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The company "Francisco Ternero S.L." traces its origins back 50 years, when Mr. Francisco Ternero Sánchez, the founding businessman, created the company with means that today are considered rudimentary (cart pulled by donkeys, manual shovels, ...), but which constituted the basic pillar of what the entity is today, a company that projects itself into the future, and yet is proud of its humble past.
It evolves from the stretcher and the car to a large and modern fleet of large-tonnage vehicles (single axles, double axles, dump trucks) and a wide variety of machinery (loaders, mini machines, high-reach rotating machines, etc. .) of tires or chains, specialized in different jobs, both in the city, as well as in agriculture and forestry. (Excavations, clearings, embankments, gutters, breakwater walls, etc.).
At that time, he participated in the construction of what today are the great urban roads of Malaga Capital, joining the same, his son, Mr. Francisco Ternero Caña, who complements and expands the transport of aggregates with the movements of earth to large volume. With the incorporation of this second generation, the company experiences continuous and constant growth, thanks to the joint effort of its leaders, human team, and above all by the trust placed by our clients. Always with the aim of carrying out quality work that meets the demands of the market in general, and of its clients in particular.
From that date to the present, the company has been gradually incorporating Mr. Francisco Javier, Mr. José Manuel and Ms. Isabel Ternero to the management of the company, and Mr. Rafael, Mr. Miguel and Ms. Auxiliadora to operational positions. . The incorporation of this third generation strengthens this eminently family business, young people and with new projects for the future that allow the entity to continue its growth process and in turn expand the field of activities.
The result of all this is the constitution in 1997 of the company "Matater S.L." which is renamed on June 10, 2004 "DEMOLICIONES FT S.L." As its name indicates, it is a specialized company, both in carrying out interior demolitions of buildings and in the total demolition of all types of buildings. For this, it uses modern work equipment such as powerful machinery, cutting shears and truck cranes with baskets
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From Mývatn we drive towards Akureyri, the second largest city in Iceland. As the bird flies it's a distance of about 60 kilometers. Through a fairly barren landscape we drive on the 1 towards a beautiful waterfall. From the other side of the river the Goðafoss can be seen from far. Goðafoss is a waterfall measuring 30 meters wide and 12 meters tall. Literally Goðafoss means waterfall of the gods. And when the morning sun shines on it you understand why. The light reflects on the water which gives it a greenish color.
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We arrive in Akureyri and have a look around the city. The church of Akureyri has been built in the same style as the one in Reykjavík, only much smaller. Via nice stairs you arrive at the side of the church. The stairs in the front end up in the shopping street. Near the university of the city you can climb a hill that gives nice views over Akureyri. Firther sights include, the nun house, several museums and a botanical garden.
Because we spend the night in a holiday farm the region of Akureyri, we drop of our luggage before continuing towards the north. Via Dalvík and Olafsfjördur we drive through the valley of Lágheiði. A gravel road with terrific views over this valley. We continue our way to Siglufjörður. During our trip through Iceland we have seen several one lane bridges, but during this drive to Siglufjörður we encounter 2 single lane tunnels. Luckily there are a lot of wider spaces to let oncoming traffic pass. Siglufjörður is a village formed by the herring fishery. At the beginning of the 20th century this was the most important village for the herring fishery. the village grew fast to 3000 people. But when the schools of herring before the coast of Iceland disappeared Siglufjörður quickly declined. At the museum the rise, height and fall is depicted. The valley reminds us of the Alps.
Via Hofsós we drive back to Akureyri.


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Neither God nor Devil: The long dance between Technology and Music
From Edison's phonograph to iTunes and Spotify, technology has always shaped not just how we listen, but what we listen to
by Peter CulshawThursday, 03 January 2013
Edison's phonograph: originally intended to 'preserve the voices of the deceased'
David Byrne's new book How Music Works has once again brought to the fore the ever thorny debate about the relationship between technology and music. The dance between the two is being conducted at an ever more frenetic pace, and seems likely to continue to do so throughout 2013.
In some countries ringtones now make up a reported 20 per cent of record companies profits - will labels be less inclined to sign or promote music that doesn't boast a suitable catchy few seconds? ITunes and iPads clearly favour tracks over albums, while it's become increasingly an advantage for artists to produce music that works with video games. On the other hand, Spotify claim that subscriptions for streaming means people are actually more likely to hear albums in their entirety.
In 1904 composer John Philip Souza predicted the imminent death of live music
The increasing temperature around the subject has resulted in several books. Mark Katz's Capturing Sound: How Technology Has Changed Music is a more focused book than Byrne's and begins with Edison's wax cylinder, invented in the 1870s. Originally Edison believed the major uses for it would be for business purposes and for preserving the voices of the deceased. By 1900, it was being marketed as a purely musical device. The notion that you could listen to music on your own was a novel one – usually people listened to it in groups, even applauding at the end.
Katz, like Byrne, argues convincingly that, from that point, technology has been instrumental in dictating the types of music and musicians that have become popular. The first real star of the new medium was Enrico Caruso, the operatic tenor, whose particular tone cut through the haze of the early technology as, a little later, did Louis Armstrong's trumpet. Pianos and violins did not fare so well. When Edison attempted to record Johannes Brahms in 1889, performing his first Hungarian Dance, the result, according to critic Alex Ross sounded "as if the Master were coming to us from a spaceship disintegrating near Pluto". The most famous violinist of the 1920s, Fritz Kreisler developed a trademark, much copied vibrato tone, which worked with phonographs.
The development of good microphones and magnetic tape by German engineers in the Second World War had a profound effect on popular music. The intimate crooning of Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra wouldn't have been possible without it. In India, a country with millions of dirt cheap transistors, the style of Bollywood music was all swooning strings and high-pitched singers like Asha Bhosle (whose first recording was made in 1943, aged 10, and was still in stunning form in London last year). Katz calls this feedback loop with technology "the phonograph effect".
For all doom mongers, it's instructive to note that from the earliest days of recording there were dire predictions about the effect of technology. In 1904 composer John Philip Souza predicted the imminent death of live music, as did piano genius Glenn Gould in an essay in 1966. They could still be right, although attendances at concerts seem to be holding up. And there is surely something miraculous about some of the new technology, even if we become rapidly blasé about it. How amazing it would be for someone from the 19th century to think that with a little metal and plastic box in my hand I can talk to someone in New York, or Tibet. Most of us are impressed by the sheer aesthetic pleasure of the shiny iPhone or Galaxy.
But let's not pretend technology doesn't have a profound impact. Composers like Bartok and Kodaly in the early 1900s used the phonograph to record the dying folk genres of their time. And what was causing the decimation of traditional folk music? The phonograph, more than anything.
It behoves critics, musicians and audiences to be aware of the impact of technology and if necessary counteract the more detrimental effects of it. In 2013, let's have more recordings of elderly folk-singers in remote parts of the world. If the iPad generation are stuck in an autistic musical bubble, lets encourage grand, communal music rituals. If ringtones give an advantage to music that can be condensed to a few, melodic seconds, let us promote five hour epics. The epigraph to Katz's book quotes music critic Hans Stukenschmidt from 1926: "The machine is neither a god nor a devil". Better Heaven or Hell, though, to a bland musical Purgatory.
There is surely something miraculous about some of the new technology, even if we become rapidly blasé about it
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NASHVILLE (AP) — School officials in a Tennessee county gave high school students T-shirts promoting a Republican state lawmaker accused of sexual misconduct during a recent field trip to the state Capitol.
The Tennessean reports Rep. David Byrd from Waynesboro hosted a "Senior Day on the Hill" for Wayne County and Frank Hughes high school seniors on Monday. Byrd has hosted the event for several years, but this time it raised eyebrows after three women last March accused Byrd of sexual misconduct when he was their high school basketball coach decades ago.
Before the event, a voice message went out to families telling students to pick up shirts promoting Byrd and change before boarding school buses.
"Seniors should report straight to the cafeteria for roll call and you will receive your senior 19 T-shirts from Rep. Byrd," the message said. "Once you receive your shirt, please go to the bathroom and change into it, and then safely place the shirt you had on somewhere in the school."
Byrd says students were not required to wear the T-shirts. He added that he's handed out T-shirts for the past four years he's hosted the school field trip, but this was the first year there's been a problem.
The shirts distributed this year included a logo on the front that said "Rep. Davis Byrd" and "19" on the back to represent the senior class' year of 2019.
"We've never made it mandatory," Byrd said in an interview with the newspaper. "I don't know if everyone had one on or not, but it's never been a requirement."
School directors did not return requests for comment. Byrd's nephew, Ryan Franks, is the principal of Wayne County High School.
In a media report March 27, two women alleged the then-28-year-old Byrd inappropriately touched them and a third said Byrd tried to. Instead of heeding calls to resign from House and Senate leaders, Byrd is seeking re-election for the District 71 House seat. He faces Democratic opponent Frankie Floied in the Nov. 6 general election.
Byrd has not outright denied the allegations, but in statements has said he's truly sorry if he hurt or emotionally upset any of his students and said he has done nothing "wrong or inappropriate" during his time in the Tennessee Statehouse.


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Partilös eller oberoende är den person som innehar ett mandat i en direktvald politisk församling, men inte tillhör något politiskt parti. Beteckningen politisk vilde används särskilt om personer som lämnar det parti de valts in för men behåller sin plats i den valda församlingen.

Oberoende kandidater förekommer relativt ofta i länder med majoritetsval i enmansvalkretsar.

Finland
I Finland är det möjligt att ställa upp i politiska val genom valmannaföreningar. Ett visst antal underskrifter (olika i olika val) behövs för att ställa upp en kandidat, men valmannaföreningen har ingen organisation utöver ansvarspersonen och har ingen funktion utöver att ställa upp kandidaten och eventuellt bilda gemensamma listor (valförbund mellan sådana kandidater). Därmed kan man bli vald helt oberoende av partierna.

Det är inte heller helt ovanligt att partier ställer upp partilösa kandidater, det vill säga kandidater som inte hör till partiet men antas ha partiet tillräckligt närstående värderingar.

Sverige

Riksdagen använder beskrivningen "utan partibeteckning".

Eftersom man i Sverige endast kan bli invald på en partilista, förekommer politiska vildar numera endast som personer som under en mandatperiod har lämnat det parti eller den nomineringsgrupp som uppställt personen ifråga i det val där denne vann sitt mandat. Politiska vildar får beteckningen (-). Ett känt exempel på en politisk vilde är Gudrun Schyman som lämnade Vänsterpartiet, men behöll sin plats i riksdagen.

Den som inte tillhör något parti och som i indirekt val utnämns till ett politiskt uppdrag, till exempel statsråd eller nämndledamot, brukar inte kallas politisk vilde utan opolitisk.

I vissa situationer har politiska vildar haft platser inom Sveriges riksdags utskott, eller i kommunala nämnder, trots att de inte tillhört ett politiskt parti. Orsaken brukar vara att de vid ett val har tillhört ett politiskt parti, men sedan lämnat det samtidigt som de behållit sin plats. Det finns inget formellt hinder mot ett sådant agerande, eftersom mandatet är personligt.

Historik
Uttrycket vilde eller politisk vilde har använts i Sverige sedan 1895. Att ordet dök upp just detta år hänger troligen samman med att det var då som det mäktiga lantmannapartiet återförenades och det liberala folkpartiet bildades. Det behövdes då en term för politiker i andra kammaren som stod helt utanför partiväsendet.

Vildar var allra vanligast innan det proportionella valsystemet infördes 1911, eftersom man kunde komma in i riksdagen utan ett parti. Fram till 1930-talet kunde ledamöter protokollföra sig i riksdagen som vildar, eller med en specifikation såsom socialistisk vilde, vänstervilde eller högervilde, och då blev det ledamotens officiella beteckning. I dag tillåter riksdagsprotokollen bara invalda partier och beteckningen (-).

Det hände också tidigare att personer av formella skäl fick beteckna sig som vildar trots att de hade en mycket tydlig partitillhörighet. Ett exempel är Frisinnade landsföreningens ordförande Sixten von Friesen, som vid invalet i första kammaren tvingades beteckna sig som vänstervilde därför att Liberala samlingspartiet hade för få förstakammarledamöter för att bilda en egen partigrupp där.

Mot slutet av valperioden 2014-2018 fanns 8 politiska vildar i riksdagen, vilket är det högsta antalet i svensk historia. 7 av dessa var invalda som sverigedemokrater, som sedan hade lämnat sitt parti.

Politiska vildar i Sverige
Några kända exempel på politiska vildar, med partier de tillhört och åren som vildar:

USA
I USA sitter för närvarande inga oberoende (eng. independent) i representanthuset men däremot i senaten; Joseph Lieberman lämnade demokraterna 2006 efter förlust i primärvalet och blev istället invald för Connecticut for Lieberman. Samma dag invaldes den oberoende kongressledamoten Bernie Sanders för Vermont (Sanders deltar i demokraternas primärval och var således Vermontdemokraternas kandidat till senaten 2006). Han efterträdde Jim Jeffords, som efter senatsvalet 2000 lämnat republikanerna och blivit partilös senator. År 2012 valdes Angus King till USA:s senat som en oberoende från Maine.

Eftersom politiken i USA domineras av två partier, kallas ibland kandidater som tillhör något tredje parti för "oberoende"; jämför Third party officeholders in the United States på engelska Wikipedia.

Referenser

Externa länkar
Indien – landet där politiska vildar förbjudits

Personer inom politik
Politiska termer

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Tony Rominger (født 27. marts 1961 i Vejle, Danmark) er en tidligere professionel schweizisk cykelrytter med fire sejre i et af de store etapeløb – han vandt Vuelta a España tre år i træk (1992-1994) og Giro d'Italia en gang (1995). I Tour de France formåede han at udfordre den dominerende Miguel Indurain og opnåede i 1993 foruden den prikkede bjergtrøje en samlet andenplads.

Han startede sin professionelle karriere relativt sent – som 25-årig. Før da havde han arbejdet nogle år som bogholder. Han opnåede hurtigt nogle gode resultater (f.eks. sejr i Lombardiet Rundt i 1989og 1992), før storhedsperioden kom i første halvdel af 1990'erne.

Hans tre sejre i Vueltaen er rekord. I 2005 blev den slået af Roberto Heras, men to måneder senere blev det offentliggjort, at Heras var blevet testet positiv for EPO, og han blev frataget sejren.

I 1994 satte Rominger en ny timerekord med en tilbagelagt distance på 55,291 km. I 1997 trak han sig tilbage, efter at have brækket kravebenet i årets udgave af Touren. Siden har han arbejdet som bl.a. cykelkommentator og -manager.

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Two weeks ago I shared a list of questions that I've used consciously, and unconsciously, to make decisions when my surroundings didn't make sense anymore.
Until I turned 30, corruption was something that happened to other people. Looking back, either I was the problem, or I was far too self-absorbed to take a look around. Probably a mix of both.
Cycling (today) is providing a case study of what happens when multi-generational corruption comes into the public domain.
We are reading frequent insider references to cycling being a corrupt society (Hamilton, Millar, Vaughters). Against this background, it is useful to remember that most elite athletes are good people. Within my own circle, I don't know any evil cheaters – they are simply cheaters.
How do good people create, sustain and cope with life in a corrupt society? Deciding that there isn't a problem (triathlon) is one way. Another way to cope is to become part of a "solution." Activists working to change a corrupt society are given a pass because we balance their good deeds against their continued participation in corruption. I'd point out that anyone cashing a check at the top of cycling is part of that society. Best to be honest with one's self.
With truly good people, their goodness will drive them from corruption. Reading the cycling autobiographies, I was struck by how the lying drains the joy from cyclists' hearts.
I don't blame others for taking the money. As a young man, I had my price.
When I have set my price (via wins, money or recognition), I knew it was time to leave.
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BIG 92.7 FM and Nestle has announced the launch of 'Nestle Milky Bar School Champs' .The contest is slated to be started this month simultaneously in seven southern cities of India viz Hyderabad, Chennai, Bangalore, Trivandrum, Kochi, Madurai and Coimbatore. It will run in a total of 150 schools across the seven cities. The contest will include active games like 50 mts hurdles, 6 ft under net crawl and bench walk –judging the students' activeness, enthusiasm and vigor. The contest winners will get a chance to co-host a show with BIG FM RJs in respective cities in addition to chocolate hampers and many more exciting prizes.
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Sometimes successful cup runs are built on such moments. With the last touch of the game and with a rampant Hucknall seeking an equaliser and extra time having clawed back two goals in the last fifteen minutes, Khalsa keeper Sam Arnold somehow flung himself across his goal line and saved a close range shot by Joe Ashurst second after the ball had bounced off the crossbar.
It meant Khalsa clung on and are through the third round of the Vase, having at 3-0 been cruising. Earlier, Dan Westwood putting on a finishing clinic to grab a hat-trick, his second of the season and taking his total in the FA Vase to six.
Hucknall – unbeaten this season and with 40 goals in their seven league games – were put on the back foot early doors. First Adam Jablonski in the Hucknall goal had to save well to deny Lee Chilton within two minutes and then almost immediately afterwards Westwood opened the scoring, firing home from the edge of the area.
Jablonski then produced a great save, getting a vital finger to push Chilton's shot onto the post on 19 minutes as Hucknall struggled with the early tempo.
They gradually got a foothold and almost equalised, Dave Meese having to clear a goal-bound effort from Shane Newton after Arnold had rushed out of his goal in pursuit of a through-ball.
Goals either side of the break did the damage. With about a minute before the interval, Rico Taylor set Westwood free and he rolled simply into the net. And then about a minute after the restart, Westwood wrapped up his hat-trick, latching onto a weak backpass to finish in style.
The game petered out a bit for the first phase of the second half, Hucknall continuing to press but held off by Khalsa's defensive ranks.
The first warning signs of the Hucknall comeback came on 63 minutes, Ashurst having a decent opportunity but skying it and five minutes later Arnold had to save smartly to deny Matthew Brian from a corner. Two minutes later Jamie Crawford got through on the break, shooting wide.
At the other end, on 72 minutes Jablonski produced a great save with his feet to deny substitute Mensah Kinch as he broke through and three minutes later at the other end Arnold was in action to deny substitute Adam Nelson.
On 83 minutes Hucknall got their breakthrough, Nelson tucking away on the break after excellent work by Crawford to give the visitors a sniff of an opportunity. The sniff turned into a full on cold 89 minutes, Nelson again taking advantage of some slack defending to score from a Cayne Maxwell pass.
Naturally, Hucknall threw the kitchen sink at it, allowing Khalsa to break and Jablonski producing another good save from Kinch.
Then, in the final moments, a shot from Nelson on the right crashed against the crossbar, falling to Ashurst who looked certain to score before Arnold's brilliant save.
Sporting Khalsa: Sam Arnold, Carlo Franco (Vidal Hendrickson), Luke Adams, Shawn Boothe, Tes Robinson (captain), Alex Perry, Rico Taylor, Dave Meese, Dan Westwood (Jay Holdcroft), Josh Thomas (Mensah Kinch), Lee Chilton. Subs not used: Alex Woodhouse, Liam Armstrong.


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22 February, 2019 By Neil Merrett
The organisation's annual dinner saw several individuals awarded for their research in a range of fields such as improved efficiency in low GWP systems and the potential for cooling from waste heat
Research into the potential use of solar energy and waste heat sources to generate cooling functions and ensuring improved efficiencies for lower GWP refrigerant were among several projects honoured at the IOR's 119th annual dinner in London yesterday (February 21).
The event, which was hosted by current institute president Kevin Glass, saw several individuals at different stages of their careers in the cooling sector receiving awards for work the IOR said would have potentially transformative effects on industry thinking.
Among the recipients was Eman Hussein from the University of Birmingham, who received the Ted Perry Award for Student Research.
Ms Hussein was honoured for work considering the development of advanced metal organic framework materials with high level of water adsorption.
Judges said that the work looked at both the theoretical assessment of materials and practical development of adsorption heat pump technology. Praise was offered for "showing in-depth knowledge of applications where solar energy and waste heat sources can be used to produce cooling."
The IOR Service Engineers Section Lifetime Achievement prize was meanwhile awarded to Joseph Birch of SJJ System Services in recognition of his career in engineering that has ranged from working on refrigeration and electric controls, to understanding changing environmental considerations.
The IOR added," Joseph has also shown his commitment to the future of the industry by passing on his knowledge to the next generation and supporting this small company's first apprentice for the last four years."
Chris Druce was given this year's IOR Lightfoot Medal for producing a paper and talk looking at the impacts of refrigerant charge on capacity and efficiency of a system using low GWP refrigerant.
The prize is based on a members' vote to consider the best talk or webinar from the IOR over the last 12 months.
The J&E Hall International Gold Medal, intended to recognise significant practical contributions to global refrigeration, air conditioning or heat pump development has this year been awarded to Mark McLinden of the US-based National Institute of Science and Technology (NIST).
Mr McLinden was selected by the IOR judging panel for his work in the realm of more environmentally friendly refrigerant, which the institute said was the largest challenge currently facing industry.
The IOR stated, "Our winner and his team used the fundamental thermodynamic characteristics of the ideal refrigerant to carry out a systematic and exhaustive screening of a database of over 60 million molecules. The 60 million molecules were ultimately reduced to a set of the 27 'best' candidates."
According to the judging panel, Mr McLinden's work has been vital in providing various industries with technical guidance on new refrigerant approaches as pressure grows for lower GWP products that can ensure efficient cooling or heating performance.
Brexit concerns
Alongside unveiling this year's award recipients, Kevin Glass spoke at the dinner on ongoing uncertainty over Brexit, which he described as the most important issue facing the cooling industry and the UK at present.
With just over 30 days till the UK is scheduled to leave the EU as a member state, Mr Glass said it was already too late to have given businesses and industry the certainty to prepare for a change that will have ongoing ramifications for potentially decades to come.
He said, "We should be under no illusion as to what a so-called hard Brexit will bring. The nation's food chain, medicines, healthcare, critical industries and our ability to maintain our cities as productive places to live and work all depend on an efficient and fully functioning refrigeration economy."
"This in turn depends on the free flow of goods and services across the continent."
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Equity for Some
By Peter Greene — March 18, 2015 5 min read
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Can we have equity for some, or are we in danger of making the perfect the enemy of the good? How big a lifeboat should we build?
Andy Smarick has been slowly unspooling a series of Fordham blogs in which he considers the areas of tension between conservative thought and modern ed reform. His latest considers the issues of equity and reform, and while he accurately identifies some issues, he misses a pair of critical ones.
One of the reformster guiding ideals is "that every child have access to great schools." On the face of it, that's a noble goal. But it's not the same as the goal that every child attend a great school.
Mike Petrilli has famously defined the role of charters, saying essentially that their mission is to save some students, the students deemed worthy by charter operators. While charters exist who are willing (like actual public schools) to take all comers, many charters argue loudly for school's choice-- their right to select only the students that they want in their building. Arguments against backfilling, true random student assignment, and mandatory acceptance of more special needs students all boil down to the same thing-- most modern charters want to accept the students they want to accept under the conditions they want to accept them, and that's it. This is unsurprising; many (if not most) modern charter operators came to education from the world of business, and part of the baggage they brought with them is that nobody should be able to tell them how to run their business.
Charters do not want to take over the whole public education business-- just the parts they think they can make profitable.
Well, so what? If they can actually improve education in America in a cost-effective manner, who cares if they make money in the process?
And that's our problem. They can't make money and improve education and keep the total cost down-- not without redefining the mission of public education. And unfortunately, their redefinition is problematic.
We have an equity problem in education in this country, and I'm not sure it's all that complicated-- we don't want to spend enough money to get the job done. If education is a really good pair of shoes, we've said, "The government will kick in part of the costs. You'll have to make up the difference locally. If you can't, your kids will just have to wear cheap, ill-fiting shoes." Charter operators are the guys who say, "Give me that money. I've got a supplier who could get perfectly okay shoes-- as long as I only have to shoe the kids with regular-sized feet. The kids with flat feet or high arches or odd sizes-- they will cost us too much to get shoes for, so you just keep those."
Smarick asks a legitimate question-- is it okay to save the very, very needy if that means leaving the very, very, very needy behind? Unfortunately, that's not the choice we're facing.The piece includes this paragraph that backhandedly highlights the problems with charters and equity:
Newark's charters are extraordinary. But superintendent Cami Anderson is concerned these "speedboats" save only some passengers from "the Titanic" and might make the liner sink faster.
Problem 1: Newarks charters aren't extraordinary at all. Solid research shows that they serve a different population than Newark public schools (what is extraordinary is how they tried to use the courts to silence those researchers).
Problem 2: Those speedboats do make the liner sink faster.
One of the basic assumptions of a blended public and charter system is that we can operate two or more separate schools for the cost of one. We can't. Nobody can. (Auditors in Tennessee just certified that Nashville can't do it.) Smarick quotes Mother Teresa-- "If you can't feed a hundred people, then just feed one." I don't think that applies. First, why can't we feed 100 people? We're one of the richest nations on earth. Second, why are we taking food away from ninety people so that ten people can eat better?
Smarick pulls out an old article in which Rick Hess suggests that fans of an equity-driven approach to schools "refused to confront its costs and unintended consequences." But so do the fans of the charter inequity approach. Opening charters in a city is an absolute guarantee that some schools in that city will not be fully funded.
This is what I find infuriatingly frustrating about the charter approach to "fixing" a school sysem. We walk up to a building where 100 students live, and we say, "This building is falling down, poorly maintained, and slowly crumbling. Let's take half the money being spent on it now, build a nice new building for ten of these students, and leave the other ninety in this now-even-more-undersupported crumbing mess." Why not fix the building with all 100 students inside? Because it would cost money.
If we push ahead as-is, some of these costs will be forced upon--in the short term at least--affluent families.
Well, yes. That's the problem, isn't it? Despite protestations to the contrary, we can't provide educational equity without at the very least changing how we spread around the money on the table for education, and likely not without coughing up more money, period. But we don't like that answer. Instead, we keep looking for ways to cut and resew a blanket that's too small to cover the bed instead of coughing up the funds to buy a full sized blanket that can cover everybody.
Financing public education is the very definition of a zero-sum game. Too many charter proponents have decided to abandon public education and the expensive-to-educate children who go to school there. Too many charter proponents are arguing that equity for some should be our goal. Smarick says that we don't discuss tradeoffs enough, but like most charter fans, he does not discuss the tradeoff of robbing Peter to pay for Paul's charter school. I understand the nobility of the impulse to rescue just one starfish, but the metaphor does not apply here unless we're talking about some bizarre deal where for every starfish that's thrown into the sea, ten must be stuffed in a bucket.
I believe that on the road to equity for all, we have to travel through the valley of equity for some. As long as we seem to be traveling in the right direction, I'm okay with that. But reformsters don't seem to have a plan beyond "Use charters to rescue some students by re-distributing the resources earmarked for all students." I understand that "Get unlimited money from a magic money tree" is also not an option. But equity for some is not good enough.* We need a better answer.
*Somehow, this sentence sat here without the critical word "not" in it for the longest time. I have since fixed it.
The opinions expressed in View From the Cheap Seats are strictly those of the author(s) and do not reflect the opinions or endorsement of Editorial Projects in Education, or any of its publications.


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In 1963, the United States Supreme Court held in SEC v. Capital Gains Research Bureau, Inc., that Section 206 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 imposes a fiduciary duty on investment advisers by operation of law. Section 206 of the Act (generally referred to as the "anti-fraud" provision) makes it unlawful for an investment adviser to engage in fraudulent, deceptive, or manipulative conduct. The general purpose of an investment adviser's fiduciary duty is to eliminate conflicts of interest, and to prevent an adviser from taking unfair advantage of a client's trust. The SEC has continuously made it clear subsequent to Capital Gains that the Act imposes on investment advisers an affirmative duty to their clients of utmost good faith, full and fair disclosure of all material facts, and an obligation to employ reasonable care to avoid misleading their clients. This course will examine the many permutations of an investment adviser's fiduciary duty as it has evolved and provide examples of how it impacts advisory operations.
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This session will also address some of the more expansive SEC rules promulgated pursuant to Section 206 that define the parameters of an adviser's fiduciary duties. Foremost among them, Rule 206(4)-1, "the Advertising Rule" prohibits certain advertising practices by advisers.
Rule 206(4)-8 prohibits advisers to pooled investment vehicles (such as hedge funds, private equity funds, or venture capital funds) from making false or misleading statements to current or prospective investors in such funds. The Rule, though superficially similar to other anti-fraud rules, is quite broad in that it covers prospective or current investors, rather than clients of the adviser, and it only requires a showing of negligence. The panel of industry experts will examine the Rule's background and text, articulate standards that the SEC and courts might use to approach the questions the Rule raises, and provide some basic guidelines to avoid tripping the Rule.
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The current version of this article contains a minor change as of May 30, 2013. Back on December 23, I made my first formal attempt at explaining the intricacies of the NBA player contract of Chandler Parsons. As a mere fan (and not an actual NBA insider or team executive), I based that piece on educated conclusions using the information available to me at the time. Unfortunately, only after putting out my prior article was I made aware of additional information that greatly impacts the overall analysis of Parsons's contract. Hence, the following is a (more informed) analysis of one of the more interesting player contracts in the NBA today.
The current version of this article contains a minor change as of May 30, 2013.
Back on December 23, I made my first formal attempt at explaining the intricacies of the NBA player contract of Chandler Parsons. As a mere fan (and not an actual NBA insider or team executive), I based that piece on educated conclusions using the information available to me at the time. Unfortunately, only after putting out my prior article was I made aware of additional information that greatly impacts the overall analysis of Parsons's contract. Hence, the following is a (more informed) analysis of one of the more interesting player contracts in the NBA today.
In December 2011, the Rockets signed Parsons to a four-year, $3,629,500 contract (using a sliver of remaining salary cap room they had at the time). Like the contracts previously given to Jermaine Taylor and Chase Budinger, Parsons agreed to bind himself to the team for four years in exchange for an increased salary in the first year ($850,000 instead of the league minimum of $473,604) and second year ($888,250 instead of the league minimum $762,195), both of which are fully guaranteed.
Whereas Taylor and Budinger agreed to give the Rockets fully non-guaranteed Years 3 and 4 (together with a team option on Year 4), Parsons and his agent negotiated for additional financial security. By Parsons having not been waived by the Rockets before January 1, 2013, Parsons's salary for the 2013-14 season ($926,500) became partially guaranteed for $600,000; and if Parsons is not waived by June 30, 2013, his 2013-14 salary becomes fully guaranteed. Furthermore, if the Rockets do not waive Parsons by January 1, 2014, his salary for the 2014-15 season ($964,750) becomes partially guaranteed for $624,771 (the same percentage partial guarantee as in Year 3); and if Parsons is not waived by June 30, 2014, his 2014-15 salary becomes fully guaranteed.
The key bit of new information relating to the Parsons contract?
It also has a team option on Year 4.
This means that, despite having already guaranteed Parsons $624,771 for the 2014-15 season, the Rockets have the right to decline their team option, essentially "eat" that money, and make Parsons a restricted free agent. If the Rockets instead exercise that team option, then when his contract expires in 2015, Parsons will be an unrestricted free agent.
1. Parsons is "stuck" on this contract until at least 2014.
First off, there is little incentive for the Rockets to let Parsons out of his dirt-cheap deal. They have him locked up on a very favorable deal for this year and two more after that. For a team trying to manage its cap situation in order to add a second (or even third) star player, giving Parsons a raise before his contract is up in 2015 might jeopardize those plans.
And even if the Rockets wanted to give Parsons a raise before 2015, there really is no feasible way to do that without risking his departure to another team (with the possible exception of a renegotiation-and-extension, discussed below).
Since only Year 4 of Parsons's deal is a team option (as per CBA rules, contracts can only contain one option year), there is no way to make Parsons a free agent before 2014 without waiving him. Unfortunately for the Rockets, Parsons is such a good player that there is no way he would clear waivers — other teams would be climbing over each other to get a chance to claim him off waivers. So, unless the Rockets want to give Chandler away to another team without receiving anything in exchange, they need to simply hold onto him on his current deal. At least through next season.
Rockets GM Daryl Morey even brings up — perhaps against his better judgment — that Parsons approached the team about restructuring his contract. See Zach Lowe's interview with Morey here, and skip to the 16:40 mark.
2. An extension of Parsons's contract is not a viable alternative.
First of all, the Rockets would need to be under the cap during the 2014-15 season for this to even be possible. That would mean that the team likely failed in its attempts to acquire a second star player between now and then. It also means that the team did not even use its cap room during the summer of 2014 or at the February 2014 trade deadline to otherwise improve the team beyond 2014. Unless Parsons has developed into a bona fide perenniel All-Star caliber player by that time, there is little incentive to jeopardize the team's cap situation — and its continued pursuit of that second star player — for the sake of locking up a good (but not great) player.
4. Letting Parsons hit restricted free agency is risky but may be how team does right by him.
The renegotiation-and-extension route assumes that the Rockets do, in fact, pick up their team option on Parsons. However, if the Rockets (1) didn't have the requisite cap room available to accomplish a renegotiate-and-extend deal, (2) felt that they could potentially lock up Parsons longer-term at a more reasonable cost through restricted free agency than if he hits unrestricted free agency in 2015 and/or (3) feared that Parsons would hold a grudge against the team if it kept him on his dirt-cheap deal for a fourth season, then they might opt to decline Parsons's team option and allow him to hit restricted free agency in 2014.
Because Parsons would have been under the same contract with the Rockets for three seasons (2011-2014), the Rockets would have full Bird rights on Parsons and could exceed the salary cap to re-sign him to a five-year deal at any amount (up to a "James Harden-level" max contract). Presumably, this option would only be explored if the team had already used up most of its cap space to add a second star player or other significant pieces.
Making Parsons a restricted free agent would likely be a huge show of good faith on the Rockets' part, but it would not be without great risk. Many of us remember what happened to the Cleveland Cavaliers back in 2004. The Cavs decided to do Carlos Boozer a solid and decline their cheap team option in order to make Boozer a restricted free agent, looking to lock him up long-term. Unfortunately, once Boozer became a free agent, the Utah Jazz swooped in with a huge contract offer. Boozer bolted Cleveland for greener pastures, and the Cavs were left holding the bag.
Also, from a pure numbers standpoint, it is unlikely that the Rockets could save enough money over the course of a new deal with Parsons signed in 2014 — either with Houston or in an offer sheet with another team — versus one he signs as an unrestricted free agent in 2015 to justify foregoing the opportunity to keep Parsons at his currently-scheduled $964,750 salary for 2014-15. Remember, if the Rockets decline their team option, Parsons would still pocket $624,771 from Houston (which would count against the cap) on top of whatever he could get in free agency.
However, if the Rockets are confident that Parsons would work with them on a reasonable long-term deal without bolting as a free agent, their show of good faith may be reciprocated, to everyone's advantage.
5. Letting Parsons hit free agency in 2015 may best help the Rockets' cap situation.
Notwithstanding the potential benefits above of taking care of Parsons in 2014, the fact that the Rockets (even with the addition of another significant piece in the next three years) might possibly have substantial salary cap room in 2015 means that there may be much to be gained by exercising that team option, keeping Parsons on his contract for a fourth season, and letting him hit unrestricted free agency in 2015.
Admittedly, this approach will involve asking Parsons and his representatives to trust in the organization to do right by Parsons once the dust settles on the team's other summer plans. This may be a tough task, given that the team will have already foregone the chance to do right by Parsons in 2014 by picking up its option on the fourth season. Parsons's agent will certainly market his client around the league to gauge his "fair value" as a free agent, so numbers would likely be discussed while other plans play out.
Barring a trade, the Houston Rockets and Chandler Parsons are stuck with each other under his current contract until at least 2014. An apparent victory for the player at the time of its original execution, the contract is now one of the most team-friendly in the entire league. The Rockets have Parsons locked up until 2015 for a mere pittance. They also have the option to either make Parsons a restricted free agent in 2014 or keep him around for a fourth cheap year and let him hit unrestricted free agency in 2015. Parsons's low salary (and his cap hold in the summer of 2015) will position the Rockets nicely to continue to add significant pieces over the next several years.


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Q: Can any one explain me what is Pojo in java? I started learning Spring Framework, the term pojo is coming so many times, and I am confused what the difference between a normal (Animal a1=new Animal()) object and a pojo object ...

A: Pojo
Plain Old Java Object

is a Java object not bound by any restriction other than those forced by the Java Language Specification. I.e., a POJO should not have to

Extend prespecified classes
Implement prespecified interface
Contain prespecified annotations

Basically a class with attributes and it's getters and setters.

A: In simple terms There is no difference between a normal (Animal a1=new Animal()) object and a pojo object except that Animal class could have other methods and could extend or implement other class or interface respectively but POJO class only has getter, setter method and does not extend or implement prespecified classes or interfaces.
POJO(Plain Old Java Object) is nothing but a simple java class which has attributes(Variables) and their getter setter methods to manage pojo objects.

A: *

*POJO, or Plain Old Java Object, is a normal Java object class (that
is, not a JavaBean, EntityBean etc.)

*It does not serve any other special role nor does it implement any
special interfaces of any of the Java frameworks.

*This term was coined by Martin Fowler, Rebbecca Parsons and Josh
MacKenzie who believed that by creating the acronym POJO, such
objects would have a "fancy name", thereby convincing people that
they were worthy of use.

A: yes,it is a normal java class u can create variables and implement getter and setters methods and use it.

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Shaw Floors' LifeGuard® Spill-proof Backing a 2019 Edison Awards™ Finalist
February 11, 2019 - The flooring industry's only spill-proof carpet backing is recognized for benefit to consumers
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Shaw Floors' LifeGuard® Spill-proof Backing is a finalist for the 2019 Edison Awards™ in the consumer goods - home solutions category. This distinction demonstrates Shaw Floors' commitment to creating innovative solutions to address consumer needs in an ever-evolving marketplace.
Inspired by Thomas Edison and his revolutionary product development methods, the American Marketing Association established the Edison Awards in 1987 to honor innovation, recognize achievement and celebrate innovative success from organizations across the globe.
"Consumers have high expectations for how their carpet should perform," says Tim Baucom, executive vice president of Shaw Industries' residential business. "Shaw Floors' blue LifeGuard spill-proof backing allows us to provide the ultimate accident protection, offering unprecedented assurance to consumers that their carpet will keep its beautiful, new carpet look for years to come. This innovation emphasizes Shaw Floors' leadership in the soft surface category."
LifeGuard Spill-proof Backing answers the need for a worry-free carpet experience. The patent-pending backing provides a moisture-resistant barrier, keeping 100 percent of spills and pet messes contained. With LifeGuard, consumers no longer have to worry that an accident will permeate the carpet or pad to the subfloor, where it is unreachable and can result in lingering, odor-causing damage. Carpet backed by LifeGuard is unequivocally the cleanest carpet for healthy living.
New for 2018, Shaw changed the backing of LifeGuard from grey to blue, letting consumers know at a glance they're getting the leading accident protection -- they're 'Backed by Blue'. Consumers can protect the investment they make in their home and live confidently with carpet backed by LifeGuard.
"Creating industry-disrupting products is critical to our success," says Baucom continues. "We seek to provide flooring solutions that exceed the performance expectations of our consumers. As the Edison Awards recognize the world's best products and services, we are honored to be among the finalists for this prestigious award."
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The CLWRota leave system allows clinicians to submit leave requests, which can then be approved or rejected by rota masters. Approval and rejection steps, along with a cancellation process, are clearly logged.
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Senseless Sense?Or sensible nonsense?: Where is the health, minister?
In current news, the whole nation is up in arms against our dear Health Minister, Ghulam Nabi Azad, for stating that homosexuality is unnatural and a disease. People are tweeting their protest, putting up status messages calling him a fool, creating events saying "Get well Soon, Health Minister", celebrities are giving quotes left, right and centre about how he is wrong in saying something like this, and how sexuality is each individual's preference.
But aren't we forgetting something vital?
This is the very same guy who said that people should start watching television in order to exercise birth control (sheer genius, this one). This is the same guy who said that one small girl was solely responsible for spreading the swine flu in Pune in 2009. He is also the same guy who advocated smoking on screen, saying that cinema hardly influences people in real life.
In a few days, he'll issue a public apology, and then, just like the other matters did, this will also fade into oblivion.
Till he comes out with his next gem.
Actually, I'm kinda waiting to see what he's gonna come up with next.
These days the news is just waiting for a breaking news. We people are not able to gulp down our food and live normally unles thr is a breaking news to talk about.
C'mon, what would we do without people like him? Give him a break... the likes of him really must have had to work hard to briincrease the nation's literate uneducated!!
Eeech such a sicko. :\ I've got nothing for him other than that!


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Manchester City defender Joleon Lescott headed England into a 30th minute lead to leave Roy Hodgson's men dreaming of the perfect start to their campaign on a sweltering night at the Donbass Arena.
But Lescott's City teammate Samir Nasri struck back with a 39th minute equaliser, lashing a low shot from outside the area to give France a share of the points and extend Les Bleus unbeaten run to 22 games.
A cagey opening period saw both sides begin cautiously and it was 11 minutes before anyone got a shot on goal with Nasri's low shot flying just wide of Manchester City teammate Hart's post.
Yet England seemed far from cowed by the occasion and should have taken the lead four minutes later after Ashley Young slipped in James Milner with a lovely through pass that caught France square.
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, a surprise starter on the left side of midfield ahead of Stewart Downing, enjoyed a confident start, dispossessing Adil Rami early on and producing one memorable jinking run.
England's bright opening yielded its reward on 30 minutes with the breakthrough coming from a set piece.
Diarra almost made immediate amends with a header of his own, Hart parrying high after the defensive midfielder met Nasri's pinpoint free kick.
In the ensuing scramble Franck Ribery headed back across goal but Diarra's second effort went wide.
A French equaliser seemed on though and it arrived through Nasri six minutes from half-time, the forward taking advantage of an English side standing too deep to squeeze a ferocious shot just inside Hart's post.
England seemed content to slow the pace of the game in the second half and passed confident without ever threatening France.
Gradually France's superior technique began to tell and England spent long periods of the closing minutes on the back foot.
Real Madrid Karim Benzema, well shackled by Scott Parker for much of the match, forced a fine low save from Hart on 65 minutes.
But though England seemed to be tiring rapidly in the final stages, France were unable to find the winner as the match wound down, with Benzema's late strike parried by Joe Hart.


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Joe Francis Wins Showdown With Madonna Over His "Girls Gone Wild" Trademark
In response to the cease and desist letter issued by Girls Gone Wild attorney David Houston earlier this month, Joe Francis has scored a victory against the likes of Madonna without ever having to set foot in a courtroom. Apparently, Madonna and her record label, Interscope, have seen it Joe's way because it appears that they have agreed to change the song title and lyrics from "Girls Gone Wild" to "GIRL Gone Wild."
According to Billboard, the first track from her new album MDNA, "Give Me All Your Luvin," which she performed at the Super Bowl, plummeted 29 spots on the Hot 100 singles chart. There's been speculation of a strong push to shoot the video and release the newly titled track, "Girl Gone Wild" much earlier than expected. "Clearly her label was trying to avoid legal action surrounding the song." says Francis. "BUT, this is still infringement as far as the law is concerned and we have been in touch with Madonna's representatives in an effort to resolve this issue."
Read about it on New York Daily News
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H8R Love
Mario Lopez's new hit reality show "H8R" on the CW features celebrities such as Kim Kardashian, Eva Longoria and The Bachelor's Jake Pavelka confronting a "hater" critical of that celebrity's success, fame or lifestyle, and gives the celebrity a chance to try win the hater over. Joe Francis is featured in the series' fourth episode, where he meets self-described "southern redhead with an attitude" Peggy, who regards him as "A Mom's worst nightmare, who exploits young women." It's a charge Joe has heard (and easily debunked) many times before. A surprise encounter with Joe at a Beverly Hills hotel and a visit to a Girls Gone Wild photo shoot at his Bel Air mansion gave Peggy a unique opportunity to get to know the real Joe Francis. "I want to see if I can make her understand who I am and turn my hater around," Joe explained at the top of the show. In the course of the episode, Joe did just that ?and more. After learning his life story and listening to Joe explain his point of view regarding a woman's right to make her own choices, Peggy admitted to her former nemesis, "You're not the man I thought you were, you're actually better. I'm not a hater." Joe took the experience in good humor. "Every high profile individual has haters," he said. "Even the president of the United States. Being a celebrity is all about people taking shots at you. That's what makes it interesting." H8R airs Wednesday nights at 8 pm on the CW. Click here to watch Joe Francis on H8Rs.
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Funny Man
Joe recently appeared in a viral video spoofing the Girls Gone Wild brand that was produced as a promotion for the hit HDNet series "Girls Gone Wild Presents: Search for the Hottest Girl in America." The comic short, produced for the "Funny Or Die" website, was written and directed by Jordan Rubin, whose credits include writing for "Late Night with Conan O'Brien," "The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn," and "The MTV Movie Awards." According to the production's director of photography, Joe's improvisations had the crew cracking up so much that multiple takes were ruined by off-camera laughter.
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Lil Wayne Rocks Girls Gone Wild
A custom-made Girls Gone Wild guitar added some sex appeal to the hot video for Lil Wayne's hit single "Knockout" with Nicki Minaj, which has been rocking the airwaves all summer. The song, from Lil Wayne's album "Rebirth," charted on Billboard's Hot 100 list and features Lil Wayne and Nicki Minaj living out a high school fantasy in which Nicki plays Wayne's love interest. In the video, Lil Wayne plays a solid-body, limited edition guitar custom made for Girls Gone Wild by Schecter Guitar Research with graphics designed by Ron Villanueva. Last winter, Joe Francis called Lil Wayne and asked the rapper to perform at the Power of Hope charity gala, an annual event to benefit youth programs in Miami, hosted by Roy and Lea Black. Lil Wayne was happy to oblige and predictably brought the house down. As a thank you for Lil Wayne's generous support for an important cause, Francis presented his friend with a rare Girls Gone Wild electric guitar. Lil Wayne prides his GGW guitar as one of his favorite instruments. See Lil Wayne rocking out on GGW guitar here.
Tagged Charity, Community Involvement, GGW, Important Cause, Lea Black, Lil Wayne, limited edition guitar, Music, Nicki Minaj, Roy Black, Videos
Reality TV About To Get Wild!
In January, Joe invited five models to the Casa Aramara private resort near Puerto Vallarta for a Girls Gone Wild Magazine shoot. The weekend was captured by cameras for a new reality show scheduled to begin airing on HDNet in April, titled "Girls Gone Wild Presents: Search for the Hottest Girl in America." Joe treated the models (from right, Dustyn, Chelsea, Candace, Jessica and Katie) to a private, pre-dinner Mariachi concert.
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