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Mike Minor (baseball)
Michael David Minor (born December 26, 1987) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Texas Rangers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played in MLB for the Atlanta Braves, who selected him seventh overall in the 2009 MLB draft, and the Kansas City Royals.
Minor with the Atlanta Braves in 2014
Texas Rangers – No. 23
Born: (1987-12-26) December 26, 1987 (age 31)
Chapel Hill, Tennessee
Bats: Right Throws: Left
August 9, 2010, for the Atlanta Braves
(through July 13, 2019)
Atlanta Braves (2010–2014)
Kansas City Royals (2017)
Texas Rangers (2018–present)
All-Star (2019)
Representing United States
2007 Rio de Janeiro Team
World University Championship
2008 Brno Team
Minor had an outstanding high school career at Forrest School in Chapel Hill, Tennessee and was drafted in the 13th round of the 2006 Major League Baseball Draft by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays after his senior season. However, he did not sign, choosing to attend Vanderbilt University.[1]
Minor played at Vanderbilt University with fellow major leaguers Pedro Alvarez of the Pittsburgh Pirates and David Price of the Boston Red Sox, all of whom were first round draft picks.
Awards/HonorsEdit
2007 Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-American
2007 Rivals.com Freshman All-American
2007 SEC All-Freshman Team
2007 SEC Freshman of the Year
2007 Second Team All-SEC
2008 Best pitcher Haarlem Baseball Week
2008 National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Second Team Pre-season All-America Team[2]
2009 Louisville Slugger Second Team Pre-season All-American[3]
2009 SEC Pitcher of the Week – Week 8
United States National TeamEdit
Minor pitched for the United States National Team (Collegiate) in 2007 and 2008.
One highlight of the 2008 season was his earning the 4–1 win over Cuba in the championship game of the Haarlem Baseball Week tournament in The Netherlands. This victory marked the first time in recorded history that a United States Collegiate National Team has defeated the Cuba Olympic Team in a tournament title game. In the 2008 World University Baseball Championship held in Brno, Czech Republic, Minor led Team USA to its third gold medal alongside Stephen Strasburg. In the tournament, he was 1–0 with a 1.15 ERA and 16 strikeouts, allowing 8 hits in 152⁄3 innings for Team USA.
2008 Baseball America's Summer Player of the Year
Atlanta BravesEdit
Minor was drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the first round (7th overall) in the 2009 Major League Baseball draft.[5] and represented the United States in the 2010 All-Star Futures Game.
Minor made his major-league debut on August 9, 2010 against the Houston Astros. He recorded his first strikeout against Chris Johnson. On the night, he went 6 innings giving up 5 hits and 4 runs (3 earned) while walking only 1 and striking out 5 batters; he got no decision. In his next start on August 17, 2010, Minor went 6 innings giving up 5 hits and 2 earned runs and got his first major league victory. Then, in his third career start against the Chicago Cubs, Minor went 6 innings giving up 3 earned runs while striking out 12 and earning his second career victory. Those 12 strikeouts set an Atlanta Braves rookie strikeout record in a single game; surpassing Tommy Hanson's 11 strikeouts in 2009. On August 18, 2011, in a game against the San Francisco Giants, Minor pitched six scoreless innings including facing the minimum number of batters over the last four innings. This victory was the first time in 17 major league starts that Minor did not give up a run.[6] On May 25, 2013, Minor hit his first career home run off Dillon Gee of the New York Mets in a 6–0 win.[7] On August 22, 2014, Minor pitched 7 2⁄3 no-hit innings, before giving up an RBI single to the Reds' Billy Hamilton. The Braves eventually won the game in the 12th inning on Justin Upton's two-run home run.[8] Minor finished the 2014 season with a 6–12 record and 4.77 ERA, pitching most of the year with a sore shoulder.[9][10] In 2015, Minor became the first Brave since John Rocker in 2001 to challenge the team in an arbitration hearing. He won and was awarded $5.6 million.[11] On March 3, 2015, Minor again began feeling tightness in his shoulder[12] and was diagnosed with rotator cuff inflammation.[13] As a result, he was placed on the disabled list on March 10.[14] Minor attempted to start throwing programs in mid-March[15] and early April,[16] but felt discomfort both times. He was moved to the 60-day disabled list on May 2.[17] Eleven days later, Minor underwent surgery for a torn labrum, and missed the rest of the season.[18]
Minor became a free agent on December 2, 2015, when the Braves opted not to tender him a contract.[19]
Kansas City RoyalsEdit
Minor signed a two-year contract with the Kansas City Royals worth $7.25 million with a club option worth $10 million for the 2018 season on February 19, 2016.[20]
Minor began the 2016 season on the 60-day disabled list, still recovering from his previous shoulder surgery, and did not throw a pitch in the Majors for the entire year.
Because of his troubles staying healthy, the Royals announced that Minor would pitch out of the bullpen in 2017.[21] A move to relief brought tremendous results for Minor, who saw his average fastball velocity climb to nearly 95 miles per hour, compared to 91 miles per hour as a starter. Minor would emerge as one of the Royals best relievers, finishing with a 2.55 ERA and six saves, with 88 strikeouts in 77 2/3 innings. Despite his success out of the bullpen, Minor returned to starting in 2018.[22]
Texas RangersEdit
On December 4, 2017, Minor signed with the Texas Rangers to a three-year, $28 million deal.[23] In 2018, Minor went 12–8 with a 4.18 ERA and 110 strikeouts in 157 innings.
Minor was selected as an American League pitcher for the 2019 Major League Baseball All-Star Game.[24]
Pitch repertoireEdit
Minor leads with a four-seam fastball at 89–93 mph, a pitch he throws more than half the time. In relatively equal amounts he throws a slider (83–86), a circle change (82–84), and a knuckle curve (77–80).[25] Left-handed hitters rarely see the changeup, especially with 2 strikes. The curve has a whiff rate of 39% over Minor's career.[26] He has produced one of the league's lowest ground ball/fly ball ratios since he debuted.[27][28]
^ LeBlanc, Jay (August 11, 2009). "Prospect Q&A - Mike Minor, Braves". Washington Times. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
^ "Standout Returness Head 2008 NCBWA Preseason All-America Team". National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association. December 12, 2007.
^ "Baseball's Woodward, Anderson Named Louisville Slugger Third Team Preseason All-Americans by Collegiate Baseball". Coastal Carolina Chanticleers.
^ "Collegiate Baseball Names Six Players Preseason All-America". Southern Conference. December 31, 2008.
^ Bowman, Mark (June 9, 2009). "Braves go with college arm with first pick; Vanderbilt southpaw Minor is seventh overall Draft selection". Atlanta Braves. Retrieved November 29, 2011.
^ O'Brien, David (August 19, 2011). "Chipper home run lifts Braves, Minor past Giants' Lincecum". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved November 29, 2011.
^ "Minor's first career home run". MLB.com. May 25, 2013.
^ "Justin Upton HR in 12th caps Braves' rally after Mike Minor no-hit bid". ESPN.com. Associated Press. August 22, 2014. Retrieved August 23, 2014.
^ Bowman, Mark (March 5, 2015). "Minor's absence opens opportunities for Stults". MLB.com. Retrieved May 3, 2015.
^ Bowman, Mark (March 23, 2015). "Minor's lingering injury opens door in rotation". MLB.com. Retrieved May 3, 2015.
^ Bowman, Mark (February 20, 2015). "Minor wins case, but more pleased with shoulder". MLB.com. Retrieved February 22, 2015.
^ Bowman, Mark (March 6, 2015). "Minor confident that shoulder injury isn't major". MLB.com. Retrieved May 3, 2015.
^ Bowman, Mark (March 10, 2015). "Minor has shoulder inflammation, no structural damage". MLB.com. Retrieved May 3, 2015.
^ "Mike Minor to start season on DL". ESPN.com. Associated Press. March 10, 2015. Retrieved May 3, 2015.
^ Bowman, Mark (March 24, 2015). "With improved range of motion, Minor resumes throwing". MLB.com. Retrieved May 3, 2015.
^ Bowman, Mark (April 12, 2015). "Minor visits doctor after shoulder discomfort". MLB.com. Retrieved May 3, 2015.
^ Sachs, Aimee (May 2, 2015). "One month later, Ciriaco gets callup". MLB.com. Retrieved May 3, 2015.
^ Fordin, Spencer (May 14, 2015). "Minor has season-ending shoulder surgery". MLB.com. Retrieved May 14, 2015.
^ Bowman, Mark (December 3, 2015). "Minor headed to free agency". MLB.com. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
^ http://www.kansascity.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/k-zone/article61316987.html
^ Flanagan, Jeffrey (February 21, 2017). "Minor will make transition to Royals bullpen". MLB.com. Retrieved October 2, 2017.
^ https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/baseball/news/royals-mike-minor-hoping-to-start-in-2018/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
^ https://sportsday.dallasnews.com/texas-rangers/rangers/2017/12/04/source-rangers-agree-terms-lefty-mike-minor-move-starting-rotation
^ Dawn Klemish (June 30, 2019). "Career years earn Gallo, Minor 1st All-Star nods". MLB.com. Retrieved June 30, 2019.
^ Fast, Mike (August 10, 2010). "A Minor report". The Hardball Times. Retrieved February 22, 2015.
^ "Brooks Baseball · Home of the PitchFX Tool – Player Card: Mike Minor". Brooks Baseball. Retrieved June 12, 2012.
^ "Major League Leaderboards » 2012 » Pitchers » Batted Ball Statistics". Fangraphs. Retrieved September 17, 2012. Minimum 200 innings pitched.
^ "PitchFX Pitcher Profile: Mike Minor". Baseball Prospectus. Retrieved September 17, 2012.
Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
Mike Minor on Instagram
Mike Minor Bio, VUCommodores.com
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Pitching Efficiency, Strikeouts and Dollars. The MadProf and Maddux…
Picking up where we left off last week…This is one of what will be several columns throughout the season looking at pitching efficiency and fantasy. Fantasy does not respect pitch counts. It respects Ks, Ws, etc. But, should we not also recognize (and collect points for) an efficient pitcher the way we reward one who delivers a QS? (Which, I still maintain, is MLB's equivalent of an award for participation. 6 IP and a 4.50 ERA? #howfreakingmillennial…)
To the point, though, a good, efficient pitcher delivers value to a team because if he collects wins and suppresses runs with fewer pitches, he's a durable asset. Thor (and any other fireballer) may get you the Ks. But, he's also more likely to land on the DL or head for TJS. On the other hand, a solid GB pitcher who induces those piddly GBs is an incredible asset who won't do much for your K count. But he will help you WHIP and ERA.
I do not confess to having an idea yet for how to measure efficiency for fantasy purposes. But, to the extent that it does sit at the intersection of fantasy and reality, it's worth a look. So, OK. This column won't help you pick next week's SP. But, I'm hoping it generates discussion (and my own further digging) that may help you all pick up that kid for a dynasty league… (and thanks already to a couple of colleagues for advance feedback on these pieces). Please send comments.
Since the 1986 season (Maddux's first), there have been 302 Maddux games thrown by 192 pitchers (Data courtesy of our friends at Baseball-Reference.com). It will come as no surprise that Maddux threw the most (13). The 10 pitchers with the most (who happen to be the only ones who have done this four or more times since 1986) are:
Greg Maddux 13
Zane Smith 7
Bob Tewksbury 6
Roy Halladay 5
Tom Glavine 5
James Shields 4
Jamie Moyer 4
Bartolo Colon 4
Chris Bosio 4
Henderson Alvarez 4
With a couple of exceptions, this is hardly a bunch of household names. The last two were thrown this year by Masahiro Tanaka on 27 April and Ivan Nova on 29 April. Since 2000, the breakdown looks like this for the occurrence of Madduxes per season.
Year # Madduxes
There really is no pattern to the data. There have been as few as four and as many as fifteen per year (not counting 2017). In historical perspective, Maddux is even more impressive when compared to anyone in Baseball-Reference's database since 1913. What is astonishing is just how good modern pitching is. Forget about all this deadball, higher or lower mound stuff. Since 1913, 233 pitchers have thrown 366 Madduxes. That means that 82.5% (302/366) of the Madduxes have been thrown since 1986. What is equally astonishing is to look at who has and has not thrown them. Since 1913 only 14 pitchers have thrown four or more (and, per above, ten of those pitchers have done that since 1986). Who is in the club? A few more ham and eggers such as Koufax, Newcombe, Drysdale, Rowe…
Player #Maddux Games
Don Newcombe 6
Sandy Koufax 5
Don Drysdale 5
Preacher Roe 4
ZANE SMITH? #Effingseriously???? Some ham and eggers who DID NOT make this list:
Satchell Paige
Christy Matthewson
Look: Life is not fair. Clay Buchholz has a no-hitter… Sometimes a blind squirrel finds a nut.
Pitching Efficiency in Contemporary Perspective.
Throwing a Maddux may be as much a matter of choice for some pitchers as it is a matter of skill. Not everyone can get up and just throw heat. If you are Randy Johnson or Nolan Ryan, who cares about 150 pitches? Also, if the strike zone really has grown over time (see this great piece by John Roegele at The Hardball Times), then batters need to swing more and pitchers should have an easier time throwing strikes. So, it makes sense that there would be a disproportionate number of Madduxes in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.
Nonetheless, 99 pitches in 9 IP is 99 pitches in 9 IP. Not everyone is doing it, so it can't be that much easier, fat strike zone notwithstanding. Also, since MLB operates around the mythical 100 pitch count, and in an era where batters don't mind taking pitches, it's difficult to get up into Maddux land.
So, let's think of this a bit differently: to throw a Maddux, you must average 11 P/IP in a game. Does anyone even come close? The following data are drawn from 2016 for all pitchers with at least 180 IP. The average PIP is 15.9 (median 15.7), with a standard deviation of 0.75. Here is a graph of all 46 pitchers who made the cut.
The top pitchers in terms of efficiency were:
Name Team WAR P/IP Dollars
Masahiro Tanaka Yankees 4.6 14.7 $36.90
Corey Kluber Indians 5.1 14.8 $40.50
Bartolo Colon Mets 2.9 14.9 $23.20
Hisashi Iwakuma Mariners 2.4 15.0 $19.30
Johnny Cueto Giants 5.5 15.1 $43.80
John Lackey Cubs 3.1 15.2 $24.50
Chris Sale White Sox 5.2 15.2 $41.50
Kyle Hendricks Cubs 4.5 15.2 $35.70
Aaron Sanchez Blue Jays 3.9 15.2 $30.90
Marcus Stroman Blue Jays 3.6 15.2 $29.00
Kendall Graveman Athletics 1.6 15.2 $13.10
Hah. Once again I owe Tanaka an apology. Only three pitchers averaged fewer than 15 P/IP. The question is: does this translate into value for fantasy? Amazingly, the relationship is not clear. What follows is a correlation matrix for several key fantasy variables and P/IP. In each "cell", the top number is the correlation coefficient. The bottom is the statistical significance. In a statistically significant relationship, the top number should have an absolute value as close to 1 as possible. Similarly, we'd want the lower number to be as close to zero as possible. (Anything bigger than 0.05 is not statistically significant.
So, in the table, we see a very strong negative correlation between P/IP and dollar value. Essentially, -0.527 means that for every one standard deviation increase in P/IP, there is a 0.527 (essentially, half) a standard deviation decrease in dollar value. The relationship is slightly stronger between PIP and WAR. This comes as no surprise. If you are throwing more pitches, you figure you are probably tossing more BB, etc
PIP Dollars K/9 GB% TBF
Dollars -0.527
K/9 0.044 0.684
GB% -0.303 0.078 -0.278
TBF -0.130 0.235 0.139 -0.040
ERA 0.520 -0.776 -0.535 0.017 0.072
Interestingly, there is not a statistically significant relationship between PIP and TBF (batters faced). But, there is a strong relationship between PIP and GB%. This figures: the higher your GB%, the lower the number of pitches you tend to throw. K and GB% are closely related: as your K rate goes up, your GB% drops. But, the relationship is borderline significant.
These numbers are only for 2016. We'd need to run a bigger survey (something to do in my spare time) to get a better picture. But, what can we glean from this? Are more efficient pitchers a better value? According to the correlation coefficient, the answer is "yes" in terms of dollars. But, what's interesting is that strikeout pitchers have an even stronger relationship to dollar values. As K/9 goes up one standard deviation, dollar value goes up 0.684. This is a stronger, positive relationship—and it figures.
Point is that strikeouts and PIP efficiency have very strong relationships to dollar values. But they have virtually no relationship to each other: correlation coefficient of 0.044. This is not a stats lesson.
PIP and K/9 have an almost identical (but opposite direction) impact on ERA. Interestingly, GB% had virtually no impact on ERA. This is all the basics of the sort of heady analysis you'd find in publications by folks such as Shandler, James, etc. I'm not pretending to come close to what they do in this short piece.
For now, though, let me leave you all with some conclusions that are, admittedly, tentative. I had expected to see that efficiency (in terms of PIP) might somehow be overlooked in fantasy baseball because efficient pitchers would probably throw fewer Ks in favor of inducing hitters to hit GB and lazy FB. But, both correlate strongly with dollar values while having no relationship to each other.
One wonders though: Would stud pitchers who throw a lot of Ks not run out of gas because they are throwing more pitches? The following graph shows the relationship between dollar values and pitches thrown. Essentially, there is no relationship. Noah Syndergaard and Jose Fernandez were just as valuable throwing 2,900 pitches as Scherzer was throwing 3,500.
Name Team WAR PIP Dollars Pitches IP K/9
Noah Syndergaard NYM 6.5 16.0 $51.70 2935 183.2 10.68
Jose Fernandez FLA 6.1 16.1 $49.20 2940 182.1 12.49
Max Scherzer WSH 5.6 15.6 $44.90 3563 228.1 11.19
Johnny Cueto SFO 5.5 15.1 $43.80 3299 219.2 8.11
Rick Porcello BOS 5.2 15.3 $41.70 3410 223 7.63
These guys are (were) in the primes of their careers. How would they look after 10 years?
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Seriously, the dedication, perseverance, and brilliant work of our team of astrologers shines through very clearly in these video tutorials.
One thing that makes these video tutorials so good is the person who is giving them: David Cochrane. David is the founder of Cosmic Patterns Software, the head computer programmer, and simply one of the most brilliant people in the field of astrology. His breadth of knowledge is staggering and his ability to explain ideas simply and directly is a blessing. He is a genius and a genius who can convey ideas very simply and directly, a rare and marvelous combination.
We will continue to put links to more video tutorials on this website page so you may want to return to this page periodically. Also, let us know if there is a topic that you would like a tutorial on.
Lastly, we are deeply appreciative of your support. When you purchase our software, you make this work possible. None of us at Cosmic Patterns Software is wealthy and we put your hard-earned dollars to good use. We work hard, strive to provide you the best customer service, and simply do everything possible to provide the world's best astrology software. Our expenses in order to achieve this are high so we must charge a reasonable price for the software, but I think you will agree that the result is worth it: Simply Wonderful Astrology Software!
You can follow us on twitter at twitter.com/CosmicPatterns to keep posted on new developments. Please Like our Facebook page as this will help spread the word about our company and software. Thank you!
SIRIUS Astrology Software: Prediction with Transits: There are a huge number of features for forecasting in Sirius. The timeline format is the primary one that most astrologers use. This video explains many of the options available in the timeline format. Different options are important to different astrologers depending on your particular interests in astrology and the methods you find most interesting.
SIRIUS Astrology Software: Advanced Prediction Methods with Transits and Progressions. Some exciting advanced features in the timeline forecast that were not covered in video #2. The use of midpoints, phase angles, and composite charts in forecasting are discussed. Also explained is how a listing of secondary progressed highlights can be used in conjunction with the timeline feature.
SIRIUS Astrology Software: Composite Charts and Phase Angles in Astrological Forecasting: This tutorial is mostly an explanation of the theory and fascinating sacred geometry that suggests that composite chart conjunctions and oppositions and same phase angles have a very powerful effect. This video can be of interest to people interested in geometry as well as astrology. David Cochrane and some other astrologers have found these astrological influences are indeed very powerful and quantitative research is being conducted to evaluate these forecasting methods.
SIRIUS Astrology Software: Forecasting with Primary Directions. Primary Directions were one of the most popular methods for forecasting for over a thousand years. Brilliant mathematicians and scientists like Gerolamo Cardano and Johannes Kepler made important contributions to the theory of primary directions. This forecasting method fell out of favor in modern times most likely due to the detailed calculations involved. Now with cutting edge computer software we can calculate and work with primary directions very easily.
Van Dam primary directions were developed by Dutch astrologer Wim Van Dam. Many astrologers have found that Van Dam's primary directions are very accurate and technical astrologers have praised the theory behind these directions. We will devote a separate entire video to Van Dam primary directions.
SIRIUS Astrology Software: The World's Most Accurate Daylight Saving Time Tables: Astrology software does not always calculate a chart correctly. This may come as a surprise to some astrologers because there are issues that are often ignored and avoided by astrologers. In this video we describe how our software programmers have gone the extra mile and done the tedious work of ensuring that Kepler and Sirius are the most reliable and trustworthy astrology programs in the world.


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Q: Multiple column bootstrap pills I've tried front-end recently (not very good at it yet) and did a little something in CodePen.
I wanted the content to change upon clicking a category instead of redirecting to another page, but I wanted to avoid jQuery or JS for now. So I tried using the bootstrap pills.
Since it's a menu, I also wanted it to be separated by columns:

test1

test2

Test3

But it seems there are different active pills in each column. Is there a way that I can have only 1 active pill on both columns? Or perhaps a better way of doing this?

A: nevermind I already solved it by adding js
 $(document).ready(function () {
     $('.nav-dropdown ul li a').click(function () {
         $('.nav-dropdown li').removeClass('active');
     });
 });

basically it just removes the past active class so when bootstrap pills embed a new active class on a different column, it wont coincide with the first active class.

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I am thoroughly enjoying this adventure with you, Erin! Who'da thought it would be so much fun! I love you!
It's always a fun adventure (even when it's originally not, we somehow find a way to make it fun) with you!! I love you!


TTU students in Dr. Iyotsna Sharma's orchid lab.
Higher education marketing seems to be coming around to understanding the benefits of telling true stories well to support admissions, as noted by Michael Stoner recently in his Inside Higher Ed piece, "Challenge for Liberal Arts Communicators: Telling True Stories Well", it is time to put data aside and follow the heart.
While Stoner focuses on Liberal Arts in this piece, what he says applies to all Higher Ed communicators: Tell a good story. Colleges and universities are live, learning communities. Find and tell those stories about students being challenged, faculty who inspire deeper understanding and the many ways students grow and in turn make deeper connections with their learning.
The stories are out there. Just be sure to tell them well.
Above: Texas Tech operates an Orchid research lab on the high plains of west Texas. One of the many surprises I discovered while photographing the Lubbock flagship campus.


Honestly? I had never heard of FACES as a brand and I was introduced to it by IMBB. So when I saw a faces counter at Dorabjee's in Pune, I straight went to it. The SA started showing me some lipglosses but I straight out asked about these loose pigments. She was Shocked that I knew about them! LOL 😛 She hadn't even displayed them at the counter. Ha ha!
Only one word can describe these pigments and that is AWESOME! I totally loved them!
So coming to the texture of these dusts: These pigments are really fine and have a lot of fine sparkle in them. Once applied they look simply beautiful!
They stay on for a very long time and smudge very little. I have noticed very little rather negligible fallout and I must say that I am extremely impressed with it's quality.
They are odorless (thank God) and highly pigmented. Just a little color goes a really long way!
The sparkle in these pigments are really fine and don't look tacky at all rather it looks very subtle and thus makes it extremely wearable!
The package as such is extremely sturdy and is made of very good quality plastic.
The pigments are mineral based and hence changes of reactions are negligible.
For this look, I used the Mehendi Green and Bottle Green pigments.
For this look, I used the Magenta Pink pigment.
1. I first primed my lids with some NYX Eye Shadow base and then patted some Oriflame loose powder on them.
2. Then using a fluffy eye shadow brush I patted on some Mehendi Green pigment on my lids from my lash line to my eye sockets.
3. Next, taking some bottle green pigment I applied it on my outer V and along my sockets.
4. I blended the pigments well and used a light golden highlighter on my brow bone.
5. I finished the look with Maybelline's Gel liner on my water line and my upper lash line.
the 2 pics with the gold (mehendi green) and the purple (magenta pink) eyeshadow were so very very pretty..love the way u have done your eyeliner as well..
LOL! what an insightful question Sanjeev!
pleeeeej can u do a tut on the looks…specially the pink one……………..
um loving them…… :vampire: :vampire: :vampire: :vampire: .
Btw Suma I got the nyc eye primer after reading Ur review. Hope it works for my super oily lids.
thank u Cali and am happy happy that u liked it!
Suma, you rocking these looks girl!!! these are fab!
d green is fabbbbb suma !!! looks awesum..
OOOoooOOOOooooooo…. (shinchan style) fabbb Suma..


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Science Fiction Magic: Jael Wye and Ladder to the Red Star
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Science Fiction Magic
Some stories never get old. Some heroes are so deeply entrenched in our culture, they can be found in every genre and every medium. Take my new novel, Ladder to the Red Star, for example, which retells the tale of Jack and the beanstalk as a science fiction romance, set three hundred years in the future.
This story in one form or another has existed for millennia, and will most likely still be in circulation three hundred years from now. Jacques, the hero, is the ultimate everyman, his story a classic hero's journey. He travels into another realm and then escapes from the guardian monster in order to bring a boon back for the mortal realm. Oh, and he charms the beautiful princess into helping him out. This basic tale can be found everywhere from ancient Greek myth and to modern comic movies, plus or minus a few magic beans.
However, those details, the beans and the giant and the goose that lays golden eggs, are what bring this particular version of the story to life. In Ladder to the Red Star these fairy tale items are translated into plausible technology. The beanstalk Jacques climbs is a space elevator cable running up from Earth to a space station high in orbit, and the golden egg is a datasphere containing the most valuable medical technology in the Solar system. The late great scifi author Arthur C. Clarke once said that when technology becomes advanced enough, it's no different from magic. In three hundred years, the floating palace and golden eggs in my story just might be ordinary artifacts of technology, taken for granted like twitter and smartphones are today.
But though giant beanstalks and golden geese may be enchanting, the true magic of fairy tales is in the characters. In Ladder to the Red Star, the hero and heroine Jacques and Devi aren't heroic because of all the cool scifi gadgets they use, but because of their courage in the struggle against ruthless power. Their determination, their cleverness, and of course their love is what earns them their happily ever after.
About Ladder to the Red Star
Once upon a ruined Earth 300 years in the future…
Jacques Tallinn, biotech smuggler and thief, is after the cure for a brain disorder he's suffered since childhood–a disorder inflicted by a powerful tyrant. To get the cure, Jacques will need to climb the space elevator to the new Zenith space station hovering above Earth and go undercover in the lab where it's produced.
Martian head tech Devi Chandra is immediately intrigued by her sexy new lab assistant. Though she insists on keeping things professional, she finds herself charmed by Jacques. Until he betrays her trust, kidnapping her and spiriting her off to Earth.
All Jacques needed to do was steal the biotech and get back home. But when things go wrong, he can't bring himself to leave Devi behind. Now she's injured and a simple caper has become an intergalactic cause, endangering his life and the lives of millions of others. But the hardest part? Winning back Devi's trust.
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Jacques leaned back against the wall across from Devi's com booth, scanning the large, busy room. He didn't like this. The com center was crowded with consoles and bustling with people wandering through on all sorts of business, some legitimate, most not. At any other time, the scene wouldn't bother him, but with Devi near, his nerves were strung tight as wires.
Danger was drawing close. He could see no threat, but he could feel one, taste it in the air like the crackle of a lightning storm. He had to get Devi out of here, back to Santos where she would be safe.
But what if, after talking to her mother, after remembering the life he had stolen her from, she didn't want to go with him?
A bead of sweat trickled down his neck. If she came out of that booth and asked him to take her to a spaceport, he was truly afraid of what he would do. That he would become ten times the ruthless, soulless bastard he had always believed himself to be. That he would keep her, whether or not she wanted to be kept, whether or not she hated him for it.
She was his life. How could he give up his life?
He closed his eyes, and for the first time since he was a child, he prayed to Heaven.
Please. I can't let her go.
"You don't have to. I'm staying with you, Jacques."
His eyes shot open. She was standing across from him in the open com booth, a shine of happiness on her that made his breath stutter as he looked at her. Unknowingly, he had spoken aloud, and she had heard and answered his prayer.
A hot bright light burst inside him, joy so profound it was beyond words. He stepped toward her, entranced.
That was when the assassin struck.
A thin figure like a huge black spider leapt at Devi from behind a tall console, hands outstretched, a blade glinting in one fist.
Jael Wye grew up on the American Great Plains, went to school in the Midwest, and now lives in beautiful New England with her family and her enormous collection of houseplants. For more of Jael's unique blend of futurism and fairy tale, don't miss her ongoing series Once Upon A Red World.
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The Riviera Country Club has played host to the world's greatest golfers and most prestigious golf tournaments. Our storied history includes the 1948 US Open, the 1983 and 1995 PGA Championships, the 1998 US Senior Open and the 2017 US Amateur. In the coming decade, the club will write a new chapter in that book having been selected as the site of the 2028 Olympic Games golf event. In addition to our major championship history, Riviera has long been considered the club that Hollywood calls home. During the golden age of Hollywood our membership included silver screen legends Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Walt Disney, Howard Hughes, Humphrey Bogart and many more. That tradition continues to this day.


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Q: How can i make border-bottom of a div tag, lunate? i have a div tag like this :

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i want to make border-bottom of 'test' lunate! any one can help?
 it is something like this :

A: The answer you got from susheel is accurate, but if you want a more elliptical border, you need to set different parameters.
Set you border style to:
border-radius: 15em/5em;
border-top-left-radius: 0;
border-top-right-radius: 0;

You can play with the parameters to get a different curve or even change the em to px (but I myself thik it's better this way).

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#test{
    width:150px;
    height:150px;
    border:1px solid silver;
    border-radius: 0 0 50% 50%
}


Oh gosh...I can't believe I am just now getting around to writing about our Thanksgiving! I am so behind on life!!! We had a crazy weekend this past weekend....which I will write about at some point, but until then, here are some pics (and commentary) about our first married Thanksgiving!
We spent the holiday at Travis' parents in Chapel Hill. My parents were able to drive down from Virginia and be with us too!
Travis' dad deep-fries the turkey every year and it.is.AMAZING!
Seriously, if you've never had deep-fried turkey, you must try it ASAP!!
Also, fortunately for us, Travis' sister is a CHEF, so she basically made all of our food (minus the turkey)! The moms each made a side dish, but the rest was all Caitlin!!! Everything was SOOOOOOO delicious!!!
The next morning, my mom and I got up and did our annual Black Friday early morning trip to the mall! We are not as cray cray as some people, but we did get there about 6:30 AM. Unfortunately, I really did not find any deals. I think most good sales started Thanksgiving night, but I was too stuffed then to shop!
Saturday, we went to the last (THANK YOU JESUS) UNC football game of the season!!! It was sooooo freaking cold!!!!
When we got home Sunday, it was time to decorate the house!!!
Now, we are working on the tree....we got a real one this year and it is a MAJOR project!!! I don't think either of us has sworn so much in our lives at one object. HA! I'll post pics soon when it's done!!!
Wow, your Thanksgiving sounds so delicious! I was at that UNC game too and yes, it was so cold!!!


You've done so much work to find and purchase your new home, but now it's time for the heavy lifting. Planning a move is challenging, especially when figuring out how to get all your belongings from Point A to Point B in one piece. Between all the paperwork and planning, greenifying your move might be pretty low on your list of priorities.
Fortunately, a few small tweaks to your plans can change your move from a waste generator into a Mother Nature-approved experience. With a few eco-friendly moving supplies and planning tips, your move can be smooth and trash-free.
The key to an eco-friendly move is to plan ahead. Waiting until the last minute causes you to haphazardly pack important items and rely on packing options that create mountains of waste.
"When planning any sort of big project, it's important to first think about the ways in which you will produce trash and then plan alternatives. In terms of moving, you should think about what you are going to use to pack items in, what you are going to do with unwanted items you purge and how you are going to transport your stuff. Once you've highlighted the areas that have a likelihood of producing trash, you can then target them by coming up with alternative plans that involve reusable and recyclable materials."
Take time to set goals for each week up until your move-in date. Declutter, organize and begin packing items you rarely use as soon as possible.
Decluttering before a move can save you packing materials and several trips from your current residence to your new one. There's no need to bring broken, duplicate or unused belongings. Make it a weekend goal to gather up any items that can be sold or donated and keep them from going to waste.
This is where getting ahead of the game will make all the difference.
"Standard packaging tape is a plastic product and isn't recyclable after use. Instead, look into purchasing a couple roles of water-activated, paper tape. Once it's used, it can be recycled either attached to the cardboard boxes or ripped off and recycled in your curbside paper bin."
When gathering supplies for your move, reach out to family, friends and neighbors to see if they have anything you can use. Most are more than willing to lend a helping hand, and this can save you a trip to the store.
"Make sure to ask whether they use reusable bins or recycled boxes and what kind of packaging material is standard. Never be afraid to request something else as well. As a general principle, locally based companies are usually more wiling to adapt to your needs than large, nationally based ones."
Recycling may not be the best solution to our waste issue, but when it comes to moving it's better to recycle something than ship it off to a landfill. Give your boxes to friends and family who might be moving soon, or place them in your recycling bin; add the garden twine to a compose pile.
Don't stop thinking green after your move. Keep the momentum going by making your new home an eco-friendly oasis. Simple renovations can have a large impact on the environment, and help you save on your energy bills each month.


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Q: Why does a hollow conductor does not have a electric field inside it when it is enclosing a charge? When a positive charge is enclosed in a thick hollow sphere which is a conductor, the inner surface gains a negative charge distribution and due to that the outer gains a positive charge distribution. So there should be electric fields through the walls of the sphere. But it is not possible because the potential difference in a conductor must be zero, the conductor should be a  equipotential surface. Please clear this doubt.

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Why does a hollow conductor does not have a electric field inside it when it is enclosing a charge?

You can take this as a given in electrostatics.
You can also take this fact as derivable from your statement that "the potential difference in a conductor must be zero." The potential difference divided by the distance difference is the negative of the field value (E=-$d\phi/dx$). But negative zero is zero, so the field is zero.
If you want a further reason, you can consider what would happen if there were a free charge inside the conductor. If there were some free charge, that charge would be acted on by the field and would feel a force and would move (e.g., to the surface of the conductor). But now we have a moving charge, which means we are in the realm of electrodynamics not electrostatics. This latter comment is not really a reason, just kind of pointing out that to be internally consistent we can't have free charge moving around and still say we are doing electrostatics.

So there should be electric fields through the walls of the sphere.

No, you can think of the field "inside the walls" as coming from the "+q" in your picture and all the little "-" signs in your picture. These two fields exactly cancel each other inside the walls of the conductor.

A: Within the conductor, there are two electric fields that cancell out. The one due to the charge enclosed by the spherical shell and the one due to the  charge seperation on the surfaces of the metal. These two oppose each othervand hence the net electric field is zero

A: The sphere is not positively charged. If the negative charges induced by positive ones, the sphere is neutral. Anyway, if there is an electric field inside the conductor there must occur an electric current that is absent in this case.


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Flora, també conegut com Primavera, és un fresc provinent de la de Vil·la d'Ariadna, trobat durant les excavacions arqueològiques de l'antiga ciutat d'Estàbia (l'actual Castellammare di Stabia) i conservat al Museu Arqueològic Nacional de Nàpols. és l'obra més important i famosa trobada a l'antiga ciutat romana.

Història i descripció
El fresc data de la primera meitat del , a mitjan l'època imperial, quan es va utilitzar el tercer estil pompeià, amb vagues reminiscències hel·lenístiques, i va ser pintat en un cubiculum de la Vil·la d'Ariadna, conjuntament amb altres tres figures femenines, Leda, Medea i Diana, col·locades cadascuna en panells a la zona mitjana de les parets; les figures femenines, per tant, en el seu aspecte mitològic, eren el fil conductor de la sala. L'opció de l'autor per pintar aquest tema no és clara; segons algunes hipòtesis podria ser degut al fet que els propietaris de la vil·la estaven emparentats amb els sabins, que consideraven Flora una de les divinitats més importants, o perquè la família es dedicava al cultiu de blat, del qual la deessa era protectora, o simplement pel gust pur de l'autor. Tanmateix, segons alguns estudiosos, a més de Flora, la figura femenina podria representar una nimfa o Prosèrpina. També podria ser una al·legoria de la Primavera, d'aquí el sobrenom que se li ha atribuït.

El fresc va ser trobat l'any 1759 durant les exploracions de la vil·la per Karl Jakob Weber i va ser tret del seu lloc per passar a formar part de la col·lecció del rei. Posteriorment, el cubiculum va ser enterrat i només recentment, s'han realitzat noves excavacions a la zona. La Flora d'Estàbia s'ha reprès diverses vegades en diferents contextos. L'any 1947 va ser utilitzat com a tema publicitari d'una fàbrica de perfums parisenc. L'any 1998 es va reproduir en segells francesos; curiosament, en els mateixos segells es pot veure la inscripció UNESCO, però es tracta d'un error bastant greu, ja que el jaciment arqueològic d'Èstàbia no forma part del Patrimoni de la Humanitat, al contrari dels jaciments veïns de Pompeia, Herculà i Oplontis.

La figura femenina, pintada sobre un fons verd aigua, es veu des del darrere, descalça i va vestida amb un quitó groc, mogut per una lleugera brisa, que li deixa l'espatlla nua i el cap està adornat amb una diadema i l'avantbraç esquerra amb armilla. En el seu moviment cap al desconegut, recull flors blanques d'un ram que després deixa en un kalathos. Tota la imatge sembla estar desproveïda de dimensió espacial i l'únic element caracteritzador és el terreny per on camina la dona, ressaltat per una franja blanca.

Referències

Vegeu també
 Excavacions arqueològiques d'Estàbia

Enllaços externs

Art de l'antiga Roma
Pintures al fresc

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The Snail's Pace Café and Bike hire is situated at Wenford Bridge on Bodmin Moor. For freshly cooked wholesome foods this camel trail cafe will delight all the family. A delightfully unique and quirky off grid eaterie, comfortable and light with a good selection of local fresh foods. We are in the ideal place to start a journey on the famous camel trail where the true beauty of Cornwall can be experienced from a generally traffic free environment. Featuring over 18 miles in all from moor to sea the disused railway line follows the river camel from Wenford to Padstow in three parts.
We have a great selection of bikes and equipment for all the family. This part of the trail features beautiful woodland and riverside habitat as you meander down towards the sea taking in salt marsh and estuarine vistas. With a slight downhill following the river there are no strenuous hills so the trail provides ideal terrain for all the family. An hours gentle ride will take you into Bodmin, and for those looking for a more of a challenge, Padstow is just 17 miles, at the opposite end of the trail. In fact, if you are looking to do the full trail Wenfordbridge is the perfect choice being the furthest inland that the trail penetrates. This end of the trail is certainly quieter, so if you are looking to avoid the hoards and give your little ones the chance to build cycling confidence, Wenfordbridge is a good bet.
Open 7 days a week from mid March until the end of October (and occasional pop up days in the winter) this Camel Trail cafe is perfectly situated for those visiting the moors or valley and is only a short drive from Camelford, Bodmin, Wadebridge and the North Coast beach resorts. We serve breakfasts, light lunches, and afternoon teas. Our team create traditional and modern Cornish fare including delicious cakes.
Why not breakfast with us before a ride and on your return relax with a pleasant lunch?
Breakfasts, lunches, cakes and teas. Homecooked, delicious, original and tasty. Our ethos is quality without pretence, Fair trade and fair prices. Vegans, veges, and carnivores. Cornish traditional and contemporary.
We are now OPEN for the season - 7 days a week 9.30 - 5pm!


An investment strategy in which an investor buys when other investors are selling with the intention of selling when others are buying. A countertrend strategy follows the investment philosophy of "buy low, sell high." Those who utilize countertrend strategy often use technical analysis in making decisions about when it is appropriate to buy and sell.


If you love knitting this faux knitting pattern will be a funny addition to all your knitted decorations. It's made up of small adorable hearts! This coffee mug is perfect for holding your tea or coffee while you relax and knit.


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In memoriam: Charles Rattray (1956-2022)
By John McRae/ David McClean - 23 August 2022
In memoriam of Charles Rattray (1956-2022), Lecturer at The Scott Sutherland School of Architecture & Built Environment between 1990-2006.
Green jumper, Tervakoski sketch paper roll under his arm, wry mischievous smile, a twinkle in his eye and a quick look across the studio to see who was there was how Charles announced his arrival each day. It wasn't long before an anecdote had us all in fits of laughter and then sat around a table discussing what seemed an obtuse topic which only later you realised was very relevant to architecture.
This was the early 90s and there was an air of change under the stewardship of Robin Webster who was bringing distinguished names to tutor and critique at the school. Along with David McClean, John Brady, Graeme Hutton and others there was a new energy and passion for intellectual thinking that underpinned rational and beautiful design. An open collaborative studio underpinned this ethos and armed with new linoleum-covered worktops, mayline parallel motions and Alvar Aalto stools the scene was set for us. In our first week, he noted (and quickly removed) a copy of the sun newspaper advising us that this was not the quality of information fit for the studio.
Charles was heavily influenced by Ivor Richards whom he worked under when they worked on the new Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Renfrew Street, Glasgow by Sire Leslie Martin. The 'someone has to draw it' Ivor Richards mantra alongside with his fastidious attention to drawing with a clutch pencil, with no crossed lines, engrained the beauty of the process and product into Charles. They both shared a Love of Alvar Aalto and this was passed onto us as students.
Charles had a critical eye for a plan and section and would often challenge us to refine, them to create rational, logical and beautiful designs. He found it difficult when others didn't share his passion for architecture and wasn't shy at expressing his disquiet albeit it in a professional and polite manner. He enjoyed sharing his knowledge of emerging practices such as Bach & Mora, Claus Kaan and Geurst & Schulze Architecten and wrote about them very eloquently for ARQ magazine which he edited for a number of years.
He led from the front with his infectious energy, cared about his students and spent an inordinate amount of time, often into the early evening, assisting us to resolve the conundrums of our designs. He was generous with his time and knowledge and when he heard I was doing my Part I in London found me (without asking or being asked) a studio flat in Clapham. I kept in touch with Charles after I completed university and we met up a few times in London over a meal and glass of wine and he latterly joined me on the editorial board of Design Exchange magazine.
Charles was a true gentleman, passionate about architecture, photography and music that wanted the best for all of his students. He brilliantly balanced objective critical thinking, writing, teaching and practice in an understated and cheerful manner which is very hard to emulate. Whilst Charles didn't build many buildings, his finest being the work to his own home, his family are beginning to understand the incredible impact his teaching and writing had on a generation of architecture students at both Aberdeen and Dundee as tributes have come in following his death.
Charles will be sorely missed but his legacy will carry on and I will continue to ask myself 'what would Charles say' when tackling difficult design challenges.
John McRae
Director, ORMS Architects, London
(Architecture student, 1991-1997)
Charles was one of the finest colleagues that I have had the good fortune to work with, and there have been many. In September 1992 I clearly recall starting my academic career at the Scott Sutherland School of Architecture, as it was then, to be temporarily given a desk in the office of Charles and his kindred spirit, Graeme Hutton. It was a hotbed of fervent discussion and debate, wry cultural observation, and abundant humour. Immediately, I was struck by Charles' generosity of spirit, and warm, welcoming demeanour.
In the months and years that followed I witnessed the passion, intellect, and rigour that drove his own work as well as his expectations of others. His expansive and deep knowledge was apparent, yet he had the endearing quality of never taking himself too seriously. I think of Charles as a craftsman, whether of the designs he worked on, or supported students to produce, or in honing the text of his written work; always striving for clarity and the essential. Above all, he was a talented and gifted teacher as borne out by the many, many tributes that have been paid by alumni on various platforms.
He was mischievous, had enormous joie de vivre, and regardless of the situation, laughter was never far away. And never more so than when in the company of Graeme, with whom he ran a practice for a number of years. When Graeme took up the headship at the School of Architecture in Dundee, I knew it was only a matter of time before Charles felt compelled to restore the partnership and, not long after assuming the headship, I distinctly remember the feeling of helplessness at realising that I could do nothing to stop his departure. He was a great loss to the School then, but this pales to insignificance in the context of the loss that we all feel now. Charles, your bright, lively, and witty repartee, your scholarship, passion, companionship, and good humour will be sorely missed by all those whose lives you undoubtedly enriched.
David McClean
Dean of Scott Sutherland School of Architecture & Built Environment (2006-2022)
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So I'm driving south on the New Jersey Turnpike for a meeting in Trenton. I passed several digital highway signs flashing a Silver Alert with a license plate number. For the life of me, I could not figure out what this Silver Alert was about.
After doing a little research [not while driving], I found out "Silver Alert" or "Senior Alert" programs help identify and locate missing seniors with cognitive impairments (i.e. Alzheimer's Disease, dementia etc.). Modeled after the United States federal Amber Alert system for abducted children, Silver Alert programs create an emergency notification system in which law enforcement agencies broadcast using radio, television and electronic highway signs. Read details on how Silver Alert legislation started.


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Oil & Gas: Which project will bring what income
Ms Peninah Aheebwa argues that Uganda should be allowed to use its oil and gas resources to achieve economic takeoff just like other countries have done before it. Photo | file
From the three main projects including the EACOP, refinery and upstream, government is expected to earn a total of $69.7b over the projects' life and an average of $2.8b per annum
The East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline project (EACOP), which has met resistance from setups against fossil fuels, is one of the projects Uganda has planned to monetise its oil and gas assets, which are currently valued at $116b.
These assets are certainly among the country's biggest economic assets in terms of value.
Some of the strategic reasons for choosing to export about 57 percent of crude oil include the need to enhance Uganda's export base and the trade balance which is currently in deficit.
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Beyond EACOP, the other project for monetizing the oil and gas assets include the refinery, with a strategic objective of meeting petroleum needs that are currently estimated at 36,000 barrels per day and growing at an annual rate of about 7 percent.
This would also save the country foreign exchange expenditure of over $1.23b per year given that Uganda will in addition to fuel products also produce Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG), which is mainly used in households and would be a key replacement to charcoal and firewood.
At least more than 300,000 tonnes of LPG are expected to be produced per year at peak production, which is close to the total amount of LPG currently being consumed in the whole of East Africa.
The life cycle of the above projects is under 30 years, which is far below the target by the most radicle energy transition pledges.
The size of Uganda's economy as reported by the Ministry of Finance is $ 45.7b, with expected domestic revenue of $6b (13 percent of GDP) in the 2022/23 financial year. The economy is dominated by the services sector at 41.5 percent, followed by industry at 26.8 percent and agriculture at 24.1 percent.
Uganda recorded a trade deficit of $413.8m in May 2022 yet it suffers chronic high levels of unemployment, which must be rebooted by massive capital investments.
Economies such as the UAE and Norway, among others, were not in a different situation from the above at the start of their oil and gas industry. They were able to leverage on their oil and gas resources to achieve economic take off, which therefore, means that Uganda can use its oil and gas resource to achieve economic takeoff.
This will be driven by the large magnitude of investments, estimated at between $15 and $20b, in a space of three and five years and reasonable in-country capacity to ensure a significant share of investments in form of employment and provision of goods and services is retained in the country.
Others drives will be a fair share of government from the expected oil revenues (close to an average of 70 percent) and institutional, regulatory and governance infrastructure to ensure government's share in the oil revenues is secured and put to good use.
The frameworks Uganda's oil and gas sector now in place together with the activities being implemented make it clear that the oil and gas industry is going to be transformational on Uganda's economy and in improving the wellbeing of its citizens.
It is therefore only rational that this transformation is welcomed and supported. The benefits are coming in a number of forms such as revenue from the agreed fiscal regime, participation of Ugandans and Ugandan Enterprises through employment and provision of goods and services, local social and economic development, sectoral linkages to ensure broad based growth, and improved investment rating, among others.
Fiscal benefits: Pre-first oil tax and non-tax revenues
From 2017 to 2021, a total of Shs577.4m was paid by five oil companies licensed in the country. The revenue was in the form of Income Tax, PAYE, Stamp Duty, Value Added Tax and Withholding Tax.
During the same period, $7.66m was received from the sector in form of non-tax revenue in respect to application fees, bonuses, data sale, surface rentals and training fees.
Revenues through agreed fiscal regime after first oil
The fiscal regimes between the upstream (Tilenga and Kingfisher) and midstream (EACOP and refinery) projects differ and so are the expected returns to government from the same.
The upstream projects are run under a joint venture arrangement with TotalEnergies holding an interest of 56.66 percent in all projects, while CNOOC holds 28.33 percent and Uganda National Oil Company holding a 15 percent stake on behalf of government.
The pipeline project is managed through the EACOP Company with shareholding from the Uganda National Oil Company (15 percent), the Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation (15 percent) and the two oil companies; TotalEnergies (62 percent) and CNOOC (8 percent). Government will hold a 40 percent share in the refinery project.
Using the prevailing assumptions, government is entitled to a net take of 75 percent from the upstream projects, which translates to $66b ($2.6b per year) with the 25 percent paying for the investors' return on investment.
From EACOP, through dividends and applicable taxes government is expected to earn $400m while from the refinery, government is expected to earn $3.3b.
In this regard, from the three main projects as indicated, government expects to earn a total of $69.7b over the projects' life and an average of $2.8b per annum. The expected average annual income is 47 percent of the projected domestic revenue collection for the 2022/2023 ($6b), which in accordance with the Public Finance Management Act 2015, will be invested in infrastructure development therefore, bridging the infrastructure financing gap estimated at $400m per year.
Ms Peninah Aheebwa is the Petroleum Authority of Uganda energy economist and director technical support services


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Labrys (Greek: λάβρυς, lábrys) is the term for a symmetric doubleheaded axe originally from Crete in Greece, one of the oldest symbols of Greek civilization; to the Romans, it was known as a bipennis. The symbol was commonly associated with female divinities.
The double-bitted axe remains a forestry tool to this day, and the labrys certainly functioned as a tool and hewing axe before it was invested with symbolic function. Labrys symbolism is found in Minoan, Thracian, and Greek religion, mythology, and art, dating from the Middle Bronze Age onwards, and surviving in the Byzantine Empire.
Plutarch relates the word labrys with a Lydian word for "axe": (Λυδοὶ γὰρ 'λάβρυν' τὸν πέλεκυν ὀνομάζουσι). R. S. P. Beekes rejected an Indo-European etymology and proposed a Pre-Greek one; he also suggested that labrys has the same root as labyrinthos.
Labrys was a cult-word that was introduced from Anatolia, where such symbols have been found in Çatal Höyük from the neolithic age. In Labraunda of Caria the double-axe accompanies the storm-god Zeus Labraundos. In Crete, the symbol of the double-axe always accompanies goddesses, and it seems that it was the symbol of the beginning (arche) of the creation. The word labyrinth, which the Greeks used for the palace of Knossos is possibly derived from labrys. It seems that the goddess of the double-axe presided over the Minoan palaces, and especially over the palace of Knossos. The Linear B (Mycenaean) inscription 𐀅𐁆𐀪𐀵𐀍𐀡𐀴𐀛𐀊, on tablet ΚΝ Gg 702, is interpreted as da-pu2-ri-to-jo-po-ti-ni-ja (labyrinthoio potnia, "Mistress of the labyrinth), and she was undoubtedly the goddess of the palace.
However the designation "The house of the Double Axe" cannot be limited to the palace of Knossos, because the same symbols were discovered in other palaces of Crete.
The priests at Delphi in classical Greece were called Labryades (the men of the double axe). Evans' article supplies the first citation of the word in the Oxford English Dictionary (OED).
The term, and the symbol, is most closely associated in historical records with the Minoan civilization, which reached its peak in the 2nd millennium BC, and specifically with the worship of a goddess. In Crete the symbol always accompanies female divinities and it was probably the symbol of the arche of the creation (Mater-arche:matriarchy).
Some Minoan labrys have been found which are taller than a human and which might have been used during sacrifices. The sacrifices would likely have been of bulls. The bull and double-axe are seen in Çatalhöyük as well, which existed from 7500 BC to 5700 BC. The labrys symbol has been found widely in the Bronze Age archaeological recovery at the Palace of Knossos on Crete. According to archaeological finds on Crete this double-axe was used specifically by Minoan priestesses for ceremonial uses. Of all the Minoan religious symbols, the axe was the holiest. Sometimes the double-axe is combined with the sacral-knot which seems that was a symbol of holiness. Such symbols have been found in Crete, and also on some goldrings from Mycenae.
Several double axes were found at the Arkalochori cave in Crete, with inscriptions in the Linear A script. A golden axe assumed to be from Alkalochori is now exhibited in the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. Among the double axes, the second-millennium bronze Arkalochori Axe with an inscription was excavated by Marinatos in 1934. It has been suggested that these might be Linear A but it seems that "the characters on the axe are no more than a 'pseudo-inscription' engraved by an illiterate in uncomprehending imitation of authentic Linear A characters on other similar axes."
In the Near East and other parts of the region, eventually axes of this sort are often wielded by male divinities and appear to become symbols of the thunderbolt. In Labraunda of Caria the double-axe accompanies the storm-god Zeus Labraundos. Similar symbols have been found on plates of Linear pottery culture in Romania.
The double-axe is associated with the Hurrian god of sky and storm Teshub. His Hittite and Luwian name was Tarhun. Both are depicted holding a triple thunderbolt, and a double axe on the other hand. Similarly, Zeus throws his Keravnos to bring storm. The labrys, or pelekys, is the double axe Zeus uses to invoke storm, and the relative modern Greek word for lightning is star-axe (ἀστροπελέκι astropeleki) The worship of it was kept up in the Greek island of Tenedos and in several cities in the south-west of former Hellenic Asia Minor, and it appears in later historical times in the cult of the thundergod of Asia Minor (Zeus Labrayndeus).
In feminist interpretations, it a symbol of matriarchy. It may also be interpreted as a butterfly based on the Minoan butterfly goddesses shown in the shape of a labrys. The double-axe is also associated with the Greek fire god Hephaestus, so to the Minoans the labrys may have been associated with a fire goddess, possibly similar to Hestia.
The word labyrinthos (Mycenaean daburinthos) is possibly connected with the word labrys. In the Linear B (Mycenean Greek) script a symbol similar to a double-axe represents the phonetic sign a. In the context of the Classical Greek myth of Theseus, the labyrinth of Greek mythology is frequently associated with the Minoan palace of Knossos and has a long tradition of use that extends before any written records explain the traditions.
On Greek vase paintings, a labrys sometimes appears in scenes of animal sacrifice, particularly as a weapon for the slaying of bulls.
On the "Perseus Vase" in Berlin (F1704; ca 570–560 BC), Hephaestus ritually flees his act of slicing open the head of Zeus to free Athena whose pregnant mother Zeus swallowed to prevent her offspring from dethroning him. Over the shoulder of Hephaestus is the instrument he has used, the double-headed axe. The more usual double-headed instrument of Hephaestus is the double-headed smith's hammer so the symbolism is important. Zeus swallowing the goddess symbolized the progressive suppression of the earlier traditional religious beliefs, symbolically dethroning the goddess, Metis, but allowing Athene (her daughter) to be "born" of Zeus because her worship was so pervasive and widespread that it could not be suppressed. That is likely the reason the labrys was depicted as the instrument used by Hephaestus (who much earlier had been a consort of the Earth goddess) to release Athene.
On Greek coins of the classical period (e.g. Pixodauros, etc.) a type of Zeus venerated at Labraunda in Caria that numismatists call Zeus Labraundeus (Ζεὺς Λαβρανδεύς) stands with a tall lotus-tipped sceptre upright in his left hand and the double-headed axe over his right shoulder.
The double-axe also appears in Thracian art. On the Aleksandrovo kurgan fresco, it is probably wielded by Zalmoxis.
While double axes are common in high fantasy settings, in reality, they were not commonly used in combat.
The labrys was formerly a symbol of Greek fascism. During the period of the 4th of August Regime (1936–1941), the labrys was used as the main symbol of the regime-sponsored National Organisation of Youth (EON), as its leader, Ioannis Metaxas believed the symbol to be the first symbol of all Hellenic civilizations. In the 1960s the labrys was also used by the Italian neo-fascist and far-right movement Ordine Nuovo, most prominently on their flag. Today it is sometimes used as a symbol of Hellenic Polytheistic Reconstructionism.
^ the term for a single-bladed axe being hēmipelekys "half-pelekys", e.g. Il. 23.883.
^ Representative collections of modern double axeheads are conserved in the Canada Science and Technology Museum, Ottawa, and elsewhere.
^ The functions of Neolithic stone axeheads are discussed by Marija Gimbutas, "Battle axe or cult axe?", Man 53 (April 1953:51-54).
^ "Just as the bishop's crozier is derived from the functional shepherd's crook," according to A. Trevor Hodge, "The Labrys: Why Was the Double Axe Double?" American Journal of Archaeology 89.2 (April 1985:307–308), p. 307.
^ "Herakles, having slain Hippolyte and taken her axe away from her with the rest of her arms, gave it to Omphale. The kings of Lydia who succeeded her carried this as one of their sacred insignia of office, and passed it down from father to son until it was passed to Candaules, who disdained it and gave it to one of his companions to carry. When Gyges rebelled and was making war upon Candaules, Arselis came with a force from Mylasa to assist Gyges; Arselis then slew Candaules and his companion and took the axe to Caria with the other spoils of war. And, having set up a statue of Zeus, Arselis put the axe in his hand and invoked the god, "Labrandeus". Plutarch, Greek Questions, 45 2.302a.
^ R. S. P. Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek, Brill, 2009, pp. 818–9.
^ "It seems natural to interpret names of Carian sanctuaries like Labranda in the most literal sense as the place of the sacred labrys, which was the Lydian (or Carian) name for the Greek πέλεκυς [pelekys], or double-edged axe." And, p. 109, "On Carian coins, indeed of quite late date, the labrys, set up on its long pillar-like handle, with two dependent fillets, has much the appearance of a cult image.":A.J. Evans, "Mycenaean tree and pillar cult and its Mediterranean relations," Journal of Hellenic Studies XXI, pp 108, 109.
^ Raymoure, K.A. "da-pu2-ri-to-jo". Minoan Linear A & Mycenaean Linear B. Deaditerranean. "KN 702 Gg(1) (103)". DĀMOS Database of Mycenaean at Oslo. University of Oslo.
^ Criticised by W.H.D. Rouse, "The Double Axe and the Labyrinth" The Journal of Hellenic Studies 21 (1901), pp. 268-274, noting the reappearance of the same inscribed symbols at the newly-discovered palace a Phaistos (p. 273).
^ "Yet two facts are clear about the deity of Arkalochori: it was connected with weapons in a special way, and it was a goddess rather than a god", observed Emily Townsend Vermeule, "A Gold Minoan Double Axe" Bulletin of the Museum of Fine Arts 57 No. 307 (1959:4-16) p. 6; the Boston gold labrys assumed to be from Arkalochori is inscribed in Linear A.
^ Price, Glanville (2000). Encyclopedia of the languages of Europe. Wiley-Blackwell. p. 384. ISBN 978-0-631-22039-8.
^ The forms taken by the labrys were classified by Caterina Mavriyannaki, "La double hache dans le monde héllenique à l'âge du bronze," Revue Archéologique, New series (1983:195-228).
^ da-pu2-ri-to-yo (KN Gg 702), daburinthoyo potnia meaning "Lady of the Labyrinth".
^ a b Markessinis, Andreas (August 22, 2006). "The Labrys/Pelekys: The symbol of Thundergod Zeus and of the EON". Metaxas Project. Retrieved August 31, 2014.
^ Cottingham, Laura (1996). Lesbians Are So Chic. Bloomsbury. ISBN 9780304337217. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
^ a b Murphy, Timothy (2013-10-18). Reader's Guide to Lesbian and Gay Studies. Routledge. p. 44ff. ISBN 9781135942342. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
^ Morrow, Deana F.; Messinger, Lori (2006-04-02). Sexual Orientation and Gender Expression in Social Work Practice: Working with Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender People. Columbia University Press. pp. 476–. ISBN 9780231127295. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
^ SwadePages "Origin & History of Gay & Lesbian Symbols"
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Smoke Screens, Rules Are Rules, Clubbed
By Josh Loftin
Smoke Screens
Apparently, the $1 per pack increase in the tobacco tax, passed this year, was not intended to be a revenue generator. Instead, sponsoring Sen. Allen Christensen, R-North Ogden, tells the Associated Press that it really was intended to help curb smoking. The problem? Christensen found minimal legislative support when he lauded the public-health benefit. Late in this year's session, he switched his tune, touting that the tax could bring in $43 million in new revenue, helping to balance the $1 billion budget deficit and, kazzam—-the tax was passed. Unless all of the tax revenue goes to fund smoking-cessation and tobacco-prevention programs. Christensen's claim appears to be more smoke blowing out of his filter.
Rules Are Rules
Energy companies will no longer be able to use a loophole in federal law to drill gas and oil wells in sensitive areas, thanks to a settlement between the Bureau of Land Management and environmental groups. The settlement stemmed from a lawsuit filed after the BLM approved 30 natural gas wells near Nine Mile Canyon, home to extensive American Indian rock art. By using the loophole, which has actually been used to approve hundreds of wells in Utah alone, an Environmental Impact Statement was not required. Not surprisingly, energy companies are crying foul, claiming that it's too expensive to give a flying hoot about plants, animals and cultural history.
Clubbed
The candidate spending the most money in this year's U.S. Senate race is not actually a candidate, but Club For Growth, based in Washington, D.C. According to the Deseret News, the club spent $120,000 leading up to the March 23 caucus meetings, primarily focused on getting new delegates elected who oppose Sen. Bob Bennett. They seemed to have had success, since many first-time delegates got elected and Bennett supporters were roundly booed at many caucuses. They also proved in the process how well the caucus system rewards homegrown activism and limits the influence of well-heeled national groups.
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