Chapter 13 bankruptcy, called the reorganization bankruptcy, is very different from Chapter 7 bankruptcy (which wipes out most of your debts). In a Chapter 13 bankruptcy, you use your income to pay some or all of what you owe to your creditors over a period of time. Most Chapter 13 bankruptcies last three years. Some last longer a court can approve a case as long as five years. A few are shorter if you pay off 100% of your debts in less than three years, your case will be over sooner.
Chapter 13 bankruptcy isn't for everyone. If your income is too low or irregular, you may not be eligible. To file for Chapter 13, bankruptcy, you must have a steady income.
If your total debt burden is too high, you are also ineligible. Your secured debts cannot exceed $922,975, and your unsecured debts cannot be more than $307,675. A secured debt is one that gives a creditor the right to take a specific item of property (such as your house or car) if you don't pay the debt. An unsecured debt doesn't give the creditor this right. Examples of unsecured debts are credit card and medical bills.
This form is the most important paper in your entire Chapter 13 bankruptcy case. It describes in detail how (and how much) you will repay on every one of your debts. There is no official form for the plan, but many courts have designed their own forms.
Usually, you will make reduced payments on your unsecured debts, and the regular payments for any secured debts. The exact "reduced" amount you must pay unsecured creditors is based on many calculations.
Most repayment plans last three years. After that, any remaining unpaid balance on the unsecured debts is discharged, unless the debt is not dischargeable by law. In some cases, the court will approve a plan in excess of three years, up to five years.


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NYC Top Comedy Choices for Monday 7/28/14
For FringeNYC 2014 pre-fest coverage, please click here.
TV Alert: Penn & Teller are on Seth Meyers;
Will Arnett is on Conan O'Brien;
Ben Stiller is on Ellen DeGeneres;
Nikki Glaser and Joe DeRosa are on @midnight
Cristin Milioti is among the many stars crashing improv into theatre at Gravid Water…
…and Sasheer Zamata is interviewed at The George Lucas Talk Show
Tonight's recommendations for the best in New York City comedy (in chronological order, with top picks noted and shows over $10 marked with $) include:
[$] 7:30 pm ($20; no min.): Chris Gethard (comedy genius; Broad City, Conan O'Brien, The Office, IFC; star of The Chris Gethard Show; author of A Bad Idea I'm About to Do and Weird New York, plus My Comedy Album) and Dan St. Germain (enormously likeable and rapidly rising star who has several TV shows in the works; Jimmy Fallon, Comedy Central Half-Hour Special, The Electric Company, MTV, VH1), plus a bunch of comics who haven't been announced, performing stand-up at The Stand Comedy Club (239 Third Avenue & 20th Street) hosted by Jeff Lawrence: Chris Gethard, Dan St. Germain, and More
[$] 7:45 pm, 9:30 pm, and 11:15 pm ($12 plus 2-item food/drink min.): Tonight's comics include Ted Alexandro, Ryan Hamilton, Marina Franklin, and Lenny Marcus at the 7:45 show; Gary Gulman and Nick Griffin at the 9:30 show; and Kurt Metzger, Ari Shaffir, Carmen Lynch, Wil Sylvince, and Joe List at the 11:15 show, all performing stand-up at Comedy Cellar (117 MacDougal Street, between 3rd Street & Minetta Lane): Comedy Cellar Monday
[MEGA-TOP PICK] 8:00 pm ($5; sold out of seats, but you can probably get in if you arrive early and don't mind standing): Broadway & TV stars and top improvisors—Scott Adsit, Zach Woods, Cristin Milioti, Tami Sagher, Jennifer Grace, Jonathan Kaplan, Julie Sharbutt, and Michael Delaney—crash improv into classic theatre scenes at UCB Chelsea for actor/director Stephen Ruddy's Gravid Water
[TOP PICK] 8:00 pm ($5): "Join filmmaker George Lucas (Radioland Murders) as he embarks upon an exciting new career as a comedian and talk show host! He'll be joined by his hilarious talk show sidekick, Jar-Jar Binks, as they revolutionize the talk show format the same way Lucas once revolutionized cinema," with Sasheer Zamata (instant star cast member of Saturday Night Live), Ben Warheit (writer for Seth Meyers), and musical guest Mike Doughty performing at the UCB East theatre hosted by Connor Ratliff & Shaun Diston: The George Lucas Talk Show
[TOP PICK] 8:00 pm ($8 at the door or $9.47 online): Aparna Nancherla (delightfully wry, lightning-quick, and razor-sharp rising star; Conan O'Brien, Last Comic Standing, former writer/performer for FX's Totally Biased), Josh Gondelman (staff writer for HBO's Last Week With John Oliver), Dwayne Kennedy (David Letterman, Totally Biased), Randy Liedtke (Last Comic Standing), and Matt Champagne performing stand-up at Brooklyn's Littlefield (622 Degraw Street) guest-hosted by the Kondabolu Brothers: Night Train
[$] 8:00 pm ($12): Improv from all-gal group Gilda and very silly group Punctual Drunks at The PIT upstairs lounge: Gilda and Punctual Drunks
[FREE] 8:00 pm: Four improvisers form teams with comics they've never performed with before at The Creek upstairs theatre in Queens' Long Island City: The Kaleidoscope
9:00 pm ($5): Nate Fernald, Liza Treyger, Lawson Leong, Will Miles, and Tyler Fischer performing stand-up, plus Nunzio Randazzo doing characters, at Brooklyn's Freddy's Backroom (627 5th Avenue) for this free biweekly show hosted by Brooke Van Poppelen (brilliant writer, stand-up, and storyteller; writer and/or producer for MTV's Guy Code, Girl Code, Failosophy, and Nikki & Sara Show; trutV, TLC) and Giulia Rozzi (Jimmy Kimmel, MTV, VH1, Playgirl Magazine, co-host of Stripped Stories): Dive Comedy
[TOP PICK] 9:30 pm ($5): Two UCB Chelsea house sketch groups try out new material: Ripley (which includes brilliant comedic writer Marguerite Spellman) and Absolutely (which includes stellar comic Bridey Elliot): Maude Night: Ripley and Absolutely
[$] 9:30 pm ($12): All-gal improv from the three female members of Agent Cooper at The PIT upstairs theatre: Lady Coopers
9:30 pm ($5): Improv veterans Brandon Gardner, Chelsea Clarke, Phillip Jackson, and/or Steve Theiss hosting & performing in a show at UCB East with guest improvisors: Improv Nerds
[TOP PICK] [FREE] 10:00 pm: Chris Gethard (comedy genius; Broad City, Conan O'Brien, The Office, IFC; star of The Chris Gethard Show; author of A Bad Idea I'm About to Do and Weird New York, plus My Comedy Album), Mark Normand (hilarious red-hot rising star; Conan O'Brien, Comedy Central Half Hour, Inside Amy Schumer, Last Comic Standing, VH1's Best Week Ever; co-host of Hot Soup and We're All Friends Here), Dan St. Germain (enormously likeable and rapidly rising star who has several TV shows in the works; Jimmy Fallon, Comedy Central Half-Hour Special, The Electric Company, MTV, VH1), Gary Vider (hilarious deadpan stand-up; for great Conan O'Brien set, please click here; for more jokes, please click here), Randy Liedtke, and Rajan Dhami performing stand-up for this free weekly show at The Stand Comedy Club (239 Third Avenue & 20th Street) hosted by Michael Kosta: Frantic Mondays
10:00 pm ($5): Improv is dominated by guys, so this is a rare treat—a dozen female improvisors "for an evening of comedy that will delight men, women, babies, and kittens," hosted by Megan Gray: We Might Just Kiss
[FREE] 10:00 pm: A monthly stand-up show covering "UrbanAlternative comedy, with a mix of comedians calling out the absurd facets of dealing with life in the concrete jungle" at The Creek upstairs theatre in Queens' Long Island City hosted by Tiana Miller & Dee Marie: Gentrification
[MEGA-TOP PICK] [FREE] 11:00 pm: Some of the finest comics in the world—who aren't announced in advance, but it's usually a great lineup and often an extraordinary one—at UCB Chelsea hosted by the wonderful Leo Allen: Whiplash
Monday Open Mics & Jams
5:00 pm ($5): Two-hour open-mic for 20 stand-ups performing for 5 minutes each, with sign-up online here, at the Stand Up NY Comedy Club (236 West 78th Street): Stand Up NY Open Mic
[FREE] 6:00 pm: Open mic stand-up show that provides each performer whose name is pulled from a bucket 5 minutes on stage—and also allows everyone play Bingo!—at The Creek downstairs lounge in Queens' Long Island City hosted by Julia Lundy & Veronica Elizabeth: Bingo Open Mic
6:00 pm & 8:00 pm (no cover, 1 drink min. for both comics and audience members): Open mic stand-up providing 5-7 minutes per comic, with each show running 1 hour and 45 minutes. Arrive 30 minutes before the show you want to be in to get on the signup sheet. This is a fine opportunity to perform at the only comedy club in the East Village: Eastville Comedy Club Open Mic
6:00 pm ($5 plus 1 drink min.): Booked open mic stand-up providing 7 minutes per comic for this 2-hour show at Klimat Lounge (77 East 7th Street) hosted by Gregory Joseph. To get on the performance list for future shows, email Gregory at evgigglepit@gmail.com: East Village Giggle Pit
[TOP PICK] [FREE] 6:30 pm: Open-mic storytelling, with names drawn out of a bucket at UCB East in the bar area ("Hot Chicks Room"), hosted by Julia Wiedeman: Happy Hour Open-Mic Storytelling with Julia Wiedeman
7:00 pm ($2, which includes a free beer or water): Open mic stand-up providing a whopping 10 minutes per comic. Email PhoningItInMic@gmail.com with subject line Phoning Monday to sign up; or take a chance at lottery sign-up live between 6:45 and 7:45 at Brit Pack Studios (153 Lafayette Street, 3rd Floor) hosted by Tim Duffy: Comics Phoning It In
[FREE] 7:00 pm: Open-mic stand-up, with 5 minutes for each comic who reserves a spot in advance (by emailing Dan Fox at danmaxfox@gmail.com) and 3 minutes for each comic who signs up on the spot (sign-up starts at 6:45 and ends at 8:30) at Brooklyn's Muchmore's (2 Havemeyer Street) hosted by Dan Fox: Muchmore's Stand-Up Open Mic
[FREE] 7:00 pm: An open-mic stand-up show, with 10 comics each performing for 5 minutes, at Brooklyn's Colony (274 4th Avenue) hosted by Emily Winter: Sparky the Dog Open Mic
7:30 pm ($10; sign-up starts at 7:00 pm): Open mic for stand-ups, storytellers, singers, poets, actors, and more, with 5 minutes per performer and 25 slots available, at One and One Bar's Downstairs Nexus Lounge (76 1st Street, corner of First Avenue) hosted by Nathan P., followed by a raucous afterparty with dancing & drink specials from 10:00 to midnight: Inspired Word's Open Mic Joint
[FREE] 10:30 pm: Improv veterans Brandon Gardner, Chelsea Clarke, and Phillip Jackson hosting & performing in a show at UCB East with improvisors taken from the audience…and who may include you: Improv Nerds Jam
11:00 pm ($3): Open mic stand-up, with each comic getting 5 minutes and room for 15 comics who sign up per show, at The PIT upstairs theatre hosted by Kat Toledo and/or Alan Shain: The Power Exchange
[FREE] 11:00 pm: Improv students are welcomed onto the stage at The PIT downstairs lounge for this weekly open access show hosted by Gary DeNoia & Langston Belton: Base Jam
Upright Citizens Brigade Chelsea
(307 West 26th Street; 150-seater; shows free-$10; one of the most respected comedy theatres in the world)
Upright Citizens Brigade East
(153 East 3rd Street; 99-seat main theatre, bar area for open mics; shows free-$10)
(123 East 24th Street; 99-seat upstairs theatre, 40-seat downstairs theatre; shows free-$20)
(254 West 29th Street; 60-seat theatre; shows $5-$10)
(Queens' Long Island City; 40-seat theatre upstairs, 25 downstairs; virtually all shows free)
This Theater
(154 West 29th Street; new venue that, at its best, features shows comparable to UCB & PIT; free-$12)
(117 MacDougal Street; among the finest daily stand-up lineups in the world; 2-item min.)
(239 Third Avenue; recent competitor to Comedy Cellar; no drink min.—support this policy!)
(1626 Broadway; focuses on the world's top headliners, who perform hour-long sets; 2-drink min.)
(208 West 23rd Street; headliners on weekends, specialty & lineup shows weekdays; 2-drink min.)
(85 East 4th Street; strong weekend lineups; no cover using code HyReviews; 2-drink min.)
(99 MacDougal Street; convenient if Comedy Cellar's sold out; no cover using code HyReviews; 2-drink min.)
(1568 Second Avenue, off 81st; Upper East Side club with typically solid lineups; 2-drink min.)
(236 West 78th Street, off Broadway; Upper West Side club with typically solid lineups; 2-drink min.)
Laughing Devil
(4738 Vernon Blvd., by #7 train; Queens LIC club, with MST3K-style movie night on Thursdays; 2-drink min.)
From legendary NYC comedy site Brooklyn Vegan: Thank God for Hy Bender's religiously updated show bible BestNewYorkComedy.com. He is literally the only person in NYC providing daily summaries of what's happening comedy-wise. It must be exhausting keeping that monster of a website alive…It is your daily comedy itinerary and it scares me how on top of his shit this guy is.
Please feel encouraged to reach out to tell me about comedy shows, hire me for book or screenplay work, or for any other reason by emailing me at hy@hyreviews.com.
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5-year-old boy visits the grave of his twin brother who did not survive and recounts his first day at school
Published by: 23.11.2022 Category: POSITIVE
The bond that unites the twins is something extraordinarily strong, which seems to surpass any other family bond. It is a relationship of great love, which sometimes even surpasses that between a mother and her child: the twins are the ones who complete the sentences of the other and who sometimes even seem to be able to feel the emotions of the other. Maybe that's why when separated for some reason, the twins seem to miss each other a lot more. Walker Myrick never knew his twin brother who grew up with him in his mother's womb for nine months, but that doesn't mean he doesn't miss him. Little Walker keeps the memory of his little brother alive, thus relieving the pain of his mother in the face of his loss.
Unfortunately, not all pregnancies are successful, and Brooke Davis has experienced that. The woman was pregnant with twins, Walker and Willis Myrick, but unfortunately the latter did not survive. Even before he was born, Willis was a victim of fetal-fetal transfusion syndrome, a clinical condition in which two or more twins share the same placenta and in which there is an unequal distribution of blood from the placenta to the twins. Unfortunately, in cases like this, the death rate is quite high, which is why Willis did not survive. Despite this tragedy, the child who survived birth, Walker, feels very close to his twin and often pays tribute to him, thus rekindling his memory.
"It's one of those things… I really believe he will always have a connection with his brother," said the mother, Brooke, visibly very affected by the loss of one of her two sons. The connection Walker feels with Willis, however, and the way he shows it, has made things a little easier for Brooke, who is proud that her son continues to remember his brother. The little boy, in fact, often dreams of his twin brother and it is not uncommon for him to go to his grave, accompanied by his parents, where he tries to talk to him, recounting his days. His mother took photos several times to immortalize such a moving scene.
In 2012, Walker was only 5 years old and had just started kindergarten. During one of his visits to his little brother's grave, he began to tell him about his first day at school. A touching scene.
Even as the years go by, the bond Walker feels with his brother Willis doesn't seem to change: "I still remember my brother, he protects me every day from up there," little Walker said in 2016, at the age of 9. Thanks to Walker's show of affection, Brooke, their mother, somehow managed to overcome the immense pain that the loss of her son had caused her. No one in the family wants to forget Willis, so much so that every year on the twins' birthday there is a march to his grave, including the sale of T-shirts. The proceeds are then donated to a foundation that raises awareness of fetal-fetal transfusion syndrome.
We are confident that Willis' memory will be forever cherished by his family.
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MIT leads new aviation center
MIT will lead a new partnership with members from academia, industry and government to identify solutions for present and future aircraft noise and emissions-related problems.
The Air Transportation Center of Excellence for Aircraft Noise and Aviation Emissions Mitigation, created by the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration, will conduct basic research and engineering development and will develop prototype solutions.
The center's director is Associate Professor John-Paul Clarke; the principal investigator from MIT is Professor Ian Waitz (both are in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics). Co-investigators at MIT are Professor Karen Polenske of urban studies and planning and Assistant Professor Karen Willcox of aero/astro.
The center will concentrate on a broad spectrum of noise and emissions mitigation issues, including socioeconomic effects, noise abatement flight procedures, compatible land-use management, airport operational controls, and atmospheric and health effects.
Congressional legislation enabled the FAA to work with universities and their industry partners to conduct research in airspace and airport planning and design, environment and aviation safety, as well as to engage in other activities to assure a safe and efficient air transportation system.
The FAA has established five other Centers of Excellence focusing on computational modeling of aircraft structures, airport pavement technology, operations research, airworthiness assurance and general aviation.
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Rumiani (, also Romanized as Rūmīānī and Rūmīyānī) is a village in Rumiani Rural District, Suri District, Rumeshkhan County, Lorestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 3,360, in 691 families.

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Unterschönau is een plaats en voormalige gemeente in de Duitse deelstaat Thüringen, en maakt deel uit van de Landkreis Schmalkalden-Meiningen.
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SHFM Conference Keys in on Work Space Design
Written by The Editors	 May 01, 2018
As the consumers that use foodservice operations continue to evolve, so too must the designers that assemble these spaces. So said a group of designers who participated in the Society for Hospitality and Foodservice Management's 2018 Critical Issues Conference.
John G. Nackley, president and CEO for Metro, served as moderator for SHFM's Critical Issues Conference.For example, today a designer's work continues well after the project's completion date. "Today the expectation is to stay and check back after designing spaces," said Michael Bonomo, director of global workplace at CannonDesign, Chicago.
"It's not surprising to go back in three months and find things fell through the cracks. You have to go back and fix it," added Connie Dickson, principal at Rippe Associates, Minneapolis. As foodservice equipment becomes more sophisticated, training culinary staff on how to use it becomes more critical and time consuming, she added.
Flexibility represents a key trend in both foodservice and work spaces. When building flexibility into his designs, though, Mike Church, managing director for Deloitte Digital, strives to avoid the "retrofit-react-retrofit pattern, which creates a Franken-like situation," meaning pieced together, like Frankenstein.
To ensure flexibility in a space, Bonomo suggests investing more heavily in the building's infrastructure. "Add more power than you probably need so it's there as you grow," he said.
Also consider how a space may change in the future, said Christine Gurtler, design director for Jacobs Doland Beer in New York City. That especially proves the case with food halls, she said. "The 20 vendors that are there when a food hall opens may not be there a year later. Set it up so another concept can easily go in that space."
SHFM panelists included: (from left) Mike Church, Deloitte Digital; Christine Gurtler, Jacobs Doland Beer; Connie Dickson, Rippe Associates; and Michael Bonomo, CannonDesign
Critical Issues Conference Chair Bill Adams, The Coca-Cola Company, and SHFM President Victoria Vega, Unidine Corporation.


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Q: launchd: Start script when entering a location Question: Is there a way to configure a LaunchAgent to start (and keep alive) a script when entering a specific location?
Example: When switching to the location "Office" i want to trigger a LaunchAgent that starts a script which opens a SSH tunnel that i need.

A: Mac OS X updates a file in /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/ called preferences.plist. It updates a key called CurrentSet to the UUID of the current location (each location is given a UUID when it is created.) You can determine the name of that Location by looking for the UserDefinedName key in the dictionary with the same name as the UUID.
Example Script:
#! /bin/bash

# Proof of Concept Script to check if the location changed.

CURRENT_LOCATION=`/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Print :CurrentSet" /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/preferences.plist | sed 's/\/Sets\///'`
CURRENT_LOCATION_NAME=`/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Print :Sets:$CURRENT_LOCATION:UserDefinedName" /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/preferences.plist`

# If location is the one we want:
# Logger puts the message into syslog

if [ $CURRENT_LOCATION_NAME == "Office" ]; then
    logger "`date` => In the Office"

    #Commands to set up SSH Tunnel among others

else
# If the location is not the one we want: Undo whatever we have done.
    logger "`date` => Out of Office"

    #Commands here for when you leave the office location
fi

Example LaunchAgent to run above script whenever the location is changed:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
    <key>Label</key>
    <string>local.IDENTIFIER_HERE.SOMETHING</string>
    <key>OnDemand</key>
    <true/>
    <key>Program</key>
    <string>/PATH/TO/SCRIPT</string>
    <key>WatchPaths</key>
    <array>
        <string>/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/preferences.plist</string>
    </array>
</dict>
</plist>

Fill in the path to the script, give it an identifier and save it with the same name (eg. local.lajuette.location should be a file named local.lajuette.location.plist). Copy this file to ~/Library/LaunchAgents and run launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/name.of.plist.here.plist. With the sample files open up Console.app and check for the line: "DATE => In the Office" or "DATE => Out of Office" accordingly.
You may want to check out: How can I get a script to run every day on Mac OS X for more info on how to load and run your script using launchd if you're not sure.

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After long illness Park Docheon passes away
The smile we remember, Park Docheon at the 2008 Asian Univeristies Championships in Mongolia (Photo: ATTU) Chair of the Asian Table Tennis Union's Technical and Umpires Committee, following a long illness, suffering from cancer, Park Docheon passed away on Friday 29th January. Born on Monday 1st January 1951, he was 70 years old. In addition to his position within the Asian Table Tennis Union, he was very much a key figure within the Korea Table Tennis Association. He became the International Director in 1981, an office he held to the present day, also during that period from 2013 to 2016, he fulfilled the role of Vice President. Most notably at the World Championships in 1991 in Chiba, he was the Public Information Officer for
Ever reliable Sarkis Sarkhojan passes away
Sarkis Sarkhojan (1947 - 2021) An international career spanning almost two decades, representing the Soviet Union, enjoying success at both World and European Championships, Sarkis Sarkhojan passed away on Sunday 24th January. He was 73 years old. Born on Wednesday 26th November 1947 in Batumi, a port city in Georgia located on the Black Sea, near the Turkish border, a left handed attacking top spin player, he first came to international attention at the 1965 European Youth Championships in Prague. He won the junior boys' team title lining up alongside Aleta Frog, Stanislav Gomozkov and Gegam Vardanjan, before later in the tournament, losing to Vardanjan in the junior boys' singles final. Success at youth level, for the next decade and more, he enjoyed success
Germany mourns the passing of Berni Vossebein
Berni Vossebein competing in over 80 men's singles at the 2006 World Veteran Championships in Bremen (Photo: courtesy of DTTB) The oldest living German champion, Berni Vossebein passed away, a result of a stroke, on Tuesday 12th January in his hometown of Bochum, he was 95 years old. One of the leading players in Germany in the 1940s and 1950s, he won seven doubles titles at the national championships and was twice the men's singles runner up. Hans Wilhelm Gäb, DTTB Honorary President, paid a moving tribute to the "Lion of Bochum", a name aptly christened by Heinz Eil, an ARD radio reporter. "With him an age in our sport comes to an end, the epitome of a fighting spirit at the table, a
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Picture this. You're about to participate in a high stakes poker game, and you can only pick only seven great fictional players from movies to play with. Who would make it to your table?
When it comes to the best fictional poker players of all time, most of us will agree to disagree on some characters. Whether you will go for James bond from Casino Royale or the Cincinnati Kid depends on your poker experience.
Nevertheless, we have made a list of fans chosen greatest fictional poker players of all time.
Bespoke tuxedos? Women? A high-end casino resort, money and crime? That sounds like James Bond's Casino Royale. In as much as I would like to share the nitty-gritty details of the movie, I am obliged to focus on the final poker tournament.
James Bond plays at a high stakes table and keeps his opponents in check with crazy mind-reading skills, and convincing bluffs. All that while holding thoughts of an ongoing heist in mind and pressing down the effects of an earlier poisoning.
This is precisely what James Bond is all about. The movie brings out a brilliant poker player character in Bond, despite almost meeting his match in Le Chiffre in the showdown. How can you not love him?
Bret Maverick
Mel Gibson Jodie Foster unite to play one of the best casino movies Hollywood has ever produced: The Maverick Movie. Gibson starts as Bret Maverick, a cheerful, talkative character that is easy to engage with, unlike the deathly James Bond.
He presents a free-willed character that bids his time unaggressively while acting like a fool only to pull surprises on his opponents. Although these traits don't make him sound like a poker genius, Bret, represents that unique, rare class of slow but precise poker players.
This review explains more about Bret Maverick the character and the 1994 movie. It's an entertaining comedy golf that also offers helpful introductory tips to poker players. The only reason not to like is if you hate Mel Gibson. And is that really possible?
Cincinnati Kid
Played by legendary Steve McQueen, the Cincinnati Kid brings out an authentic portrayal a real poker game as the character brings out the drive and desire shared by all poker players.
The movie displays the Kid's desire to succeed and be the best as he puts in all he has on the stakes.
The movie's climax introduces a twist that lands the character on the hands of the gluttonous and ridiculous Hollywood gamblers. To make it worse, the twists take place in one of the most unprecedented poker moves which can only happen once in 45 million; a straight flush in a five-card stud beating a full house.
The move doesn't, however, take away the unique fictional role played by Steve McQueen.
Mike McDermott
Mike McDermott is arguably one of the best fictional poker players. The character is impressive in his poker skills as well as the impact on the real-life poker industry.
Despite carrying an aura of a live-poker grinder, Mike McDermott shows a lot of people that poker is a game of skill, and one can make a living at it.
The movie directors David Levien and Brian Koppelman did impressive research on the East Coast and drew out the movie's theme and to set in such a realistic manner.
The movie features memorable poker moments punctuating the life and hustles of Mike Dermott. However, none rivals the final scene.
Henry Gondorff
Paul Newman has played many fictional poker characters in various screen shows, but none has come closer to his role as Henry Gondorff in Sting.
Unlike many other poker scenes in other movies, the Sting brings out the realistic details of cheating scenes in a poker game where Henry gets a few hits by the villains.
Portrayed as a sharp player who can tell a cheater by just looking at them, the 1980s Oscar winner ends the show with a thrilling and memorable showdown when he beats one of the best cheaters in the poker scenes.
Paul Newman won an Oscar for his role in the 1970s hit classic the Color of Money.
Lancey Howard 'the Man'
Allow me to drag you back to the Cincinnati Kid. Do you remember Lancy Howard's character, the Man, who played a 'villain' against the Kid? Well, if you are the Kid's fan, you would hate Howard.
Nevertheless, he brings out the character of top poker pros who don't recognize any new kid on the block. Howard is confronted by a determined Kid who is willing to go to the extreme lengths to win the game.
In the end, the Man wins against the Kid in a twist that broke many hearts. However, the movie creators managed to maintain the Mans character throughout the movie despite the Kid being the underdog. You can say the film is one without a happy ending.
Enoch Thompsons
Poker scenes are scattered throughout HBO's Broadwalk Empire and where you will not be surprised if we find the shrewd Arnold Rothstein.
However, let's focus on one specific scene, where Enoch Thompson wins $400,000 from Rothstein. Thompsons gives us his best portrayal of poker players in this scene. He takes the role of an inexperienced poker player trying his luck in the big boy's table.
When facing Thompson, Rothstein, who is an experienced poker player underestimates his abilities and takes out his $200,000 marker which he raises all into $400,000+ pot. He ends up losing it all to Thompson.
Thompson's win replicates what many have witnessed in the real poker world; that the amateurs and inexperienced players sometimes beat the pros when luck is on their side.
Well, that sums up our top 7 list of top fictional poker players in movies. There are many other impressive characters out there some who deserve to be on this list. However, we tried sorting out characters that represent a specific niche of players in the real world poker.
Poker is a beautiful game of skills, but sometimes mere luck wins the day. Please give us your top pick characters on the comment section.
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The 1st Annual Poodie Party: A Birthday Celebration for Poodie Locke
Written by Cathy Hale | October 1, 2014
Get ready to putt for a cause on Saturday, October 4 at the first annual "Poodie Party" in honor of James Randall Locke, affectionately known as 'Poodie' of Poodies Hilltop Roadhouse.
This golf tournament and benefit will be held at the Pedernales Golf Club — also known as Willie Nelson's Cut N Putt. You can plan on a full day of fun along with silent auction items, raffle prizes, delicious food and live music performances by The Tejas Brothers, Waylon Payne, Bobby Boyd, Bad Rodeo, Jimmie Lee Jones, Ru Payne Coleman and the fabulous Troubadillos. Plus, all of the fun will benefit HAMM (Health Alliance for Austin Musicians) and the Cut N Putt golf course.
If you're not familiar with Poodie and his Hilltop Roadhouse, it's one of Austin's legendary honky-tonks located in Spicewood, TX. Over the years, the Hilltop has hosted music legends like Willie Nelson, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Freddy Powers, Ray Benson and Asleep at the Wheel, Jerry Jeff Walker, Billy Joe Shaver, Toby Keith, Kevin Fowler, Pat Green, Cross Canadian Ragweed, Billy Bob Thornton and more.
Poodie started in the music business in 1973 working for B. W. Stevenson and in November 1975, Poodie started working with Willie Nelson. He eventually became his stage manager and traveled the world with Willie for 34 years, making many lifelong friends along the way. Poodie shared his passion for music and helped many successful recording artists launch their careers by inviting them to perform on his Hilltop stage under the Texas flag. In fact, he showcased some of the best musicians not only from Texas, but also from all over the country.
Poodie passed away suddenly on May 6, 2009. Even though his funeral was held in one of the biggest churches in Waco, it was standing room only. His friends came from all over the world to bid him farewell. What better way to remember his memory than to hold a party and benefit for his birthday (October 3) at one of his favorite places, Willie's Cut N Putt.
After the golf outing ends, the festivities continue at Poodies Hilltop Roadhouse (where a life-size wooden statue of Poodie will oversee the fun) featuring a "Troubadillo Reunion" with The Troubadillos, Louie Long, BB Morse, Pete Mitchell, Dean Rimmer, Ron Erwin and Action Jackson, the same musicians who were the house band at Poodies for over 10 years.
Click here for more details about the "Poodie Party" tournament and benefit.


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This day, 9 Ajaw (October 22) marks the tsolk'in anniversary of the launch of our new MAM web site and blog, which occurred on the previous 9 Ajaw (February 5). With this issue we complete our coverage of the historic Congreso de Epigrafistas Mayas by publishing, appropriately, a hearfelt and beautifully rendered thank-you card from a great Maya scribe and artist, congreso participant Walter Amilcar Paz Joj, Maya Kaqchikel from Panajachel, or as he writes it Pan Ajache'l. During our next tsolk'in we will be reporting on events that have occurred since the congreso, where our colleagues are applying their knowledge of the glyphs in their home communities.
Dear Bruce Love, I hereby send you a heartfelt greeting, wishing you success in your work.
Through this letter, I want to offer you a few words to express my gratitude for having organized the Maya Epigraphers Conference, together with UNO (Universidad de Oriente), in the city of Valladolid, Yucatán. For me, it was the first time I got to share the ancient writing, the writing of our Grandmothers and Grandfathers, with many Maya sisters and brothers of the region. I am completely in awe of the work you do so that we, the current Maya generation, may re-discover our roots, practice our art and, above all, recover what is ours; that which, even today, is denied to us by a system that prevents us from developing our own world vision and culture.
I deeply thank you personally for making these activities possible, I thank you for thinking of us, for sharing with us what you know, for putting in our hands the future of writing, the future of Maya tz'ib. I also take this opportunity to thank UNO for lending us its facilities, for making sure these unprecedented activities could be carried out; I thank teacher Cruz and all the people who were behind these activities, for allowing the Conference to take place on sacred, ancestral territory. Through these words, I greet you with affection, hoping to meet again with you and with all those who took part in this international meeting. May our paths cross again very soon, and may the energy of the Universe, of the Earth and of everything that surrounds us give back to you twice or thrice as much as you give the Maya nation.


After blogging for a few years now, I have learnt to have a fairly regular check through my junk emails because more often than not, a label or producer has sent me music that is pretty damn decent and deserves not to be deleted along with the millions on offer from Nigerian princes and other various scams that want our money!
A few days ago I did have one of those searches and discovered an email sent from an Australian producer that goes by the name of Axe. He himself has made music before but has made nothing for over 5 years now. Back when he was making music he, by his own admission, wasn't entirely happy with the overall quality of his work and decided to take some time out and brush up on his production skills so as to be able to push things forward. The result of that work and a long road trip through the Australian outback, the idea sprang into his mind to make an album and the bush would be the inspiration for it.
'Bush Breaks' is the culmination of all that inspiration and onboard Axe's new album are 10 free tracks packed with vocal samples, wildlife fx, bass and a whole load of broken beat action! Opening with the mind-awakening downtempo Breaks track 'Mornin' Call', your mind will soon be refreshed and ready to take in crunchy, chunky Glitch Hop and midtempo Breaks bangers like 'Marvelous Time' and 'Whip It', all to the floor peak-timers like 'Hoedown (Live at Wonglepong)' and 'An Old Yarn' and lush offerings like 'Wood Heap' and the closing track 'Goonoo'. Wherever you turn on this album, there's a great piece of music just waiting to make your day! All we can hope for is that Axe now has the production bug for good and more excellent music heads our way from him.


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Published by Team REConnect on July 11, 2019
Haryana Electricity Regulatory Commission recently announced partial amendments to the (Terms and Conditions for determination of Tariff from Renewable Energy Sources, Renewable Purchase Obligation and Renewable Energy Certificate) Regulations, 2017. This is the second amendment of the regulation. The new changes published are as follows:
The entities obliged to abide by these RPO percent include distribution licensee, consumers owning captive power plant and open access consumers including short term open access consumers in Haryana.
For RPO of fossil fuel plants based captive plants of 5 MW & above (including co-generation captive 5MW & above) will be required to fulfill the RPO percent of the year the plant was commissioned in. However, RPO of such plants commissioned up to 2018-19 shall be pegged at RPO applicable for the FY 2018-19. Further, as and when the CPP producer adds to the capacity, it will have to provide for additional RPO as obligated in the year in which new capacity is commissioned.
Provision of banking enabled:
Banking of RE power will be allowed for captive/own use plants on payment of banking charges along with transmission & distribution losses for availing open access. 5% of the power banked (in kind) shall be deducted towards the banking charges.
The banked energy will be allowed to be carry forwarded from month to month in the same financial year, but any banked energy unutilized at the end of the financial year shall lapse and no compensation will be provided for it.
In case of solar any banked energy unutilized in the last quarter of the financial year will be allowed to be carry forwarded in the next financial year.
The banking will be allowed throughout the year, however, the drawl of banked power is not allowed during the peak months (July to mid-October). Also, the drawl of banked power will not be allowed during peak load hours as mentioned in the ToD tariff.
Exemptions:
Wheeling & transmission charges to be exempted for the entire life of the project from the date of commissioning for all Captive Solar Power Projects who have submitted applications to
Haryana Renewable Energy Development Agency (HAREDA) for registration of the project,
Purchased land or have taken land on lease for thirty years and
Have bought equipment & machinery or invested at least Rs. one crore per Mega Watt for purchase of equipment & machinery for setting up of such Captive Solar Power Projects till 13th February 2019.
Cross-subsidy surcharges and additional surcharges will not be applicable for Captive Solar Power Projects as per provisions of HERC Regulations (Electricity Act 2003)
No exemptions of wheeling and transmission charges, cross-subsidy surcharges and additional surcharges shall be given to solar/non-solar power Projects set up by IPP/generators for third party sale.
Rooftop-solar:
Consumers shall be allowed to install Rooftop solar power plant irrespective of their sanctioned load and will be allowed to sell the power generated to HPPC at their least discovered solar power procurement price of the latest preceding financial year, however, these consumers cannot avail the benefit of net metering.
Haryana has recently also announced its final Forecasting & Scheduling regulations for solar & wind 2019.
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Gama Aviation plc has announced it is to phase out the Hangar8 and JetClub brands with immediate effect. The brands will start to disappear on all non-regulatory items; the first manifestations being the closure of the Hangar8 group websites and the rebranding of the new group's Oxford Airport facilities. Regulatory documentation and approvals (aviation and maintenance) will begin to transition over the coming months in line with the Regulator's requirements.
This announcement comes shortly after a positive trading update from Gama Aviation announcing that the two businesses have successfully integrated, and that the group is delivering on its planned strategic objectives.


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Grand Jury action needed in unsolved murders, sexual abuse of Keough students and its cover-up
Notice to the Archdiocese of Baltimore (AOB): Three high ranking Penn State College officials were sentenced to jail, on June 2, 2017, for not reporting the child abuse allegations against scumbag Jerry Sandusky. This is a final warning to those who enable child predators to perpetrate their crimes. No more cover-ups! Now, to that end, let's re-open a window to the past:
Joyce Malecki, age 20, was working in an office of a liquor distributor. On November 11, 1969. She went shopping in the Glen Burnie area and was abducted. Her body was found two days later in a creek located on the U.S. Army's Fort Meade military base.
That salient fact makes her murder a Federal case! It gives jurisdiction to the U.S. Attorney's Office in Baltimore. The FBI is the investigatory arm of that office.
Unfortunately, little has been done by the Feds in this matter. In the case of Malecki, her hands were tied behind her back, her throat was slashed and she was strangled. Her murder remains unsolved.
Malecki was a resident of Landsdowne, in Baltimore County. She attended St. Clement Roman Catholic Church, the same church where the degenerate Father Joseph Maskell, now deceased, was an assistant pastor (1966-68.) The record shows that Malecki attended a religious retreat during that period with Maskell in charge of the (gasp) "spiritual" program. Read more…
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Long serving member retires from the Peak District National Park Authority
Councillor Judith Twigg has retired as a member from the Peak District National Park Authority after 24 years in the role.
Cllr Twigg was first appointed in 1992 to represent local community interests on the National Park Authority. She was vice chair of the Authority's planning committee from July 2012 to May 2013.
Cllr Lesley Roberts, speaking at the Peak District National Park Authority meeting today (May 25), said: "Cllr Twigg has given sterling service to the Authority and the local community over the years. Her knowledge of planning and the planning history of the area has been particularly useful."
Cllr Twigg represented the Peak District National Park Authority on the Derby and Derbyshire Economic Partnership Rural Forum, Derbyshire Health and Wellbeing Board, Derbyshire Partnership Forum, Derwent Valley Community Rail Partnership, Hope Valley and High Peak Community Rail Partnership, Marketing Peak District and Derbyshire Local Authority Investor Group, Peak District Partnership.
Cllr Twigg has been a Derbyshire County Councillor for Bakewell since 1997 and a Derbyshire Dales District Councillor for Bakewell since 1983. Previously she was a Bakewell town councillor and held the position of Mayor of Bakewell three times.
She has lived and worked in the Peak District National Park all her life, and chaired and been involved with many local community groups.
Information about Peak District National Park Authority members can be found at www.peakdistrict.gov.uk/members.


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Родѐнго (; , Роденек) е община в Северна Италия, автономна провинция Южен Тирол, автономен регион Трентино-Южен Тирол. Разположена е на 885 m надморска височина. Населението на общината е 1184 души (към 2013 г.).
Административен център на общината е село Вила (; , Фил).

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Официални общински езици са и италианският и немският. Най-голямата част от населението говори немски. В общината се говори и други романски език, ладинският.

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Q: Recursive algorithm to find the largest odd element of an unsorted array? I had this question on a midterm today and my brain completely melted and I had no clue how to write the pseudocode or even how to approach the problem. Any help would be appreciated.

A: This problem does not really call for a recursive solution, but if required, then use a divide-and-conquer approach: solve the problem for the left and right half of the array, then take the greatest of the two outcomes.
The recursion's base case occurs when the array has only one value: in that case verify whether it is odd. If so, return it, otherwise return some default value. I'll take minus infinity for that, meaning that if an array has no odd members, that will be the returned value.
Here is an implementation in JavaScript:

function greatestOdd(arr, first=0, last=arr.length-1) {
    if (last == first) { // It's a single value
        if (arr[first] % 2 == 1) return arr[first]; // Odd
        else return -Infinity; // Even
    }
    let mid = (last + first) >> 1;
    let a = greatestOdd(arr, first, mid);
    let b = greatestOdd(arr, mid+1, last);
    return Math.max(a, b);
}

console.log( greatestOdd([5,4,2,7,6,10]) ); // 7

A: You could simply traverse the array and get the largest odd number. Recursion is not needed but traversal can be done recursively like:
int findLargest(index, arr)
    if ( index == arr.length - 1 )
        if ( arr[index] % 2 != 0 ) return arr[index]
        return MIN_VALUE
    else
        return arr[index] % 2 != 0 ? max(arr[index], findLargest(index + 1, arr))
                                   : findLargest(index + 1, arr)

You visit each element once and time complexity is O(n) but this uses O(n) space and can lead to stackoverflow because intermediate results are needed on the stack for the final result.
For example:
max(arr[index], findLargest(index+1, arr)) is evaluated as:
max(arr[index], max(arr[index+1], findLargest(index+2, arr))) which is evaluated as :
max(arr[index], max(arr[index+1], max(arr[index+2], findLargest(index+3, arr))))
and so on...
The tail recursive version to avoid stack overflow:
int findLargestOdd(maxOdd, index, arr)
    if ( index == arr.length-1) return maxOdd;
    return arr[index+1] % 2 != 0
          ? return findLargestOdd(max(maxOdd, arr[index+1]), index+1, arr)
          : return findLargestOdd(maxOdd, index+1, arr);

Here intermediate results needn't be stored on stack. You carry the result forward as : max(maxOdd, arr[index]) or maxOdd
You could call this function as :
return arr[0] % 2 != 0
     ? findLargestOdd(arr[0], 0, arr)
     : findLargestOdd(MIN_VALUE, 0, arr)


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Sexual Health in the News Oct 27 - Nov 2
5 Reasons Why You Might Want to Use Birth Control Even if You've Never Had Sex - Her Campus
Fifty-eight percent of birth control pill users use the pill for at least one purpose other than pregnancy prevention. This article addresses a few of the non-contraceptive reasons why you might use birth control. Dr. Ana Cepin, an NCSH spokeswoman, is quoted.
STDs Hit All-Time High for Third Year in USA - New York Post
Sexually transmitted diseases have hit an all-time high in America - with Alaska ranking the most infected nationally, according to data from the CDC. By contrast, Vermont was the most STD-free state.
Untreatable Gonorrhea Is Rapidly Spreading. Here's What You Need to Know - Time
Drug-resistant gonorrhea is rapidly spreading worldwide, but a team of researchers may have a strategy to combat it - increased reliance on an older drug for treatment may stop this STD from becoming more resistant to antibiotics.
Notre Dame Takes Advantage of Trump Rule, Drops Birth Control Coverage - MSNBC
Notre Dame notified employees and students that starting next year - on Jan. 1, 2018, and Aug. 15, 2018, respectively - birth control will no longer be covered under the university's insurance plans.
Kevin Spacey Criticized for Using Coming Out as 'Deflection' in Apology to Anthony Rapp - Rolling Stone
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A lady by the name of Dana Jacobson was one of the primary anchors doing two of the three shows. She worked with one man named Mike Greenberg and another by the name of Dave Revasine. There were other females involved in the broadcasting, mostly as interviewers who also did a small amount of commentary related to what ever interview they did. There is, besides the gender mix, also an ethnic mix that is actually more diverse for women than men. There are Caucasian, African-American and Hispanic peoples represented by the women and Caucasian and African-American by the men. The gender ratio is approximately 3:1 males to females. Overall, a great deal of the programming for all three broadcasts focused around basketball with baseball and hockey about even in second spot. It is interesting that hockey didn't receive more air time. The focus on basketball is understandable as the leagues are in their play-offs for who will be in the championship game but right now, the Stanley Cup series is in progress and that series is the championship of professional hockey. For this championship series to receive a smaller proportion of the air time and share about the same place as a sport that is just starting its season seems odd. The conclusion one could draw from this is that hockey is not as popular, or perhaps, as well-understood a sport, as basketball and baseball.
Other individual sports or sport-related issues, covered on the three shows I reviewed were, auto racing and the Indy 500, horse racing and the third Triple Crown race coming up, a brief hit on lacrosse, tennis and the French Open, and a human interest feature about a former player for the Athletics who pretty thoroughly ripped up his career and life in general with drink and drugs. The story went on to tell of some kind of physical disability that hit him that he is now fighting back from.
The single most prevalent programming is commercials. Of total programming or three hours and forty-five minutes, 64-68 minutes -- it is difficult timing accurately because of the way the program pops in and out of stories and commercials -- of the total programming is commercials. That also works out t o about a 3:1 ratio.
There didn't seem to be any particular difference in the quality of the stories assigned to either gender of anchor. For the most part, they equally handled all the top stories, doing lead-ins to things like the "shoot arounds," which were panel of experts on baseball and basketball and the Stanley Cup. The panel on baseball discussed the pitchers who would be starting games to be played that day (Friday) and that commentary had to do with the fact that there were five Cy Young award winners starting between the teams involved. There was further discussion on who had the "meanest" pitches. This was followed up through the next period of broadcasting by a feature on these pitchers as to how fast they could pitch, how many times they won the award and what their "signature" pitch is.
The second "shoot around," was discussing the NBA play-offs. One of the features attached to this was about the Indiana pacers of 1975 when they were called the "Bad Boys," because they were so physical and aggressive on the court. The shots shown included many fights. The third "shoot around" discussed the Stanley Cup and of course, any time hockey is discussed there are always shots of the fights.
Many of the females involved were interviewers for players from the play-off teams and except for Dana Jacobson, that is really all they did except adding a couple of comments after the interview.
Auto racing, with the Indy 500 as the center piece, was the next best represented sport. There were a couple of sort of features and the French driver Gilde Farran, who has won the "Indy" offered comments and insights as to what that was like.


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Fincantieri Marinette Marine and Vigor Deliver Boats to Jordanian Navy
Fincantieri Marinette Marine and Vigor (Team RB-M) announced the deliveries of two additional Response Boat-Mediums (RB-Ms) to the U.S. Coast Guard. These boats are part of an approved foreign military sale to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan through the Department of Homeland Security.
Fincantieri Marinette Marine was the prime contractor and program manager for the project, and Vigor built the vessels at its Seattle facility.
The Royal Jordanian Naval Force (RJNF) plans to operate the boats from its base in Aqaba, Jordan. The 13.6-meter vessels are capable of a top speed of more than 42 knots and have a mission duration of up to 24 hours. The RB-Ms will enhance the RJNF's ability to perform security missions, search and rescue, and drug interdiction along with visit, board, search and seizure operations (VBSS).
"We are pleased to lead this effort as the prime contractor and to team with Vigor to provide the U.S. government and our Coast Guard a means through which to strengthen security cooperation worldwide," said Rick Hunt, President of Fincantieri Marinette Marine.
Key features on the vessels include FLIR night vision technology, push knees for added control with VBSS operations, and a composite aft deck hardtop for crew comfort. The vessels continue to utilize shock mitigating seats, Vector-Stick Integrated Control Systems, and port and starboard rescue wells for water retrievals.
"The RB-M has proven to be one of Vigor's most enduring designs thanks to its reliable high performance. We are pleased to see its popularity spreading internationally and honored to support the U.S. Coast Guard and its allies in RB-M production," Bill Blount, Director, International Sales.
Team RB-M previously delivered 174 similar boats to the U.S. Coast Guard and is completing six additional boats to the Kingdom of Bahrain.
More News & Press
November 1, 2019 Fincantieri Marinette Marine and Vigor (Team RB-M) Deliver Additional Response Boats to Bahrain
October 14, 2019 The Carlyle Group and Stellex Capital Management Complete Acquisition of Vigor and MHI Holdings;
September 27, 2019 Vigor Wins Modernization Contract for Two Navy Cruisers
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Prowling the high streets for travel, festival or even home essentials? There's a store that's got you covered, Tiger! The Danish outlet is roaring success having expanded to over 400 stores since opening in Copenhagen 20 years ago.
Tiger Stores sells their products in £1 dominions, and most things are priced VERY reasonably at around £1-3. The simple pricing, store layout and welcoming staff make it quite an enjoyable and easy shopping experience.
I also like that the stock is regularly refreshed and updated, meaning there's always a reason to come back and explore again.
This is not a travel must-have, but it's definitely a tea time essential. The writing on the biscuit barrel does, however, provide fun travel facts about Denmark, and recommends dunking them in cold milk – yum!
The container is a handy size to re-use and is generously loaded with sweet shortbread.
Tiger stores offers really quirky, useful storage solutions for jewellery, glasses, lunch and more. When meandering around the store I always come across things I never realised I wanted/needed!
There's a section dedicated to travel with luggage tags, locks, water bottles, neck pillows, eye masks – you name it! It's ideal for any last-minute essentials before jetting off.
My sweet tooth couldn't resist all the bags of sweets and fudge, perfect for any long road trips.
For the health conscious they've got an impressive range of herbs and spices to season your meals, as well as herbal teas.
Tiger's impressive stationary range is really funky – from oversized pencils and pens to stamp sets and haberdashery. I'm naturally drawn to they're photography/film themed products and loved their suitcase drawing pad (above).
Whether you're festival-going or home redecorating, there's products here aimed at almost every type of scenario and lifestyle.
The store layout also acts like a one-way system guiding you through all the handy bits-and-bobs they have on offer.
If you've not been, think of it like a small scale IKEA on the high-street. For more information, check out Tiger Stores website by clicking here.
Have you explored your local Tiger Stores – what do you think of it? Let me know!Planning a trip to Cardiff or Wales? Visit my Travel In Wales page for some inspiration and Restaurant/Café section for places to eat.
Thanks to Tiger Stores for letting me have free reign of the shop. Opinions are my own.


Merritt Ames (1825-1914), was born in Poultney, Vermont, coming to Glens Falls, New York in 1846.
Mr. Ames was a preacher, and studied chemistry and astronomy on his own. He became a professional photographer and friend of famous George Eastman. While developing his own lantern slides, Mr. Ames realized that he was generating waste from the developing process that contained silver. After experimentation, he began collecting this residue from photographers around the country, purified the wastes into silver nitrate to be reused by photographers, silver for the U.S. Mint, and for making mirrors and medicine.
Ames Goldsmith's plant has been in continuous operation as a silver refiner and fabricator for nearly 150 years. Today, with an annual silver consumption well in excess of 85 million troy ounces, we are one of the largest integrated silver fabricators in the world.
We've been recycling silver for nearly a century and a half, making the most of silver – a vital resource for industry, medicine, photography, electronic components, and manufactured consumer products.
As the company grew, we diversified into producing silver nitrate, oxide, and advanced silver powders and flakes. In addition to our silver-based materials, Ames Goldsmith owns proprietary technologies for producing Copper based materials.
With locations in the USA, UK, and Asia, the recent business diversification includes expansion of the North America and Asia metal powder business units (2013), the acquisition of Ceimig Limited (2015), and the integration of Colonial Metals Industries under the Ames Goldsmith Corporation umbrella in 2017.
At Ames Goldsmith, we pride ourselves on our ability to work with our customers to meet their unique application requirements. To this end, Ames Goldsmith has become very efficient at modifying our standard materials and developing new materials to meet the changing needs of an ever-evolving marketplace.
We value all the business that our customers entrust to us, and regardless of size, our customers will receive first-class service and support from our facilities.


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Fallen deputy's remains return home to Highlands County
SEBRING (FOX 13) - It's been an emotional and powerful week already as the Highlands County community continues to honor one of their fallen deputies. The tributes continued into Thursday morning, when the remains of Deputy William Gentry were brought back home, providing opportunity for residents to pay their respects.
Deputy Gentry donated his organs to more than 70 people, giving others a second chance at life. This morning's procession began at the Polk County Medical Examiner's Office in Winter Haven to bring his body back to Highlands County. U.S. flags were raised by ladder trucks allowing the the motorcade line, and the ambulance carrying his body, to travel underneath it. Many street corners were lined with people paying their respects to Deputy Gentry.
The ambulance escorted by a law enforcement motorcade, traveled south on Highway 17, before turning east on Highway 60 in Bartow. The procession reached the county line by 10 a.m., and proceeded to Stephenson-Nelson Funeral Home on the Sebring Parkway.
A candlelight vigil was held Wednesday night in Deputy Gentry's honor, where 1,200 attended the fireman's Field in Sebring, according to the sheriff's office. Many wore his badge number across their chests – 2247 -- vowing that his murder will lead to a closer community.
Deputy Gentry was fatally shot Sunday night after responding to a call that a man killed his neighbor's cat in a Lake Placid neighborhood. The suspect, Joseph Ables, claims he "blacked out" and doesn't remember shooting the deputy.
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The Florida Deputy Sheriff's Association has set up a GoFundMe account to benefit Deputy Gentry family's which can be found here: gofundme.com/5iqsc9c. The Highlands County Sheriff's Office is also accepting checks. They ask anyone who is interested to call 863-446-0003 or email donations@highlandssheriff.org for details.
On Tuesday, a public memorial will be held at 11 a.m. at the Highlands New Sun Center, located at 781 Magnolia Avenue


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Taliban ban PUBG and TikTok in Afghanistan for "misleading" kids
PUBG, TikTok
PUBG is known for being a giant battle royale title and TikTok is one of the world's leading social media platforms, but they are about to be banned in Afghanistan after insistence from the Taliban.
Before the likes of Fortnite, Apex, and Warzone took over the competitive battle royale market, PUBG was becoming the complete trendsetter in that genre.
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds popularized and revolutionized the genre in new ways we hadn't seen before and is still widely enjoyed by many players today.
Whereas TikTok has skyrocketed over the last few years to become one of the most downloaded and used apps each and every day.
However, it appears that residents in Afghanistan are going to lose their access to both with the Taliban set to enforce a complete ban on both platforms.
TikTok and PUBG to be banned in Afghanistan
Despite the success of both PUBG and TikTok, long-time concerns from the Taliban led to the organization declaring back in April 2022 that both types of media would be banned as they were "misleading" youths.
Now, the Taliban's Ministry of Telecommunication has reiterated that both services will be unavailable once the ban is implemented: "TikTok must be banned within a month time from now and PUBG should be banned within next 90 days," the Khaama Press reported.
This will make the nation the "3rd country after Pakistan and India that is going to ban PUBG" and according to Taliban spokesman Inamullah Samangani back in April, the simultaneous ban of TikTok was vital to "prevent the younger generation from being misled."
The impact of losing both applications will surely be felt among the Afghanistan community as the country has seen an influx of internet users in recent years.
With over 1 billion active users on TikTok and PUBG being one of the best-selling games of all time, the country's citizens will need to find new apps to use in the next few weeks.
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We want to keep this tab in case we need the information in the future.
The above link is the BEST map to see the area in regards to where the building is and where parking is for the building. The building we will be in is labeled LOB (it is next to a rectangular BLUE called Underground Deck) . You will want to park in the area that is labeled PINK on the map called Visitor's Lot 2. It costs $2.00 per hour to park up to $16 per day. Do not lose your ticket or it will cost you $16.00 even if you're only there for an hour.
Here is an "alternate" map which makes it easy to see the Legislative Office Building and Visitor Lot 2. I believe the "real" name of the parking deck is parking deck 75. Make sure that when you park, you park in the Visitors Parking and not the Employee Parking.
We would love for you to stop in for a bit. We may even have you help us out while you're there! If you have a Lyme Awareness T-shirt, please wear it. Some have asked how they can help and have offered to print off "something" – One of the things we will be passing out to visitors are the NC Department of Public Health Memos on Lyme Disease in NC. If you would like to help in this way, please print off 10 to 25 copies of this memo so we can have them if we run out.
Even if we don't use them at the table on this day, it could be something we could utilize on another day. If you print the memo off on one sheet of paper (front & back), no need to staple. However if you print it on two sheets of paper, please staple the top left corner for ease of passing out. Color printing is preferred since there are colorful maps on the second page of the memo, but it's not necessary.
Beth & I have prepared some small green bags for the event. These will be a quick hand off of information for Legislatures on the go. These baggies are specifically for those folks because we want to be able to have on hand the information they need to learn about Lyme. This is our building a bridge visit. We want them to realize that Lyme affects people in North Carolina and ultimately we would love to advocate for Legislative changes, but first we need to build the bridge of communication.
YOu may wonder how else you can help ? Well I'm glad you asked. I would love nothing more than to share your stories with Legislatures and Legislative staff and lobbyists. Who better to tell your story than you? Well I need your stories NC Lyme patients!
It is too late for me to print off long stories, but you can submit a quick survey for tomorrow's event – and it will help. Then I will connect with you later to get your one page story.
Please note parking decks take cash or credit/debit, but do not take checks.
Fees are generally $2.00 per hour, but may vary depending on which deck you park in.
So – the other thing you may need to know is directions – please note that these directions are straight to the LB, not the LOB – so please make sure you utilize both the directions on the NCGA and the maps above to help get you to the LOB.


Tom Cruise stars in Oblivion, an original and groundbreaking cinematic event from the director of TRON: Legacy and the producer of Rise of the Planet of the Apes. On a spectacular future Earth that has evolved beyond recognition, one man's confrontation with the past will lead him on a journey of redemption and discovery as he battles to save mankind. Jack Harper (Cruise) is one of the last few drone repairmen stationed on Earth. Part of a massive operation to extract vital resources after decades of war with a terrifying threat known as the Scavs, Jack's mission is nearly complete. Living in and patrolling the breathtaking skies from thousands of feet above, his soaring existence is brought crashing down when he rescues a beautiful stranger from a downed spacecraft. Her arrival triggers a chain of events that forces him to question everything he knows and puts the fate of humanity in his hands. Oblivion was shot in stunning digital 4K resolution on location across the United States and Iceland.


NM Mark Kernighan defeated Ari Minkov to become Club Champion. I lost to Don Carrelli, who recently tied for 8th place in the Foxwoods Open U1700 section.
Dr. Ian Mangion beat Joe Demetrick to win the U1800 crown. Hart-Wojcio was postponed but, since 1st place has been decided, it & the other remaining contest, Demetrick-Hart, will likely be cancelled.
Joe Renna won his 2nd straight U1400 title with a victory against Bert Shiffman, who, for the 3rd week in a row, could not convert a huge advantage.
Here are all of last night's matches in java-replay & PGN.
update : fully annotated version of Carrelli-Moldovan uploaded 3/29 @ 5:25 p.m.
The Kenilworth Blitz tournament scheduled for April 24th has been postponed to make room for the Irving Ellner & Sy Fish Memorial event(s). The dates & formats of the latter two will be announced in the near future.
Notes to last week's Mangion-Hart game have been uploaded. Thanks to TD Geoff McAuliffe for "fritzing" it. Please refer to post #289 for the game-links.
#292 Six Free Months of World Chess Live!!
Free six-month memberships to World Chess Live are now available to all members of the U.S. Chess Federation, whether or not they are currently members of WCL. For new WCL members, simply enter your USCF membership number and PIN (they're on your Chess Life mailing label) at the bottom of the WCL registration page in the Group ID and Group PIN boxes. If you're already registered with WCL, go to your account page and use the link in the Memberships/Affiliations section at the bottom.
Sign-up for this offer ends on September 30, 2008.
Notes to last night's draw between Max Sherer & NM Mark Kernighan have been uploaded. Please refer to post #289 for the game-links.
Sorry, folks. I just realized that the Java & zip for Post #282, Good 15+0 ICC Game, weren't uploaded back on 3/9.
I tried to provide live coverage of the games in this space but the wi-fi signal at the club was weak & it faded-out just before I could post. So a typical report will have to do.
With one head to head meeting to go Mark & Ari Minkov are tied with 6.0.
Ian Mangion beat Glen Hart to take the lead.
Bert Shiffman won via forfeit against Chris Lim and drew the tie-breaker against Joe Renna. So, Bert & Joe will have to go at it again... for a 4th time!
I've annotated my win over Max Sherer & added some thoughts on Glen Hart's victory versus Justin Roach. Here are the updated 9th-round java-replay & PGN.
Further Update : Notes to Minkov-Carrelli uploaded 3/18 @ 12:06 a.m.
I have uploaded notes to my last-round game vs. Mark Kernighan and updated the associated replay page + zipped PGN.
With leader Mark Kernighan getting the week off, Ari Minkov took over the top spot by beating Don Carrelli. I overcame an inferior position against Max Sherer and moved into 3rd place.
Play in the B group ended with Glen Hart defeating Justin Roach and earning a berth in the U1800 playoffs. In those playoffs, last night, Joe Demetrick handed Mike Wojcio his 2nd-straight defeat.
Joe Renna, meanwhile, clinched at least a tie for 1st in the U1400 playoffs when Bert Shiffman allowed him to draw by repetition. Bert needs a win vs. Chris Lim to force a re-match with Joe.
Here are the updated Open & final U1800-B standings, the U1800 playoff & U1400 playoff tables, plus 3 of yesterday's games in java-replay & PGN. Notes to my battle will follow at some point.
A ChessBase file with 428 games from last month's U.S. Amateur Team East Tournament in Parsippany is available at the NJSCF web site!
Here's a small zip & java-replay page with 25 played by Kenilworth CC & team members. 19 of those games, including 4 of mine, made it into The Week In Chess 696.
The Elizabeth Chess Club meets Wednesday evenings from 6:30 to 8:30 at the Elmora Racquet Club, 23 Ferwood Terrace.
At present, it mostly consists of youths but Dr. Richard Lewis (President), Yaacov Norowitz & Mikhail Kruglyak are members and encourage all to stop by.
With Ari Minkov electing not to play, second place in the Checkmate Championship was up for grabs. Bob Sherry took it with a win over Ted Mann while I turned victory into loss against NM Mark Kernighan. Don Carrelli beat Joe Azzarello to finish fifth.
... and crosstable; plus the replays & PGN of last night's games.
Since I'm rather "chessed-out" at the moment (Wish the KCCC was done, too.), I'll post my final-game notes later this week.
I played a good game against a 2232-rated on ICC yesterday but lost on time. Here's the replay & PGN, if you want to check it out.
Roach-Mann & Shiffman-Mangion have been added to the Kenilworth Championship 7th round java-replays & PGN file.
Mark Kernighan beat me in 18 moves again while Ari Minkov defeated Max Sherer. With 2 games to go Mark leads Ari by a half-point.
TD Geoff McAuliffe decided to change the format to a single RR plus U1800 & U1400 playoffs.
Joe Demetrick (clinched a share of the 'B' group crown).
Glen Hart can knot Joe D. by beating Justin Roach next week.
Jim Cole's results stand & his remaining opponents (Yampolskiy, Lim, Roach) get full points.
Finally, here are the updated, standings for the Open, U1800-A, U1800-B sections and... 4 of the 8th-round games in replay & PGN. 3 are annotated.
Demetrick-Roach amended 3/9 @ 12:23 p.m.
NM Mark Kernighan clinched his 2nd Checkmate Championship crown by defeating Ari Minkov last night. Minkov, who has also won the event twice, still has a beat on 2nd place but Bob Sherry & I closed the gap to a half-point with wins over Don Carrelli & Ted Mann. Joe Renna escaped from the cellar with a victory over Joe Azzarello.
revised notes to Moldovan-Mann posted 3/4 @ 7:48 a.m.
Now that I've received most of the 7th round results (only missing Lim-Yampolskiy), here are the week's replay page & PGN plus updated standings for the Open, U1800-A & U1800-B sections.
Special thanks to Don, Joe D., Gordon, Mike & Ted for sending in games & responding to my e-mails.
P.S. - Mark Kernighan gave me a copy of his Round 5 draw vs. Ari Minkov. Please refer to post #271 or #275 for the game-links.


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Q: Defaults for Highcharts graphs We are using Highcharts for the graphs in a dashboard web app. We are craeting the graph objects in javaScript. Most of the graphs share similar options. E.g. one graph is created by something like this:
Highcharts.chart('boiler-temp', {
    chart: {
        type: 'spline'
    },
    title: {
        text: 'Boiler temperatures'
    },
    legend: {
        layout: 'horizontal',
        align: 'center',
        verticalAlign: 'bottom'
    },
    yAxis: [{
        title: {
            text: 'Inner temperature'
        }
    }, {
        title: {
            text: 'Outer temperature',
        },
        opposite: true,
        min: 0,
        max: 100
    }],
    data: {
        rowsURL: dataUrl,
    },
    series: [{
        yAxis: 0,
    }, {
        yAxis: 1,
    }],
    plotOptions: {
        series: {
        connectNulls: true
        }
    },
    exporting: {
        fallbackToExportServer: false
    }
}

Another graph is created very similarly like this:
Highcharts.chart('boiler-temp', {
    chart: {
        type: 'spline'
    },
    title: {
        text: 'Boiler pressure'
    },
    legend: {
        layout: 'horizontal',
        align: 'center',
        verticalAlign: 'bottom'
    },
    yAxis: [{
        title: {
            text: 'Inner pressure'
        }
    }, {
        title: {
            text: 'Outer outer pressure',
        },
        opposite: true,
        min: 0,
        max: 100
    }],
    data: {
        rowsURL: dataUrl,
    },
    series: [{
        yAxis: 0,
    }, {
        yAxis: 1,
    }],
    plotOptions: {
        series: {
        connectNulls: true
        }
    },
    exporting: {
        fallbackToExportServer: false
    }
}

For maintainability I would like to define a default set of options as
{
    chart: {
        type: 'spline'
    },
    legend: {
        layout: 'horizontal',
        align: 'center',
        verticalAlign: 'bottom'
    },
    yAxis: [{
    }, {
        opposite: true,
        min: 0,
        max: 100
    }],
    series: [{
        yAxis: 0,
    }, {
        yAxis: 1,
    }],
    plotOptions: {
        series: {
        connectNulls: true
        }
    },
    exporting: {
        fallbackToExportServer: false
    }
}

and then, when I instantiate a graph, overwrite what changes. Is there a way to do this with Highcharts/JavaScript?

A: It can be done using Highcharts global options - set of options to all charts on the same page.
Highcharts.setOptions({
  chart: {
    type: 'spline'
  },
  legend: {
    layout: 'horizontal',
    align: 'center',
    verticalAlign: 'bottom'
  },
  yAxis: [{}, {
    opposite: true,
    min: 0,
    max: 100
  }],
  series: [{
    yAxis: 0,
  }, {
    yAxis: 1,
  }],
  plotOptions: {
    series: {
      connectNulls: true
    }
  },
  exporting: {
    fallbackToExportServer: false
  }
});

Demo:

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*https://jsfiddle.net/BlackLabel/ugsfoyeh/
Docs:

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*https://www.highcharts.com/docs/getting-started/how-to-set-options#2

Another approach is to create a defaultOptions somewhere in your app and merge them with chart options using eg. Highcharts.merge().
const defualtData = {
  chart: {
    type: 'spline'
  },
  legend: {
    layout: 'horizontal',
    align: 'center',
    verticalAlign: 'bottom'
  },
  yAxis: [{}, {
    opposite: true,
    min: 0,
    max: 100
  }],
  series: [{
    yAxis: 0,
  }, {
    yAxis: 1,
  }],
  plotOptions: {
    series: {
      connectNulls: true
    }
  },
  exporting: {
    fallbackToExportServer: false
  }
};

Highcharts.chart('boiler-temp1', Highcharts.merge(defualtData, {
  title: {
    text: 'Boiler temperatures'
  }
}));

Demo:

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*https://jsfiddle.net/BlackLabel/5epm4hqc/
API reference:

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*https://api.highcharts.com/class-reference/Highcharts#.merge


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The latest image alleged to be that of the third-generation Motorola Moto X, was discovered on a Google+ account of a Brazilian gentleman by the name of Roger Pretto. The metal frame on both handsets do have a similar appearance. However, there are some differences, such as the shape of the flash unit on both models.
The third-gen Moto X that was found on Mr. Pretto's Google+ account actually looks quite similar to a picture showing the rear panel of a rumored new Motorola DROID mini that is supposedly heading to Verizon. Three other rear panels appear in that photograph, including one claiming to belong to the Moto X. But once again, we run into the contradiction of the flash. The rear panel that allegedly belongs to the third-generation Moto X in that lineup has a lozenge shaped flash as opposed to the circular one on the Google+ image.
There could be a easy answer. As you recall, there are reportedly two different third-generation Moto X variants on the way. One is 5.2-inches and the other is 5.7-inches. That could explain the difference. The last word we heard on the larger model was that only Verizon had showed interest in it.