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Twitter Downtime Reminds Users of the Past
Twitter has quite a good reputation these days. More and more companies are using Twitter as a way to keep in touch with their colleagues, business partners, clients and as a way to promote themselves. When Twitter went down on Thursday, June 21st, 2012; it was definitely a shocker for many people. Many were flashing back to the days when Twitter wasn't so reliable and when downtime was just something you had to get used to. In the past six years, things have drastically changed and there are no signs of Twitter losing members any time soon; but the downtime definitely had a negative effect on many users, leaving a sour taste in their mouths.
Every Company Has Bad Days
If you look back at the past six years, Twitter has definitely made some drastic changes to their service and they have experienced next to no downtime since 2010. We want everyone to take a moment to imagine every single aspect of the company and how much information and data is being transferred behind the scenes. There are about 175 million active Twitters users and more accounts being added all the time.
If you own a business and have a website, then you can probably relate to those nasty errors that can seem to appear out of nowhere. It really can throw the entire day off; not only for yourself and those who work for your company but also for the people who come to your site for support or help.
Twitter may not have the fastest loading speed out there, but it's definitely up in the top 5 and the same goes for uptime. At the end of the day, being the absolute best doesn't always matter as much as offering a service that is unique and exciting is. If people love what you have to offer and you stand out from the crowd, a little downtime won't kill you. However, if Twitter were to make this kind of thing a habit and go back to how they were in the beginning, there would definitely be some problems.
Relying on Social Networking Sites
Many businesses rely on social networking sites as a way to get their names and/or products out there. Especially when it comes to small companies who cannot afford large amounts of advertising and marketing, having downtime on Twitter can greatly affect them. While many individuals see Twitter as simply a place to connect with friends and have some fun; it is so much more than that.
Twitter can either make or break your business (as dramatic as that may sound). If Twitter were to be down much of the time and let's say a company had certain information that a client needed and wasn't able to receive it, that could prove to be extremely costly to the company; potentially losing customer as well as cash.
Longest Downtime in Months
The last time Twitter had a long period of downtime was back in October of 2011 when the site was down for a total of about an hour. In the last half a year, Twitter has had a reliability rate of 99 percent, which we must give them credit for. It's extremely commendable for a website to be able to offer such consistency when there are so many variables.
So, Why All the Downtime?
Twitter went down a few times throughout the afternoon. The first outage happened a minute before noon and the site was back up at 1 in the afternoon. However, less than an hour went by before the site went down yet again. By 1:42, Twitter was up and running again and Twitter's status blog stated that the issue was resolved and that everything was back up and running once again.
About 30 minutes later, the website went down once more. When asked what had caused the issue, a PR rep for Twitter said a 'cascading bug' caused the problems. There have been many jokes surrounding this issue and those asking themselves 'what in the world would we do without Twitter?' This website really has become such a large part of people's everyday lives that even what may seem like a short period of time without it, many do not know what to do with themselves.
What This Downtime Meant for Other Websites
Twitter going down affects a lot more than just Twitter alone. Many websites these days, for example, allow you to sign in via your Twitter account, instead of requiring you to sign up for their website directly. If Twitter is down, not only are you not able to log into Twitter, but you are not able to log into say; your favorite forum.
If there are many sites that you have set up this way, you can imagine how much deeper the issue can go. You may want to consider signing up for these websites instead of just using your Twitter or Facebook sign in so you still have access even when these sites are down.
What Can Be Learned From This
Not just when it comes to Twitter, but when it comes to any website that you use for business purposes, always have a backup. If the only way people can contact or find you is via Twitter, this can prove to be troublesome. Make sure you have other options out there such as a Facebook page. This way, if one website is having problems, people can still get a hold of you and your day can run much smoother. Leaning on one single form of communication is never a good idea. Yes, it may work most of the time but why risk it?
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Mark D.French Jul 3rd 2012
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It's become a familiar story in biopharma, as Big Pharma X announces that in the wake of the patent cliff, health care-spending pressures in Europe and diminished returns from internal R&D, it will be forced to cut back on R&D spending and make staff reductions primarily in sales and lab positions.
As the industry retrenches on early drug-discovery work, however, the need for innovation has not diminished and so the private sector frequently looks more and more to the academy for early research breakthroughs that might translate into therapies that will bolster the quarterly earnings reports a decade from now. In an effort to take advantage of that trend, some of the more forward-thinking university-based drug-discovery outfits in the U.S. have banded together to create a consortium they hope will facilitate and ease partnerships between academic institutions and the biopharmaceutical industry.
The brainchild of a meeting in Baltimore two autumns ago, the Academic Drug Discovery Consortium was more or less dreamed up by Barbara Slusher, director of the Translational Program at the Brain Science Institute at Johns Hopkins University, and Jeffrey Conn, director of the Vanderbilt Center for Neuroscience Drug Discovery, with input from three other founding institutions: University of North Carolina, Harvard University and University of California, San Francisco.
But in a relatively short time, ADDC's membership has grown to 83 institutions, including six outside the U.S., and more than 550 individual members. And, just as importantly, big pharma has taken notice.
It is a necessary development as well. "The area I work in, CNS, probably has been hit the hardest because it's a risk area where companies are decreasing their internal efforts and several companies have just gotten out (altogether)," said Slusher, co-founder and president of ADDC.
While overall NIH funding has been roughly flat in recent years, she noted, funding for its National Center for Advancing Translational Science (NCATS) was increased by 11% for federal fiscal year 2013.
ADDC also reflects the exponential growth taking place in academic drug discovery. There were six U.S. academic institutions performing drug-discovery research in 1990, a number that had nearly tripled as of a decade ago. Now, there are more than 100 such units, and 78 of them have membership in ADDC, Slusher pointed out.
In addition to its domestic members, ADDC also has drawn the support of six international research outfits – the Centre of Applied Medical Research at the University of Navarra in Spain, the Karolinska Institute's Chemical Biology Consortium Sweden, the genetic engineering and biotechnology labs at Shaqra University in Saudi Arabia, the Platform of Chemical Biology and ADME at the University of Strasbourg in France, the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre and Cancer Research UK.
As Roche searches for programs and assets to invest in at the academic level, Harris said his emphasis will be on the company's therapeutic areas of focus – oncology, neuroscience and infectious disease. Those priorities dovetail well with what is occurring in U.S. academic research – of the ADDC centers, 73% say they work in oncology, 65% in infectious disease, 63% in neurological disorders and 45% in immunology.
Meanwhile, ADDC has no plans, in the near term at least, to serve as a central negotiating point for tech transfer deals or to develop uniform documents and practices for such transactions. Harris said right now that activity seems neither necessary nor terribly feasible.
AmpliPhi Biosciences/University of Leicester: U.S. company AmpliPhi BioSciences announced an agreement Oct. 17 with a British academic group that has succeeded in identifying and characterizing bacteriophage ("phage") that kill pathogenic strains of Clostridium difficile, a major cause of hospital-acquired severe diarrhea and vomiting. The University of Leicester researchers will collaborate with AmpliPhi and another U.K. research team at the University of Glasgow on using the "bacteria-eating viruses" for clinical applications, with AmpliPhi funding the research, making milestone payments and paying royalties on any eventual products sales. In return, AmpliPhi receives rights to patents and intellectual property covering the Clostridium difficile-targeted phage research.
Zydus Cadila/Pieris: India's Zydus Cadila is teaming with Germany's Pieris to develop and commercialize multiple novel protein therapeutics derived from the anticalin protein molecule. In an Oct. 16 announcement, the companies said the partnership would combine Pieris capabilities in drug discovery and early drug development with Zydus' expertise in regulatory affairs and development and manufacturing of biologics. No financial terms were disclosed, but the companies said in a release that they will share licensing revenues under mutually agreed-upon terms. The collaboration is intended to develop candidates to proof-of-concept and then seek out-licensing in Pieris' commercial territories. The most advanced program under the partnership is PRS-110, an anticalin protein specific for c-MET, a target that has been validated in a broad spectrum of tumor types. The candidate is a pure antagonist due to monovalent target engagement and in animal models has demonstrated the ability to inhibit ligand-dependent and –independent c-MET activity. - J.A.H.
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Funeral services for Marie Swanson were held on Wednesday, October 10, 2018 at 10:30 a.m. at St. John Lutheran Church in Gregory with Pastor Marcus Ring officiating.
Music was provided by Geoff Smith, soloist, accompanied by Melanie Hannahs, organist.
Leila Adams and Gerrie Soper were in charge of registration and flower attendants were Jeannette Sinkular and Linda Hogrefe. Casket bearers were Jeff Johnson, Gary Clayton, Bruce Adams and Mike Adams.
Interment was in the IOOF Cemetery in Gregory. Kotrba-Smith Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Marie Adeline Martin Swanson was born on September 9, 1931 on a farm in Tripp County to Gus and Ida (Kahler) Martin. She was the third child of seven siblings. Marie attended school in Gregory County. As a child the family moved to California during the Depression Era to seek work.
Upon returning to Gregory County area Marie worked as a waitress Llewellyn Hotel and met her future husband Gifford "Swaney" Swanson. They were married on May 5, 1947 in Winner, where Swaney was employed by the rural electric company. They moved to Gregory when Swaney was employed by Rosebud Electric Cooperative. Marie was the mother three children; Dianna, Dennis and William.
Marie worked in a variety of jobs in Gregory during her lifetime which included retail work at Hogrefe's Clothing, Skip's Menswear, Milady's Shoppe, Gregory Dakota Senior Meals, a hostess at the Homesteader and Wild Wings Hunting Lodge. Marie had a great passion and talent as a self-taught seamstress in both men's and women's clothing.
Marie loved to dance and would take any opportunity to attend local events in order to pursue this activity. Later in life, Marie and Swaney attended dance classes together and met numerous friends from around the South Dakota region. Marie also enjoyed hunting and fishing with her family and friends. She was especially proud catching that trophy walleye or shooting the prize wild turkey. She truly enjoyed living her life here on the prairie.
Marie passed away on October 4, 2018, at the Avera Rosebud Country Care Center in Gregory at the age of 87.
Marie is survived by her sons Dennis of Portland, OR, and William (Bill) of Smith Mountain Lake, VA; her siblings Ellen of Kalispell, MT, Raymond of Bloomington, MN, Ruth of Minneapolis, MN, Barbara of Hudson, WI, and many nieces and nephews.
Marie was preceded in death by her husband Gifford, daughter Dianna, parents Gus and Ida, and sister Elaine.


Friday March 15th, 2019, will go down as a green-letter day in Ireland when a new generation of young environmentalists, energised by a lack of adult action on climate change, took over the national stage.
With public protests scattered throughout the country, the day of action by school climate strikers added up to an environmental stance of unprecedented scale.
More than 11,000 marched in Dublin; some 5,000 in Cork, a 1,000 in Ennis, 500 in Maynooth. There were thousands more at 35 venues on the island of Ireland.
Their action was in solidarity with 16-year-old Greta Thunberg who embarked on a lone strike outside the Swedish parliament last year. That sparked the Fridays For Future movement – an unstoppable force made possible by the good side of social media networks.
It culminated on Friday with its biggest statement yet; co-ordinated "school strikes" held across the planet from the South Pacific to the edge of the Arctic Circle.
The hundreds of posters on display had a disarming directness about the climate issue and political failure to address it.
One displayed close to the stage was an arresting colour painting of Greta Thunberg with the words "Dublin for Climate Action".
The teenager herself was continuing to deliver her blunt message, firmly aimed at adults and especially politicians. She told a rally in Stockholm that the world faces an "existential crisis, the biggest crisis humanity ever has faced, and still it has been ignored for decades. And you know who you are, you that have ignored this".


Jia Tian Shi was born in 1970 , passed away of cancer at 2012, graduated from Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts with B.A. degree on oil painting.
Jia Tian Shi is one of the best painters of still life in our gallery. We have been representing him for more than then years and their beautiful paintings still hang in both of our galleries. We can't believe this could happen to Jia. In our memory he was a young, strong , boy, full of energy. We still remember the first time we met him and he took us to a local antique flea market , looking for treasures. When he found something interesting, his eyes sparkled with joy.
When it comes to his art, he was a dedicated painter, a serious artist, in my words "He seems to carve on canvas." In his paintings, you even can see little scars or carvings on the table, rust hanging on an old instrument, a single thread of fabric underneath an object . . . , amazing details. We cannot imagine the number of hours he stood in front of his easel , the dedication and effort he put into his work!
Jia Tian Shi had an old soul, even he was such young joyful man. We were always touched by the subtle nostalgia in his work. He set his treasures at the center of his canvas, so serious about them that he took everything else out of the picture. He wanted our eyes to focus on the beauty he found in old things. Light shines in his painting, not everywhere, but only on what he wanted us to see. He created an atmosphere, let his viewers feel his warmth, the warmth to the past and time. We are all moved by his work. Many of you became his followers, collectors. For the beauty he reveals to us , for his talent, his hard work, for his creation, we thank him and will remember him forever.
He left us at his peak of career. He was nominated to be the chairman of the artists association in his city, Fu Shun, before he died. He also won several awards at national art exhibitions, and was a professor at the art school in Fu Shun. His works were welcomed internationally, and his shows hung in many galleries , including our own.
Last week, we brought out all we have of his works, took pictures, searched the data on our computers, and assembled as many images as possible. Some are still missing. In his memory, we construct this page as a retrospective of his work.
We hope this show will lead us to remember him and his art, and also to help his wife and his son get through the most difficult time of their lives.
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El System/23 Datamaster (Modelo 5322 de escritorio y Modelo 5324 de piso) fue anunciado por IBM en julio de 1981. El Datamaster era la computadora de IBM menos costosa hasta que el IBM PC, mucho menos costoso y mucho más popular, fue anunciado el mes siguiente.

Descripción

El Datamaster es una computadora todo en uno con pantalla en modo texto CRT, teclado, procesador, memoria y dos unidades de disquete de 8 pulgadas en un mismo gabinete. El procesador es un Intel 8085 de 8 bits, con cambio de banco para administrar 256 kB de memoria. La intención del Datamaster era proporcionar una computadora que pudiera instalarse y operarse por personal no especializado.

Se incorporó un intérprete BASIC al sistema. IBM decidió fusionar la implementación BASIC del Datamaster con el System/34 BASIC, lo que supuestamente retrasó el Datamaster por casi un año. Cuando se presentó, un Datamaster de pantalla única se vendió por alrededor de . Se podía conectar un segundo teclado y pantalla en una configuración extendida.

Influencia en sistemas IBM posteriores

La familiaridad que el grupo de diseño obtubo con el proyecto Datamaster alentó la selección de una CPU de Intel para la IBM PC. El retraso causado por la decisión de reutilizar el BASIC del System/34 en el Datamaster fue uno de los factores en la selección de IBM del Microsoft BASIC para la IBM PC (el otro es la ubicuidad de Microsoft BASIC en otras computadoras domésticas en ese momento).

Varios componentes del Datamaster se reutilizaron en el posterior IBM PC. El bus de expansión de la PC, más tarde conocido como bus ISA, se basó en el bus de E/S del Datamaster. El teclado Modelo F del Datamaster con su diseño de estilo IBM 5250 también se reutilizó en la PC, aunque con una interfaz en serie (en lugar de la paralela utilizada en el Datamaster) y una nueva carcasa externa.

Referencias

 Museo del ordenador antiguo

Computadoras personales de IBM
Introducciones relacionadas a la ciencia de la computación de 1981

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Five labor law class action lawsuits were filed against Pilgrim's Pride alleging failure to comply with the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). In re Pilgrim's Pride Labor Standards Act Litig., 489 F.Supp.2d 1381, 1381 (Jud.Pan.Mult.Lit. 2007). Defense attorneys for the common defendant filed a motion with the Judicial Panel for Multidistrict Litigation (MDL) requesting centralization of the class actions pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1407 in the Eastern District of Texas or, alternatively, in the Western District of Arkansas; all plaintiffs supported pretrial coordination, but they disagreed on where the class actions should be transferred. Id. The Judicial Panel granted the motion to centralize the five class actions, and selected the Western District of Arkansas as the appropriate transferee court. Id., at 1381-82.


The images explore the evolution of Griggs' relationship with his wife Ana through difficult years of spatial separation that raised in both of them questions of timing and fidelity, happiness and sacrifice.
Tom Griggs is a photographer, writer, and professor at La Universidad de Antioquia in Mendellin Colombia. He is Founding Editor of the photography site Fototazo.
Mesæstándar was established in 2014 by Miguel Mesa and Juan David Díez and is a photobook publishing house based in Medellin, Colombia.


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Lara Jean Says Goodbye In 'To All The Boys: Always And Forever'
February 19, 2021 Filmfilm, lara jean, to all the boys always and forever
by Linda Holmes, Kiana Fitzgerald, and E. Alex Jung
TO ALL THE BOYS: ALWAYS AND FOREVER (L-R): LANA CONDOR as LARA JEAN, NOAH CENTINEO as PETER. KATIE YU/NETFLIX © 2021
In 2018, To All The Boys I've Loved Before was a breakout hit for Netflix. Based on Jenny Han's novel, it followed Lara Jean Covey through the adventure of falling in love with one Peter Kavinsky. A sequel followed in 2020 and now, it's time for the finale, which finds Lara Jean and Peter dealing with the complication of graduating and heading off to college.
The audio was produced by Candice Lim and edited by Jessica Reedy.

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class Projects::ForksController < Projects::ApplicationController
  include ContinueParams
  include RendersMemberAccess
  include RendersProjectsList
  include Gitlab::Utils::StrongMemoize

  # Authorize
  before_action :whitelist_query_limiting, only: [:create]
  before_action :require_non_empty_project
  before_action :authorize_download_code!
  before_action :authenticate_user!, only: [:new, :create]
  before_action :authorize_fork_project!, only: [:new, :create]
  before_action :authorize_fork_namespace!, only: [:create]

  def index
    @total_forks_count    = project.forks.size
    @public_forks_count   = project.forks.public_only.size
    @private_forks_count  = @total_forks_count - project.forks.public_and_internal_only.size
    @internal_forks_count = @total_forks_count - @public_forks_count - @private_forks_count

    @forks = load_forks.page(params[:page])

    prepare_projects_for_rendering(@forks)

    respond_to do |format|
      format.html

      format.json do
        render json: {
          html: view_to_html_string("projects/forks/_projects", projects: @forks)
        }
      end
    end
  end

  def new
    respond_to do |format|
      format.html do
        @own_namespace = current_user.namespace if fork_service.valid_fork_targets.include?(current_user.namespace)
        @project = project
      end

      format.json do
        namespaces = load_namespaces_with_associations - [project.namespace]

        render json: {
          namespaces: ForkNamespaceSerializer.new.represent(namespaces, project: project, current_user: current_user, memberships: memberships_hash)
        }
      end
    end
  end

  # rubocop: disable CodeReuse/ActiveRecord
  def create
    @forked_project = fork_namespace.projects.find_by(path: project.path)
    @forked_project = nil unless @forked_project && @forked_project.forked_from_project == project

    @forked_project ||= fork_service.execute

    if !@forked_project.saved? || !@forked_project.forked?
      render :error
    elsif @forked_project.import_in_progress?
      redirect_to project_import_path(@forked_project, continue: continue_params)
    elsif continue_params[:to]
      redirect_to continue_params[:to], notice: continue_params[:notice]
    else
      redirect_to project_path(@forked_project), notice: "The project '#{@forked_project.name}' was successfully forked."
    end
  end

  private

  def load_forks
    forks = ForkProjectsFinder.new(
      project,
      params: params.merge(search: params[:filter_projects]),
      current_user: current_user
    ).execute

    forks.includes(:route, :creator, :group, namespace: [:route, :owner])
  end

  def fork_service
    strong_memoize(:fork_service) do
      ::Projects::ForkService.new(project, current_user, namespace: fork_namespace)
    end
  end

  def fork_namespace
    strong_memoize(:fork_namespace) do
      Namespace.find(params[:namespace_key]) if params[:namespace_key].present?
    end
  end

  def authorize_fork_namespace!
    access_denied! unless fork_namespace && fork_service.valid_fork_target?
  end

  def whitelist_query_limiting
    Gitlab::QueryLimiting.whitelist('https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/issues/42335')
  end

  def load_namespaces_with_associations
    @load_namespaces_with_associations ||= fork_service.valid_fork_targets(only_groups: true).preload(:route)
  end

  def memberships_hash
    current_user.members.where(source: load_namespaces_with_associations).index_by(&:source_id)
  end
end

Projects::ForksController.prepend_if_ee('EE::Projects::ForksController')

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Club Social y Deportivo Colo-Colo je chilský fotbalový klub, hrající tamní nejvyšší soutěž Primera División. Byl založen 19. dubna 1925. Své domácí zápasy hraje na stadionu Estadio Monumental David Arellano v chilském hlavním městě Santiago de Chile.

Historie
Klub založil v roce 1925 David Arellano s několika spoluhráči z klubu CD Magallanes, odkud odešli kvůli sporům s vedením, které nechtělo přejít mezi profesionály. Nový klub pojmenovali podle vůdce Mapučů, kterým byl Colocolo. Hned v prvním roce vyhráli regionální soutěž Liga Central de Football, což se jim podařilo i v letech 1928 až 1930. Mezi těmito úspěchy však došlo k tragédii, když 2. května 1927 v zápase proti Realu Valladolid v rámci evropského turné, byl zraněn kapitán a zakladatel David Arellano, který druhý den na následky úrazu zemřel.

Profesionální éra
Na začátku třicátých let se přední chilské kluby dohodly na vytvoření profesionální ligy. Její první ročník se hrál v roce 1933 a vítězem se CD Magallanes. Colo-Colo vyhráli svůj první titul v roce 1937.

Colo-Colo se dvakrát probojoval do finále Poháru osvoboditelů. V roce 1973 nestačil na CA Independiente, když i třetí finálový zápas skončil zápas remízou a rozhodovalo prodloužení, ve kterém byl šťastnější argentinský celek. V roce 1991 se hráči Colo-Colo radovali ze zisku trofeje, když ve finále porazili paraguayský Club Olimpia 0:0 a 3:0.

Stadion

Estadio Monumental David Arellano s kapacitou 45 953 diváků je sídlem klubu od 30. září 1989, kdy byl slavnostně otevřen zápasem s uruguayským celkem CA Peñarol.

Významní hráči
  David Arellano
  Claudio Borghi
  Iván Zamorano
  Arturo Vidal
  Alexis Sánchez
  Lucas Barrios

Úspěchy
 30× mistr 1. chilské ligy: (1937, 1939, 1941, 1944, 1947, 1953, 1956, 1960, 1963, 1970, 1972, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1996, 1997 Clausura, 1998, 2002 Clausura, 2006 Apertura, 2006 Clausura, 2007 Apertura, 2007 Clausura, 2008 Clausura, 2009 Clausura, 2014 Clausura)
 10× vítěz chilského poháru (1958, 1974, 1981, 1982, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1994, 1996)
 1× vítěz Copa Libertadores (1991)
 1× vítěz Recopa Sudamericana (1992)
 1× vítěz Copa Interamericana (1992)
 1× druhý za vítězem Copa Sudamericana (2006)

Odkazy

Reference

Externí odkazy

 (španělsky) Oficiální stránky klubu
 (španělsky) Oficiální stránky klubu (jiný link)

 Profil klubu na Transfermarkt.com
 Profil klubu  na weltfussballarchiv.com

Chilské fotbalové kluby
Fotbalové kluby založené v roce 1925
Sportovní kluby v Santiagu de Chile


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Continued local and international market volatility has many South Africans actively looking to create a property portfolio.
Gary Palmer, Chief Executive of Paragon Lending Solutions, looks at how to take advantage of stalling property prices and what's shaping up to be a buyers' market in order to get started.
It's also important to remember that it's not just about maintaining a property, investors need to constantly find ways to nurture their investment over time. The days of yield compression are over, and you now need to find ways to add value to your tenants and the property itself.
Buying a property that has great returns is the goal when starting a portfolio, but it's prudent to be realistic about your future – especially when you are looking to add an additional property to your investments. Signing long-term leases with stable tenants is a sound first step, but even the best laid plans can hit a snag.
When preparing your forecasts for lenders ahead of your next purchase, make sure you factor in a couple of months without your rental income. Should your tenants suddenly depart you don't want your investment plans to fall apart – and you can be sure your potential lenders for the new property will have done the same when they assess your risk profile.


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Q: Creating a Lisp macro that can apply a lambda to a list within a context Basically I am trying to write a Common Lisp macro defined as:
(defmacro applyfunct (function arguments variables))

that applies the function given as the argument function, to the argument arguments (which is a list of arguments to apply the function to), that, when necessary, uses the variables given to it in the list of lists variables. So the return value when it is called with these arguments like this:
(applyfunct + (7 5) ((x 1) (y 2)))

would be 12, considering that 7+5=12, and the context variable x and y were not needed to apply the function to the arguments. However when it does require the context variables given:
(applyfunct (lambda (x y) (+ (* a x) (* y b)) (4 2) ((a 2) (b 4))))

it should use these variables if they are needed in the function given to evaluate to return 16, because:
(applyfunct (lambda (x y) (+ (* a x) (* y b)) (4 2) ((a 8) (b 1))))
;                    4 2        8 4     2 1
; (+ (* 8 4) (* 2 1)) => 34

hopefully my comments here make clear what I'm trying to do. What I have so far is:
(defmacro applyfunct (function arguments variables)
    (let ( ((car (first contents)) (cdar (first contents))
           ((car (second contents)) (cdar (second contents))

but I have no idea how to proceed...
(apply function arguments)

would only work for the first example call where the function is +, not the second function call with the lambda. Am I missing something here? Should I be using ` or #' somehow? Note: I am trying to program as functionally as possible (minimal to no side effects, for example, not using setq). I am also using the CLISP implementation of Common Lisp.

A: As far as I know, apply would only work for the second example (lambda), not +.
But remember that you're writing a macro, which can construct program code (such as (+ 7 5) or ((lambda (x y) ...) 4 2)) as needed.
The first step is to make the function call work (ignoring variables for now). In Lisp, the syntactic form of a function call is a list whose first element (head) is the function and and whose remaining elements (tail) are the function arguments. This structure can be built e.g. by using cons:
(defmacro applyfunct (function arguments variables)
    (cons function arguments))

Or, using the syntactic sugar of `:
(defmacro applyfunct (function arguments variables)
    `(,function ,@arguments))

(` acts like a code template, with , marking the spots where variables are to be inserted and ,@ additionally flattening the list.)
Now, to make variables work, let can be used to provide bindings (as in your code). However, there is no need to destructure variables manually; it already has the right shape for a list of let bindings:
(defmacro applyfunct (function arguments variables)
    `(let ,variables
        (,function ,@arguments)))

We can test this macro:
(print (macroexpand-1 '(applyfunct (lambda (x y) (+ (* a x) (* y b))) (4 2) ((a 8) (b 1)))))
; by the way, one of the ') is misplaced in your example: ----------^

Producing this output:
(LET ((A 8) (B 1)) ((LAMBDA (X Y) (+ (* A X) (* Y B))) 4 2))

... which is exactly what we want.

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The ZetaTalk Newsletter
Issue 598, Sunday March 18, 2018
Weekly news and views from around the world and beyond.
New ZetaTalk Earth Changes Announcements Signs of the Times
N Korea Capitulates
N Korea's chubby dictator Kim and US President Trump seemed on a collision course, but shortly before the Olympics the noise died down and now, barely a week after Trump's March 1 EO, we hear that Trump and Kim will meet to negotiate. Is the outcome uncertain? Where the Zetas are giving the negotiations their privacy, so as not to arm the enemy with information, cause and effect can be intuited from the recent Executive Orders written by Trump – the December 20, 2017 EO authorizing confiscation of goods and the March 1, 2018 EO staffing Military Tribunals.
North Korea Asks for Direct Nuclear Talks, and Trump Agrees
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/08/us/politics/north-korea-kim-jong-un-trump
North Korea's leader, Kim Jong-un, has invited President Trump to meet for negotiations over its nuclear program, an audacious diplomatic overture that would bring together two strong-willed, idiosyncratic leaders who have traded threats of war.
ZetaTalk re CIA Invasion 11/18: The Junta running the US is a secret government, and wishes to remain so. That Hillary is under house arrest can only be seen from the reluctance of the DOJ to indict her for Clinton Foundation crimes, because she was, as we have stated, already tried in a type of Court Martial and is under house arrest. Meanwhile, our only clue is an ankle boot, worn simultaneously to the one worn by McCain. This is indeed ongoing, with the sudden invasion of CIA headquarters to collect evidence and ongoing arrests of select CIA agents. This is the cutting edge of Deep State cleanup.
ZetaTalk re EO of 12/20: What does Trump's Executive Order mean? It means that all Hillary funds, laundered through the Clinton Foundation, will be confiscated. She and Bill accepted deposits from African dictators known for their human rights abuses. All Soros funds will be confiscated. US politicians known to be padding their pockets with drug money will find this confiscated, and that includes Herbert Bush, the drug Kingpin. None of these matters will be in the press, per se.
ZetaTalk re EO of 3/1: Trials await, and this latest EO by Trump allows them to proceed according to Military Law. Does this not imply that the true situation in the Trump administration, that it is being run by a Junta, will be admitted? One of the blocks to admitting the Junta was the state of matters adjudicated in civil and criminal courts. Trumps March 1 EO clarifies. It does not cover matters already adjudicated.
What do the Zetas mean by their statement that Herbert Bush is the drug kingpin? When did the drug epidemic in the US start? By 1971 the War on Drugs was declared. Herbert became CIA Director in 1974. How often were CIA planes found to be loaded with cocaine? And what was the deal between Herbert and the Clintons in Arkansas re landing those loaded planes? It is open knowledge that N Korea manufactures Meth, and given Herbert's role as the drug kingpin, would not the illicit funds being confiscated by Trump's Junta as a result of the December 20, 2017 EO include these Meth profits? Herbert is losing his funds, and Kim is losing a patron.
Allegations of CIA Drug Smuggling
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegations_of_CIA_drug_trafficking
A number of writers have claimed that the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is or has been involved in drug trafficking. A number of allegations have been written about and several local, state, and federal investigations have taken place related to the alleged use of the Mena Intermountain Municipal Airport as a CIA drop point in large scale cocaine trafficking beginning in the early 1980s. Some conspiracy theories regarding the airport extend to alleging the involvement of figures such as Oliver North and former presidents George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton. When the DEA tried to indict Noriega in 1971, the CIA prevented them from doing so. The CIA, which was then directed by future president George H. W. Bush.
North Korea's Illicit Activities
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Korea%27s_illicit_activities
The alleged illicit activities of the North Korean state extend to the manufacture and sale of illegal drugs, the manufacture and sale of counterfeit goods, human trafficking, arms trafficking, counterfeiting currency (especially the United States dollar and Chinese yuan), terrorism, and other areas. North Korea's illegal drug trade dates back to the 1970s and includes the manufacturing, selling, and trafficking of illicit drugs, as well as counterfeit otherwise legal pharmaceuticals. Reports of methamphetamine (known as "ice drug" in North Korea) use in the country surfaced in the late 1990s.
History of Drugs in America Timeline
https://www.shmoop.com/drugs-america/timeline
1964 – 1973 Drug Use in Vietnam Drug abuse has become rampant among American soldiers fighting a demoralizing war in the jungles of Vietnam. While marijuana is the most common illegal drug used by American servicemen, heroin is the most troubling.
Jun 17, 1971 Nixon Begins War on Drugs President Richard Nixon coins the phrase, "War on Drugs," promising in a major speech to defeat "public enemy number one in the United States. [...] If we cannot destroy the drug menace, then it will destroy us."
Then there is the nuclear connection. Bill Clinton provided nuclear material to Kim. This is a matter of record. The Bush/Clinton/Soros criminal cabal is losing, lately, with the failure of Hillary to grab the White House in 2016 a major blow. They want Trump and his Junta deposed, or at least distracted and stumbling. They want World War III to break out to create opportunities during the chaos that ensues. They want Trump goaded into bombing N Korea, to start this.
History Lesson: Why did Bill Clinton's North Korea Deal Fail?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2017/08/09/
North Korea's program was clearly created to churn out nuclear weapons; the reactor at Yongbyon was not connected to the power grid and appeared only designed to produce plutonium, a key ingredient for nuclear weapons. The theory of the deal was that, with the plant shuttered and the plutonium under the close watch of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), North Korea would not be able to produce a bomb. There were also vague references in the text to improving relations and commerce. Clinton structured the agreement so that it was not considered a treaty that would have required ratification by the Senate. Former Clinton administration officials have said they knew North Korea was cheating on the uranium enrichment front dating back to 1998 and planned to use that intelligence as leverage to keep the Agreed Framework in place and the plutonium under lock and key.
ZetaTalk Insight 1/31/2018: Why has the Clinton cabal encouraged chaos, as has Soros, a friend and supporter of Hillary Clinton? It is not just Bill Clinton as President ensuring that N Korea had nuclear material, the stuff of nuclear bombs.
ZetaTalk Analysis 9/30/2017: What is N Korea's chubby dictator Kim trying to achieve by pushing forward with his nuclear program? He is seeking to become powerful enough that no other country, including the US and his immediate neighbors China and Russia, can control him.
The threat of nuclear taunts from N Korea have continued and increased over the past few months. Kim openly threatened to bomb US territories. Trump was not intimidated, but likewise did not invade N Korea. On April 15, 2017 Kim's ICBM missile test blew up, which the Zetas attributed to intervention by the Council of Worlds. By September, 2017 Kim's nuclear program had reached the point of being able to deliver a bomb to neighboring countries. China nervously watched the destabilized Mt. Mantap where Kim did his nuclear testing. Putin evacuated Vladivostok at one point.
ZetaTalk Insight 4/22/2017: The Council of Worlds does step in to make a point, as they did with the FaceBook launch, but in the case of Korea, the emphasis was on demonstrating to the world Kim's incompetence.
Suddenly N Korea seems to have capitulated! While the Zetas cannot comment, we can connect the dots. The relationship in time to Trump's most recent EO allowing Military Tribunals to take place in civilian courts, using civilian lawyers, is key. It was just a week later that negotiations were announced. It is not just Hillary and McCain wearing ankle boots these days, under House Arrest or held at Gitmo. There are tens of thousands of arrests pending. The Deep State is in Deep Dodo. If Kim still wants his Twinkies and girl toys, to avoid living like his starving citizens, he has to capitulate.
ZetaTalk EO of 3/1: The Deep State wanting to wrest control of the US from Trump and his Junta has become vicious, like a trapped animal. It has been rumored that there are 1,400 sealed indictments allowing arrests of the Deep State and the Bush/Clinton cabal, and this is true though the number is multiples higher. Arrests and interrogations have garnered more names. But how to take those under House Arrest out of circulation? How to inform the public?
Wobble Flip
The weather wobbles have gotten extreme. In Issue 589 of this Newsletter we detailed what the Zetas described as a tilt into opposition in late December, the magnetic N Pole of Earth pointing TOWARD the magnetic N Pole of Nibiru, rather than pointing away. Bitter cold descended on Canada and the Midwest and the New England region. Yet Europe and all across Siberia (where the magnetic N Pole of Earth currently resides) had temps that were surprisingly warm. The weatherman, as usual, struggled to explain.
A time and location watcher in central Wisconsin, who keeps daily track of the sunrise variance from official times and the Azimuth of the rising Sun, saw the time and location of the sunrise temporarily stabilize by late December. This move toward stability was evident in November too. November and December were the months of extreme cold over N America. The tilt into opposition was a forced, though temporary, stability.
Then things switched about by February, and where it was cold it became warm, and where it was warm it was plunged into cold. The weatherman's explanations became more and more contorted. It was the warmth of the Arctic causing the cold over eastern Europe. Huh?
This showed up in the sunrise readings from Wisconsin too, with the sunrise returning to being up to 24 minutes late by late January. The Zetas describe this as a temporary over-reaction to the prior tilt into opposition. This lurch, the over-reaction, showed up as a tsunami warning off NYC on February 6 and empty canals in Venice on February 1, as detailed in Issue 593 of this Newsletter.
Freak Warming in the Arctic is to Blame for the Big Chill over Europe
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5439325/Freak-warming-Arctic
Europe has been buffeted by freezing temperatures in recent days and experts say this is the result of freak warming in the Arctic. The Arctic is experiencing one of its hottest winters on record, with temperatures at the North Pole surging above freezing. These unusual conditions, which scientists say have 'never been this extreme', are causing a disruption to the Arctic polar jet stream.
Upside Down Weather!
http://www.thebigwobble.org/2018/02/upside-down-weather-as-parts-of-europe.html
Upside down weather! As parts of Europe drop to -27 deg C (-17 deg F) and 8 dead in Poland with temperatures above 0 on the Arctic circle. The reason for the brutally cold weather is that a particular atmospheric phenomenon will appear in the next few days. In Northeast Europe, a massive, high-pressure anticyclone will emerge that will change the airflow in most parts of the continent. Instead of the general westerly flow, the wind will blow from the East on the Southern border of the anticyclone.
ZetaTalk Insight 2/28/2018: The weather maps at the end of December, 2017 showed that the Polar Push had turned into opposition, where the magnetic N Pole of Earth in Siberia was temporarily facing the Sun more directly. This forced the opposite side of the Northern Hemisphere - Canada and the US – to suffer less sunlight, thus the extreme record breaking cold. Over the past two months, January and February, the temporary turn into opposition has ended and seems to have reversed.
Where at the end of December the Siberian side of the Northern Hemisphere was too hot, with the Americas side too cold, this has now reversed. The magnetic N Pole of Earth is now being aggressively pushed away by the N Pole of Nibiru. This is in part a reaction to the temporary lean into opposition, the swing back into the normal Polar Push wobble pattern an over-reaction, reverberating. During both of these flip flops, the Arctic has received more sunlight than usual, and the melting is obvious. The establishment, as usual, struggles to explain.
But the daily wobble goes on, as noted on this Pole Shift ning blog. On March 2 rivers draining into the Atlantic in N Carolina went virtually dry, due to low tides. Yet the N Carolina coast was not in a drought. The wobble will shift water, pulling it away from beaches and out of rivers and canals, but the weatherman blamed record N Carolina dry rivers on wind. Meanwhile, at the same time, the central US was devastated by floods from the erratic weather.
Water Disappears in the Pamlico and Neuse Rivers in North Carolina!
http://strangesounds.org/2018/03/water-disappears-pamlico-and-neuse
On March 2, 2018, the water disappeared in the Pamlico and Neuse rivers in North Carolina setting new record for lowest tides. Two tidal rivers that flow into Pamlico Sound in North Carolina in the United States, almost completely dry. Strong northeast winds across Eastern Carolina are causing some river banks to become high and dry. In Washington, the Pamlico River has set a new record for the lowest water level. The river stands at -3.81 feet, breaking the old 1989 record of -3.70 feet.
Potomac River Disappears in 'Blowout' Tide
http://www.princewilliamtimes.com/news/potomac-river-disappears
The phenomena, known as a "blowout tide" happened due to sustained northwesterly winds blowing the water out of the river, into the Chesapeake Bay and eventually to the Atlantic Ocean, according to the National Weather Service.
Flood fears rise as Wicked Storm System tears across Southern, Central U.S.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/weather/2018/02/25/kentucky-tornadoes
A violent storm system with relentless rains and fierce winds that pounded the southern and central U.S. over the weekend could lead to treacherous flooding in the days ahead. The system that stretched from Texas to the Canadian maritime provinces left a path of destruction as it cut eastward. Emergency crews struggled to keep up with calls from drivers stranded by rising floodwaters in many locations.
Watch the Water
On a recent Newsletter, Issue 595, I noted my analysis of a standalone post of Q's - an image titled Just Waiting. Most people thought it had something to do with Gitmo or Palm Sunday, but by changing the Saturation of the photo, out popped the Sun behind clouds and out popped Nibiru with its dominant Moon Swirls. But Q has been making another hint - Watch the Water. At first I thought this might refer to the NYC tsunami warning, and the suddenly dry beaches around the world caused by the daily Earth Wobble.
The Watch the Water posts were standalone comments by Q, without context, as was the Just Waiting photo, except for one dropped on March 6. Someone alerted me to the fact that there were two suns above Kim in the photo, reflecting off the water, and he was spot on. This time Watch the Water was in the context of N Korea. Kim has been a puppet of the Bush/Clinton/Soros criminal cabal, which wants the cover-up over Nibiru to continue. The cabal is losing, Kim's handlers no longer in control, the truth about Nibiru ascendant.


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The 100 per cent electric Renault Kangoo Van Z.E.33 has reaffirmed its match winning credentials by being named 'Best Electric Van', with the prize being awarded for the first time by VansA2Z and Van Fleet World.
Hosted at the home of English Rugby, Twickenham, the Kangoo Z.E.33 broke from the scrum and was uncatchable by the competition. Now benefiting from an improved battery and faster charging, since the introduction of the 33kW battery in September 2017, the Renault Kangoo Van Z.E.33 won over the expert independent judging panel with its usability, range and frugality.
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Exploration of the surroundings is very important in Dragon Age: Inquisition, especially that it is not as restricted (e.g. by invisible walls or blockades) as it was in the case of the second installment of the game. What's more, there are lots of loot chests, herbs, materials and documents hidden all around the game world. Collecting all of these is, to a greater or lesser extent, rewarded.
What is very useful while examining elements of the surroundings is the option to "scan" (i.e. to search automatically), which you can activate by pressing the appropriate key/button. Once a new element is found in the environment, it is signaled by a short sound and the items themselves are highlighted for a short time. What's more, you are free to use this option as much as you want as it is unlimited. It is a good idea to use it as often as possible. At the same time, I recommend that you unlock the "Eagle-Eyed" perk, which makes the search area wider.
Note - If you are searching for a quest item, it is a good idea to set that quest as active in your log. Thanks to this, your party will be directed towards the place where the item has been hidden.
Scanning the environment can be done outside of exploring the game world freely. Sometimes, it is even advisable to do that while on quests - also ones that involve a big number of battles. What opts for this solution, is that many opponents drop valuable trinkets or gear. Walking away from the area of the most recent battle may result in disappearing of the loot, as a result of which it is lost forever and you lose the chance to obtain them. In many longer quests there also are supplies crates placed all around the area. It is a good idea to use such crates (you can interact with each one only once), mainly to replenish your supply of health potions.
You can explore the areas of the game world on foot but, due to the size of the majority of locations, this may prove time-consuming. This is where mounts come to your aid, which have been described in detail in a separate chapter of this guide. Using mounts makes it faster to travel. Additionally, they are a perfect choice if you want to get to a less accessible area, e.g. a village or an encampment in a mountainous area. Another upside of mounts is that they "cushion" falls from heights, as a result of which you do not need to worry that you will lose your health points once you take a misstep, e.g. near a cliff edge.
Of course, falling from heights is not the only situation in which a party member may die prematurely. Exploring the uninhabited areas carries the risk of encountering bandits, hostile animals and/or monsters. At the beginning of the game, it is advisable that you steer clear of stronger enemy groups and "elite" monsters like dragons or giants. Regardless of the level at which your party members are, it is a good idea to perform a reconnaissance, thanks to which you are able to assess the numbers of the enemy group or the strength of the individual opponent from a safe distance.
The opportunity to enrich your inventory is not the only reason for exploring locations thoroughly. Equal in importance is talking to new NPCs. This goes, especially, for the ones marked with the exclamation mark, because they are the ones interested in giving you side quests. In the majority of cases, those side quests are not too time-consuming and they add to your experience, power, influence and inventory.
Thanks to fast-traveling, you can return, e.g. to safe villages and encampments in an easy way.
I have already mentioned that there are many vast locations around the game world and for this reason it is worth to remember about the fast-travel system in the game. The system makes it easier to return to the locations that you have already discovered, e.g. to meet with the quest-giver again. Fast-traveling allows you to travel to the camps, strongholds, keeps, cities and villages that you have already discovered. This action is free to use and, for obvious reasons, cannot be used in combat.


61. Which of the following is the most appropriate management for phenylketonuria?
63. A 57-year-old man complains of increased thirst and urination. His examination is normal except for obesity (BMI>30). Which of the following is the most appropriate initial diagnostic test?
64. Which of the following is the most likely effect of insulin at the cellular receptor level?
65. Which of the following is the most likely metabolic effect of insulin on adipose tissue?
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Iran Auto Market : Higher Production, Sales
October 5, 2018 Henri Zix	CHINA, ECONOMY Leave a comment
Teheran – During the first six months of the current fiscal which started in March Iran automotive industries registered a 10% year-on-year increase in sales.
According to the latest statistics released by the Security and Exchange Organization, major domestic carmakers sold 603,096 vehicles during the period earning 173 trillion rials ($4.3 billion).
During the six months, the automotive industry saw a 17.9% y/y growth in production — 684,300 cars, trucks and utility vehicles were manufactured.
Data released by the Ministry of Industries indicates that passenger vehicles production, as usual, dominated the sector with 643,321 cars manufactured.
Furthermore, while van production was up 161% y/y reaching 350 units, the output of pickup trucks fell sharply to 32,605 from last year's 39,306 — down 17% YoY.
Bus and minibus production also shot up 60% compared to the same period last year reaching 1,317 units.
Iran Khodro with a 49.9% share of the domestic markeat, produced 321,069 cars during the six months — up 15.8% compared to the same period a year ago.
The company's sales were up 5% reaching 303,735 vehicles and generating 95 trillion rials ($2.4 billion).
Locally manufactured Peugeot models led IKCO production and sales. The company produces Peugeot 405, 206 and 2008 under license from the French auto giant.
Data says 205,509 units of Peugeot cars were produced by IKCO and 197,539 were sold at a total cost of 58.9 trillion rials ($1.4 billion).
After Peugeot the locally-designed Samand had the biggest share in IKCO sales with 48,339 units sold for 12.9 trillion rials ($327 million).
Renault's Logan, locally better known as Tondar 90, also has a significant share in IKCO production and sales with 23,452 units produced, and 21,576 sold with the total value of 7.6 trillion rials ($192 million).
The company's subsidiary Iran Khodro Diesel, which is in charge of production of utility vehicles and pickup trucks, has produced 4,676 units and sold 3,796 generating 1.5 trillion rials ($39 million).
SAIPA Group (including SAIPA, Pars Khodro and SAIPA Kashan) with 43.6% share of the industry produced 262,977 vehicles during the six-month period — 22.2% up y/y.
The country's second auto company sold 195,130 cars earning 47.7 trillion rials ($1.2 billion) — up 13% YoY.
Its low cost Pride still leads the sales chart with a 58% share — 114,423 units sold, generating 19.9 trillion rials ($505 million). Pride is the cheapest car available in Iran and is almost always singled out for criticism due to low quality.
First models of Pride rolled out of SAIPA assembly lines in 1993 but the car has never been able to meet acceptable standards. Its sales and production have not observed any significant change, contrary to claims by company officials that SAIPA is reducing Pride's share in the overall output.
SAIPA also produces several models in collaboration with Chinese carmakers Brilliance and Changan. The models have a meager share of 4% in the company's sales, generating 4 trillion rials ($103 million).
The company's subsidiary SAIPA Diesel, which produces heavy-duty vehicles and pickups, sold 1,304 units making 2.5 trillion rials ($65 million).
Pars Khodro
The third-largest automaker Pars Khodro accounted for 17.6% of total produced cars, producing 106,470 vehicles during the half-year period.
Producing a jumble of cars already manufactured by IKCO and SAIPA, Pars Khodro sold 100,435 vehicles during the period, generating 26 trillion rials ($665 million).
Pars Khodro produces two Renault models which dominate the company's sales with 44% share. Selling Renault Logan and Sandero, Pars Khodro earned 17.3 trillion rials ($440 million). Source: Financial Tribune, Photo: Brilliance
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Break My Fall by Jessica Scott
Publisher: Jessica Scott (February 16, 2016)
Series: Falling, 2
Genre: New Adult
Violence.
I'm addicted to it. It's how I feel alive. It's the only thing that's real any more.
And now I have to sit around and discuss it like it's physics or calculus.
I can't do it. I can't pretend that it's some sterile academic topic.
Violence isn't sterile. It isn't calm. It's pulsing. It's alive.
It's my drug.
Until I met Abby, I never wanted anything beyond the next fight. Never considered that I might finally find a way back to the land of the living.
Now? Now I find myself dreaming of a woman with golden eyes.
But I can never be with her. Because I am not whole. And I never will be again.
But I cannot stay away. And loving her might finally be what breaks me.
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This novel was a very emotional read for me. Two young people, one an Army vet, the other a young woman who has escaped a terrifying childhood, both trying to find some light in their darkness. It breaks your heart, a little crack at a time. But at it's conclusion your spirits are lifted.
Josh Douglas is going to a prestigious university thanks to his G.I. Bill. He hasn't been back in the states for very long, but has decided booze and bruising physical activity is better than the mind numbing drugs the Dr.'s offered. According to the V.A. he has used up his allotted visits, but he is a long way from overcoming his PTSD. He hasn't made many friends, but has a kind of relationship with the owner of the local bar, The Pint. Eli is a fellow vet who opened his bar so there would be a place for vets, damaged and otherwise, to meet. Unfortunately Josh has a history of blowing off steam with a fight or two way too often for Eli's comfort. Going home after one of these very satisfying poundings he comes across a beautiful young woman being hassled by two men. Even though she looks like she is holding her own, he steps into her space. She is grateful, and he is immediately afraid of the sudden feelings of protection and attraction crashing over him. He is damaged, he should warn her, he should never see her again, she could never understand. No one does.
Abby Hilliard is going to school supporting herself by waitressing. Her best friend, Graham is a bartender and they lean on each other for support. She has scars both on her skin and in her heart, the most recent from her ex-boyfriend, who insisted he loved her, but spent most of his time trying to change her. She realizes the very sexy, gorgeous student sitting next to her in class, is her rescuer from the other night. She feels an immediate pull to his brooding eyes, his quiet danger and the sadness she feels surrounding him. But relationships are too hard, too much work. What starts as a casual friendship grows into something they both desperately need, but are terrified of.
Ms. Scott again brings us a story of the trauma these young men and women in today's military face during their deployments and then at home. The need to drink, do drugs or end it all is so often the heartbreaking decision their faced with. This is a dark, beautiful and very sensual romance. All the more believable because the writer is an Army officer herself and spent time in war zones with her husband having to leave her children behind. Thank you Jessica Scott, for your service, and your novels that dig into our hearts and souls.
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Pat received an e-ARC of this book from the author in exchange for her honest opinion.
I want to know his name. I've decided that already. I should text Graham and ask him if he knows it. But that would clue Graham in that I was interested, and while I love Graham like a brother, he has far too much invested in my love life or lack thereof. He'd give the guy my number, home address, and blood type if he thought it would get me laid.
I might make jokes about it, but I'm not that open when it comes to sex. It's not that I'm morally opposed to it. But it hasn't been exactly…earth shattering for me. Robert was…more concerned with his own pleasure than mine.
And wow, do I need to think about something else. Something other than the man next to me with the haunted eyes and thick, blunt fingers that are currently toying with a pencil.
Down, girl.
I'm better than this. I'm not boy crazy. I don't let myself get distracted from why I'm here and guys definitely fall into the distraction category these days. I know who I am and what I want in life. And while the fantasy of having a guy stroke my neck and whisper things to make me laugh might be appealing, it's nothing more than a fantasy for girls like me in a place like this.
Fantasies are safe.
Fantasies don't ruin your life and crush your soul and try to change who you are. They don't pretend to love you.
And in my fantasies is where he'll stay. In the dark and the shadows, where I can take out the idea of him and play with it for a little while, then put it safely away where it can wait until next time.
Because fantasies can't hurt you.
And as interested as I am in the man who did such a simple thing by sitting next to me, I am far too cynical to pretend that this is anything more than it is—a kind gesture.
Nothing more.
Thanks for the review, Pat! I loved book 1, so I definitely need to grab this one.
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Back in the Saddle Part 1: Aluminum and Steel, Titanium and Bone.
I like to ride bikes. Fast. Especially the ones with fixed gears and invisible brakes. And despite putting in almost 200 miles a week doing fast training rides on such a bike in city streets, I invariably save my tangles with automobiles for off days and errand runs. I guess I should be thankful I've never had to appear in the ER in a spandex kit. In fact, before that day, riding bikes had never caused me to go to the ER, at all. But there is a first time for everything, and all good things must end. This is the story of that.
Flying down St. Claude in typical fashion, I passed up another rider who said something to me. Exactly what was said is a bit blurry, but I do remember our exchange was a friendly one. Whatever was said to me must have been fairly thought provoking, as I turned around to issue a longwinded response, while still mashing along close to the top of my gear. Near the end of my retrospective soliloquy I blindly blasted through a red light and into a live intersection. Swiveling my head back to the orientation it should have had the entire time, I immediately recognized that I was going to nail a crossing work truck, immediately. I locked up my wheel and tried to whip in the direction the truck was going, and then for a fraction of a second everything went black.
In that instant I lost a lot of things; several months of my favorite activity, any hopes of having a fun 26th birthday, just 6 days away, my chance to ride in the Rouge Roubaix with friends from the Semi-Tough Cycling Club, and half of my most important digit.
When I skidded to a halt against the truck, my index finger was over my drops, which were the first point of contact with the truck. The overhanging end of the finger was promptly pinched off, left to dangle by a bit of skin and muscle. This was shocking, to say the least. So shocking that I did not even realize I had snapped my collarbone like a toothpick, causing it reshape my shoulder with all the architectural styling of a Barnum & Bailey circus tent. A couple of other riders rolled up to aid me and suggested I get out the street. Jumping up and carrying my bike to the neutral ground was about the last motion I would have for some time. As I waited for an ambulance, bleeding profusely and becoming more acutely aware of the excruciating pain, some really kind fellow riders kept me company, gave me water, and locked my bike up for me across the street. I wish I could see them again to buy them all a pint.
You can probably tell from a trauma doctor's reaction how good a job you've done of wrecking yourself. When his reaction is to go get more doctors, whose reactions are to whip out smartphones and start taking pictures, you can figure you've really done a number on yourself. I was administered some really heavy IV painkillers, dilaudid, I believe, and the next 8 hours melted away as my finger was reattached. I fully expected to pass out and wake up the next day with 50% less trigger finger. However, I came to, to find that my finger was whole again, although with a slight corkscrew twist to it. A good buddy came and picked me up from the hospital and took me to get my bike. I expected that the aluminum frame had cracked in a thousand places after its cross with the steel cabinets on the back of the work truck. It appeared, though, that my flesh and bones had cushioned the impact and taken the full force of the collision, sparing my precious bike any bodily harm.
A week later, a day or two after my birthday, I went back to the hospital for surgery on my collarbone and finger. The mission was to nail down the wayward clavicle and reconnect tendons severed in the digital disconnection. One titanium plate and ten screws later, my collarbone was back in a somewhat normal shape, although under X-ray it appeared to contain an entire Erector set. Titanium pins joined the two halves of my finger, but the tendons sought were said to be absent, presumably crushed into subatomic particles in the explosive collision. All in all, it was a great day for modern medicine.


Defending champion Mark Selby lost to world number 92 Craig Steadman in the China Open qualifying round.
Selby, usurped at the top of the rankings by Ronnie O'Sullivan last month, was seeking a third successive title and moved 3-2 ahead in Beijing.
But Steadman, 36, made breaks of 77, 108 and 86 to lead 5-3, then sealed a 53-minute ninth frame for a 6-3 win and a first round tie with Dominic Dale.
Anthony McGill beat Nigel Bond despite arriving late having overslept.
Former world champion Stuart Bingham beat Elliot Slessor 6-0 with breaks of 92, 140, 101 and 104.
Another ex-world champion, Neil Robertson, had runs of 119 and 138 in a 6-2 win over Kishan Hirani.


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The US Army is seeking to reinvent itself in the face of a host of unprecedented challenges. Between tightening budgets, a shrinking military force, and a world of smaller and asymmetrical threats, the Army has released a new global strategy.
The new strategy, encapsulated in the US Army Operating Concept manual "Win in a Complex World," describes how the Army of the future will shape the world's security situation through conflict prevention and the ability to conduct expeditionary maneuvers and combined arms operations.
A significant part of this new strategy comes down to investing in new technology that should aid the Army in the number of new uncertain roles it may play in the future.
Below are the main technologies that the Army indicated will become a central focus of their new operating strategy.
In order to better protect its soldiers, the US Army is investing in lighter weight and lower volume vehicular platforms. These platforms would offer increased protection to soldiers on deployment, while being easier to manoeuvre and maintain.
In addition to new vehicular platforms, the Army is researching the development of sensors that would locate and identify threats to provide better protection for troops in the field.
The Army hopes to develop technology that would improve the lethality and accuracy of future weaponry. This would include the creation of next generation command systems for attack launches, weapons systems that are interoperable with allies, and precision guidance systems that would significantly decrease the chance of civilian casualties.
Recognising the difficulties inherent with extended supply lines, the Army envisions a host of new technologies that would radically change the face of logistics. These methods include water generation on demand, 3d printing, increasingly efficient power saving and generation technologies, and improved power storage.
Each of these technologies would allow the Army to reduce sustainment and lift requirements of operating bases. This would lead to significant cost cutting and an increase in efficiency.
The Army's wish list for future aviation technologies centres around improved vertical take-off and landing technologies and unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). The general aim is to increase the overall effectiveness and ease with which supplies can be airlifted to soldiers in deployment at any time, including through the deployment of supplies by UAS.
The Army will also pursue technologies that allow for UAS to better survive electronic attacks while having greater enhanced situation understanding and lethality.
The Army is pursuing advances in medical sciences that would both offer a qualitative improvement in life for veterans and life saving technologies. Qualitative improvements include the development of more responsive prosthetic technologies, while life saving technologies include current research into treating traumatic brain injuries.
As the Army seeks to streamline its entire order of operations, there is also an increasing focus on the development of analytical tools that will aid in mission command decisions. These tools will be based around simple and resilient technologies, such as cloud-enabled networks, that would allow operators to take advantage of the new systems in austere environments.
In relation to these advances, the Army will spend significantly more resources combating cyber attacks while increasing its own offensive cyberspace capabilities.
Human performance optimization hopes to cut down on required training times, while increasing the aptitude of soldiers, through a variety of tools. New blended virtual reality tools hold promise for increasing competence among soldiers and commanders, while better screening tools can more accurately match an enlistee with the best possible military occupation.
Ultimately, the US Army is seeking to develop learning autonomous and semi-autonomous unmanned ground systems (UGS). UGS will function as a force multiplier for the Army in a multitude of ways. Firstly, UGS will be able to operate in areas that are potentially lethal for humans, such as after a nuclear disaster like Fukushima.
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Rome posters call to boycott Jewish merchants
April 27, 2015 at 3:26 pm | Published in: Europe & Russia, Israel, Italy, Middle East, News, Palestine
Residents of the Italian capital, Rome were surprised Saturday to see posters that were pinned during the night to the facades of shops owned by Jewish merchants calling for a boycott of the traders as well as of Israeli products in protest of the Israeli war on Gaza Strip, the Andolu news agency reported.
The posters read several phrases in Italian including "Boycott Israel", "stop the massacre of the Palestinian people" and "boycott Jewish merchants and their products".
The Italian state media said the posters were distributed in several neighbourhoods and areas in the capital, especially where Jewish merchants are concentrated such as, Viale Libia and Bologna square and Corso Trieste. It pointed out that the cleaning teams in Rome have immediately removed the posters in coordination with the Emergency department.
The Italian police are investigating the incident; reviewing the security camera installed in the neighbourhoods where the posters were distributed to identify the perpetrators.
The Mayor of Rome, Anzio Marino condemned the incident saying through his official twitter account "Rome considers such behaviours as an unacceptable affront to the dignity and values of the city's sons and daughters".
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