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How to Use SS 17 for Your Halloween Costume
Can you believe it's already October 4? Finally, people can stop calling me crazy for anticipating Halloween costumes and parties--it's like three weeks away! And isn't that always the way it goes? Halloween seems like a distant, magical dream and then all of a sudden, it's in 3 days and all you have is a ripped pair of panty hose and some bent bunny ears from the year before. Depressing. With that in mind, it's time to be prepared and start thinking COSTUMES.
This is when all of those crazy designers (think Vivienne Westwood, Marc Jacobs, Gareth Pugh) come in handy. All of those looks that were sent down the runway that you thought to yourself: who in their right mind would wear that? Well, this is the one night you CAN! Channel your inner fashion goddess and use these insane looks to embody the character of your dreams (or nightmares):
1. Cher (Chanel) Horowitz
The diva of the 90s who will live forever! What better than the tweed of Chanel to perfect this look? Classic, fabulous, and extremely fashion forward (even in 2016). Want to update the look because no one gets Clueless anymore? (Sigh). Channel your inner Chanel Oberlin of Scream Queens--same requirements, different results.
2. A Jackson Pollock Painting
Who says you can't go as an inanimate object? Don this colorful look (also from Karl Lagerfeld of Chanel) and say you're a rare, never-released canvas from the tortured artist himself.
3. A citizen of Divergent's Abnegation Faction
Is it just me, or does this Sonia Rykiel look scream the humble, don't-look-in-a-mirror philosophy of Abnegation, the faction that Tess of Divergent was born into? A culture of people who put others' happiness before their own...no, I don't really get that either, but for one night out of the year, it can be pulled off.
4. A pinecone
Once again, sometimes it's more fun to embody an object rather than an actual character. We have to be people every single day, after all. Why not give it a rest? Not that you can rest very easily in this Junya Watanabe look, but you make a pretty kick ass pinecone from the future.
5. The One with Rachel's New Dress
Who else remembers this episode from Friends--where Rachel dons her newest lingerie for a date night with beau Jonathan, only to be ambushed by dinner with his parents. What else can she do but pretend that this is the new way the French are wearing it? Today, this isn't so far from the truth. Embrace your Rachel Green with this La Perla masterpiece! And stay away from pervs.
6. Cut-Out Doll
For this one, Jeremy Scott did all the work for us by working the "costume" element into his collection. Throw on any of the pieces from his Moschino SS 2017 line and throw it back to every young girl's favorite pastime: cutting out pieces of paper in the shape of dolls!! What a time to be alive.
7. Raver Girl
And finally, a man who has also done it for us: Marc Jacobs. Throw your pastel dreadlocks up on top of your head and dance the night away in one of his looks. Thank you Marc, for bringing the party to us.
What do you think--good ideas? Terrible? Got some better of your own? Let me know! In the meantime, don't stop brainstorming costumes. You don't want to be stuck the day of with nothing to wear but a ratty old Jack-O-Lantern T-shirt from Target.
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Robin Walker
MP for Worcester
Autumn Budget 2021 to deliver a stronger economy for people in Worcester
Wednesday, 27 October, 2021
Worcester MP Robin Walker believes Chancellor Rishi Sunak's Autumn Budget and Spending Review, presented today in the House of Commons will provide the foundations for a stronger economy across every part of the United Kingdom including Worcester as the recovery from the Coronavirus pandemic continues.
Robin was pleased that the Budget prioritises included helping working families and vulnerable households with the cost of living, including through a significant tax cut for low-income families by reducing the Universal Credit taper rate from 63 per cent to 55 per cent, a 6.6 per cent increase in the National Living Wage to £9.50 an hour – giving a £1,000 pay rise to 2 million of the lowest paid – lifting pay restraints for public sector workers, a freeze in fuel duty for the twelfth consecutive year, and a freeze in alcohol duty – alongside radical reform to make the system simpler, fairer and healthier.
Businesses will also benefit from new measures, including a 50 per cent cut in business rates next year for 90 per cent of retail, hospitality and leisure – alongside a freeze of all rates – the creation of new business rates relief to encourage green technologies and improvements to properties, and a doubling of creative industries tax reliefs for the UK's world-leading theatres, orchestras, museums and galleries.
Other measures to drive economic growth include record investment in our roads, railways and broadband; supporting innovation through a record £20 billion spending on R&D; and a huge uplift in skills training through T-levels, Institutes of Technology, and apprenticeships.
As part of the three year Spending Review delivered alongside the Budget, total government departmental spending will increase by £150 billion by 2024 – a 3.8 per cent annual real terms increase – the largest real terms increase this century, and record levels of capital investment not seen in 50 years.
This funding increase will help to deliver on the Conservative Government's key manifesto promises, including building 40 new hospitals, recruiting 20,000 police officers, and raising per pupil spending in schools to record levels.
Underpinning these measures, the Budget strengthens the country's public finances and will get debt falling again, following the £400 billion package of support put in place during the pandemic. The new fiscal rules set out today by the Chancellor will require the government to only borrow to invest and get debt falling by 2024, in line with the Conservative Government's 2019 manifesto commitment.
Commenting after the announcement, Robin said:
"I am delighted that the stronger growth than anticipated and strength of recovery has allowed the government to spend extra on health and education. There are some crucial steps beig taken in this Autumn Budget to invest across public services, drive up apprenticeships and support further economic and social recovery from the pandemic."
"I am also delighted with extra help on business rates which can support the continued recovery of the High Street and even stronger economy in the future"
"Despite the numerous challenges caused by the pandemic, this Government is getting on with the job and delivering on the priorities of the British people."
Commenting, Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak said:
"One year ago, this country was in the grip of the biggest recession in 300 years. Thanks to our Plan For Jobs, we are today recovering faster than our major competitors, more people are in work, and growth is up. But uncertainty in the global economy means that recovery is now under threat."
"That is why this Budget and Spending Review delivers a stronger economy for the British people – strengthening our public finances, helping working families meet the cost of living, supporting businesses, delivering stronger public services, and driving economic growth."
"This is a Budget which will level up every part of the United Kingdom. It is a Budget which provides the foundations for a stronger economy."
For more information on the Autumn Budget 2021, please see:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/autumn-budget-and-spending-r…
For the Chancellors full speech, please see:
https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/autumn-budget-and-spending-revie…
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Worcester MP Robin Walker has explained why he supported crucial legislation to improve the water quality in his constituency.
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12°C, white cloud and one shower. Strong W.
I rode with MapMyRide+! Distance: 61.8mi, time: 04:26:08, pace: 4:18min/mi, speed: 13.9mi/h.
Riding fixed in wind is not recommended. Wind is a weakness of single speed bikes, it turns the ride into a long steady climb up a hill. That hill can easily be ten miles long. The trick is to choose a route that crosses the wind direction as much as possible.
Speaking of hills, I got up Bannister Hill again, also after Dalton.
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About Us - Handcrafted Tonics - Bradleys Tonic Co.
Created in June of 2013 after a very successful Kickstarter Campaign, Bradley's Tonic Co. has been creating the world's finest craft tonic syrup with intent to bring back the glory days of the Gin & Tonic. The tonic is made completely by hand in Seattle, Washington by Bradley himself along with the help some incredibly generous friends.
Everything is made from scratch the old-fashioned way. The equipment is simple and the tasks are manual. Ingredients are meticulously selected and imported exclusively for this tonic, which gives way to a truly unique experience. No extracts, "flavorings," or high-fructose corn syrup are used in the process. I don't think we need to explain why.
The business is growing rapidly and expanding to foreign countries as folks find that there really can be more to a Gin & Tonic than just an uneventful clear cocktail. If you haven't tried this tonic yet, you're truly missing out on this modern reinvention of an important classic cocktail filled with spice and history.
My name's Bradley, and I'm a career distiller and bartender. After home brewing since I could drive and eventually getting into trouble with my mother's tea kettle and some copper tubing, I can safely say I've always been drawn to the adult beverage world. With several years experience as a brewer, distiller, and bartender in both Kentucky and Seattle, I've noticed an incredible enthusiasm for quality and creativity behind the bar, in the kitchen, and at home. And, that's why I'm here: to bring something new and useful to the table. I know you'll love this tonic as much as I do.


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Guitar of the Day: Fender American Vintage Reissue FSR 1970's Stratocaster | Norman's Rare Guitars
Music Makers Software for Music Composers
Music composition was once a simple and straightforward task. The musicians had to practice and work hard day and night to create phenomenal vocals. However, with the passage of time, the norms have changed in the music industry as well.
Choosing Bass Samples for Making Beats and Tips on How to Make Beats
There are thousands of bass samples available to choose from. I point out a few different kinds and tips on how to make beats using them.
Recommendations on Purchasing Music Supplies
Buying music supplies requires knowing what you need and what products can address those needs. You should take the time to research, identify your needs and differentiate features before buying anything.
Djent Guitars – Get Low With Your 7 and 8 String Guitars!
Learn what gear and guitars to use when playing Djent! The best bands today are using the best gear, find out what you need to get up to par!
Wanna Play Blues Harp? The Most Popular Hohner Harmonicas Explained
German manufacturer Hohner are the best brand in harmonicas and accessories and they make a wide range, this poses the question,"so how do you know which one or ones are best for blues harmonica either as a beginner, intermediate or pro player?". Usually the pro players and more experienced bluesmen have worked it out by now but many beginner or newbies as they are known still need a bit of help and guidance.
Songwriting – 3 Ways to Write a Chord Progression for a New Song
Sometimes it's hard to know where to start when coming up with a chord progression for a new song. In this article, we'll look at three things you can do to alleviate that problem.
Songwriting – How to Get Inspiration for a New Song
There are a number of ways you can draw inspiration from other songs, movies, television shows, or any form of storytelling you'd like. In this article, we'll look at a few ways you can do that effectively.
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Karaoke is a form of musical entertainment that allows singers, amateur or professional to imitate the voice of an original artist. Originally invented in Japan during the early 1970's, Karaoke machines soon grew in popularity in South-East Asia and worldwide. The acceptance of this new form of home entertainment in North America didn't catch on initially, not until lounges and bars saw the commercial benefits and began providing Karaoke machines in their premises. As high-end sound quality was provided, along with other lighting and multiple screen enhancements, the Karaoke "experience" gained wide acceptance. More recently, with the latest advancements in digital sound quality, and the use of DVD or CD players, Karaoke entertainment with home-based systems has gained wider popularity and usage.
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Music is something which enlightens the mind and soul, a huge stress buster too. It comes in humongous varieties like pop, rock, trance, house, hip hop, rap etc.
Bob Welch, Unsung Link in Fleetwood Mac History
Fleetwood Mac is one of the longest lasting rock and roll bands from the mid-late 1960's British Invasion, having been formed around 1967 as a blues band and recording into the 21st century. Controversy and turmoil have marked their history as much as some of the finest records ever made. Even an honor such as induction to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame was marred by acrimony and lawsuits.
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Music is engrained in us all. We are all affected by music for a reason, and regardless of your level of technical knowledge of musical theory or ability to play an instrument; we have strong thoughts and opinions on various genres of music and songs were hear. Sound is very important to the human mind and a lot of processing power is dedicated to this function that we can often take for granted. If you ask someone to compare the sound quality of two different speakers, most will accurately tell you which 'sounds' better but will have a difficult time explaining their reasoning.
How You Can Promote Your Underground Beats On Music Forums Over The Internet?
Internet is a useful tool for everyone. Whether you are a budding entrepreneur, a journalist, a student, or belong to another profession, internet can give you all the benefits to unleash your potential. Just like there is something for people from all backgrounds, there are innumerable resources for musicians as well. Most of the resources are available to all aspiring musicians at no cost and everyone else can benefit from them as well.
Songwriting – Understanding the Purposes of Verses, Choruses and Every Other Section of a Song
It's important to understand that each section of a song typically has a role to fulfill. If you know the purpose of each section in your song, you'll be better prepared to write a great song. In this article, we'll look at the typical sections of a song, and their purposes.
A Guide for Songwriters – The Most Commonly Used Song Structures
Song structure is important because it organizes our songs. Think of the most common types of song structures as universally agreed upon roadmaps for your songs. In this article, we'll look at the most commonly used song structures in popular music and how you can use them in your songs.
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Charles Joseph John "Joe" Hart (born 19 April 1987) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Burnley and the England national team. With over 100 Premier League clean sheets, Hart holds the record for the most Premier League Golden Glove awards (four) and has amassed over 60 international caps since his debut in 2008.
He began his career at his hometown club Shrewsbury Town in the Conference and League Two. In 2006, he moved to top-flight Manchester City, having attracted the attention of several Premier League teams. He spent time on loan at Tranmere Rovers and Blackpool in his first season, before spending the 2009–10 season at Birmingham City. Hart was nominated for the PFA Young Player of the Year and was voted as the Premier League goalkeeper of the 2009–10 season in recognition of his performances at Birmingham. He returned to Manchester City for the 2010–11 season and won the Golden Glove for keeping the most clean sheets throughout the Premier League season. Hart replicated this feat in the 2011–12 season and was a key player during City's title-winning campaign. He won the Golden Glove for the third year in a row in the following season, and earned a second Premier League title in 2014. In 2015, Hart once again won the Golden Glove award for the fourth time in five years. In 2015, Hart was praised by Gianluigi Buffon who described him as the best goalkeeper in the world.
A former regular for England at Under-21 level, Hart made his senior international debut in June 2008, and has been recognised as England's first-choice goalkeeper since 2010. He has gained over 60 caps and was selected in England's squads for two FIFA World Cups and as many UEFA European Championships.


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Q: Binomial, geometric distributions, conditional I have that $$ X_2|X_1 =  Bin(n,p) $$ and $$ X_1 = Geo(\frac{1}{B+1}) $$
I need to find the marginal distribution of $$X_2$$
I know that the joint distribution is given by $$P(X_1,X_2) = P(X_2|X_1)P(X_1)$$
I'm thinking to take the marginal I need to take the sum over X1 however it is getting messy very quickly. Is this the correct approach?
Any tips would be appreciated.

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Te Whakaritenga
Copyright at Otago
Privacy at Otago
Staff training and development
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Protection of children
Senate, 24 June 2015
Date Policy Took Effect
Last approved revision
Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic)
Responsible officer
Manager, Policy and Compliance
The purpose of this policy is to:
affirm the University's commitment to academic integrity
affirm that, in relation to students, the University has a responsibility to educate students with regards to academic integrity
define the expectations and responsibilities of the University, staff and students as regards the fostering of academic integrity
Organisational scope
This policy applies to all staff and students of the University.
The basis for ethical decision-making and behaviour in an academic context. This is reflected in norms of acceptable academic practice and is informed by the values of honesty, trust, responsibility, fairness, respect and courage.
Actions which intentionally or unintentionally are contrary to the values and practices associated with academic integrity.
Text-matching software
Computer software which detects similarities between text in a submitted document and pre-existing documents (e.g. published articles). This can be used to detect plagiarism and/or incorrect referencing.
1. General Principles
Academic integrity is the basis for ethical decision-making and behaviour in an academic context. It is reflected in norms of acceptable academic practice and is informed by the following values:
Honesty in learning, teaching, research and service
Trust to support the free exchange of ideas
Responsibility for personal actions
Fairness including transparent expectations, standards and practices
Respect for diverse opinions
Courage to translate values into action
Academic endeavours at the University of Otago are built upon an essential commitment to academic integrity. Staff and students are expected to engage in teaching, learning, research and related service activities in a manner consistent with the values of academic integrity and the accepted practices of the academic tradition within which the University of Otago operates.
The University of Otago affirms that instilling academic integrity is an integral part of a university education. The University recognises that students entering tertiary study begin with varying levels of understanding of academic integrity and is committed to ensuring that students are given educational opportunities to understand the practices associated with academic integrity and to learn to embody those practices in their academic work.
The University of Otago treats academic misconduct by staff or students seriously; there are separate processes and procedures for dealing with allegations of academic misconduct:
The Student Academic Misconduct Procedures
The Procedure for Dealing with Allegations of Misconduct in Research
Human Resources processes as appropriate.
The University reserves the right to use text-matching software and other appropriate tools and technologies to detect academic misconduct.
2. University, Staff And Student Responsibilities
The fostering and maintenance of a culture of academic integrity at the University of Otago relies upon the actions and commitment of staff and students, as per the following responsibilities.
It is the responsibility of the University to:
establish and enact policies and procedures relating to academic integrity
ensure equitable and consistent application of such policies and procedures
provide relevant learning support for students, including tutorials and Student Learning Centre workshops on academic integrity, discipline-specific academic literacy modules and formative feedback on work submitted
maintain easily accessible information on academic integrity for staff and students on a centralised web page (Academic Integrity @ Otago)
make available to staff appropriate tools (including text-matching software) to assist in the detection of academic misconduct
assist staff in the resolution of suspected academic misconduct
maintain records of established cases of academic misconduct in a Student Academic Misconduct Register.
It is the responsibility of academic staff to:
teach and conduct research and scholarship according to ethical standards
promote and inform students about academic integrity through the inclusion of clear guidelines on University policy in course outlines
teach students ethical learning, research and scholarship practices
clearly communicate to students the assessment methods and expectations relating to academic integrity
design assessment tasks with attention to reducing the potential for academic misconduct (e.g. avoid using the same assignment repeatedly across semesters or years)
inform students of the use of text-matching software used to analyse assessments, in order to deter academic misconduct.
It is the responsibility of the students to:
engage proactively with learning about and demonstrating academic integrity as an essential component of their university studies
use their knowledge of academic integrity and acceptable academic practice in completing and submitting assessment
seek additional assistance if in doubt about assessment expectations and academic integrity.
In addition to these core responsibilities, specified members of staff are delegated with procedural responsibilities in the investigation of suspected academic misconduct.
This policy is based on best practice principles developed by the Australian Office of Learning and Teaching (OLT)-commissioned Exemplary Academic Integrity Project (EAIP). The University of Otago has adopted and adapted policy language with the explicit permission of the University of Sydney, the University of Auckland, the University of Canberra, the University of South Australia, Newcastle University, Griffith University, Flinders University and La Trobe University in the development of this policy. The International Centre for Academic Integrity definition of academic integrity has been adopted for this policy.
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Academic Statute
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Guidelines for the Assessment of Student Performance
Procedure for Dealing with Allegations of Misconduct in Research
Provision of Course and Study Information to Enrolled Students Policy
Responsible Practice in Research - Code of Conduct
Student Academic Misconduct Procedures
If you have any queries regarding the content of this policy or need further clarification, contact the Manager, Policy and Compliance on policycompliance@otago.ac.nz
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Breau's playing the blues
AUBURN – Well-known musician Denny Breau, son of RCA recording artists Hal Lone Pine and Betty Cody, wil perform with the Perculators Sunday, Oct. 10, at the Midnight Blues club, 34 Court St., Auburn.
Breau's recording credits include playing on albums with Schooner Fare, Don Campbell, Dick Curless, Melinda Liberty, Josee Vachon and blues great Pine Top Perkins. He has also done a number of jingles and sound tracks for radio and television, and arranged and produced albums for other artists.
Breau released one solo album of his own country songs, "Lotta My Old Man in Me," as well as an album with Portland-based guitarist and singer-songwriter Brad Harnois titled "Winterwood."
In 1996, Breau fulfilled a lifetime dream when he opened for Chet Atkins at the State Theater in Portland.
Breau maintains a solo career and is currently working on a solo CD. Within the past year, he has enjoyed guitar picking alongside some of the world's premier acoustic guitarists, including Bryan Sutton, J.P. Cormier, Pat Donohue, Dan Crary and Harvey Reid.
Over the past 20 years, Breau has garnered numerous awards from the Maine Country Music Association. He earned Entertainer of the Year, Album of the Year, Male Vocalist of the Year and Instrumentalist of the Year so many times that he was eventually retired from the running with an All-time Greats award.
Breau will perform as part of the Auburn club's Sunday Night Blues Series showcasing national recording artists.
Tickets are $8. Doors will open at 5 p.m. for dinner and drinks; a ticket stub is good for $3 off any entree night of show. All shows run from 7 to 10 p.m. People should call for reservations, 783-9600.


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U.S. Army Veteran Sgt. Stefan Leroy, Bethesda, Md, attends the welcome dinner for the 2015 Department of Defense Warrior Games at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, June 19, 2015. The 2015 DOD Warrior Games are held from June 19-28 at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia. The games are an adaptive sports competition for wounded, ill and injured service members and veterans. Approximately 250 athletes, representing teams from the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, Special Operations Command and the British Armed Forces will compete in archery, cycling, shooting, sitting volleyball, swimming, track & field and wheelchair basketball. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Joshua Mckinney/Released)
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Vizio Gets Ernst & Young Award
Vizio this week received a regional Entrepreneur of the Year award from the accounting firm Ernst & Young, the company said. Vizio, based in Irvine, Calif., won the award for the Orange County/Desert Cities region.
"This is a great honor for VIZIO to not only win this award but to be recognized by other business leaders in Orange County," the company's CEO and founder, William Wang, said in a statement. Founded only five years ago, Vizio is now at or near the top of most surveys of LCD TV market share.
Winning the award makes Vizio eligible for the national Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year, which will be handed out in November.
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Q: Using an ARIMA model to create an adjusted (normalised) time series I am examining monthly road accident counts over the last 25 years. I have created an ARIMA model in R using rainfall and temperature deviations from the long-term monthly average as exogenous variables, to see how these weather effects impact on the number of road collisions.
Now, I am looking to utilise the model to investigate what collisions would have looked like in those 25 years if the weather was normal, i.e. zero deviation in January from the long-term January average, zero deviation in February from the long-term February average, etc. Basically, how do I remove the impact of my weather variables from the collision time series?
My thinking is that I create an ARIMA forecast in which I replace the 'real' exogenous weather variables with 'normalised' weather variables (zero deviation from long-term averages, so essentially a time series of all zeros).
Is this approach sound / logical?

A: You have fit a regression with ARMA errors if you were using R function arima or forecast::Arima and including exogenous regressors (see Rob J. Hyndman's blog post "The ARIMAX model muddle" for details). You got something like
$$
\begin{aligned}
y_t &= \beta' X_t + u_t \\
u_t &= \varphi_1 u_{t-1} + \dotsc + \varphi_p u_{t-p} + \varepsilon_t + \theta_1 \varepsilon_{t-1} + \dotsc + \theta_q \varepsilon_{t-q}
\end{aligned}
$$
with weather variables constituting $X_t$.
Assuming (1) the model is well specified and (2) there is a causal relationship between road accidents and weather variables, you may take the fitted values $\hat y_t$ and subtract the estimated coefficient vector $\hat\beta$ times the weather variables $X_t$. That should give you a counterfactual as if $X_t$ was zero all the time (weather always at long-term average).
However, it is important to keep in mind that (1) the model need not be well specified in reality and/or (2) the weather variables might not be causal to the road accidents. In that case the results you get would not be reliable.


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Q: Using Capybara for AJAX integration tests I am using Capybara for rails integration tests. When it comes to AJAX requests, I am getting the following error:
Capybara::TimeoutError: failed to resynchronize, ajax request timed out

Any idea what's wrong and how this can be fixed?

A: I had this same issue once I upgraded my selenium/capybara gems. There is some AJAX synchronization logic that is causing this, so I just disabled it within my test hook.
Before do
  page.driver.options[:resynchronize] = false
end

A: If you are on rail 3
change this in your gem file.
gem 'capybara', :git => 'git://github.com/jnicklas/capybara.git', :branch =>'async_is_my_bitch'
then do bundle update.
This will solve it.


About two thirds of the way through Cave, City, and Eagle's Nest, a new book of descriptions and interpretations of a sixteenth-century indigenous painting from central Mexico, the historian of religion Vincent James Stanzione describes at some length a four-day voyage of initiation in the mid-1990s, on which he accompanied twenty-two young Maya men from their highland community on the beautiful shores of Lake Atitlán, Guatemala, to the lush lowlands and back again. All along the way, he reports, the pilgrims stopped for prayer, reflection, and ceremonial drinking at the very same spots where their fathers and forefathers before them had prayed and offered sacrifices.
The young men, who were members of a cofradía— traditional organizations that are linked to the Catholic Church but are devoted to a community's own religious practice—started their trip with empty carrying frames strapped on their backs. On their arrival in the tropics they stole into lowland orchards to stage a symbolic hunt for fruit. Now pregnant, as Stanzione puts it, with their bounty, they began the punishing hike back to Santiago Atitlán. At the entrance to the village, as some of them cried with exhaustion and relief, they were welcomed by their young brides, whom they would be able to lie with now that they were men, able to offer the gift of their own fertility, as embodied in the fruit.
Stanzione, who arrived in Santiago Atitlán some twenty years ago and has lived there since, is fortunate to have been present for the last enactments of a ritual strongly rooted in the preHispanic past, for it is precisely in the decades that he has been in Guatemala that, after centuries of existence, the cofradía system has finally collapsed. It embodied a vision of the order and place of things and humans in the world, with such strong roots in the pre-Hispanic past that epigraphers, like the groundbreaking Linda Shele, have been able to use Maya communities' rituals and daily practice to decipher pictograms carved in stone a thousand years ago.


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There is a mistaken outside impression that young Iranians inside Iran do not pursue recreational lifestyles. As this video aptly demonstrates, young men and women inside the Islamic Republic of Iran do enjoy themselves in pursuits we Americans generally refer to as manifestations of freedom.
Video originally uploaded by joost van dam at vimeo, August 2012.
Labels: freedom, Iran, lifestyle, parakiting, recreation
allochtonie said...
Not thanks to the Iranian regime, but in despite of the Iranian regime. I have read hundreds of trip reports of foreign tourists in Iran, and all of them speak about the Iranian youth who is tired of their own regime, system and current ideology in the country. All of them want to be free, and they know that the Iranian regime is damaging their country's image in the world.
Thanks Pyruz, for proving that the spirit and strength of the Iranian youth is much stronger than the regime's violent and hatred character.
Oh yes, the Islamic Republic allows Iranians a great measure of freedom. For example, it allows women to dress how they want. You have to love the profound "observations" of West-residing Groupies and propagandists of the Islamist regime.
WHICH MEANS you are out of the country !only depending on some reports from foreign tourists to give you the political picture of the country! even Paul Idon has His own confidants who tell him that his Persia is in ruins thanks to a lying regime in IRAN!.
people like you have no one to fool about the noble nation of IRAN except themselves!.
Which means completely nothing, besides me reading how westerners, who have visited Iran, view Iran and the Iranian people. Some human interest from my part. Perhaps first ask me such question before drawing your own conclusions.
Let's talk about infant mortality.
The sports of flight and flying has been very popular among Iranians for a long time now...It has less to do with politician of the day and more with Iranian free spirit. Politicians come and go, Iranian spirit remains.
Absolutely! We can definitely talk about the IRI's pathetic standard of living (its rankings in infant mortality, life expectancy, literacy, GDP per capita, etc). Or when we can talk about an Islamist terrorist tyranny led by a bunch of lice-ridden mullahs and their murderous, savage, illiterate hangers-on. We can talk about how that tyranny denies Iranians freedom of speech, press, and assembly and freedom of and from religion. We can talk about how it has executed many thousands of Iranians for their politics, their religion, and their morals. We can talk about how it sent hundreds of thousands of young men and teenagers to die in a failed attempt to "liberate" Karbala and then Qods for that animal Khomeini. We can talk about how it treats half the population as having less worth than a man. And let's also talk about the Cyber-Groupies who live in the West and vomit up propaganda on the Islamist terrorist tyranny's behalf while living thousands of miles away. What do you say?
I say let's forget about all the nonsense you just said and focus on infant mortality. What do you think? Oops! Sorry you don't really think, you just regurgitate Fox News and Monsieur O'Reilly. OK, that shouldn't be a problem. Let's go back to infant mortality.
Ahhh - very nice pictures from Tehran (page 527)
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=351718&page=527
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDh9oNNk0qs
A West-residing IRI Groupie asks and a West-residing Groupie shall receive:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_infant_mortality_rate
West-residing IRI Groupies don't do well with the truth, do they? Lying is an ingrained habit for them.
The very link you provided gives two different rankings. The "Five years averages estimates by the United Nations" puts Iran's average at 27.16 deaths / 1000 births between 2005 to 2010. That is somewhere in the middle as the map indicates as well. Yet you chose to go with your owner's (CIA) ranking and say Iran is 151.
That's why all you say is 100 man yek ghaaz. And let's forget about numbers and statistics and talk about infant mortality in a philosophical and abstract sense. What is infant mortality? Why is it so important? And what is life? What is mortality? What is infant? LOL! Let us just focus on the term "infant mortality."
You aren't the sharpest tool in the shed, are you? West-residing IRI Groupies never are. The ranking of Number 151 was for literacy. The above link is for infant mortality, where the IRI ranks 108 -- again, not even in the Top 100.
That should show you how frivolous your numbers are. Who cares? 108 or 151. The point is that the country is progressing, blooming, and developing rapidly and these nonsense rankings done by your owners will not stop it.
Here are some other ranks to play with you a'saab:
RANKS:
Number of Internet Users — 11 (2008 now is even more)
Number of daily newspapers & periodicals — 14 (2000)
GDP (PPP) — 18 (2009)
Current account balance — 4 (2010)
Gold reserve of government — 8 (2012)
Unemployment rate — 75 (Unemployment rate of 11.3%; Ranked from highest unemployment rate to lowest. 2009)
% of female employment in industry — 5 (2005 now much more)
Economic activity growth of females — 6 (2000)
Book titles published per year — 7 (2010)
Female to Male ratio of School enrollment — 1 (2005)
World's largest universities by enrollment — 3 (2010)
Energy Development Index — 2 (2011)
Country Rank by Top World Hospitals — 21 (2009)
Industrial production growth rate — 28 (2009)
Science & Technology Growth Rate — 1 (2010)
And these for more fun:
Tea consumption per capita — 5 (2004) Now we even consume more! LOL!
Hottest Places on Planet Earth — 1 (2005)
World's oldest trees — 3 (beat this one if you can)
GDP per capita is between 70 and 78.
"Unemployment rate of 11.3%". Yeah, right!
And what is the source for the other statistics?
But, if a West-residing IRI Groupie wants to claim that an Islamist terrorist tyranny is "blooming", then go for it!
Tell me B.M.A what reports do you depend on?
Oh wait a minute,Press TV and other Islamo fascist propaganda networks.
Now go and grab yourself some cool aid :o)
The mullahs bank accounts are blooming,LOL!!
It is the very same link you provided yourself. OMG, how funny and pitiful. :))))))
I'm sure the view of the "blooming" is great from thousands of miles away in the West. Like I said, if you want to vomit up official IRI propaganda, be my guest, O Groupie!
I LOVE REGIME AND IRAN COUNTRY...FOREVER...
I LOVE REGIME AND IRAN COUNTRY, FOREVER.....
Oh goodie for you! So why aren't you living there and sucking mullah ass :o)


You wouldn't use a pair of heavy hiking boots for a quick jog around the park would you? Well the same goes for eyewear. There are many things to consider when seeking the right pair of sunglasses to satisfy the demands of your sport. The Breaker sport sunglasses from Bollé come packed with many fantastic features that have been incorporated in order to maximise your performance in any and all activities. Utilizing a half rim frame to maximise the field of view including excellent wide peripherals at all times.
The Breaker from Bollé is made from super lightweight reliable and resilient materials, fitted with some of the best lenses the eyewear industry has to offer. The Bollé Breaker is at the forefront of eyewear technology.
The Breaker from Bollé is polarised to eliminate 99% of glare and is treated with an anti fog coating making it perfect choice for those outdoor adventurers. The lenses are made from polycarbonate, making them 20 times more impact resistant than glass and up to three times lighter. The Bollé Breaker's lenses also receive an oleophobic treatment on the outside, so you can forget about dirty finger marks or grease whilst you're out conquering rocky mountain trails.
The Breaker sunglasses from Bollé ensures that you will have the maximum optical clarity, that is imperative for any success. Another selling point of this frame is the interchangeable function of the lenses, making the Breaker sunglasses a multi tool in the outdoor sporting world. Don't get caught out by fast changing weather and light conditions ever again, just make sure you've got your Breaker.
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Q: How to sanitize html with HtmlAgilityPack? I'm facing a problem in my webscraper, essentially I need to get the decimal number inside the cell team_a_col home:
Med. goal subiti p/p
0.76
0.89
0.62

so the result should be: 0.89
but as you can see the html have a bad structure, so instead of get 0.89 I get also the content of team_a_col away with this code:
node.SelectSingleNode(".//td[@class='team_a_col home']").InnerText.Trim();

How can I get only 0.89? The 	 should be before of <team_a_col away..

A: You should set  HtmlDocument.FixNestedTags to true:
string html = "Med. goal subiti p/p	0.76	0.890.62		";

var doc = new HtmlAgilityPack.HtmlDocument
{
    OptionFixNestedTags = true,
    OptionCheckSyntax = true,
    OptionAutoCloseOnEnd = true
};
doc.LoadHtml(html);

string tdText = doc.DocumentNode.SelectSingleNode(".//td[@class='team_a_col home']")?.InnerText.Trim();

With FixNestedTags the result is: 0.89

A: Could you just take whole line and then substring and fetch the data?
var node = doc.DocumentNode.SelectNodes("//htmlelment/htmlelment");

string[] nodeArray = node[0].OuterHtml.Split(' ');


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A Dog's Purpose Introduction
We love dogs. All dogs. Pugs. Dachshunds. Golden retrievers. Collies. Beagles. Schnauzers. Pit bulls. Dogs who listen to Pitbull. Weird blends like snickerpoos and Wienerschnitzels. Did we mention the Shmoop labradoodle?
We love big dogs, small dogs, skinny dogs, drooling dogs, smelly dogs, fat dogs, hot dogs, and dogs in the throes of an existential crisis after reincarnation.
We meant it when we said all dogs.
Ever since Oog the Caveman went hunting with his trusty Sabrewulf companion, humans have told dog stories. From Old Yeller to Marley & Me, they're often heartwarming tales about humans and dogs, but they usually end with pages soaked in tears.
A Dog's Purpose isn't one of those schmaltzy books where the dog dies at the end. No, in this one, the dog dies at the beginning. Then he dies again. And again. Each time, he is reborn as a new dog, but he retains the memories of his past lives. Eternally reincarnated, our dog narrator ponders a big question: Why?
Why is he here? What is his purpose? Will he ever catch his own tail?
The book's author, W. Bruce Cameron, is no newborn pup. An experienced humor columnist, Cameron wrote the book 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter in 2001, which was adapted into a TV show with John Ritter. With Cameron's cred—not to mention the fact that it's not hard to sell a book with a cute puppy on the cover—A Dog's Purpose was a surefire success when it was published in 2010.
But like its starring dog—who lives as a feral mutt, a beloved family dog, and a K-9 cop—A Dog's Purpose exceeded expectations. It spent over a year on the New York Times Bestseller List, which is a few lifetimes in book years. Cameron later wrote a sequel, A Dog's Journey, in 2012, which showed us that a dog's work is never done. Neither is that of a bestselling author.
Writing one of the most successful dog stories since Lassie meant that Cameron's novel was sure to be made into a Hollywood film. Well, the movie is directed by the only man we could see helming a movie about a loyal dog: Lasse Hallström. Really, his name is Lasse, people. Hallström also directed Chocolat—though hopefully he kept chocolate away from the set of A Dog's Purpose—and an earlier film called My Life as a Dog, which is not in fact about a dog. A Dog's Purpose, which is about a dog, stars humans Dennis Quaid, Britt Robertson, and more dogs than you can shake a stick at.
But don't shake that stick unless you plan on throwing it. That's just cruel.
Why don't you throw this dog a bone and check out A Dog's Purpose to find out what a dog's purpose really is. Is a dog's purpose to make us go aww? That's a big part of it, but you can find out the rest once you get past the adorable cover. And—dare we say it?—the book might even get you thinking about your purpose, too.
What is A Dog's Purpose About and Why Should I Care?
Asking this question about A Dog's Purpose is like asking Do you even have a heart? The book has a puppy on the cover. Aww, puppy. How can you not care, you monster?
Okay, once you open up the book and don't see picture after picture of adorable puppies (that's what the Internet is for), you see that there's a story inside. With words. Words about, believe it or not, a dog looking for his purpose.
And that's a good reason to care about this book. If you care about dogs, like really care about them, you know that you have to be prepared to handle all aspects of a dog's life before you make the commitment to own one. Life with a dog isn't only fluffy tails, big paws, snuggles, and slobber. Owning a dog is like a marriage: it's through sickness and health, good breath and bad, spayings and neuterings, 'til death do you part.
On top of that, through his multiple lives, the dog narrator of A Dog's Purpose experiences the ups and downs of existence, just as we do. And we see that the best relationships he has are with owners who understand the reality of canine companionship.
Worst-case scenario? Your dog will care about the book, even if you don't, because it'll give him something new to chew on.
A Dog's Purpose Resources
An Author's Purpose
Cameron's website gives you the scoop on his books and the eclectic assortment of films he has written, like Muffin Top and a mockumentary featuring Melissa McCarthy.
A Dog's Movie
If you get nothing else out of the website for A Dog's Purpose, you can at least get three seconds of enjoyment from the fact that it transforms your mouse cursor into a paw print.
ARTICLES-AND-INTERVIEWS
In a Past Life
In this interview before the publication of A Dog's Journey, the sequel to A Dog's Purpose, Cameron talks about his newspaper career writing columns about "daughters, dogs, manhood." That would be a good title for another sequel to A Dog's Purpose.
Barkens Up the Right Tree
Best-named website Sniff and Barkens interviews W. Bruce Cameron about his career writing about dogs, dogs, and more dogs. Cameron also reveals the story about his own dog, Tucker.
Two Paws Up
Get Cameron's dog's review of his books in this insightful interview.
Giving You the Feels
The Dog's Purpose trailer seeks to find both the meaning in life and a way to get your butt into a theater seat.
Behind the Barks
There are humans in the movie, too. Find out what they thought about making the movie.
If you need some background noise while you read, here are twelve hours of dog barks.
Down Under Doggy
The Australian cover makes it look like the dog is materializing out of the heavens.
This image was either scanned from a young boy's childhood scrapbook or taken from the movie trailer.


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A view from the front of the Luxor Hotel at night.
The Luxor, an Egyptian pyramid-shaped hotel opened by William Bennett's Circus Circus Enterprises in 1993, was among the first of a decade-long wave of new megaresorts to emerge on the Las Vegas Strip in the 1990s during the brief period when megaresorts flirted with catering toward adults with children.
Bennett, as the chief executive of Circus Circus, had since the mid-1970s enjoyed success with his company's Circus Circus hotel-casino, one of the first major Strip casinos to market itself specifically toward middle class customers and their children. His intent for the Luxor was to make a play for upper income patrons as well.
In 1990, only three years before the Luxor, Bennett opened the Excalibur, on Tropicana Avenue and the Strip. The Excalibur, themed after a medieval castle, was the first new megaresort following Steve Wynn's Mirage Hotel, and had a then-record 4,032 hotel rooms. In 1991, at the Excalibur, Bennett announced that a new megaresort, based on ancient Egypt, would be built next door and directly south, connected to the Excalibur by a monorail. A public contest was held to name the new place, and the winner was "Luxor," the name of an ancient Egyptian city on the east side of the Nile River.
By the early 1990s, two other megaresorts were in the planning stages—the Treasure Island, another Wynn project about a half-mile north of Excalibur, and the new MGM Grand, by Kirk Kerkorian, also at Tropicana and the Strip. At the time, many Las Vegas promoters believed that their main competitor for visitors was Orlando, Florida, the home of several popular theme parks with low-cost travel packages for families that were drawing millions of vacationers with money to spend.
The design trend for the new Las Vegas megaresorts included novel and eye-catching "Disney-like" elements to draw visitors, since it now took more than simply casino gambling, showroom entertainment, and cheap rooms and food. Wynn's Mirage had started it all, with attractions like a live, erupting faux volcano outside, a windowed white tiger habitat inside, and a dolphin habitat in the rear. However, by the mid-to-late 1990s, hotel marketers began to turn away from families and back to emphasizing adults and the convention and meeting business.
On October 13, 1993, after only eighteen months of construction, the Luxor debuted with a billed 2,526 guest rooms and suites, 120,000 square feet of casino area, a showroom, restaurants, and entertainment venues on its second floor. Its thirty-story glass and steel pyramid was three-quarters the size of its model, the Great Pyramid in Giza, Egypt.
The Luxor immediately became one of the most publicized and photographed icons of the Strip. The entrance was meant to replicate an Egyptian temple. The interior housed one of the world's largest atriums, where visitors could see the hotel room floors. The resort's apex featured a beam of light into the night sky that could be seen throughout the Las Vegas Valley and beyond. Some suites had floor-to-ceiling windows. Regular guest rooms had views through slanted windows on the sides of the pyramid.
Other additions followed soon after the opening. The resort was fronted by a 110-foot high, brightly colored Sphinx sculpture. Its sign on the Strip was a tall Egyptian temple obelisk (without neon, following Wynn's lead of no neon at the Mirage). The hotel also had a five-acre pool area and a spa. As he had with the Excalibur, Bennett kept the Luxor's opening costs down. The price tag was $375 million, considerably less than the $630 million Mirage.
But Bennett's new resort also met with controversy when it opened. Construction was not completed and some guests were booked into rooms that still needed work. The hotel's unique elevator system, dubbed "inclinators" for ascending and descending the hotel's slanted interior, was not working properly. Critics complained that the Luxor's sunken casino was less than inviting to gamblers—it was later redesigned. Even though the Luxor was considerably more upscale than the Excalibur, it did not become the significant hit among the high-roller gamblers that Bennett had hoped.
One of the resort's inaugural features was its Nile River ride, whereby passengers rode on a boat in a narrow "river" bordering the casino. The costumed leader of the river tour used a laser light to reveal details of Egyptian-style paintings along the way. But the tour, which was less than instructive, would later be cancelled, and the river's water drained in favor of more public space. Over the casino, the second floor included restaurants, a thrill ride (patrons' seats moved in sync with the images on a film) and a "virtual reality" attraction developed by Hollywood special effects expert Douglas Trumbull (2001: A Space Odyssey).
Not long after the opening, the hotel learned that part of the building was sinking into a soft spot in the usually hard desert floor and adjustments were made to halt it. In 1994, Bennett was forced to leave Circus Circus following a spat with company officials over the former site of the Hacienda Hotel, immediately south of Luxor (where the company would build the Mandalay Bay resort).
Later in the 1990s, the Luxor added a laser light show, an ice rink, and an IMAX theater for showing 3-D films. In 1997, it installed a pair of "stepped" hotel towers and a series of strobe lights on the pyramid. The hotel now had 4,408 rooms and suites. The Luxor's lobby was extensively renovated with Egyptian columns and painted murals. Other amenities included the hotel's Tomb and Museum of King Tutankhamen, giving tourists a look at a life-sized reproduction of the original tomb found in Egypt by explorers in 1922.
In 2004, a 310-foot sky bridge connected Luxor to Mandalay Place, a 100,000 square-foot shopping mall, and the Mandalay Bay resort. In April 2005, two and one-half years after Bennett's death, the Las Vegas casino company MGM Mirage bought out the Luxor's parent firm, renamed Mandalay Resort Group, for almost $8 billion.


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I cannot even tell you how excited I am to be done with winter this year!!! The snow and cold have been absolutely killing me. I have been trying to will spring here for a few weeks now, and it is finally starting to warm up. Hopefully it stays warmer!
Because it doesn't quite look like spring outside here yet, I decided to brighten up the hallway by my speech room. I put together a Spring into Speech and Language bulletin board.
I had my students help me out with all of the flowers. I still have some groups to work with, so the board isn't totally complete, but I wanted to share it today in honor of the first day of spring. My articulation groups put their artic words on each petal of the flowers. My language groups did some brain storming of spring words, and my students with ASD used some visuals to describe things they see in the spring.
Hopefully this pop of color in my hallway will continue to urge Mother Nature to allow spring to truly arrive! Happy Spring everyone!


Again, there is a god list of base classes, but for a little nore choice, could class variants be added? The main ones im looking for are Wind Walker (druid), Stalwart Sorcerer, and Battle Sorcerer. And after looking at other forums for the legality of the combination, I have raised a Stalwart Battle Sorcerer, quite a nice melee caster that people agree is balanced. If anyone else has base classes they would like to see, add to the list.
We're not planning on adding those classes. I don't particularly like the UA classes, especially.
I'mma go ahead and poke this again, maybe somebody made it..
I'm not sure there are any makers left. The last person in charge was XWarren, but, although he didn't officially retire, I haven't seen a post from him in some time.
Much as I love the PRC, I think it is now, if not dead, at least undead. What there is, there is. I don't expect to see any new additions at this point. Considering how long after the release of NWN 2 the momentum continued, it was truly remarkable, but all things come to an end eventually.


JERUSALEM (AP) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he will travel to Washington to speak before the U.S. Congress next month despite calls to cancel his speech.
His remarks Monday at an election rally come amid an uproar over his planned speech about Iran before Congress next month.
House Speaker John Boehner, a Republican, extended the invitation without discussing it beforehand with the White House. That angered the administration of President Barack Obama.


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I am just wondering about the filming goin on when the weather is so cold and snowy in Michigan,,,but they must have a plan. I live in West Michigan and I hope I can make it to the Motor City to get a glimpse of Henry Cavill!!!!


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