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Greenberg proposed interleague play in the 1950s
by Scott Ferkovich on June 10, 2017
Cleveland pitcher Bob Feller (left) poses with general manager Hank Greenberg prior to the start of the 1952 season.
This year marks the twentieth anniversary of Major League Baseball's experiment with interleague play.
It was on June 12, 1997 that the Texas Rangers played host to the San Francisco Giants, the first regular-season game ever between an American and National League team.
In case you are wondering, the Detroit Tigers' first interleague game was on June 13 that year. The Montreal Expos' Carlos Perez outdueled Omar Olivares at Olympic Stadium, with future Tiger Ugueth Urbina notching the save.
I referred to interleague play as an experiment, since that is what it was initially. It looks like it is here to stay, although it still has its detractors. They believe it makes for an unbalanced schedule, and that it has destroyed the rivalry that once existed between the two leagues. I happen to agree with both of those arguments.
Interleague play may have been the baby of former commissioner Bud Selig, but he was hardly the first baseball mind to think it up. Baseball officials had mulled over the possibilities since at least as early as 1903.
Even former Tigers slugger Hank Greenberg once toyed with the idea.
His playing days were over, and Greenberg was the general manager of the Cleveland Indians.
He first broached the subject in 1953. That year, American League officials gave it perfunctory consideration in their annual August meeting, but quickly voted it down. Greenberg mentioned it in 1954 as well, and again in 1955, but each year he lacked a majority of American League votes to send it on to a major league-wide referendum.
In June 1956, he sent a letter to American League President Will Harridge, laying out the specific details of his novel idea. Greenberg wanted Harridge to have enough time to think it over before the owners met in New York in August.
Greenberg's scheme was certainly doable.
In those days, major league baseball's 154-game schedule was perfectly balanced: The eight teams in the American League played each other 11 times at home and 11 times away, likewise in the National League.
Under Greenberg's blueprint, each AL club would play a home-and-away series with each NL entry. The key for Greenberg, however, was maintaining the 154-game season. "That's an important point," he insisted at the time. "By keeping the schedule at 154 games, the records are kept intact and comparisons remain completely valid."
In order to keep it at 154, he proposed that the 11 home and 11 away games mentioned above be reduced to nine and nine, thus freeing up 28 games off of each club's schedule.
Those 28 games could then be made up by playing clubs in the other league on a home-and-away basis.
In one key component, Greenberg's grand scheme was a forerunner to Selig's plan 40 years later: All interleague games would be played in a three-week period following the All-Star Game. "In that way," he pointed out, "they would be over by mid-August, leaving the final six weeks of the season restricted to pennant competition within each individual league."
In addition, Greenberg made clear that interleague games would not be mere exhibitions. They would count toward the regular season league standings and individual statistics.
The man they called "Hammerin" Hank" believed interleague play had several advantages.
First, it would spark renewed interest in the national pastime. "It would be a tremendous stimulus to attendance, especially in a one-sided race like the National League had last year." In 1956, the Brooklyn Dodgers lapped the second-place Milwaukee Braves by 13 1/2 lengths.
Secondly, fans of mediocre teams could still enjoy going to games in order to see stars from the other league.
Finally, Greenberg believed that expansion in baseball was inevitable, but in order for it to happen, a realignment of major league clubs would have to occur. "This interleague schedule would be the first step toward that eventuality, paving the way."
At the time, one of the objections to Greenberg's plan was that the distinct identity of each league would be lost, an argument that many continue to make today.
This time, however, his American League counterparts were more favorable. In August, Greenberg got the votes he needed.
He awaited final approval by a majority of major league GMs in their December meeting in Chicago.
The vote never got to the floor.
Greenberg thought he had the support of his fellow AL GMs, but ironically it was Joe Cronin of the Red Sox and George Weiss of the Yankees who waved red flags. Once again, they argued that interleague play would destroy the AL/NL rivalry, removing the special mystique of (and interest in) the World Series and All-Star Game.
A frustrated Greenberg withdrew his proposal at the last moment.
Interleague play would have to wait another four decades.
The naysayers appear to have been correct. Any distinction between the American League and National League seems like a quaint concept, and much of that is due to interleague play.
Hank Greenberg, however, deserves commendation for seeking change in an industry that has historically been loath to do so.
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Imam Khomeini (ra) shattered superpowers' aura of invincibility: Supreme Leader
Leader of Iran's Islamic Ummah and Oppressed Imam Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has commemorated the founder of the Islamic Republic Imam Khomeini on the 31st anniversary of his passing, saying the late leader shattered the presumed invincibility of superpowers.
In a televised address to the Iranian nation, Ayatollah Khamenei paid homage to the late revolutionary leader and recounted his legacy.
Decades after his departure, Imam Khomeini "is still alive among us, and should remain so."
The Leader recalled how Imam Khomeini also transformed the people's attitude towards the so-called superpowers and their presumed invincibility to the point that the then US rulers acknowledged that the Imam had "humiliated" them.
"Imam, those who worked for him, and the youths who would mobilize at a wave of his hand, humiliated the superpowers in the true sense of the word, broke down their will, and ousted them from the stage," the Leader stated.
"At that time, no one assumed that anything could be done contrary to what the US willed. Imam Khomeini proved that superpowers are not invincible. We witnessed what happened to the Soviet Union. And today we are watching the US and see what is transpiring there," Ayatollah Khamenei said, adding Imam Khomeini taught the masses how these big powers can be overcome.
The Leader also addressed the far-and-wide protests that have engulfed the United States in the aftermath of the gruesome killing of African American citizen George Floyd at the hands of a white police officer in Minneapolis.
Ayatollah Khamenei said what the US has come face to face with today in the form of the protests "is a result of the realities that had always been kept concealed," and have now risen to the surface causing disgrace for the American administration.
The brutality that was exercised on Floyd is what the United States has been sowing all around the world, the Leader stated, saying, "They have done the same in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Vietnam, & many other countries."
"This is the US government's nature and character that is being exposed today."
Ayatollah Khamenei referred to the "I Can't Breathe" slogan that the American protesters were chanting all across the United States during the protests and called it "the heartfelt words of all nations against which the US has committed many atrocities."
As another instance of the US disgraceful behavior, the Leader cited Washington's mishandling of the coronavirus' outbreak, even though the country came to grips with the disease later than other nations.
Ayatollah Khamenei pointed out that Washington has been treating Americans in the worst possible manner, saying the people of the United States have every right to feel embarrassed and ashamed of their administrations, particularly the current one.
The Leader underlined the Imam's spirit of "seeking and encouraging change," calling him a "true leader."
From a young age, Imam Khomeini would advise in favor of "rising up in the path of God," Ayatollah Khamenei noted, and reminisced how the late leader would invoke "spiritual revolution" among people through his speeches.
The Leader recalled how Imam Khomeini would endeavor towards galvanizing and revolutionizing the youth. He valued the change that was effected by the Revolution among the young people more than the defeat of the despotic monarchy because the change that was created among the youth manifested "the defeat of Satan," Ayatollah Khamenei stated.
Imam Khomeini thus managed to eventually bring about "change across the whole Iranian nation," and prompted the people to abandon the spirit of lethargy and capitulation in the face of oppression, the Leader stated.
Iran's Islamic Revolution "did not deviate from this pro-change approach" even after Imam's departure, the Leader said, citing various instances of progress and transformation across the country's various areas in the post-Revolution era.
"We underwent change in various areas and became more powerful than before," Ayatollah Khamenei stated.
The revolutionary attitude is still alive today, said the Leader, citing the country's scientific and defensive achievements and noting that Iran has attained the "deterrent status" thanks to its defense power.
Unlike now, the country' scientific standing was negligible under the monarchical rule, the Leader noted.
In the political sphere too, the country now portrays an "imposing image of itself in the world," Ayatollah Khamenei observed.
The Leader then proceeded to name instances of desired change in certain arenas.
As one desired prospect in the field of economy, the Leader cited potential severance of dependence on oil revenues.
Across the social sphere, the Leader sternly warned against allowing the population's median age to rise.
Imam Khomeini also caused the nation to abandon its feelings of self-deprecation and consider itself entitled to self-esteem, and extended the nation's attitude towards religion beyond a simply personal matter, Ayatollah Khamenei remarked.
Grand Ayatollah Seyyed Rouhollah Mousavi Khomeini passed away on June 3, 1989 at the age of 87. Hailed as one of the Twentieth Century's true revolutionary leaders, he spearheaded the Islamic Revolution — the Iranian nation's struggle against the tyrannical United States-backed Pahlavi monarchy — towards eventual victory in 1979.
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The race is on to save Europe – Ken Rogoff explains the global consequences if debt problems aren't fixed
This morning, world banks are now taking steps to support the global financial system as leaders work to come up with a big and bold plan to fix Europe's growing debt problems.
The whole world needs European leaders to get this right, because if the Eurozone fails, there could be dire global consequences.
According to some analysts, if the Eurozone fails: bank lending around the world could freeze; companies won't be able to borrow, pay bills, or hire; stock markets could crash; U.S. exports could collapse.
Many of those analysts also say this could be much worse than the financial crisis in 2008.
Today on American Morning, Harvard University economics professor Kenneth Rogoff explains what has to happen to fix Europe's debt problems, and whether a global economic crisis can be avoided.
Filed under: Debt • Europe
Will Silvio Berlusconi resign? Author Niall Ferguson on what went so wrong in Europe
Just as Greece begins to get a handle on its debt crisis, another European country stands on the brink of crisis. There are reports this morning that Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi will resign. On Saturday, tens of thousands of demonstrators gathered in Rome to voice their opposition to his government and its reforms. A crucial vote on budget reform measures is expected in Rome Tuesday.
Niall Ferguson, author of "Civilization: The West and the Rest," explains to Christine Romans why Berlusconi needs to step down.
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What are the U.S. implications of the eurozone debt crisis? Eurasia Group founder weighs in
All 27 members of the European Union will meet today in Brussels for an emergency summit on the eurozone debt crisis, where they are expected to sign off on a plan to recapitalize euro-zone banks, beef up bailout fund and restructure Greece's debt.
The meeting comes a day after Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's government averted a potential crisis over economic reforms after reaching a deal with its main coalition partner about pension reforms.
Ian Bremmer, president and founder of Eurasia Group, joins Ali Velshi on American Morning today to discuss the negotiations and the implications of the eurozone crisis for Americans.
Filed under: Economy • Europe
Ex-Bush speechwriter: Obama achieved little on overseas trip
David Frum, former speechwriter for President Bush, critiques President Obama's trip to Europe.
President Obama visited Turkey today. It's the last leg of a trip that also took him to France, where he got NATO allies to share more responsibility for Afghanistan, and to London, where the leaders from around the world tackled the global financial crisis.
So how did the President do?
David Frum is a former presidential speechwriter and founder of newmajority.com. He joined us live.
What do you think? Was President Obama's trip to Europe successful?
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First Lady takes world stage
First Lady Michelle Obama takes the world by storm. CNN's Suzanne Malveaux reports from Prague.
From CNN's Suzanne Malveaux
This morning Michelle Obama goes back to being Mommy in Chief. She's at the White House to see her daugthers Sasha and Malia off to school.
But this comes after an extraordinary trip overseas that still has much of Europe talking.
What do you think? What is behind Michelle Obama's popularity overseas?
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New American image?
Washington is split over President Obama's approach toward repairing a damaged U.S. image. CNN's Jim Acosta reports.
As the President travels to a predominantly Muslim country, a new image of America is reaching a side of the world where friends are sorely needed.
After eight years of George W. Bush, President Obama is talking a lot about "mutual respect."
So far, Europe has responded. But some in Washington aren't so sure it's the right message.
What do you think? Is President Obama repairing America's image abroad?


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Fractures on the surface of Enceladus record a long and complex history of tectonic activity. Many of the geologically youngest fractures define remarkably systematic patterns relative to Enceladus' axis of rotation, as well as to its tidal orientation (that is, the longitudes that point toward and away from Saturn).
These fracture patterns offer clues to global changes of shape that the satellite has undergone over time, possibly in response to tidal forces exerted by Saturn or as a result of changes in the internal structure of the icy moon. Some of the most prominent global patterns of fracture are delineated in color in the northern hemisphere map shown here. This map is being released along with a southern polar projection map (See PIA07722).
This map is a polar stereographic projection that was mosaicked from the best-available Cassini and Voyager clear-filter images. The map is centered on the north pole and coverage extends to the equator. Gridlines show latitude and longitude in 30-degree increments. The same maps are available without colored fracture lines; see PIA07719 and PIA07720.
Terrain near the north pole is among the most heavily cratered and oldest on the surface of Enceladus. The conspicuously fractured southern polar region (PIA07722) is nearly devoid of impact craters, making this terrain among the youngest on the moon's surface.
A unique feature of the south polar terrains is that broad networks of folded or kinked fractures can be found throughout the region. A prominent "chain" of these fractures (marked in red in the south polar map) abruptly separates the youthful south polar terrains from the older terrains that lie closer to the equator and appears to encircle the south pole near about 55-degrees south latitude.
The wavy boundary of the south polar terrain is interrupted in numerous places by Y-shaped, or funnel-shaped, discontinuities that curve and taper northward. Well-developed examples of the funnel-shaped discontinuities appear to transition to systems of north-south trending surface cracks (marked in blue).
These north-south trending cracks are best explained as if they formed in response to tension stresses that are parallel to lines of latitude. Such extensional "hoop stresses" would be expected to develop if the equator became wider, perhaps in response to a change in the moon's spin rate.
Globally systematic patterns of fracture on Enceladus occur in ancient, cratered terrain as well as youthful terrain. Shown in green on the maps -- and particularly apparent in the northern hemisphere projection -- are roughly orthogonal (or perpendicular) systems of north-south and east-west trending fractures that formed quite close to the tidal axis of Enceladus. The moon's tidal axis is a line extending from 0-degrees longitude to 180-degrees longitude. Such orthogonal fractures might have formed in response to tidal stresses exerted on Enceladus by Saturn.
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Ida de Schaumburg-Lippe (Bückeburg, 28 de julio de 1852-Schleiz, 28 de septiembre de 1891) fue la consorte de Enrique XXII, príncipe de Reuss-Greiz, desde 1872 hasta su muerte. Fue la madre de Herminia de Reuss-Greiz, segunda esposa de Guillermo II, el último emperador alemán.

Familia y primeros años
Fue la hija del príncipe Adolfo I de Schaumburg-Lippe y de su esposa, la princesa Herminia de Waldeck-Pyrmont. Sus hermanos incluían al príncipe Jorge de Schaumburg-Lippe y al príncipe Adolfo de Schaumburg-Lippe, marido de la princesa Victoria de Prusia.

A pesar de su alto nacimiento, Ida y sus hermanos fueron educados de manera muy sencilla; una fuente afirma que "sabían más sobre la cocina que muchas mujeres de grado inferior". Ida también fue bien educada, y era capaz de sostener su propia discusión sobre filosofía y ciencia con los hombres más ilustrados en su principado.

Matrimonio y descendencia
El 8 de octubre de 1872, Ida se casó con Enrique XXII, el príncipe soberano reinante de Reuss-Greiz desde que alcanzó la mayoría de edad en 1867. Consecuentemente, Ida se convirtió en su consorte y fue referida como Su Alteza Serenísima la princesa de Reuss-Greiz.

Tuvieron los siguientes hijos:

 Enrique XXIV (1878-1927), príncipe de Reuss-Greiz. Debido a su discapacidad mental, nunca se casó ni tuvo hijos.
 Emma (1881-1961), casada en 1903 con Graf Erich von Ehrenburg (1880-1930).
 María (1882-1942), casada en 1904 con Freiherr Fernando von Gnagnoni (1878-1955).
 Carolina (1884-1905), casada en 1903 con el gran duque Guillermo Ernesto de Sajonia-Weimar-Eisenach (1876-1923).
 Herminia (1887-1947), casada en primeras nupcias (1907) con el príncipe Juan Jorge de Schoenaich-Carolath (1873-1920); y en segundas nupcias (1922) con el ex káiser Guillermo II de Alemania (1859-1941).
 Ida (1891-1977), casada en 1911 con Fürst Cristóbal Martín III de Stolberg-Rossla (1888-1949).

Muerte
Ida murió el 28 de septiembre de 1891, el mismo año en que se produjo el incidente diplomático vienés, a la edad de 39 años en Schleiz, pocos meses después de dar a luz a su última hija. Murió muy amada, uno de los pocos miembros de una familia real en Alemania en disfrutar de dicha popularidad.

Títulos y estilos
28 de julio de 1852 - 8 de octubre de 1872: Su Alteza Serenísima la princesa Ida de Schaumburg-Lippe.
8 de octubre de 1872 - 28 de septiembre de 1891: Su Alteza Serenísima la princesa de Reuss-Greiz.

Ancestros

Referencias

Bibliografía

Princesas de Schaumburg-Lippe
Princesas de Reuss
Nacidos en Bückeburg

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BP's return to the Gulf: the whack-a-mole effect
By Loren Steffy on September 26, 2011 at 8:51 AM
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Last week, BP pushed ahead with plans to resume drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, one week after the release of final joint report by the Coast Guard and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management into its Macondo well disaster in April 2010. Now, BP wants the government to approve a plan for five wells, originally filed in 2008, that would boost production in some of the company's most profitable fields.
Not surprisingly, environmental groups are opposing the move, saying BP has yet to show it can drill safely. My prediction: this plan will move forward despite the objections. First of all, the government agreed to allow BP to pledge production from its Gulf wells as collateral for the $20 billion claims fund to compensate spill victims. That creates an incentive for the Obama administration to do what it can to help BP boost its sagging production in the region.
While it may seem reasonable to consider a company's safety and operating records before granting permits to drill in deep water — some of the most technically challenging drilling projects on Earth — the administration has steadfastly refused to embrace this common sense idea.
Finally, there's the context of BP's sordid history of operating failures, which tells us that the company rarely repeats the same mistakes in the same place. BP has outlined a series of voluntary standards for its Gulf operations that include a second set of blind shear rams on every well, improved testing of blowout preventers and better reviews of the testing for the cement used to seal wells. As I noted before, these are all outwardly looking responses to a disaster for which, as the government recently found, BP was ultimately responsible.
The question isn't whether BP can drill safely, but whether its changed its culture to prevent the sort of lapses that led to the Macondo blowout. As it did after the Texas City refinery explosion in 2005, BP is tightening its safety procedures, but only at the point of the last disaster — in this case, deepwater drilling in the Gulf. It's a whack-a-mole response to safety in a culture that has historically given process safety a lower priority than financial performance. Given the scrutiny BP knows it will receive, it's Gulf drilling operations will undoubtedly be carried out with the utmost care to ensure BP doesn't unleash another catastrophe.
The bigger concern is what problems in what other part of the company's operations are now being overlooked as BP focuses on the Gulf, and what the consequences will be.
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U.S. astronaut Scott Kelly's gene expression changed after spending a year in space and is no longer the same as his identical twin Mark, researchers say.
Gene expression refers to how genes function within cells. Seven percent of Scott's gene expression did not return to baseline after he returned from the International Space Stations two years ago, CNN reported.
The preliminary findings are from NASA's Twins Study, which is comparing Scott to Mark, who remained on Earth.
Despite the changes in Scott's gene expression, he and Mark are still identical twins. However, the findings from Scott indicate longer-term changes associated with at least five biological pathways and functions, CNN reported.
Astronauts typically spend six months on the space station. The Twins Study is expected to help NASA gain a better understanding of what happens to the human body during long-term space missions, such as the planned three-year mission to Mars.
Chlamydia can double a woman's risk of ovarian cancer, researchers say.
They found that women who had chronic chlamydia infections were twice as likely to develop ovarian cancer than those who never had the most common sexually transmitted disease, NBC News reported.
The findings are scheduled to be presented at an American Association for Cancer Research meeting in April.
"Our data is lending support for there being a role of pelvic inflammatory disease in ovarian cancer and the prime cause of pelvic inflammatory disease, particularly in the U.S., is chlamydia infection," Britton Trabert, U.S. National Cancer Institute, said at a briefing Thursday, NBC News reported.
"We are seeing a doubling in ovarian cancer risk with a prior history of pelvic inflammatory disease," Trabert noted.
More than 1.5 million Americans have chlamydia, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. While easily treated with antibiotics, chlamydia often causes no symptoms.
Ovarian cancer is the fifth leading cause of cancer death among women, and kills 55 percent of patients within five years. This year, more than 21,000 women in the U.S. will be diagnosed with ovarian cancer and more than 14,000 will die of the disease, NBC News reported.
A salmonella outbreak linked to kratom products has expanded, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday.
Since March 2, three more strains of salmonella involved in the outbreak have been identified, and 47 more cases of salmonella infection and eight more states have been added, bringing the total to 87 cases in 35 states.
Twenty-seven people have been hospitalized. No deaths have been reported. The last reported illness was on Feb. 24, 2018, the CDC said.
Kratom is a plant native to southeast Asia that's used as stimulant and as an opioid substitute. It is typically brewed in a tea, chewed, smoked, or taken in capsules. Kratom is also called Thang, Kakuam, Thom, Ketom, and Biak.
The CDC investigation has not pinpointed a common brand or supplier of kratom linked to the salmonella outbreak, and the agency advised people to avoid any brand or form of kratom.
The investigation is continuing, the CDC said.
Renowned American pediatrician and child development expert Dr. T. Berry Brazelton died Tuesday at age 99.
Congestive heart failure was the cause of death at his home in Barnstable, Massachusetts, according to one of his daughters, the Associated Press reported.
Brazelton worked as a pediatrician for more than 50 years in Cambridge, Massachusetts, wrote more than 30 books on infant and child development, and developed the Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale.
First released in 1973, the scale is still used to assess babies' physical and neurological responses, as well as their emotional well-being and individual differences, the AP reported.
Brazelton also had a long-running cable TV show called "What Every Baby Knows," and a syndicated newspaper column called "Families Today." In 2000, he was named a Library of Congress Living Legend, and in 2012, he won a Presidential Citizens Medal.
Brazelton "showed the world that babies are individual people from the very beginning," according to longtime colleague and friend Dr. Joshua Sparrow, the AP reported.
Another attempt will be made next week to pass a bill making it easier for fatally ill Americans to try experimental treatments, House Republicans say.
The bill was supported 259-140 in a vote earlier this week, but was defeated because Republicans used a procedure that required a two-thirds majority for passage, the Associated Press reported.
The bill had nearly unanimous support from Republicans but was opposed by Democrats by a more than 4-1 margin. Democrats say the bill is unnecessary because the Food and Drug Administration already approves 99 percent of such requests.
Under the bill, the FDA would no longer have to sign off if a doctor and a drug maker agree to provide a patient with a medicine that has not been approved by the FDA, the AP reported.
Similar legislation was approved by the Senate last summer.
In next week's House vote, the bill can be passed with a simple majority, the AP reported.


Wallabies vice-caption Quade Cooper has ensured a perfect 2-0 professional boxing record with a knockout win over Warren Tresidder in Brisbane.
As a boxer, Quade Cooper still makes a good rugby player.
But he was given even more reason to debate the merits of his pugilistic pursuit with Australian Rugby Union boss Bill Pulver after his knockout win over Newcastle's Warren Tresidder in Brisbane on Wednesday night.
No doubt Wallabies coach Ewen McKenzie was on board after enjoying a ringside view as Cooper ensured a perfect 2-0 professional record by flooring the former cage fighter early in the fourth and final round.
Their fight was on the undercard of Anthony Mundine's WBA light middleweight fight with New Zealand's Gunnar Jackson.
Pulver may still need some convincing after hinting boxing could be off the table when they negotiate a new deal after Cooper's contract expires later this year.
However, the Queensland Reds playmaker hopes nothing will interfere with his budding boxing career, crediting it with transforming him into someone now considered Wallabies captaincy material.
Not a bad effort from someone who appeared in the Wallabies wilderness after describing the national team environment as "toxic".
And few on Wednesday night could argue with Cooper's boxing ability after witnessing his impressive victory.
Tresidder – in just his second professional bout but backed by 25 years of cage fighting – started the aggressor before Cooper worked away with his left jab.
Cooper, 25, capped a complete performance when he made short work of Tresidder – aged 40 – soon after emerging from his corner in the final round.
Still, Cooper looked to try to help the veteran up after he downed the Newcastle fighter.
"I just wanted to show boxing isn't all about trash talking," Cooper said of his actions.
Cooper raised eyebrows when he missed the Reds' final Super Rugby trial against the Chiefs to fight Barry Dunnett last February, emerging with an impressive first round knockout win on professional debut.
But this time Cooper went to great lengths not to let his upcoming bout interfere with the Reds' pre-season campaign in a bid to show Pulver that he could successfully juggle the two sports.
Reds teammate Will Genia – who was a keen ringside observer along with most of the Queensland squad on Wednesday night – backed Cooper's call.
"It's a tricky one in that Bill (Pulver) is the boss and what he says goes but if he asked my opinion he is in the best shape that he has ever been, mentally he is in a really good space," he said.


10 Netflix Shows that Everyone Needs to Watch!
I don't usually watch T.V. unless it is on Netflix. I get easily addicted to a show and can't stop watching! I try to limit myself and only watch T.V. if I am going to bed or literally have nothing left to do….
Gossip Girl- of course!! My all time favorite show. This show is about a group of friends who live off their parents money and their trust funds in the Upper East Side of New York City. They all live very, lavish lives and this follows the drama in their lives and everything in between.
Dynasty- This show is about a family named the Carrington's who is blessed with billions of dollars. They own a company called Carrington Atlantic and this follows their journey through divorce, marriage, schemes, death, new promotion/ demotions, and long lost family members coming together! I would definitely recommend.
Friends- Most people have seen "Friends. " as it is an older show. This show is about a group of 6 friends who live in close quarters and go through life together. It takes you through working and failed relationships with each other and others outside their group. This is more of a comedy than a drama.
Schitt's Creek- A show about a wealthy family who loses everything except the town that they bought as a joke years ago and are forced to live there. While they adapt to the lifestyle change, they start to become more comfortable and make it their own. This is more of a comedy than a drama.
The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmitt- This show is about a girl who was kidnapped and lived in a bunker for 15 years until she is finally rescued. The show takes place through her journey out of the bunker, showing how she adapts to life in New York City (where she chose to move).
The Office- Set in Scranton, Pennsylvania , a paper supply company is filmed for 10 years about their every day life. This takes you through a lot of ups and downs, but has a very, happy ending!
New Girl- An apartment full of boys lets in a girl… and this is full of lots of changes and differences in lifestyle. This show takes you through the journey of all of their lives over many years and shows you how they all come together even while living separate lives.
Riverdale- A small town full of many different statuses and histories has lots of drama and a serial killer. Riverdale takes you through the lives of High School kids who are trying to catch "The Black Hood". There is lots of drama and cliff hangers!
Arrested Development- Set in Los Angeles, a wealthy family struggles running a company despite false accusations and cases against them, all while their father is in jail. This takes you through the life of the family members and how they conduct their responsibilities within the family on a day to day basis.
Grace and Frankie- After 2 women are both divorced by their husbands (who were best friends and own a law firm together) because they were gay, they both go into grief and deal with the situation in very, different ways. They end up becoming best friends and living together, despite the circumstances of the divorce.
Comment below if you have any personal recommendations! I would love to hear them!
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Love Gossip girl I recently rewatched it for like the 3rd time!
My daughter loves Gossip girl, and the Crown. My son is watching a series on Amazon right now called the man in the high tower. I am finishing up a series called The Last Kingdom (missing Game of thrones I guess)and my husband is hooked on a series that makes him laugh called the Heart Doctor from Australia (On Acorn) I got everyone in the family addicted to The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmitt. I also only watch TV at night if I have time.
Good suggestions. I've watched a few of them but always great to get new ideas!
That's a very good list! I especially like Arrested Development and Dynasty. My new favorite is "The Good Place". It is a new classic! There is a podcast paired with it too for those who want more backstory.


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Q: Bootstrap 4 grid layout problem migrating from Boostrap 3 using bootstrap 3.3.7 i was able to "row span" a div for multiple rows and fill the remaining columns space  with other divs, for example using this code:
<link href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet" />

Responsive Bootstrap 3.3.7

level 1 - col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-sm-6 col-xs-6

level 2 - col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-sm-6 col-xs-6

level 3 - col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-sm-6 col-xs-6

level 4 - col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-sm-6 col-xs-6

level 5 - col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-sm-6 col-xs-6

Span 3 - col 3

Span 3 - col 3

Span 3 - col 3

Span 3 - col 3

Span 3 - col 3

Span 3 - col 3

Span 3 - col 3

Span 3 - col 3

Span 3 - col 3

Span 3 - col 3

i was getting :
Bootstrap 3.3.7 example layout
But using  Bootstrap 4.1.1 i get this:
Bootstrap 4.1.1 example layout
Only the first two divs fill the remaining 6 columns and the rest of them shifts under the first div, i tried to look at the documentation but i couldn't fiugure this out, is anyone able to replicate the first behavior on boostrap 4?

A: With Bootstrap-4, as it's using flex, you need to provide containing columns and rows to define relationship between everything. If you want the ten col-3 sections to be together, then put them into their own col-6 container, and then create a new row to hold the smaller columns (which are now col-6 because they're starting the 12 unites over again).

<link href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap@4.6.0/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet"/>

Responsive Bootstrap 4.6.0

level 1 - col-6

level 2 - col-6

level 3 - col-6

level 4 - col-6

level 5 - col-6

Span 3 - col 3

Span 3 - col 3

Span 3 - col 3

Span 3 - col 3

Span 3 - col 3

Span 3 - col 3

Span 3 - col 3

Span 3 - col 3

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Also, you don't need to define the columns at every breakpoint. Specifying col-6 will provide a six column span from a smartphone display up to a wide screen monitor. You only need to add a col-lg-3 if you want a different column setup for a larger screen (start from the small screen and work up).

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Bryocamptus (Echinocamptus) clavus is een eenoogkreeftjessoort uit de familie van de Canthocamptidae. De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1927 door Brehm.

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TWAS – Samira Omar Innovation for Sustainability Award
Deadline: 12 May 2021
Open to: Scientists working in an area related to sustainability
Benefits: Award of USD4,000
Our planet, and therefore our existence, faces several challenges: world population, food security, climate change, biodiversity loss, water scarcity/poor sanitation, energy resources. Sustainability involves considering the relationship between the finite resources of the planet and the way of life adopted by humans: in what way can our existence be maintained and at what level?
Sustainability is at the forefront of many discussions at the international scene. The 17 Sustainable Development Goals released by the UN in 2015 as part of the 2030 Agenda underlie that we must become aware of the fact that we are compromising the future of generations to come. The SDGs may well represent the best attempt at addressing sustainability issues at a global scale.
The "Innovation for Sustainability" Award will reward scientists for their contribution in an area, albeit multidisciplinary, directly relevant to the science of sustainability.
TWAS is inviting nominations for the 2021 Award from all its members as well as science academies, national research councils, universities and scientific institutions in developing and developed countries.
This annual award, named after the TWAS Fellow Samira Omar, recognizes scientists from Least Developed Countries (LDCs). The 2021 award will honour a woman scientist working in an area relevant to sustainability.
The 2021 award will be awarded to a woman scientist national of a Least Developing Country (LDC), living and working in a LDC during the last two years immediately prior to their nomination, based on scientific achievements in any of the thematic areas below:
– Clean and renewable energy
– Green chemistry
– Sustainable agriculture and agrobiodiversity
– Plastic: degradation, pollution and microplastics
– Water purification and sanitation
– Climate change: environmental effects, methane contribution, carbon capture
– Transportation technologies: efficiency for smart cities
– Waste management
– Biodiversity: the sixth mass extinction, ecosystem services, habitat recovery and restoration
– Ecological economics and planetary health
Self nominations and nominations from jury members will not be considered.
TWAS carries a cash award of USD 4,000 generously provided by Professor Omar.
UNESCO International Fund for Cultural Diversity (IFCD) 2021
Location: Developing Countries
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Push yourself to the limit and test your true level of fitness with your own personal handheld bleep test.
» Perfect for PE school teachers who wish to add students and monitor their individual process.
» Ideal for anyone training for police and military fitness assessments.
Bleep tests are split into a number of different levels, with a number of beeps at each level. For example, the requirement for police officer candidates in England and Wales is to reach level 5.4 (i.e. level 5, four beeps). The total 15m bleep test running time for this is about 3 minutes and 40 seconds.
Bleep test is a commonly used term for shuttle run, multistage fitness test and beep test.


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Q: Mono GC max-heap-size isn't documented. Is it safe to use in production? I need to set an upper bound to the memory used by Mono.
According to blogs it's possible to use the parameter max-heap-size to cap the memory usage.
According to experimentations, and according to the code, it indeed does what I want.
However, this option isn't documented.
Therefore: is it safe to rely on this option in production (or does it have drawbacks I don't see, like e.g.: no guarantee to still be available in future version of Mono)?

A: It is documented, and here's one way to get the documentation: export an invalid MONO_GC_PARAMS, start mono:
export MONO_GC_PARAMS=xxx
mono sample.exe

and get the help:
Warning: In environment variable `MONO_GC_PARAMS': Unknown option `xxx`. - Ignoring.

MONO_GC_PARAMS must be a comma-delimited list of one or more of the following:
  max-heap-size=N (where N is an integer, possibly with a k, m or a g suffix)
  soft-heap-limit=n (where N is an integer, possibly with a k, m or a g suffix)
  nursery-size=N (where N is an integer, possibly with a k, m or a g suffix)
  major=COLLECTOR (where COLLECTOR is `marksweep', `marksweep-conc', `marksweep-par', 'marksweep-fixed' or 'marksweep-fixed-par')
  minor=COLLECTOR (where COLLECTOR is `simple' or `split')
  wbarrier=WBARRIER (where WBARRIER is `remset' or `cardtable')
  stack-mark=MARK-METHOD (where MARK-METHOD is 'precise' or 'conservative')
  [no-]cementing
  evacuation-threshold=P (where P is a percentage, an integer in 0-100)
  (no-)lazy-sweep
 Experimental options:
  save-target-ratio=R (where R must be between 0.10 - 2.00).
  default-allowance-ratio=R (where R must be between 1.00 - 10.00).

As you can see max-heap-size is listed, and not in the Experimental Options. So I'd say it's safe.

A: It is documented in the mono man page :

Sets the maximum size of the heap. The size is specified in bytes and
  must be a power of two. The suffixes k',m' and `g' can be used to
  specify kilo-, mega- and gigabytes, respectively. The limit is the sum
  of the nursery, major heap and large object heap. Once the limit is
  reached the application will receive OutOfMemoryExceptions when trying
  to allocate. Not the full extent of memory set in max-heap-size could
  be available to satisfy a single allocation due to internal
  fragmentation. By default heap limits is disabled and the GC will try
  to use all available memory.


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'Circuit breaker' lockdown: Why tougher national Covid rules for October half-term could be more effective – but harder on people
Short, sharp national lockdowns could stem the spread of the virus without shutting down the economy – but the price would be paid by people being unable to socialise
By Chloe Chaplain
Updated September 28, 2020 11:59 am
What would a 'circuit-breaker' lockdown look like? (Photo: Getty Images)
The Government is not ruling out another nationwide lockdown to stem the spread of coronavirus in the community.
Health Secretary Matt Hancock confirmed on Friday that a potential full lockdown was not totally off the table if cases of coronavirus continued to increase at a rapid rate.
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But ministers' preferred strategy is to hold back the virus whilst still keeping schools open and the economy ticking over.
Mini-lockdown
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has previously said a complete lockdown, like the one imposed in March, would be "disastrous" in its impact on young people, jobs and the country's finances.
And now it has been suggested that the Government could move from regional lockdowns – already implemented in parts of Wales and the north of England – to more widespread but short term interventions, referred to as "circuit breakers".
Hospitality venues would be hit hard by restrictions (Photo: PA)
How would this work? If the newly-introduced "rule of six" measures do not go far enough to reduce transmission of Covid-19 in the community, ministers may consider imposing tougher curfews and restrictions on hospitality venues on a national scale.
This could mean reduced opening hours, or even enforced closures, for pubs and restaurants, and the introduction of rules that severely clamp down on socialising.
Balancing out the risk
But during this time, schools could remain open and workplaces could continue as they have been, to prevent the country suffering, again, the full impact of lockdown which obliterated the economy in spring and summer.
This national strategy could be implemented for a short period of time – for example two weeks – to slow down the spread of the virus. It could then be repeated if and when necessary.
The idea is that closing schools is severely detrimental for both the development of children and the economy – as children out of school means parents unable to work – and ministers are desperate to avoid this.
But in order to do so, they must balance out the transmission risk of the virus. Clamping down on social restrictions would be an effective way of doing this.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson said a full nationwide lockdown would be disastrous (Photo: Reuters)
Scientists from the Government's Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage) have also reportedly proposed this two-week national lockdown in October to tackle the rising number of Covid-19 cases.
The Financial Times reported that they had said a lockdown could even coincide with the October school half-term so, if schools did have to close, the damage would be limited.
The proposed mini-lockdown would, in theory, allow most people to continue working and allow children to continue schooling as normal for the most part of it.
But in order to allow this to happen, stricter social rules would mean people become increasingly unable to see friends and family outside their households.
Unable to see loved ones
This, after months of restricted movements and during the lead up to Christmas, could pose a serious challenge for the nation's mental health.
It also could coincide with an expected announcement on tighter restrictions on care home visits in areas with high numbers of coronavirus cases.
Already, more than 10 million people across the UK are living under local restrictions, covering parts of Scotland, South Wales, the North West and North East of England, Yorkshire and the Midlands.
This is due to increase in the coming days after the Government announced escalated interventions for Lancashire, Merseyside, Warrington and Halton and new restrictions in Wolverhampton, Oadby & Wigston, and parts of Bradford, Kirklees and Calderdale.


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Public invited to opening celebration at 9:30 a.m., fun shopping experience at 10:00 a.m.
COLUMBUS - Goodwill Columbus invites shoppers to the grand opening of its newest retail store at 775 W. Waterloo, 43110, with a public ribbon cutting celebration beginning at 9:30 a.m. on Friday, January 29.
Canal Winchester Mayor Michael Ebert and Goodwill Columbus President and CEO Margie Pizzuti, as well as members of the Goodwill Board of Trustees and other community officials, will attend the event.
As a part of the morning celebration, Goodwill will treat shoppers to music, donuts and coffee. Store doors open at 10:00 a.m., with the first 100 shoppers receiving door buster goodie bags. Shoppers can also have a chance to crack the code on the "Visible Vault" to win $25,000, enter raffles for $50 Goodwill gift certificates and enter a raffle to win a flat screen television.
The party will continue through the day with Sunny 95 on-site from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.—with the Roosters Wing Wagon and Treat Truck in tow—plus games, prizes and more.
Grand opening festivities will end at 2:00 p.m. and the store will close at 9:00 p.m.
All revenue earned through Goodwill retail stores and other business lines provides vital support for the organization's true north—job training programs for individuals with barriers to employment.
The new purpose-built store will feature a spacious drive through donation drop off area, as well as an enhanced retail experience including natural lighting, exposed ceilings, polished concrete floors and a micro-gallery of artwork created by artists with disabilities and other barriers. All nine Goodwill Columbus retail locations are open from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday and Sundays from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Each store will create approximately 40 new jobs. Goodwill is working with Berengaria Development, a real estate consulting, development and management services firm, which has overseen construction of many new Goodwill stores.


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Recorded in a French "new age" shop with the sounds of ambient music and the cry of a child.
Recorded in a French town. A very short female laugh.
Church bells, footsteps, a dog racing past, sparrows, swifts, quiet voices. The sounds of a French village.
The sounds of a French village; chattering sparrows, a dove, swifts, quiet voices, a car, a distraught baby.
Laughter and voices in a French street. Good stereo spread. Minidisc recording September 2006.


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Undercover agents find registered church to be sex club
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Undercover inspectors have determined that a building registered as a church was being operated as a sex club.
WTVF-TV reports that the city of Nashville has filed a complaint against the owners for "maintaining a public nuisance by permitting acts of lewd conduct" and violating a state law banning sex clubs from operating within 1,000 feet of a school.
The longtime downtown swingers club underwent a conversion in 2015 when it relocated to a run-down office park in the community of Madison, calling itself a church because the new location is near the back of the private Goodpasture Christian School.
Two codes inspectors paid $40 to enter the facility in March and filed affidavits detailing sex acts they witnessed within.
The city is seeking to close the club.
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FBI warns houses of worship among possible targets leading up to Inauguration Day
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Emerging Methods: Traditional, Experimental, Transgressive forms.
As scholars are asking new questions, pushing new boundaries, and discovering new ways of being, they are changing the way ethnography and ethnographic methodologies answer such questions. Emerging methods reflect the changing objects of study, but also reflect cutting-edge struggles with finding the right tools for the questions we ask. While emerging methods implies that new is somehow better, we must recognize that so-called traditional methods are often re-formed for contemporary issues; that experimental methods may uncover and examine the novelties within and for new social media, communication, and interactions; and that transgressive methods may push beyond the boundaries, expanding—sometimes dramatically—how we apprehend the world. The stream of Emerging Methods provides an arena for rich discourse and thoughts about specific methods, methodologies, and framings of contemporary issues.
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The 2009 Meistriliiga was the 19th season of the Meistriliiga, Estonia's premier football league. It started on 7 March 2009 and ended on 10 November 2009. Levadia won their seventh title.

Changes from the previous season
TVMK were disbanded after the end of the previous season. Hence Vaprus, who originally were to be directly relegated, faced Esiliiga side Paide Linnameeskond in a relegation play-off series for one spot in Meistriliiga 2009. With an aggregate 5–5, Paide Linnameeskond won the promotion play-off against Vaprus on the away goals rule and play their first season in Estonian top division. Tallinna Kalev, who originally were to participate in the relegation series, were spared.

Kuressaare earned promotion to the 2009 Meistriliiga after finishing in second place in the 2008 Esiliiga; champions Levadia II were not eligible to be promoted.

Maag Tammeka changed their name to Tammeka following the loss of a major sponsor.

Overview

League table

Relegation play-off
The ninth placed team of Meistriliiga and the runners-up of Esiliiga will compete in a two-legged relegation play-off for one spot in 2010 Meistriliiga.

Paide Linnameeskond wins 2–1 on aggregate and retains their spot in next season's Meistriliiga.

Results
Each team plays every opponent four times, twice at home and twice on the road, for a total of 36 games.

First half of season

Second half of season

Season statistics

Top scorers

Awards

Monthly awards

See also
 2009 Esiliiga

References

External links
 soccernet.ee
 soccerassociation.com
 uefa.com

Meistriliiga seasons
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Regular readers (hi folks!) will probably know that, thanks to my best mate Peter, I am a big fan of Bill Hicks. My sister and I used to stay over at Peter's after a Friday night out at a '70s night in Paisley and Peter would always play some of Hicks's albums as we were drifting off to sleep. From that, I got really interested in his work. Sadly, this was a few years after his untimely death at the age of 32 from Pancreatic Cancer.
One story that has now become legend is that of his 12th and final performance on the David Letterman Show on CBS in America. Hicks performed his set and he, along with the Producers of the show, felt that it had been his best performance on the Letterman show. A couple of hours later, while in his hotel room, Hicks received a phone call from the Producer to say that his spot had been edited from the show due to several "hot points" in his set.
At the end of January, Letterman tried to make amends for this error and played the footage set that Hicks recorded. Not only that, but Letterman invited Hick's mother, Mary, on to talk a little about Bill's life and to publicly apologise to her for having the performance edited out. Below, you'll find the segment, in 3 parts, which has been posted on YouTube and you can watch them below.


The Food Safety Modernization Act of 2011 (FSMA) is the most fundamental change to food safety regulations in over 70 years. Affecting every step of the supply chain, FSMA gives the FDA the power to prevent rather than react to food safety crises.
The Food Safety Modernization Act is 89 pages of dense litigation. Below is a summary of the biggest changes to food safety regulation.
FSMA expands the scope of the FDA's oversight by increasing the frequency of inspections of food facilities, particularly those that are deemed to be high risk. FSMA also allows the FDA access to the records and food safety plans that are now required of all food facilities.
The FDA is now able to issue a mandatory recall of unsafe food as well as suspend the registration of a facility if they believe the food possesses a health risk. Additionally, FSMA loosens the standards required to detain products that may be in violation of the law.
FSMA holds importers accountable for their foreign suppliers. Importers must be able to verify to the FDA that their foreign supplier has an adequate preventive controls pan in place. For high risk imported foods, the FDA can demand a third party certification that assures compliance with US safety standards. However, the FDA is required to establish a program through which foreign food facilities can be verified by qualified third parties. The FDA must also establish a voluntary program that allows food importers to go through an expedited review if their food is sourced from certified facilities.
Lastly, FSMA aims to improve food safety through collaboration with both foreign and domestic government agencies. FSMA provides the FDA with a multi-year grant to strengthen the food safety capabilities of state and local agencies whom the FDA will rely on to meet its increased inspection mandate. FSMA also directs the FDA to develop a plan to address educating foreign governments and food producers on US safety standards.
The regulation requires that certain activities be performed by a Preventive Controls Qualified Individual (PCQI) who has successfully completed training in the development and application of risk-based preventive controls.
A Preventive controls qualified individual "means a qualified individual who has successfully completed training in the development and application of risk-based preventive controls at least equivalent to that received under a standardized curriculum recognized as adequate by FDA or is otherwise qualified through job experience to develop and apply a food safety system." This is the definition is from Current Good Manufacturing Practice, Hazard Analysis, and Risk-based Preventive Controls for Human Food regulation § 117.3 and the Current Good Manufacturing Practice, Hazard Analysis, and Risk-based Preventive Controls for Food for Animals regulation § 507.3.
Under the Preventive Controls for Human Food rule, the responsibilities of a "preventive controls qualified individual" include to oversee or perform 1) preparation of the Food Safety Plan, 2) validation of the preventive controls, 3) records review, 4) reanalysis of the Food Safety Plan, and other activities as appropriate to the food.
One way to become a PCQI, is to take the Preventive Controls for Human Food Course. This course, taught by a Preventive Controls for Human Foods Lead Instructor was developed by FSPCA in collaboration with the FDA. You will then receive your training certificate which is issued by the Association of Food and Drug Officials (AFDO).
Cynthia Weber is a Preventive Controls Lead Instructor authorized to teach that standardized course, and is offering the 2.5 day Preventive Controls for Human Food Course in Minneapolis, MN. View upcoming courses.


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Chiefs injury update: Jeff Allen tweaked his ankle, Marcus Peters had cramps
By Joel Thorman@JoelThorman Dec 7, 2015, 8:15am CST
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The injury to Marcus Peters at the end of the Kansas City Chiefs victory over the Oakland Raiders isn't a big deal. Andy Reid told the media after the game that Peters just had cramps. There was a video of Peters throwing up earlier in the game so I'm guessing that's where some of the dehydration came from to cause the cramps.
Meanwhile, Jeff Allen played just seven snaps before he had to come out of the game. Reid said that he tweaked his ankle in the game and wasn't able to finish. Allen was questionable on the injury report entering the game but it was clear early on that he couldn't move the way he wanted to. Donald Stephenson replaced him at left guard. Interesting move because Stephenson has usually played tackle.
Mike DeVito suffered a concussion in the game and now enters the concussion protocol. The Chiefs have been keeping some of their concussed players out for multiple weeks so we'll have to wait and see how this one does.
As for Allen Bailey, who was questionable but did not play, Reid said that he tried to go. "He just couldn't push off the way he needed to be able to so we ended up sitting him down at the last minute," Reid said. Dontari Poe played 72 of 79 snaps in his absence while Howard played 70 snaps.


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Pure Oil Plays Still More Attractive Than Low-Carbon Diversification
by Bojan Lepic
In the first half of this year, oil and gas performed so strongly that investors piled into the pure play oil and gas producers.
Investing in the low-carbon economy was a huge stock market theme through 2020 and 2021 but in the first half of this year, oil and gas performed so strongly that investors piled into the pure play oil and gas producers.
Following policy support in the wake of net-zero pledges at COP26 last November, countries and companies alike seemed to set the seal on a structural shift into green investment plays and out of fossil fuel sectors.
During 2022, it's been nothing like that. Analyst company Wood Mackenzie said that the war in Ukraine and the changing economic climate turned things on their head. Oil and gas performed supremely in the stock market for the first five months of the year.
Investors piled into the pure play oil and gas producers that are most leveraged to oil prices, much as they would in any upcycle. US independents led the sector rise through early June before the oil price and shares fell back over the last month.
Persisting with capital discipline paid off big time in 2022, with high prices turning upstream players into cash machines. Financially stretched companies that were expected to take up to five years to pay down debt to 'normal' levels at $60-70/bbl were suddenly able to do it in two years at $100/bbl. Earnings and cash flow ballooned, and share prices rose.
Woodmac stated that free cash flow wasn't being plowed into growth this cycle. Most companies are targeting low-to-mid single-digit production growth, well below the targets of yesteryear. Investors don't want companies to spend more, the company explained. A tight upstream supply chain has diluted the bang for buck for incremental spending. And then there's self-interest – management has found that the less they spend, the better the company's shares perform.
"The expectation is that dividends and buybacks will stay high at $100/bbl. Variable and special dividend 'bonuses' have been a bonanza for shareholding employees who have never had it so good," Woodmac noted.
Furthermore, integrated companies are less leveraged to price but have also performed well in 2022. Strong upstream and trading profits are being boosted by record refining margins – a rare treble. Share prices for US majors Exxon and Chevron have kept pace with independents during the first five months of the year and have held up better in the sell-off since early June.
European majors are also reaping the earnings and cash flow boom. Share price performance has been strong relative to the wider stock market, but most have lagged their US peers. US majors have long commanded a premium rating to their European counterparts, partly a function of the relatively high rating of the US stock market. Woodmac stated that the gap has widened.
A big differentiator is the pace of decarbonization. The US majors are only at an early, tentative stage of committing to investing in decarbonization, whereas the Euro majors are already well ahead in diversifying and are accelerating investment.
"Budgets for new energy have doubled in the last two years and, by 2030, the most aggressive, such as BP, could be spending 50% of the total investment on low-carbon projects. REPowerEU, the EU policy to accelerate the energy transition and make Europe independent of Russian fossil fuels before 2030, reinforces the rationale behind European major strategies," Woodmac explained.
Yet investors continue to harbor the same doubts around Big Energy – Big Oil's ability to execute low-carbon strategies, the modest returns from investment in low-carbon opportunities, and the sustained cash burn as the new business is built out.
Woodmac also posed the question of when and how investors' perceptions might change. It may take longer than expected following COP26. Russia's invasion of Ukraine has highlighted the world's current dependence on oil and gas and cast doubt over the pace the world is prepared to embrace decarbonization.
"The structural dislocation in oil and gas markets means we now expect elevated oil and gas prices for the next few years. This has transformed the financial outlook for the sector and the attractiveness of pure plays and oil and gas-focused players to investors. They are making big money now," Wood Mackenzie explained in its analysis.
The analyst firm still believes though that the transition is going to happen, and that oil and gas companies have significant value at risk whether from the increased implementation of carbon pricing or future declines in oil and gas demand – or both.
"Companies that fail to adapt to the emerging low-carbon world will suffer a progressive de-rating in the market," Woodmac said.
But change takes time and the signposts of the business transformation journey the Euro majors have embarked on lie some distance in the future. Our forecasts suggest it's not until 2028 that free cash flow from the existing renewables project pipelines turns positive – but still these assets will only contribute around 10 percent of Euro majors' operating cash flow.
Abundant cash flow does enable diversifying majors to placate investors with higher pay-outs and buy-backs while they push forward with investment in low carbon and building a sustainable future.
Also, there still appears to be plenty of private capital looking for opportunities to access renewables portfolios. Expect more farm downs, an option that Repsol, TotalEnergies, and Equinor have used successfully to unlock gains. And perhaps even going a step further, as Repsol did last month selling 25 percent of its renewables business for just over $900 million.
To contact the author, email bojan.lepic@rigzone.com
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Q: Tracing Canadian borders with a function. (longitude and latitude boundaries of Canada) I'm writing a python script that generates random addresses in Canada. To do this, I have to generate random tuples (longitude,latitude) that are within Canadian borders (not in the ocean).
I figured that I can approximate the borders with small rectangles (just like in calculus). Which does the job, but it is not optimal/accurate.
I couldn't find any academic paper/discussion on the web, maybe my searches did not contain the right keywords. Can you help me find the right resources or even answer this question? The programming part is fine, I just need the math!
Thank you

A: You are talking about reverse geocoding. The easiest way to do this is to make use of the google maps geocoding API.
You can do this without registering, but you are limited to like 4-5 calls per day. You can register for free for a relatively high number of calls (20-25k last I checked) and if you exceed that you have to pay.
import requests
import json
def getplace(lat, lon):
    url = "http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?"
    url += "latlng=%s,%s&sensor=false" % (lat, lon)
    data = {'key': 'your-api-key-goes-here'} # If using your free 5 calls, include no data and just doa  get request on the url
    v = requests.post(url=url, data=data)
    j = json.loads(v.text)
    components = j['results'][0]['address_components']
    country = town = None
    for c in components:
        if "country" in c['types']:
            country = c['long_name']
        if "locality" in c['types']:
            town = c['long_name']
    return town, country

print(getplace(45.425533, -75.69248))
print(getplace(45.525533, -77.69248))

The above outputs:
('Ottawa', 'Canada')
("Barry's Bay", 'Canada')
You can print out the raw response print(v.text to see the data object and find the fields you actually care about


The Canadian dollar slid Wednesday after the Financial Times reported that Saudi Arabia had begun selling off its holdings of the country's bonds, stocks, and cash.
The divestment came after Canada's foreign ministry condemned the kingdom's arrest of a prominent women's rights activist.
Saudi Arabia's national airline suspended flights to and from Toronto on Tuesday.
Watch the Canadian dollar trade in real-time here.
According to the FT's Simeon Kerr, Saudi Arabia ordered the divestments "no matter the cost" after Canada criticized its arrest of Samar Badawi, a women's rights activist. Saudi central bank and state pension funds told their overseas asset managers to unload Canadian bonds, stocks, and cash holdings "no matter the cost," the report said. The selling began on Tuesday, it said.
The Canadian dollar was down by 0.2% against the US dollar to 1.3096 at 8:59 a.m. ET. It slid to its lowest level in two weeks.
Canada's foreign ministry tweeted Friday that it was "gravely concerned" about the arrests of women's rights activists. Then on Tuesday, Saudi Arabia's national airline Saudia suspended flights to and from Toronto in the feud over the arrest of several prominent human-rights activists.
"The Kingdom views the Canadian position as an affront to the Kingdom that requires a sharp response to prevent any party from attempting to meddle with Saudi sovereignty," the Saudi foreign ministry said in a statement.