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Emil Moser (* 26. Januar 1837 in Herzogenbuchsee; † 30. September 1913 ebenda, reformiert, heimatberechtigt in Herzogenbuchsee) war ein Schweizer Politiker (Radikale Partei) und Unternehmer.

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Emil Moser kam am 26. Januar 1837 in Herzogenbuchsee als Sohn des Landwirts und Unternehmers Samuel Friedrich Moser und der Verena Amalia geborene Gugelmann zur Welt. Moser absolvierte zunächst eine Ausbildung als  Kaufmann in Zürich, Italien und Wien. In der Folge übernahm er die "Seidenbandweberei AG", die vormalige "Born, Moser & Co.", seines Vaters, deren drohenden Konkurs er abwenden konnte.

Daneben nahm Emil Moser Einsitz in den Verwaltungsräten des Elektrizitätswerks Wynau und der Herzogenbuchsee-Wangen-Jura-Bahn sowie im Vorstand des Handels- und Industrievereins des Kantons Bern. Ferner gehörte er der Lokalsektion der Oekonomischen Gesellschaft Bern an. Überdies fungierte Emil Moser in der Schweizer Armee im Range eines Obersten zuerst als Kommandant des Infanterieregiments 13, danach einer Landwehrbrigade.

Emil Moser, der im Jahr 1863 Anna Maria Magdalena, die Tochter des David Rudolf de Quervain, heiratete, verstarb am 30. September 1913 vier Monate vor Vollendung seines 77. Lebensjahres in Herzogenbuchsee. Er war der Bruder der Volksbildnerin Amélie und des Eisenbahningenieurs Robert Moser.

Politische Ämter
Emil Moser, Mitglied der Radikalen Partei, war ab 1868 im Gemeinderat von Herzogenbuchsee vertreten. Dazu amtierte Moser zwischen 1896 und 1899 als Gemeindepräsident, wo er Elektrizität, Wasserversorgung, Kanalisation und Alignementsplan einführte. Parallel dazu gehörte er von 1874 bis 1912 auch dem Kirchgemeinderat an, davon ab 1879 als Präsident. Darüber hinaus vertrat er seine Partei auf kantonaler Ebene von 1892 bis 1894 im Berner Grossen Rat. Auf Bundesebene gehörte er nach den Parlamentswahlen 1893 bis 1902 dem Nationalrat an.

Literatur
 Erich Gruner: Die schweizerische Bundesversammlung 1848–1920. Bd. 1, S. 203 f.

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Roseann Knauer Bentley first became an agent of change when she chaired the Junior League of Springfield's committee that brought public television to the city in the early 1970s after only 16 months of courting the Public Broadcasting System. She went on to become JLS President.
Roseann's biggest impact, however, came in public office.
She was the first woman elected to the Missouri State Senate from Southwest Missouri and also the first to serve on the Senate Finance Committee, which handles the state's budget. She served in the Senate for eight years, the maximum allowed under term limits.
Roseann also has been a long-time advocate for education. She served as president of the Springfield School Board, the Missouri State Board of Education, and the National Association of State Boards of Education, where she was honored to be asked to meet with President George H. W. Bush to consult on National Education Goals.
She presently serves as a Greene County Commissioner.
She has lent her leadership skills to the United Way of the Ozarks, the Community Foundation, the Mayor's Commission for Children, the Community Partnership of the Ozarks, FACT (Families and Children Together), and the Coordinating Board for Early Childhood.
Recognition for her accomplishments in public life has included the Springfieldian Award, the Hero for Kids Award, the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Missouri Arts Council, the Missouri Woman of Distinction Award, and the Humanitarian Award from the Community Foundation of the Ozarks.


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Fixing India's deadly roads
India's roads offer some unique challenges. : Photo by Atharva Tulsi on Unsplash Unsplash licence
Lack of institutional capacity and poor road design increases road accidents in India.
Road traffic deaths in India, down during the pandemic, are back with a vengeance. In 2021 traffic mishaps claimed an average 421 lives a day, back on the steady upwards trajectory seen before COVID-19 lockdowns.
It's a cruel irony in India that the states with better road infrastructure, including Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala and Maharashtra, have higher rates of fatalities. India has much work to do if it is to meet the UN Sustainable Development Goal of reducing road accident deaths by 50 percent by 2030. Starting with road improvements based on evidence relevant to India.
Traffic accident patterns in India are substantially different from those of North America and Western Europe.
A majority (70 percent) of those killed on highways in India comprise vulnerable road users (pedestrians, cyclists and motorised two-wheeler riders). This is similar to urban areas where the vulnerable road users comprise about 80 percent of the total fatalities.
In North America, just 10 percent of the fatal crashes on highways involve pedestrians. The presence of motorcycles is negligible and long stretches of roads pass through wilderness. A large proportion of the highways are access controlled and designed for four-wheeled motorised traffic.
In India, the highest rates of fatal crashes are on national highways, nearly twice that of state highways. Despite the efforts of the national and state governments in the last few decades, the number of road traffic fatalities has continued to increase. The rate of traffic deaths of 12 per 100,000 population has remained nearly unchanged since 2016. It has not come down unlike many other countries. More than two thirds (68 percent) of road deaths take place in rural areas, versus 32 percent in urban areas.
Though the motor vehicle occupant fatalities are higher on highways than in the urban areas, as would be expected, the victim profile of road traffic accidents in the urban and rural areas are similar. This is very different from high-income countries.
The proportion of vulnerable road deaths on rural highways continues to be high in India because many sections of its national and state highways pass through densely-populated areas where local residents have to walk along these roads, cross them, or wait on the shoulders for public transport.
Roads have become relatively safe in many high-income countries mostly due to improved standards. Appropriate legislation regarding seat-belt use, speed limits and alcohol control have helped. Many high-income countries have accepted the principle of designing 'forgiving' roads: drivers who make mistakes should not get into fatal or serious injury crashes.
These design standards are also applicable to India's high-speed roads, but safety audits of many recently built highways and expressways have found major shortcomings in the installation of appropriate crash barriers, median designs, inadequate signage and markings. This has resulted in increased risk for cars, buses and trucks even on India's newly constructed highways.
The road standards that have evolved to make access-controlled highways safe for motorised vehicles in many countries don't really apply in India because of the presence of pedestrians, bicycles and motorcycles on Indian highways.
Road standards set by Indian Roads Congress are based on committees where the membership includes practicing and retired professionals and academics. The Congress does not have a rigorous process of synthesising results of systematic reviews and scientific studies to propose or modify standards and monitor the impact of new standards.
Legislation changes made in 2019, such as increased penalties for driving offences and increased compensation for road victims, seem to be based on common sense rather than scientific evidence, and therefore are not likely to have a serious impact on reducing crashes. For example, there is no hard evidence of the impact of increased fines on compliance.
Experts have known for a long time that the chances of survival of a pedestrian at an impact speed of 30km/h is 90 percent, whereas it is 10 percent at 60km/h. Speed limits on roads where pedestrians and other vulnerable road users are present of below 30km/h would save lives. Separate lanes could be created for vulnerable road users if the speed limit is higher than 30 km/h.
At present India has weak institutional capacity and weak enforcement of legislation. Therefore, speed control by changing the road surface texture, audible markers, rumble strips, lowering speeds at intersections by introducing roundabouts, raised stop lines and speed humps on minor roads are likely to be more successful in speed compliance by all road users.
Road safety issues in India could be addressed at two levels. First, the known standards for high-speed roads could be implemented correctly to ensure reduced risk for four-wheeled vehicles. This requires careful installation of crash barriers, removing roadside hazards and appropriate median design in divided roads. On rural roads, extensive implementation of traffic calming measures could aid speed control.
Second, road standards to ensure the safety of vulnerable road users on highways could evolve through continuous monitoring and evaluation of traffic crash patterns. Many new technologies installed by the National Highway Authority of India — for example, speed cameras — are yet to be evaluated for their effectiveness in Indian traffic.
Most importantly, road safety could be understood as a science and, therefore, the policies, standards and adoption of new technologies could be based on hard evidence and informed by a road safety/traffic safety board with permanent road safety experts and a dedicated budget.
Professor Geetam Tiwari is the TRIPP Chair Professor at the Department of Civil Engineering of the Indian Institute of Technology in New Delhi.
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Monty Python cast will reunite for Absolutely Anything
By George Wales 2012-01-27T22:46:00.26Z
Palin, Jones, Cleese and Gilliam sign on for animated flick
Silly walk fans rejoice, for the Monty Python cast will soon be reuniting on the big screen. However, it won't be for a new Monty Python film, but for animation Absolutely Anything .
The film, set to be directed by Terry Jones, will combine live action sequences with CGI animation, and will tell the story of a man granted the power to do anything he likes by a group of benevolent aliens.
"It's not a Monty Python picture," clarified Jones to Variety , "but it certainly has that sensibility." The Pythons will voice various different characters, with Michael Palin, John Cleese and Terry Gilliam all having signed on.
Jones also expects Eric Idle to join the production sooner rather than later. In addition to the Python crew, Robin Williams is also in place to lend his voice to a talking dog named Dennis.
Absolutely Anything is slated to go into production this spring. And who know, if things go well, we might get another full-blown Monty Python production after all…
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Q: reactjs handle click outside an element error I'm trying to create a function that will detect any click outside of an element.
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    document.addEventListener("click", handleClickOutside);
  }, [sortOpen, filterOpen]);

The error says:

TypeError: Cannot read property 'className' of null

The function works just fine when it only contains one of the conditions.
Is there any problem with my code? I appreciate any kind of help.

A: There are cases in which the parent element is null, and trying to access the className property of null would cause the error. According to MDN:

The Node.parentElement read-only property returns the DOM node's
parent Element, or null if the node either has no parent, or its
parent isn't a DOM Element.

You can Element.closest() to check if a node or it's parents match a specific selector:
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  // cleanup
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If you use certificates that are generated in-house, self-signed, or signed by a non-established Certificate Authority, they must be registered with each client system that will connect to the TeamForge server. Registration consists of importing custom certificates into the Java runtime's global keystore on each server.
Warning: This affects any other Java applications on the server that use the same Java runtime.
Collect the server certificates from all servers. On RHEL, CentOS and other RedHat-based distributions, these are contained in /etc/httpd/conf/ssl.crt/server.crt.
Important: Be sure to use exactly this path, as there are other files with similar names, plus server certificates are not really secret, but some other files are. So, files must be copied (e.g., via scp) to the same directory, and renamed if necessary to avoid conflicts. It's recommended that you use the short server name of the corresponding server for this.
This is PATH_TO_JAVA/jre/lib/security/cacerts. For example, this may be /usr/local/j2sdk1.4.2_10/jre/lib/security/cacerts.
Locate the Java keytool utility.
This is PATH_TO_JAVA/bin/keytool For example, /usr/local/j2sdk1.4.2_10/bin/keytool.
Import each server certificate into the keystore.
Note: Any value is accepted for server in -alias .
At the password prompt, use changeit. Confirm that you trust the certificate by typing yes.
Verify that all your certificates are added.
Note: The list will contain many more certificates. These are top-level CA certificates, provided with Java.
If you are running more than one separate server, repeat these steps for each server.
From now on, you can select the Use SSL check box, if required, when creating an SCM integration.
To prevent your data from being exposed in a readable format on the network, use the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) to encrypt the network traffic between the Application and the Database servers.
If you have a dedicated database server (operational database or datamart), encrypt the data traffic between the application and database servers and between the ETL and datamart servers.
Important: The following steps are relevant for a distributed setup only.
Add the following site option tokens to all the TeamForge servers.
If the operational database is running on a separate server, include the token DATABASE_SSL=on.
If the datamart is running on a separate server, include the token REPORTS_DATABASE_SSL=on.
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Floating floor tolerances
Posted by TTN Admin | 9th November, 2015 | No. 347 // June 2015
They have filled the niche between affordability and sustainability and, in doing so, have become as fundamental to the timber flooring industry as their traditional timber counterparts.
However, just like solid timber and bamboo, floating floor products come with a range of equally enduring issues and complaints.
Fortunately, unlike natural timber, the manufactured and composite nature of many floating floor panels makes it easier to quantify and eliminate the cause of most concerns.
The Standards and Tolerances Guides for the manufacturing and installation of floating floors are a good place to start when aiming to solve these issues.
The functional capabilities of laminate floating floor products are determined by the manufacturer.
The products are also tested to determine their resistance to general wear and tear caused by common in-service factors including: abrasions, staining, cigarette burn, the effects of furniture legs, the effect of a castor chair and thickness swelling.
In addition to this testing, the products are also graded, based on their level of use. The relevant standard applied is EN 13329:2000 "Laminate floor coverings. Specifications, requirements and test methods". The levels of use include "moderate", "general" and "heavy" and differ between the categories of commercial and domestic use.
Floating floors in Australia
Australia's foray into the manufacturing of floating floor products could be compared to "hobby farming" in the context of the rest of the world.
For this reason, the most useful documents have been developed and produced by European manufacturers, who led floating floor innovation. These standards were developed by CEN, the European Committee for Standardisation, alongside their American counterparts,
the North American Laminate Flooring Association.
The overall functionality of a floating floor product depends on the individual tolerances of each component, meaning the overall floor is only as strong as the sum of its individual parts. Because of this dynamic, we look to the tolerance guides, which detail the individual board limits, and can be applied when investigating the possible cause of flooring issues.
Assessing tolerance
Tolerance can be broken broadly into two categories: manufacturing tolerances and in-use tolerances (or the level of general wear and tear that can be sustained by the product).
Manufacturing tests consider the following attributes: thickness; length; width; dimensions of the squared elements; squareness of the element and the straightness of the surface layer; flatness; openings and height difference between elements; dimensional variation after changes in relative humidity; light fastness; resistance to indentation; and surface soundness.
Manufacturing tolerances are designed to ensure that products entering the marketplace are consistent in quality and are fit for the intended purpose.
When it comes to in-use tolerances, the European producers of the Laminate Floorings Code of Practice outline the following key aspects of flooring:
7.1.1 Uneven joints: Irregularities and tolerances between individual planks may become apparent along the sides and ends over time. Maximum height differences of 0.01 mm are tolerable, whereby individual incidents of up to 0.15 mm are acceptable.
7.1.2 Convex/concave warping: The maximum acceptable tolerance for convex and concave warping, measured across the full width of the installation plank, is 0.25 mm.
7.1.3 Openings: Openings within the floor surface with a maximum width of 0.20 mm are acceptable.
The Australian version of the code goes one step further, taking into account different board thickness and widths by using a percentage range to measure its allowable tolerances, as follows:
General acceptable tolerances – Convex/concave warping: This refers to the instance when using a straight edge across the width of a laminate panel, a deviation in "˜planeness' exist between the middle and the edges of a panel. The maximum, acceptable tolerance for deviation from the plane, measured across the full width of installed plank, is 0.125 per cent of the board width.
Openings/gaps: Openings or gaps within the laminate floor immediately after installation, with a maximum of 0.1 per cent of the board width, are acceptable – provided that the joints are clicked or glued together and/or colour filled using an appropriate putty material.
Bamboo products have similar tolerances to that of laminate flooring, because reputable manufacturers consider the industry standards of other types of flooring products during production.
For example, the Geometry Standard of a Bamboo Floor document outlines the following acceptable dimensions:
Board length: 0-0.5 per cent depending on the length of the board.
Board width: 0-0.3 per cent depending on the width of the board.
Board thickness: 0.2. per cent.
Post-installation problems
Post-installation flooring problems often fit into one of two categories. The first is visual issues – those that are visible and should have been noted prior to or at the time of installation.
The second category is latent issues, which are problems that can potentially occur after the flooring has been installed.
One of the most common latent issues is caused by a significant change in humidity levels or excessive moisture on the flooring.
This is often caused by the floor owner not implementing correct cleaning and long-term maintenance practices. Wet towels always being left on the floor are a great example of this!
A change in the dimensions of the floor boards can be due to seasonal humidity. Improper maintenance can also be a factor, as can excessive mistreatment of the floor boards.
It's important to remember that each board requires inspection before and during installation. Problems can arise or become apparent during this crucial time, and a failure to inspect the boards early can make it difficult to fit to adjoining boards later in the installation, resulting in more problems.
Improper installation techniques are a common issue. When boards with locking system profiles are knocked together horizontally or flat, the locking system becomes compromised, rendering one side of the joint proud.
In such instances, the manufacturers of locking system joint profiles provide product specific instructions regarding angle and alignment for joining adjacent boards.
We hope that in the future, those of you having issues with floating floor installations will be able to access and use the tolerance guides to solve some of these problems.
Ray and Sharon Brice specialise in mediation training and project management. They have four decades of experience in the flooring industry.
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The Noel Boyd Blog: No to Robotic Surrogates!!
I was just thinking about robots the other night. Of course the movie Surrogates got me thinking about what it would be like to have robots in our lives in the future. Now, I am an old fashioned kinda guy. Would I need a robot to make my life easier? I think not!
Hear me out alright. We humans would become lazy if we had robots do things for us. In the movie, we humans stay at home in our pods while our robotic surrogates are out there in the real world living our mundane lives. Seriously, how exciting can that be?!
Of course there are positives of having robotic surrogates. You could instruct your surrogate to do anything you want. You'd never be shy, or afraid to do the things you've always wanted to do. Say you've always wanted to talk to this smoking hot girl or guy. Well, you could get your surrogate to do just that for you. But who knows what the surrogate's owner actually looks like. Hah!
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No please, it would be the end of the day, the robots are going to be our owner, not we using them but the robots become the dominant.
We wouldn't live life to the fullest if we used surrogates! Fear, pain, anticipation are all part of the experience. They make happiness more valuable and success that much sweeter!
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Munkfors is de hoofdplaats van de gemeente Munkfors in het landschap Värmland en de provincie Värmlands län in Zweden. De plaats heeft 3224 inwoners (2005) en een oppervlakte van 736 hectare. Van de 736 hectare waar Munkfors uit bestaat ligt 5 hectare in de gemeente Hagfors, op deze 5 hectare wonen 9 mensen. De rivier de Klarälven stroomt door Munkfors.

Munkfors is een industrieplaats. Sinds de 17e eeuw groeide de plaats, naarmate de ijzerindustrie zich uit breidde. Tegenwoordig wordt de plaats steeds meer een forensenplaats, gericht op de stad Karlstad en de industrie in Hagfors. Ook zijn er veel Duitsers, Nederlanders en stadse Zweden met een vakantiehuis in de omgeving.

Geschiedenis
De geschiedenis van Munkfors gaat terug tot de middeleeuwen, toen er een belangrijke bedevaartsroute door het gebied liep. Volgens een legende richtte monniken van het Alvastra klooster in de 12e eeuw hier een stopplaats op, voor de vele trekkende bedevaartgangers.

In de 17e eeuw kwam de ijzerindustrie op gang in Värmland. Johan Börjesson Carlberg, toentertijd burgemeester van Karlstad, had rond Ransäter al drie hamersmidsen opgericht. Rond 1670 richtte hij bij een stroomversnelling van de Klarälven, waar men tegenwoordig Munkfors vindt, ook een hamersmidse op. Het ruwe ijzer kwam uit Sunnemo, waar dezelfde burgemeester al in 1640 een gieterij liet bouwen. In de loop van de jaren bloeide de ijzerindustrie in Värmland, waarmee ook in Munkfors, op tot de grootste productie van Zweden.

In de 19e eeuw werd de ijzerproductie drastisch veranderd, door de ontwikkeling van nieuwe processen. De manager Johan Fredrik Lund van de ijzerindustrie in Munkfors experimenteerde toentertijd met het vernieuwende Martinproces, en wist in 1864 te Munkfors als eerste ter wereld het proces met succes uit te voeren. In 1868 stapte de ijzerindustrie in Munkfors over op deze wijze van ijzerproductie. In 1929 werd een nieuw fabriekspand geopend. In 1941 werd de ijzerfabriek voor goed gesloten.

Administratieve historie
Bij het vormen van de gemeentes (kommun) in Zweden behoorde Munkfors tot Ransäters Landskummun. In 1949 werd de gemeente omgedoopt tot het kommun Munkfors Köping. Lange tijd was Ransäter de hoofdplaats van deze gemeente, totdat Munkfors Köping in 1971 opging in Munkfors kommun met Munkfors als hoofdplaats. In tegenstelling tot veel gemeentes in Värmland, behield de relatief kleine gemeente Munkfors zijn formaat in de gemeentelijke herindelingen in de jaren 70 van de 20e eeuw.

Verkeer en vervoer
Bij de plaats lopen de Riksväg 62 en Länsväg 241.

Plaats in Värmlands län

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It's Time For An Octane Boost
By Tracey King
While our automobiles have experienced remarkable changes over the past several decades, the fuels we put in them have not. Specifically, the octane rating of regular gasoline today is the same as it was 40 years ago; in some areas of the country it is even lower.
From the 1920s to the early 1970s, fuel octane ratings increased in tandem with engine horsepower and compression ratios, culminating in the much-loved "muscle car" era of the late 1950s through early 1970s. But the octane rating of gasoline has stagnated ever since.
Modern and future engines need more octane — not less — to maximize fuel efficiency and reduce carbon emissions.
Smaller engines with increased compression ratios and turbocharging can significantly improve fuel economy while simultaneously providing the same — or greater — horsepower and torque of larger engines. However, these technologies also increase cylinder pressure, and that can lead to premature combustion of the fuel. Pre-ignition of the fuel causes "engine knock" or "pinging," which can seriously damage engines.
That's where octane comes into play. A fuel's octane rating is a measure of its ability to resist premature combustion. The higher the octane number, the lower the risk of pre-ignition and engine knock. More octane also means more power.
These characteristics are appealing to automakers who face a serious challenge in the decade ahead. Federal Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards require automakers to manufacture vehicles that will achieve average fuel economy of 54.5 miles per gallon by 2025. That's more than double the actual average of 24.3 mpg in 2014. Automakers are responding to these aggressive standards by exploring a broad range of technologies that can boost fuel economy. The most promising and economical approach identified by the automakers is to greatly expand the use of turbocharging and high compression ratio engines. And that will require an increase in the octane rating of our gasoline.
Accordingly, the auto companies are pleading for more octane. Just two weeks ago at the Society of Automotive Engineers World Congress in Detroit, GM's vice president of propulsion systems underscored that "Higher octane is necessary for better engine efficiency. It is a proven low-cost enabler to lower CO2."
There are a variety of options for increasing the octane rating of gasoline, but one octane source stands out from the crowd: ethanol.
Made from the starches and sugars in crops, waste and other biological material, ethanol is a renewable fuel that reduces CO2 emissions and has an incredibly high octane rating of 113. That compares to an octane rating of 84 for base gasoline produced at the refinery. In addition, ethanol costs less than other octane enhancers produced by oil refineries, many of which are toxic in nature.
Research by automakers and the Department of Energy confirms that gasoline blends containing 20-40 percent ethanol can provide the necessary octane boost for high-compression, turbocharged engines, while delivering better fuel economy than today's gasoline. In the words of a Mercedes-Benz engineer, ethanol-based high octane fuels can provide "ridiculous power and good fuel economy."
While upping the octane rating of regular gasoline would assist automakers in meeting new CAFE standards, it would also help petroleum refiners comply with the Renewable Fuel Standard. By requiring refiners to blend annually increasing volumes of renewable fuels with petroleum fuels, the RFS diversifies our nation's energy mix and reduces demand for imported oil. Moreover, the RFS ensures oil refiners choose ethanol as the pathway to higher octane, rather than petroleum-based octane sources that increase air and water pollution.
Automotive technologies have experienced tremendous advancement in the past 40 years, but our fuels haven't kept up. We need to modernize our fuel to reduce emissions and enable more efficient engines; higher octane is the key to accomplishing both of those goals. It's past time to increase the octane content of our nation's gasoline.
Tracey King is technical director of the Renewable Fuels Association
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Spangereid is a village at the southernmost point of the coastal road west of Mandal. From the E39 turn onto the 460 in the direction of Spangereid. On entering the village you come to a crossroads by a garage. Turn right here and the church is along here on the left. The Commonwealth war grave is near the western boundary of the churchyard.
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During the Second World War, Norway was of strategic importance to the Germans. Their invasion on 9 April 1940 was sudden and widespread and despite Allied intervention, the entire country was under German occupation by early June. Thereafter, Allied activity in Norway was confined to raids and special operations, with the Commonwealth air forces providing support to Norwegian resistance groups until the German capitulation in May 1945. There are no Commonwealth war cemeteries in Norway, those who died there being buried in civil cemeteries and churchyards. Spangereid Churchyard contains the grave of one Commonwealth airman.
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The Detroiting and Death of Seattle (by a liberal journalist no less)
by Vanderleun on April 1, 2019
Yes, it is an hour but it an hour well spent on how the Utopian compulsions of progressives to pose as "compassionate and caring" has transformed Seattle into its own 3rd-world "shithole country" of homeless drug addicts and criminals polluting what was once a fine city. Reason? This fine city keeps electing socialists and demented Democrats. Me? I'm out of there after ten years and I hope my friends there make their escape soon. After that the only thing that solves a descent this deep is fire.
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Anon April 1, 2019, 3:40 PM
Subtle differences. Detroit was taken over by the black mafia to squeeze/steal as much money out of it as they could. If there was actual justice in Michigan and America about a 1000 or so Detroit politicians. lawyers, cops and elite would be in jail. Seattle is different in numerous ways. Most of Seattle's problems stem from a cadre of far left women and men who acquired stature and positions in Seattle in the 80's and 90's and since who wanted to make Seattle Socialist. Yes, most of the far left in Seattle are women and they fight dirty.
Dave April 1, 2019, 5:25 PM
"Seattle is Dying" is the third program. Here are links to the previous two:
https://komonews.com/news/local/year-long-project-gives-voices-to-seattles-homeless (2016)
https://komonews.com/news/videos/watch-demon-at-the-door-our-heroin-crisis (2017)
I have heard that will be a fourth, but I don't know when.
Jeff Brokaw April 1, 2019, 6:27 PM
Such a strange coincidence that these cities turn into shitholes after electing virtue-signalling SJW Progressives. If only there was some causal link that the media could uncover!
Snakepit Kansas April 1, 2019, 6:54 PM
States and city states will eventually implode. How many illegal aliens can they take before they are bankrupt? How many thugs and illegals will they accept before they realize they will be eaten by their own? Swamp the schools, social services, police and courts. This can only end bad. Real bad. Unfortunately the numbnuts who can afford to escape the high taxes and crime, haul ass to greener pastures to spread their ilk there. Then continue to vote like they did prior. Look at Colorado. FFS.
Just watched the entire video — what a horror show. Wow. Disturbing, sad, infuriating, confounding. How is it possible for politicians to be that stupid?
Civilization is a fragile thing and we are watching our politicians recklessly throw it away. It's a race to the bottom and SF and Seattle seem to be "winning" but plenty of other cities are giving it their best shot.
Old Fert April 1, 2019, 9:48 PM
Massive extremes in fortunes. Very high can afford to live there in great comfort and splendor.
Those on the bottom rung (who for the most part aren't working hard to remedy their situation) tend to stay there.
Middle folks move out to where they can afford to live and must commute in, or move away.
The high and middle are being taxed to the max to provide for those drug addicts and mental cases who will, sadly, stay on the bottom rung until they die.
Those in power don't want to raise them up, they just want to "make them comfortable" in their street-life situation. Oddly enough, those in power manage to make themselves more comfortable while "helping."
Casey Klahnc April 2, 2019, 3:39 AM
In the intro they show a guy with his pants hiked down and his ass out. The thing about too much booze is the squirts hit you fast. Anyway, our unfortunate is in front of the big REI. Which reminds me of a story.
I helped open that big REI, and before that worked, I guess it was, 9 years at the grand old store up on Capitol Hill, Seattle. One beautiful summer day we had the doors open onto 11th., and everyone looked up from their middle class smugness to hear a bum looming in the doorway, yelling at the top of his voice: "You people think you know camping? I camp every daaaay!"
That was the same summer our property manager found a bum who had expired under the loading dock.
Hey, listen. Seattle is no great beans for the middle class, anymore, either. The city decides if you can be an American or not (turns out not!). I went back for a week to be bullied by enviro-busybodies, although I thought I was there for in-service training. My commute from my north end home stay took a carefully crafted hour of surface driving and freeway avoidance. I wanted to take the teacher, who is a friend of mine who lives near and teaches in NYC, down to the waterfront after class as a sightseeing lark. As we began to plan it out, the impact of driving from Capitol Hill to the waterfront on our timeline became an impossible plan! I used to walk it in maybe 9 minutes, and now you cannot drive it. Period.
Fuuuuhk Seattle. And the horse it rode in on.
I think I'll go shooting, today. Maybe I can borrow a neighbor's gun.
Former Lurker April 2, 2019, 7:07 AM
Time to get the pitchforks, torches, and ropes and start hanging the politicians. Even mob rule would be better than this.
jwm April 2, 2019, 8:41 AM
And in my little corner of the Southland the "compassionate" in city hall have decided to let the urban campers pitch tents in a formerly nice park, AND along a wide green easement on the main boulevard into town. Sorta' makes for a festive atmosphere on your way onto town. This goes well with the tsunami of high-density tenements being built on every vacant lot within the city limits. The streets are choked, the parks are full of tweakers, and derelicts, no one speaks English, and everything's broken.
JWM
captflee April 2, 2019, 8:52 AM
As a 1980 denizen of the Shilshole Marina in Ballard, I am of the opinion that Ecotopia has aged far worse in these intervening decades than even I, and that is saying something. I suppose I should have seen it coming, having spent no little time at a bicycle cooperative which shared a building with a sensibly shod women's group, from which would intermittently erupt anti-male chants of a particularly bloodthirsty sort. Even in those pre-Reagan times, at the ass end of the seventies when the djinn, fair and foul, released in the sixties yet stalked the land, that stood out. I mistook that bit of lunacy for an aberration when it was plainly a harbinger.
I imagine, Gerard, that seeing this transition must be painful for you. I can't say that I was ever able to work up much affection for the place; not my weather, not my people. Even so, it was easy to see its appeal, and to recognize the loss.
Casey: I am no stranger to the Capitol Hill store, and wonder if our paths crossed there.
Perhaps some day soon I shall assemble a group of like minded folk and head up to Fremont, there to do away with old V.I.'s monument, method yet TBD. Wonder if I could get as good a legal deal there as the Research Triangle's iconoclasts did?
Bruceph April 2, 2019, 8:54 AM
My stomach is churning having watch most of this video, and having been very, very close to the drug situation.
I think one is willfully blind, or willfully brainwashed, to think this little video touched the heart of the problem. It's much bigger (because it's us), and much simpler. I won't go into it here. You'll have to figure it out for yourself.
The solution is also much simpler and derived from Neil Youngs' observation "every junkie is a setting sun".
Here's my offering to that pile of ideas known as 'Solutions'*. I realize it's offensive. It makes me shudder; yet, I think it would work, in spite of the ensuing social justice riots.
Option A: holding 'user quantity' of drugs, automatic 5 years hard labor, regardless of health. No visitation rights; no lawsuits (civil or otherwise) for resultant melanoma.
Option A1: holding 'user quantity' of drugs, with previous [singular] violent arrest, 20 years to death hard labor, no visitation rights. release after 20 upon review.
Option B: 'distribution quantity' of drugs, mandatory execution within 7 days by firing squad. Single visitation allowed. corrupt officials, of any stripe, found 'planting evidence' or 'influencing an outcome' get same treatment.
Now I'm going to crawl in a hole and contemplate how the heck I came to think this way. Just in case I'm incorrect or unwilling to 'do the hard work' necessary to arrive at a better conclusion. But having been both at cause and victimized by this pandemic I not inclined to think I'll come to any new 'understanding'. What one Must understand, heroin is Death. Sit in silence with this for a long time.
Additionally, the culture is sociopathic.
footnote: the same goes for pimps, traffickers and pedophiles and especially, abortionists, who should get a special airlift to Kabul or perhaps the DRoC, with a tattoo revealing their occupation the forehead.
* "The chief cause of problems is solutions." Eric Sevareid 1970
Gordon Scott April 2, 2019, 9:41 AM
There was a story about four months ago that described why homelessness got so bad in Seattle. There were four groups, if I remember. One is the addicts–they're pushing for "wellness" care, meaning free needles, free food, free shelter, and, quite possibly, free drugs.
Another is two large nonprofits that are recipients of heavy public funding. Naturally the leaders of these two groups make very good money, and more and more of the funding goes to keep the group going and less and less to actual beneficial events.
The third was the politicians, who compete to virtue signal the loudest. All of them require frequent treatment from chiropods for the repetitive motion injuries they suffer. Patting yourself on the back all the time causes muscle stress. Don't do anything controversial like suggesting giving the addicts bus tickets back to where they come from.
Fourth was the lefty voters. They don't want to do any of the heavy lifting of making the homeless be less addicted, or more responsible. They want to vote for someone to tax Amazon and Microsoft and to hire people to do the work. Then they feel good about how much they care.
It's amazing how fast that sort of nexus can destroy a beautiful city. And it's happening in San Diego, LA, San Francisco and to a lesser extent, Portland.
tallow pot April 2, 2019, 9:49 AM
Around forty years ago, I had an appointment at the Federal Bldg. I found a diagonal parking spot on the hill and stepped out of my car into human feces. Nothing has changed, it's only gotten worse. BRUCEPH I'd add a prohibition on the administration of narcan to those who willingly chose to use illegal drugs.
Gordon Scott April 2, 2019, 10:39 AM
Tallow pot, re: Narcan. That young Hollywood cutie who killed herself a few months back, and was brought back (though she apparently has serious brain damage and probably won't sing again)? She and her friends have Narcan on hand, just in case. So they can party more hearty. Demi Lovato, that's the name. Too bad Prince didn't, although since he was a solitary pain pill user, it probably wouldn't have helped since you need someone else to administer it. His security people at Paisley Park were not allowed to watch the cameras in the living area.
I was in the Seattle area for a week, an month ago. I looked for the homeless camps and didn't see any. But I spent almost no time in Seattle. I was in Kent, Seatac, Tukwila, and other burbs. My coworker, who used to live there, asked if I wanted to go to Pike Place Market. We're staying in a hotel. What am I gonna do with a fish?
We had a big homeless camp spontaneously pop up last summer in Minneapolis. They're not uncommon. City inspectors find them on vacant lots often. But this one was right by a freeway. It grew and grew. Part of it was that it was the Native part of town, and many of the campers were Native. Day and night people stopped by to bring food, tents, sleeping bags, etc. Being Minneapolis, the city brought in portable toilets and dumpsters, and there were efforts to keep it free of vermin. Unfortunately, not free of drugs.
There was a vigilante Native group running the place (Natives Against Heroin). Now and then they would make a big deal out of tearing down a tent and "evicting" a drug dealer. This would be a dealer who wasn't paying the vigilantes the proper scratch. Drugs were available 24/7.
Much anguish on the part of our council members, who closely resemble those in Seattle. And unlike Seattle, it gets fricking cold here. Eventually, one of the state tribes, (Red Lake Chippewa) which owns a bit of land in town, allowed the city to set up a really big tent. We shall see what happens in the future. One idea was to build these little studios for them to live in (500 square feet isn't little!) with kitchens and bathrooms across a courtyard. Now perhaps I'm just cynical, but I suspect that courtyard will smell like piss in about 18 hours.
butch April 2, 2019, 11:06 AM
My sympathy meter is pegged low. The virtue signaling voters brought this upon themselves. F**k'em.
Casey Klahn April 2, 2019, 12:38 PM
Greetings, Captain Flee. I sure you saw me in the climbing department upstairs. All full of myself and of shit, as all climbers are. 198-something through the late 90s. I worked on capitol Hill, the Flagship downtown, Redmond (when people thought it was Bellevue) and at the Spokane store. I was a terror to my fellow employees, whenever they'd say something really vapid @ the environment. I would nail them to the yardarm; once a really blathering and overly excited customer came in to get some tree climbing stuff because he was going to hang in the trees in the Olympic national Park and save the last ones from being logged. I told him that there is no logging in the National Park, and that he was a total idiot.
I'd have a beer with any old Seattelite and at anytime. I happened to love the weather but that's because I came there from the coast, where it was actually rainy! I thought Seattle was the freaking sun capitol.
I note your pre-Reagan pedigree, and I recall the femmes being vocal, violent, and crabby about President Reagan when he had recently been in office, and I worked on Capitol Hill. They were the first rabid political fatwa, and they dropped their opinions at every turn. Those were the halcyon days when we were still having dialogue. Now, it's more like a war.
Anyway: cheers!
Bruceph April 2, 2019, 1:57 PM
One other thing to get straight in the state of politics today is an all too largely constant: Your taxes are there to fund the programs. The programs are there to extract your taxes.
AesopFan April 2, 2019, 3:22 PM
…. It's a race to the bottom and SF and Seattle seem to be "winning" but plenty of other cities are giving it their best shot.
First you ban Chick-Fil-A from your airports…then it's downhill all the way.
We lived in San Antonio for two years and loved the city, but the crazy has gotten much worse.
Tom Sherry April 2, 2019, 5:36 PM
"How is it possible for politicians to be that stupid?"
They live in Bellevue, Redmond, Mercer Island and Bainbridge Island. Not in urban Xiattle.
Rob De Witt April 2, 2019, 7:54 PM
Let me add a little something…
In '71 or so, after somehow surviving my childhood, losing my daughter and my only stability, spending time in a mental hospital due the severe breakdown that resulted, and a host of other delights…..I found myself in Chicago trying to make a go of it with my former high-school sweetheart.
I was 26, I think. I'd grown up, to coin a phrase, in a small city in farm country, and lived in every smaller town I could get close to. All I'd wanted was to escape the escalating insanity of the Rock Culture, and that ended, and ended with, my marriage. This was my first big city, and I saw this stuff through the bus windows when I traveled around town looking for work, an experience I'll never forget. All I could do was weep.
And still.
Geri April 2, 2019, 9:20 PM
It is much worse than I thought. San Francisco is worse. Rhode Island has the solution if the politicians would woman/man-up and do what needs to be done.
Susan in Seattle April 3, 2019, 6:24 AM
There are so many things I could write but will instead link this long but well-worth-the read article:
https://www.city-journal.org/seattle-homelessness
Theduchessofkitty April 3, 2019, 9:54 AM
Seattle-zuela.
Gordon Scott April 3, 2019, 3:23 PM
Geri, what is being done in Rhode Island?
Joe April 3, 2019, 4:48 PM
"[It is a basic principle of a tyrant] to unarm his people of weapons, money, and all means whereby they resist his power." ~ Sir Walter Raleigh
ghostsniper April 3, 2019, 6:05 PM
If you build a homeless infrastructure…they will come.
Geri April 4, 2019, 7:42 AM
Gordon, If you watch the video it will tell you Rhode Island is arresting, incarcerating and treating drug addicts. They give them methodone and similar medication so that the former drug abusers can go on to lead productive lives. Rhode Island states they have a 93% success rate with this treatment.
Rob De Witt April 4, 2019, 11:02 AM
My goodness, the same resistance to the Homeless Industry is beginning to show up in San Francisco. Newly elected check-all-the-boxes (Black, raised-on-welfare, Lesbian Socialist) Mayor London "I Probably Won't" Breed has been publicly and loudly shouted down in a sales pitch for a new "Navigation Center" for the druggies and insane.
https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/London-Breed-shouted-down-at-meeting-over-13740305.php?t=be2908157e
This is Politics 101, and never mind what the Eastern lawyers are accusing each other of. I've lived in and around this area for over 40 years and I haven't seen this kind of pushback since the '70s.
Phil Ossiferz Stone April 4, 2019, 2:19 PM
This is your daily reminder that representation in the state legislature, the electoral college, the House of Representatives, and Federal funding are all determined by CENSUS DATA. The barrios crammed full of illegal beaners and the sprawling homeless encampments are all juicy sources of political power and riches. The pols responsible for this are not stupid. They are merely greedy sociopaths feeding at the trough.
In other news, the Reform Jews and dykes at The Gun Class will continue to vote for this sort of thing, as well as 'sensible' gun control. They merely are a bit alarmed that the things they may vote for will affect *them.* They too are greedy sociopaths, but with an ideological axe to grind.
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Last week Matt and I decided to go to the cinema, we've both recently been going to the cinema more often as there's just so many films we want to see at the moment. Last week we went to see Ready Player One which was so good that I just knew I had to write a review on it! Though I am annoyed at myself that I didn't get round to reading the book before I saw the movie but oh well these things happen!
I loved the story line, it was such a fun story! The idea of being able to enter a world through virtual reality just blows my mind and to know that our technology isn't too far from this by providing us with brilliant VR experiences already it makes the film feel more real. The story follows Wade Watts a young boy with a broken family and a young boy who escapes the realty through virtual reality. So when the owner and maker of the OASIS (the virtual reality world) dies and announces that he will sign over all rights to the individual who can find all three keys within the OASIS, Wade jumps at the chance of this opportunity and you follow him through the challenges of this competition. I honestly think this story is so fun and entertaining that there was never a dull moment to the story.
Wade Watts is a really lovable character feeling sorry for him when it comes to his living situation and you are all for him winning the competition. However, though he is a really lovable character I think the only thing this film lacks is character development. This also agrees with all the characters. Unfortunately, I just thought some of the things they did throughout the film was quite sudden and didn't really make sense, however once seen through that the characters are all great in their own ways. I especially loved H, such a fun and enjoyable character to watch on screen.
Something that I know a lot of people were a little worried about this film is the many references it has towards pop culture and the 80s however I actually really enjoyed all the references. I enjoyed seeing some of my favourites pop culture classics make an appearance such as King Kong and the t-rex from Jurassic Park appear on the screen. It made the film feel very nostalgic and I know a lot of people who grew up through the 80s will enjoy that aspect too. I also LOVED the classic 80s tunes throughout the film it made it so fun and I just love some of those music tracks anyway.
Overall, I really enjoyed this film and I'm so glad I saw it in the cinema. I definitely want to pick up the book soon as I know that I will 100% love the book even more and maybe there will be more depth to the character within the book due to books being more in-depth anyway. Have you seen Ready Player One? Or have you read the book and plan to see it soon?
I've never heard of the book or the movie but great review. I so miss going to the cinema.


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I popped into town a couple of days ago and I bought a few things fashion and beauty related that I needed wanted so today I have decided to share with you the few beauty items I ended up bringing home. I've even included some small reviews just for you!
This has been one of the most spoke about products in the Blogging industry and I've finally jumped on the band wagon and bought it, I even got my mum to purchase it!
I've tried this and I have to say it's lovely. I love the fact it's silicone as it glides over the skin and builds up a great layer to then place make-up over. It's moisturising, invisible and non-greasy! I wasn't impressed at the size of the bottle though.
Similar to the primer, I've joined in and bought this product after hearing about it over and over again. The main reason I bought this was due to the buy one get one half price offer! I have only just realised though that I bought the normal version rather than the waterproof version which isn't good news for me!
So far so good! It does extend the lashes, it dries quickly, the brush is easy to use and glides through each lash ensuring they're covered in an equal amount. I'm not sure if it'll take over my current daily but only time will tell.
I've done it again, I've become a copycat and bought another product a lot of people are going mad about! I adore my Rimmel Wake Me Up foundation but I am struggling with it during the colder seasons as it's not very suitable. Match Perfection is the only Rimmel liquid foundation I haven't used excluding their new Stay Matte mouse. It wasn't till I purchased this that my mum even said she used to use it and it's one of her favourite drugstore foundations!
I'm going to have to do a proper review on this foundation as I love it so much. It's replaced Wake Me Up without a doubt until the warmer seasons come! I find I don't need to use a lot to get a good coverage, it matches my skin tone easily, it's not oily and is just fantastic.
I have always hated liquid eye liners so you may wonder why I've bought one. Well I've noticed liquid and pencil eye liners can be used for a great look and as I used to wear pencil eye liner 24/7 I thought I should step out of my comfort zone and buy a liquid eye liner. I decided to buy a cheap eye liner just so I could test out whether I suited it, but I made sure the brush was half-decent and I found the bottle easy to hold.
If you follow me on Instagram or you've seen my January Snaps post you may have noticed I was sporting a winged eye liner look, so I'd say I really like the idea of wearing liquid eye liner, yay for trying new things!
Price is great, the bottle is easy to hold, the colour comes out well off the brush, the brush isn't too stiff but not too flexible which I prefer but the biggest issue which I expected it due to the price is how long it lasts and how easy it wears off. The eye liner seems to literally peel off which is a big no no for the long run!
Last but not least it's something very different, false nails! I haven't worn false nails for a very long time, in fact due to my job I wasn't even allowed to paint my nails but now I can which makes me feel ever so more girly. I spotted these ombre nails for just £1 in Primark and I couldn't resist. They might be cheap and might not last a while but I'll wear them when I go out one night to give my look a little jazz as I have really short nails due to biting and I'm rubbish at painting them anyway!
I hope you enjoyed this post, keep an eye out for reviews on some of these products, tell me what reviews you'd like first?


In 2006 we were asked to design and install a Master Plan for this Amherst residence located within a wetland meadow landscape. This photo gallery takes you through that 3 year process from construction through plant maturity.
We were inspired by the character of the site and worked to bring these wetland meadow systems into the managed landscape. By carefully selecting native species we added to the rich biodiversity that already existed. The pollinators and song birds hum about. We also aimed to thoroughly integrate the interior with the exterior. By building a pond and Goshen stone patio off the back stoop, parties can easily spill outside to a variety of destinations. And by carefully assessing screening needs we were able to create several subtle "outdoor" rooms within the yard, while maintaining powerful views to our iconic mountain ranges.
Years later this site proves to be a true hallmark of ideas: blending edible orchard trees in the meadow, a low-growing clover/eco-turf lawn, custom stonework, rain barrels, and an amazing dog!


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Have you ever wondered what an easy way to learn a foreign language is? Or, maybe you've tried to learn a foreign language but don't know how and where to start? Many of us face the same dilemma when it comes to learning a new language. We try overpriced courses but seem to land nowhere in practice.
It is correct that learning a new language requires a lot of dedication. But, what if we told you that there are simple ways to reach expert level? Yes, that's true. Here's how you can learn a foreign language quickly with minimum suffering-
1. Start by perfecting the 100 most-used terms in the language
The biggest problem in learning a new language is getting started. Don't worry; we have a lifehack for you that works. You can start by analysing your target language and finding the top 100 words that are used the most. That will give you a decent exposure to the language, because words are the building blocks of all languages.
Since the most-used words constitute half of the words people say every day, you will already be halfway there! It may require some cognitive neuroscience techniques along with good time management to find success using this idea. Finding the list of the most common words is not rocket science. There are many websites out there for your guidance.
However, you won't become a language guru if you stop at 100 words. According to scientific research, acquiring more and more words should be an ongoing practice in your mastery of the target language. Practice is the key!
2. Use the wonders of modern technology: Wokabulary App
There is no shortage of productivity apps available on iPhone, iPad or Mac. But, did you know that there is an app to make the process of learning words even easier? Wokabulary App is an excellent way to learn and automatically systemize words according to their difficulty level. To ensure productivity, the app frequently quizzes you on newer and more difficult words, substituting them for older and easier ones.
It comes with two quiz modes. You can practice your words according to your learning preferences. That means the app is advanced enough to adjust itself according to its unique user. As explained above, practising words is the best way to approach a language if you want to master it.
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Wokabulary helps you keep track of your progress visually. That means an overview of your performance level will be evident at all times!
3) Duolingo for guidance, Rosetta Stone for independence
Duolingo and Rosetta Stone are well-known names in the language field already. You can learn an amount equivalent to a college semester in just 34 hours with Duolingo or 55 hours with Rosetta. Duolingo uses game mechanics to involve the learner in direct translation of several words from and to the user's native tongue. That is a proven method for learning quickly and easily, but not very deeply.
Learning a language using Rosetta Stone can get annoying at times, but it is actually for the best. To gain the ability to communicate in real life, we must come as close to real life as possible, and Rosetta Stone makes it possible. Spoon-feeding is dropped straightaway, which encourages you to think, join bits of knowledge together, and form your ideas in the target language.
Successfully Learning a Foreign Language Makes You Smarter!
According to scientific research, learning a new language provides many cognitive benefits. If you start at an early age, you can gain various cognitive abilities. Language learning has also been proven to reduce memory loss issues that come with the advancement of age. Bilingual children have shown more creative and variant thinking than monolingual children. All the more reason to start learning a foreign language today. Thanks to this article, you now know the easiest ways to start learning a new language!
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Some things in life are hard to describe, yet we can recognize them when we see them.
Love is one of those things.
True love comes in many different forms, but here are some that many of us know well.
True love means supporting those who can't support themselves
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It's having the perfect selfie partner
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It's all the warm fuzzies
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True love means being there even when life gets unbearably hard
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It's letting yourself be silly… just because they'll enjoy it
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True love is allowing yourself to show how you really feel
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True love is timeless
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Melbourne set for bidding war to keep Munster
Could a rival club offer Cameron Munster enough to entice him out of Melbourne?
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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JULY 14: Cameron Munster of the Storm looks on from the bench prior to the round 18 NRL match between the Manly Sea Eagles and the Melbourne Storm at Lottoland on July 14, 2018 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Jason McCawley/Getty Images)
Melbourne may need to offer Cameron Munster a seven-figure salary in order to keep him at the Storm, given the intense bidding war that's set to centre around the 23-year-old.
Munster is out of contract at the end of the 2019 season, and is reportedly set to test his value on the market from November 1.
The Sunday Mail understand the list of potential suitors is now up to eight, with clubs including Gold Coast, North Queensland, Parramatta and Sydney all interested in the Origin five-eighth.
Munster wants to remain in Melbourne, although his salary could be the defining factor.
Queensland legend Darren Lockyer agrees with the market value for Munster, but hopes he remains under the tutelage of Craig Bellamy.
"When a club spends millions on players, they have to be prudent that they are buying the right player because it's a huge chunk out of the salary cap," Lockyer told the Daily Telegraph.
"I can understand why Cameron is in high demand, but he needs to weigh up where he can play his best football.
"I believe the best club for him is Melbourne.
"Craig Bellamy (Storm coach) is very good in bringing discipline to a group and the standards he drives has helped Cameron's form this year, even for Queensland in the Origin arena.
"Cam will have plenty of interest but he needs to be strategic about his next deal."
Melbourne remain confident they've done enough to keep Munster around, with Storm CEO Dave Donaghy recently telling Melbourne radio Munster has confirmed to the club he wants to remain at AAMI Park.
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