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orthodoxy. to me and i taught a class at clemson for students. he's great, he's the nicest teacher in the world and i -- >> martha: am not? >> well, these are freshman in college. they don't know what the socratic method is. i've got to dial it back a little bit. and be a better husband, a better father. both of our kids are at home now and they are going to be starting their careers. i think our daughter is going to go to law school, god save us all if that happens. my son finished law school, but he is going to go into real estate. just be a better husband, a better father. i've got one-third of life. >> martha: you said once a federal judgeship checked all of your boxes. is that still true? >> yes, ma'am, it did. lindsay and tim played it right in front of me. they said, we have two openings. do you want to? the person who knows me the best in life, who also doesn't follow politics, is my wife. she said, you will be lonely, you like being around people. you like being an advocate, and i said thanks but no thanks, and then lindsay called back and said, you got to be kidding? it's what y
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moving onto the 2001 playoff field are get this alabama, clemson, notre dame and oklahoma. joining us right now fresh off calling the big ten championship game and it was a thriller joe class. cambridge analytica. you are a heisman trophy voter, too aren't you? >> yes, i am. brian: out of those four games, alabama, clemson people assumed. oklahoma what a year. notre dame undefeated you say out of that four that's the team that bothers you? >> the only reason is because the criteria this committee we have 13-person committee are charged with selecting the four playoff teams and the problem right now is that they don't have a very strict criteria so they can kind goff on whatever they want. to say some people want them to take the four best teams in the country. some want them to take the four most deserving teams in the country. one team i felt like could have been left out and made a strong argument to be left out was notre dame on either side of that. but they put them in because they took the path of least resistance to put the undefeated notre dame team in that was the past of l
moving onto the 2001 playoff field are get this alabama, clemson, notre dame and oklahoma. joining us right now fresh off calling the big ten championship game and it was a thriller joe class. cambridge analytica. you are a heisman trophy voter, too aren't you? >> yes, i am. brian: out of those four games, alabama, clemson people assumed. oklahoma what a year. notre dame undefeated you say out of that four that's the team that bothers you? >> the only reason is because the criteria...
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clemson tigers versus the fighting irish of notre dame in the cotton bowl. the winners of those games play in california january 7th. i think alabama will be tough to beat. >> sandra: an exciting season. secretary of state mike pompeo -- iran continues to test ballistic missiles. jack keane is up next and react to that. >> jon: more than 100 injured with even more arrests as the city of lights sees its worst riots in decades. more on the aftermath straight ahead. ♪ we live like no one's watching, ♪ laugh like there's no tomorrow... ♪ ...and welcome you... ...to do the same. ♪ the united states virgin islands. hi dad. no. edon't try to get up. hi, i'm julie, a right at home caregiver. and if i'd been caring for tom's dad, i would have noticed some dizziness that could lead to balance issues. that's because i'm trained to report any changes in behavior, no matter how small, so tom could have peace of mind. we'll be right there. we have to go. hey, tom. you should try right at home. they're great for us. the right care. right at home. >> sandra: a quick market check 15 minutes in
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about that game. clemson and noted game -- notre dame at 4:00. oklahoma in the other semifinal game. >> i was in the script. >> there is, the president and democrats battle over border funding. >> remember when democrats embraced a hard stance on immigration? look at this. >> when we use phrases like undocumented workers we convey a message the government is not serious about combating illegal immigration which the american people overwhelmingly oppose. people who enter the united states without our permission are illegal aliens. illegal aliens should not be treated the same as people who enter the us legally. >> here to react, former deputy assistant to the president and author of why we fight, doctor sebastian gorka. back then he used the illegal word. today you say that like a curse words. why the change in tween 9 years? >> four years later trump schumer sponsored a bill through the senate that was all about immigration reform, would have increased funding for building a barrier and would have pushed the number of cvp officers up to 40,000 agents because back then it was popular
about that game. clemson and noted game -- notre dame at 4:00. oklahoma in the other semifinal game. >> i was in the script. >> there is, the president and democrats battle over border funding. >> remember when democrats embraced a hard stance on immigration? look at this. >> when we use phrases like undocumented workers we convey a message the government is not serious about combating illegal immigration which the american people overwhelmingly oppose. people who enter...


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The LibDem surge continues: JESSIE VENEGAS achieved an amazing 30% vote share - 22% swing - taking votes from both Labour and the Conservatives.
Labour: 1097 (44.2%) -11.6%
LibDems: 755 (30.4%) +21.8%
Conservatives: 628 (25.3%) -10.2%
Labour held onto the seat this time but our borough's stale two-party politics are definitely shifting in our favour!
We heard it on the doorstep countless times: residents are fed up with Labour and the Conservatives and want a liberal voice that truly reflects the open and inclusive values of London.
Regardless of what they say publicly, both Labour and Conservatives are clearly rattled by our result. With these results following the results from the European Elections in May 2019, where we won our borough, we can confidently say that the Liberal Democrats are a strong contender in Hammersmith & Fulham.
The key is to continue the hard work and build on this amazing result: by campaigning for the London 2020 Mayoral elections, by preparing for a general election and, yes, by starting work on the 2022 council elections.
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The Town of Verona reports 225 total votes.
There were zero (0) Provisional Ballots at the close of the polls on February 21, 2017.
hold a meeting related to the comprehensive revision of their zoning code. This will be a committee meeting held at the new town hall, but the public is welcome to attend. The topic will be potential changes to the Rural Mixed (A-2, A-3, A-Ba) and Rural Residential (RH) Districts. The meeting will start at 6:30 p.m.
A possible quorum of the Town of Verona Board of Supervisors, Plan Commission and/or Public Works, Ordinance, Natural and Recreational Areas, and Financial Sustainability Committees could occur at this meeting.
The meeting is being held at the Town's new facility located at 7669 County Highway PD Verona, WI.
property owners living in the Goose Lake area, Hillside Heights and Nesbitt Road are invited to come to discuss potential future land uses as the Town continues its area meetings for the comprehensive plan.
Property owners in this area are specifically invited to come to discuss potential future land uses for this area. Others who are interested are welcome to attend as well.
All Town residents vote at the new Town facility in the Community Room located at 7669 County Highway PD Verona, WI.
Voter ID is required to vote (At the Polls and Absentee). Please visit www.bringit.wi.gov for more information on Voter ID.
Request a ballot by mail by 2pm Thursday, February 16, 2017.
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As of today — February 1, 2017 we are open to the public.
Our main number remains the same as 608-845-7187.
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Following site visits, regulators produce inspection reports which, if inaccurate and unfair, not only make for grim reading, but can also adversely affect a health and social care provider's reputation and ability to attract and retain service users. Whilst providers may consider it makes for an easier life not to challenge reports, a succession of reports showing non-compliances can lead to significant enforcement action by the regulator. In addition, any report published will be taken by the reader as being accurate and a true representation of your business. Providers in the health and social care sector must make sure that the contents truly reflect their service, as inspection reports are a service's biggest marketing tool, a clear designation of how well it is performing for its users.
Timescales for making representations to these reports can be very limited with only a few days to respond. The Ridouts team of specialist lawyers has vast experience of working swiftly and comprehensively to present well evidenced representations supported by evidence. Our lawyers not only challenge the accuracy of reports but also the rationale behind the judgments. This includes detailed reviews of the regulator's own guidance as well as considering the approach taken by inspector's during their inspection.
Ridouts also has experience in initiating further action against regulators by way of complaints or pre-action protocol letters where comments to inspection reports have not been thoroughly or properly considered. This often leads to further amendments to reports; re-gradings; and sometimes the removal of the report in its entirety and the establishment re-inspected.
We acted for a Provider of residential and nursing care who was unhappy with the outcome of a recent comprehensive inspection of one of their homes. We assisted them to prepare the factual accuracy comments on the draft report, including a ratings challenge, to be submitted to CQC.
The draft report proposed to rate the service as Requires Improvement in all five domains. This was not an accurate reflection of the care provided by the service or of what was seen at the Home on the day of the inspection. We met with the provider at the Home and took detailed instructions about the correct position at the service from the staff who were involved in the inspection. We made requests to CQC for disclosure of the inspection notes and used the information received in response, together with operational information provided by one of our experienced consultants, to prepare a robust well evidenced factual accuracy submission.
As a result of the submissions, CQC decided to withdraw the first draft report and re-inspect the service. It was subsequently rated as Good in all five domains.


New management, you will notice the improvement better organize and clean. The gentleman in charge I think his name is Bill is extremely helpful .
New owner is a stand up guy! Look forward to future visits. Keep up the good work!
Bianca is awesome. The place has 180'ed from last year! Carring fuel, live bait and freindly service. Gladly keep going back. Tail Grabber!


2. Liver – especially from grass-fed animals. Eating liver once a month provides nearly the same nutrients as eating red meat every day of the month.
3. Lacto-fermented Vegetables – if you haven't tried these, read more about my favorite brand Fab Ferments.
6. Red Raspberry Leaf Tea – Great uterine tonic. Good to drink throughout pregnancy. Find here.
8. Kefir – both yogurt and kefir have beneficial bacteria. The difference is that the bacteria in yogurt is transient – it will do good things and then leave your system where as the bacteria in kefir colonizes and continues to fight off pathogens in the gut. Here Are 12 Reasons To Consume Kefir Today!
2. Margarine – is usually made from rancid oils and is full of chemicals. Butter (especially from grass-fed animals) is a much better choice. In fact, butter from grassfed cows is one of the healthiest fats on the planet.
Related post: Should you skip prenatal vitamins with folic acid?
7. Sodas – especially diet sodas – some fertility clinics will not even work with people until they go off of artificial sweeteners. Read more about Diet Sodas.
8. Coffee – depleting to the adrenals. In Chinese medicine, the kidneys are responsible for reproduction.


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Hi, I'm Oliwia and I'm from Poland. I know that my English is not perfect but I try. I'm here because in Poland there isn't a good page like this.


When you're done here, check out our comprehensive breakdown of Deadpool 2's extended cut vs. the theatrical release, including every change, difference, and addition in the Super Duper edition, plus the 21 things we learned from the Blu-ray special features and all the Easter eggs and references in the movie. You can also read our Deadpool 2 review, watch the 'Inside The X-Mansion' Super Duper Cut deleted scene, read more about Matt Damon's secret cameo, and find out about the cut after credits scene that might have gone too far.
While Deadpool 2 may not technically exist in the main Marvel Cinematic Universe, it still happily employs the time honored tradition of the post-credits scene–with an extremely Wade Wilson twist tossed in for good measure, of course.
Don't pretend like you didn't come here for spoilers–there are a lot of those ahead.
As the dust clears in the final conflict between the X-Force and "Firefist," we see Negasonic Teenage Warhead and her girlfriend, Yukio, tinkering around with Cable's time travel tech, which, according to him, should be all but useless now, keeping him stranded in the present day. Apparently, however, the gadgets of the not-too-distant future are no match for the engineering prowess of the X-Men, because NTW and Yukio are able to fix the device and pass it over to Wade.
That's right: Deadpool can time travel now, and it goes pretty much exactly the way you'd expect.
The first stops in Wade's timeline-manipulation grand tour are well within the scope of his own movie. He immediately hops back to prevent the death of his girlfriend, Vanessa, by correcting his botched cream cheese spreader throw and nailing her would-be murderer right between the eyes. Next up is the rescue of Wade's favorite faux X-Force (fauX-Force?) member, Peter AKA Sugar Bear, the regular guy with no powers. Peter met his untimely and grisly demise the first time around after he became the unfortunate recipient of Zeitgeist's acid vomit, so Wade steps in just moments earlier, telling him to go home before he can put himself in more danger.
It's worth noting that he does not try and save the rest of the team. Sorry, Terry Crews fans.
After the great Peter rescue things start to take a far more meta twist as Wade begins to hopscotch through various other movies. His first stop is 2009's X-Men Origins: Wolverine and the infamous "first appearance" of Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool. "First appearance" gets scare quotes in this case because, as fans will quickly tell you, the Deadpool who appeared in Origins was basically anything but Deadpool–a mutilated science experiment, sure, but other than that? Not so much. Origins' Deadpool was a mouthless, shirtless, dead eyed foot soldier who had about ten minutes of screen time total, so present day Wade is here to clean up the mess. Deadpool is dead, long live Deadpool.
The final stop on his trip is even more meta. Wade roles up to the home of Ryan Reynolds in 2010, as he first lays eyes on the script for the disastrous Green Lantern live action movie where Reynolds starred as Hal Jordan, complete with CGI costume and digitally enhanced comic book muscles. Green Lantern has become infamous as one of the pinnacles of bad superhero movies. So naturally, it's the perfect target for Deadpool's self-aware gags. Wade shoots Reynolds in the head, "preventing" Green Lantern from ever existing in the first place. Case closed. No more jokes about green cartoon super suits to be found here, folks. As far as DP is concerned, it never happened. Time to move on.
Now, what does any of this mean? That's a great question. Obviously, especially in the case of the movie-hopping, some of these gags exist just to be gags. Deadpool killing a previous, inferior version of Deadpool simply provides some laughs for fans who have been paying attention these last nine years.
Even with the in-universe stuff, it's pretty safe to assume that the continuity of Deadpool is a "Butterfly Effect" free zone. Wade saving Vanessa probably doesn't mean that the plot of Deadpool 2 never happened, saving Peter probably doesn't cause some sort of temporal ripple that means Cable never stuck around at the end, and so on. That type of consequence exists in movies like X-Men: Days of Future Past, but not here.
It's one of the benefits of being a character like Wade Wilson: You get to pick and choose what rules you want to follow and when. If anything sticks in a relevant, plot-enhancing way it'll likely be a continued role for Morena Baccarin, should she return for any sequels. And that's good enough for us.


The most popular Saturday night concert series continues in beautiful Botetourt County presented by Bank of Botetourt and Bud Light!
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Typically, the CEO has responsibilities as a communicator, decision maker, leader, manager and executor. The communicator role can involve the press and the rest of the outside world, as well as the organization's management and employees; the decision-making role involves high-level decisions about policy and strategy. As a leader, the CEO advises the board of directors, motivates employees, and drives change within the organization. As a manager, the CEO presides over the organization's day-to-day, month-to-month, and year-to-year operations.
With a job description this wide and all-encompassing it's amazing that all CEO's don't get ulcers and live on Prozac. And the sad truth is that many of us are probably toeing the line with too much stress and responsibility. But the key to being a great CEO is that we love it. We can't imagine being in any other position.
But how do you get through every day, week, month and year without the ulcers and sleepless nights and with the knowledge that you are managing your company to the best of your ability? As the CEO, there are several things that I live and die by that make my life easier, happier, less stressful and allow me to sleep better at night.
I review our budget and expenses every week. Everyone in our company is invited to a weekly meeting that goes over sales in relation to our forecast, and compares them to the same week the previous year. I also review our monthly forecast and expenses vs. actual results the 2nd Thursday of every month. Every time I review the numbers, it makes me sleep better regardless of the results. By reviewing the numbers and engaging my management team whether the numbers are good or bad, we all know what we need to do. I am happy to say that the last few years we have consistently beat our numbers.
If the landscape we are in has changed enough, we will make adjustments to our future forecast, in order to make sure we continue to budget our expenses appropriately. That being said, we rarely change our forecast more than 2 times per year. My goal is always to beat the forecast and spend less. By having a baseline to manage to it helps me know exactly where we are, and where we need to go.
Knowing these numbers on a daily basis gives me peace of mind. I know the numbers so well that I can tell you based on the day of week, time of the month, and season we are in whether the numbers are good or bad. It can also alert me if something is wrong. If our SaaS sign-ups are way down, I can make sure there is nothing wrong with our application. If the direct sales numbers are down I can make sure our ecommerce engine is on track. I have been one of the first to know when we have had disruption from Amazon Web Services (who runs most of our network) because I track these numbers so closely.
Basecamp from 37 Signals houses all of our marketing and web development projects. I can login and understand exactly where we are on any project, within minutes.
We never, ever email docs around internally to each other. Anything that isn't in Basecamp because it is a PDF or an image lives in Google Docs. I can see who has created what, and when. I can comment or give feedback when asked, without having to make sure I have the latest version.
Jira- My VP of Product Development uses this to track feature development and bugs for the app development team. I actually don't log into Jira, but get lists of what is happening on a regular basis from my VP.
I would love to know how other CEO's manage and if there are tools that they use to help them get the job done. I find that the best part of my job is that because my hands are in everything I learn new things every day. I am constantly striving to do a better job, and finding the right tools to help me is always top of mind.
Sabrina Parsons is CEO of Palo Alto Software, developer of the best-selling business planning software, Business Plan Pro. Sabrina assumed the CEO role in May 2007 and is responsible for Palo Alto's business planning, fiscal and strategic goals and all of the company's traditional marketing.


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Road Revenants—Haunted Alabama Roads & Bridges
Along Alabama's roadways and bridges, people sometimes experience strange activity. From lonely "Cry Baby Bridges" to apparitions, phantom coaches, and strange bridges, this article looks at a selection of hauntings throughout the state.
Connecting US 80 to Opelika
Lee & Russell Counties
AL 169 runs north from its junction with US 431 in Seale in Russell County to Opelika in Lee County. It follows the route of a much older road, as evidenced by the spirits seen along it. In their 2011 book, Haunted Auburn and Opelika, authors Serafin, Smith, and Poe detail two different sightings that have occurred along this road. One apparition is that of a man on horseback who has been seen charging towards terrified drivers before disappearing. They note that the spirit, which may be that of a highwayman active in this area in the mid-19th century, has been seen with less and less frequency as the road has been changed over the years. The other apparition is that of a ghostly coach drawn by two horses that was seen here in 2000.
Serafin, Faith, Michelle Smith, and John Mark Poe. Haunted Auburn and Opelika. Charleston, SC: History Press, 2011.
Barganier Road
Montgomery & Macon Counties
Barganier Road stretches from AL 110 in the community of Cecil to Macon County Road 2 near Shorter. This lonely country road is, according to legend, the scene of all types of strangeness. The road is nicknamed "13 Bridges Road," and drivers at night are supposed to cross 13 bridges headed north from Cecil, though only cross ten if they turn around and head back. This phenomenon is also supposed to exist on other roads throughout the country.
According to investigator and writer Shawn Sellers, travelers may encounter apparitions and hear unearthly sounds along this rural route. In fact, he experienced an "eerie feeling" during a visit here when he was in high school.
Author Jeff Lawhead explores this legend further in his 2016 Phantoms Fill the Southern Skies. He notes that some drivers have hit a dog, gotten out to examine the dog's carcass, and seen the apparitions of a woman and child off in the distance. A teenage boy was taken out to the road some years ago and left standing alone on one of the bridges. After sensing a presence, the teen looked around for his friend's car and discovered that he had mysteriously moved from one end of the bridge to the other.
Lawhead, Jeff. Phantoms Fill the Southern Skies. 23 House Publishing, 2016.
Sellers, Shawn. Montgomery: A City Haunted by History. Shawn Sellers 2013.
Chelsea Road Hitchhiker
Shelby County Road 47 near the intersection with CR 49
Wending its way from Chelsea to Columbiana, Chelsea Road is reportedly the home of a ghostly hitchhiker legend. Described by author Kim Johnston as a "hippie," the apparition of a woman has been seen "staggering along the road in a flannel shirt and jeans." She sometimes appears walking along the road while at other times she leaps in front of moving cars. When the frightened driver steps out of the car to investigate the person they think they have hit, there is no one there. Another haunted road, Pumpkin Swamp Road which is described later in this article, is a short distance from this intersection.
Johnston, Kim. Haunted Shelby County, Alabama. Charleston, SC: History Press, 2013.
Clinton and Washington Streets
A local tale tells of the spirits of the Union raiders, who sacked the city of Athens in 1862, reappearing on Clinton and Washington Streets. Author Shane Black states that these phantom soldiers sometimes appear on "foggy evenings in the wake of thunderstorms."
Buildings along Washington Street in downtown Athens. Photo 2010 by Carol A. Highsmith, courtesy of the Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
These phantoms, appearing on horseback and bearing mournful expressions on their faces, are believed to be members of the Eighth Brigade, Third Division, Army of the Ohio under Colonel John Basil Turchin. Russian-born and trained Turchin allowed his soldiers to sack the city in May 1862, for which he later faced three charges in a court-martial.
Black, Shane. Spirits of Athens: Haunting Tales of an Alabama Town. NYC: iUniverse. 2009.
Paysinger, Christopher B. "Sack of Athens." Encyclopedia of Alabama. 28 October 2008.
Henry Hill
Lawrence County Road 25
Almost as common as Cry Baby Bridges throughout the South are "Gravity Hills;" roads or hills where a car put in neutral will seemingly be pushed up an incline. Along CR 25, just outside of the community of Mount Hope, is a dip in the road where legend has it a man named Henry was killed. Most legends have Henry's car breaking down along this road and him trying to push it out of the way. As he pushed his car, another vehicle struck and killed him. When a car is stopped here, Henry still dutifully pushes the car to safety to prevent another driver from having to endure a similar end.
A 2007 article from the Florence, Alabama newspaper, the Times Daily, recounts this story a bit differently. Placing the accident in 1954, it notes that the man involved in the accident was named Henry Hill. He was a traveling salesman who got lost in this maze of country roads. When his car overheated and quit in the middle of the road, he got out to push it and was subsequently struck by another vehicle.
The article continues by stating that there was also military action in the vicinity during the Civil War and that may contribute to the current activity. Furthermore, it describes the location of the dip as being located on nearby CR 448. However, all other sources place the location on CR 25. Perhaps this article is a fanciful retelling of the legend?
Parker, Melissa. "Mount Hope residents discuss notorious haunted hill." The Flor-Ala (University of North Alabama). 30 October 2014.
Shuttleworth, Bobby. "Paranormal Mysteries: Haunted Places in Bobby's Bama." WAFF. 31 October 2012.
Sockwell, Wade. "Legend of Henry Hill." Times Daily. 28 August 2007.
Mary Daniel Road
Highland Home
This rural dirt road is home to a typical "cry baby bridge" legend, though the story here has some unique elements. Tradition holds that Mary Daniel, who lived along this road in the latter part of the 19th century, was a notorious witch. One day, while crossing the bridge with her daughter, the child fell into the water. Another version of the legend includes the child's father diving into the water to rescue the girl but drowning as well. The child was laid to rest in a small cemetery nearby. To protect her child, Mary Daniel summoned watchers who haunt the nearby woods going after anyone who disturbs the cemetery after dark. However, this may be a case of the fiction being stranger than the truth.
Alongside the road is a small family cemetery for the Daniel family. Within its confines is the grave of a Mary Melissa Daniel who was born in 1846. According to information on Find-a-Grave, she was an "old maid" (spinster perhaps?) and the daughter of Abel and Harriett Daniel, who were also buried here. Being a spinster, she would not have been married, and have had children. This doesn't preclude that she may have had a lover or a child out of wedlock, though that does seem unlikely. If she was a spinster, that may be the reason she entered legend as a witch. She died in 1911.
In his 2019 book, Haunted Highways USA, George Dudding examines this legend and describes some of the paranormal activity here. The apparition of a woman (presumed to be Mary Daniel) has been seen along the road, the bridge over Little Patsaliga Creek, and along the creek itself. Unexplained bright lights have been seen along the road. He continues by saying that there is supposedly a curse on Mary Daniel's gravestone and anyone who tampers with it may be tormented by an evil spirit.
Dudding, George. Haunted Highways USA. Spencer, WV: GSD Publishing, 2018.
Higdon, David and Brett J. Talley. Haunted Alabama Black Belt. Charleston, SC: History Press, 2013.
Pumpkin Swamp Road
Shelby County Road 32
This old road along the edge of Chelsea is purported to have quite a bit of paranormal activity. Kim Johnston notes that this area was the last refuge of Muscogee Creek natives in the area and was later inhabited by pioneer families. Labeling this road the "Devil's Corridor," she notes that residents living along the way have experienced the sound of children playing within their homes, as well as seeing shadowy dogs and cats. A phantom hitchhiker is known to walk on Chelsea Road (see the above entry in this article), a short distance from this road's terminus on CR 49.
Robinson Road
North of Elkmont in Limestone County, close to the Tennessee state line, Robinson Road stretches for a few miles through farm fields and old woodlands. According to the blog, Elkmont Alabama, this road is also home to a legend. During the Civil War, there was a tremendous amount of activity in the area, most centered on a Union fort at the Sulphur Creek Trestle (for more information see the Richard Martin Trail below. Legend holds that this road was the scene of the capture and decapitation of a Confederate officer in front of his family by Union troops. As a result, the officer's widow and daughter have been seen riding a white horse through the area looking for his head.
The Robinson Road resident who reported this to the blog explained that they have seen the apparition while driving the road late at night. The spirit passed through their car and left it very cold inside. A report on GhostsofAmerica.com reveals that a woman driving AL 127 nearby, had a similar experience with the spirit dimming her headlights and turning off her radio as it passed through. It's possible these reports may be related.
"Elkmont Ghost Stories – Robinson Road." Elkmont Alabama. 24 October 2019.
"Page 1, Elkmont, Alabama Ghost Sightings." com. Accessed 17 July 2020.
Trailhead on Piney Chapel Road (Limestone CR 81)
After Union forces captured much of Northern Alabama in 1862, forts were built to protect strategic points, particularly railroad bridges and trestles. In 1864, Confederate forces under General Nathan Bedford Forrest attempted to sever rail lines through the area, and attacked the fort guarding the trestle at Sulphur Creek. However, this fort had a fatal flaw: it was constructed below the adjacent hills. This flaw allowed the attacking Confederates to pour fire onto the 1,000 Union troops within the rudimentary fort. General Forrest demanded and was granted, the unconditional surrender of the Union forces there. The fort and the trestle were promptly destroyed, and the battle entered the annals as the bloodiest battle fought in North Alabama. Union forces lost some 200 men while Confederates only lost 40 men.
Richard Martin Trail, 2011, by Www78, courtesy of Wikipedia.
When the railroad abandoned this historic rail line through Limestone County, the county Department of Parks and Recreation acquired rights to this segment for use as a 10-mile "rails-to-trails" trail, marking it with plaques providing the story of the battle. Numerous visitors have had strange experiences here. One gentleman felt a searing pain in his buttocks, similar to the feeling of being shot, though the pain disappeared after he left the area. A couple passing through felt an odd tingling and saw flashes of light; while a group of children here felt a chill and heard a voice calling orders to spectral troops.
Langella, Dale. Haunted Alabama Battlefields. Charleston, SC: History Press, 2013.
Ress, Thomas V. "Battle of Sulphur Trestle." Encyclopedia of Alabama. 25 August 2009.
Route of the "Floating Islands"
From 655 St. Emanuel Street to the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception at 2 S. Claiborne Street, to the Mobile Docks
An old Mobile legend speaks of Mary Eoline Eilands (1854-1937), dubbed "Floating Islands," who daily walked the route between her crumbling house at 655 St. Emanuel Street to the cathedral and then to the docks. From the late 19th century until her death in 1937, she traveled this path attired in 19th century dresses. The long skirts gave her the effect as she traveled to the cathedral for morning mass and then to the docks in search of her lover.
The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in 1936, as Ms. Eilands would have seen it in the last few years of her life. Photo by E. W. Russell for the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), courtesy of the Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
Along with her nickname, legends sprang up to explain her odd appearance, many saying that Ms. Eilands had a lover who had sailed from the docks and never returned, or that she had been engaged to a man who later spurned her affections, or a lover possibly left her standing at the cathedral's altar. While these seem to be spurious, it is known that the floating apparition has been said to haunt the streets on her daily route for decades after her death, though she is buried in Magnolia Cemetery.
Ericson, Sally Pearsall. "Hauntings and history: Ghost stories abound in Mobile." com. 29 October 2013.
Ghost-berfest, Day 13: Floating Eilands." Mobile Ghosts Blog <www.MobileGhosts.net>. 13 October 2010.
Thomason, Michael. "What's in a nickname?" Mobile Bay Magazine. 4 January 2012.
Other Roads and Bridges Covered in This Blog
AL 5, near Lynn
Alamuchee-Bellamy Bridge, Campus of University of West Alabama, Livington
Bear Creek Swamp, CR 3, Prattsville
Boiling Springs Road Bridge, "Hell's Gate Bridge," Boiling Springs Road over Choccolocco Creek
Choctawatchee River Bridge Hole, "Bill Sketoe's Hole," AL 123 at the Choctawatchee River
Cross Garden, CR 86, Prattsville
Cry Baby Hollow, Kayo Road, Hartselle
Franklin Ferry Bridge, Over the Black Warrior River, Adger
"Huggin' Molly,' Streets of Abbeville
I-65, between Evergreen and Greenville
Jackson Road Bridge, near Forks of Cypress, Florence
Lady in White Legend, Streets of Downtown Montgomery
Main Street, Albertville
Oakachoy Covered Bridge site, Covered Bridge Road, Equality
Patsburg Bridge, AL 59 over Patsaliga Creek, Patsburg
Refuge Bridge, CR 32 over Walnut Creek, Clanton
Timmons Cemetery, Buxton Road, Redstone Arsenal
William Gibson Gravesite, US 11 between Shelley Drive and Pinedale Road, Springville
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In the 21st century, globalization has taken hold, and companies are seeking to grow through expansion into new markets. Developing country markets are growing faster and more dynamically than developed ones, so companies are focused on the opportunities that developing markets offer.
In particular, Africa is growing faster than China or India, and is benefiting from growth in the natural resources sector; increased foreign direct investment, especially from China and India; and is a source of innovation in areas such as mobile payments and banking for the "non-banked." Some published projections predict that by 2040, a full 25% of the world's working-age population will be in Africa.
Opportunities are not limited to Africa, however. Other markets in Asia, Latin America and Eurasia offer high growth, with large population centers and burgeoning middle class consumers. Infrastructure projects and the demands of customers to their business partners to follow them into new markets are creating even more activity in developing markets.
The BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China) have been the focus for many years, and all have enjoyed robust growth and success. The next phase of growth in the developing world, though, will come elsewhere, in countries like Ghana, Zambia, Mongolia, and Costa Rica, to name a few.
While some companies have been operating in developing countries for decades, for many, these new markets present new challenges for managing talent and reward.
Birches Group works with the leading global and regional private sector companies in each of our survey markets. In developing countries, the most common sectors represented are Banking; Consumer Products; Natural Resources (oil, gas and mining); and Mobile Telecom and Technology. We strive to include the leaders in each of these sectors in every survey we produce. Based on the size of each country market, we also include data from other prominent employers, including important local employers.
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Q: How to split .zip files and join them in Windows? I need to split a .zip file in Ubuntu as .z01, .z02 etc... so that I would join them back in Windows.
I don't have access to command prompt in Windows. How would I unzip files now?

A: Very easy: you first do split your-zip.zip -b 32M ZIPCHUNKS in Linux/Unix and then type * > myZipFile.zip in Windows.

A: On Ubuntu you can use the split command to split your zip file. Something like this should work:
split your-zip.zip -b 32M ZIPCHUNKS

This will create a bunch of ZIPCHUNKS* files, in order, and all 32 MB or less in size. Change the 32M parameter to vary the chunk size.
Traditionally you'd use cat to glue them back together:
cat ZIPCHUNKS* > reassembled-zip.zip

Since you want to do the reassembling on Windows, you need a substitute for cat. Is there replacement for cat on Windows may help, but note that the Windows type command will not work as it adds the files names between them when processing more than one file. One working approach is copy /b ZIPCHUNKS* > reassembled-zip.zip.
You can also use rar which natively supports creating "split" archives which can then be decompressed by a GUI tool on Windows such as WinZip or WinRar. On Ubuntu, install the rar package, then:
rar a -v32M destination.rar files/to/compress

This will create files called destination.partXX.rar. Transfer these to Windows, then unrar the first one (destination.rar), which will link to the others automatically.
One trick you can potentially use is to "rar" the original zip file, that way you can reassemble it on Windows. If you have the original files, it may be easier to just rar them and work with that.

A: Use zip command with -s split_size to compress files.
The example command is following.
zip -r -s 100m filename.zip  compress_folder

A: I had to do this a year or more ago. It is inconvenient, because Windows just doesn't have the same tools.
I ended up using GSplit, which does work under WINE (or PlayOnLinux). It creates a .exe file and a bunch of .gsd files. If you are zipping a PDF file, you need to pre-zip it because Windows gets confused!

A: If you have zip installed on your Ubuntu machine, you should also have zipsplit. This takes a large zip file and splits it into a number of smaller, stand-alone zip files. It doesn't rely on any particular version of WinZip or Rar to work, as the files it makes are plain Zip files.
One caveat: zipsplit still lives in the world of CP/M / MS-DOS 8.3 file names, so if you use it on biglongfilename.zip, you'll end up with biglon_1.zip, biglon_2.zip, biglon_3.zip, etc.

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▪ 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.: Watch art created right before your eyes at the Chalk Art Competition by young artists from area schools at Idaho Avenue and Main Street in Meridian.
▪ 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.: Meet artists Liz Flores, Maria V. Garth and Karl Henke of the Pinxit Collective at a reception at Initial Point Gallery on the 3rd floor inside City Hall. Their fine-art photography exhibit "Deux" will be on display through Thursday, Sept. 29.
▪ 6:30 p.m.: Become part of the fun at the Art Drop Social in front of City Hall. Bring the art you either dropped or found during Meridian Art Drop Week, and mix and mingle.
5:30-8:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 9, Meridian City Hall and Plaza, 33 E. Broadway Ave. Free.


Sega's beloved open world crime series Yakuza is regaining a foothold in the west on PlayStation consoles and at Sony's PlayStation Experience keynote address, more information was revealed for two of the upcoming games in the series.
Yakuza 5, which was released years ago in Japan for the PlayStation 3, is finally becoming available for download on the PlayStation 3 Store after its localisation was announced at the inaugural PlayStation Experience last year. It'll be available this Tuesday, December 8, 2015.
This is despite the fact that the official trailer for the game posted on PlayStation's YouTube account triumphantly declared that the game was "coming to North America and Europe on PlayStation 4 system." This is also despite the fact that there's virtually no reason for it not to, given that it's already been translated. In this day and age, where a game doesn't even have to have discs printed anymore, there is no excuse whatsoever, especially for a company as large as Sega.
There's also a remake of the first title in the series and a sixth main entry coming in Japan, but it remains to be seen whether they too will receive English translations.
Lawson Kiehne is an aspiring Australian writer who is fascinated by everything involving stories. In his spare time he enjoys reading, playing video games and watching films and television and hopes to one day be a published novelist.


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As Australia hurtles precariously to the international Climate Change talks in November and the position it will represent on the global stage, there is no shortage of solutions at the local scale that individuals themselves can take and are taking. From rooftop solar PV (photovoltaic) panels to the take-up of electric vehicles (EVs). While one is a runaway success story for Australia with 30 per cent energy coming from renewable sources the other we are told is leaving us as laggards against other nations across the world. Recent surveys continue to demonstrate Australians are ready to embrace EV technology as one of the serious solutions to Climate Change. Why wouldn't they be ready, willing and able when EV's save thousands of dollars in running costs and generate 40 per cent less greenhouse gas emissions over internal combustion engine vehicles? Vehicle manufacturers around the world have themselves painted the future for vehicle transportation with most manufacturers and many countries announcing the dates from which they will only produce electric vehicles, or the year in which internal combustion engine vehicles will begin to be phased out from road systems. No such transition in Australia. Our 2021 State of Electric Vehicles report shows that in 2020, less than one per cent of all vehicles sold in Australia were electric. This compares to European nations showing around 11 per cent of vehicles sold over the past 12 months were electric, right up to the highest EU nation, Norway, where more than 74 per cent of market share is electric. This sad and sorry trend for Australia in EV take-up is almost at the opposite end of both interest and commitment by Australians for rooftop solar or PV panels. Figures for Australia show that almost one in five Australian homes are benefiting from up to $1000 off their energy bills each year by having solar installed on their rooftops. In fact, Australians have overtaken most countries internationally in the number of rooftop solar panels installed as a means of generating their own electricity. With increased market uptake, installation costs have dropped 60 per cent and payback periods for residents are often between three and five years. It doesn't appear that it's only differences in costs and savings that have created this enormous gulf between EVs and PVs in Australia? From about 2009, the Commonwealth Government mandated a revised Renewable Energy Target, or RET, as it was known. The RET stimulated Australia's renewable energy sector by creating a target of 20 per cent of Australia's electricity being sourced from renewable sources by 2020, to be met at both the large scale, i.e. power stations, and at the smaller scale i.e. householders placing solar PV on their rooftops. In sharp contrast to EV take-up, Australian householders have increasingly embraced the renewable energy revolution with the latest solar report for Australia showing where each state and territory is in relation to rooftop solar installations. Solar installations around the country in 2020/21 soared by 373,000 over the previous financial year (up from 323,500 in 2019/20). One third of all installations occurred in NSW (116,000) while a total of 212,000 installations occurred in Queensland, Victoria and Western Australia. And despite relatively diminishing costs for installing solar in contrast to the continuing high costs for solar battery storage off these rooftop systems, current figures indicate the positive influence of financial incentives (and perhaps increasing energy costs) enabling combined rooftop solar arrays with battery storage. New solar in NSW saw battery storage systems increasing as part of rooftop solar by 27 per cent in the first half of 2021 alone. When South Australia decreased their home battery grants in 2021, their battery storage installations with new rooftop solar fell from 39 percent in 2020 to 22 per cent, still a respectable level of battery storage. Combined rooftop solar and battery storage installations increased by 77 per cent in Western Australia over the same timeframe. So why not aren't similar pricing mechanisms or strategic frameworks driving similar opportunities for an EV revolution as seems to be underway for rooftop solar? Let's look no further than our New Zealand neighbour to clarify what a national approach can do to incentivising the rapid take up of EV's? In 2016, New Zealand announced a goal of 64,000 EV's on roads by 2021. By 2019, there were 18,700 EV's using NZ roads and estimates are indicating 100 percent of all vehicles could be electric by 2030 through the strategic drivers being supported and implemented by the NZ government. With one fifth of Australia's population, New Zealand has an enviable 50 per cent higher number of electric vehicles than we do within our own shores. In the absence of a national framework and incentives for electric car take-up in Australia, a number of states, South Australia and Victoria, have actually announced a new user pays tax to accompany new electric vehicle purchases, moves lambasted by many and looked on internationally as a backward step in the transition from internal combustion engine vehicles to EVs. Of course, other factors remain in play for Australia's dubious and very slow adoption of EV technology compared with solar even with the substantial annual savings from owning an electric vehicle. While Australia can expect to have almost 60 different electric vehicle models on the market by the end of 2022, only about 14 vehicle models remain under $65,000. World markets for EVs indicate a likely price parity between internal combustion engine vehicles and electric vehicles by around 2023 and driving distances for EVs seem to be increasing with every new model. Even the perception of EV 'charging anxiety' is changing with energy utilities, industry players and even local Councils increasing exponentially the number of public electric vehicle charging stations available - with more than 4000 available in Australia. Though Australians drive 32km per day, you can drive up to 400km without charging your EV so you may need to do this once per week. Even with small numbers of EVs on the road, the number of electric vehicle charging sessions in public charging stations in Sydney's eastern suburbs have been found to increase by 380 per cent over the previous 12 months. Perhaps Randwick Council in Sydney's east is showing the way of the future with financial rebates being provided for those in houses and apartments installing their own electric vehicle charging stations and annual targets for the number of new public charging stations installed each year. While the cost of an EV might seem expensive, there are many benefits given it is half the running cost of a medium size car and averaging 70 per cent cheaper fuel that would pay back over time quickly. Some states beneficial strategies also include no stamp duty for cars under certain prices, use of car pool lanes and priority parking spaces and even EV superhighways. The greatest benefit to combining EV technology with solar and battery storage is the huge potential for householders and motorists to bring together the renewable energy revolution and use excess solar energy to charge their electric vehicles and even enable their EV battery to be used to provide renewable energy to power their home or unit. Find out more about at Eco Living Festival's free, online solar and battery storage workshops (October 19 at 12.30pm) or All-about EV's (October 20 at midday). A variety of climate change events will be available with experts like Dr Karl and Dr Jonica Newby until October 24,2021. For more information, visit Eco Living Festival 2021's website. Online sessions are recorded and will be available afterwards.
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Eco Living Festival hosts workshop about electric vehicles
Peter Maganov
As Australia hurtles precariously to the international Climate Change talks in November and the position it will represent on the global stage, there is no shortage of solutions at the local scale that individuals themselves can take and are taking. From rooftop solar PV (photovoltaic) panels to the take-up of electric vehicles (EVs). While one is a runaway success story for Australia with 30 per cent energy coming from renewable sources the other we are told is leaving us as laggards against other nations across the world.
Recent surveys continue to demonstrate Australians are ready to embrace EV technology as one of the serious solutions to Climate Change. Why wouldn't they be ready, willing and able when EV's save thousands of dollars in running costs and generate 40 per cent less greenhouse gas emissions over internal combustion engine vehicles?
Vehicle manufacturers around the world have themselves painted the future for vehicle transportation with most manufacturers and many countries announcing the dates from which they will only produce electric vehicles, or the year in which internal combustion engine vehicles will begin to be phased out from road systems.
No such transition in Australia. Our 2021 State of Electric Vehicles report shows that in 2020, less than one per cent of all vehicles sold in Australia were electric. This compares to European nations showing around 11 per cent of vehicles sold over the past 12 months were electric, right up to the highest EU nation, Norway, where more than 74 per cent of market share is electric.
This sad and sorry trend for Australia in EV take-up is almost at the opposite end of both interest and commitment by Australians for rooftop solar or PV panels. Figures for Australia show that almost one in five Australian homes are benefiting from up to $1000 off their energy bills each year by having solar installed on their rooftops. In fact, Australians have overtaken most countries internationally in the number of rooftop solar panels installed as a means of generating their own electricity. With increased market uptake, installation costs have dropped 60 per cent and payback periods for residents are often between three and five years.
It doesn't appear that it's only differences in costs and savings that have created this enormous gulf between EVs and PVs in Australia? From about 2009, the Commonwealth Government mandated a revised Renewable Energy Target, or RET, as it was known. The RET stimulated Australia's renewable energy sector by creating a target of 20 per cent of Australia's electricity being sourced from renewable sources by 2020, to be met at both the large scale, i.e. power stations, and at the smaller scale i.e. householders placing solar PV on their rooftops.
In sharp contrast to EV take-up, Australian householders have increasingly embraced the renewable energy revolution with the latest solar report for Australia showing where each state and territory is in relation to rooftop solar installations. Solar installations around the country in 2020/21 soared by 373,000 over the previous financial year (up from 323,500 in 2019/20). One third of all installations occurred in NSW (116,000) while a total of 212,000 installations occurred in Queensland, Victoria and Western Australia.
And despite relatively diminishing costs for installing solar in contrast to the continuing high costs for solar battery storage off these rooftop systems, current figures indicate the positive influence of financial incentives (and perhaps increasing energy costs) enabling combined rooftop solar arrays with battery storage. New solar in NSW saw battery storage systems increasing as part of rooftop solar by 27 per cent in the first half of 2021 alone. When South Australia decreased their home battery grants in 2021, their battery storage installations with new rooftop solar fell from 39 percent in 2020 to 22 per cent, still a respectable level of battery storage. Combined rooftop solar and battery storage installations increased by 77 per cent in Western Australia over the same timeframe.
So why not aren't similar pricing mechanisms or strategic frameworks driving similar opportunities for an EV revolution as seems to be underway for rooftop solar? Let's look no further than our New Zealand neighbour to clarify what a national approach can do to incentivising the rapid take up of EV's? In 2016, New Zealand announced a goal of 64,000 EV's on roads by 2021. By 2019, there were 18,700 EV's using NZ roads and estimates are indicating 100 percent of all vehicles could be electric by 2030 through the strategic drivers being supported and implemented by the NZ government. With one fifth of Australia's population, New Zealand has an enviable 50 per cent higher number of electric vehicles than we do within our own shores. In the absence of a national framework and incentives for electric car take-up in Australia, a number of states, South Australia and Victoria, have actually announced a new user pays tax to accompany new electric vehicle purchases, moves lambasted by many and looked on internationally as a backward step in the transition from internal combustion engine vehicles to EVs.
Of course, other factors remain in play for Australia's dubious and very slow adoption of EV technology compared with solar even with the substantial annual savings from owning an electric vehicle.
While Australia can expect to have almost 60 different electric vehicle models on the market by the end of 2022, only about 14 vehicle models remain under $65,000. World markets for EVs indicate a likely price parity between internal combustion engine vehicles and electric vehicles by around 2023 and driving distances for EVs seem to be increasing with every new model.
Even the perception of EV 'charging anxiety' is changing with energy utilities, industry players and even local Councils increasing exponentially the number of public electric vehicle charging stations available - with more than 4000 available in Australia. Though Australians drive 32km per day, you can drive up to 400km without charging your EV so you may need to do this once per week. Even with small numbers of EVs on the road, the number of electric vehicle charging sessions in public charging stations in Sydney's eastern suburbs have been found to increase by 380 per cent over the previous 12 months. Perhaps Randwick Council in Sydney's east is showing the way of the future with financial rebates being provided for those in houses and apartments installing their own electric vehicle charging stations and annual targets for the number of new public charging stations installed each year.
While the cost of an EV might seem expensive, there are many benefits given it is half the running cost of a medium size car and averaging 70 per cent cheaper fuel that would pay back over time quickly. Some states beneficial strategies also include no stamp duty for cars under certain prices, use of car pool lanes and priority parking spaces and even EV superhighways.
The greatest benefit to combining EV technology with solar and battery storage is the huge potential for householders and motorists to bring together the renewable energy revolution and use excess solar energy to charge their electric vehicles and even enable their EV battery to be used to provide renewable energy to power their home or unit.
Find out more about at Eco Living Festival's free, online solar and battery storage workshops (October 19 at 12.30pm) or All-about EV's (October 20 at midday). A variety of climate change events will be available with experts like Dr Karl and Dr Jonica Newby until October 24,2021. For more information, visit Eco Living Festival 2021's website. Online sessions are recorded and will be available afterwards.
Peter Maganov is Manager Sustainability at Randwick Council in Sydney's eastern suburbs.
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Vine Further Teases Upcoming New Features Ahead Of Instagram Video Launch
Vine has been teasing some of its upcoming new features since, coincidentally or not, rumors of the imminent launch of Instagram's video-sharing capabilities began making the rounds. And just a few hours ago, Vine cofounders Dom Hoffman and Rus Yusupov teased a number of unspecified, unreleased features for the popular video-sharing app using — what else? — Vine videos or "vines." Take a look at their trio of teaser vines below: As noted by AllThingsD's Mike Isaac, the Twitter-owned service may be teasing the addition of full-screen videos, text overlays, private messaging, and clip reordering, among other possible enhancements. Or as Vine puts it, "some exciting new parts." Yesterday, the Vine team thanked its creative community of at least 13 million users with a clever claymation vine. Also, it announced that it will be introducing "some exciting new parts" of Vine over the next few weeks. Vine's announcement comes shortly after AllThingsD confirmed that Instagram is set to launch a video feature at Facebook's press event tomorrow. Vine was released last January on iOS and just a couple of weeks ago on Android. Its most recent update, which arrived yesterday, brought a new share button underneath posts, along with other interface improvements and bug fixes.
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A Portrait Of The Mother By A Young Child
Gee.
Thanks, Amelia.
P.S. I'm writing you out of the will for this.
P.P.S. HA! Like I have a will.
P.P.P.S. I'm actually giving your inheritance to out of work actors so they can howl at my graveside.
P.P.P.P.S. No, I'm not kidding.
posted under Aunt Becky Has VD
On July 5th, 2011 at 11:10 am Genevieve Says:
Hmm, the jauntiness of the promised cat's bung, but with the subtle piquancy of projected self-loathing.
Most excellent indeed, Aunt Becky.
On July 5th, 2011 at 11:16 am marie Says:
In all seriousness, it is a HUGE accomplishment to draw a person as a circle with dots for eyes and nose and a line for a mouth. Many kids don't do this in preschool. Yay for baby genius Amelia!
On July 5th, 2011 at 12:10 pm Sarah P Says:
The bitch had it coming.
On July 5th, 2011 at 12:48 pm Brooke Says:
The other day my 6 year old said to me (as I dressed up for a formal dinner) "Mom…even though you don't look pretty all the time, I still think you are beautiful." I know what she was trying to say but still….
On July 5th, 2011 at 1:13 pm Melinda Says:
Don't feel bad, when my son was 5 he drew a picture of my ex, naked, the teacher told him 'we only draw people with clothes on at school'. Then he drew me. With a mustache.
On July 5th, 2011 at 3:34 pm Your Aunt Becky Says:
That's fucking AWESOME.
On July 5th, 2011 at 2:14 pm liz Says:
That looks like a skull with nails on it. Or an egg – sunny side up!
On July 5th, 2011 at 2:46 pm linlah Says:
Oh, I think you might want to keep Amelia in the will look how close she got your hair right.
On July 5th, 2011 at 3:12 pm Beth Says:
Sexay. Or potato-like. Depends on how hard you squint.
On July 5th, 2011 at 3:58 pm Tracy Says:
My 4-year-old doesn't know how to write very many words, so when she showed me what she wrote her "journal" I sobbed like a baby. It read, "MOM, I (a heart) U. Then she wrote her name. Pure, innocent love.
On July 5th, 2011 at 4:26 pm Jennifer June Says:
True Story:
My daughter is instructed to draw her parent doing what they love to do. She draws a picture of me on stage singing because it's what I do.
Teacher tells her that everyone wishes their parents were rock stars but to draw me doing something I really do.
My kid: "that is what she does. She's a singer"
Yay! My kid is the best!
Teacher: "Sure sweetie, why don't you draw her reading or something?"
My kid: "She doesn't know how to read"
Um… Thanks kid.
On July 5th, 2011 at 4:35 pm katrina Says:
Mz AmeliaPrincessoftheBells….she's amazing! That picture emanates LOVE. of course it's you!
On July 5th, 2011 at 4:41 pm Pete In Az Says:
You're a spleen, eh?
(I started the book. I remembered what you said to me and I started)
On July 5th, 2011 at 5:19 pm Nico Says:
Look at the eyelashes on that kid!
On July 5th, 2011 at 8:10 pm Nanette Says:
My gal did something similar recently — http://www.nannersp.com/2011/05/faces.html
On July 5th, 2011 at 8:37 pm Jormengrund Says:
I have to admit, she's got an eye for art that most kids her age wouldn't EVER have..
I mean, to know that we are all cells, and is just drawing you in your most basic form is AMAZING!
Of course, knowing that you're an amoeba instead of a "regular" protozoa is kind of scary, but then again we're all different!!
On July 5th, 2011 at 8:59 pm Sarah Says:
Aw!
The first picture of a person my daughter drew was a GIANT blobby thing with 4 legs/arms and a tiny little circle with blond hair(?). I asked who they were and she said that the big one was me and the small one was her.
I was insulted and touched at the same time.
I kept it.
On July 6th, 2011 at 12:47 am Kristin Says:
Look at that…you have a budding Picasso! Seriously, its at least as good as his weirder shit.
On July 6th, 2011 at 8:00 am Angie H Says:
Sort of looks like a skull. I'm not sure if I should be really intrigued by her innate sense of anatomy or be worried that she sees you as a skull with obvious shatter patterns? Either way, the girl's got skills! 🙂
By the way… She's adorable! Nice work Mom and Dad!
On July 6th, 2011 at 9:52 am Joker_SATX Says:
Seems to me that she is saying you have eyes everywhere…
On July 6th, 2011 at 7:04 pm SharleneT. Says:
It is what it is. Don't leave her out of the will. Don't you remember Mommy Dearest? Do you really want the world to know her truth?!?!?! Hmmm?!?!?! Enjoy. And, come visit when you can.


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package com.google.cloud.compute;

import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
import static org.junit.Assert.assertSame;
import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;

import org.junit.Rule;
import org.junit.Test;
import org.junit.rules.ExpectedException;

public class LicenseIdTest {

  private static final String PROJECT = "project";
  private static final String LICENSE = "license";
  private static final String URL =
      "https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/project/global/licenses/license";

  @Rule
  public ExpectedException thrown = ExpectedException.none();

  @Test
  public void testOf() {
    LicenseId licenseId = LicenseId.of(PROJECT, LICENSE);
    assertEquals(PROJECT, licenseId.getProject());
    assertEquals(LICENSE, licenseId.getLicense());
    assertEquals(URL, licenseId.getSelfLink());
    licenseId = LicenseId.of(LICENSE);
    assertNull(licenseId.getProject());
    assertEquals(LICENSE, licenseId.getLicense());
  }

  @Test
  public void testOfDeprecated() {
    LicenseId licenseId = LicenseId.of(PROJECT, LICENSE);
    assertEquals(PROJECT, licenseId.project());
    assertEquals(LICENSE, licenseId.license());
    assertEquals(URL, licenseId.selfLink());
    licenseId = LicenseId.of(LICENSE);
    assertNull(licenseId.project());
    assertEquals(LICENSE, licenseId.license());
  }

  @Test
  public void testToAndFromUrl() {
    LicenseId licenseId = LicenseId.of(PROJECT, LICENSE);
    compareLicenseId(licenseId, LicenseId.fromUrl(licenseId.getSelfLink()));
  }

  @Test
  public void testSetProjectId() {
    LicenseId licenseId = LicenseId.of(PROJECT, LICENSE);
    assertSame(licenseId, licenseId.setProjectId(PROJECT));
    compareLicenseId(licenseId, LicenseId.of(LICENSE).setProjectId(PROJECT));
    thrown.expect(IllegalArgumentException.class);
    thrown.expectMessage("notMatchingUrl is not a valid license URL");
    LicenseId.fromUrl("notMatchingUrl");
  }

  @Test
  public void testMatchesUrl() {
    assertTrue(LicenseId.matchesUrl(LicenseId.of(PROJECT, LICENSE).getSelfLink()));
    assertFalse(LicenseId.matchesUrl("notMatchingUrl"));
  }

  private void compareLicenseId(LicenseId expected, LicenseId value) {
    assertEquals(expected, value);
    assertEquals(expected.getProject(), expected.getProject());
    assertEquals(expected.getLicense(), expected.getLicense());
    assertEquals(expected.getSelfLink(), expected.getSelfLink());
    assertEquals(expected.hashCode(), expected.hashCode());
  }
}

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Eppendorf AG. (2/21/19). "Press Release: Thomas Heydler Appointed to the Supervisory Board of Eppendorf AG". Hamburg.
Thomas Heydler has been a member of the Supervisory Board of Eppendorf AG since January 25, 2019. He succeeds Dr. Michael Schroeder, who resigned for personal reasons.
"With Thomas Heydler, we have succeeded in gaining another very experienced manager for the Eppendorf Supervisory Board. We are looking forward to this and to working with him", says Philipp von Loeper, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Eppendorf AG. "We are confident that he will enrich the work of our Supervisory Board with his many years of international experience as CEO and his outstanding entrepreneurial competence."
Thomas Heydler has been CEO of Definiens AG, Munich, Germany, a specialized software and solution provider in the pharmaceutical industry, since 2004. Previously, he was CEO and Managing Director of various software companies in Germany and the USA. Thomas Heydler has more than 30 years of entrepreneurial expertise and a deep understanding of the global software business in the pharmaceutical and life science industries.


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Podcast: Evaluating the Pacers' bench players
Welcome to Episode 2 of "The One"
By C. Cooper and Mark Schindler Sep 18, 2020, 7:47am EDT
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Combining last year's "The Gallery" concept with the traditional nuts and bolts of end-of-season content, "The One" is a Pacers podcast series featuring one play, one number, and one over/under for every player on the roster that best summarizes or encapsulates that player's season.
After delving into the under-25 bench players, Mark and I teamed up once again to work our way up the roster and react to each other's picks for the remainder of the reserves as well as Jeremy Lamb, who started 42 games this season. Next week, we'll wrap things up with the starters.
For now, enjoy Episode 2 and be sure to Rate and Review the Indy Cornrows Podcast on Apple, and subscribe on all other platforms.


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/**
 *
 * Emerald (kbi/elude @2014-2016)
 *
 */
#include "shared.h"
#include "collada/collada_data_material.h"
#include "system/system_assertions.h"
#include "system/system_hash64.h"
#include "system/system_hash64map.h"
#include "system/system_resizable_vector.h"

/** Describes data stored under <material> */
typedef struct _collada_data_material
{
    collada_data_effect       effect;
    system_hashed_ansi_string id;
    system_hashed_ansi_string name;

    _collada_data_material();
} _collada_data_material;

/** TODO */
_collada_data_material::_collada_data_material()
{
    effect = nullptr;
    id     = system_hashed_ansi_string_get_default_empty_string();
    name   = system_hashed_ansi_string_get_default_empty_string();
}

/** TODO */
PUBLIC EMERALD_API collada_data_material collada_data_material_create(tinyxml2::XMLElement* current_material_element_ptr,
                                                                      system_hash64map      effects_by_id_map,
                                                                      system_hash64map      materials_by_id_map)
{
    _collada_data_material* new_material_ptr = new (std::nothrow) _collada_data_material;

    ASSERT_DEBUG_SYNC(new_material_ptr != nullptr,
                      "Out of memory")

    if (new_material_ptr != nullptr)
    {
        /* Find effect descriptor */
        collada_data_effect   effect       = nullptr;
        const char*           effect_name  = nullptr;
        tinyxml2::XMLElement* instance_ptr = current_material_element_ptr->FirstChildElement("instance_effect");

        ASSERT_DEBUG_SYNC(instance_ptr != nullptr,
                          "No effect instance found");

        effect_name = instance_ptr->Attribute("url");

        ASSERT_DEBUG_SYNC(effect_name != nullptr,
                          "<instance_effect> node lacks url attribute");
        ASSERT_DEBUG_SYNC(effect_name[0] == '#',
                          "Effect URL should start with #");

        effect_name += 1; /* Skip # character */

        system_hash64map_get(effects_by_id_map,
                             system_hash64_calculate(effect_name, strlen(effect_name) ),
                            &effect);

        ASSERT_DEBUG_SYNC(effect != nullptr,
                          "Effect [%s] was not found",
                          effect_name);

        /* Form the material descriptor */
        new_material_ptr->effect = effect;
        new_material_ptr->id     = system_hashed_ansi_string_create(current_material_element_ptr->Attribute("id") );
        new_material_ptr->name   = system_hashed_ansi_string_create(current_material_element_ptr->Attribute("name") );
    }

    return reinterpret_cast<collada_data_material>(new_material_ptr);
}

/* Please see header for properties */
PUBLIC EMERALD_API void collada_data_material_get_properties(collada_data_material      material,
                                                             collada_data_effect*       out_effect_ptr,
                                                             system_hashed_ansi_string* out_id_ptr,
                                                             system_hashed_ansi_string* out_name_ptr)
{
    _collada_data_material* material_ptr = reinterpret_cast<_collada_data_material*>(material);

    if (out_effect_ptr != nullptr)
    {
        *out_effect_ptr = reinterpret_cast<collada_data_effect>(material_ptr->effect);
    }

    if (out_id_ptr != nullptr)
    {
        *out_id_ptr = material_ptr->id;
    }

    if (out_name_ptr != nullptr)
    {
        *out_name_ptr = material_ptr->name;
    }
}

/** Please see header for spec */
PUBLIC EMERALD_API void collada_data_material_get_property(const collada_data_material    material,
                                                           collada_data_material_property property,
                                                           void*                          out_value_ptr)
{
    const _collada_data_material* material_ptr = reinterpret_cast<const _collada_data_material*>(material);

    switch (property)
    {
        case COLLADA_DATA_MATERIAL_PROPERTY_ID:
        {
            *reinterpret_cast<system_hashed_ansi_string*>(out_value_ptr) = material_ptr->id;

            break;
        }

        default:
        {
            ASSERT_DEBUG_SYNC(false,
                              "Unrecognized COLLADA material property");
        }
    }
}

/** Please see header for spec */
PUBLIC EMERALD_API void collada_data_material_release(collada_data_material material)
{
    _collada_data_material* material_ptr = reinterpret_cast<_collada_data_material*>(material);

    delete material_ptr;
    material_ptr = nullptr;
}


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The BJP wants to signal that the party is unaffected by fall in numbers
Rohit Chandavakar
BJP has decided to continue with the same faces that headed the government in Gujarat before 2017 assembly polls. Many see this as the party's attempt to exhibit its iron fist to dissidents and detractors who were under the impression that a setback in recent polls will result in a change of leadership in Ahmedabad.
There was a lot of speculation on about who will be chosen by the BJP leadership as Gujarat Chief Minister since the last three or four days. After the dramatic process of assembly elections ended and it became clear that BJP will form the next government in the state, it was speculated that perhaps some leader from Delhi will be brought in to head the state government as well as the BJP in Gujarat as the general perception was that Rupani headed a regime that was increasingly becoming unpopular in the state.
The BJP's tally in Gujarat assembly came from 115 (won in assembly polls of 2012) down to 99 (won this time) which is a considerable drop for any party.
But the BJP has finally decided to go with the same faces again in Gujarat. Vijay Rupani will be the Chief Minister and Nitin Patel will continue as the Deputy CM. This clearly signifies that the party wants to send a message to the world that it has not been shaken by the drop in numbers in the assembly. Finance Minister and BJP leader Arun Jaitley headed to state capital Gandhinagar to oversee a meeting of the BJP's newly-elected legislators. The legislators formally elected the state's next chief minister at the meeting being held on Friday.
The party could perhaps choose to appoint a second deputy chief minister as it did in Uttar Pradesh earlier this year according to some. Former Gujarat Speaker Ganapath Vasavya, a tribal leader, is seen as a frontrunner if the party opts for two deputies to the chief minister.
Vijay Rupani is considered to be close to BJP Chief Amit Shah who had earlier this year indicated that he and Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel will continue in their positions post the
assembly elections.
Vijay Rupani also has a clean image and is caste-neutral, but his chances were seen to diminish after the BJP won 99 seats, only seven more than it needed for a majority to form government and 16 less than it had won last time.
The party now has 100 seats in the assembly with independent MLA Ratansinh Rathod from Lunawada offering support to the party.
The Congress vastly improved its position winning 80 seats after a campaign focused on local development and Vijay Rupani's critics blame him. But there are those who have pointed out that replacing Rupani will amount to an admission that the party has suffered a setback in Gujarat.
After the muted result, the party has taken its time to make a decision and there has been speculation over other candidates like Union ministers Purshottam Rupala and Mansukh Mandaviya, both prominent Patel or Patidar leaders from Saurashtra, the region where the Bharatiya Janata Party lost most heavily.
There have also been talks about Nitin Patel being promoted has he beat the odds and won his election by a slender margin in Mehsana, which was the epicentre of the Patel or Patidar agitation for reservation in government jobs and colleges.
Patel being chosen deputy chief minister is a clear signal and an outreach to the influential Patels, BJP loyalists for years, but a section of which went against the party in this election, angry at not being included among castes that benefit from affirmative action.
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