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FondsMC1176 - Capt. C. F. Inches fonds
Fonds MC1176 - Capt. C. F. Inches fonds
Capt. C. F. Inches fonds
Provincial Archives of New Brunswick
CA PANB MC1176
Inches, Cyrus Fiske
2 cm of textual records
(21 January 1883 - 29 February 1956)
Biographical history
Of Scottish descent, Cyrus Fiske Inches, the son of Mary Dorothea Isabel (Minnie) Fiske (d. 1917) and Patrick (Peter) Robertson Inches (d. 1919), a medical doctor, was born 21 January 1883 at Saint John, New Brunswick. Minnie and Peter Inches had no fewer than 6 other children, namely, Julius (1876-1878), Mary K. (Schofield), Constance R. (Harrison), Errol A., Charles P., and Kenneth R. Cyrus Inches's uncle, James Archibald Inches, was a military leader in New Brunswick in the 1860s, at the time of the Fenian raids.
Cyrus F. Inches attended the School of Law of the University of King's College, in Saint John, graduating with a Bachelor of Civil Laws (B.C.L.) degree in 1902. He also attended Harvard University, graduating in 1905. He taught briefly at the University of King's College law school during the interwar years. Prior to 1946 he was named King's Counsel.
During World War I, Captain C. F. Inches served in France, being named commander of the 1st Canadian Heavy Battery. The British Government awarded him a Distinguished Service Medal. In 1919 he published a 31-page booklet on his wartime experiences entitled, "The 1st Canadian Heavy Battery in France: Farewell Message to the N.C.O.'s and Men".
In his personal life, C. F. Fiske was a member of the Saint Andrew's Society of Saint John and served as president from 1930-1931. He never married. Cyrus Fiske Inches died at the Saint John General Hospital on 29 February 1956, and was buried in Fernhill Cemetery.
Information about the custody of these records prior to acquisition is incomplete.
These 5 army (field service) correspondence books relate to Capt. C. F. Inches's tour of duty in France, in 1916, with the 1st Canadian Heavy Battery. He records information about his routine administration duties, while also providing information about ammunition, equipment, weapons, horses, the awarding of honours and medals, charges of insolence and desertion, military court martials, attack plans, activities at the Front, and feats of gallantry. A number of names of officers and enlisted men are included. The correspondence book dating from June to July 1916 (MS1A) contains a few letters written or signed by Lt.-Col. C. G. Pritchard, R.G.A.
WWI & WWII Thematic Guide
Provinces and Territories (Canada) » New Brunswick » Saint John
Europe » France
Inches, Cyrus Fiske (Creator)

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Where in the world have I been? Working, purging, sorting – will it ever end? Soon! We met with a cleaning service to make everything shine. We are meeting with the realtor on Friday to schedule the listing.
I thought I would share the really thoughtful gifts that I received for Christmas.
I mentioned to Stephanie that I would need a granny shopping cart so that I can walk to the store. She gifted me with this weather proof and very stylish cart. Suits me, don't you think? She also gave me this too beautiful to use screenprinted linen apron. I think I will just hang it as art.
Lisa and Clay gave us a gorgeous photo book of their wedding. It brings back so many happy memories.
Jayme, Mark and Paige gave us these beautiful Heath pottery candlesticks.
I gave myself a Fitbit which tracks my steps and monitors how restless I am when sleeping! I have been racking up the steps with all of the house work I have been doing.
Tonight, Mr C and I are going out to dinner and then off to the Ode to Joy concert with the Oregon Symphony and other local artists. I am looking forward to some time away from the drudgery!!
Wishing you all a lovely and happy new year. I will be back tomorrow with a chance to win something really nice. So check back.
Multi-tasking is my middle name. I gave up on discharging this fabric. Instead, I used a Stencil Girl stencil with irregular lines to print. I experimented with some different paints and ended up with Jacquard's Lumiere Halo Blue Gold. It was the effect that I was going for. This photo is not that good. It is hard to photograph metallic paints, I think. Anyway, I am happy with it.
Mr C has been busy. He spackled the nail holes from the wall where I had hung my crosses. Then, it got a fresh coat of paint. It looks pretty bare. We will put the mirror back up and maybe some generic art.
That bench is a church pew that was gifted to us by our church in Wilmington, NC. We help to fund the redoing of the altar and a new organ. They had too many pews for the new space. It is one of those things we may have to give up.
Today, I wrapped gifts, which I do not enjoy doing. This one was pretty easy. I had a black box and I used Washi Tape to decorate it. Perfect for the architect in the family.
After a quick trip to Trader Joe's this afternoon, I set about baking some goodies for the Christmas Eve meal — the traditional chocolate mint brownies and two gluten free recipes for me — pecan tassies and Girl Scout Samoa cookies. I still have to do the chocolate dipping and caramel/coconut top for the cookies.
Tonight, we went to the local Paleo restaurant near us. They brought me this tumbler of wine, which I enjoyed. A little boy came over to our table and asked if he could have the dinosaurs. I told him I was finished playing with them. He looked at me quizzically and then grinned.
And so tomorrow is Christmas eve. I am doing dinner here and Steph is doing Christmas Day dinner. I think she is making tamales.
Then, the crunch begins. More decluttering and organizing and cleaning. I move into my new little studio space the first week of January. It is both exhilarating and exhausting just to think about it.
I have added a link on the left side of my blog for the Stash Reduction Sale. If you click the buy now button, it will take you to Paypal. You do not need a Paypal account, you can pay with a credit card there. Shipping is included in the price. Here are some of the collections available. Have fun shopping!


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Proposal:Preparing a translation machine
2.1 Additions
6.1 Web services
I propose to prepare what is needed for a future translation machine.
Accepting OmegaWiki as a Wikimedia Foundation's project and improving it.
Writing a robot to extract as much information as possible from Wiktionaries and to include it in OmegaWiki, through a human check, so that the person entering an expression into OmegaWiki could just accept the fields from Wiktionary by checking boxes, and would have the possibility to modify and complete the fields before inclusion.
Thinking of a way to involve the general public in a WikiGrammar, written in a rigorous way, like OmegaWiki (not like Wiktionaries) so that this grammar information could later be used by a translation machine.
Contact the Moses, OpenLogos, Apertium or/and any other community working on opensource translation machine to see if they would be interested in collaborating with the WikiMedia Foundation.
Thinking of one or two machine translation approaches.
Proposal:More precise referencing#Additions : precise interwiki links to allow translations as bubble help and for statistical analysis.¹
¹ Moses is a statistical machine translation system that allows you to automatically train translation models for any language pair. All you need is a collection of translated texts (parallel corpus).
There is no high quality translation machine in this planet. The least bad ones are proprietary, or only work between similar languages (typically between romance languages).
Translation machines have 2 parts: the lexical part (a dictionary a program can read and use easily) and a programmatic part, implementing the grammar and translation rules. Up to now, both parts have been regarded as too technical for the general public to be involved. OmegaWiki made a significant step towards a machine-readable highly-structured dictionary using the general public knowledge. Other steps are necessary in the lexical part, as discussed in OmegaWiki's community pages.
I think it's possible to use the grammatical knowledge of the general public too, though this has to be thought. It's not very difficult in some fields, such as inflections (conjugations, declensions etc., which are already recorded in Wiktionaries), word places in some languages (for instance whether a French adjective is placed before or after the noun).
I don't think we're ready now to make a good translation machine. If we begin too quickly, the risk of major errors is high. This is why I propose we build the bricks which will enable to make a translation machine later.
How to make a highly structured machine-readable WikiGrammar?
What should be the internal structure of such a wiki: relational database (MySQL, for instance), XML, Prolog knowledge base, or other?
How to interconnect or merge the Wiktionaries with OmegaWiki?
Non-exhaustive list of existing projects
Terminology database of the language service of the German Parliament (Bundestag)
Linguee — Linguee is more than a German-English dictionary. Search millions of sentences translated by other people.
Do you have a thought about this proposal? A suggestion? Discuss this proposal by going to Proposal talk:Preparing a translation machine.
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Proposals for new projects


What it does have in spades is a lovely, almost old-fashioned charm.
Okay admittedly it's not exactly right in the middle of the city but a few visitors to Bangkok realise that there is a beach just 40 minutes away from the busy metropolis. Bangsaen is down the east coast on the way to Pattaya, famous for its beachfront hedonism, as well as the more sedate Jomtien and ever peaceful Jomtien Na with its white-golden sands. Bangsaen is totally off the tourist track and is much more of a locals' resort which gives it a classically Thai feel. If you have been exploring the rich colour of the city and need a break from it all, then Bangsaen is a nearby antidote to busy Bangkok.
It has to be said that Bangsaen Beach is not what you might call pretty, so don't expect white sands and clear blue seas. The sand is more of a light brown and the sea can get a bit litter-strewn later in the day. However, what it does have in spades is a lovely, almost old-fashioned charm. Tables with deckchairs are grouped together under huge tarpaulin covers as Bangsaen is popular with groups of friends and families who couldn't think of anything worse than not sitting in the shade. Ironically, it seems that sun-shy Thais often wear more at the beach than they do when they are walking about in air-conditioned comfort. In fact, so few visitors from abroad visit Bangsaen that the sight of anyone sunbathing or wearing a bikini will attract attention and definitely a few stares from those who are curious about your seemingly strange behaviour! Many Thais you meet in Bangsaen, despite it being so close to cosmopolitan Bangkok, have never even seen someone from another country before, but the most you will get are friendly smiles as most Thais will be far too shy to approach you.
Behind the sand is a pedestrianised walkway where tandems and bicycles for four people can be cheaply rented and there are always a few wobbling along. At the side of this path are small barbeques selling grilled squid and huge prawns, and stalls bashing mango, chilli and lime for spicy somtam salad, alongside big racks of hot-off-the-grill chicken. Small steamed crabs with a green chilli dip are a Bangsaen must too. Forget over the top prices for seafood aimed at the tourist market, Bangsaen is reasonably priced and the food is fresher than fresh, and you can even order at your deckchair too.
Fun in the water is had on banana boats and inflated rings, whilst there's a constant stream of vendors walking along the shore selling everything from candy floss, battered shrimps and hard boiled quails eggs with vinegar, and of course fresh fruits which are sold just about anywhere and everywhere in Thailand. Masseurs offer at-your-deckchair foot massages or the chance to stretch out for a full-body massage on big throws on the ground. Because Bangsaen is a Thai holiday beach rather than one that sees many foreigners there is no hard sell and this really adds to the chilled-out, no pressure vibe of Bangkok's nearest beach.
There are cheap but clean places to stay at one end of the beach near to the night market and along the beach road is probably the most upmarket hotel, Tides, which has a swimming pool and lots of green grounds. At the other end of the beach road the road continues down the beachfront and there are a couple of restaurants with live music. If you follow the beach road round and away from the beach there are a few bars and some clubs. However, unless you are under 25 you might feel a little out of place in this small stretch of nightlife. Bangsaen is a university town and the student vibe adds some nice energy to the area but the crowd is young and of the same ilk.
Nobody comes to Bangsaen for the nightlife though so the fact that young student types are drinking their first beers down the road is neither here nor there. At the other end of the beach road, right by the sea, there is a night market which offers the ideal end to a day on the sand chilling out. Unlike many markets in Thailand and around the world that sell lots of tat, there are some quirky and interesting stalls at Bangsaen's Walking Street. It has more of an artsy feel to it but still sells the usual sunglasses, slippers you cannot walk in and lots of things you simply do not want or need. A huge stage with open area in front is often playing out classic Thai pop with famous singers visiting more than once in a while.
In the market near to the seawall, you can sit on mats on the floor with low tables and eat grilled salted fish, order good Thai food from the menu, or bring your own food from the many food stalls selling snacks. This is the type of place where you can bring a bottle of whisky from the shop, or order a bucket of ice and some beers, fill the table with sharing snacks, and relax into a cheap and cheerful night out Thai-style. Of course, whilst everyone else seems to be able to sit perfectly comfortably on a mat on the hard floor, unless you are used to it you might have to do lots of shifting around or even bring a cushion so you can sit for longer. There are some restaurants around including somewhere to eat just opposite in the Sez Hotel, but you might enjoy just snacking as you walk around the retro stalls.
The real beauty of Bangsaen is that it does not have the classic good looks that Thai beaches are so renowned for, and it doesn't pander or seem to be even aware of the tourist from abroad. Because of this it has a unique character that is authentic, relaxing and totally Thai.


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Q: Enriched locally presentable categories Is there a standard reference for the theory (if it exists) of $\mathcal{V}$-enriched locally presentable categories? Here $\mathcal{V}$ is a cosmos. Does anything unexpected happens here in contrast to the case $\mathcal{V}=\text{Set}$ treated in "Locally Presentable And Accessible Categories" by Adamek & Rosicky? In particular I'm interested in the case $\mathcal{V} = \text{Cat}$.

A: The theory is also developed further in two papers by Borceux, Quinteiro and Rosický: Enriched accessible categories MR1419612 and A theory of enriched sketches MR1624638. In the second one they say that they are particularly interested in case $\mathcal{V} = \text{Cat}$ and that they "intend to study this in a further publication", but I don't know of such a publication.

A: One remark about the standard theory of enriched accessible categories is that the enriching category $\mathcal{V}$ is typically assumed to itself be locally presentable. This ensures that for sufficiently large $\kappa$, there is a good notion of $\kappa$-small limits and $\kappa$-filtered colimits -- for instance, they should commute in $\mathcal{V}$ -- which makes for a good notion of "smallness" for $\mathcal{V}$-enriched categories.
In principle, though, one should be able to develop a theory of $(\mathcal{V},\Phi)$-accessible categories based on any good duality between a class $\Phi$ of $\mathcal{V}$-limits and a class $\Phi^\vee$ of $\mathcal{V}$-colimits that commute in $\mathcal{V}$. (By "good", I mean that a condition called soundness should be satisfied.) Conceptually, it's not necessary for $\mathcal{V}$ to be locally presentable or for $\Phi$ to be the class of $\kappa$-small $\mathcal{V}$-limits. For example, in the unenriched case, the duality between finite products and sifted colimits can be developed in perfect analogy to the theory of $\kappa$-accessible categories for fixed $\kappa$, and one recovers the usual theory of Lawvere theories. Some aspects of such a general theory of locally $(\mathcal{V},\Phi)$-presentable categories are touched on by Lack and Rosický.
What's missing from this story is an interesting notion of "raising the index of accessibility". In the standard enriched setup, where $\mathcal{V}$ is locally presentable, we have (just like the unenriched case) a hierarchy of $\Phi$'s to use -- $\kappa$-small $\mathcal{V}$-limits for arbitrarily large $\kappa$ -- and interesting theorems to state that rely on letting $\kappa$ vary. I simply don't know any good examples of such a hierarchy of $\Phi$'s besides the standard ones to motivate the development of the sort of general theory I'm driving at.

A: The standard reference is Max Kelly's 1982 paper "Structures defined by finite limits in the enriched setting".
Perhaps the most unexpected thing is how well the theory works!

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About this time I started watching Poldark.
Isn't it funny that thing that happens when you buy a new car. Suddenly it seems like every second car on the street is the same a yours. You start noticing them at every set of traffic lights!
This is what happened to me. Once I started historical sewing for real, I started taking notice of it all around me. Poldark, for example. In the first season, I watched it for the story and the scenery. In the second season, I watched it for the costumes.
Online again I went, this time to find a closed-front gown. These seem to be something that came more into fashion (at least amongst the gentry) later in the 18th century - more like 1780s. This time I found a really nice pattern company called Fig Leaf. I love the illustration first on the pattern, and then the fact that the pattern was taken from an extensive study of an extant gown for the use of a museum also gave me confidence. I try my best to do as much research as my limited resources allow prior to purchasing patterns, as it always costs so much to have them sent here. Its terribly disappointing to find out once it arrives that it's not authentic in its sewing techniques or pattern.
As I had several other things going on in my life right at that moment, the pattern stayed unopened for quite some time. However, browsing through...a local but nationwide store that I shall not name...I saw the perfect fabric and had to purchase it. It was an upholstery-weight cotton, in a pale sky blue, with a cream and beige floral and bird pattern on it. I had heard that cotton wasn't used until after this time due to laws, but I'd also read that no-one actually obeyed these laws anyway, so cotton was my new best friend. I purchased 9.5 metres of it, and this sat in glorious righteousness in my sewing corner for a couple of months until I felt I could justify starting a new project.
Isn't it always the way? I gleefully got out the pattern, cut it out, started working out my mock-up pieces to cut out on my calico...and found that I had 2 of one pattern sheet, and none of another. It happened to be the one with about 6 pieces on it! Grind to a halt.
I frantically emailed the company, and they were very quick to reply and print off the correct page and send it to me. Phew! It had cost me $51 plus shipping to get it here so I was a bit concerned! Restart.
I am disappointed to say, I didn't take any during photos. I don't know why, but I guess we all do it. I'm terrible and have to have the background uncluttered and neat, with no kids schoolbags and unwashed dishes to be seen, so photographing isn't always straightforward!
I am pretty proud of my pattern matching.
Pinked neck trim: used fray check. Lesson learned!
Centre back pleats. Boned and stab stitched. Love that back.
but I like the tidiness of how I whipped the lining down afterwards.
Hook and eye closure. No, not brass, but nearly correct.
Back neck. And sleeve seams are not finished, which is correct.
There is a LOT of fabric in the petticoat: 4.5m from memory.
I've reviewed the pattern, and for the most part it was excellent. I think the first pattern I used helped me understand the process, and next time I use the pattern, I will use some of the more accurate techniques that are described throughout the pattern as an option.
The fabric was very heavy, though the pattern author assures me that it is more accurate to use this weight. Elsewhere I have read that the silks became more and more refined, so that by this stage (1780) they were the feather-weight silk that we see mostly today. I think a good compromise would be an upholstery-weight silk, and I have my eye on some for the next time I sew this particular gown.
For this, the 'practice' round, I sewed the long, main seams with machine. This was the dress that wore my fingers completely out, and I finally had to learn to use the thimble. I read that thimbles are a main item in a seamstress's kit, and I now well-believe it. It's not fun when the thread end of the needle pierces your finger repeatedly!!
Here is a very poor photo of the dress. I will take the next available opportunity to get all the sewing details pictured and uploaded, as it's such a special garment to me. And I love the 'polonaise' style of skirt, though I believe it's not just the skirt-style that makes an authentic polonaise, but the sort of inverted centre front opening which is wider at the waist and meets at the chest. Pointless information, but I'm sure will be useful at some point!
nb I now know this is an Italian gown, worn retroussee (puffed).


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Does Not Compute
Published January 17, 2022	by Jim Wang
Does Not Compute [Morgan Housel] – "The first step to accepting that some things don't compute is realizing that the reason we have innovation and advancement is because we are fortunate to have people in this world whose minds work differently from yours. Beyond Nash are people like Elon Musk and Steve Jobs, whose personalities are equal parts brilliant and absurd, and the absurd can't be separated from the brilliant – you have to accept the full package. We'd never get anywhere if everyone viewed the world as a clean set of rational rules to follow." Great post about rationality that starts with two war stories and is a great look at human nature and how logic doesn't always (and often doesn't) rule the day.
Relax, it's OK to slow down [Tawcan] – "Navigating through this global pandemic has been extremely hard for everyone. We all are mentally drained. Some of us have been in survival mode for many months, trying to get by and just making it to the next day. […] So, take the time to pat yourself on the back for maneuvering through this tough difficult period and making sure you and your family are doing OK. And know that it is OK to slow down."
A fun little clip about how Andre Agassi read Boris Becker's serve and how he had to hide it:
Being a great returner is all about problem solving 👀
On his 51st birthday, remembering @AndreAgassi's fascinating method of reading one of the best serves in the world…
(via @Unscriptd) pic.twitter.com/U3I1TcjZuO
— Tennis TV (@TennisTV) April 29, 2021
What does your dream cost?
It's yet another freaky Friday, friends! But before you head off to enjoy your weekends, I've gathered a few final stories about money (and more) to share with you…
What does your dream cost? [Bitches Get Riches] — "The road to the things you want most may be unfairly long and winding. But that is all the more reason to drive it in daylight, with GPS. Today, I'm going to walk you through some strategies to price out the kind of ambitious, lifelong dreams that feel so hard to quantify. Hopefully it'll inspire you to do the same with your own bucket list!"
How to create your own personal financial calendar. [Less Debt, More Wine] — "A Financial Calendar can help you start working towards getting a month ahead on your finances when you're struggling in the vicious paycheck to paycheck cycle. A Financial Calendar has every single bill due date throughout the entire year. Not just monthly bills, but also quarterly, semi-annual, and annual bills. Every. Single. Bill. Due. Date."
The shady business of selling futures. [Wired] — "Selling futures is a business that feeds off uncertainty — and uncertainty is its true product…That's why it's important for everyone to be aware when the future is being used as snake oil to persuade us of the inevitability of what is really just another marketing plan. Asking who will benefit from a particular future vision is a good start; so is following the money."
Your attention didn't collapse. It was stolen. [The Guardian] — "We are not now facing simply a normal anxiety about attention, of the kind every generation goes through as it ages. We are living in a serious attention crisis – one with huge implications for how we live." I feel like this is an important subject. My friends and I talk about it often in casual conversation. We know that our attention spans have collapsed. We just don't know how to fix them.
There are two "year end" videos that I await eagerly every year. The first (and best) is David Ehrlich's "best films" countdown, which is always so so amazing. (But which doesn't get released until late January.) The second is D.J. Earworm's United States of Pop, a mash-up of some of the year's most popular songs.
Well, here's the United States of Pop 2021…
Great stuff, as always.
And that's it for this week. Jim will be back on Monday with more of the best of personal finance. Join him!
How to be successful.
Today is Thursday, my friends, and this is Apex Money, your source for the juiciest money stories from around the web. Oh — and other interesting stuff we want to share haha. Let's get started.
The quest to find the world's best rice. [Taste] — "Japan has around 300 brands of short-grain japonica rice that go by names like Yume Shizuku (Dream Droplet), Seiten no Hekireki (Bolt from the Blue), Tsuyahime (Shiny Princess), and Mirukii Kuiin (Milky Queen). Each one is a unique cultivar that's been grown by plant breeders for some combination of traits: stickiness, starch density, big kernels, high yields, early maturation, heat resilience, pest resistance."
How to be successful. [Sam Altman] — "I've observed thousands of founders and thought a lot about what it takes to make a huge amount of money or to create something important. Usually, people start off wanting the former and end up wanting the latter. Here are 13 thoughts about how to achieve such outlier success. Everything here is easier to do once you've already reached a baseline degree of success (through privilege or effort) and want to put in the work to turn that into outlier success. But much of it applies to anyone."
Cage-free is basically meaningless (and other lies your egg carton is telling you). [Lifehacker] — "If all of this seems like too much to remember, you can always build a coop and raise your own hens, or source your eggs from a local farm. The yolks in local farm eggs have a darker color and richer flavor than factory farmed eggs, and come with a nice smug feeling of moral superiority. (My favorite eggs come from my dad's chickens, but Vital Farms, which is rated very highly on ol' Organic Egg Scorecard, are a very close second)." [Our household is also devoted to Vital Farms eggs.]
Lastly, here's a YouTube video I found recently, and about which I find myself thinking several times a week. (Seriously!) It's a two-minute clip explaining the "veil of ignorance" thought experiment from philosopher John Rawls. It's a way of trying to think about what's fair and just when it comes to communities and societies.
Okay, that's it for Thursday. I'll be back here tomorrow to see you into the weekend. Take care!
The morality of manipulation.
Welcome to Wednesday, money nerds, and welcome to another installment of Apex Money. Let's dive right in.
The car shortage could change buying behavior forever. [Axios] — "Supply chain disruptions could have a silver lining for automakers if Americans can be trained to order the exact car they want — color, features, bells and whistles — and then wait a month or so for it to be delivered."
The morality of manipulation. [Nir and Far] — "As the march of technology makes the world a more addictive place, innovators need to consider their role. It will be years, perhaps generations, before society develops the antibodies to new addictions. In the meantime, users will have to judge the yet unknown consequences for themselves, while creators will have to live with the moral repercussions of how they spend their professional lives."
It's not about the cards you're dealt; it's about the hand you play. [Female in Finance] — "There are things in life you won't get to choose. No one chooses their starting point, but it's up to you to choose where you end up. And although you may not get to choose your starting hand, you do get to choose how to play. It's up to you to play a poor hand well. And that takes hard work."
Everyday sayings explained. [Stylist] — "Every phrase, saying or proverb starts somewhere, and thanks to the Phrase Finder, we've uncovered the (often disputed) authors, meanings and stories behind some of the most commonplace sayings. The results are surprising, and prove it wasn't just Shakespeare changing our language."
Today's video features is something completely different for me. It's a five-minute segment from CrowsEye Productions on YouTube that features a woman getting dressed in the style of 7th century Britain.
To me, this is fascinating although it's not anything I would have ever sought out on my own. Now that I've watched it, though, it gives context to all of the Arthurian stuff I like to read. And you know what? The CrowsEye YT channel has tons more like this exploring clothing and customs of years and centuries past.
How good design makes people happy.
Hello, my friends! Welcome to another week of Apex Money. Every weekday, Jim and I collect interesting articles from around the web that explore the world of money and self-improvement — and whatever else piques our interest.
Here's what I have for you today.
Crypto: The good, the bad, and the ugly. [Seldo.com] — "Every time I dig into crypto I find things that seem stupid, or useless, or actively bad. But so many people are into it! I'm a big fan of the wisdom of crowds, especially when it comes to technical choices, so a big crowd of people doing something that seems stupid really eats at me. I must be missing something! So here, mostly to help me think about it for myself, I'm going to examine all the things that are good about crypto, and then all the things that are bad."
What happened when people in a New York town started getting $500 monthly checks. [Fast Company] — "HudsonUP started in the fall of 2020 with 25 low-income recipients receiving $500 a month for 5 years. One year in, as the program inducts a new cohort of 50 more beneficiaries, organizers have released a report that illustrates how the supplemental cash assisted the first group. They found that employment more than doubled among surveyed recipients, who also reported better health, mended relationships, and the agency to spend their money as they see fit…" [Very small sample size, obviously, but interesting.]
100 ways to slightly improve your life with minimal effort. [The Guardian] — "Whether it's taking fruit to work (and to the bedroom!), being polite to rude strangers or taking up skinny-dipping, here's a century of ways to make life better, with little effort involved…"
Today's video features is an old one. In this talk from 2003, design critic Don Norman discusses beauty, fun, pleasure and emotion, as he looks at how good design makes people happy.
It's an interesting concept and goes a long way to explaining why I choose some of the products that I choose. I drive a Mini Cooper. I use Apple computers and phones and tablets. When we bought out new house in August, I ordered a womb chair (which, at long last, arrives tomorrow!).
I know that not everyone cares about design, and that's fine. But as Norman explains in this video, I get great joy every day from using things that are beautiful and well designed.
Okay, that's it for Monday. I'll be back tomorrow with more. See you then!
How to Live a Rich Life
Published January 7, 2022	by Jim Wang
I've known Ramit for many years, since the days of my first blog in 2005ish, and I'm a huge fan of his concept of a "Rich Life."
It's only partly money and more about your relationship with money. A Rich Life means something different to each person but it all requires you to take a close look at yourself, which we should all do a little bit more of.
How to Live a Rich Life [I Will Teach You To Be Rich] – "So what is a Rich Life anyway? Is it wearing a Rolex and having a china closet? No!
A Rich Life is your ideal life — one where you look at your personal relationships, your finances, and your ordinary days and say, "Wow!""
Making the Transition to Early Retirement: Our 5 Year Plan [Rich Frugal Life] – "Having a good plan can both motivate you and keep you moving in the right direction. Things get more complicated when there's a partner and/or kids involved. Don't underestimate the amount of time or effort it will take to create one (like I did)."
Finally, before you go, did you know the ubiquitous "Chinese take out box" was originally an oyster pail???
The Chinese Takeout Box is As American As Baseball and Apple Pie [The Dieline] – "The need for an inexpensive, watertight package that can safely carry oysters home inspired the eventual invention of the "oyster pail," an early version of which was patented in 1890, then significantly improved upon in 1894 by Frederick Weeks Wilcox. The new version could be formed from a single piece of paper or card stock so that no moisture gets trapped, leading to unwanted leakage. Its folded design also allows steam to escape. Ever handy, the top can be folded and locked, and a bail can be attached to carry the pail upright. Since it gets made from a single piece, users can also carefully unfold it to form a serving surface. Because who doesn't want an instant, on-demand plate?"
20 Steps To Take In The Year Before Retirement
20 Steps To Take In The Year Before Retirement [The Retirement Manifesto] – "18 months before retirement, I started a checklist with everything I had to address before retirement. You can start with the 20 items from this post, then add to it as specific tasks come to mind. It was a lifesaver for me and became the roadmap that led my tasks as I made my final preparations for retirement. I listed each month between "now" and "retirement", then populated various tasks into each month and referred to the list each month to ensure I was on track. It doesn't have to be fancy. Here's an actual screenshot from March, with X's to confirm the tasks were compete:"
Why most gas stations don't make money from selling gas [The Hustle] – "The goods inside these stores — Doritos, sunglasses, lotto tickets, energy drinks — only account for ~30% of the average gas station's revenue, yet bring in 70% of the profit." Wow.
Here's a great look of paying it forward – the "Patel Motel Cartel" (such rhymes!):
Did you know that 50% of motels in the United States are owned and operated by people of Indian origin?
This is the story about a Patel Motel Cartel and it's my favorite example of hard work, community, and investing profits to build wealth. pic.twitter.com/O9JU1rXgtz
— Nathan Barry (@nathanbarry) December 23, 2021
Not a Financial Unicorn
I was never a fan of those "I paid off $300,000 of student loan debt in 4 months" posts. In fact, I rarely believed them.
And while there may be "financial unicorns" out there, I think we need to pay more attention to those who aren't… and Michelle does a great job:
Not a Financial Unicorn [#moneyhungry] – "I want to talk about the fact that the majority of people making life changing financial changes aren't financial unicorns and that their efforts are just as valuable to know and hear about-if not even more so. If you're making significant financial changes in your life and are wondering if it's worth it? It is and I want to share what the other side of constantly putting your financial foot one step in front of the other looks like. I'm not a Financial Unicorn but my unsexy financial journey has changed my life for the better. For those of you who are on the other side of some epic financial goals, listen to the show and share with a friend or family member who could use some encouragement going into the New Year."
How I Made $11,520 While Retired In 2021 [A Purple Life] – "So let's talk about something fun, the surprising amount of money I made in retirement. It's surprising because outside of dividends, I expected this amount to be $0 after I quit my job in October 2020 to retire at 30. But like a lot of things in life, I was wrong. Let's get into it!"
Why personal finance blogs are awesome [Financial Chain Breakers] – "We're real people, and we write about our own financial lives. We talk about the struggles we face and the insights we have as we try to save, invest, and retire. We may have some good ideas, some creative ways of looking at things, or helpful tips about what worked for us. But it's usually about the human dimension of personal finance—and maybe a little entertainment—rather than the nuts and bolts of the exact financial plan that's right for you."
Yes, You Can Beat the Market
Yes, You Can Beat the Market [The Best Interest] – "Clearly, it's not true to say "you can't beat the market." It's an incomplete statement. It needs more details, more backup. And it leaves people misinformed. We're going to fix that today. Yes, you can beat the market. But you need to understand how, when, and why." I'd also add two key ideas – not all investors are trying to beat the market in what they do. Some have different goals.
Second, some may not beat the market every year but have a few exceptional years that draw their average way way up. Think: some of the folks portrayed in the Big Short.
2021 Was One of the Best Years in the Stock Market History [A Wealth of Common Sense] – "So we just had a year in which the S&P 500 hit a new record high in nearly one-third of all trading days, losses were capped at 5% and the index was up nearly 30%. In the grand scheme of things, 2021 was in the neighborhood of the best years in U.S. stock market history, which occurred in the 1950s and 1990s, two of the greatest bull markets of all-time."
A Simple Framework For Getting Rich [Banker on Fire] – "But if you wake up tomorrow and everyone's net worth is suddenly $10m, your old benchmark of what constitutes "rich" will no longer apply. The same goes for other "traditional" markers of wealth. The moment everyone drives a Ferrari, owns a Birkin bag, and wears a Patek Philippe is the moment those items lose their ability to denote wealth."
Get Out of Debt Fast Using Simple Debt Payoff Methods [Personal Finance Blogs] – "Getting out of debt is a great goal. When starting on your debt pay off journey, things can look tough. By making a debt pay off plan, and using the debt avalanche, or debt snowball, method, you can get out of debt faster and get on to living your best life."


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Margaret Regan is the author of the award-winning book The Death of Josseline: Immigration Stories from the Arizona Borderlands, a 2010 Southwest Book of the Year. An editor and writer at the Tucson Weekly, Regan has won many regional and national prizes for her immigration reporting, including the 2013 Al Filipov Peace and Justice Award. She lives in Tucson, Arizona. Her latest book, Detained and Deported: Stories of Immigrant Families Under Fire (Beacon Press) is an intimate look at the people ensnared by the US detention and deportation system, the largest in the world. Drawing on years of reporting in the Arizona-Mexico borderlands, Regan tells their poignant stories. Regan demonstrates how increasingly draconian detention and deportation policies have broadened police powers, while enriching a private prison industry whose profits are derived from human suffering. She also documents the rise of resistance, profiling activists and young immigrant "Dreamers" who are fighting for the rights of the undocumented. Detained and Deported: Stories of Immigrant Families Under Fire offers a rare glimpse into the lives of people ensnared in America's immigration dragnet.


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The synopsis of the presentation, discussions and recommendations are presented below.
The total installed capacity of four major existing refineries in Nigeria is 445,000bpsd. These plants (Old Port Harcourt Refinery, Warri and Kaduna Refining and Petrochemical Company and New Port Harcourt Refinery) have within the last fifteen to twenty years had a poor operating record with average capacity utilization hovering between 15 and 25% per annum. As a result, 70~80% of the national petroleum products demand is met through import. As at 2017, the aggregate demand of petroleum products in Nigeria is equivalent to 750,000bpsd.
As the refineries are 100% owned by the Government, they have no independent control of or access to their funds and all requests for funds to carry out maintenance are subject to prolonged and multilayered bureaucratic processes and considerations initially by the refinery management committee, followed by NNPC internal processes and finally by the Federal Executive Committee depending on the amounts required.
No major turnaround maintenance has been carried out in any of the refineries since 2008. The last TAM in PHRC was carried out in 2000 as against the established best worldwide practice of conducting TAMs every two to three years.
Erosion of experienced staff due to high turnover resulting from the frequent early retirement of senior personnel.
Creates an inefficient marketplace; an incentive for rent seeking and for smuggling.
Pipelines supplying crude oil to the refineries, and those conveying products from them are routinely vandalized.
In spite of the challenges facing the industry, opportunities exist to attract investors given that even if all the current refineries were operating at maximum capacity, there still exists a robust demand for petroleum products. Current aggregate product demand is put at equivalent refining capacity of 750,000bpd. Hence at least 300,000bpd capacity is required right now. With population growth, the shortfall in refinery capacity would rise to about 550,000bpd by 2028 assuming a growth rate of 3% per annum. Furthermore, Nigeria actually supplies petroleum products to neighbouring African countries through informal channels. An investor could target to formalize this.
This must have informed the decision by Dangote Group to invest in the construction of a 650,000bpd refinery which is expected to come into operation by 2020 or soon after. The actual conventional refinery capacity is 450,000bpsd, with the other 200,000bpsd being reserved for petrochemicals feedstock. Thus there would still be scope for another greenfield plant of at least 250,000bpd capacity, simply to meet Nigeria's needs. A higher capacity would be justified if the intention is to supply the West and Central African regions.
The existing refineries should be rehabilitated and brought back into operation to least at 80~90% capacity utilization. This is actually a least cost option compared with building greenfield refineries of equivalent capacities. This can be achieved either through a private sector led financing and rehabilitation initiative as is currently being pursued by NNPC, or through outright divestment of majority equity shareholding to the private sector from the current 100% ownership by Government.
The refineries should be managed on a fully commercial governance structure in which decision making should rest with the management and board of the plants, with full control of their funds.
For the above to succeed, the downstream sector should be freed from government control. Full deregulation will make it attractive for private investors to build refineries to target meeting Nigeria's needs and also that of West and Central Africa. This will also create jobs and grow our GDP.
Government should create an enabling environment with fiscal incentives to attract investments into refining in Nigeria and make this happen.
Those interested in going into modular refining should carry out feasibility studies. DPR should grant licenses and facilitating discussions for access to crude oil feedstock from upstream companies. Modular refineries should be treated as business ventures, not social services.
Aret Adams Foundation is founded on the ideals of the late Chief Godwin Aret Adams (the first GMD of NNPC). Its major objectives is the endowment of Professorial Chairs in Resource Management, Oil and Gas and Allied Areas, Organization of Annual Seminars/Lectures on topical issues of national importance, training of local manpower for the development of agriculture and cottage industry and also offering educational support to students in institutions of higher learning.


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Q: Javascript / Node Js - Create New variable for each instance I'm creating a game bot on telegram using node js.
Currently I'm facing a problem on shared variable (module.exports). I'm storing some of the data on the variable. And the problem is, the shared variable index always change. For example, please refer to my code below
var sharedVar = [];

createNewRoom = function(res) {

 var index = sharedVar.length;

 sharedVar.push({ groupId : res.chat.id }); // every time this function is invoked, it will create a new array inside sharedVar object

//Here comes the problem, it's about the index,
//because I'm using sharedVar to store arrays, then it will become a problem,
//if one array is deleted (the index will change)

 var groupId = sharedVar[index].groupId; // it runs OK, if the structure of array doesn't change, but the structure of array change, the index will be a wrong number

        }

As you can see, i got callGameData function, when i call it, it will show the last value of sharedVar, it's supposed to show the current room values / data.
As i mention on the code above, it's all about the dynamic array in the sharedVar object, the index will change dynamically
Any thoughts to tackle this kind of issue? I was thinking about using a new sharedVar object everytime the createNewRoom function is invoked, but the thing is, i have to use sharedVar in many different function, and i still can't figure it out on using that method.
EDIT
This is the second method
var gameData = undefined;

createNewRoom = function() {
 this.gameData = new myConstructor([]); // it will instantiate a new object for each new room

}

myConstructor = function(data) {
 var _data = data;
 this.object = function() {
  return _data;
 }
}

callGameData = function() {
 console.log(gameData);
}

A: Yes, it's definitely a problem cause you are not keeping track of the index in a logical way, you are relying on position on the array which it changes, you need something that doesn't change over time to keep consistency and supports deletition of the element without affecting the rest of the elements. You could use mongo to store the generated rooms by id or maybe redis or some kind of key value pair database to store that kind of information.

A: An array is fundamentally the wrong data type to use if you want to keep indices the same even in the face of removing entries.
A better method is to use properties of an object.  For example:
var roomCache = { nextId: 1 };

createNewRoom = function(res) {
    roomCache[roomCache.nextId++] = {groupId: res.chat.id}; // Add a new object to the cache and increment the next ID
}

After adding two elements, you'll have the rooms in roomCache[1] and roomCache[2] - if you want to start at zero just change the original value of nextId.  You can delete elements in this object and it won't shift any keys for any other objects - just use delete roomCache[1] for example to get rid of that entry.
This assumes there isn't a better ID out there to use for the cache - if, for example, it made more sense to lookup by res.chat.id you could certainly use that as the key into roomCache rather than an auto-incrementing number.  Here's how it would look like to cache the values by the group ID instead:
var roomCache = { };

createNewRoom = function(res) {
    roomCache[res.chat.id] = {groupId: res.chat.id}; // Assumes res.chat.id is not a duplicate of an already cached obhect
}

Now you could just look up by group ID in the cache.


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Stanisław Ossoliński herbu Topór (ur. po 1650, zm. 1700) – starosta piotrkowski, (1680) podstoli lubelski, rotmistrz chorągwi koronnej (1673), dziedzic Hussakowa i  właściciel Ustrzyk Dolnych.

Wywodził  się z Ossolińskich zamieszkałych w Galicji w okresie XV do XVII wieku.

Drugi syn Mikołaja Ossolińskiego (1599–1663) – starosty radoszyckiego,  piotrowskiego, nowotarskiego,  skalskiego, knyszyńskiego, i  matki Katarzyny Starołęskiej.

Miał brata przyrodniego Jerzego Ossolińskiego – syna Anny Korniakt (zm.1648), oraz siostry: Annę wydaną za Zygmunta Mniszcha, a po jego śmierci za Stanisława Baranowskiego i Katarzynę – wydaną za Ferdynanda Przerembskiego.

Żonaty z właścicielką Ustrzyk Dolnych- Anna Birecką  –kasztelanową przemyską - wdową po Mikołaju Ustrzyckim, która  po jego śmierci, zaślubiła nieznanego z imienia Siemianowskiego (zmarła  po 1703 r.).

Pozostawił po niej dwóch synów: Jana i Antoniego, który w 1703 roku zabił swojego brata. Dzięki wstawiennictwu wpływowych osób uniknął kary śmierci i do końca życia pokutował w jednym z klasztorów.

Poseł sejmiku sieradzkiego na sejm 1683 roku.

Przypisy

Źródła

 S.K.Kossakowski; Monografie historyczno-genelogiczne niektórych rodzin polskich, Warszawa 1862, t.2.
 Włodzimierz Dworzaczek, Genealogia, cz. 1–2, Warszawa: PWN 1959, tablica, t.144

Członkowie stanu rycerskiego I Rzeczypospolitej
Stanisław Ossoliński
Podstolowie lubelscy
Rotmistrzowie królewscy
Starostowie piotrkowscy
Posłowie na sejm zwyczajny 1683
Posłowie na Sejm I Rzeczypospolitej (województwo sieradzkie)
Urzędnicy ziemscy I Rzeczypospolitej
Zmarli w 1700

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It's almost time for our little (and not so little) ones to return to school.
Parents play a vital role in their child's education and often one of the first key activities is helping to make the first day and early time at school enjoyable. This can be an anxious time for children and parents alike but never fear, we've made it easy with our tips for starting the school year on the right foot!
Starting school can often be a challenging time for young children. It's completely normal for them to experience some anxiety and hesitation. In this instance, there are a number of things we can do to assist.
- Visit the school grounds (with permission) prior to them starting school. Walk around and point out important places such as their classroom, playground, lining up area, toilets etc. If permitted, take photographs of these places and make a social story that can be read with the child on a daily basis. This will assist them to become familiar with their new environment and routines.
- Read books about starting school such as "Franklin Goes To School", "Spot Goes To School" etc. When reading, engage in conversation and highlight the positives of school and the fun experiences they will have (making new friends, learning new things).
- Make up a weekly timetable showing the days the child will be at school and what they will be doing each day (library, sport, music etc.). Also include after school activities and other important events.
Remember to take an interest in their schooling, talk positively about school, teachers and all of the things they will learn and do. Starting school can also be overwhelming, stressful and anxious for parents too so make sure you look after yourselves. Talk to other parents who have walked the path before and ask for help if you need it.
Help your child get a good start to their education by becoming an active member of the school community. The importance of a positive and collaborative relationship between teachers and parents cannot be underestimated.
- Meeting the teacher, but remember... The first weeks of school are extremely busy for teachers so they may not always have the time to stop and chat. Teachers use the precious time before and after school to prepare lessons and resources for their students. If you would like to chat with the teacher, ask to make a time that suits you both.
- Sharing important information about your child with their teachers. This is particularly important for children with additional needs and/or who may have difficulty with their communication. Sharing information such as their likes and dislikes, family members etc. will allow teachers to initiate communication and tailor activities to the students interests. It is also beneficial to share information about your child's behavioural challenges, and ways in which these challenges can be successfully managed. It's best to put this information in writing so that the teachers can read it a convenient time, and refer back to it as needed.
- Talking to other parents will allow you to stay up to date with things happening within the school community as well as present opportunities for your child to catch up with friends outside of school hours.
- Attending school events like P&C/P&F meetings, fetes, open days or sporting carnivals.


This message is just to clarify that there will be no general meetings in January and February 2014 so our next meeting will be at 7pm on Monday 10th March 2014 at Coven Lodge, Spring Valley.
The reason is partly due to the weather being so unpredicatable in January and February but also our grant has been reduced so we are looking to reduce our outgoings.
Please note we are also moving address - from 20th January 2014 we will be based at Ellerton Houise, Ellerton Walk, New Park Village.
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The American Psychological Association (APA) has been tracking levels of chronic stress in the country over the years. Their findings indicate that each year more and more Americans are realizing that stress is significantly affecting their physical and mental well-being. Various factors contribute to the high levels including personal health issues that affect around 51% of the people surveyed and family commitments that add to the anxiety of 54% of the people. Check out the graph below that tracks the responses given by men and women about the intensity of stress in their lives.
In addition to affecting the lives of adults, anxiety also seems to affect the lives of kids growing up in stress-filled households. Kids are increasingly dealing with issues of obesity, falling grades, excessive interest in gaming, and lack of self esteem. Health issues like diabetes and hypertension also seem to appear among younger kids in homes where the parents are constantly fighting.
Research conducted by the APA revealed yet another startling fact. A large number of Americans are fully aware of what chronic stress is doing to their lives and that they aren't doing enough to help themselves.
The stress hormone, cortisol was designed by nature to help you when you needed to escape a life-threatening danger. However, excess levels of cortisol can have the exact opposite reaction resulting in lack of concentration and inefficient reflexes. You might also have poor memory because of the shrinking the hippocampus of the brain by 8%. Interestingly, since the hippocampus is responsible for controlling levels of cortisol in the body, its ineffectiveness results in a vicious cycle that is hard to break. Doctors also warn of serious damage to brain cells that can lead to diseases like Alzheimer's as you age.
The Solution – Make a conscious effort to counter the effects of cortisol by using whatever relaxation methods work for you including meditation, deep breathing, and exercise like yoga and tai chi. Eliminate all stressful situations in your life including the negativity brought in by certain friends and family members and perhaps, colleagues.
Chronic stress can cause hormone imbalances that in turn lead to loss of libido in both men and women in addition to various other health problems. Men may experience erectile dysfunction while women may have irregular menstruation and even, premature menopause. In extreme cases, stress can lead to fertility issues and miscarriages.
The Solution – To correct this problem, consider opting for bio-identical hormone replacement therapy. You'll receive supplements that are carefully designed to match the specific disparities so you can restore good health.
Stress causes your heart to beat faster and exert more pressure to force blood through the arteries. Anxiety leads to the constricting of the blood vessels and thickening of the blood. This is nature's way of protecting your body from excessive blood loss should you incur an injury in the dangerous situation you're encountering. Hypertension, stroke, and hardening of your arteries are other effects of chronic stress you need to watch out for.
The Solution – Check with your cardiologist for any medication you absolutely need to protect your heart. In addition, pay careful attention to your diet and choose healthy cooking oils that lower cholesterol levels. Include more of fruits and vegetables in your diet and adopt a regular exercise regimen that can boost blood circulation and strengthen the heart.
Constricting of the blood vessels can lead to premature signs of aging. That's because your hair and skin receive a lower amount of blood supply. Because of the lack of nutrients and fresh oxygen, you might start to notice the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. Here's another factor. A good blood flow not only nourishes the skin and hair, it also works to carry away the toxins that build up because of environmental elements. Hair loss, thinning volume, and dull texture are all results of inadequate nourishment to the scalp as a fallout of chronic stress.
The Solution – Nourish your skin with a healthy diet and exercise. You can also protect it from damage from the free radicals in the atmosphere with adequate sun protection. As for hair loss, the experts at the BHRC hair restoration services center recommend the LTS Red/Green procedure that can restore blood flow to the scalp to nourish it and restore the health of your hair.
Chronic stress can lead to several digestive issues such as Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), acid reflux, constipation, diarrhea, flatulence, cramping and bloating. Consistent digestive problems eventually lead to ulcers and inflammation in the intestines. Cortisol creates cravings for excessive sugary and salty foods and simple carbohydrates. The belly fat you seem to accumulate can also be a result of high levels of cortisol in your body.
The Solution – Choose a light diet plan that has more of complex carbohydrates and foods loaded with vitamins and minerals like fresh farm produce. Eliminate processed and preserved foods and make a conscious effort to eat a diet that nourishes your body so you can keep away digestive issues and obesity.
While you can take the necessary steps to reverse the effects of chronic stress on your mind and body, side by side, you need to identify the causes of anxiety in your life and work on getting rid of them. Get counseling if you need it and welcome help from friends and family for the care of kids and other household responsibilities. Make changes at work or change your job to a less stressful one. Work out the issues in your personal life and bring back peace and satisfaction.
It's time to turn your life around!!


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«Hermanita» es el cuarto sencillo del álbum Love & Hate del grupo de bachata Aventura.

La canción alcanzó gran reconocimiento en muchos países de habla hispana y llegó al puesto 33 en la lista Billboard. Se creía que la historia era real, sin embargo, el compositor y cantante del tema: Anthony "Romeo" Santos aclaró que no. "Mi hermana no sufrió nunca maltrato intrafamiliar" dijo, "Ella es la que da golpe a su marido" bromeó.

Video musical
El video musical de "hermanita"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVYQSAm8hB0 relata la historia de la vida personal de la hermana menor de Romeo quien es víctima de violencia intrafamiliar.

Romeo trata de persuadirla para que deje su marido, pero ella por temor y por sus hijos sigue con él, después romeo le regala una pistola a su hermana y esta decide terminar con la vida de su marido disparándole.

Enlaces externos
Letra de la canción "Hermanita"

Sencillos de 2003
Sencillos de bachata
Canciones de República Dominicana
Canciones compuestas por Anthony Santos
Sencillos de Aventura
Canciones de bachata
Canciones en español


I found what appeared to be a cute, little book about Runes. This book is called A Little Bit of Runes, An Introduction to Norse Divination and was written by Cassandra Eason. Since I have an interest in Runes, I bought a copy for ten bucks to give it a review. It's not too bad, but there were a few unusual things.


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What Is Institutional Ownership?
Institutional ownership is the amount of a company's available stock owned by mutual or pension funds, insurance companies, investment firms, private foundations, endowments or other large entities that manage funds on behalf of others.
Understanding Institutional Ownership
Stocks with a large amount of institutional ownership are often looked upon favorably. Large entities frequently employ a team of analysts to perform detailed and expensive financial research before the group purchases a large block of a company's stock. This makes their decisions influential in the eyes of other potential investors. See "Keeping an Eye on the Activities of Insiders and Institutions."
Institutional ownership is the amount of stock owned by large entities that manage funds on behalf of others.
Reputations of institutional ownerships can influence interest in a stock.
How Institutional Ownership Can Influence the Value of Securities
Because of the investment made in research, institutions are not quick to sell their positions. When they do, however, it can be seen as a judgment on the stock's value and drive down its price.
Given the way institutions tend to approach stock ownership, by taking the time to accumulate the number of shares desired for its position, they might also react collectively to significant news. Not only will the trading activity be followed by retail investors, but other institutional investors might also retreat from a stock en masse if significant issues are discovered. Such a move could trigger a sell-off as the lack of institutional investor confidence weakens the security's value.
Institutions may also work to drive the share price higher once they own the stock. TV appearances, articles in high-profile publications and presentations at investor conferences help to move the stock higher, increasing the value of the position. For more, see "The Pros and Cons of Institutional Ownership" and "A Brief Guide to Institutional Investing."
The reputation of institutional owners can also influence whether analysts and fund managers at other institutions are interested in buying that stock. For example, if a firm is well-known as a momentum investor, some fund managers may shy away from buying stock heavily owned by that institution. However, if a firm has a reputation for choosing stocks that perform well over the long term, fund managers may be more likely to buy stock that is heavily invested in by that firm.
Issues With Institutional Ownership
When institutions represent the majority of ownership in a given security, there can be a number of issues that arise. With the resources available to institutions, it could be possible for nearly all outstanding shares of a security to be acquired and controlled by these entities, including borrowed shares that short sellers were using to bet against the stock. Such a concentration of ownership may lead to peak ownership where there is little room for new retail investors or any significant trading activity.
Furthermore, peak ownership can mean there will be no further significant investments by institutions into the security, which may lead to diminished upside potential for the stock. There may be discussions of the security's worth based on the operations of the associated company. With a significant portion of shares locked up in institutional ownership, there may be little opportunity for further investment.
Retail Investor Definition
A retail investor is a nonprofessional investor who buys and sells securities, mutual funds or ETFs through a brokerage firm or savings account. Retail investors can be contrasted with institutional investors.
Elephants Definition
Elephants is a slang term referring to large institutional investors that have the resources to make high-volume trades and move markets.
Blockholder Definition
A blockholder is the owner of a large block of a company's shares and/or bonds.
Institutional Fund Definition
An institutional fund is a fund with assets invested by institutional investors.
Agency Broker
An agency broker is a broker that acts as an agent to its clients.
Control Stock
Control stock is equity stock owned by major shareholders or those holding an influential portion of the shares of a publicly traded corporation.
How to Use Insider and Institutional Stock Ownership
Introduction to Institutional Investing
Institutional Ownership: Pros and Cons
Finding Alternatives in Separately Managed Accounts
The Investopedia Guide to Watching 'Billions'
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Here in Naples, Florida, the von Liebig Art Museum has just opened an exhibition of Cuban Art with over 30 exhibits comprising paintings, photography, and mixed media from private and public collections. There are exhibits from artists who live in Cuba as well as from Cuban-American artists in the US.
One might have thought of Cuba as a closed country and its art relatively homogeneous. But the art of Cuba, at least judging by this exhibition, seems to be very varied: there are bight, colorful images, sometimes drawing on African or folk themes, mono photography, abstracts and representational paintings. It makes one realise that Cuba seems to have been fairly liberal in it's treatment of artists - as the curator pointed out in her introduction, probably because the Castros know the value of art to the island.
For all that, there seems to be a different between the artists in Cuba and those who have left. "You get two points of view, one from the artists who have left Cuba and see the voyage they made to freedom, but who recognize that they left behind much that was important to them. ...If you're living in Cuba, you're not going to be making overt political statements," Damian said.
One artist prominent artist is Eduardo Miguel Abela Torrás. Another is Eduardo Roca Salazar ("Choco"). He creates limited edition collagraphs, and his subject matter frequently includes human figures. He is a distinguished printmaker who lives and works in Havana and his expressionistic prints are full of Caribbean color. They are simple, powerful images that are enlivened by intricate textural details.
Lydia Rubio was born in Cuba and now lives in Miami. Her paintings of landscapes, birds, and women who resemble classical goddesses have an airy, delicate quality. Cirenaica Moreira is a photographer living in Cuba who creates sensual, poetic and sometimes disturbing images that explore her experiences as a woman, often using herself as a subject.
Humberto Castro, who was born in Cuba in 1957 and lived there until 1989. His paintings are haunting and nostalgic, focused on isolated figures that express a sense of transience and dislocation. He is fascinated by ancient mythologies of distant journeys and exile from a familiar home.
I got the clear impression from Damian that she thinks Cuban art will become the next hot area for collectors, particularly when the country opens up, as many assume it will do post-Castro.
A SHORT TRIP ROUND CENTRAL FLORIDA


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Today's growing third generation (3G) of mobile data services are only a taste of what is to come. Now, European researchers are paving the way to a world where ultra-fast internet access is available from every mobile device.
What started out as a luxury item for high-flying executives is now a fashion accessory for teenagers throughout Europe, and increasingly, in the rest of the world. In November 2007 the number of mobile phone subscriptions passed 3.3 billion, more than half the population of the globe. In most EU countries there are now more mobile phones than there are people.
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Q: Understanding Automata Theorem This theorem is theorem 3.13 in Hopcroft, Motwani, and Ullman's
"Introduction to Automata Theory, Languages, and Computation", 3rd
international edition on page 111.
Theorem 3.13:
Let E be a regular expression with variables $L_1, L_2, \dots, L_m$.
Form concrete regular expression C by replacing each occurrence
of $L_i$ by the symbol $a_i$, for $i = 1,2,\dots,m$. Then for any
languages $L_1, L_2, \dots, L_m$, every string $w$ in $L(E)$ can be
written $w = w_1w_2...w_k$, where each $w_i$ is in one of the languages,
say $L_{ji}$, and the string $a_{j1}a_{j2} \dots a_{jk}$ is in the language $L(C)$.
Less formally, we can construct $L(E)$ by starting with each
string in $L(C)$, say $a_{j1}, a_{j2}, \dots a_{jk}$, and substituting
for each of the $a_{ji}$'s any string from the corresponding
language $L_{ji}$.
PROOF: The proof is a structural induction on the expression E.
BASIS: The basis cases are where E is epsilon, empty set, or a
variable L.  In the first two cases, there is nothing to
prove, since the concrete expression $C$ is the same as $E$.
If $E$ is a variable $L$, then $L(E) = L$. The concrete expression $C$
is just $\mathbf{a}$ where $\mathbf{a}$ is the symbol corresponding to L.
Thus, $L(C) = \{a\}$. If we substitute any string in $L$ for the
symbol $a$ in this one string, we get the language $L$, which
is also $L(E)$.
Questions:
What if $L$ contains three elements, such as strings $b$, $bb$, and $bbb$?
If we substitute any string in $L$ for the symbol $a$ in this one string,
do we not get a subset of $L$?  If $C = a$ and substitute the
string b for $a$, then $C$ is a subset of $L$. (but not equal to L).
What is wrong with my reasoning?

A: The key passage is, "substituting for each of the $a_{j_i}$'s any string from the corresponding language $L_{j_i}$."  You have to consider all strings in $L(C)$ and all possible substitutions.  If you only consider one string of $L_{j_i}$, as your example shows, you are not guaranteed the full $L(E)$.
While that "any" is admittedly a bit ambiguous, taken in the context of the formal statement it's meant to clarify, it's reasonably clear.  No matter how you pick a string from each $L_{j_i}$, you get a string of $L(E)$.  The same string of $L(E)$ may be obtained in more than one way.


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Apple still advertise the iPhone 3G on website?
Enable Tethering, MMS and Cell Data on Optus SOLUTION!!!
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What phones did Apple employees use before iPhone?
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My New iPhone 3G S Arrives 19 June!
is Pushing chewing more battery life ?
How big an impact is Push Notifications going to have?
Optus wireless going to get slower?
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Interesting Teaser on 3 website..
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Any success with 1st gen iPhone & 3.0 GM so far?
ARG! Husband broke my iPhone!
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iPhone 3G cases are compatible to 3GS?
Black or white Iphone 3G"S"
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Why was tethering disabled for unlocked iPhones?
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Planet3, OptusZoo etc. on iPhone?
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How to ignore an app update?
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3G V 3G S. Gruber's comparison videos.
iPhone on Virgin from Apple Store?
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iPhone - Know the numbers?
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Transformations are movements through space. Consider actions as diverse as: walking and running; the factory machine that makes a thousand music CDs; the opening and closing of an artificial heart valve; the movement of a robotic Mars Rover; strumming a guitar; artistic perspective; and the combined twists and turns of a roller-coaster.
the mirror images of the chemical structure of the sugar molecules, glucose (in sugarcane) and fructose (in fruit).
Imagine the line under the words CARBON DIOXIDE is a mirror. Draw the reflections of all the letters. What do you notice?
Maths Fun - How many Heartbeats?
One heart beat is actually two movements that make a "lub-dub" sound. The "lub" sound is made by the atrio-ventricular valves, and the "dub" sound comes from the semi-lunar valves. Your heart beats about 80 beats per minute. If a person had a faulty heart valve removed and replaced it with an artificial valve, how many actions must the artificial valve make if the person survived for 5 years after the operation?
run and jump over a hurdle?


↑ Ralph Thomas Hotchkin Griffith, The Texts of the White Yajurveda. Translated with a Popular Commentary (1899), 1987 reprint: Munshiram Manoharlal, New Delhi, ISBN 81-215-0047-8.
This page was last edited on १३ अगस्ट २०१७, at ०७:०७.


Not long ago I decided to spice up my workstation by adding some lighting around the edge of the desk. I picked up a (relatively) cheap strip of LEDs and affixed them to the outside edge. Now I can choose the color of my desk's glow with just the press of a button. However, changing the lights inside my computer isn't quite as easy.
NZXT recently announced their new HUE RGB LED Controller. This device can be installed in your 5.25" bay, and has three simple knobs. These are connected to a strip of LEDs that you will affix on the inside of your case. The knobs on the front panel control the color, brightness and pulsating effects of the lights.
For those interested in adding a little extra color to their chassis, this might be the perfect way to do it. The LED strip will be enough to completely illuminate the case, and the controller won't add too much extra flair to the exterior. And at a price of only $33, I'd say it's a bargain. Expect the HUE to go on sale later this month.


In this week's new Writing Excuses episode, From the Page to the Stage, we were lucky enough to have Allison W. Hill and Austin Hill sit down with us to talk about turning A Night of Blacker Darkness, by Dan Wells, into a stage play.
Words of Radiance has been selected for inclusion into the iBookstore Best of 2014 list.
The Legion sequel, Legion: Skin Deep, is available now (except for in the UK and associated territories). Go get it now in all formats!
The Firefight tour should be announced soon. Watch this space for details.
The Twitter archive for December has been updated by my assistant Adam.