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A contract is simply a promise written on a piece of paper. But its true worth lies not in legality, but in the relationship of trust within which it was signed.
For you to keep your promises, it's essential that third parties keep their promises to you. So it's critical that they are motivated to act with integrity.
As we see the proliferation of outsourcing, sourcing offshore and cost cutting initiatives, the trust factor becomes increasingly important in ensuring that your complex network of relationships operates effectively and allows you to feel confident and secure.
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There may be times when promise and profit appear to represent conflicting objectives. Demanding customers, regulators, suppliers, activists, investors and analysts will all drive a business to make promises.
But within the business there may be internal departments, subsidiaries and stakeholders who are exerting extreme pressure to maintain profitability. The result is that the margin for error in honouring your promises becomes increasingly small.
The news is littered with examples of broken promises, contaminated food chains, poor labour hire practices, oil spills, the illegal dumping of toxic waste, human rights violations and over-billing.
Every broken promise represents a fractured relationship and the possibility of a trust irreparably damaged. It's at such moments that competitors can press their advantage.
Protecting your business by protecting your reputation
Your reputation, and the trust it inspires, is a core component of every relationship that is critical to the success of your business. As such, the protection of your good name is a strategic and commercial imperative.
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CMU Gets Grant To Aid Great Lakes Coastal Wetlands
MT. PLEASANT — Central Michigan University's Institute for Great Lakes Research is helping the U.S. Department of Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration identify and restore Great Lakes coastal wetlands and, in the process, make them more resilient to a changing climate.
Supported by a $103,069 grant from the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes Landscape Conservation Cooperative and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, CMU scientists are overseeing the development of a mathematical decision-making tool that will aid the federal government's new Resilient Lands and Water Initiative.
Matthew Cooper, Ph.D., IGLR research scientist and biology faculty member, and Donald Uzarski, Ph.D., IGLR director and professor of biology, are leading the collaborative effort with scientists from the University of Minnesota-Duluth Natural Resources Research Institute.
"Our tool helps to identify the most critical areas where restoration efforts are most needed and feasible," Cooper said. "The decision-making tool that we are developing will help ensure the federal government's greatest return possible on specific, targeted and prioritized coastal wetlands restoration investments."
The federal agencies have selected the Great Lakes — along with Washington, Hawaii and southwest Florida — for the Resilient Lands and Water Initiative, a key component of the Obama administration's Climate and Natural Resources Priority Agenda.
The initiative is a new commitment by the federal government to support America's vital natural resources. It aims to foster conservation efforts and regional collaborations to develop strategies and address key issues over the next 18 months, including the protection of drinking water for urban areas and provision of habitat for wildlife.
Uzarski said that Great Lakes coastal wetlands are extremely important because they trap, process and retain nutrients, sediment and toxicants — man-made toxins — but half of them have already been converted to other land uses. In addition, they also are not immune to ecological stressors related to climate change, including altered lake levels, severe storm surges, droughts, wildfires and invasive species.
"Our Great Lakes coastal wetland habitat has significant ecological and economical importance," Uzarski said. "The health of Michigan's coastal wetlands is crucial to the survival of the $7.5 billion commercial and sports fishing industry."
Supported by a grant from the U.S. EPA, Uzarski and Cooper, along with a consortium of scientists from nine universities and three government agencies, have collected five years' worth of data that documents baseline conditions for fish, amphibian, invertebrate, bird, plant and water quality for all coastal wetlands across the entire Great Lakes basin.
These monitoring data are now being used to inform wetland restoration and protection.
Cooper said that Great Lakes coastal wetlands provide a critical habitat for many species of birds, mammals, reptiles and amphibians. They also provide an essential spawning and nursery habitat for many fish species.
"There have been many large coastal wetland restoration projects initiated in the Great Lakes but little regional or basin-scale prioritization of restoration efforts," Cooper said. "We are the first to provide a decision-making tool that can enable wetland managers to systematically prioritize areas for protection and restoration."
Uzarski said that the prioritization tool could be used to adapt landscape-scale management approaches to Great Lakes coastal wetlands to enhance carbon storage capacity.
"Action to restore coastal wetlands is needed now because these systems are increasingly impacted by climate change stressors," Uzarski said. "This tool is invaluable because it will ensure protection of our important natural resources and a strong Michigan economy."
Central Michigan University studies the Great Lakes with more than 20 faculty in its Institute for Great Lakes Research, which includes laboratories in Mt. Pleasant and at the CMU Biological Station on Beaver island. A $95 million Biosciences Building due to be completed in 2016 will provide enhanced infrastructure to support faculty and student research and classes.
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Die Kappelenbrücke, auch Hinterkappelenbrücke genannt, verbindet Bern-Bethlehem mit Hinterkappelen. Die Brücke ist Teil der Hauptstrasse 235, die von Aarberg westlich um den Frienisberg nach Bern führt.

Die 1920 eröffnete, 174 Meter lange Strassenbrücke, eine elegante Betonkonstruktion mit einem weiten mittleren Hauptbogen und viaduktartig angeordneten kleineren Bogenreihen auf beiden Seiten, führt über die ebenfalls um 1920 zum Wohlensee aufgestaute Aare.

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Il tasso di sostituzione è il rapporto percentuale, calcolato al netto o al lordo della tassazione, fra la prima annualità completa della pensione e l'ultimo reddito annuo completo immediatamente precedente il pensionamento e serve per valutare l'entità del rimpiazzo determinata dalla applicazione di uno schema pensionistico per la determinazione della pensione in rapporto al precedente reddito da lavoro ovvero l'adeguatezza della prestazione pensionistica.

A parità di carriera lavorativa indica, per diversi metodi di calcolo, l'entità del rimpiazzo garantito dello schema pensionistico con formula delle rendite predefinita adottato.

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 Il tasso di sostituzione lordo è calcolato considerando la pensione e il reddito (retribuzione) al lordo della tassazione.
 Il tasso di sostituzione netto, è un indicatore che misura il reddito disponibile effettivo del lavoratore pensionato rispetto a quello precedente il pensionamento e si ottiene considerando la pensione al netto della tassazione e il reddito al netto della tassazione generale comprensiva del carico fiscale dovuto ai contributi obbligatori per le assicurazioni obbligatorie.

Una applicazione errata del tasso di sostituzione è quella di paragonare diverse carriere lavorative con lo stesso schema pensionistico. In tal caso tale indice perde di significato pratico in quanto la valutazione del tasso di rimpiazzo in base all'ultimo reddito da lavoro non ha senso se gli ultimi redditi da lavoro non sono gli stessi.

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Il tasso di sostituzione netto è un indicatore del reddito disponibile fornito dalla pensione al momento del passaggio dall'attività lavorativa a quella di riposo. Serve per valutare l'adeguatezza della prestazione pensionistica.
Esso indica la percentuale del reddito derivante dalla pensione rispetto al reddito che si aveva immediatamente prima, ed è valutato, per la pensione al netto della tassazione, per il reddito al netto di tutte le imposte tra cui i contributi.

Il tasso di sostituzione nel metodo di calcolo retributivo
Nel metodo di calcolo retributivo il tasso di sostituzione era legato esclusivamente al reddito ed al numero di anni di anzianità contributiva e dava l'idea del rapporto tra il reddito da sostituzione rappresentato dalla pensione erogata dalla pubblica amministrazione al termine dell'attività lavorativa ed il reddito immediatamente precedente il pensionamento, permettendo di comprendere il livello di tenore di vita che veniva garantito.

Non c'era un legame economico tra la pensione calcolata con il metodo di calcolo retributivo ed i contributi obbligatori per le assicurazioni obbligatorie versati dal singolo lavoratore o dall'impresa e assegnati alla sua posizione nel casellario centrale delle posizioni previdenziali attive.

Lo svincolo tra la contribuzione ed i costi per l'erogazione del servizio pubblico pensione determinava la necessità di integrare le aliquote contributive pensionistiche di finanziamento con altri trasferimenti di imposte dalla fiscalità generale e quindi con il trasferimento nel bilancio dello Stato spesso in deficit delle spese correnti per le pensioni.

Il maggiore costo per ogni pensionato a carico dello Stato è dato dalla differenza tra la riserva matematica calcolata al momento del pensionamento, necessaria per coprire tutte le annualità di pensione calcolate secondo le prospettive di speranza di vita e il montante contributivo individuale maturato nel medesimo momento.

Quindi con il metodo di calcolo retributivo, i costi del sistema pensionistico senza patrimonio di previdenza dovuti al il rischio economico e demografico, viene scaricato sullo Stato ossia sulla collettività.

Il tasso di sostituzione nel metodo di calcolo contributivo a capitalizzazione simulata
Il tasso di sostituzione nel metodo di calcolo contributivo a capitalizzazione simulata è legato a questi parametri:

 i contributi obbligatori per le assicurazioni obbligatorie;
 l'epoca del versamento degli stessi;
 la variazione del PIL durante il periodo lavorativo;
 la speranza di vita al raggiungimento del requisito di età per il pensionamento di vecchiaia.

Con questo sistema il rischio economico, politico e demografico sono a carico del lavoratore.

Una crescita negativa del PIL determina un tasso annuo di capitalizzazione per la rivalutazione del montante contributivo individuale negativo e quindi la restituzione di una riserva matematica legata al montante contributivo individuale inferiore ai contributi obbligatori per le assicurazioni obbligatorie versati.

I tassi di sostituzione in Italia
Attualmente in Italia è ampiamente implementato il modello previdenziale corporativo fascista che prevede numerose gestioni previdenziali con le più svariate tipologie di prestazioni pensionistiche.

Tra le categorie di lavoratori che usufruiscono dei vantaggi di tale sistema, che, ricordiamolo, scarica gli oneri sul costo del lavoro di tutti noi ossia sul livello di pressione fiscale legale, abbiamo certamente gli iscritti all'INPGI con un tasso di sostituzione che per 40 anni di contribuzione, arriva al 104% dei redditi dell'ultimo anno.

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 Sistema pensionistico pubblico
 Sistema pensionistico senza patrimonio di previdenza
 Riforma delle pensioni Fornero
 Metodo di calcolo retributivo
 Default previdenziale
 Riforma previdenziale
 Default dei sistemi pensionistici pubblici
 Bilancio tecnico attuariale
 Limite di sostenibilità
 Coefficiente di trasformazione
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Boeing Delta III Rocket to Fly Data Gathering Mission
A Boeing Delta III is scheduled to lift off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., on Aug. 23, carrying a simulated payload on a dual data gathering mission. The four-hour launch window opens at 7 a.m. EDT.
The 9,480-pound payload is equipped with instruments to measure vibration response and will be used to further validate Boeing baseline data on launch vehicle performance. In addition, the simulated payload has been painted with alternating black and white stripes and has reflective material installed to support the U.S. Air Force and University of Colorado satellite studies.
"We are committed to a successful Delta III launch," said Gale Schluter, vice president-general manager of Boeing Expendable Launch Systems.
"The last Delta III mission was flown to completion," Schluter added. "By choosing to fly the same flight profile, we will be able to use the baseline data from the last flight for comparison with the upcoming mission."
Designated DM-F3 for Delta Mission-Flight 3, the payload is designed to match the mass and frequency characteristics of common commercial communication satellites sized for Delta III. Boeing engineers will gather data on the interaction of the payload with the vehicle and further verify performance.
Earlier this year, details of this mission were announced after Boeing completed discussions with potential customers, but was unable to match schedule requirements. The decision to launch a simulated payload was made to maximize the market potential of Delta III and Delta IV launch services.
Delta III was designed to address the growing size of commercial satellites. As a transitional vehicle to the Delta IV family of rockets, it can carry to geosynchronous transfer orbit up to 8,400 pounds (3,800 kg) twice the payload of the Delta II.
Delta III features a new cryogenically-propelled upper stage with a Pratt & Whitney-built single engine. The vehicle uses existing components and infrastructure similar to that used with the Delta II rocket.
Delta III engineering, manufacturing and program management are led by Boeing Expendable Launch Systems based in Huntington Beach, with final assembly in Pueblo, Colo. The Delta launch team at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. handles launch coordination and operations. Boeing manufactures the Delta III main engine, the RS-27A, in Canoga Park, Calif.
Major Delta III suppliers include: Alliant Techsystems, Inc., Magna, Utah, strap-on solid rocket motors; Pratt & Whitney, West Palm Beach, Fla., RL10B-2 cryogenic upper-stage engine; Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Nagoya, Japan, 13-foot (4-meter) fuel tanks; and L3 communications, Teterboro, N.J., Redundant Inertial Flight Control Assembly avionics system.
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SOLEMNITY OF THE EPIPHANY (2021)
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Psalms 72:1-2, 7-8, 10-13
Ephesians 3:2-3a, 5-6
There are few stories more ingrained in our Christmas psyche than the story of the Three Kings, a story only recounted in the infancy narrative of the evangelist Matthew. The story has inspired writers, artists, and ordinary Christians for centuries. It is hard to imagine a Christmas crèche without the presence of the three kings who came from afar, and while the story might tax the purely literal brain who is only concerned about the story's authenticity, it remains a story filled with wondrous symbolism surrounding a significant truth about the Christian faith.
Ever since the appearance of Melchizedek, kings have played an important role in Israel's history, and the kingship of Israel was viewed as the nation coming of age, even though many of Israel's kings would be responsible for leading them astray, and non-Israelite kings were often seen carrying off God's chosen people into bondage. Kings were feared in good times, and longed for in bad times. While Isaiah never mentions the word king, our first reading was meant to give people in exile hope, for it describes a nation superior to all nations, a nation whose light will lead other nations, and a nation which will have the wealth of all nations laid at their feet. In that wealth is two of the prized possessions brought to the manger – gold and frankincense.
The Responsorial Psalm, like the first reading, is meant to inspire hope in those who pray the psalms. The kingly Messiah "shall govern people with justice," and "justice shall flower in his days, and profound peace till the moon be no more." Foreign kings shall offer gifts and bring tribute, "all kings shall pay him homage, all nations shall serve him." The Magi will fulfill the hope of nations, and whether three or more kings showed up at the manger ("house" in Matthew. The assumption of three kings is made purely because of the number of gifts, and the names associated with those three kings were given to us by tradition), it is important that the newly born infant be seen as Lord of all peoples: "Lord, every nation on earth will adore you."
The story of the magi is one of those stories where we could be easily lost in the details, and not allow ourselves the pleasure of being lost in the wonder of God's love, a God who brings the Magi to where they belong through the brightness of a star that moves in order that it may guide the Magi to their final destination. The Magi, and all men know this to be true, should never have stopped to ask directions, for they drew the attention of the evil King Herod who had heard the Hebrew Scriptures speak of a ruler to come out of Bethlehem. In spite of Bethlehem's largely insignificant status, Herod was unwilling to take any chances of being challenged by another ruler, and agrees with the Magi that they will return once they have found the newborn king and let Herod know his whereabouts, for Herod has the most nefarious of intentions.
Perhaps the magi were running out of steam; perhaps the Magi no longer believed that the star would truly guide them; whatever the reason, the magi continue on their journey, and find the child and His mother, and they open their treasures to offer to Jesus gold, frankincense, and myrrh. Having been warned in a dream not to return to Herod, "they departed for their country by another way," thus sealing the fate of the holy innocents.
Were a trip like that of the Magi possible, one can only imagine the hardship and difficulty of such a trip. Harsh desert climates, uncooperative camels, finding sense in a night sky where there was no sense, and evil kings – made the travel of three (or more) friends all the more challenging. Even as fictional persons, the three Magi can serve as models for all those who try to find God in a world that is filled with hurdles. So much of the challenge facing the Magi had to do with reading the signs of the times correctly, and the Magi surely came to understand that the sought-after child was not to be found in the most expected of places. We, too, have to persevere in our quest to find God, living in and through others, and we must be open to find God in the most unexpected of places, in the most unexpected of people. Beneath the roughest of exteriors, inside the most complex of individuals – if we take the necessary time, we will find a glimmer of that light that has guided countless numbers of people before us, and we will see in that inner light a reflection of the light that shone on that first Christmas Day.
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Mick Baldwell from NSW - Towrang
Outback oats were used to turn an ordinary paddock into excellent feed throughout winter and spring on the property of Mick Bladwell, at Towrang, near Goulburn in New South Wales. Mr Bladwell said the oats were able to produce good feed for ewes and lambs over the winter months despite not being planted until late April. "I wanted it in a bit earlier because where I live it turns cold quite quickly. The oats kept going through winter through frosts of -4º and -5º." The 130 acres of oats was split into four areas and a mob of 70 lambs and their ewes allowed to graze each section over the winter. "They would graze one area for a week or so and then move onto the next one," Mr Bladwell said. He said the oats recovered well when the areas were spelled between grazings and the lambs grew well off the feed. Lambing occurred in April and the stock were moved onto the oats shortly afterwards. "We didn't have a lot of rain until after September. They flogged it out and chewed the oats right off.
It is good to get a bit of green pick." The majority of the lambs were sold to market in mid – October, with the Outbacks taking them through to market in very good condition. Mr Bladwell said the ewes also held their condition and milked well on the feed. The country planted to oats was generally unproductive in recent years and was treated with lime, fallowed and ploughed prior to the Outbacks going in. "It is just a bit of trial and error on what you want to do and how it suits your area," Mr Bladwell said. Next season Outback oats will be planted again to the same area although Moby barley is also being considered as an early-sown option. Both cereal forage options will be considered for sowing in February or March to take advantage of the better weather conditions at that time of year. Mr Bladwell said the warmer weather would help the forage go ahead and provide good feed prior to the winter months
Mick Bladwell, at Towrang, near Goulburn, NSW


Today's labour force results, released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, show unemployment has fallen to 5.0 per cent, down from 5.7 per cent under the former Labor government.
In fact, 2018 has seen the largest decrease in unemployment over a calendar year since 1994, demonstrating the danger of adopting a different approach to managing the Australian economy.
Seasonally adjusted employment increased by 21,600 in December 2018, and has increased by 268,600 over the year, to stand at a record high of 12,714,100. Working age (15-64 years) employment is at an equal record high of 74.0 per cent.
Employment has increased in New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland and South Australia over the past year.
Encouragingly, female full-time employment has increased by 90,000 over the year, to stand at a record high of 3,224,900.
Since the Government came to office in September 2013, a total of 1,239,200 jobs have been created, an increase of 10.8 per cent.
Minister for Jobs and Industrial Relations, the Hon Kelly O'Dwyer MP, welcomed the figures but warned of the dangers of taking a different approach to managing the economy.
"There are more Australians in work than ever before. While the Coalition Government's economic plan is working, there is no room for complacency," Minister O'Dwyer said.
The International Monetary Fund this week provided a timely reminder of what could be around the corner, warning that 'global expansion is weakening and at a rate that is somewhat faster than expected'.
"Labor's higher taxing agenda puts the prosperity of all Australians at risk. Labor's $200 billion of new taxes will hit retirees, homeowners, renters, small business owners, young people and all those aspiring to build a better life for themselves and their families," Minister O'Dwyer said.
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Students and parents often struggle with how to structure practice time. Occasionally a student will come to a lesson and tell me that they don't know what to do when they practice.
In general it helps to have one or two intentions for technique development in mind for practice. Here are several examples: knees and hips over feet, shoulders relaxed, even distribution of weight over feet, evenness in the length of the sides of the waist, bow hand fluid with a bent thumb, left hand fingers hovering over the strings when not in use, Left hand thumb not squeezing, and or Left hand fingers touching the string under the inside corners of fingernails.
Here's a rough outline of the structure of violin practice.
1. Stretching: Sometimes we come in from the cold or straight from our desks or parties to our violins. Get creative. Stretching helps prepare the body and mind for attentive focused practice.
2. Tuning. Use a tuner. Tune all the strings with care even if the student is only playing on the A and E strings. The fingered notes will resonate more when in tune if all the strings are in tune.
3. Open strings. Practice open string exercises. Try various bow speeds, rhythms, lengths of bow. Maintain hips and shoulders over feet. Try to maintain evenness in the lengths of both sides of the waist. Focus on maintaining a bent thumb on the bow hand and a relaxed hand. Work on finding ease in the movement of drawing the bow over the strings.
4. Scale and arpeggio. This may not apply for brand new violin students.
5. Etudes or Note Reading work. Etudes are generally assigned on an ad hoc basis for Book 1 and 2 students. By book 3 though, students usually start to work on Etudes which are technique studies. Many book 1 students start to learn to read music and work on note reading skill and the note reading exercises serve as the Etude.
6. Review pieces. Play two a day. Sometimes this comes before step 5. Players choice! If the student is brand new, then perhaps there are no review pieces, so skip this step.
6. Practice assigned sections of the newest piece.
7. Fool around. This is when you try some improvising, play a duet with your brother, make funny sounds or see if toes can finger notes.
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Katie Flood is an American Chief Stew who is currently a cast on Below Deck Mediterranean season 6. She has served in the yachting industry for more than six years.
Katie Flood Biography
New Zealand is her native home. For the longest time, she has always been fascinated by adventure and travel. Furthermore, she has been a member of the yachting industry for more than six years and she has been able to establish herself as a perfectionist with a keen eye for detail and a strong work ethic.
She is familiar with managing demanding owners and charter guests thus she is experienced in both charter and private yachts. In addition, she is well equipped in her career and manages to get her job done perfectly. In the mega yacht Lady Michelle, she serves as the head of the interior department.
Below Deck Mediterranean Season 6
Below Deck, Mediterranean is an American reality series that first airs on Bravo. The reality television series first aired on May 3, 2016, on Bravo. As of the moment, the spin-off series Below Deck Mediterranean will be shovin' right off on Peacock a week ahead of the cable launch of its awaited Season 6 which will premiere on June 28, 2021. In the sixth season, the crew will head off to the Dalmatian Coast of Croatia.
On the Below Deck Mediterranean Season 6, she will be competing with eight of the other casts who are;
Sandy Yawn is an American yacht captain
Mathew Shea who is a Chef
Malia White who is a Chief Stewardess
Lexi Wilson who is a Stewardess
Courtney Veale who is a Bosun
David Pascoe who is a Deckhand
Mzi "Zee" Dempers who is a Deckhand
Lloyd Spencer who is a Deckhand
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Flood is 29 years old as of 2021. She was born in 1992, in New Zealand. However, she has not disclosed the date or the month she was born as she is private about her personal life.
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UniversityCoin - A Launch So Nice They're Doing It Twice
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Instamining Forces UVC Re-Launch
UniversityCoin (UVC) will be back to try and launch again today. This time they'll have a bit more hard-won wisdom from their first aborted attempt. It's getting tougher to pull off a 'clean launch' in the altcoin arena. Coin devs and pool operators are rarely on the same page and often seem to be working against one another even though their interest should be aligned.
What Happened To The First Launch?
UVC had issues with their difficulty re-targeting and they gave out their source code to pool ops before the launch. A 'party or parties unknown' insta-mined the BeJeezers out of the coin, leaving outraged miners to deal with the aftermath. Sitting around and waiting for a launch to start is a time of great anticipation for most. When you find out somebody is surreptitiously slipping you the salami you feel very, very letdown!
Instamines are particularly frustrating for everyone involved simply because they mean the 'first responder' is gaining major block rewards at the expense of the 'fairness' of the entire launch.
The Trouble With Re-Launches
Re-launches don't please everyone. The way they usually happen in a BitCoinTalk ANN thread is a miner or group of miners who aren't getting their share of rewards cry foul and demand a relaunch. This situation is very similar to what happened to George W. Bush in Florida. Even though he won the election - there are many people who feel mis-treated by the whole affair. The same holds true for an altcoin re-launch.
Flunder707 from the pro-relaunch side: "You need to relaunch or it will be the death of the coin. Even if 50% of the people from pools got coins, you are screwing the rest. It will not be a fair launch and it will be the demise of something that didn't even leave the gate."
EnJoyThis from the con-relaunch side: "DO NOT RELAUNCH. you can't make everybody happy! I threw in my 200mh/s and don't want a restart again. Took me quite some time to configure."
With a total supply of 20 million coins and 1 million of them insta-mined, the Dev made the decision to re-launch.
The Dev placed the blame squarely on the shoulders of a pool Dev. "We're truly sorry for the issues with the difficulty and the pools jumping the gun and mining early. Reputations will suffer from this since these individuals are experienced and well established in this industry."
Who Gets Screwed? The Rig Renters, That's Who
Fair Launch Principles Were Not Followed
The big losers in the event of a re-launch are the honest miners who rent rigs. They can't stop the rental once they purchase it so they're forced to watch their BTC go down the drain as the miners can't connect to the pools or connect in order to mine a coin that will be wiped out by the Devs.
Who Else Loses Out On A Failed Launch?
The other parties that lose out on failed launches are those people who re-arrange their schedules in order to participate. Some stay up to all hours waiting for the launch. Others leave work early or do something else that impacts their life in the real world.
Lost time and money are hard to overcome for a young coin. There are only so many participants in the world of alternative cryptocurrencies. Making many of them unhappy early on hurts a coins chances for success.
BitCoinTalk user "cryptolemaik" provided a post-launch analysis that's worth reading.
"Well it's pretty simple, IMO, from a developer's perspective. If he's planning on dumping a load of his own coins, then don't relaunch. Everybody who doesn't want a relaunch is doing the same. Because clearly, the launch was borked. They did not post the password where they told everyone to look, some pools were up early, some didn't get up at all, others got DDoS'd. Solominers had no chance unless you had under 10ms ping to the node, because the diff retarget was so bad the blocks were flying by like seconds on a clock. So, in all technical aspects the launch was a massive mess and the health of the coin as a long standing product is threatened because of it."
Picking Up The Pieces - Life After The Launch
The launch is only one part of the life of an altcoin. If the relaunch is smoother, then UniversityCoin can hope to win supporters. What happens after the launch is what really matters. They will need to actually prove their plan to advance their cryptocurrency past the level of a few pools, miners, and speculators. That's the real challenge. We'll be watching!
Name And Shame The WrongDoers
Erstwhile BitCoinTalk community member and Bittrex operator Richie Lai posed a question that all of us need answered.
"Could you please let us know who broke the rules as well? This is one of the reasons bittrex didn't want the source early. We didnt' want to get caught in the game of 'who mined early'…. I'd like to know what pools aren't trustworthy."
I've reached out to UniversityCoin for a comment. The re-launch time so far has not been re-scheduled. We'll update when more details come in.
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New Moov Media on WhiteCoin Still Can't Muster Wallet And ChunkyPools Is Under Attack
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Q: Need Jstree css which uses big dark arrow for node open and close, similar to below picture Am new to jstree. Right now am using below css and js for jstree, which is using 32px.png for node open and node close icons.
https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jstree/3.3.5/themes/default/style.min.css
https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jstree/3.3.5/jstree.min.js
Can someone help me with the css, which uses big dark arrow for node open and close, similar to below picture..
Screenshot of jstree with big dark arrow, which i found online
Here is the fiddle, with big dark arrow -

http://jsfiddle.net/wqrmpb01/2/

A: I hope you might be looking something like this

I can add the code below to make this possible
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All the hardware specifications of OnePlus 2 are unraveling one by one. Earlier we had published news that the upcoming mobile powerhouse was going to feature a price tag that would be less than $450. If users are going to pay far more than what they originally paid for OnePlus One, then the startup Chinese will most likely have incorporated some impressive components inside its flagship offering. Just so you know, the following specs are impressive, and play along nicely with the price tag of the device as well.
Thanks to a Weibo user @KJuma, we have received information (in the form of an image present below) that OnePlus 2 will not only be featuring a RAM count of 4 GB, but this memory will be running at DDR4 speeds, along with a 5.5 inch display that will be rendering a 1080p display. Before this revelation, it was stated that the screen size of the handset with be in between 5.5 to 5.7 inches. Looks like OnePlus decided to maintain the number of pixels and screen size between both of its smartphones.
In an effort to prevent the overheating of OnePlus 2, the device will be running V2.1 of Snapdragon 810. While we cannot confirm right now as to how the chipset is going to perform during its benchmarking run, we will be giving OnePlus 2 the benefit of the doubt. Moving on, the Chinese firm has upgraded the rear camera sensor and total battery capacity too. OnePlus 2 will be featuring a 16 MP rear shooter coupled with a 5 MP front camera sensor.
A 3,300 mAh battery will be present in the upcoming handset, and while it is only a 300 mAh increase compared to the cell present in OnePlus One, it will be sufficient in delivering a satisfactory backup time to its user. The image also reveals that 64 GB of on-board storage will be present, but there is no mention of a MicroSD storage slot, which is thoroughly disappointing.
As for a final upgrade, OnePlus 2 will feature a full metal chassis, which only means that you will be getting a combination of both performance and appealing cosmetics from the 'somewhat affordable' mobile powerhouse. Let us hope the smartphone does not disappoint when it makes its way for a public announcement on July 27.
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A Reform Congregation in DC should save Israel before it is too late? Does no one see the hubris (and the humor, frankly) in such a suggestion? Who are these people who are being urged to save Israel? Can they read the op-ed page of a Hebrew newspaper? Since they cannot, and since the vast majority of the Hebrew press is not translated into English, why do they imagine that they know what's best for Israel without being exposed to what millions of Israelis think, without access to Israeli discourse on the subject? (Not speaking Hebrew is no crime, of course, but should it not engender at least some humility when it comes to speaking about Israel?) American progressives imagine that they have what to teach liberal, secular Israelis because they are… more intelligent than Israelis? Better educated? More moral? More deeply committed to Israel's decency?
How well do these people know the country they're being asked to save? What can they say about the ideological worlds represented by readers of Haaretz and Makor Rishon and what animates the worldviews of each? Can they name five Jewish communities along the Gaza border and speak about how they're different? How those communities see the conflict? They cannot, of course, and as very few have spoken at length to people trying to raise their families in Sderot or Sha'ar HaNegev, they have no real idea what life is like there.
… one can, and should, at least acknowledge that Beinart and Zemel both care about Israel and believe that what they are doing is best for Israel.
That, though, cannot be said for more extremist elements in the American progressive community, where positions that are ostensibly meant to make Israel "better" are clearly just camouflage for a desire to do Israel harm. No group embodies this better than IfNotNow, which, as a recent New York Magazine article noted, had participants say Kaddish for Palestinians who were killed by Israeli soldiers along the Gaza border. "'We do not organize Kaddish prayers for 'Arab terrorists' or 'Hamas members.' We say Kaddish and mourn the unconscionable Israeli violence on Palestinian protesters," one of INN's leaders said to New York Magazine.
Many of the young people who are involved in or leaders of INN are bright and sophisticated, the graduates of America's finest colleges [? America's finest colleges are among the most parochial institutions in the country–DB]. So it is rather astonishing that they did not apply any of the critical thinking skills that got them into college and then through it to bear on this issue. If the killing of Palestinian protesters along the Gaza border (which is unquestionably sad) is so obviously "unconscionable Israeli violence," why did the Israeli political left not protest? Why were even Meretz and Labor mostly silent after many Gazans were killed at the border? Do American Jewish progressives ever ask themselves what they know that Israelis do not?
UPDATE: How "sophisticated" are the lies of IfNotNow activists? Their level of "sophistication" stretches little further than the (obviously bogus) notion that Israeli Jews are white, Palestinian Arabs are "people of color," and the latter therefore win the intersectional sweepstakes and require unquestioned devotion. Beyond that, it's leftist dogma all the way down.


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Commentary: Why the Rohingya refugees should not be repatriated yet
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The recent deal between Myanmar and Bangladesh was clearly driven by the desire for swift repatriation, says the Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies' Angshuman Choudhury.
Rohingya refugees walk after they received permission from the Bangladeshi army to continue on to refugee camps in Palang Khali, near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh Oct 19, 2017. (Photo: REUTERS)
By Angshuman Choudhury
12 Nov 2018 04:41PM (Updated: 12 Nov 2018 05:59PM )
NEW DELHI: Last month, Bangladesh and Myanmar announced the signing of a new agreement to begin the repatriation of Rohingya refugees from their makeshift camps in Cox's Bazar to Rakhine State within the coming weeks.
Close to 720,000 Rohingya had fled to Bangladesh since last year August. So far, Myanmar has cleared only 4,600 names for return from the original list of more than 8,000 from Dhaka.
While announcing the latest return deal, Myanmar's foreign secretary, Myint Thu said there was a "very concrete plan" to start the return process "at the earliest possible date" and framed the decision as a show of "political will, flexibility, and accommodation". His Bangladeshi counterpart, Shahidul Haque, said that repatriation should begin mid-November.
However, Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for the United Nations Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, said the deal had taken the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) by surprise, adding that "conditions in Rakhine state are not yet conducive for a return to Myanmar". The UN's top refugee agency was not a party to the agreement, according to one senior UNHCR official.
This is startling. Both countries had agreed to keep UNHCR involved in the return process in the original bilateral repatriation agreement signed last November.
The UN agency's involvement in the repatriation process is not just preferred, but imperative to ensure authorities abide by international standards of refugee return.
More importantly, this is not the right time to send the Rohingya back to Rakhine where circumstantial and structural conditions prevent full resettlement and reintegration of this displaced community.
READ: What does it matter if Canada strips Aung San Suu Kyi of her honorary citizenship? A commentary
NO GUARANTEE OF SAFETY
The large-scale violence the Rohingya community in northern Rakhine seems to have mostly died down. There have been no new, recorded instances of mass killings or arson in the past six months.
But this does not mean conditions for violence have disappeared. There is nothing to suggest returning Rohingya won't be attacked.
This photograph taken on Sep 12, 2017 shows Rohingya refugees arriving on the Bangladesh side of the Naf River after fleeing violence in Myanmar. (Photo: AFP/Adib Chowdhury)
READ: Myanmar buries its head in the sand, one year after the Rohingya crisis, a commentary
In fact, repatriation could in itself spur reprisal or false-flag attacks by local detractors and vigilantes who would like to see the whole process derailed.
More worryingly, institutional attitudes that underpin anti-Rohingya violence remain.
Only recently, the administrator of the village of Inn Dein - the site of the infamous September 2017 cold-blooded murder of ten Rohingya men by security forces and local Rakhines - told The Guardian that "no one wants the terrorists to come back".
The Myanmar government had to reassure concerned Rakhine lawmakers that repatriation of the Rohingya would not trigger security problems, but even then they may not be well placed to prevent potential popular-level violence against the returning Rohingya, thanks to an increasingly tense relationship between local Arakanese constituencies and what they perceive as a repressive "Bamar-dominated" union government.
There is also no indication that the security establishment has altered its policy or outlook towards the Rohingya since last year, and no doubt they stand ready to counter potential Rohingya militant threats more aggressively.
In August this year, Human Rights Watch released a report documenting how six Rohingya returnees were tortured and detained by Myanmar forces at different points in time since last year.
"They burned a plastic bag and let the hot plastic drip onto my body," one of them related.
READ: 'Can't eat, can't sleep': Rohingya on Myanmar repatriation list
The UN Human Rights Couincil set up the mission to investigate possible violations across Myanmar, with a particular focus on alleged crimes committed against Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine state (Photo: AFP/K M ASAD)
Local media outlets continue to highlight instances of torture, extortion, and harassment of Rohingya by security forces in Rakhine, incidents suggestive of a broader trend in the context of a damning report from the UN International Fact-Finding Mission of Myanmar released in September accusing the Myanmar military of ongoing genocide.
NO GUARANTEE OF INFORMED REFUGEE CONSENT
A key precondition to refugee repatriation is determination of informed consent, as outlined in the UNHCR Handbook on Voluntary Repatriation.
Potential returnees must be made aware of the exact security, political, social, and economic conditions in their country of origin at the time of return before they can give their consent.
Yet, there is no clear indication the 4,600 odd Rohingya refugees approved by Myanmar for return have given their informed consent to authorities, especially when the UNHCR, which can help verify so, was kept out of the return deal.
The refugees themselves have indicated that consent won't come easy. During a recent visit of the Myanmar delegation to Cox's Bazar, a group of 85 Rohingya leaders met with the Myanmar foreign secretary and handed a letter of demands with a set of pre-return conditions.
Among other things, they expressed their desire to go back to their villages, instead of camps, and live as citizens, not immigrants. They informed the delegation that they would not give their consent for repatriation until they "see evidence" of their demands being fulfilled.
NO RETURN TO ORIGINAL RESIDENCE
Separate investigations by Amnesty International and non-profit have confirmed that Myanmar forces have razed and bulldozed several Rohingya villages to build military installations since last year.
The intent of this geo-physical erasure is "the removal of the Rohingya and all traces of them and their replacement with non-Rohingya", according to the UN Fact-Finding Mission.
An aerial view shows burnt down villages once inhabited by the Rohingya seen from the Myanmar military helicopters that carried the UN envoys to northern Rakhine state, Myanmar. (Photo: REUTERS/Michelle Nichols/File Photo)
Majoritarian sentiments seem to support these moves. A section of the ethnic Arakanese population has already demanded the creation of "Muslim-free zones" along the frontiers of Northern Rakhine.
Further, the Myanmar government is currently building "model villages" to house the returning refugees. 19 of these villages have so far been earmarked for ethnic Arakanese. How many of them would house the Rohingya and for how long remain unclear.
What is clear, however, is that the returning refugees won't settle in their "original places of residence" or a "safe and secure place nearest to it of their (returnees') choice", as outlined in the original November 2017 bilateral agreement between Bangladesh and Myanmar.
READ: The hard truth is that Rohingya refugees are not going home, a commentary
The Rohingya may also be confined in these "model villages" for longer than they prefer, allowing state authorities to manage their demographic spread in Northern Rakhine.
CONTINUED POLITICAL DISENFRANCHISEMENT
There is also no clear indication yet that the Myanmar government would give full citizenship to the Rohingya when they return, or even work towards creating "a clear and voluntary pathway to citizenship", as laid down in the May 2018 tripartite agreement between the Myanmar government, UNHCR, and UNDP.
As an alternative to citizenship, the Myanmar government has instead been encouraging the Rohingya refugee community to accept National Verification Cards (NVCs), a pre-citizenship ID given to immigrants who intend to apply for full citizenship at a later stage.
But the NVCs identify the Rohingya as Bengali and thus immigrants, and have been rejected by large sections of the Rohingya community.
Further, Pamphlets recently distributed by Myanmar authorities to the Rohingya have portrayed the NVC as a mandatory precondition for access to social, economic, and political entitlements.
Hence, the NVC, as a legal instrument of the state, not only permanently invalidates the Rohingya identity, but also coerces the community into demographic isolation and socioeconomic deprivation.
Rohingya Muslims are loathed by many in Buddhist-majority Myanmar who see them as illegal immigrants and call them "Bengali", even though many have lived there for generations (Photo: AFP/Sam Jahan)
READ: Unable to call the Rohingya by name, Pope Francis' visit to Myanmar sends mixed messages, a commentary
NVC or no NVC, it is practically impossible for the Rohingya to gain full citizenship by virtue of the 1982 Citizenship Law, which gives this privilege to only 135 accredited national races. The Rohingya do not fall in this arbitrary demographic cluster.
Further, like in the 2015 national elections, the Rohingya remain squarely out of the electoral process, robbing them of agency to influence their political future in Myanmar.
REFUGEE WELFARE BEFORE POLITICS
The recent deal was clearly driven by the desire for swift repatriation.
For Myanmar, taking at least a section of the displaced population back helps regain some lost global credibility and placate concerned stakeholders. For Bangladesh, return of the massive refugee population to Myanmar eases pressure on national resources.
But, the sole victim of such perception politics between national stakeholders are the Rohingya refugees. It is their voice that Dhaka and Naypyitaw must listen to at this critical juncture, in addition to third-party observers, including the UN.
Regional influencers like India, China, and the ASEAN, instead of encouraging or facilitating the return plan, must make meaningful interventions based on a critical inquiry of all stages of the return process.
It isn't repatriation but the unconscionable, politically-driven forced deportation of a set of vulnerable people into a cordoned-off enclave and the legitimisation of their political disenfranchisement that must be called out and stopped.
Angshuman Choudhury is a Senior Researcher and Coordinator of the Southeast Asia Research Programme at the Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies.
Source: CNA/nr(sl)


The Birds Nest Large pendant is an illuminated work of art with its undulant loops of woven natural bamboo that cast dynamic textural patterns on surrounding surfaces. The lit sculpture was dreamed up by Ay Illuminate's design team Ay Lin Heinen and Nelson Sepulveda as they worked with artisans to realize these luminous creations. The fixtures are "handmade" in the truest sense of the word so longer lead-times may apply and slight variations in the profiles of each pendant may exist.
I'm crazy about the Birds Nest, not just because it's hand-made of woven natural bamboo, but because it seems to me to have two distinct architectural precedents. One is the stunning Beijing National Stadium, designed in collaboration for the 2008 Olympics by Herzog & de Meuron, Stefan Marbach, Ai Weiwei and CADG. The other is the recently opened Petersen Automotive Museum on Wilshire Boulevard—or the Miracle Mile as they deem it in Los Angeles—by Kohn Pedersen Fox. They're both architectural masterpieces designed to project complex patterns of light at night, and this lovely little sculptural gem promises to do the same.


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The Pentagon doesn't have nearly enough people to operate its growing fleet of flying robots. Right now, the US Air Force is short nearly 600 drone pilots and sensor operators. And that's before the military carries out its plans to more than double its armada of remotely operated Reaper aircraft by 2015.
Air Force leaders have been complaining for months that their "number one manning problem ... is manning our unmanned platforms." But the generals' gripe was seen mostly as a worry about finding intelligence analysts to watch the countless hours of surveillance video that the spy drones produce. Turns out, the Air Force also doesn't have enough people to operate the aircrafts – or to turn and focus their cameras.
That's according to an April 2012 report on the future of drones (.pdf) by Pentagon chief weapons-buyer Frank Kendall, which lays out the challenges facing the military as it increases unmanned systems operations. The report, obtained by Inside Defense, was requested by Congress in last year's Pentagon budget because the growing fleet of drones "raises a number of questions concerning the military services' ability to support these inventories in the near- and long-term."
As of Dec. 16, 2011, the Air Force had 1,358 pilots and 949 sensor operators, a shortfall of 338 and 245 respectively. And with more Reapers coming – their number will go from the current 96 to 199 in 2015 – they will need around 1,400 more pilots and sensor operators combined.To meet this demand, the Air Force will hire new outside instructors as well as jump-start two new educational initiatives. The first will create new military undergraduate courses, which will complement existing training programs for pilots and sensor operators. The second is to increase the capacity of its training crews.
Apart from personnel problems, the military has space issues, as well. Sure, the military uses at least 64 different bases to house its drone fleet. It's still not enough airspace. According to the report, the airspace required already exceeds what's available and the problem will only get worse as more bases are built around the country. In fact, many of the new bases won't have access to the airspace necessary, both civilian and military, unless the Federal Aviation Administration changes its rules about flying drones domestically.
As of today, drones in the United States can only fly within certain areas designed for military use. To fly a drone outside of those spaces, the Pentagon needs the permission of the FAA, a special permit awarded through a process that "requires a significant amount of time and resources," something that "does not provide the level of airspace access necessary to accomplish the wide range of DoD UAS missions at current and projected tempos," according to Kendal's report.
The third challenge is infrastructure. The military will need new buildings to house and operate its drones. According to Kendall's report, the Department of Defense has already spent or plans on spending a grand total of almost $1.4 billion to build new hangars, operating bases and other facilities to support its increasing drone operations. Presumably, that includes bunks for the extra pilots and sensor operators they'll need to control the supposedly "unmanned" aircraft.


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What does Bernie Brewer slide?
Does the Brewers stadium have a slide?
What is Bernie's Terrace Brewers?
What is Bernie's Chalet?
Does Bernie Brewer still go down the slide?
Who is in the Bernie Brewer costume?
What are the best seats at a Brewers game?
How much are Brewers season tickets?
What was Bernie Brewers house called?
Who was the first Brewer to hit 50 home runs in a season?
Where are the best seats at American Family Field?
Can fans go to Brewers games?
The original chalet was installed in County Stadium in 1973. When a Milwaukee player hit a home run, Bernie would slide down a chute into a giant beer mug. When Miller Park opened in 2001, Bernie Brewer moved into a "dugout" with a twisty slide that takes him down to a platform every time a Brewer hits a home run.
Bernie's Slide Experience. Adventure is waiting for you at American Family Field! Start off your Brewers game day with a ride down Bernie's Slide. Discover what it feels like to be Bernie Brewer when the Milwaukee Brewers slug a home run.
Milwaukee Brewers Bernie's Terrace describes a unique group of seats placed near "Bernie's Dugout" in Miller Park. The Miller Park seating chart does not distinguish Brewers Bernie's Terrace section with a different color, but the two sections can be found deep in the left-field corner of the stadium.
Bernie's Chalet returned this year as part of the new American Family Field and pays homage to a favorite fan element of the past. It was created in collaboration with American Family and the Brewers and features a nostalgic design combined with fresh, new elements.
Currently he slides down a plastic yellow slide, no longer into a giant mug of beer but onto a platform in the shape of home plate when a Brewer hits a home run, while a sign tower with Bob Uecker's trademark home run call ("Get up, get up, get outta here, GONE!!") lights up above the Dugout.
Milt Mason
The real Bernie Brewer: Milt Mason.
Some of the very best seats for watching a Brewers game are located in sections 111-113 (first base side) and 122-124 (third base side). Though the netting extends to sections 112 and 123, these seats will allow you to still feel close to all the action on the field as well as the dugouts.
SEASON TICKETS Deposits are currently $1,000 for Field level seats or $600 for Loge or Club level seats. Season ticket membership prices range from $1,377 in the Terrace Reserved to $10,125 in the Field Diamond Platinum Row 1.
Present. At American Family Field, the current home of the Milwaukee Brewers, Bernie Brewer has his own "dugout" atop the bleachers behind left field, where he continues to lead the cheering at every home game.
Fielder is a six-time All-Star. He holds the Brewers' team record for home runs (HR) in a season and is the youngest player in National League (NL) history to hit 50 home runs in a season. He became the first Brewer to win the Home Run Derby, defeating Nelson Cruz in the final round of the 2009 derby.
When fans enter Bags are not allowed, except for medical bags, diaper bags, and purses or wristlets smaller than 9 inches by 5 inches by 2 inches. For assistance with the app on game days, fans can visit the Brewers Ticket Office windows near Home Plate Plaza, according to the Brewers' website.
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Yesterday I spent a few hours in a field next to an Anglican church. The vicar had invited myself and a lady from our Healing On The Streets team to help them do a healing outreach next door to their church where a local community event was being held.
Because the Vicar knew many locals, we had the chance to pray for lots of people he knew plus a few he didn't. Several who came for prayer were local dignitaries, with gold chains of office round their necks. One such lady, very talkative before we prayed, sat for a good 7 or 8 minutes on the prayer seat, with eyes closed, after we prayed. Amazing! Another lady experienced the peace of the Lord for the first time.


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This 4-panel wall hanging was installed in the entrance to the lobby of the Minto Yorkville Condominium complex at the corner of Bay St and Yorkville in Toronto. This entranceway features a bold light fixture that recalls the lower arc of the sun, outlined by an grid of fine dark lines. Just outside, the driveway is ornamented with an open sculpture of interwoven metal strands, much like the branches of trees. The Lobby itself contains grid-like motifs in various surfaces as seen through the glass. These were inspirations for the wall hanging "Illuminance".


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The Killers have been laying low since they wrapped a big tour last summer — which doesn't necessarily sit well with frontman Brandon Flowers. "A couple of the guys want to take a break from touring and the rat race," the singer, 33, told Rolling Stone. "I want to keep it going." So Flowers decided he would record a new solo album, The Desired Effect (out May 19th), a collection of spare, synth-y pop songs he cut with producer Ariel Rechtshaid (Haim, Vampire Weekend). We caught up with Flowers as he prepares for a solo tour of Europe.The tour hits the U.S. July 27th in Millvale, Pennsylvania.
You recently said you felt like all the songs on your new album could be singles.
It feels strong. I was a little overconfident that day, but that's just how it goes. I'm really proud of it, and I am excited about it. But then I also need to watch my language.
You never really hold back in interviews.
Yeah. We're all so worried about being politically correct and walking on eggshells, and it makes for a lot of boring conversation. But I'm guilty of being too careful or too cautious about what I say, for sure. But I have good reason.
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I read an essay calling the Killers' second album, Sam's Town one of the most misunderstood albums of the decade.
Yeah, it's crazy. It just took a beating. It was just in America. In England it wasn't so bad. It started with Rolling Stone, and sort of everybody else seemed to follow suit, and that was really frustrating. But, you know, it's fine. I got thicker skin because of it. I really believed in that record, and we went out onstage every night, and I was going to prove it. I think it made us better live, and that's been a real blessing, because touring is such a big part of what we are, and I enjoy it so much.
Before it came out, you called it "one of the best albums in the past 20 years."
Yeah, that was another one. I can still see it: I was standing in my driveway in Henderson, Nevada, doing an interview. And I remember those words coming out of my mouth. I didn't know it was going to be so controversial. I was just excited! You know, recently I saw Ian McCulloch [from Echo and the Bunnymen] said "The Killing Moon" is the greatest song of all time, because he loves that song and he's proud of it. I understand why he said that. It might not be the best song of all time, but it's a great song! And he's a badass, and he just loves it, and he's proud of it. And that was how I felt. I was so excited about it, and it ended up backfiring. [Laughs] I put my foot in my mouth quite a bit in the early days.
Like in 2006, when you said Kanye West "makes me ill"?
Yeah, that one's tough. Everyone's afraid to say anything contrary to him being a genius. It's crazy, man! And it's frustrating. I'm not going to tear him down, but I will say I find that to be frustrating. [Laughs] That's my stance on it. A lot of people might agree with me now. I may have been a little bit ahead of my time. But I think he wants to be good. I think he wants to be great, and that's something that we all want to strive for. We've just got different roads of getting there, I guess.
In new songs like "Digging Up the Heart" or "Dreams Come True," it feels like it's sort of a race to get to the chorus, and keeps you on the edge of your seat.
There's that famous Petty thing: "Don't bore us, get to the chorus." I think the Stones are really great at getting to the chorus really quickly, and all kinds of people. I learned from people like Chuck Berry. Elton John is sort of the king of that, where the parts just keep coming, and they just keep getting better, and you can't believe that the next part is going to be better than the last one. And he's up there, in a lot of my pop sensibility or my writing sensibility.
Is it harder to write songs from a desperate place as you get older?
I don't feel too far removed from that person that I was when I was sort of an obsessive teenager, or sometimes possessive or whatever it was. So I think some of those traits, whether you get over them are not, they are still lingering, and it's not too difficult for me to draw from those past experiences.
I put my foot in my mouth quite a bit in the early days.
What goes through your head when you turn on the radio?
You hear a lot of blending of different genres, and that's great. But the bands that were around when the Killers first came out 10 years ago – the Strokes, Franz Ferdinand, Interpol – all had a strong identity. I don't hear that as much, I guess. That's the best way to put it.
You had lunch with Mitt Romney, a fellow Mormon, during his campaign, right?
You know, he was a nice guy. I don't have anything bad to say about him. I think he's a leader, and I think he would have been a great president.
It sounds like you picked up some cues from Lorde on this record. Are you a fan?
Yeah. There's something really bold about how bare her songs are. That sort of minimalism is a good route – but if you're going to strip it down like that, the song better be really good.
And you have a couple of Killers dates coming up.
It's exciting. We're coming off of the Battle Born tour, and I just look back on those shows, it was so much fun. The shows just kept getting better, and there are more people at the shows than ever before. And it's just growing and settling in with people, and they're lasting. And I'm really proud of that. I'm also just excited to add to the songs. I can't wait for the next Killers record and to go do it again.
There's always so much speculation about you guys, "They're on hiatus," or "They're gone for the foreseeable future."
I get it. There are a couple of remarks made by Dave [Keuning], our guitar player, that made it sound a little bit more ominous than it really was. And so it makes people wonder. But, no, everything is fine. I've been talking to Dave, and he hasn't sounded this excited about making music in a long time. So that, in turn, makes me excited. I feel like when he's at his best, and when we're all collaborating, is when the Killers are at their best, and that's what we really need. I've said it before – I think we need a little bit of a kick in the pants, and hopefully it's coming.
You hear the phrase, "It's like riding a bike." You get back together, and it can become just sort of too cyclical. It's like, "Oh, it's time to get back together, we're making a record, then we go on tour." And it's this big sort of machine, now. And we really need to find a way to get a little bit of that drive and that hunger back that we had earlier on, and not just look at it as an opportunity to make more money and make a record and go tour. [Laughs] And it's great to make money, but I want to walk on that stage and feel like I belong there, and feel like I have something to offer. And that's he most important thing.
You said recently, "There's definitely a drive that we're lacking."
You want a band. I want to feel like we're together, and I might just be guilty as anybody else, of being sort of duped by just seeing a picture of guys and assuming everything is perfect and they're just a band of brothers making music. But that's what I want, and that's the goal, and that's what we all want. I want us to get back to that place, and the people that want to get together and take on the world. And when I think of INXS or U2 or the Stones, those are the things that come to my mind. They knew what they wanted to do, and did it.
What needs to happen to achieve that?
I don't know yet. [Laughs] But I am excited. Like I said, Dave is sounding like he's really excited, and that's a start. Ron's ready. Ron's got his sticks, they're probably in his back pocket now.
By the way, you're following six people on Twitter, and none of them are in the Killers!
[Laughs] Are they on there?
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Carmen Kruk is a founder and co-artistic producer at Off-Key Productions. She is a Toronto-based actor and theatre-maker currently studying in London at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. She has a drama specialist from the University of Toronto where she studied acting and playwriting. Past credits include: What She Said (various), Dreams (Hotelkeeper), Pericles (Marina), and The Bear (Elena).