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Bell Media says it will launch an "independent third-party internal workplace review" of its newsroom, in the wake of the public backlash over the termination of CTV Chief Anchor and Senior News Editor Lisa LaFlamme. Bell issued a statement Friday morning, signed by Wade Oosterman, President of Bell Media, and Karine Moses, Senior Vice President, Content Development and News, saying that "CTV regrets that the way in which her departure has been communicated may have left viewers with the wrong impression about how CTV regards Lisa and her remarkable career." As insinuations abound on social media about the role ageism and sexism may have played in LaFlamme being released from her contract, Bell's statement follows a memo sent to Bell Media newsroom staff on Thursday in which Moses countered media coverage "filled with false narratives," clarifying that LaFlamme was given the opportunity for a formal goodbye, but turned it down. She also expressed her support for VP of News Michael Melling. The memo was followed by a town hall at which Melling and Moses were present to answer questions from staff. Read more here.
Lisa LaFlamme's departure is still making headlines with a North Bay, ON man's petition to bring the anchor back now at 158,000 signatures. LaFlamme's predecessor in the Chief Anchor role, Lloyd Robertson, expressed his support for her at a weekend event in Stratford, while LaFlamme's premature exit from CTV also spurred retired Lieutenant-General and former Senator Romeo Dallaire to chime in about institutional sexism. Dove Canada has also jumped in to capitalize on the perceived role LaFlamme's move to go grey may have had in her release from the network.
I did not have Dove Canada takes on Bell Media on my bingo card for 2022. https://t.co/OmahijGren
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The CRTC's newly-released broadcast sector highlights for 2020-21, indicate commercial profitability during the 2021 broadcast year was mostly flat year-over-year. The commission's analysis says that can be at least partially attributed to COVID-19 subsidies and the broadcasting industry's move to adapt to downward pressure on revenues, noting that since the start of the pandemic, operating expenses have been reduced across all commercial sectors of the industry. The CRTC says since the start of the pandemic, average traditional radio hours per listeners per week have further declined, while digital media broadcasting undertakings (DMBU) audio services have grown at a compound annual rate of 12.4% since 2013. Listening to traditional radio has decreased over the same period at a compound annual rate of 4.7%. The average time spent watching traditional television services has decreased by a compound annual rate of 2.2% or a total of 16.5% since 2013. Read more here.
CRTC Chair Ian Scott
The Office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner says it will not initiate an examination into CRTC chair Ian Scott's alleged bias related to meetings with telecom service providers, according to the commissioner's report on the matter. It was alleged Scott had several meetings with large telecom providers while they had open and active files before the commission, thereby failing to avoid apparent conflicts of interest in breach of the Values and Ethics Code for the Public Sector and CRTC practices. One of the meetings cited in the referral took place in an Ottawa pub in Dec. 2019 with Mirko Bibic, who was then Chief Operating Officer of BCE Inc. and Bell Canada and became President and CEO in Jan. 2020. The week before, Bell had filed an application with the CRTC to review and vary a 2019 Telecom Order. Scott was on the CRTC panel that issued the subsequent decision. While Bibic was characterized in a Feb. 2020 article as a friend of Scott's, the commissioner found Scott and Bibic's relationship "was not one of friendship within the meaning of the Act since it remained exclusively professional despite both having worked in the same industry for over two decades."
Diversity Minister Ahmed Hussen has announced that the government has cut the funding it awarded to the Community Media Advocacy Centre (CMAC) to develop an anti-racism strategy for Canadian broadcasting after concerns were raised about a consultant on the project. The project, which was awarded $133,822 by the federal government, has also now been suspended. In April, CMAC launched a series of consultations as part of the project, which aimed to develop an Anti-Racism Strategy that would "reduce barriers to participation in media and broadcasting policy-making for Racialized Canadians." Consultations have already taken place in Montreal, Vancouver and Halifax. Three more were scheduled to take place in Calgary, Winnipeg and Ottawa over the next few months. However, since the funding was awarded, there have been numerous reports of antisemitic tweets from a Twitter account belonging to Laith Marouf, a senior consultant with CMAC. Read more here.
The CRTC has renewed OUTtv's licence, granting the channel must-offer status in English-language markets. The renewal falls short of OUTtv's request for must-offer status in both French and English, as well as pricing and packaging terms. Known for its original first-run Canadian LGTBQ2+ programming, OUTtv argued that the terms should apply to all BDUs who serve over 2,000 subscribers to ensure those in smaller markets have access to LGBTQ2+ content. It's application also argued that in the current market, vertically integrated entities have an advantage because they control the distribution of their programming services themselves, unlike independents like OUTtv that must negotiate their distribution terms with BDUs. CRTC Commissioner Claire Anderson submitted a dissenting opinion, saying while she agrees with the decision to grant "must-offer" status to OUTtv, she believes the channel should be mandatorialy included in cable packages with the highest penetration rates, whereas the decision sets an "expectation." Read more here.
Unifor Bell Clerical bargaining unit
Bell Clerical workers have ratified a new four-year deal that includes a 3.25% wage increase retroactive to Dec. 1, 2021 and then a 2.5% increase on Dec. 1 each year until 2024. Among the gains for the union are reclassifying temporary employees to permanent status at 24 months instead of 36 months; for over 350 employees, reclassifying from part-time status to full-time status; and securing the teleworking program in a memorandum of agreement. The agreement also means a commitment from Bell to hire 200 new employees and a racial justice advocate – one for each province – with 400 hours paid by the company. Bell Clerical members previously voted in favour of strike action in June. Approximately 4,200 workers in the clerical bargaining unit perform clerical and other duties, and live and work across Ontario and Quebec.
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Do You Know This Hidden eProcurement Challenge?
If your organization didn't implement an eProcurement system in the technology bonanza of the late 1990's, don't be surprised if introducing eProcurement to your organization is a goal of yours in the next year.
IT spending is picking up. And eProcurement's value proposition of saving money has stood the test of time.
eProcurement involves many challenging decisions - some apparent, some not.
One example of a non-apparent challenge is choosing the type of supplier of retail-type items for your eProcurement system. Retail-type items are items that can be purchased at a store (e.g., office supplies, computer supplies, etc.). These items can be bought from suppliers with storefronts (Retailers) or suppliers who deal strictly with businesses (B2B Sellers).
Less internal friction occurs when option #2 is chosen. Why? Retailers often run sales with attractive discounts to drive in consumer business. Their Web sites have updated prices weekly. No other option makes these special discounts available to you as seamlessly.
If a B2B Seller is enabled on your eProcurement system and a competing Retailer runs a sale, your users may be able to get a better deal individually than your organization gets as a whole. So your users will run to the store instead of using eProcurement. This undermines the buy-in critical to eProcurement success.
Should you only enable Retailers on your eProcurement system for retail-type items? Not necessarily. But require any B2B Sellers to propose a reliable solution to this potential dilemma before enabling them instead.


Following the Truth and Reconciliation Commission calls for action, post-secondary institutions across the country sought to increase the number of Indigenous students on campus, as well as support events focused on reconciliation. Many institutions, such as Vancouver Island University in Nanaimo, have seen significant funding for their reconciliation work such as the $13.5 million from Mastercard. Despite this funding for institutions, many Indigenous students continue to face difficulties and limitations in accessing funding for a post-secondary education, which occurs through the federal Post-Secondary Student Support Program (PSSSP).
While much of the post-secondary education system is under the purview of provincial governments, the federal government maintains responsibility for Indigenous education, international students, student financial aid, and graduate research funding. The Post-Secondary Student Support Program (PSSSP) apportions money to band councils which is generally passed on as non-repayable grants to band members.
In the 1990s, the Liberal Party of Canada government capped funding increases to the PSSSP. As tuition fees continued to skyrocket over the subsequent two decades, PSSSP funding failed to keep pace. The result is that already stretched band councils were forced the make impossible decisions about funding for band members to attend post-secondary institutions. Indigenous people attain post-secondary degrees at a rate far below the popular average. Even the Right Honourable Paul Martin, Minister of Finance at the time, has since suggested that introducing the PSSSP cap was a mistake.
The recent 2019 Budget announcement seeks to correct this as the PSSSP will receive a number of investments for Indigenous students and communities. This includes and expansion of the program by $327.5 million for First Nations communities to disperse to those seeking post-secondary education, while also working with Indigenous communities to develop long-term post-secondary education models. Inuit communities will see an investment of 125.5 million over ten years. A Métis Nation-led post-secondary education strategy consisting of financial assistance for Métis Nations students will see an investment of $362.0 million over ten years.
Some advocates within Indigenous education and sovereignty are concerned about how the funding will be managed, given the limitations that exist under the current system.
"$327.5 million over 5 years to enhance the PSSSP while the feds "engage" with FNs to develop long-term First Nation-led post-secondary education models."#YourBudget2019#NotMyBudget.
That will make the ongoing consultation and review of the program promised by the budget and Ministry integral to successful implementation of the investment.


Does anyone still wear suits anymore? The look is not as popular as it once was, but I still think there is nothing more polished and professional than putting together a look with a jacket.
A suit used to be the newscasters uniform and I still have a closet of color coordinated outfits. I wore suits for work for almost a decade before dresses became much more fashion forward. As the trend switched more to casual clothes for TV, I still tried to find a way to incorporate the suit look without looking dated or frumpy.
One of my favorite looks is a jacket with a pop or color, a matching shell and a neutral colored bottom.
I feel like taking the matchy-matchy out of the suit is a great way to keep the look fresh, updated and totally UN-frumpy. I love the way this teal jacket has fun and interesting details.
Short jackets are also a great way to feel very youthful in a suit.
I'd also play with the length of the skirt and the cut of the pants to make sure your bottoms are in style. In addition to a sleek skirt, pairing a suit jacket with slim legged pants is a perfect way to keep a modern look.
I hope you have a simply amazing weekend! Monday I'm keeping it real and sharing some current life confessions.
Thanks to Nicole for the Fit and Fashionable linkup! I'm also linking up with Joylynne Shane for Fashion Friday and the Fashion Passion linkup.
Do you ever wear a suit?
That color looks great on you, Julie! I don't wear suits anymore, but I like wearing blazers over dresses or with jeans :). Slowly catching up on your posts after a busy week!!
Living in DC lots of ladies wear suits to work everyday. I love your look!
I never wear a suit! Unless it's a bathing suit…ha! I used to work in advertising so I had to semi sort of dress up. Now I work in fitness. I buy sneakers instead of high heels!
Haha! I'm sure you have some great workout gear now! Thanks for stopping by today.
I love that outfit! It looks gorgeous on you! <3 I don't usually wear skirts when I'm on my rotations because that usually means I gotta wear different shoes, but I think I will have to rethink that. :] I love that teal jacket!
Thanks Farrah! I love wearing cute skirts. Makes me happy all day!
So cute! I don't think I've ever worn a suit. Being in the medical field it has never been necessary! Scrubs are my uniform!
Haha! At least you don't have the "what am I going to wear" dilemma! Hope you are having a great weekend.
You look super cute! I always feel like I look frumpy when I wear suits, Love the idea of breaking up the colors and pairing with a slim legged pant!
I think it is all about the cut! Something slim fitting really helps.
So cute! I had totally abandoned the idea of a suit, but I think you may have changed my mind.
It is not something I wear often, but I think It is a great way to switch it up. I also feel like they might make a comeback sometime soon!
You look really stylish and so pretty in the suit. You definitely pulled it off!
Thanks Emily! Thanks for stopping by and happy weekend!
So cute! I agree with you on colorful jackets – love them! I also love that it's not matchy-matchy, like you said.
Thanks Nicole! Thanks for the linkup!
I've never worn a full suit, but have tried wearing more blazers for different work events. They always make me feel so polished and sophisticated. It's crazy how such a simple thing like a blazer can put an extra skip in your step so to speak.
It's a perfect way to be taken more seriously in my opinion!
I occasionally still wear a suit depending on what is going on. You know Florida can be kind of relaxed in the dress code department! Nothing polishes up an outfit like a nice jacket!
Oh yeah! Florida is very relaxed. Asheville, with it's hippie vibe, is also a dress down place, but more boho than beachy.
Totally agree with you–you gotta mix it up, and go with unexpected colors and shapes!
I wear maybe one suit every two weeks just for old time sake. We got the everybody should wear a jewel tone wrap dress speech. I probably have 20+ of them in my closet now. yikes.
I have a closet full of suits that I can mix an match. Thanks for the tip. Going out for Mother's Day. Now I know what to wear. You look fabulous. Love seeing you on Jewels That Dance commercials.
Thanks so much Linda! So glad you like the new commercials!
I really like your suit look today.
I was really happy to see your Jewels That Dance add Thursday morning on WLOS at 7:58 AM .I thought that was especially Kool coming on right after the weather. I thought the add was very well done. Hope you have a nice weekend.
Thanks Blane! Glad you like the Jewel's That Dance commercial! As always, thanks for the support.
Hello, Juoie. I have suits, but have been using them as separates for a while. Some professional offices still require a dressier dress code and my outfit depends on the industry where I will be that day.
Love your jacket–a favorite color of mine.
Thanks! I love this color too. It works well for so many people.
I occasionally wear suits but not very often. It all depends on what I'm doing at work that day.
Thanks Jill! I don't wear them near as much anymore, but always feel great when I do.
You're speaking my language! I love separates. I have so many great jackets and I love to mix and match them with pencil skirts or slim pants. I hardly ever wear the same color jacket and pant/skirt. The look you have on is great!


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Mayweather : No more Pacquiao fight
"Once again, I dissected this fighter, the so-called 'best fighter of our generation.' I dissected him; probably was 10 (rounds for Mayweather) to 2 (rounds for Pacquiao), really 11 to 1, but it's safe to say 10 to 2," Mayweather, 38, told fight hype.
Mayweather ran his record to 49-0 byeasilywhipping Andre Berto last September and immediately announced his retirement. Four months earlier, Mayweather had beaten Pacquiao on a lopsided decision.
Before flying to Athens from Dubai over the weekend, Pacquiao said that he hopes to meet Mayweather a second time before calling it quits.
Pacquiao is gunning for a seat in the Senate in the May 2016 elections and the 36-year-old fighting congressman has told everyone that his April 9 fight will be his swan song.
But Mayweather swears he won't grant Pacquiao a rematch, stressing that "it's all b_____t." Mayweather added: "What they're doing is this, once again, piggy- backing off my name to sell pay-per-view numbers when he do go out there and fight again."
The reason behind Pacquiao's belief that Mayweather will give in eventually is the fact that another match-up would generate another jackpot in the box-office and payper-view.
Their first fight drew more than $600 million in revenue with Mayweather getting $250 million and Pacquiao earning $150 million. Even though a rematch won't likely shatter the mind- boggling 4.4 million PPV buys, it would be safe to say that it will be another huge success. (n. Giongco, mb)
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Bed Rest? More Like BORED Rest!
When it comes to pregnancy, you generally tend to expect the unexpected and really prepare yourself for anything. Things can look great one week, only to take a turn the next. Why this happens, I'll never know. It's just the way the body works, I suppose. I'll never understand it, and I'm quite certain I'll never experience it with my own body. I'm also fairly certain that I'd be a gigantic baby if I were pregnant. I give an amazing amount of respect and admiration to women for going through it.
We had our second hiccup of Sarah's pregnancy last week. At her regular check-up for 35 weeks, her blood pressure was elevated and her feet were swelling. For those of you who don't know, we had Sophia 10 days early when Sarah's blood pressure went up and it looked like preeclampsia was setting in. Obviously, this was a worry for this pregnancy. So, after being monitored at the doctor's office for about an hour, we checked Sarah into the maternity ward at the hospital to continue to be monitored. What they found was that her potassium levels were critically low and they needed to do an IV to get the levels up to snuff. So, a one night stay in the hospital was on the books and then when she was released she was given two words you would think would be nice… BED REST.
No more working, no more cooking, no more cleaning, no more playing with Sophia. No more anything but taking it easy on the couch or in bed. Sounds like a vacation, right? Yeah, that lasted less than a day. Sarah was already going stir crazy before Friday night had even come and gone, and she had only been home since 3 pm!
Needless to say, being on bed rest from now until we have the baby isn't ideal. We had plans, things to do, people to see, a house to clean, and finish getting set up for the baby's arrival. While Sarah's weekend was spent going stir crazy and having me calmly yell at her to "lay back down and stop doing things!", I spent it keeping Sophia occupied, cleaning, cooking, and everything in-between. Thankfully, we have family close that were around to help us out. For that, I'm incredibly grateful. I know one thing, I sure as hell appreciate everything Sarah does even more now than I did before. being a one-man-band at home is exhausting and I'll be happy when my partner-in-crime is back on her feet in a month or two.
As things stand now, we don't know when we'll have the baby. We had a scheduled C-section for the end of August, but that could easily change and move up to any time, really. So, we play the waiting game and hope our little Brownie in the oven will keep cooking and wait a few more weeks to make her debut.


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Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice review
I've been waiting for this. I started totally against Ben Affleck being cast as Batman but as the trailers were released, it was very clear that Ben was portraying a very different Batman. If you've read the Frank Miller comic "The Dark Knight Returns" then you'll be excited to see how this movie draws reference to that comic. Throw Wonder …
Who Will Win
Some are excited while others are slightly skeptical but as the hype for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice starts to pick up, everyone is eager to know who will win? Batman or Superman? Well we at POPCulture Online think that no matter who wins, the real winners are us fans. After all, would you have ever dreamed that such …
Man of Steel Review
I'm not going to write a conventional review of Man of Steel. I don't know how. It's been hours since I saw the preview and I am lost for words. I spent hours last night, sleepless and in search of inspiration to review this film. Truth is I'm going through a tough time in my personal life and it pretty …
Man of Steel Character Roll Call
Well now that you've read about the speculation on the plot line for Man of Steel, let's get you up to speed on the characters in the film. The Kryptonions First up it's Russell Crowe as Jor-El and Henry Cavill as Clark Kent / Superman. This father son relationship ought to be an interesting one as Russell Crowe clearly does …
Modernizing a classic
Back in 1978 many cinema goers left theaters believing that a man could fly. It also saw the star of a certain Christopher Reeve rise high above the heavens. Since then, if you ask any who they thought was the best Superman, most people would say Christopher Reeve. But there have been quite a few who have tried to emulate …
Man of Steel Official Trailer 2
Warner Bros. Pictures has released the 2nd trailer for the upcoming superhero movie Man of Steel. A reboot of the Superman movie series, Man of Steel will explore the DC Comics character's origin story. Clark Kent is a journalist in his twenties who was adopted as a child by Jonathan and Martha Kent after he was transported to Earth from …
Amy Adams confirmed as Lois Lane
Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures have confirmed that Amy Adams will be playing the role of Lois lane in the new reboot of the Superman movie. Zack Snyder who will direct the movie commented: "Second only to Superman himself, the question of who will play Lois Lane is arguably what fans have been most curious about. So we are excited to …
Henry Cavill to play Superman
Warner Bros. Pictures has announced that Henry Cavill will be playing the role of Clark Kent / Superman in the upcoming Superman film. The film will be directed by Zack Snyder of the 300 fame and is targeted for a December 2012 release. The British actor has played roles such as Humphrey in "Stardust" and Randy James in "Whatever …


River5 is the latest in a series of RSS News Aggretators written by Dave Winer. You can read his announcement here. These notes describe how to set up a River of News on a Virtual Server (VS) purchased or rented from CloudAtCost and freshly imaged with Ubuntu 14.04.
These notes assume that you have done some work in configuring your VS with a user, other than root, that has super user privileges. If you need help doing the initial setup of your VS, look here.
VS's don't have graphical displays. Everything needs to be done from the command line. You can execute these commands from the the console provided by the CloudAtCost panel. However, I find the response to be slow. An SSH client tends to work better for me. If you are running from Windows, I find the PuTTY SSH client to be very good.
In the command examples below, the input you would type is preceded by the command prompt. On my system, this is set up to show what directory I am in, followed by a dollar sign ($) and a space. When there is output displayed by a program, it follows a command and is not preceded by the prompt with the dollar sign.
The version of node.js available from the package manager on Ubuntu is typically woefully behind the current mature, stable release available from nodejs.org. But it's easy to install a current version without the package manager. Execute these commands to download the current version. Note that in my case, the current version was v4.3.0. Vist the Node.js download page to determine the appropriate version number when you install.
This retrieves the package of pre-compiled binaries. If you want to compile the version from source, well, that's a subject for another article.
and supply the sudo password when prompted. After a few seconds, the command prompt should return with no additional messages displayed.
This shows that Node is indeed installed in the /usr/local directory tree and that it has the expected version number.
Remember that these version numbers are those that were produced on my system when I wrote these notes. The values that you see might be different.
Installing River5 is even easier. First install the git version control tool.
Then use git to retrieve River5 from its repository.
This will display a relatively long list of packages needed by the program.
You should see a list of feeds and article titles go scrolling by. After a few minutes point a browser at your_domain:1337 where your_domain is a domain name that points to your server. If you have not obtained a domain name (or the DNS has not updated to the new IP address obtained when you imaged your server), you can also use the IP address provided when you imaged your VS.
If you log off of your server now, River5 will also stop operating. Go ahead and try it now. Just close the command shell on the server and try to refresh the web page. It won't work.
In order to keep the river flowing, even when you aren't logged in, you need to do a little additional work.
There are a few ways to keep processes running when you aren't logged in, but my favorite is Forever. This is a package that is installed with npm.
On my system, I got a message about an optional dependency failing. (It was for an event handling package for Macs – not needed on Ubuntu.) You can safely ignore it.
Then use Forever to start River5.
That should do it. Within moments, you should be able to refresh you browser and see the web page again. It may take a few more minutes for new content to appear.
I have exercised these notes on different VS's with differing levels of resources. The minimum system I have used is 1 CPU, 512 MB RAM, and 10 GB disk. (That's the smallest system supported by CloudAtCost too.) I have also tried it on servers with 4 CPUs, 3 GB RAM and 40 GB of disk space. Seems to work fine.
to show how your memory is really being used. For example, on a system with only 512 MB, I received the following output.
I have only tested this on VS's purchased from CloudAtCost. However, these instructions will probably work on similar systems rented from other providers like DigitalOcean and linode.
Version 14.04 LTS 64-bit is the only version of Ubuntu supported by CloudAtCost. However, there don't seem to be any instructions in these notes that would prevent them from being used with another recent LTS release. Untested though.


At first, we approximated and said that only orbitals of the same kind can interact with each other: s orbitals with s orbitals, px orbitals with px orbitals, and so on. One of the qualitative differences between a real MO calculation and our scrap-paper approach is that mixing does occur between different kinds of orbitals. However, restrictions still apply.
Orbital interactions are governed by symmetry. Without taking an entire course in Group Theory (the branch of mathematics that deals with symmetry), we can learn a little bit about symmetry as we need it.
One of the most basic aspects of molecular symmetry applies to diatomic molecules. That element is symmetry about the bond axis. If a molecule is spun around its bond axis -- as if the two atoms are the two wheels on an axle of a wagon or a car -- does the orbital change its orientation?
An s orbital is so symmetric that it looks the same from any direction. No matter how you spin it, it looks the same. In a diatomic molecule, an s orbital is symmetric with respect to rotation about the bond axis.
What about p orbitals? Suppose the bond axis is the z axis. Rotation about the z axis produces no change in orientation of a pz orbital. The orbital spins but does not move through space.
Rotation about the z axis does produce a visible change in orientation of a px orbital. The orbital spins like a propeller around the axis.
Rotation about the z axis does produce a visible change in orientation of a py orbital. The orbital spins like a propeller around the axis.
As a result, in diatomics, an s orbital shares an element of symmetry with one p orbital, but not with the others.
The rules of mathematics and quantum mechanics allow s orbitals in diatomics to interact with one p orbital with which it shares symmetry, but not with the other two.
Our picture of main group diatomics changes slightly with this news. The p bonding orbitals remain unchanged. However, the s bonding orbitals share axial symmetry. That means that the s bonding orbitals, far from keeping completely separate from each other, actually mix together in some cases. That means there can be an orbital that is composed of an s and pz orbital from one atom as well as an s and pz orbital from the other. The only restriction is that, because four atomic orbitals are allowed to mix, four new molecular orbitals must be produced.
Another way of thinking about this mixing effect is to take the molecular orbital picture we already made for dinitrogen and then say that the sigma bonding orbitals can interact with each other. That means they can push each other up or down in energy, mixing together to create new combinations with new energies. The extent of this mixing varies across the periodic table.
For main group diatomics like N2, the effect is to lower the energy of the lower sigma orbitals (related to the atomic s levels) and raise the energy of the higher sigma orbitals (related to the atomic p levels). The result is that the second-highest sigma orbital is shifted slightly above the energy of the pi levels, rather than being slightly below them. This does not change the overall conclusions very much, but it is a favourable interaction because the lower-lying sigma levels, which are occupied by electrons, move to lower energy.


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It is a loaded phrase, one historically weaponized against low-income and communities of color to abdicate responsibility for addressing their distinct challenges. History considered, the phrase also marks something inherently American about the way we discuss the intersection of the home and public school. Both are critical for fostering engaged and compassionate members of society, but unlike a public education, neither the home itself nor protection against its loss is guaranteed by law.
Three cities in Connecticut are on the list of the top 50 eviction rates in the nation, and four are in the top 100. What does it mean when the state neither guarantees nor protects the shelters in which our children are raised?
We hover proudly near the top of various national rankings: our poverty rate is low, our median income is high, and in aggregate, we have excellent public schools. Against the flourishing backdrop, however, there is harrowing data from Princeton University's Eviction Lab. Nationally, Waterbury ranked No. 22, Hartford No. 29 and Bridgeport No. 39 for eviction rates, and each evicted between 4-6 homes per day in 2016, figures well above the national average.
A simple Internet search for these cities yields no shortage of reports on "failing" schools, high poverty rates and homelessness. It is no coincidence that eviction is a known driver of all three. The effects of eviction on low-income families are devastating on a personal level, creating the conditions for poor psychological and physical health and barriers to securing future housing. They are shameful when scaled to a statewide level.
What do low-income tenants need most? Lawyers.
Guaranteed counsel in housing court is a direct solution with simple reasoning: Families, children, and communities fare better with stable homes, and court outcomes for low-income renters facing eviction improve dramatically with representation. Nationally, nearly 90 percent of landlords are represented in eviction hearings, and the majority of low-income renters are not; with lawyers, people are more likely to keep their homes.
New York City provides an example. The city became the first in the country to implement a "right to counsel" law that mandated legal representation for low-income tenants. One study anticipated a net savings of over $320 million annually from reduced shelter use. Our state law school, located in the city that evicted 1 in every 18 renting households in 2016, can establish a housing clinic that addresses the unique housing landscape of Hartford, where 76 percent of all homes are rented.
Establishing a housing clinic will equip UConn Law School to better live its mission to "engage in community outreach that serves the unmet legal needs of residents of our city, region and state." Our most vulnerable citizens will have greater access to legal representation, along with the personal and social benefits of a stable home made more widely available. A housing clinic will also provide future generations of state lawmakers and attorneys necessary experience in, and exposure to, housing law. We cannot address problems that we are ignorant of.
More than 300 years ago, in 1717, the Connecticut General Assembly mandated that every parish have a school and that its town pay for indigent students. Though the school as an institution was not yet public, it embodied the spirit of one that was for, and protected by, the people.
The same cannot yet be said for the place we are told it all starts: the home. While the justification for providing attorneys to low-income renters can be numerically quantified, the real justification is in our country's bones: the guarantee to life and liberty.
Sociologist Matthew Desmond, the nation's leading researcher on eviction and founder of The Eviction Lab, calls home "the wellspring of personhood." We must question the kind of persons we expect to nurture without guaranteeing better chances for stable homes and vibrant, engaged communities.
When I first read Connecticut's eviction data, I was taken back to the classroom when I was told that it starts in the home. I disagree. It rather starts with a home, and Connecticut can and must do better.
Sarah Free is the program manager of Ruler for Middle Schools at the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence.


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IOC, Paralympic organizers finalize deal through 2032
Online: Jun 14, 2016
Last Modified: Jun 14, 2016
LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND - The IOC has reached a new long-term cooperation agreement with organizers of the Paralympics through 2032.
The deal was signed Tuesday by the International Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee.
The IOC said the accord is aimed at "increasing the visibility of the Paralympic Games and enhance the Paralympic brand."
It is also designed to ensure "the financial stability and long-term viability" of the IPC and Paralympics.
No figures were given. The IOC provides some funding to the IPC.
IPC president Philip Craven says the deal "will take our partnership into a fourth decade and make the Paralympic Movement more self-sustainable."
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I've mentioned being on a journey and one of the things this ride has taught me is that I tend to think too much. I am an expert thinker and with schizophrenic type job that both forces me to spend a lot of time engaging with people and spending vast amounts of time on my own, I have perfected the art of overthinking things, especially because my imagination and the world I used to be able retreat to within it has become a little barren.
Here's a little life lesson.
So, in a desperate attempt to try and find ways to distract my thoughts and simply enjoy all of the rides that I am forced to go on, I've tried to find ways to distract myself. For the longest of time, my imagination hasn't been the key. It was in fact a door with a lock on, one that I've only recently started breaking through to. Other means had to be consulted and, seeing as driving under the influence and drugs are simply wrong, I've taken to listening to podcasts. Podcasts are a delightful side effect of our ever-expanding technology. In the same way that self publishing has opened up the floor for all sorts of authors, podcasts and the sites hosting them have opened up the floor for all kinds of shows. Some are good, some are bad and some, a very select few, are simply unmissable.
Alice Isn't Dead is one of them. I can describe it simply as being a little off beat, engaging and unique. Three things that are very hard to achieve in this modern day life. A serial fiction, it follows the story of a truck driver who is searching for her missing wife while crossing the wide span of America. The format is engaging, with the driver actively communicating to the listener in the moment. Sounds of the truck intermingle with a strangely intimate monologue from a person whom I can relate to. My wife isn't dead or missing of course – but I am a woman alone, driving endless highways while seeing both wonders and horrors alike.
Part one of Alice Isn't Dead spans over ten episodes or "chapters", if you will, each telling of a unique occurrence that skilfully weaves itself towards the climax of the tale. I'm reminded a little of the thrill I used to get while watching X-Files (the old one before the age of smartphones…) where the mysteries addressed are never fully solved though expertly concluded. I've missed those mysteries, of wondering how the writer will bring it all together. I've missed engaging into a story that I could not predict. It is what sets this podcast aside from most tales I have come across over the past few months. And, it has kept me engaged enough that I have not felt the need to think about my own inner spirals to the incorrect conclusions too much.
It is not an audiobook but a strange piece of creative art that somehow works in the medium in which it is set. If this review was about dishing out stars, it would probably have gotten five out of five. As it is, this isn't to be seen as some sort of rating, simply an insistent buzz in the reader's ear that should encourage one to listen to it.
Alice Isn't Dead can be found on online here or on the Podbean app (that can be found in Google Play Store) or iTunes.


I have never seen this before and I thought some of you might enjoy it. A pushrod engine driven by a cam with only one lobe? Ingenious!
"Honda officially started its Brazilian operations in November 1971, when Honda Motor Do Brazil was established, importing and selling motorcycles under the management of Osamu Iida. Fearing that the Brazilian government might impose a ban on imports of completed motorcycles due to a lack of foreign currency, Iida had wanted to build a motorcycle manufacturing plant in that country. Therefore, with the approval of Executive Vice President Kihachiro Kawashima and Yoshizawa, he obtained a 1,487,700 square-meter plot of land for $1 million in the suburban São Paulo district of Sumare."
Yes, not a push rod engine though.
and a neighbor of mine gave me another engine after he purchased a pressure washer from Wally World and did not know that it did not ship with oil in the engine when new.
Only the piston was seized, slightly!
Plain aluminum main bearings, and the aluminum rod bearing were in great shape.
I cleaned up the piston a little with light sanding, bore, rings looked great.
This thing really rips now!
After it gets really hot, it knocks a little, and honestly it makes me cringe a little, but hey, its a "Big block" Honda powered lawn edger and will probably live that way for a very long time.
These engines are OHV with stamped sheet metal rocker arms, OHC that is made out of phenolic or some sort of plastic?
ONE cam lobe that operates both intake and exhaust rockers.
The single lobe cam shaft is driven by a little baby, RUBBER, toothed timing belt, INSIDE the engine, soaked in engine oil, with no form of tensioner what so ever.
The engine oil is totally provide by the rod splashing the oil around and the top end oil is carried up there by the timing belt.
Interesting design from a "can you do this" type of challenge but not sure if there is any advantage to it.
I have a 2006 Honda 350 Rancher 4-wheeler. It has an air cooled, pushrod engine. Other than power equipment, how many Honda engines do you know of that were pushrod?
Don't forget the Turbo pushrod CX Series street bike.


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Part of FringeNYC
About a fan girl writing a book on her favorite 1950's sci-fi serial
Notable three-person ensemble
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The Further Adventures Of...
By Kathleen Warnock; Directed by Eric Chase
Produced by TOSOS
Part of the 2016 New York International Fringe Festival
Off Off Broadway, Play
Runs through 8.27.16
VENUE #3: Teatro LATEA at the Clemente, 107 Suffolk Street
by Sarah Weber on 8.18.16
Tim Burke, Jamie Heinlein, and Mark Finley in The Further Adventures Of.... Photo by Katrina del Mar.
BOTTOM LINE: Maggie Day is tasked with writing a book on her favorite sci-fi show, and the more she learns about its actors, the more she learns about herself.
Historically, science fiction can address controversial subjects without getting into (much) trouble. The original Star Trek, for example, featured actors of color as leading officers of the USS Enterprise just a few years after the Civil Rights Act of 1964. In creating The Twilight Zone, Rod Sterling could express his views on racism, sexism, and politics since the show was, after all, just "fiction." Paying homage to this tradition is Kathleen Warnock's The Further Adventures Of…, a poignant exploration of science fiction, LGBTQ identity, and integrity in the face of the fickle, often shallow, fancies of Hollywood.
The Further Adventures Of… features Maggie Day (Jamie Heinlein), a writer working on a book about the 1950's sci-fi serial Atlantis, 1 Million Years B.C. However, this is definitely an ensemble piece. Portraying the many characters and people Maggie meets are Mark Finley and Tim Burke—these three performers masterfully create the show's many locations with only a bare stage, minimal light cues, and their intuitive stage presence.
Warnock's text begins with Maggie espousing her lifetime love for Atlantis, 1 Million Years B.C. The show's featured characters were Commander Zoron (Finley) and Prince Kal (Burke), two best friends who may or may not have been more than best friends. Maggie spent most of her childhood composing fan fiction about the show, writing her own episodes or rewriting the ones that frustrated her. Now a publisher has asked her to write a book about the show's creation and the famous actors, Frank Gallagher (Burke) and Drake Darling (Finley), who portrayed her favorite characters.
In learning about Atlantis behind the camera, we learn that Frank and Drake were lovers. But, because it was the 1950s, no one could find out or else the public would boycott the show. In keeping their love a secret, the two men's public personas eventually took over. Frank Gallagher married a woman and started a family, and Drake Darling fell into depression accompanied by drugs and liquor. While learning about these secrets, Maggie struggles with her own obstacles: she can't seem to find balance between spending time with her career and spending time with her wife. Maggie also relates to the men's conflicts as she reflects on the family she lost during her own coming-out story. Eventually, Maggie is confronted by a producer who wants to turn her book into a movie, but also wants to remove any indication of Frank and Drake's relationship.
One of Warnock's clever devices is maintaining Maggie's habit of writing (or rewriting) Drake and Frank's lives. As we learn more about Atlantis, sometimes we're brought to a flashback of a possible conversation between the ill-fated couple. Are we actually going back in time during these scenes? Or are these machinations of Maggie's imagination, much like her Atlantis fan fiction from childhood?
Overall The Further Adventures Of… is a creative think-piece on the tradition of using storytelling to escape our own reality. (Or, perhaps, to create a better reality?) Since the show relies heavily upon narration it does tend to ramble, especially towards the end. But it's still a thought-provoking experience and I look forward to seeing where it goes next.
(The Further Adventures Of... plays at VENUE #3: Teatro LATEA at the Clemente, 107 Suffolk Street, through August 27, 2016. The running time is 1 hour 15 minutes with no intermission. Performances are Fri 8/12 at 5; Mon 8/15 at 7; Sat 8/20 at 7:15; Wed 8/24 at 5; and Sat 8/27 at 9:15. There is no late seating at FringeNYC. Tickets are $18 and are available at fringenyc.org. For more information visit tososnyc.org.)
The Further Adventures Of... is by Kathleen Warnock. Directed by Eric Chase. Sound Design is by Morry Campbell. Stage Manager and Assistant Director is Mary Louise Mooney.
The cast is Tim Burke, Mark Finley, and Jamie Heinlein.
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Not to sure where to begin really.
I am a computer engineer working in Auckland. Have working background experience in quite a few Nix OS's and all MS OS's since 3.11. Have an avid interest in tinkering with old and new hardware. Constantly building project machines. Small form, folding@home, Prime numbering, emulating old games etc. Have recently become very interested in vintage computers, namely Archimedes and Amigas.
I was lucky enough to start playing Elite on a BBC Master Compact back in the day and am right into my EVE Online now a days on modern hardware. Am also learning the ropes of Java and Python at the moment in my spare time, when I have it.
Am going to be sorting both an Amiga and Archimedes build before the year is out (hopefully). So look forward to chatting with you all about your experiences and love of vintage computers.
I didn't have an Amiga until I started collecting. I've now got a 500. However my brother owned an Amiga 2000 back in the day...he absolutely LOVED it. It's a model I wouldn't mind getting hold of one day...or even a 1200.
I can understand the interest in Archimedes from the ACORN/BBC connection but why the interest in Amigas particularly?
I have a huge interest in the Archimedes because of the BBC Master Compact connection. And while I realize CISC has effectly won out over RISC, RISC computing has always interested me.
And with the Amiga, its a machine all of my friends used to own but sadly I never owned one myself. Its something I really want to at least say "I have owned one and tinkered with it" etc. Not to mention, they arguably had the greatest collection of classic games in the history of personal computing.
Given the prevalence of ARM CPUs in small devices (and in ever-larger ones too) I'd say the balance is shifting, or has already shifted, to RISC. On the other hand, I think that the distinction is becoming ever less important as well.
I don't need to argue with you over which arc has won out over the years. There are reasons why Apple moved to the Intel platform. Some may say they sold out, others will say they had foresight. The truth is, it comes down to your own personal opinion.
RISC reminds me of the Wankel Rotary engine. Awesome idea and great on paper.


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"Free" is a difficult price point in most markets. But free voice forever is among the pricing and packaging foundations for Reliance Jio's fierce attack on India's mobile market structure. Price leadership is another foundation.
"Same service, lower prices" is a time-tested market entry strategy. But what Jio is doing is more akin to the "destroy the market" strategies used by attackers in other app markets.
Think about Skype. Its objective was not so much to offer "lower prices" as to destroy the pricing regime for voice overall, leaving it as a leader in a much-smaller market. In other words, Skype did not so much aim to take market share as to destroy and then reformulate a market it hoped to lead.
Jio is doing something similar in the mobility market, essentially destroying voice as the revenue driver and substituting mobile data as the driver, in hopes it can lead that new market.
Reliance Jio is now offering unlimited voice plans to JioPhone users, as well as a 1-GB data allowance, for just 49 Indian rupees ($0.76) every 28 days.
The company also offers smartphones that are "effectively free," as it is "sold" with a three-year refundable deposit.
Reliance Jio had previously offered a similar smartphone plan giving users a 2-GB data allowance for a 28-day fee of INR98 ($1.52). That plan had offered 2GB of 4G high speed data for a period of 28 days with no daily cap limit.
The internet speed gets reduced to 64Kbps once the data limit is exhausted. Free and unlimited local, STD and roaming voice calls are also available with this plan. This prepaid recharge plan also gives 300 free SMSes. Subscribers also get complimentary subscription to suite of Jio apps.
Airtel also recently updated its Rs. 93 prepaid plan. Airtel's all new Rs. 93 prepaid recharge plan now offers 1GB or gigabytes of 3G/4G data for 28 days with no daily data cap. The plan also comes bundled with unlimited voice calls and SMSes benefits.
We can argue about whether Jio already is profitable. Jio might be cash flow positive, at least, at the moment.
But what is clear is Jio's intention to build its business on mobile data, not voice. By some estimates, about 65 percent of Indian mobile users do not yet use any mobile data.


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Q: Retreive all individual strings in a string separated by a period php Suppose I have a string
$str = "exampleemail1@gmail.com $exampleemail@gmail.com exampleemail3@gmail.com";

How can I retreive the individual strings that are being separated by the space only?ie $str[0]="exampleemail1@gmail.com" etc
I know how to retreive individual words using
$words = str_word_count($str,1);//Returns an array of the words in the string

How would I go about doing the same for a string with special characters?

A: You can use explode
$str = "test@test.com test2@test.com test3@test.com";
$exploded = explode(" ",$str); //returns array of strings.
echo $exploded[0]; //output test@test.com
echo $exploded[1]; //output test2@test.com

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Review: Fitbit Charge HR
The new Fitbit Charge HR is a new wearable band that can measure your heart rate. And it works pretty well, as long as you don't push yourself into the red zone too often.
$150 at Fitbit
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Stellar battery life: 5 to 7 days per charge. Soft band. Easy to use and sync. Highly accurate step and sleep tracking. Well-designed mobile app with data presented in easy-to-understand graphs.
Not waterproof. Heart-rate tracking not accurate for high heart rates. Pulse-tracking LEDs are alarmingly bright at night. Watch clasp grows uncomfortable when worn 24/7. No Apple Health integration, though not a huge knock against the Charge HR since Fitbit's app interface is better than the Health interface.
I find myself in a quandary about activity trackers. I'm already a very active person—a competitive athlete, even (I race bikes). Do I need one? How can a little rubber band help me improve my health?
A simple step tracker isn't worth the wrist real estate. But the latest trend in wearables has piqued my interest: heart-rate tracking. Specifically, continuous, all-day heart-rate tracking that's just as accurate when you're sitting at your desk as when you're jogging in the park. It's a challenge for wearables for two big reasons: non-stop heart-rate monitoring takes a toll on device battery life; and it's a lot more difficult to capture accurate heart rate readings from your wrist, which is often moving, than from a monitor strapped snugly across your chest.
The new Fitbit Charge HR is one of many new wearables that can read your heart rate. As your heart beats, your capillaries expand and contract due to changes in blood volume, and Fitbit's band uses two bright green LEDs (proven in scientific studies to be more effective at monitoring heart rate than other wavelengths) to shoot light into your flesh and detect these blood volume changes beneath the skin. The lights flash continuously—by monitoring your heart rate non-stop, you can glean information like your true resting heart rate or how intense your workouts are. You can also learn when you're getting stressed out and get a better estimate of how many calories you burn each day, which are particularly useful for maintaining or achieving weight and blood-pressure goals. Color me intrigued; I strapped one on.
The Charge HR comes with some detailed guidelines on how to ensure you're tracking your heart rate correctly. You're supposed to wear the band one finger width above your wrist bone, and double or triple that distance during exercise. Also, after last year's recall of the Force wristband due to skin irritation issues, the company has explicit guidelines for keeping the device clean and dry if it gets sweaty.
I was impressed with the depth of the instructions (and also that it didn't give me a rash), but I wasn't as impressed with its heart-rate tracking as I'd hoped. Fitbit's mobile app automatically breaks down heart rate into three zones: peak, cardio, and fat burn, based on the often used (and often inaccurate, and in my case extremely inaccurate) method of calculating max heart rate based on 220 minus your age. By this math, if you're 30, your max heart rate is 190.
When walking, running, cycling at a casual pace, or at rest, the Charge HR's heart-rate tracking seemed accurate, measuring the gamut from my resting heart rate in the low 50s to "fat burn" levels in the 130s. Above that, it got wonky. It could sometimes measure "peaks" into the 160s, but according to a heart rate strap, I spent a good amount of time in the 180s. I set a custom zone up to my actual max heart rate in the app, but it was unable to detect a heart rate that rapid. I should hedge here—my results may be an edge case, since my hummingbird heart baffles even my cycling coach. This is a problem average Fitbit users should be aware of, albiet one they may not encounter regularly.
In almost every other aspect, the Charge HR excelled. Like all Fitbits, it tracks steps, distance, calories burned, and floors climbed, which, being more experienced in this space than almost any competitor, it does with aplomb. The form is similar to that of the Charge, which came out in late 2014, but with a watch band-style clasp. The band is made of an exceedingly soft, supple rubber that feels velvety to the touch: smooth on back, textured with a diamond grid pattern on top. I really like the material, except that because it's stiffer than a traditional watch band, it can be finicky to notch its buckle tongue into the band's adjustment holes, and secure the end of the band into the free loop.
Fitbit's sleep-tracking algorithms, while not incredibly detailed, are accurate. I wore the band to bed every night, and it could ascertain what time (down to the minute) I hit the sack, as well as what time I woke up. Unlike other sleep trackers, there's no need to press a button to indicate bedtime or the morning wake-up call. In the app, it relays when you were asleep, restless, and awake in a color-coded sleep pattern graph. It's not quite as detailed as the Microsoft Band's sleep analytics, which can differentiate between light, deep, and REM sleep. But it's still useful in getting a handle of your overall sleep quality. The Charge HR takes into account motion and heartrate in its sleep analytics, unlike previous FitBits that only tracked movement.
The mobile app remains a well-designed, easy to navigate tool for looking at your data, monitoring your fitness progress, and also tracking your food intake and water consumption. I was also able to easily port that information over from MyFitnessPal, where I already do most of my tracking.
I had only one other major complaint about the Charge HR: It's not waterproof. For a device designed for all day, everyday, and athletic wear, I want to be able to strap this thing on and leave it on until it needs to be charged. It is water resistant—that is, sweat, rain, and splash-proof—but on multiple occasions I forgot to put it back on after showering, losing over half a day's stats. And once, I accidentally left it on in the shower (it was fine).
So back to my original quandary. This wearable is not for hardcore athletic monitoring. For that, go for something like a Garmin Forerunner 920XT or a Polar V800 and a heart-rate strap. That said, the Charge HR is a good tool for monitoring daily activity and moderate workouts, and for getting better insight into what your body is doing while you're focused on, well, living life.
Fitbit also sells a cheaper Charge that does everything except track your heart rate. It costs $130, and the Charge HR costs $150. That extra $20 for heart-rate monitoring over the Charge? It's a no brainer if you're just tracking a few 5-mile runs or regular gym sessions per week. And the charts and data gathered in the Fitbit app can be enlightening, and even entertaining—you can pinpoint when you ran to catch the bus, or climbed three flights of stairs to the office (although there's no guarantee that this novelty factor won't eventually wear off).
While this Fitbit may not be the Cinderella slipper of my wearable dreams, I would absolutely recommend it to family and friends.
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Discussion in 'Rifle Country' started by Joshua M. Smith, Sep 3, 2011.
A lot of folks were wanting me to make a tall Mauser blade. I kept trying to find time -- but honestly the Mosin-Nagant sights are consuming all my time.
I recently got a Gewehr 88 that shot a foot high at 50 yards. Not liking this, I set out on an internet quest to find a fix. There were suggestions of building up a sight with epoxy and bringing it down, but this is not durable enough for my tastes. I was about ready to soft solder a stock Mauser sight and use that, but then I came across a sight blank at Brownell's.
Though it requires filing to fit and to sight in, it does do the job, and for less expensively than I could have produced it.
It's light but seems durable. The one I received is steel with a phosphate finish.
I fitted mine, and after filing it down to hit 1" high at 50 with 150grn light loads, gave it a barleycorn profile, then sharpened it with a carbide knife sharpener before smoothing and bluing it. (I might make it sharper -- we will see).
I'm writing a positive review on Brownell's website, as well.
When I first got my yugo, I bought the tall-sights and they worked very well.
It was sort of funny, when I sighted it in at the range, the people around me were sighting in their rifles with the "Click" of the adjustments on thier scopes.
i've also found czech vz-24 front sights to be slightly higher than your standard m98 front sight & have used them to correct rifles that shoot high.
Hmmm -- why not leave the front sight in the square profile and open up the rear sight with a rectangular file to make it fit? That should give you a much better sight picture.
I really like the pinpoint precision of a thin blade. As I get older, though, I'll likely start keeping them square.
Actually, most people get better precision from a "black wall" or Patridge-type sight. That's a flat top and a square rear notch. To get precision, simply center the target or desired point of impact on the front sight.
The Mauser-style "barleycorn" sight is difficult to center properly -- as your eye is drawn to the sight, the sides of the notch become less clear.
Thanks for posting Joshua. I had been thinking of getting one of those sights. I have an old 7mm Spanish Mauser that was given to me years ago. I have never fooled with it much as it hits right about 8 3/4" high at 100 yards or less. I believe they sat it up to be on zero at 300 yards or meters (300 is stamped into the rear sight blade). I was actually thinking about picking up a rear sight also. I believe Brownells had them. If anyone knows a better source I would appreciate your sharing it.
i did a rediculous thing with my 91/30 front sight that was too short here while back.
i used a small piece of heat shrink tubing, and heat shrinked it onto my front post, and while it was still hot and soft, i pinched it together so it comes to a point, and trimmed it off to proper length. its very soft and pliable before its heated, and while its still warm afterwards, but cools to a very hard plastic like substance. being pointed now on top, its much more precise than it was before.
EDIT: i just saw your website with your mosin front sights with the red fiber optic tip, and that is just too cool for school. far superior permanent solution than my heatshrink. (plus the red tip would be awesome for my less than raptor-like vision!
$37.50 for a G-88 Commision rifle!?
Man, you were ripped off!


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Many people have struggles when it comes to trying to pay for their education. School is very expensive, and people are continuously searching for help in paying for it. There are several options that you have as a student. You can either attempt to work while going to school and stay out of debt, apply for student loans, hope to win the lottery, or finally seek out grants to help pay for school.
Out of all of those options listed, the best is the vocational education grant. This is simply because grants do not have to be repaid, and are just a gift to the student based upon meeting certain criteria. You can see easily when looking at the total expenses for school why grants are so desirable. However, they are limited in who is able to secure a grant based upon the limited availability of funds.
When you compare some of the other methods such as a student loan, you can see how this can equal great amounts of stress for new graduates. There is typically a small grace period after leaving school before loan payments are due to be paid. This is generally around 6 months, which is designed to allow the student to find a job to be able to repay the loans. However, some struggle to locate a job.
If you are one of the recent graduates struggling to find a job, the concept of your loans going into default can be a very awful idea. Your credit can be destroyed in one swift move, simply by not being able to find a job. This is a risk that most students wish to avoid if anyway possible, which further increases the competition for vocational education grants.
There are vocational education grants available on a variety of bases. They range from grants for students studying courses of study, and even those students who are in certain financial situations. There are even grants designed specifically for males or females. There are also grants set up to help encourage students to study a certain career, especially if the career is facing a potential shortage in the future if qualified graduates do not appear.
As you can see a vocational education grant is a huge help in reducing the burden of college expenses. You should be free to enjoy school, instead of stressing out over the amount of debt you are getting into. By working hard, you will find yourself with a great career , and a job you enjoy. You owe it to yourself to look for as many grants you can to help reduce the amount of total debt you have after graduating. Your credit score and bank account will thank you.


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What is introversion and extraversion called?
An ambivert is someone who exhibits qualities of both introversion and extroversion, and can flip into either depending on their mood, context, and goals. Ambiverts have also been called: Outgoing introverts: An introvert who can be outgoing in certain situations, around certain people, or when they absolutely need to.
What is introversion and extraversion in psychology?
Extroversion is a personality trait typically characterized by outgoingness, high energy, and/or talkativeness. In general, the term refers to a state of being where someone "recharges," or draws energy, from being with other people; the opposite—drawing energy from being alone—is known as introversion.
Is Introversion and extraversion a spectrum?
Introvert or extrovert: People tend to see themselves as one or the other of these two main personality traits, but introversion and extroversion are actually on either end of a spectrum – and people typically fall somewhere in the middle, with characteristics of both.
What is social introversion extraversion?
Extraverts have a preference for seeking, engaging in, and enjoying social interactions, whereas introverts prefer to avoid social situations and tend to be reserved, withdrawn, or shy in social settings (Costa & McCrae, 1980; John, 1990).
Who classified personality as extrovert and introvert?
psychologist Carl Jung
In the 1960s, psychologist Carl Jung first described introverts and extraverts when discussing personality elements. (The term now commonly used is extroverts.) He classified these two groups based on where they found their source of energy.
What causes introversion and extraversion?
Specifically: The degree to which you are introverted or extroverted is influenced by genetics. Out of all the personality traits that have been studied, introversion/extroversion is one of the most strongly hereditary ones. Nonetheless, a lot of environmental factors—like how you're raised—influence it too.
Is extrovert a spectrum?
In reality, most of us exhibit qualities of both and fall somewhere between the two. Rather than existing as a clear cut label, extroversion is regarded as a spectrum with individuals exhibiting a range of behaviors associated with both.
What does introversion mean?
An introvert is a person with qualities of a personality type known as introversion, which means that they feel more comfortable focusing on their inner thoughts and ideas, rather than what's happening externally. They enjoy spending time with just one or two people, rather than large groups or crowds.
WHO classified introverted personality?
From the above, we can conclude that Carl Jung classified introvert and extrovert personality.
Who invented extraversion and introversion?
psychiatrist Carl Gustav Jung
Introversion and extroversion are terms first coined by psychiatrist Carl Gustav Jung in Switzerland in the 1920s. According to Jung, an extrovert seeks intensive contact with the outside world. An introvert instead turns the psychic energy inwards.
What is extraversion personality trait?
Extraversion is a broad personality trait that encompasses a number of more specific characteristics such as sociability, assertiveness, high activity level, positive emotions, and impulsivity.
Is introvert extrovert scientific?
As COVID-19 restrictions finally begin to lift, introverts may feel anxiety and extroverts relief. But, according to psychiatrist Carl Jung, who introduced the terms into psychology, there's actually no such thing as a pure introvert or extrovert.
Is introversion a trait?
Introversion is a personality trait characterized by a focus on internal feelings rather than on external sources of stimulation. Introverts and extroverts are often viewed in terms of two extreme opposites, but the truth is that most people lie somewhere in the middle.
Is introversion a personality trait?
Introversion is a personality trait. Introverted people tend to be more focused on internal feelings. They are usually quiet, reserved, and reflective.
What is social introversion?
A social introvert is someone who categorically prefers to spend time alone. They will go out of their way to ensure that they have the amount of time to themselves that they need. But if they do socialise, it will only be with a very close-knit group of friends.
WHO classified the personality into extroversion introversion?
psychiatrist Carl Jung
introvert and extravert, basic personality types according to the theories of the 20th-century Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung.
WHO classified introvert and extrovert personality?
Who originally characterized introversion and extraversion?
Carl Jung was one of the first people to define the terms introvert and extrovert in a psychological context. According to Jung (1910; 1923), personality is based on four pairs of opposing types.
What's an extrovert personality?
: a person whose personality is characterized by extroversion : a typically gregarious and unreserved person who enjoys and seeks out social interaction Extroverts are more recognized because of their affable nature, while introverts struggle to break out of their personal space …—
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Dr. Gharavi then matriculated from the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, where he obtained both an M.D. and a Ph.D. His research, on the molecular mechanisms of inflammation, received several accolades, including the Edith and Carl Lasky award for the best research performed by a UCLA medical student.
A diplomate of the American Board of Dermatology and a member of the American College of Mohs Surgery, Dr. Gharavi also teaches Mohs micrographic surgery and advanced facial reconstruction to medical students and residents at UCLA and is currently on staff at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. To date, Dr. Gharavi has published more than 40 peer-reviewed manuscripts, abstracts and textbook chapters, and continues to present and teach at national and international conferences.


Inspired by Andrew Wyeth's iconic painting Christina's World, Christina Baker Kline's (Orphan Train) new novel A Piece of the World brings into focus the flesh-and-blood woman behind the portrait. Kline discussed what motivated her to capture this story with Amor Towles. Towles is author of two bestselling historical novels—Rules of Civility, which recreates Greenwich Village in the late 1930's, and A Gentleman in Moscow, set in Moscow's famed hotel The Metropol.
Christina Baker Kline is the author of five novels. Her most recent novel, Orphan Train, has spent more than two years on the New York Times bestseller list, including five weeks at # 1, and has been published in 38 countries. More than 100 communities and colleges have chosen it as a "One Book, One Read" selection. Her other novels include The Way Life Should Be, Sweet Water, Bird in Hand, and Desire Lines. Her new novel, A Piece of the World, based on the iconic painting Christina's World by Andrew Wyeth, will be published in March 2017.
In addition to her five novels, Kline has written and edited five nonfiction books. She commissioned and edited two widely praised collections or original essays on the frist year of parenthood and raising young children, Child of Mine and Room to Grow, and a book on grieving, Always Too Soon. She is the coeditor, with Anne Burt, of a collection of personal essays called About Face: Women Write About What They See When They Look in the Mirror, and is co-author, with her mother, Christina Looper Baker, of a book on feminist mothers and daughters, The Conversation Begins. Her essays, articles, and reviews have appeared in The New York Times, the San Francisco Chronicle,Money, More, Psychology Today, among other places.
Kline was born in Cambridge, England, and raised there as well as in the American South and Maine. She is a graduate of Yale, Cambridge, and the University of Virginia, where she was a Henry Hoyns Fellow in Fiction Writing. She has taught fiction and nonfiction writing, poetry, English literature, literary theory, and women's studies at Yale, NYU, and Drew University, and served as Writer-in-Residence at Fordham University for four years. She is a recipient of several Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Fellowships and Writer-in-Residence Fellowships at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. She supports a number of libraries and other associations in New Jersey and Maine, and is a member of the Advisory Board for Roots & Wings, a nonprofit that provides support for at-risk adolescent and aged-out foster care youth.
Amor Towles was born and raised just outside Boston, Massachusetts. He graduated from Yale University and received an MA in English from Stanford University. For many years a principal at an investment firm in Manhattan, he now devotes himself full time to writing. His first novel, Rules of Civility, published in 2011, was a New York Times bestseller in both hardcover and paperback. Towles lives in Manhattan with his wife and two children.


The biggest part of the damage award, $10.9 million, is for future medical treatment. Another $2.1 million is for past medical and benefits.
A Humphreys County circuit judge has awarded a worker who fell from a two-story platform, suffering severe spinal injuries, more than $14.3 million in damages.
Circuit Judge Jannie Lewis-Blackmon entered the award last week against contractor Hankins Framing of Simpson County. Stewart's lawsuit said it was Hankins' ladder that he tripped over, leading to the fall.
Note: Original story said Hankins Framing of Coldwater. It should be Hankins Framing of Simpson County. The initial lawsuit incorrectly listed Coldwater.
It's the largest damage award ever in Humphreys County, said Jackson attorney John Satcher II, who won the award on behalf of client Timothy Stewart.
Last year, Lewis-Blackmon entered a default judgment against owner Donald Hankins after he didn't answer the lawsuit or show up for hearings.
Hankins couldn't be reached for comment Friday.
On April 16, 2013, Stewart was working for a heating and cooling installation company on the job site when he tripped on a fiberglass ladder causing him to fall from an unsecured second floor.
Stewart's lawsuit said he landed on his head and neck causing his cervical spine to break and sever his spinal cord. He is a quadriplegic and is in a Ridgeland rehabilitation center.
The lawsuit said there was no safety or guard rails to prevent Stewart from falling.
"Defendants created an atmosphere conducive to producing an elevated fall," Stewart's lawsuit said. "Plaintiff struck the ground with severe force landing head first."
Stewart's lawsuit said an unsafe environment was created with equipment laying scattered around and the absence of safety rails.
"Defendants were in violation of multiple OSHA regulations and committed acts of negligence by failing to maintain a safe work environment and failing to adhere to industry safety standards," the lawsuit said.
Satcher said his client has undergone multiple surgeries, was in the ICU for an extended period of time, and remains under 24-hour care at the rehab center in Ridgeland.


Over the past several weeks a number of important developments have occurred in the UM Church, and the Wesleyan Covenant Association has received a number of questions regarding them. This is the second issue of Outlook attempting to help WCA members navigate the latest news. You can see our first FAQs by clicking HERE.
Earlier this year, the Council of Bishops (COB) said the Commission on a Way Forward (COWF) report, with its accompanying plans and petitions, would be released on July 8, 2018. Then earlier this month the church was informed the report, plans and petitions would not be released until some time later this year. Not long after that it was announced the material would be made available on July 30. Why and how were all the documents released last week?
The COB did indicate earlier this year that the report would be released by July 8, 2018. In hindsight, it would have been wiser for the COB to have simply stated that according to the rules governing General Conference the report and the proposed petitions had to be submitted to the secretary of the General Conference by July 8. Given that The United Methodist Church is a global denomination, it has four official languages (English, French, Kiswahili, and Portuguese), and therefore any petitions submitted to the General Conference must be translated so all United Methodists can review them. Naturally, if the COWF's report and petitions were submitted on or even a few weeks before the July 8 deadline, a significant period a time would be necessary to translate them.
Given that the COWF report and petitions were submitted just a few days before the deadline, that other United Methodists submitted petitions as well (as they are entitled to do), and that all the material totaled more than 200 pages, General Conference organizers estimated it would take three or four months before all the material could be translated. This delay seemed unacceptable to many UM leaders so a way was found to expedite the process. Hence, the announcement that the COWF report, its petitions, and all others would be made available in all four official languages by July 30.
Obviously, in order for the JC to render rulings on the CWOF plans it must review them and the petitions enabling them. In the interest of transparency and fairness, the JC is required by church rules to make public all matters coming before it. It must meet this requirement by a fixed number of days before its next scheduled meeting (October 23-26, 2018 in Zurich, Switzerland). The COB duly forwarded to the JC the CWOF report, plans, and petitions as an exhibit to its petition for a declaratory decision. And, as required by UM Church rules, the JC published all the material accordingly. This is how the COWF report, plans and petitions became available last week on July 17.
It should be noted that the JC could decide it is inappropriate for it (the church's judicial branch) to rule on petitions duly before the General Conference (the church's legislative branch). It has so ruled in the past, and some believe it will do so again in this instance. The JC's reticence to rule on petitions that might be enacted stems from its concern that it could be seen as short-circuiting the legislative process.
Who are the delegates attending the special called General Conference in St. Louis, Missouri, February 23-26, 2019, and how were they selected?
All but ten of the 864 delegates attending the special called General Conference were elected in their annual conferences prior to the regularly scheduled 2016 General Conference held in Portland, Oregon. Each annual conference is apportioned a number of delegates that are roughly representative of the size of the conference's laity and clergy membership. An equal number of clergy and laity are elected in each annual conference, so if an annual conference is apportioned a total of ten delegates, it will elect five laity and five clergy.
In the rare event that a special, called General Conference is convened, such as the one in St. Louis next February, the delegates elected to serve at the last General Conference are entitled to attend. However, if an annual conference would like to hold a special election for a new slate of delegates, it may do so. Most annual conferences send the delegates they elected for the previous General Conference. It is estimated that 90 percent or more of the delegates elected to attend the 2016 conference will return for the 2019 gathering.
Annual Conferences from Africa will send a total of 260 delegates; Europe and Eurasia will send 40, The Philippines 50, and the United States 504. Ten delegates from what are called concordat churches (i.e., the Methodist Church of the Americas and the Caribbean, the Methodist Church in Britain, the Methodist Church of Mexico, and the Methodist Church of Puerto Rico) also attend the conference. Although these delegates are not members of The United Methodist Church they are accorded the right of voice and vote at General Conferences.
Can any United Methodist attend the special 2019 General Conference to observe the proceedings, and if so, is there an admission fee?
Yes, all United Methodists (and the general public) can attend the 2019 General Conference.
Earlier this year it was announced that, for the first time, the church would charge United Methodists and others an admission fee to observe the conference. Two reasons for a fee were cited: First, since the conference was unplanned, no funds had been budgeted for it. The church's financial organization, the General Commission on Finance and Administration (GCFA), found ways to cover the majority of the costs for the conference, but claimed it was still short by approximately $700,000. It proposed charging a $200 admission fee to attend all the sessions in order to cover the short fall. And two, some people believed an admission fee would discourage the types of protests that have disrupted the gathering going back to at least the 2000 General Conference.
United Methodists, representing centrists, progressives, and traditionalists, complained about the proposed fee, and particularly about what was regarded by many as an exorbitant charge. Whether the complaints had their intended effect, the church announced earlier this month that funds had been found to cover the short fall, and therefore it had decided no admission fee would be required to observe the proceedings. Observers will still be required to pay a nominal amount for credentialing services and a badge ($7 pre-General Conference and $10 at the door). These fees, which have been charged in the past, offset the cost of venue security.
Those planning to attend one or more days of the conference should move quickly to secure lodging. In addition to the 864 delegates, numerous church officials, staff, and volunteers will also be in attendance. Many of the hotel rooms are already filled, and others nearby are likely to fill in the near future.


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