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経済:Economic structure
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Economic structure
Due to Bhutan's late start to modernization & subsequently a careful government approach, the economy remains in a considerably underdeveloped state. 85% of the population derives a living from agriculture & other activities in the traditional sector. It is estimated that only two-thirds of the money that could be expected in an economy of such size is actually in circulation. The economic structure remains shallow & narrow, overly reliant on certain specific growth areas, notably hydropower & government services & investment. However, although Bhutan is considered among the world's poorest countries when measured in terms of GDP per capita, estimated at around US$645 (1997), a UNDP Human Development Index rating of 0.510 ranks the country within the medium human development bracket. This indicates that, while the economy remains immature, developments have been relatively balanced & have yet to seriously founder. The country can therefore justifiably retain the optimism of youth.
Agriculture remains the dominant sector, contributing about 38% of GDP (1995). The high proportion of the workforce it currently employs, the welfare role it satisfies & the lower cost of living in rural areas further enhances the importance of the sector. Within the modern sectors, the dominance of the state is reflected in the significant contributions of mining & quarrying, electricity, transport & communication, construction, financial services & community & social services. The economy has thus far been able to register healthy growth rates, with an average rate of around 6.8% over the decade 1985-95. The major growth areas lie within the small modern economy; however there has also been a steady increase in agricultural productivity.
Within the traditional sector an exp&ing range of government development services has helped stimulate increases in production & the gradual development of markets. Due to the relative scarcity of productive plots – less than 8% of total l& area is under cultivation – an emphasis has been placed on the more efficient use of existing areas. An extensive system of agricultural services has made possible significant increases in yields & some diversification of production. With the introduction & promotion of several cash crops, notably fruits & vegetables, the agricultural sector now supplies both domestic & regional markets. However, although nearly every farmer has experienced some benefits, the overall development of the sector is hindered by the perpetuation of traditional subsistence-based modes of production, market constraints, particularly the limited road network, & relatively low l& productivity. Furthermore, strategic emphases on rice production, food self-sufficiency & environmental concerns do not necessarily direct the sector towards its comparative advantages.
The government has been & remains the driving force behind the development of a modern sector of the economy. The state is both the principal producer & source of dem& through infrastructure projects. In the interests of stability & environmental & cultural conservation, many potential markets have yet to be fully exploited. Since 1987 there have been considerable initiatives to develop the private sector into a leading engine for future economic growth. Policies have been implemented which maintain macroeconomic stability while liberalizing the financial system. Public sector industries have been privatized or corporatized. Industrial infrastructure is being developed, in the form of estates & service centers. Special programs have been set up to foster the development of cottage & small industries. However, in spite of such steps, the response from the private sector has currently lagged behind expectations. Most entrepreneurs possess a trading mentality & the modern private sector remains trade rather than industry based. The sector is therefore small, concentrated around the major urban centers, provides few employment opportunities & creates only limited added value.
The government has been very careful & considered in its approach to the macroeconomy. The management of public finance is informed by the priorities of stability & self-reliance. Government expenditure & deficit financing are therefore maintained within acceptable boundaries, &, although dependent on external assistance for capital expenses, recurrent costs are now met from domestic revenues. The Government of India (GOI) has been Bhutan's leading development partner since the start of planned development. The country now receives assistance from around 15 multilateral organizations, 19 individual donor countries, 4 financial institutions & a few non-governmental organizations. In the early 1980s aid amounted to about 50% of GDP. However, with subsequent economic growth, this figure is now below 20%. The policy towards external assistance is guided by the need to avoid excessive dependence. In this sense, the government does not attempt to attract the maximum amount of aid available, favoring the development of longst&ing relationships with non-aligned nations. Nevertheless, given the underdeveloped state of physical infrastructure & the high unit cost of development interventions, significant capital investments are required if the country is to successfully modernize.
Non-tax revenues dominate government income. In this regard, the state possesses considerable advantages derived from its ownership & measured exploitation of the natural resource base. With the current construction of additional hydropower facilities, energy generation will soon treble, & significant further potential remains. The government therefore possesses the ability to exp& future development inputs without generating significant macroeconomic instabilities – through debt financing or increasing the money supply – or placing excessive pressure on the expansion of the tax base. Given the low surpluses within the traditional sector, revenues are predominantly accrued from the modern sector of the economy. However, it will become increasingly important to broaden the tax base & make the tax structure more efficient.
The responsibility for monetary policy lies with the Royal Monetary Authority. The central objectives are to maintain price stability whilst increasing the current level of investment. The inflation rate is currently under 9%, & inflationary pressures are controlled through the establishment of an exchange rate link, pegging the Bhutanese Ngultrum to the Indian Rupee & keeping a tight rein on the money supply. The state currently possesses significant foreign exchange reserves & maintains tight foreign exchange restrictions. There is currently no private foreign direct investment. Excluding grants the current account deficit is approximately 20% of GDP, with about 80% of all trade conducted with India. Gross Domestic Savings have increased appreciably, doubling over the past decade to approximately 30% of GDP. Interest rates are administratively determined, with borrowing rates at 15%. Efforts have been continuing to develop an efficient financial sector. There are now four major financial institutions & fledgling stock & bond markets have been established. However, there is currently a significant gap between interest rates on savings & borrowing & significant excess liquidity within the sector.
To date cautious policies have attempted to bring about a gradual evolution of the economy, whilst focusing attention on developing the social & political foundations upon which such transformations might occur. In this sense, although the economy is an important aspect, it certainly has not achieved political primacy & remains tightly regulated. However, given the fundamental social changes occurring, the ongoing development of a suitable & effective enabling environment will place increasing attention on economic development & structural change. The high initial productivity gains from technology & organizational innovations are now reducing, & focus is swiftly shifting from economic mobilization to efficiency, in both policy & business spheres. Indeed, successful economic development will require the increasing financial efficiency of development policy interventions & the creation of a macroeconomic environment that stimulates private enterprise & guides the restructuring of the economy towards the nation's comparative advantages.
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Perspecta Raises More Than $310,000 for the American Heart Association
By: Perspecta Inc. 31 Jan
Chantilly, Va.— Jan. 31, 2019—Perspecta Inc. (NYSE: PRSP), a leading U.S. government services provider, announced today that it raised more than $310,000 for the American Heart Association's (AHA) 2018 Greater Washington Heart Walk. This fundraising achievement makes Perspecta the largest, single-year fundraising company in history for the Greater Washington Heart Walk.
The team hit the ground running after the company's launch on June 1. Employee populations across the country participated in local heart walks, Perspecta offices held fundraising events and the company held the first annual Perspecta Has Heart Charity Golf Tournament, which raised an impressive $239,000 for the cause.
"I believe it is our responsibility as a company to give back to the communities in which we work and live, and if it wasn't for the extraordinary dedication of our people, upholding our social creed would not be possible," said Mac Curtis, president and chief executive officer of Perspecta. "What our employees did for the American Heart Association in less than six months after we launched the new company is incredible. I could not be more proud of the accomplishments of the entire Perspecta team, and I am confident that we will continue to make a positive impact in the next six months and beyond."
"Congratulations to Perspecta for being the number one fundraiser for the Greater Washington Heart Walk and one of the top companies in the country!" said Soula Antoniou, executive director of the Greater Washington Region American Heart Association. "Dollars raised will fund critical cardiovascular research to support the next big scientific breakthrough. We'd like to thank Perspecta for their dedication and support of the American Heart Association's mission. We are proud to collaborate with them to create a healthier community."
Perspecta's social responsibility program is robust. The company puts the health and wellbeing of its employees and their families first, through partnerships with AHA and other wellness organizations. In collaboration with the American Red Cross, Perspecta employees have also donated more than $75,000 for various hurricane relief efforts. The company is also dedicated to honoring and supporting the men and women of the military through its Home of the Brave campaign, which included providing 950 volunteers and supporting 122 veteran facilities on Veteran's Day. Additionally, Perspecta provides generous fundraising and volunteers to various science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) events throughout the year.
About the American Heart Association
The American Heart Association is a leading force for a world of longer, healthier lives. With nearly a century of lifesaving work, the Dallas-based association is dedicated to ensuring equitable health for all. We are a trustworthy source empowering people to improve their heart health, brain health and well-being. We collaborate with numerous organizations and millions of volunteers to fund innovative research, advocate for stronger public health policies, and share lifesaving resources and information. Connect with us on heart.org, Facebook, Twitter or by calling 1-800-AHA-USA1.
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"With the support of a professional team, fast feedback and a serious attitude," one client explains, "they can also put forward constructive and valuable legal opinions, which can effectively solve problems."
"I feel that Fangda has an extremely professional team in the Chinese market," enthuses one client. "They provide us with very good legal advice and the final quality is extremely high."
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Rivoli Bay Railway Display
Beachport Old Wool and Grain Store Museum
Submitted by Amanda James on Mon, 05/12/2016 - 4:56pm
Beachport Museum, Beachport Branch National Trust South Australia, Community Museums Program grants, Rivoli Bay railway line, South east South Australia, South Australian history
On wet and wild Sunday 30 October The Old Wool and Grain Store Beachport Museum welcomed around 100 people to the launch of a new exhibit about the Rivoli Bay railway line. The museum was supported at the launch by the National Trust Council President, Professor Norman Etherington, the Wattle Range Mayor, Peter Gandolfi, Kalangadoo Railway Station Museum Manager, Peter Savage, and all the museum volunteers. Part funding for the project cam from the History Trust of South Australia.
Over 3 years, a team of 2 museum volunteers researched and produced the 77 year history of this narrow-gauge railway line (3ft 6 ins ) from Mt Gambier to Beachport, with much of the information gathered relating to Beachport. With an avid interest in trains form their childhood, researchers Rhonda Burleigh and Kerry Oschar set off to visit the lines' railway stations, train museums, interview locals who grew up with the steam and diesel trains and gather information from all sources available. There was a marvellous collection of photos within our museum and these have been incorporated into the panel work along with the researchers own photographs. The panel work required the information gathered to be graphically illustrated and Leah Hamilton of Beachport was employed for this job. She produced the nine panels on display.
This project has been incorporated into an area of the museum that still has the railway track entering from the spur line built in 1879 and there are relics from the train era on display. The original train smoke is still aloft and the two original jetty trolleys display trunks and cases that were used for travelling on ships, steamers and the train. The jetty trade relied on the daily train as did the passengers going to and from Adelaide .The train era opened up the lower South East to settlers, businesses and farmers and it was also the beginning of the township of Beachport.
The official opening was conducted within the museum and Chairperson Lorraine Williams welcomed Norman Etherington to ring the original Beachport railway station bell three times. Guest speakers included Frank Corigliano who discussed the Beachport trains during the 1940s and Yvonne Sargeant who talked about her childhood memories in early 1950 in Beachport. Peter Savage displayed some of his railway collection just for the day and relayed some stories of his job as a S.A.R. employee at Kalangadoo. His surprise donation of the original Beachport railway station stamp was gratefully accepted by the museum where it will be placed in the railway glass cabinet display.
The mayor, representing the Wattle Range Council also spoke a few words in support of the museum's innovative progress and after all the formalities, the public were invited to view the museum at their leisure and participate in the afternoon tea in the old cinema which was provided by the museum volunteers. The visitors were able to view a before and after 1900 plan of the Beachport railway yard, along with observing and using the new audio/visual touch screen unit contained within an original travelling trunk. The four components on the screen offer other interesting train information that is not on the display panels.
The museum members were just overwhelmed by the support of the public and would like to say thank you. Your local history will be recorded for the future at our historic 138 year old building.
Story contributed by Rhonda Burleigh, Beachport Museum.
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USA Today reports that retailer giant, Amazon, is on track to launch an online wholesale vendor in 2014, which will challenge warehouse stores like Costco and Sam's Club.
Speculation Surrounds Possible New Amazon Store 'Pantry'
It is suggested that Amazon will announce a brand new online service, tentatively called 'Pantry', which will supposedly carry "2,000 products typically found in the center of grocery stores, such as cleaning supplies, kitchen paper rolls, canned goods like pet food, dry grocery items like cereal and some beverages".
Sources say that those who are currently Amazon Prime members would be able shop to fill up a specifically sized box up with Pantry goods and have them delivered.
Amazon has not yet commented on the report, leaving some speculation as to the accuracy of the rumor. As the recent uproar over drone delivery service has shown, Amazon is already experimenting with new ideas and has likely kicked the idea of 'Pantry' around, however, the reality of such a store is yet to be seen.
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By Travis Northup
As a longtime fan of the Ace Attorney games, I was both excited and nervous when I first heard about The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles. I love Phoenix Wright and friends, and just couldn't imagine playing an Ace Attorney game that was so completely detached from everything I've known and loved about the series. How foolish I was to doubt the masterminds at Capcom. With an interesting new setting, a fresh cast of memorable characters, and a whole slew of original mechanics, this duology of courtroom clashes is another must-play entry in the beloved series.
The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles takes place in the late 19th century during a pivotal moment between Japan and the British Empire. As a rookie attorney, you travel to London in an effort to learn the ways of their modern legal system and as a sort of cultural exchange between the nations. You play as newcomer to the series, Ryunosuke Naruhodo, a distant ancestor of the titular Phoenix Wright, who has a surprising amount in common with the fabled lawyer we've known for two decades. As he goes from novice to masterful defense attorney, you get to immerse yourself in the awesome new setting of 19th century London and take on some of the best cases the series has ever had. It's seriously unbelievable how much these games keep topping themselves.
The new setting, characters, and story represent quite a bold departure from what we've ever seen from the series, but one that ends up working really well and serves as a refreshing opportunity for a whole new slew of characters to take the spotlight all at once. Unfortunately there are some cases where that opportunity isn't taken full advantage of, like how Ryunosuke and Susato have quite a lot in common with Phoenix and Maya from the other games. Personally, I wish they'd have made them completely different from the characters in the mainline games instead of almost recreating their personalities.
As with previous entries on the Ace Attorney series, you spend most of your time in The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles investigating crime scenes, interviewing suspects and witnesses, and hashing things out in court. It features the same great, over-the-top writing and quirky characters you'd come to expect. True to form, Chronicles has truly memorable cases and standout characters. While Ryunosuke Naruhodo and Susato Mikotoba mostly serve as straight-laced punching bags to the otherwise insane cast of characters, newcomers Herlock Sholmes and his assistant Iris Wilson serve as sometimes brilliant detectives who are also highly error prone and jump to conclusions in ways that keep you guessing if they're geniuses or just completely unhinged.
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And of course, we get an absolutely brilliant new antagonist that lives up to the stellar history of success that the Ace Attorney series has enjoyed. Baron van Zieks (AKA the Grim Reaper of the Old Bailey) is a truly memorable opponent that you'll square off against in the vast majority of cases. He looks like royal British aristocracy mixed with just a pinch of Castlevania vampire and puts his feet up on the prosecution bench, swishes around a chalice of wine, and is an absolutely perfect foil for Ryunosuke. Like many antagonists in the Ace Attorneys series, it becomes difficult not to love him very quickly, even as he viciously tears apart your arguments and is generally a very rude guy.
But in addition to doing all the things that Ace Attorney has always done well, Chronicles also brings some new features to the courtroom that help break up the formula to mixed results. One stellar addition is the Dance of Deduction, which features the loveable goof Herlock Sholmes dancing around the crime scene making observations that are sometimes clever and usually completely stupid. After he makes his farfetched claims it's up to you to wade through his haphazard conjecture and make adjustments until you uncover the truth. Aside from being really entertaining and stylish, the Dance of Deduction also solves one of the major issues with Ace Attorney games: investigation pales in comparison to court cases and often feels like extended lulls to the courtroom drama and revelations. I actually found myself looking forward to doing battle with Herlock during investigations rather than trying to get to the courtroom as quickly as possible and that's no small feat.
On the other hand, Chronicles also adds courtroom jury panels, which is an interesting idea, but mostly just serves as some extra fluff and padding to courtroom sequences. This isn't the first time we've seen juries used in the Ace Attorney series; in fact, they played a pretty major role in the Apollo Justice game. But unlike in Apollo Justice they're now fleshed out as a full minigame sandwiched in between some of the beefier courtroom battles. Now, instead of just worrying about the judge, you also must persuade a panel of jurors of your client's innocence in segments called Summation Examination.
In key moments of a trial, each juror will give their current opinion on the case and point out key factors that might be able to shift their opinion, giving you a chance to re-evaluate the facts and occasionally stumble upon new facts and story developments that set up the next phase of the courtroom drama. Sometimes this is a nice change of pace with some clever puzzles to solve, but most of the time it really just drags out already significantly lengthy courtroom proceedings with more wacky characters you've gotta win over. It's not actively bad by any stretch of the imagination, and in some cases actually works into the narrative in interesting ways, but largely they're something many cases probably could have done without.
Chronicles also draws on a fairly unlikely source: the Ace Attorney/Professor Layton crossover, which borrows that game's feature of having multiple witnesses on the stand at the same time. This helps add some much needed variety to cross examination, as you can now watch how non-speaking characters react to someone else's statements, then press them on the issue to uncover new information. It's a minor addition, but one that gives the otherwise straightforward process of pressing people and presenting evidence a bit more nuance.
The biggest problem with all the logic puzzles in Chronicles won't be a surprise to veteran players though: most of the time the solution is just too obvious. There are exceptions of course, especially in each game's latter cases, but it's not uncommon to be several steps ahead of each of the characters as they peel back layer after layer to get to the truth. This can lead to some frustrating parts where you're not sure which piece of evidence to present, because you're already way ahead of the characters' current understanding of the sequence of events. But like I said, this isn't a new problem to the series and ones that fans (myself included) are likely to be quick to forgive.
The Great Ace Attorney is a duology that any fan of the series should play and also serves as a great entry point for newcomers. Whether it's the great new story and characters, the high quality slate of cases, or the new mechanics that help break the usual mold of the series, there's very little to dislike about this fantastic spinoff.
Story and characters are largely awesome
Some of the best cases in the series
New mechanics are mostly successful
The new protagonist is a bit of a Phoenix clone
The jury system is mostly fluff
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We're not really into desserts but occasionally make meringues for guests. Recently we had some left over and used a grate of blackberries to make a boozy sauce to stir through them with some whipped cream. Avoid the temptation to over-mix as this looks prettiest when the components are lightly swirled together.
Put about three-quarters of the blackberries into a pan with the sugar and cook over a low heat for a few minutes until the sugar has dissolved and the blackberries are starting to soften. Add the liqueur. Allow to cool before stirring in the reserved blackberries.
Break the meringues into a large bowl and mix in the whipped cream. Swirl some of the blackberry sauce into the meringue mixture then divide into 6 bowls. Spoon the rest of the blackberry sauce over the individual dishes.
We're getting late in the strawberry season, so they're both cheaper and have great flavour. This is an easy ice cream by Diana Henry with a texture similar to sorbet. Great on its own but we also loved this with some rich chocolate truffle ice cream laced with rum.
Remove the green tops from the strawberries, then slice and put into a bowl with half the sugar and the seeds from the vanilla pod. Leave to sit for half an hour.
Pour the fruit and all its juice into a food processor with the remaining sugar and whizz to a purée. Push the purée through a nylon sieve to remove the strawberry seeds. Mix with buttermilk, sour cream & salt.
If you have an ice cream machine you can churn in that or alternatively transfer to a shallow container and put straight into the freezer. You will need to churn it manually by putting back into the food processor after an hour, then twice more at 2 hour intervals. The ice cream must be covered with a lid or cling film in between churning and when you store it.
Remove the ice cream from the freezer about 10 minutes before serving to allow soften a bit.
This is hedonistically rich and full of flavour; Jono thought it was devine and Julie thought it was all a bit much. A conversation piece at least to end your next Middle Eastern feast.
Whizz 150g of the pistachios with the sugar in a food processor until finely ground.
Put the milk, cream, honey, orange blossom water and the pistachio mixture in a saucepan and bring to a gentle boil. Simmer gently for 20-25 minutes or until reduced by a quarter. Keep stirring to prevent it boiling over. Set aside and leave to cool.
Chop the remaining pistachios. Add the evaporated milk to the cooled mixture and stir in the grated orange rind and chopped pistachios. Mix well, then chill in the fridge overnight (or for a minimum of 2 hours).
Pour the chilled mixture into an ice cream machine and churn for 25-30 minutes. If you don't have an ice cream machine, pour the mixture into a large shallow container and freeze for 2 hours. Remove the container from the freezer and fork through to break down the ice crystals, then freeze again until firm.
This would probably have been more useful a few weeks ago when you still had some panettone leftover from Christmas. Much fancier than the standard version!
Preheat the oven to 160C/gas 4/fan 140C.
Grease an 850ml baking dish with a little butter.
Cut the panettone into wedges and butter the slices lightly with the remaining butter. Cut the slices in half and arrange in the dish with the buttered side up.
Whisk together the eggs, cream, milk, vanilla extract and sugar and pour evenly over the panettone.
Put the dish in a roasting tin and pour hot water around to a depth of about 2.5cm.
Bake for 35 minutes or until just set and browned on top. Dust with icing sugar and serve with whipped cream.
We find Rick Stein exceptionally reliable and when we needed a dessert for entertaining thought we'd give his recipe a go. Unsurprisingly they worked a treat and the result was a silkly, rich, and indulgent pot of chocolate to finish a meal with friends.
Wine Suggestion: Chocolate is notoriously difficult to pair with wine so we'd probably skip the wine altogether and go for a liqueur to complement this dish – Grand Marnier, Cointreau, Whiskey… choose your poison.
Break the chocolate into a heatproof bowl and melt over a pan of just-simmering water. Remove and stir until smooth, then stir in the softened butter and egg yolks.
Put the cream, milk and sugar into a small pan, bring to the boil and then stir into the chocolate.
Pour the mix into six 100ml receptacles (we used small glasses but you could also use espresso cups or ramekins) and leave somewhere cold to set, but don't refrigerate.
Decorate the pots with a little quenelle of crème fraîche and dust with cocoa powder to serve.


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(born 1965). American businessman Michael Dell was the founder and CEO of Dell, Inc. The company was one of the world's leading sellers of personal computers (PCs).
Dell was born on February 23, 1965, in Houston, Texas. He started his business in 1984, while he was still a freshman at the University of Texas at Austin. With $1,000 in start-up capital, he ran the business from a dormitory room, providing customized upgrades for PCs. The company was initially called PCs Limited. By the second half of his freshman year, Dell had sold $80,000 worth of computer equipment. He dropped out of college at age 19 to run his company full-time. In 1985 the company began selling PCs based on Dell's own design. Renamed Dell Computer Corporation, the company went public in 1988. It was later renamed Dell, Inc., when the product line expanded to include other consumer electronics products.
Dell's business philosophy was to gain PC market share through a combination of cutting costs, reducing delivery time, and providing excellent customer service. To do so, Dell hired experienced executives, both to fill jobs in the company and to act as personal mentors. He emphasized direct sales outside the usual retail outlets. In 1992 Dell became the youngest CEO in history to have his firm enter Fortune magazine's list of the top 500 corporations. Dell began selling computers online in 1996, and online sales helped the company become the largest seller of PCs in the United States in 1999. In his book Direct from Dell: Strategies That Revolutionized an Industry (1999), Dell outlined the story of the company's development and provided general business strategies.
In 2004 Dell stepped down as CEO of the company, but he remained chairman of the board. He served on the Foundation Board of the World Economic Forum and on the executive committee of the International Business Council. He also was on the U.S. President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology and sat on the governing board of the Indian School of Business in Hyderabad, India.
In 2006 Dell, Inc., experienced several setbacks, including a major recall and a customer service division struggling with complaints. In that year, Dell, Inc., lost the title of world's largest PC manufacturer to Hewlett-Packard. In response, Dell was reinstated as CEO in 2007 to oversee Dell 2.0, a far-reaching overhaul of the company. He later sought to further transform the company while taking it back as a private enterprise. In 2013 Dell and the investment firm Silver Lake Partners won shareholder approval to buy Dell, Inc., for $24.9 billion.
In 1999 Dell and his wife, Susan, formed the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation. Through the foundation, Dell used some of his personal wealth to help children around the world by focusing on health, education, safety, youth development, and early childhood care. The foundation gave millions of dollars to help victims of the 2004 tsunami in southern Asia; in 2006 it donated $50 million to the University of Texas at Austin.


TORONTO, ONTARIO – According to a new research report by the market research and strategy consulting firm, Global Market Insights, Inc, penetration of AI technologies in the retail market will exceed 8 billion USD by 2024. The AI in retail market is driven by increasing investments across the globe. This growing interest can be attributed to the wide applications of machine learning, predictive analytics, and deep learning. Furthermore, AI is set to unleash the next phase of the digital disruption in retail – and the major players in the sector are ramping up their digitalization efforts as a result.
With a storied history in the AI and data analytics space, the founder and CEO of Daisy Intelligence, Gary Saarenvirta, is today working at the forefront of the disruption taking place globally in retail. He attended Geoffrey Hinton's seminal lectures on neural networks over twenty-five years ago, was one of the four first users worldwide of IBM's data mining technology, and has trained hundreds of data consultants around the world. In 2003, Saarenvirta saw that, in order to deliver profit to enterprise, analytic use cases needed to be automated with intelligent systems. That's when he founded Daisy Intelligence.
Following the 2016 launch of two solutions for autonomous decisionmaking in retail merchandise planning and in insurance fraud detection, Daisy Intelligence are today focused on one fundamental deliverable for their retail clients: net income growth. Ahead of his participation in The AI Summit London, we sat down with Saarenvirta to discuss the pitfalls, challenges, and future of AI in retail – and explore what other industry verticals can ultimately stand to learn from the sector.
Why pay attention to AI in retail? What can other industry verticals learn from the sector?
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La saison 2002-2003 du championnat de France de Pro A de basket-ball est la  du championnat de France de basket-ball, la  depuis la création de la LNB.

Le championnat de Pro A de basket-ball est le plus haut niveau du championnat de France.

Seize clubs participent à la compétition. À la fin de la saison régulière, les équipes classées de 1 à 8 sont automatiquement qualifiées pour les quarts de finale des playoffs. Le vainqueur de ces playoffs est désigné Champion de France. L'équipe classée  de Pro A à l'issue de la saison régulière du championnat, descend en Pro B. Elle est remplacée par le club champion de France de Pro B. L'équipe classée  de Pro A à l'issue de la saison régulière du championnat dispute les barrages avec les équipes classées de 2 à 8 en Pro B.

En raison du passage de 16 à 18 clubs lors de la prochaine saison 2003-2004, il n'y a pas d'équipe reléguée à l'issue de cette saison. Strasbourg, , est donc repêché. Roanne et Vichy ont rejoint la Pro A à l'issue de la saison 2001-2002. Le tenant du titre, l'ASVEL, va essayer de conserver son titre.

La saison régulière a débuté le 5 octobre 2002 et s'est terminée le 24 mai 2003. Pau-Orthez a remporté le championnat pour la huitième fois de son histoire en battant en finale le tenant du titre l'ASVEL en trois manches.

Clubs participants

Classement final de la saison régulière

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Détail des matches de la saison régulière

Playoffs

Le match aller se joue chez l'équipe la moins bien classée lors de la saison régulière, le match retour et la belle éventuelle chez l'équipe la mieux classée lors de la saison régulière.

Leaders de la saison régulière

Récompenses individuelles

Laurent Sciarra (Paris) et Dragan Lukovski (Pau-Orthez) ont été élus MVP français et étranger selon le référendum L'Équipe établi auprès des journalistes.

Notes et références

Voir aussi
 Semaine des As 2003
 All-Star Game LNB 2002
 Pro A (basket-ball)

Lien externe
  Site officiel de la LNB

2002-2003
Basket-ball M1
France M1
France Pro A 2002-2003
France Pro A 2002-2003

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Почему в Лазарусе до сих пор нет заголовочников для GDI+ / Gdiplus / GDI Plus ?
Вот пишу я тут кое-что для Windows - понадобилось использовать [ GDI+ | Gdiplus | Gdip | GDI Plus ] - а его и нету!
Да мне и не нужны обёртки в виде всяких классов/интерфейсов, мне нужен только Flat GDI+! Объявления типов, макросов и функций. И всё!
Это же часть WinAPI! Почему нету заголовков?!
Re: Почему в Лазарусе до сих пор нет заголовочников для GDI+ / Gdiplus / GDI Plus ?
Here I am writing something for Windows - I needed to use [GDI | Gdiplus | Gdip | GDI Plus] - and it's not there!
Yes, I do not need wrappers in the form of any classes interfaces, I need only Flat GDI! Declarations of types, macros, and functions. And that's it!
This is part of WinAPI! Why are there no headlines ?!
I am writing something for Windows - and I need to use [ GDI+ | Gdiplus | Gdip | GDI Plus ] - and there is no headers in Lazarus!
I do not need classes/interfaces wrappers. I need only "flat GDI+"! Declarations of types, macros, and functions.
This is part of WinAPI! Why are there no headers?!
Please, add it into LCL!
Topic: 6423.0: GDI plus in Lazarus? - dead link.
Topic: 15746.0: Is it possible to uses GDI+PLUS With lazarus? - no information.
Topic: 22085.0: GDI+ Library - dead link & old attach.
> Это же часть WinAPI! Почему нету заголовков?!
Потому и нету (я так думаю), что код который работает только на Windows, для Lazarus (являющийся кроссплатформенным) являет малую ценность/приоритет. Так, только в качестве дополнения, в частном порядке, и уж никак не в LCL.
Handoko дал тебе ссылки на темы, там есть вложение .rar, обнови, дополни, выложи, поможешь другим заинтересованным.
P.S. А зачем тебе вообще gdiplus?
It is not. "GDI" is winapi, GDI+ is an additional library introduced with Windows XP.
The LCL is a GDI backend library.
So what that it is old? So is gdiplus?
that old attach works perfectly for me. I'm using it to add support for gdi+ in a number of components. Did you tried it and had problems?
It is not "additional", it is "OS subsystem". Yeah, it is "new library introduced...". But it is OS part. Just new part. Like "Userenv.dll", like "Magnification.dll", like "Advapi32.dll".
Contrariwise, function AlphaBlend() or GradientFill() is not part of GDI32, it is from additional library "Msimg32.dll" introduced with/for IE. But it is declared in Lazarus.
Didn't get your words about together/realistic, sorry.
and is notoriously slow and buggy.
erm... GDI+ is not slow. GDI32 is slow. I have checked. Also, GDI+ supports highest quality than GDI32.
I have ever faced the only one bug: with GdipCreateHBITMAPFromBitmap() from a JPG image.
Well, afaik gdiplus was meant to be the graphical backend of Winforms originally. That's why it contains duplicates with GDI while those other subsystems that you name do not.
If you look carefully, it is declared in Jedi libs, not in the core headers.
I do have to confess most of my experience was from XP times.
I did one for KOL. Still works.
... it is declared in Jedi libs, not in the core headers.
So... Let's paraphrase my "Please, add it into LCL!" as "Please, add it into Jedi libs!".
Is it "GDIPVER>=0x0110"? Where can I get the latest version? Thanks!


When it was released, this book seemed to cause quite a stir and wherever the cover appeared, a deluge of praise wasn't too far behind. And so it was with high expectations that I finally started reading The Name of the Star on the plane to America. It was with high expectations that I read through the first few chapters and the first gory appearance of an apparent victim of Jack the Ripper. As the chapters went by, those expectations held until I realised that I was about half way through and was still expecting something great, rather than reading something great.
Fortunately, scattered throughout Rory's boarding school trials and tribulations are some pretty gory murders. Johnson does a tremendous job of describing a London gripped by fear and confusion and I particularly liked how she highlighted the role of the media frenzy in creating and sustaining hysteria. There are occasionally very small chapters told from the perspective of a relevant expert (an expert in the history of Jack the Ripper and the woman that designed the CCTV system that fails to catch the current killer etc.) and I wish that there had been more of them. For better or worse, there is something morbidly fascinating about the Victorian menace and I would have enjoyed The Name of the Star if more had been made of the historical aspects that were often mentioned in passing.
Much though I don't relish descriptions of disembowelments, it was a shame when the tense atmosphere was shattered. I won't say too much more (because it's really hard to without getting spoiler-y) but ultimately I came away feeling disappointed that such a superb idea eventually became quite generic, lacklustre romantic sub-plot and all: A serial killer seemingly mimicking Jack the Ripper is on the loose: what do you do? Why, break out of the apparently safe building that you're in and sneak around in the dark to see a boy that you barely know, of course! REALLY, RORY?! Really.
Overall: Sort of recommended to the older end of the YA market – I don't doubt that I would have loved this when I was a teenager and going through a Point Horror phase and eagerly awaited the next instalment, The Madness Underneath, set for release in March 2013. As it is, I probably won't be seeking it out because I'm not hugely fond of the direction that the series looks to be going in but if someone could let me know how things pan out, that'd be swell.


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Reddit Conspiracy: What is r/conspiracy, Reddit's Conspiracy Forum?
There's a lot more going on.
While the outrageous antics of image boards 4chan and 8chan have surpassed it in some ways, Reddit conspiracy forum r/Conspiracy continues to be one most popular outlets for discussion and dissemination of conspiracy theories.
The forum has made national headlines both for the conspiracy theories it has spawned and for many of its most prolific posters. Some of whom, perhaps unsurprisingly, believe the forum itself is the victim of a conspiracy to censor it.
Reddit is a huge site, and very intimidating for novice users. Within that, r/Conspiracy itself can be overwhelming. Sometimes, the top posts have nothing to do with conspiracy theories. Some posts are paper-thin attempts to prop up President Trump, some are efforts to deflate that, and others are veiled anti-Semitic or Islamophobic rants.
Here are some basic questions and answers about r/Conspiracy–but the only way to know for sure is to go there yourself.
Not as big as one might think, given its outsized profile. The forum has about 617,000 subscribers. That sound like a lot, but doesn't rank in the top 125 of most subscribed subreddits, according to redditlist.com. The most subscribed Reddit forum is r/funny, with over 19 million subscribers.
Is it the only forum for Reddit conspiracy theories?
Far from it. There are subreddits for every conspiracy flavor, including 9/11 truthers, UFO discussions, societal collapse, social media shills, and military takeover conspiracies. There's even a second r/Conspiracy for conspiracy discussions free from politics, called r/ConspiracyII.
But the main forum is the biggest, by far.
What are the politics of r/Conspiracy?
It changes over time, but right now, r/Conspiracy leans heavily toward supporting Donald Trump. During the run-up to the 2016 election the forum was overflowing with conspiracy theories involving Hillary Clinton, particularly false claims about her health, her finances, and that she was planning to rig the election.
Support for Trump has ebbed somewhat in the past year, and the main page of the forum currently has multiple popular threads criticizing Trump and his administration. But there's an enormous amount of crossover between r/Conspiracy and r/the_donald, likely the most fervently pro-Trump thread on Reddit. One website analyzed r/the_donald posts by heavy r/Conspiracy users and found that over 50% of r/Conspiracy posters had made extensive use of r/the_donald as well.
Naturally, even the frequent crossover between the two subreddits became fodder for a conspiracy theory that the forum was actually being taken over by bots run by r/the_donald users. Some users are also just generally fed up with r/Conspiracy becoming too political in general, and lacking in conspiracy theory content.
What are some of the most common accusations of r/Conspiracy threads?
Despite its users' political differences, r/Conspiracy tends to unite on a few things. There is a general distrust of government, central banks, police, major media companies, social media, and pharmaceutical/food companies.
There's also a general feeling that Reddit is censored or manipulated by either its own moderators or by outside political forces. The most popular post in r/Conspiracy's history does just does that, reposting the video of conservative-leaning Sinclair Media local news anchors reading a script decrying "fake stories" that was taken down from the front page of Reddit multiple times.
R/Conspiracy users are especially critical of "official stories" regarding major tragedies, such as mass shootings.
The site was a hotbed of conspiracy accusations against the survivors of the Parkland, Florida shooting—though opinions on what actually happened during the shooting were divided. And there are currently a number of popular threads questioning what "really" happened in the recent gas attack in Syria, which has generally been accepted as carried out by Syrian president Bashar al-Assad against his own people.
Finally, there are a number of threads in support of other popular conspiracy theories, particularly the accusations of rampant pedophilia contained in "Pizzagate" and its offshoot "The Storm," though a subreddit devoted entirely to Pizzagate was deleted by Reddit after the private information of supposed (and not at all confirmed) pedophiles was posted in it.
What can we learn from the most popular Reddit conspiracy theories?
Politically, the site's top posts of all time are all over the place. There are a number of top posts attacking Hillary Clinton and the DNC, even accusing Democratic leaders of ordering DNC employee Seth Rich shot in the back either to protect or avenge Hillary Clinton's candidacy.
But several others reached the top attacking Trump or his administration's members. The second-highest ranked post in the site's history is a jab at Sean Hannity claiming waterboarding was so safe he'd undergo it, then going back on his promise – which is not actually a conspiracy theory.
There are multiple top threads attacking conspiracy theories related to the war on drugs, the FCC, CNN, Facebook, and Congress. There's a lot of support for Bernie Sanders, but also for Ron Paul—two diametrically opposed politicians, but both held in high regard by conspiracy theorists.
Many top r/Conspiracy posts are devoted to what users perceive as a war between Reddit's moderators and its users. The forum's most popular post criticizes Reddit for taking down a video that was critical of a conservative media conglomerate. There are a number of other posts that attack Reddit mods for editing or deleting comments and allowing powerful interests like Saudi royals, the DNC, or major banks to manipulate Reddit.
Censorship and conspiracies involving Reddit in general, and r/Conspiracy in particular, are so popular that they encompass their own subreddit – r/subredditcancer. For anyone not embroiled in the drama, it's all hopelessly obtuse and insular.
It's not all over the place, but it's there. Anti-semitism runs deep in the conspiracy theory movement and has for centuries. So it's no surprise that distrust and loathing of Jews is part of r/Conspiracy. Forum moderators have been accused of being openly anti-Semitic, and there are countless examples of threads attacking "the Jewish media" or praising Adolf Hitler.
Holocaust denial is a frequent topic for Redditors who call it a made up story, a hoax, or an exaggeration. Hatred of Israel is also common on r/conspiracy, with Jews or the Israel lobby put at the center of a wide range of conspiracies and plots against either Christians or the U.S. government.
So is r/Conspiracy worth going to if you're a conspiracy buff?
That depends entirely on what you're hoping to get out of it. Like the rest of Reddit, r/Conspiracy is a firehose of unmoderated posting, with very little done to keep it at bay. If you're looking to keep ahead of conspiracy theories and see what's popular, it can be useful. But you can also easily sink into circular arguments.
And like all of Reddit, it can be a lot to take in at once. Ultimately, you'll only get out of it what you choose to put in.


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Demons of the Mind (1972) – DVD Review
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Written by Christopher Wicking
Directed by Peter Sykes
Starring Paul Jones, Patrick Magee, Yvonne Mitchell, Robert Hardy, Gillian Hills, Shane Briant, Michael Horden, Virginia Wetherell
Commentary by director Peter Sykes, writer Christopher Wicking, and actress Virginia Wetherell and moderated by journalist Jonathon Sothcott
Released by: Anchor Bay.
Anamorphic: Yes .
My Advice: Rent it.
There is fear and death in the dark German woods. The local baron, Zorn (Hardy), has become obsessed with stopping his family's curse of forbidden desires and an all-consuming bloodlust. He believes the curse consumed his wife and caused her to commit suicide in front of their children. He keeps his son Emil (Briant) and daughter Elizabeth (Hills) locked in separate rooms, constantly drugged and bled to suppress their attraction for each other. The baron has even gone so far as to bring the brilliant but disgraced Doctor Falkenberg (Magee) to cure his children. But as young girls in the nearby village are being murdered and a half-mad priest (Horden) is screaming about evil in their midst, it can be only a matter of time before all are threatened by the Demons of the Mind.
In the early 70s, the infamous British film company, Hammer Studios, saw that their horror movies with vampires and demons weren't pulling in the box office. So they decided to go the psycho route with human monsters driven by madness instead of the supernatural. This movie can be seen as a bridge between the two styles with a serial killer on the loose as the main villain, but having all the trappings of Gothic horror: a decaying manor house, a corrupted noble family, a young ingénue in peril, even a torch wielding mob. This type of genre demands overacting from its cast and you get scene chewing in all its bombastic glory.
From the piteous moaning of Gillian Hills to the half-crazed pronouncements of Robert Hardy, everyone gives an appropriately broad performance. The problem is that under the bombast, there's no solid character work to support it. So instead of epic and sweeping passions, it just seems hammy. It's good ham, but it's not steak. The story is quite tame by modern standards, but with its hints of unbridled lust and depraved sex, it must have been quite risqué at the time of its release. But all the teasing with no payoff will irritate most modern viewers. The plot also had too many extraneous elements and it weighs the movie down. For what it is, a "B" horror movie, it's not that bad. Just don't expect too much from it.
In addition to the trailer for the film, we have a commentary by several people involved with the film: director Peter Sykes, writer Christopher Wicking, and Virginia Wetherell who played Inge, the village prostitute. With journalist Jonathon Sothcott, they talk about how they were trying something to liven up the standard Hammer formula without losing what had made it successful in the first place. They also did a fair amount of research into this script and even had an antique scarificator used to bleed patients on set as well as a replica of a device to encourage hypnotic states. What is interesting about this commentary is that the group, while giving out praise in general, does point out problems.
One was that Hardy never really took his part seriously and his performance lacked the commitment the other actors are said to have. Wetherell even tells how Hammer tried to take publicity stills of her during her nude scene in the film. She refused and even walked off the set when she wouldn't go along. It's nice to hear some honesty in a commentary track.
The novelty of the commentary track coupled with a decent flick makes Demons of the Mind worth a rental.
Buy it from Amazon.
Buy other Hammer Films stuff from Amazon.
The film's IMDB entry.
Hammer Films' official website.
Hammer Films' Wikipedia entry.
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As part of her residency at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television (UCLA TFT), join Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paula Vogel, the School's inaugural Hearst Theater Lab Distinguished Visiting Playwright-in-Residence, on Wednesday, June 5, as she presents director Michelle Memran's film The Rest I Make Up, a 2018 documentary about award-winning experimental playwright and director María Irene Fornés.
Fornés, a Cuban-American playwright who began her career in the early 1960s in New York City, was known for her passionate, unrelenting and empathetic investigation of the human condition, particularly the way personal relationships were shaped by economic conditions. She passed away in 2018 at the age of 88.
Director Memran began interviewing Fornés on-camera in 2003, capturing her iconoclastic personality, approach to art and leadership role in the off-off-Broadway movement of the 1960s. Fornés was as famous for her teaching as she was for her writing and in The Rest I Make Up, she shares her methodology for tapping into the unconscious creativity that fueled her ferocious work.
After the screening, Vogel will be in conversation with Memran and UCLA TFT Associate Dean Edit Villarreal. A reception follows.
This event is co-sponsored by the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television and the L.A. Playwrights Union.
RSVP for this free event on Eventbrite.
Praise for The Rest I Make Up:
"Intimate and exhilarating… Fornés exerts a hypnotic force of stardom, while her offhanded yet urgent remarks resound with life-tested literary authority." — The New Yorker
"The film's overarching theme of life's ephemeral nature paired with the deep friendship and vital creativity that percolates between this young writer-turned-filmmaker and the iconic playwright offer a much-needed and refreshingly loving take on aging and illness." — Artburst Miami
"An enduring portrait of an artist who defied expectations right until the end." — Vogue
"A story of spontaneity, creativity, genius and madness. It showcases the life, inspiration and virtuosity of Fornes." — Miami Herald
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Lunch Break Fiction
Hagler had never needed much training. He was naturally smart yet low-key and without much inclination for chasing squirrels or capturing his own tail. A brisk, morning walk, maybe a few sniffs and scents before business, and Hagler was ready to curl up and nod off. Hagler loved nothing more than napping in the shafts of sunlight on the floor. His snoring was as common a sound in the flat as a turn of the page in Winston's book.
Winston was fifty-five when he brought Hagler home. A mystery mix with the head of a lab but the bushy tail and shaggy haunches of a cocker spaniel. From the start, it was as though they agreed not to be too much trouble to each other.
Now at nine and sixty-three, some had noticed a resemblance between man and dog. Winston's son joked how both dog and man were both skeptics. Hagler was never one to go leaping off the couch at the first promise of a treat or bone, just as Winston never dropped what he was doing if the phone rang. Both had taken on some gray in their years together. Hagler's once shiny black coat had begun to show signs of age, just as Winston's hair, starting to thin, glittered silver like a river in the sun.
Nine years together. A blink to Winston. A lifetime for Hagler. Their routine was earnest. Coffee, breakfast, a trot around Dumont park before setting in for a long, stretched out nap. Winston's townhome was near the lake, but the lake had been appropriated by several flocks of ill-mannered geese who honked and bullied pedestrians for snacks and then shit without remorse along the bank.
That left the park. Only now the park was being rediscovered. No longer a peaceful retreat into nature with an occasional jogger or biker, the park had been overhauled as part of the city's fight against obesity. The small playgrounds were stripped of anything metal or wood and refitted with bright, rubbery equipment that to Winston at least, belonged in a food court or some other kind of hell.
The result was that, like the library, the park had become a noisy, scheduled place. No longer a refuge or sanctuary, a place to read or catch a nap, it was now overrun by s new breed of parents. Wild eyed and fervent, they arrived in droves, leaping from minivans and Subaru's with bike racks and kayaks and sacks of soccer balls and off road strollers. They coddled and explained, they had accessories for everything. They even gave muggers pause with their brash rebranding.
And the kids. Worse than the asshole geese. On more than one occasion, one of these pint-sized terrorists approached Hagler with sticky hands and demented stares, as though he were only at the park for their benefit. Winston stood aghast as the over caffeinated parents took pictures. One had even waved him out of the shot.
Winston had tried to sound stern when giving warning that his dog may bite. This was met with laughter as Hagler had retreated behind as the children closed in and the cameras flashed.
Afterwards, Winston tried a different route but this too proved costly. The bikers, out at all hours, evening and morning, whizzing past them in packs. Winston jumped and ducked and eventually had to be coaxed out from the trees where the Frisbee golfers shouted them down for getting in the way. From there they'd escaped to the baseball fields so that Hagler could take a decent shit in peace.
So it was purely by chance that Winston and Hagler discovered the dog park. They were merely retreating farther into nature, towards the back corner behind the tennis courts when they saw the fence.
Hagler had never been much on social gatherings. He'd once mounted a standard size poodle on the beach, to the horror of the women and children looking on, something Winston chalked up to the margarita Hagler had lapped up on the boardwalk. But with the park was closing in on them—bikers and joggers and a rain barrel workshop in the parking lot, the rabid pack of four-year-old's on the soccer pitch—Winston clicked the leash on the dog's collar and they shuffled to the dog park to have a look.
A prison yard would have been more comforting.
Dogs with sweaters, bows, vest, even one with a bow tie. Bells and ribbons. Hagler snuffled at Winston, but it was too late. A conversation had stopped. Heads turned. They'd been spotted.
Hagler's copper eyes did the talking. Do not make me go in there.
Winston fiddled with the leash. All instincts told him to turn and fight through the pitfalls of the park rather than go into the terror dome. But Winston felt pressed by social contracts, manners, an innate compulsion to enter. He unlocked Hagler's leash and opened the gate.
A lunatic terrier came romping along, plunging his nose into Hagler's haunches the way one might stuff a foot in a boot. Hagler's eyes widened as his hind legs were sent over his head. He let out a whimper and scrambled to his feet only to be accosted by a shepherd, two boxers, and a dachshund of all things.
Winston winced from a distance, as the owners continued to introduce themselves. Winston remembered a time when a man could own a dog, perhaps cross paths with another dog owner with nothing more than a slight nod. Not here. Politely detained, Winston was prodded over his job history, living conditions, his thoughts on war and politics and non-kill animal shelters.
A stout woman with a collection of ropes and harnesses looped around her arms smacked his back and stuck a hand towards his chest. Winston looked around. Weren't they just letting their pets relieve themselves? Was this necessary?
Winston quickly discovered that this was less a park and more of a cult. These people met here every day, on purpose, following a schedule of what they called play dates. Winston could only nod and glance around in hopes of a ranger or security guard. His stomach roiled, and he took note of his surroundings, the thick cover of trees separating this part of the park from the parking lot, looking for an escape route or witnesses. Becasue anyone who had photo booth pictures with their dogs could not be trusted. Of that he was certain.
Things only got worse for Hagler. He fought valiantly, catching wet noses from all ends. He spun and snapped, but the dogs came at him without fear or dignity. They crashed into him in slobbering waves. The boxers being the worst, semi aggressive and foaming and with their grotesque, mashed snouts, it was impossible to tell if they were snarling or smiling.
Hagler pleaded for his master, but Winston had his own troubles, being tied up with two thick shouldered women with ball caps. He could tell by his owner's nods that something was off, this was a mistake. His only hope was that they would survive and make it out of the chain link hell alive.
Winston fiddled with his leash. His Rockport's caked with mud and his left pant leg was wet at precisely hind end height. No one seemed to care. They stood in the cage, watching the dogs like they were children, clutching bags of shit like trophies as they swung from their grip as they motioned to a herd of Korgies.
When Winston finally got a word in, casually hinting that his dog was old and that maybe they should get back, he was assured that nine was far from old and that Rocky here was eighteen.
Winston looked again to what he'd assumed was an old tree stump. The battered slope that was Rocky's back held a festering collection of scales, the only fur left behind was springy and coarse, like speaker wires ripped out from the wall. Other hairs branched out from the dog's petrified nose and ears. Fastened in Rocky's skull were two foggy spheres. Come to think of it, Winston wasn't entirely sure Rocky was breathing.
In the cage match, Hagler found running only aggravated the pack. The owners pointed and called out in glee. Getting through the wall of shoulders and slobber was no easy task, and whenever Hagler so much as twitched it was mistaken for a playful act he was pawed mercilessly before being bit in the ear.
Hagler did not want to play, just as he didn't want to be bathed by six spotted tongues. His hips hurt. He wanted only to settle in his wedge of sunlight on the floor. He wanted to hear the pages of his owners book and the occasional click of the appliances in the other room.
The squeak of the gate. Two wild-eyed huskies bolted over like they'd done a line of coke in the parking lot. They dove right in with howls and yips. They were primal things, snarling at the other dogs but the owners only talked and laughed, their fresh coffees steaming in the morning air. Hagler tried to back away but he was lost in the shuffle. Dust and paws and tails smacking his snout. A dog bit his hind leg and he yelped. All he wanted to do was go home.
He was certainly going to die. Here. How undignified?
And then it stopped. There was Winston, parting through the dogs. He lifted Hagler and carried him away. He brushed off the paws and snouts and they marched out of the cage, past the slobbering dogs, past the hushed stares of the owners.
"Let's get you home, boy."
Hagler felt his tail wagging. Relief swept over him. He was overcome with the joy of being alive, at leaving this medieval device, at the thought of napping in the warm sunlight and lazy afternoons. Hagler lost control. He licked his master's face.
Just once.
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MRO Magazine wins Top Five award in major editorial competition
Toronto, ON -- Machinery & Equipment MRO magazine's long-serving technical editor, Lloyd (Tex) Leugner of Cochran...
Toronto, ON — Machinery & Equipment MRO magazine's long-serving technical editor, Lloyd (Tex) Leugner of Cochrane, AB, has won yet another award in the annual Kenneth R. Wilson (KRW) Awards competition organized by the Canadian Business Press.
Leugner's article, Understanding Coupling Failures — the cover feature in the publication's December 2008 issue — won a Top Five award in the Best Technology/Industrial/Manufacturing article category of the competition. In all, there were about 500 entries this year in various categories.
Leugner had won a Gold Award (first place) in the KRW awards the previous year for his article entitled Troubleshooter's Guide to Test & Measurement Technology.
Congratulations to Tex for helping make MRO Magazine one of Canada's top trade magazines. The publication was founded in 1985, and all articles since 2000 are archived online at www.mromagazine.com.
In previous years, the magazine has won a total of eight KRW awards, including three Gold (first place) awards. It also has received a total of four APEX Awards for Publication Excellence.
MRO Magazine honoured with four editorial award nominations
Fifth APEX Award given to MRO Magazine for editorial excellence
MRO magazine garners another editorial award nomination
MRO magazine gets two more editorial award nominations
Full-time employment continued its downward trend in June
Canadian and US PT/MC manufacturers' sales a mixed bag according to PTDA's May 2009 Market Outlook Report