because I enjoyed seeing where Alison wrote her posts, I thought you might want to see where I write mine.
DISCLAIMER: Before we got the house ready to sell, I PROMISE you that the study didn't look ANYTHING like this picture right now. My desk was COVERED with books, papers, pictures and greeting cards I forgot to give out, as was my husband's. For many months, there were boxes and books all over the floor, as we sometimes used this as a room to stash things. A little girl down the street used to come by and say, "Is your study clean yet?" because it never would be when she visited and I'd always tell her, "It'll be clean the NEXT time you come over." It usually wasn't. She'd let me know, too.
#1: My husband's desk. THIS is where I write my posts most of the time. It's really my desk, too. And the boys' desk. I like to use it because I'm too lazy to get out the laptop. Normally, my husband's desk is covered in papers and crumbs from the boys' snacks they're not supposed to eat in there. They're not supposed to drink in there, either, but ONE day, a cup was found on the desk. This made my husband grumpy. Maybe you remember the practical joke I played on him?
#2: The window. Sometimes when I am sitting in my husband's chair, I look like a yak's armpit. My neighbors always seem to want to mow their yard when I am looking very, very yak-like. They'll just mow and mow and mow on that little strip of grass in between our houses like it's the dang Amazon and I never know if I should wave or pretend I'm really engrossed in the screen.
#3: My hummingbird pillow. I bought this pillow at west elm after my mother said, "Kelley, you don't need that pillow. Where are you going to put that pillow? Does that even go with anything in your house?" I think those questions made me want that pillow even more, so I bought it and stuck it there. So bratty of me.
#4: Extra huge wrought iron glasses. I bought these glasses at Pottery Barn. It was another bratty purchase. When I am shopping, which is very rare because I don't like shopping (see Home Depot), a very, very small version of my husband sits on my right shoulder and says things like, "Kelley, you don't need that. You are going to pay that for some big glasses? It'll just collect dust!" It turns out he never said anything about them. Yet.
#5: IKEA These desks are from IKEA. I saw an article via Twitter recently about how IKEA desks are the "wood-based equivalent of mystery meat".
#6: Bluebirds The realtor said I needed to clear all personal pictures and all of the paperbacks from the shelves to leave more open space. So, there went all of my old Babysitter's Club, Sweet Valley High and Ramona Quimby books. Boo. Given all of the empty space, I had to find something to fill it up. Hence, the bluebirds. I bought them two days ago at a store where my 4-year-old kept trying to smell all the candles. He's a smellaholic. He buries his face in each and every one, "Smell dis one, Mommy. Dat smells dood, right, Mom?". He almost broke one, which caused me to contort my face in a most unattractive way AND caused the owner to descend upon us like a Edward Cullen, except she was an old woman. I miss you, paperbacks. The birds aren't as fun to read.
#7: There is no "7" because I don't know how to count.
#8: Photo Albums All the photo albums that I didn't keep up with used to be there. I feel more free now since they're not staring at me, but now that I've brought the blasted things up, I'm hyperventilating. I'm typing and hyperventilating simultaneously. I am a pretty good multi-tasker, I must admit.
#9: THE LINES!!!!! The floors have GOT to have those lines when people come to look at the house. The house could have rhinos sitting in the bathtub and chimpanzees hanging out in the pantry but STILL sell if there are good lines in the carpet. I am hoping that is true, anyway. It doesn't look like I am going to get those rhinos out of the bathtub any time soon. Dang it. One just pooped on the carpet.
I'd love to see where you write! Wanna share a picture? Take one and send it to me at kelleysbreakroom@gmail.com. I will feature them in an upcoming post!
In addition to writing this post at that desk, I also wrote "Top 9 Reasons We Should Be Glad We're Not Moms in the 1980s", which is being featured over at NickMom this week. You can find it by clicking here. Thanks!
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Taylor Liddell April 11, 2019 James H. McKenzie (b.1862-1952), Life & Labour
"I got into their favour quickly, for I was always alert to any job, I was called upon to do."
After leaving the care of his aunt and uncle, James McKenzie decided that he would embrace his desire for wanderlust and see where it took him. During his travels, James made up his mind 'to go to the seaside, to Portsmouth' (54). James encountered many strangers on his journey to Portsmouth and states that one of these strangers offered him an opportunity that resulted in a lengthy association of seventy-four years with the travelling circus. He recalls how he was drawn to the 'houses on wheels' (58) and was 'interested in the case and handling horses' (59). James states that he approached new challenges in the circus with as much enthusiasm and dedication possible, as he knew that he had found a home in the circus and did not want to lose it. Although the circus is a place of freedom and expression, Linda Simon reiterates how life and work in the circus was a 'hard reality' as many roles in the circus were still physically demanding and the circus was ultimately a 'business' (26) and had to ensure a good performance for a consistent income. James began in the circus as a horse manager, and he looks back with fondness at this role as it gave him his first footing in showbusiness and allowed him to discover a new identity as part of the circus community.
James' first role in the circus was to care for horses that were not needed in the ring.
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http://www.thecircusblog.com
He recalls how during performances in the circus, his task was 'to take the horses not actually wanted in the ring … to a field to graze, and bring them back when we were on the move again' (59). There is a sense from James' writing that although he did not find his role demanding, he found much enjoyment being out in the open air. James illuminates how his first role did not go as efficiently as he hoped, as his favourite horse died under his care and he blamed himself for its premature fate, 'my favourite horse very swollen, and his legs stiff in the air … I thought I would be turned away from the circus in disgrace' (62). James was heartbroken by the death of his favourite horse, as he had been given a chance to prove his worth to the circus, but he felt like he had let everybody down. James' dismay thankfully was only temporary, as it was soon found out that his horse had been poisoned after eating from a yew tree (62).
James notes that the busiest time in the circus calendar was Easter and during this time every member of the circus had to put their fair share of work into preparing the circus for the 'holiday fair' (84). James states that he was 'handy with [a] paintbrush' (84) and that this key skill made him a handyman around the circus. There is a sense from James' words that the circus had high expectations of its community, as only through 'getting everything clean and bright' (84) would they be able to attract an audience and maintain a living for their way of life. James talks in great detail about a time when the circus arrived at the London Holiday Fair and how this event 'meant very hard work' (84), as they were on the go from 'first thing in the morning till the last thing at night' (84). This dedication to work was expected, as even when a show was not on in the ring, they were expected to be part of a circus parade to build momentum for the next show in the ring. After the holiday fair, James states that everybody had worked to the point that they 'were all stiff and sore' (85).
"I put the Jesters Dress on, it fitted me where it touched, with a bladder [balloon] on a stick, I am ready to do anything for my old friend" (89). James was loyal to the end, as even though he was initially uncertain about stepping into the ring, he honored his friends last dying wish to let the show go on.
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During one of these holiday fairs, James states that one of the main circus acts 'was taken ill in the ring' (85). This 'old man' was a second father to James and he insisted that if he rehearsed his act and worked hard, that he soon could be known as 'the boy Jester' (86). During the time of the old man's illness, James was asked if he would like to try out the Jester's act, as he knew 'all his gags' (88). James states that he 'was amazed' (88) to receive this opportunity and would try his best. James faced the country folk with as much 'confidence' (89) and gusto possible, resulting in a roar of 'applause' (89). James was astonished at his ability to face the crowd, as he had never before been in the position to entertain other people. From this point, James learnt of his ability to amuse an audience and this informed his desire to become a circus showman in his own right.
Simon, Linda. (2014). The Greatest Shows on Earth: A History of the Circus.
Reaktion Books, pp. 24-55.
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Q: SQL Server connection for ALTER LOGIN c# .net This c# code just doesn't want to change Password on the server (UserID and PW will obviously be a strings for some purpose, but this is just to get it working):
SqlConnection conn = new SqlConnection ("Data Source=ServerIP;Persist Security Info=False;User ID=UserID;Password=UserPW");
SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand ("ALTER LOGIN UserID WITH PASSWORD='NewPW' OLD_PASSWORD='UserPW'", conn);
cmd.CommandType = CommandType.Text;
conn.Open();
conn.Close();

Changing Password using the same command ALTER LOGIN UserID WITH PASSWORD='NewPW' OLD_PASSWORD='UserPW' with a Server Management studio works like a charm, so there is no problem within command line or/and permissions for this particular User.
I guess I miss something in Sql Connection line.
Already tried combinations of:
Initial Catalog=master;
Initial Catalog=;
Integrated Security=SSPI;
Persist Security Info=True;

Changing command type, using ExecuteNonQuery();, and many other things, but nothing seems to work.
"Google" doesn't give any valuable result, hopefully I will find my answer here, thanks for taking your time in advance.

A: Try the following, works a treat for me:
SqlConnection conn = new SqlConnection ("Data Source=ServerIP;Persist Security Info=False;User ID=UserID;Password=UserPW");
SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand ("ALTER LOGIN UserID WITH PASSWORD='NewPW' OLD_PASSWORD='UserPW'", conn);
cmd.CommandType = CommandType.Text;
conn.Open();
cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();
conn.Close();

You forgot to put cmd.ExecuteNonQuery() after you opened the connection.  I just tested this and it successfully changed the password on my local database.

A: string queryString = @"DECLARE @sql NVARCHAR(500)
               SET @sql = 'ALTER LOGIN ' + QuoteName(@loginName) +
                    ' WITH PASSWORD= ' + QuoteName(@password, '''')
               EXEC @sql ";

using (var connection = new SqlConnection(connectionString))
{
    var command = new SqlCommand(queryString, connection);
    command.Parameters.AddWithValue("@loginName", loginName);
    command.Parameters.AddWithValue("@password", password);

    connection.Open();
    command.ExecuteNonQuery()
}

UPDATE
With DDL (data definition language) statements (as ALTER LOGIN) you cannot use parameters directly. That's why I'm using a dynamic SQL.
The QuoteName will do proper quoting in the SQL, simply doubles any [ characters (first call) or ' characters (second call).


fort deadlight changed in 1.1?
post 1.1 i used to open the door in deadlight court. now when i open it everyone turns hostile. any idea?
The locked door? I never tried to open them before doing the first assassination quest. I remember it being tagged as red, until I did the quest.
Yes, it's changed. All it does though is to make the player to use longer route.
it doesnt make sense. you go the other path and it isn't hostile.
Well yeah it makes sense. You're an intruder and door is guarded. It was strange guards would say like NO TOUCH but then you just open it from other direction and waltz in no problem.
If you just walked through there with no sounds of combat going on then you must belong there. That's a reasonable line of thinking for someplace that's an actual fort where any given individual probably doesn't know everyone in the fort.


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Court rules against CarMax in fight over vehicle inspections
A federal appeals court in San Francisco says used car retailer CarMax must tell buyers in California the condition of individual vehicle components it inspects.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Thursday CarMax's practice of providing buyers with the list of components inspected as part of its used car certification program, but not their condition, violates California law.
Virginia-based CarMax said in a statement it was reviewing the findings of the case. The ruling came in a lawsuit by a man who bought an Infiniti from a CarMax lot in Costa Mesa, California and said he experienced problems with the car.
A lower court ruled in favor of CarMax. The 9th Circuit overturned that decision and ordered the lower court to enter judgment in favor of the plaintiff.


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The Pecking Order
4" x 4" (10cm x 10cm) Each
Three childhood buddies formed an acapella group called The Pecking Order. While their peers got into troubles by pecking the cranial of the area rodents, The Pecking Order focused on making beautiful sounds. However, it became apparent to each member that only one of the birds could actually sing. The other two members found their talents through percussion and strings. They also came of age during this time and felt the acapella didn't suit their rough-around-the-edge image they aspired to sport. The Pecking Order was reborn. A grunge-rock group with occasional message. This unified message and creative differences became continued bone of contention between the members. The band eventually broke up and took time off from the group. Delusions of grandeur ultimately brought the group back together to work out their differences to record a new album, which in fact is their first album.
The lead guitarist of The Pecking Order feels the band lacks discipline.
"I'd like to think that I bring the band to the next level by focusing on the bigger picture and not just on one particular song."
-- Lead Guitarist
Front bird and lead vocalist denies rift between the band members.
"I welcome collaboration, but it's difficult to collaborate if I'm the only one coming up with ideas."
-- Front Bird & Lead Vocalist
The drummer of the band is skeptical about the band's reunion.
"So much egos in this band."
-- Drummer
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A former upstate New York shoe factory that was converted to a newspaper printing plant will soon be extracting oil from industrial hemp.
Southern Tier Hemp announced that it's buying the 100,000-square-foot former Gannett printing plant in Johnson City. The company will develop, manufacture and sell hemp cannabidiol — or CBD oil — wellness products.
The company says it will hire more than 100 people during the next three years. A $650,000 state grant will support construction of the processing center, which is expected to be operational for this year's harvest.
Industrial hemp is related to the marijuana plant but does not have THC, the ingredient that causes marijuana's high.


Natural gas news this week saw hints that gas demand will increase in Japan, an interesting discussion emerged on global supply between Exxon and Saudi Arabia, efforts to boost efficiency in UAE oil and gas operations, and promising signs for further development of Iran's output. Check out our highlights below.
Japanese Regional Leadership Change Bodes Well for Natural Gas: A regional election north of Tokyo is likely to tilt the scale further in favor of LNG despite a pro-nuclear central government. According to the Guardian, newly-elected governor of Niigata Ryuichi Yoneyama has vowed not to restart the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant under existing circumstances. Bloomberg analysts explained the election outcome, by prolonging the restart of the nuclear reactors, means Tokyo Electric Power Co. (Tepco) must continue to replace nuclear with oil, gas, and coal to meet power demand.
With more flexibility, lower costs, and lower emissions, LNG is likely to come out on top as the preferred replacement fuel in the years it may take to restart the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa reactors, which the WSJ details were halted in 2012 and are likely to remain offline given Yoneyama's stance.
Already as of 2016, 65 percent of Tepco's electricity consisted of natural gas-generated power, 20 percent more than before the closing of the reactors, and Tepco accounts for 27 percent of the country's overall natural gas imports, Bloomberg reported. What is your take on the popular sentiment in Japan concerning energy sources? Do you expect future elections to swing the country further in favor of natural gas imports? Let us know below.
Exxon, Saudi Arabia Trigger Debate on Global Supply and Investment: Industry leaders ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson and the Saudi Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih presented opposing views on the current and future states of global supply and investment this week. According to Reuters, Tillerson opposed Saudi Arabia's position that the industry was in need of investment and non-OPEC growth was in decline which could result in a future supply shortage.
The Financial Times quoted Tillerson, "We have confirmed viability of a very large resource base in North America … that serves as enormous spare capacity in the system." The New York Times ran a piece this week supporting this viewpoint, arguing that American oil and gas companies can maintain profits and increase production with crude prices above $40 a barrel. As of this week, Brent crude had reached $51.68 a barrel, a 12% climb since OPEC announced its intent to cut production, the WSJ published.
Do you agree that US production has proven itself to be resilient and adaptable throughout years of market volatility? Could this be the dawn of an industry resurgence? Leave us a comment below.
Abu Dhabi Streamlines Shipping and Port Operations in Efficiency Push: The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company announced this week that it will consolidate three of its shipping and services units: the Abu Dhabi National Tanker Co., Petroleum Services Co., and Abu Dhabi Petroleum Ports Operating Co., Bloomberg reported. The process will be complete by end of 2017, Reuters cited the announcement.
This follows ADNOC's decision to combine two offshore oil companies earlier this month, per Reuters. The decision to streamline operations is expected to increase efficiency and facilitate oversight. The newly combined shipping unit will operate 165 ships including LNG tankers, Bloomberg detailed.
This, along with a $755 million Scotia Gas Networks acquisition by the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority from Britain's SSE Plc this week, as covered by Bloomberg, indicates that the emirate continues to bet on natural gas as a sound investment. Will the consolidation ensure ADNOC can more easily weather price and market fluctuations? Let us know your thoughts.
Iran Eyes Increased Production, More Deals with International Companies: Iran sent strong signals this week that it intends to boost oil and gas production and sign partnerships with international energy companies, news sources reported. According to Bloomberg, the country is in discussions with 16 firms for the development of 50 oil and natural gas projects. Quoting Iran's Petroleum Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh, Bloomberg wrote Iran is looking to attract around $200 billion in energy investments over the next four years.
This would be in order to achieve production levels of 4.28 million barrels per day, Bloomberg detailed. Doing so would bring Iran back up to pre-sanction output levels, up from the current 3.63 million barrels per day in September, Bloomberg data indicate. This would be in conjunction with Iran's goals to significantly increase natural gas production.
Reuters also quoted Minister Zanganeh on Monday saying his country aims to reach natural gas output levels similar to Qatar, especially by prioritizing the South Pars. How will these statements and objectives by the Iranian government be received at the next OPEC talks and could they exempt Iran from any OPEC production cuts? Give us your take on the story below.


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Home LIFESTYLE Shilpa Shetty Kundra to make her big radio debut !
Shilpa Shetty Kundra to make her big radio debut !
From making her mark on the big screen, television and even the digital space with her wellness channel, Shilpa Shetty Kundra now makes her big radio debut as she lends her voice to the Mahabharata.
The star who has always been very spiritually inclined and takes great interest in mythology, will now narrate the Mahabharata as Draupadi.
Shilpa Shetty Kundra, has always been a torch bearer and was the first to make fitness a trend in a big way, after winning hearts in Big Brother in the UK ,she was also among the first celebrities to judge reality television and later turned author with her bestseller. She is now all set to leave her mark over the radio platform in the company of several stalwarts.
" I listen to the radio a lot when I am on the road and so must many others in the homes. This show will reach out to all of them," adds Shilpa.


You know, it is all up to you. Spend some time with these important ideas. Here is basic information for how fast can i type per minute 0a and how to lose weight fast . You are busy during the day. That means you are burning calories. Calories are in the foods that you eat, whether they be snacks of meals. When you burn off more calories than the calories that you have eaten, then those extra calories usually come from stored fat.
This might seem difficult. Do you think that it is? This is actually easy. On the average, a person will burn somewhere from 2000 calories to 2500 calories in a day. Most folks will be consuming a diet that has at least 2000 calories and up to 2500 calories in a day. Therefore a balance exists between the consumption of food calories and the burning of calories, so the persons weight is constant.
This is actually really easy. If we bring this into an example, let us say that your diet in one day has 2000 calories in it. To achieve the loss in weight that you want, you could increase your burning of calories to be more than 2000 while keeping your intake at 2000 calories. Nothing hard, nothing tough here. Just a few numbers. This is simple.
There is no need to guess. Read the nutrition information label on the packaged foods that you are getting. The calorie information is there. So with all of this, finding out how fast can i type per minute 0a and how to lose weight fast will be straight forward. This is the formula for how fast can i type per minute 0a and how to lose weight fast . So be choosing the foods that have a lower amount of calories. Then you will lose weight. Know the calories that you eat and know the calories that you burn. This is just about the most important part of losing weight. This is not going away, so just go along with it. It is entirely up to you to place the time on this important task.
- Any Exercising Will Burn Calories From Your Body, But How Many?
Are you pursuing how fast can i type per minute 0a and how to lose weight fast ? Here we will address just that subject. You may have come to this article thinking that this weight loss process will be tough, but we are going to try to convince you otherwise.
If you have had a steady weight and then slim down you diet by 500 calories for each day, then in a weeks time that will result in the loss of 1 pound. Do you like that idea? Well maybe you do not. Maybe you want to keep your exact diet. If you increasing the calories burned in a day by exercising, then you can lose weight that way. As you read on you might be impressed at how easy this is.
If you play tennis for 45 minutes daily, you will lose 2.3 to 3.9 pounds of fat in a month.
If you are choosing to lose weight, and some exercises are ok with you, do you see how really simple it can be? So if you will follow these principles you can see results. It is all up to you now. Just you. Now how fast can i type per minute 0a and how to lose weight fast here we come.
- How Much Weight Is Lost If 3500 Calories Are Burned?
Burning a certain number of calories will result in losing a certain amount of your weight. So let us look into this specifically for how fast can i type per minute 0a and how to lose weight fast . Shedding pounds is up to you. So go ahead and spend the time with this. To lose a pound of weight from your body, you will need to burn off 3500 calories from your body fat. So we lose the fat on the body. That is, stored fat. 3500 calories worth of stored fat.
Say that you use 2000 calories as you are busy for the day. Lets just assume that now. The average person will be eating 2000 calories daily. So lets change the situation and reduce the calories consumed to 1500. There is a difference now of 500 calories that must come from somewhere. So the body will burn them from fat.
In just a week you will have lost 3500 calories worth of fat, 7 time 500 is 3500. This results in losing 1 pound of your body fat in a week. Nice. So we compute that you have lost 4 pounds in just one month. For a years time we compute 52 pounds removed in body weight.
It is interesting, the usual way that many people gain weight is slowly, over a period of time. So why not plan on losing weight, the same way? Slowly. Do not be in a rush. There is no magic to this, no instant successes. Be slow and measured in your approach.