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Phillips ruling will not negatively affect LGBT rights | The Triangle
Phillips ruling will not negatively affect LGBT rights
By Nicholas Polini
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I'm officially jumping on to Twitter's "unpopular opinion" bandwagon by saying that the Supreme Court made the right decision on Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, better known as the "Christian baker refusing to serve a gay couple" case.There, I said it. Before anyone calls for my head on a rainbow platter, I am nonreligious, a liberal; I'm also an ardent supporter of LGBT rights and a secular government —… and I support this decision. In the post Obergefell v. Hodges era, this ruling in favor of Jack Phillips — the Christian baker in question — seems like an abrupt u-turn towards the good ol' shock therapy days. How could I possibly support it?
Well first, it's more of a speed bump than anything. This case did not legitimize "religious freedom" as a reason to refuse service. The Court found that the Colorado Civil Rights Commission was biased and openly hostile towards Phillip's beliefs during the cease-and-desist proceedings. That's it. While the case passed through lower courts on the issue of free speech, the SCOTUS took a different approach: the Free Exercise Clause.
Sometimes overlooked, this part of the Constitution ensures that the government does not endorse or oppose any particular religion or irreligion. As it applies to this case, the CCRC should've been neutral and unbiased in determining its opinion of Phillip's refusal. However, they weren't.
One commission member compared Phillip's refusal to the Holocaust, saying, "freedom of religion and religion has been used to justify all kinds of discrimination throughout history, whether it be slavery, whether it be the Holocaust." While slave owners touted "God's will" and Hitler and Nazis were rabid anti-Semites, we're talking about a cake here. It may be poor business practice, but it certainly isn't genocide or chattel labor. According to this guy, refusing to bake a cake is just as grievous an offense.
Not only did members make inflammatory remarks, but they also ruled differently in similar cases involving bakers refusing to produce wedding cakes. Justice Anthony Kennedy, in writing the court's opinion, remarked that they concluded "on at least three occasions that a baker acted lawfully in declining to create cakes with decorations that demeaned gay persons or gay marriages."
These actions point to the commission making a biased and unfair judgment on Phillips's refusal, in the process violating Colorado's anti-discrimination laws. I don't agree with Phillips — he's simply providing a service, not "supporting gay marriage" — but I do believe he should be treated as every other American. Now I could go on a saccharine tangent about how humans are flawed and Phillips's Christianity is a belief important to him, but those are common sense ideas.
TThe main point I'm trying to make is that this case should not be reported on or thought of as a repealing of the rights of gays. It's not handing unequal power to religious groups. This decision simply ensures that religions aren't treated unfairly by the government, nothing more. Justice Kennedy also authored the court's opinion on the landmark Obergefell v. Hodges. The American Civil Liberties Union, which represented Mullins and Craig, accepted and supported the parts of the opinion in which the rights of gays are affirmed, not denied or weakened.
In this era of sensationalist media reports and ubiquitous presence of misinformation, it is important to isolate mere fact from wild speculation. While this decision may worry some about the future of LGBT rights under a conservative Supreme Court, I can assure you that it is far from crushing them.


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The Honourable Sir Lascelles Lister Robotham (1984 – 1991)
The Honourable Sir Lascelles Lister Robotham, a Jamaican, was born 22nd October, 1923 to Vivian Constantine Robotham and Ethline Blanche Robotham. He was educated at Calabar College in Kingston, Jamaica (1937 – 1941); and later went on to the Lincoln's Inn, London, England (1953 – 1955) where he obtained a 2nd class honours. He was called to the Bar at the Lincoln's Inn, 28th June, 1955.
He was the holder of the post-final certificate, awarded by the Council of Legal Education, on satisfactory completion of a practical course for overseas graduates.
Having completed his course of study in London, England, he returned to his native country where he served as Crown Counsel, 1955 – 1958; Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions, 1958 – 1962; Resident Magistrate, 1962 – 1964; High Court Judge, 1964 – 1976; and Justice of Appeal, 1976 – 1979. In 1979 Sir Lascelles Robotham made the decision to continue his judicial career in the wider Caribbean, so he journeyed to the Eastern Caribbean where he first served as a High Court Judge, assigned to Antigua and Barbuda. Shortly thereafter he was appointed Justice of Appeal in 1982, and then Chief Justice in 1984, a position which he held until his retirement in 1991.
1987 was a good year for Sir Lascelles. He was knighted by her Majesty the Queen in May, and became a Honorary Bencher of Lincoln's Inn in November.
Like most West Indian men, Sir Lascelles was an avid cricket fan. He also loved to read and do gardening.
He was married to Gloria Angela Stiebel, and they both parented 2 children: Gordon and Rosemarie.
Sir Lascelles Robotham died 19th February 1996.

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Peter Gammons was told by scouts in the Dominican Republic that Yoenis Cespedes expects a deal in the $35-50 million range.
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There are still a ton of teams interested in the guy. The latest is said to be the Cubs. But really, even at close to $50 million, most teams should have at least some interest in the guy.


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Note: This blog is written by an external blogger. The views and opinions expressed within this post belong solely to the author.
Thought about a Blockchain-encoded system that allows you to collaborate with other individuals in different parts of the globe without knowing who they are? While this sounds like a daunting task, DAOs are making this seamless.
Wikipedia describes DAO (Decentralized Autonomous Organization) as an organization characterized by rules encoded as a transparent computer program, managed by the organization members, and not influenced by a central authority. No managers are required since the regulations are written directly into the code, eliminating any bureaucracy or hierarchy that could stand in the way.
The basics of DAO
A decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) is a system operating on a blockchain that provides users with a built-in paradigm for the communal control of its code.
DAOs vary from typical companies run by boards, committees and CEOs. DAOs employ a set of rules written down in code and enforced by the network of computers running a common system. This eliminates the need for supervision.
To become a member of a DAO, consumers need to first join the DAO by purchasing its cryptocurrency. Holding the asset then typically provides users with the ability to vote on proposals and updates, according to the amount they have.
BitShares, a virtual e-commerce network that connects merchants and consumers without a central authority, was the first successful example of a DAO. At that time, Bitshares was described as a decentralized autonomous business (DAC), a term invented by its creator, Dan Larimer.
The first DAO, founded on the Ethereum blockchain, was tarnished by controversy when hackers discovered a flaw in the code.
How does a DAO work?
In a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO), decisions are decided by an organization of its members collectively. A DAO may be joined in a variety of methods, the most prevalent of which is via the possession of a token.
DAOs work via smart contracts, which are simply bits of code that automatically execute if a set of conditions are satisfied. Smart contracts are used on various blockchains presently; however, Ethereum was the first to employ them.
These smart contracts set the DAO's regulations. With a stake in a DAO, members can use their right to vote and impact the organization's functioning by making proposals or proposing new forms of governance.
This strategy protects DAOs from being inundated with proposals: a proposal will only succeed if it has the approval of a majority of stakeholders. How that majority is chosen differs from DAO to DAO and is described in the smart contracts.
DAOs are self-governing and open to the public. As they are constructed on open-source blockchains, anybody may access their code. Because the blockchain records every financial transaction, anybody may check their own personal coffers.
In most cases, a DAO is launched in three phases.
Smart contract creation: It all starts with a developer or group of developers building the DAO's smart contract. They may only modify the rules established by these contracts after launch through the governing structure. That means they must rigorously examine the contracts to ensure they don't forget important details.
Funding: Once the smart contracts have been formed, the DAO must decide how to accept funding and how to implement governance. While these tokens are sold to generate revenue, these tokens also provide holders voting rights.
Deployment: After everything is in place, the DAO must be uploaded on the blockchain. From this point on, stakeholders decide on the sustainability of the organization. Even though the smart contracts were originally written by the organization's founders, their influence on the project has dwindled.
Why do we need DAOs?
Being internet-native organizations, DAOs offer significant benefits over conventional corporations. One key benefit of DAOs is the absence of trust required between two parties. Because DAOs are decentralized, investors don't have to put their faith in the individuals running them as they would in a typical organization.
Trusting that code is easy to accomplish since it's publicly accessible and can be thoroughly tested before deployment. After being launched, every action a DAO makes needs to be authorized by the community and is entirely public and verifiable.
This kind of organization does not have a hierarchical structure. Yet, it offers all functionalities and thrives while being governed by stakeholders through its native token. The lack of a hierarchy means – any network stakeholders suggest ideas that the whole group will evaluate and improve upon. Internal conflicts are typically simply settled using the voting method, keeping with the smart contract's pre-written parameters.
By enabling investors to pool assets, DAOs also provide people an opportunity to participate in early-stage firms and decentralized initiatives while sharing the risk or any benefits that may come out of them.
Every Dao addresses a different issue
It's essential to consider that DAO is a broad concept that embraces a wide range of various sorts of organizations and businesses. Even if two collectives seem to be worlds apart, they are both DAOs.
Some well-known DAOs include the following:
The PleasrDAO collects and invests in different NFTs.The HerStory DAO aggregates and supports initiatives by Black women and non-binary artists.DAO Komorebi supports female and nonbinary crypto entrepreneurs.The MetaCartel Venture DAO is another organization that invests in early-stage decentralized applications.
Disadvantages of DAOs
Decentralized autonomous groups aren't ideal. They are a relatively new technology that has drawn significant criticism due to remaining worries surrounding legality, security, and structure.
MIT Technology Review has, for example, disclosed that it considers it a terrible idea to trust the people with key financial judgments. MIT seems to have never revised its position about DAOs, at least publicly. The DAO attack also sparked security worries since faults in smart contracts may be hard to correct even after they are identified.
DAOs may be scattered throughout several countries, and there's no legal foundation for them. In the event of a legal dispute, the parties involved will have to grapple with a slew of local statutes.
In July 2017, for example, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission produced a report in which it found that The DAO offered securities in the form of tokens on the Ethereum blockchain without permission, breaking elements of securities legislation in the nation.
Prior to the end of 2019, the majority of the crypto community's awareness of DAOs was likely limited to the DAO breach and the decentralized collateral funding platform Maker DAO.
However, the proliferation of decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols has increased the popularity of DAOs in recent times, as several yield farming and decentralized exchange (DEX) platforms rely on them for governance, including major names like Compound (COMP), yearn.finance (YFI), and Uniswap (UNI).
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If political parties were people, Labour would be the teenager with a chance of edging a tight race on sports day, but who spends the days beforehand lying on the floor in her room, being emo about the fact that her running shorts aren't that great, rather than training for the big day.
I'm doing a massive disservice to teenagers here. But really, instead of bringing the fight to the Tories and UKIP, Labour is engaging in some self-indulgent introspection and fretting over a situation they can't reasonably change (Ed and his personality and popularity deficit) before the election in May next year.
Sure, it won't be easy, as David Lammy points out, (ok, he doesn't think a Labour majority is possible, and he may be right) – but at the same time, Cameron didn't win last time either, even with the economic crisis and Gordon Brown being so unpopular. Labour could bring a fight – they need to. They need to scrap for every seat, but it's as if they've already given up, despite the fact that the Tories are actually in trouble. Sure, they've got the polls closer than ever, but they about to lose a second MP seat to UKIP, the economy is going slightly off the boil again, and people are still generally hard-up. And the cuts they propose will make it even harder. They haven't even done the *one thing* that they said they would – the deficit has grown. In fact, two things. They didn't meet their arbitrary and bizarre immigration target.
But Labour is chasing its tail. It's as if the fact that they might not win outright means they won't even try. And triangulating messages according to what UKIP is saying hasn't yielded any results. Not with UKIP supporters, not with the hostile sections of the right-wing press, and not with Labour's natural supporters, who are unconvinced at best and annoyed with the duplicity at worst. It isn't who Labour are, and it's obvious. Its attempts to ape UKIP are craven and cynical – and it looks that way. At least UKIP are consistent. I don't like them, but they are what they say on the tin. So, given that Labour aren't convincing anyone and certainly not building any new coalitions with this narrow appeal to the bigoted minority…why not fight? Why not be full-throated and bring.the.noise?
For Lammy, Labour has to be "relentless at communication, we mustn't move around on policy areas like immigration and Europe" because Labour is "a pro-immigration party, we are a pro-European party".
We're just emerging from party conference season. Today David Cameron promised tax cuts for those who earn the most and the least, hot on the heels of George Osborne's pledge to cut even more from welfare – but not pensioners, who make up the bulk of those on welfare (and who happen to vote), and not the disabled (though they're still getting slammed by the bedroom tax. So…cuts will hit those who are already struggling so that "welfare doesn't pay more than work" but there is nothing to address in-work poverty, which the Joseph Rowntree Trust has pointed out has grown. And for ethnic minorities, they found, it's even worse.
UKIP meanwhile, were batshit crazy as always. Farage claimed that Cameron raised the terror threat level and recalled MPs to vote on bombing the "Islamic State" to distract from their conference. Yeah. But he still managed to make the political weather with Reckless' defection and nabbing a Tory donor too. I still think that UKIP are allowed to influence the agenda in a way that is disproportionate to their number of MPs (to date, zero) compared to, say, the Greens. They will probably win in Clacton, but for a party that's meant to be a grassroots insurrection, they seem to rely heavily on poaching MPs with ready-made support bases.
There's not much that hasn't been said about Douglas Carswell MP's defection to UKIP and the pending by-election (and the original UKIP candidate who has to stand aside), but it occurs to me that for all his boasting of an "earthquake", Farage is playing it very safe. He's obviously relying on some defections and his standing in a seat with a good shot at winning to get UKIP some representation in parliament. Like another supposed big hitter, Boris Johnson, who has declared he'll stand in the Tory safe seat of Uxbridge.
The funny thing is, both of these men get disproportionate, and very favourable press attention, because they are characters, they entertain. And they're allowed to dissemble and skim along on the surface, rarely challenged by the third estate.
With this though, it's clearer than ever that the election coverage will be UKIP (and to an extent Boris) – focused, with a side order of immigration scaremongering, especially with the news that net immigration is up 39%, and primarily due to EU migration, as non-EU migration can barely be squeezed further.
This is going to be a very nasty fight, especially as David Cameron feels squeezed between the crazy wing of his party and UKIP. Labour, of course, will follow the debate and sit squarely within the paradigm set by the right.


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What I'm Reading: Anne of Green Gables, Lucy Maud Montgomery
Author: Amy Brecount White '85
I have wanted to visit Canada's Prince Edward Island since I was 12 years old and first fell in love with Anne of Green Gables. As a tween, I read that book at least three times, and also read the seven additional books that make up the whole series. I knew that Anne (with an 'e,' which is how my middle name at the time read, too) was a fictional character, but I also knew that that the evocative setting of her life was not. While I could meet Anne Shirley only in my imagination, I could literally walk in the footprints of her imagined steps across the island that inspired Anne's creator, Lucy Maud Montgomery.
It only took me 44 years to get there. Life, parenting and work get in the way, and suddenly you're middle-aged, and your children are older than Anne was (11) in the first book. But my dream of visiting persisted, so when three fellow Domer women and I — who first befriended each other during our London semester in 1983 — batted around the idea of a bike excursion, I went for it. A pilgrimage to PEI seemed ideal, eh?
In preparation, we decided to reread the first book in the Anne series. Biking 50 to 60 kilometers each day for five days (a tour curated by PEI Cycling Tours) would take us past several pilgrimage sites, including Green Gables Heritage Place (a lovely national historic site), the Anne of Green Gables museum and Montgomery's birthplace. We wanted to be ready.
First published in 1908, Anne of Green Gables was an "instant bestseller," according to a sign at the heritage site. It turns out that much of Anne's experience is based on her creator's own lonely childhood. Montgomery's mother died when she was a toddler, and her father moved across Canada to start a new family. Raised by her stern grandparents, Montgomery resorted to imaginary friends, which included her reflection in her grandmother's china cabinet. (Anne describes a similar friend named Katie Maurice from her miserable pre-Green Gables days.)
Whose heart doesn't go out to Anne Shirley? Initially, she is not only lonely and overworked by the families who keep her as a very young nanny, she is also unwanted. Then Marilla Cuthbert, a stiff spinster, and her agonizingly shy bachelor brother, Matthew, adopt Anne by mistake (they had wanted a boy to help around the farm). Throughout the novel, Marilla is so intent upon not spoiling her charge that Anne has no idea, at least as a child, that Marilla truly loves her. Montgomery's novel carries a criticism of a Christianity that has rules and rods at its center, rather than love.
Landscapes such as this one along PEI's Confederation Trail form the backdrop to L.M. Montgomery's Anne series. Photos courtesy of the author.
Always seeking "scope for the imagination" (a term I loved as a child), Anne gets into mischief, most of it unintentional. When I realized that a well-remembered scene was coming, I couldn't wait to read again how Anne accidentally served her best friend, Diana Barry, three glasses of Marilla's homemade currant wine, thinking it was only "raspberry cordial." Mrs. Barry is livid and forbids the girls' "bosom friendship." Only later, when Anne proves her calmness and competency in the face of any crisis and saves Diana's younger sister, Minnie May, from the croup, does Mrs. Barry forgive her and allow Anne into their lives again.
Like another popular fictional orphan, Harry Potter, Anne creates her own magic, but not in a parallel world of wizards and witches. Her boundless imagination is the source of her magic. When she arrives in the fictional Avonlea (based on Cavendish, where Montgomery grew up), Anne evocatively renames places to reflect their inner magic: the Lake of Shining Waters, the Haunted Woods, Lover's Lane. An avid reader, she later imagines herself to be Tennyson's "Lady of Shalott" floating down to Camelot, and nearly drowns while reenacting it. Anne sees the world differently from most of us, encouraging readers to imagine life's endless possibilities.
En route to the dunes at Greenwich National Park.
It's gratifying to realize that your younger self had taste — even when the book you're rereading is considered a classic mainly for young, female readers. While Montgomery's memorable character has not inspired the number of retellings and spinoffs that Jane Austen's certainly have, I find a lot of similarities in the two writers' portrayals of small-town foibles and idiosyncrasies. Montgomery's satirical depiction of certain characters — such as the nosy but well-meaning Mrs. Linde or the provincial Mrs. Barry — is mostly subtle and kind, but also quite amusing.
Did 12-year-old me appreciate the social comedy? I have to wonder as I chuckle at Mrs. Linde's abiding distaste for Americans. And what about this wonderful introduction? "Here sat Marilla Cuthbert, when she sat at all, always slightly distrustful of sunshine, which seemed to her too dancing and irresponsible a thing for a world which was meant to be taken seriously." Anne, of course, inspires Marilla to loosen up and enjoy life more.
Anne herself has faults galore, including her fiery temper and her persistent grudge against the handsome Gilbert Blythe for calling her "carrots." But she also has a strong sense of justice and willingness to buck the system. Later in the series, when Anne becomes a teacher, she eschews corporal punishment (the accepted disciplinary tool of the time) and instead works hard to win the hearts and minds of her students.
Overlooking the Gulf of St. Lawrence from Cape Tryon: Amy Brecount White, Beth Fraser, Patti Kelly and Lisa Carrizales Revord, all Class of 1985.
As an author of fiction, I know the challenges of creating a setting that breathes and evokes. Rereading Anne, I understand why I've carried this strong desire to visit Prince Edward Island. While Montgomery's eloquence may wax too poetic for some readers, particularly on the delights of nature, I found it inspirational and lovely.
Consider this scene: After a successful recitation (a popular form of entertainment in those days), the unworldly Anne and her girlfriends reflect on the pearls and diamonds they saw some of the attendees wearing. Anne insists on the richness of their own lives and experiences: "Look at that sea, girls — all silver and shadow and vision of things not seen. We couldn't enjoy its loveliness any more if we had millions of dollars and ropes of diamonds."
Attuned to reality and to her characters, Montgomery counters Anne's exuberance with her friend Jane's more practical observation that "diamonds would comfort a person for a good deal." But Anne — both the character and the series — insists again and again on the lasting wealth that the world's beauty, true friendship and a good book can bring us.
The house that inspired it all, at the Green Gables Heritage Place.
Anne of Green Gables shows how one vibrant life can radiate outward and change everything around it. Anne's delight in the natural world and her fellow beings is contagious, and she transforms and uplifts everyone and everything in her path. She causes the reticent Matthew to blossom. At one point, Marilla wonders how she lived before Anne came into her life like a shining beam. And I am so very glad to have made Anne Shirley's reacquaintance.
If you haven't read Anne recently or — gasp — have never met her, add the novel to your pile. Better yet, read it out loud to your favorite tween and see the world through Montgomery's lyrical and appreciative lens together.
As I rode my bike through the haystack-dotted farmlands and along PEI's gorgeous coastline, I did my best to appreciate every blooming wildflower and every passing cloud in our path. Anne's indomitable, kindred spirit and joie de vivre will continue to inspire my own adventures and bosom friendships.
Amy Brecount White writes about travel, education, families and gardening. She's the author of Forget-Her-Nots (Greenwillow/ HarperCollins), a young adult novel about flower magic, and is wrapping up a women's novel called Reality Bouquet.
The Understory
Austin Hagwood '15
Death in Front
Stephanie DePrez '11
Radical Lovers
By Mikaela Prego '15, '17M.Ed.


Common Threads – Training and Estimation | #2782 - Thinking about agile (small 'a') software development, patterns and practices for building Microsoft .NET applications.
When I train I think of it as pain now vs. pain later. I can run up hills in the pouring rain in January to get fit for alpine climbing in May or I can skip it and just suffer more more when the time comes. Me, I try and train as much as I can as early as I can. Why? Because I can either suffer on some damp hill twenty minutes from the comfort of my local latte stand or I can put if off and suffer more on some big scary mountain in a few months.
Similarly developers don't seem to like estimating work. Planning poker or wide band delphi sessions take time and most people consider them boring. But it's the same game, pain now or pain later. If you don't put in the time now then later you'll probably be working late and weekends playing catch up when your guesses – because you skipped doing real estimates – don't pan out.


Mr. Gimpaya places his disembodied limbs, singly and in pairs, on pedestals -- white ones topped with Ionic capitals yet -- and, to mock the well-worn fantasy further, he sometimes encases the feet in shiny black pumps with stiletto heels. Whether these legs stand at attention or make as if to flee the scene (one of them aided by a feather attached to the ankle) there is always the feeling that their owner is thinking about chores to be done. They may be on a pedestal, but they are working legs, strong, stubby and capable of delivering a swift kick if necessary. Mr. Gimpaya tips his hat to feminism with these pictures, but he remains very much the Surrealist-in-a-closet.
This is a strange being whose ontology is difficult to grasp. The mask is featureless, a reflective, impregnable metallic surface [that] reflects natural light from a Vermeer-like window Gimpaya's distance and lack of engagement denies intimacy. It is the coolness of his unflinching art that is compelling. The images are starkly lucid. And we, like him, are reduced to being mere observers Gimpaya's art speaks to a sublime, enigmatic, present time [in which] a mask does not hide an identity. It is an identity.


After taking the world by storm in her own solo movie, Wonder Woman may be leaving the trenches of World War I and venturing into the dark days of the Cold War in her sequel. While negotiations are underway for director Patty Jenkins to return for Wonder Woman 2, a report claims that the story may once again be a period piece where Diana Prince (Gal Gadot) goes up against the Soviet Union.
According to Screen Rant, the story of Wonder Woman 2 will take place in the 1980s at the height of tensions between the United States and Soviet Russia. This means Wonder Woman's film saga will still take place before the events of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice as well as this year's Justice League, which hits theaters in November.
Screen Rant is also reporting Chris Pine may return as his "above average" Steve Trevor, Diana's love interest. If you've seen the movie, you know why this is a little surprising. If Steve Trevor returns — a flashback seems likely — it would at least treat fans to another dose of Gadot and Pine's killer on-screen chemistry.
The Cold War presents a compelling change of pace for Wonder Woman 2, currently being developed by Jenkins and DC head honcho Geoff Johns. Unlike World War I, which introduced new and lethal forms of combat that gave it the moniker "The War to End War," the Cold War was fought with espionage, propaganda, and through the Space Race. However, there were proxy wars, such as the conflicts in Korea and Vietnam, as well as major events like the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Iranian Revolution. Because of its purported setting in the 1980s, Diana may be present at the fall of the Soviet Union which took place in 1991.
There are no release dates for Wonder Woman 2 yet.


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Q: unexpected result of concatenating column values into single string I saw a lot of examples using COALESCE and others "methods" for this purpose .Here is one of them:
     @result nvarchar(1024)
     SELECT @result = COALESCE(@result + ',', '') + column_name
     FROM some_table

expected: [value,value,value]
result:[value     , value     , value]
Has anybody this problem or I must find my mistake in something else?

A: It sounds like you might have whitespace in the column_name values. You should use LTRIM() and RTRIM() around the column_name to remove any whitespace.:
declare @result nvarchar(1024)

SELECT @result = COALESCE(@result + ',', '') + ltrim(rtrim(col1))
FROM yourtable

select @result

see SQL Fiddle with Demo
Or you can use REPLACE() on the final result to remove whitespaces:
declare @result nvarchar(1024)

SELECT @result = COALESCE(@result + ',', '') + col1
FROM yourtable

select replace(@result, ' ', '')

see SQL Fiddle with Demo

A: @result nvarchar(1024)
SELECT @result = COALESCE(ltrim(rtrim(@result)) + ',', '') + ltrim(rtrim(column_name))
FROM some_table

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VMware remains the go-to option for virtualization for the majority of organizations and has been for some time. The longer it has been around, the more focus there is on making efficiency savings. This is where the Capacity Manager really needs to understand the technology, how to monitor it, and how to decide what headroom exists.
In this webinar we'll take a look at some of the hot topics in understanding VMware Capacity.
Phil has been working in Capacity Management since leaving university in the year 2000. Starting as a junior consultant on the niche platform of Unisys Clearpath systems, Phil rapidly moved on to Capacity Planning for distributed platforms as well, and gained VMware VCP qualifications in 2007. Phil joined the Athene team in 2007 leaving the role of Capacity Manager at a FTSE100 company to become Athene Pre-Sales consultant for EMEA. As well as supporting the EMEA sales team, Phil is also involved in consulting, training, and assisting Product Management. Phil has had a number of papers accepted for regional and international CMG conferences, mostly on the topic of VMware and Capacity Management.


The Trouble With Friends - Family Times is an award-winning magazine with staff-written news, feature stories and artwork that inform and inspire Central New York parents and their children.
That shelf of books on mean girls and childhood friendships? I read them all and still screwed up.
For years, I'd been poised to identify and caution my two daughters against the potential bad apple. Yet the real threat—the nice girl—I overlooked. These kids are disarmingly polite, dress neatly, and speak like a network anchor, but watch out. They're proof of why we sometimes have to trust our kids' judgment.
My older daughter, Jaye, was shy in kindergarten. (All names in this story have been changed.) Once she found her tribe, she moved through elementary school surrounded by friends from different backgrounds. But another mother with high schoolers told me, "It won't last. By ninth grade, they'll split by neighborhoods: village kids, McMansion kids, apartment complex kids." Cynical, I thought. Then seventh grade happened.
Jaye came home upset over what Jessica said at lunch. "We can't be friends anymore. You're a Chang. I'm a Ching. Chings and Changs don't mix." It seems two girls had arbitrarily divided the entire group using odd, racially tinged labels. It wasn't racism—just an attempt to establish social superiority. Chings in, Changs out.
By high school, my friend's prediction had come true.
I didn't question Jaye until junior year, when Jessica's mom buttonholed me at the supermarket. "It's too bad our daughters don't hang out anymore. Jess says she's tried, but Jaye sticks to her own crowd." They shared the same interests, and the Ching/Chang incident was history. So why weren't they friends?
So I was wrong about Jess. But with my younger daughter, Em, I'd already spotted the wolf in sheep's clothing in her crowd.
The opposite of Jaye, Em entered kindergarten a wild child but eventually joined a smart, studious group of girls. They were tight as only female cliques can be, and clever enough to form an acronym of their names: DREAM.
The one nightmare was Alexis, a girl who said hurtful things and offered cruel advice preceded by, "I'm telling you because I care." Em was a prime victim whose doll-head phobia made her easy prey.
As a child, Em tolerated playing with dolls, but a head peering above a blanket sent her screaming. Once the girls outgrew toys, Em seemed past her fear. By eighth grade she'd begun to break away from the DREAM team, listening to heavy metal bands and wearing black—tastes the other girls didn't approve of. Megan, the group's quiet leader, always pulled Em back. I was grateful for this thoughtful friend who watched over my daughter and was a good influence.
"What's wrong?" Alexis said with a smile. "Don't you like it?" Inside was an expensive hat, scarf and mitten set from Em's favorite store, but in pink—a color Alexis knew Em hated.
"Don't, OK? That's what she does."
"Well, the other girls are nice. Megan especially. I'm glad she looks out for you." Em said nothing. And didn't, for many years.
Now 21, Em's revelations about the past still startle me. I mentioned I was writing about children's friendship issues from a parent's perspective. Would she mind if I included her experiences?
I'd known their on-again, off-again friendship hinged on convenience. Em was the last-minute playdate, invited only when everyone couldn't make it. She typically did what Megan wanted. But finally, Em told me, she'd had enough.
I felt sick. It was my fault for urging Em to spend time with a "friend" who treated her as just another plaything. For not understanding that Em's withdrawal from the group was actually her effort to assert herself and gain independence.
Parents walk a thin line between intelligence and ignorance. Our life experiences may provide long-term insights our kids' lack, but we don't have the full picture. Friendship is the first test, but there are many others, including first love, first heartbreak.
Knowledge gaps provide space for our kids to try and fend for themselves. You want to throw out your arms and protect them. I did. But you have to let your kids stumble. You have to let them fall. Stand on the sidelines with a first aid kit if you must, but let them fall.
You have to, because that's part of growing up. They'll never learn to heal if they never get hurt.
Linda Lowen teaches at the Downtown Writer's Center and is co-producer and co-host of Take Care, a health and wellness radio show on WRVO.


Branding & Design Studio. Estudio de Diseño Gráfico y Branding. - Jade Park.
Bunker3022 + @laconceptualist developed this luxury branding specially for Jade`s first real state project in Paraguay. Jade Park, designed by the famous architect Carlos Ott, combines luxury apartments with great green spaces. Jade Park proposes a premium home-life in departments, with all the benefits of outdoors, offering to the inhabitants a similar comfort to the one of a house. It`s the first project of this kind in Asunción, Paraguay. It was developed by Jade Signature + Fortune International Group.


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<?php

App::uses('CakeResponse', 'Network');
App::uses('CookieComponent', 'Controller/Component');
App::uses('SecurityComponent', 'Controller/Component');
App::uses('ComponentCollection', 'Controller');

/**
 * Extended CookieComponent
 */
class CookieAliasComponent extends CookieComponent {
}

class ComponentCollectionTest extends CakeTestCase {

/**
 * setUp
 *
 * @return void
 */
	public function setUp() {
		parent::setUp();
		$this->Components = new ComponentCollection();
	}

/**
 * tearDown
 *
 * @return void
 */
	public function tearDown() {
		unset($this->Components);
		parent::tearDown();
	}

/**
 * test triggering callbacks on loaded helpers
 *
 * @return void
 */
	public function testLoad() {
		$result = $this->Components->load('Cookie');
		$this->assertInstanceOf('CookieComponent', $result);
		$this->assertInstanceOf('CookieComponent', $this->Components->Cookie);

		$result = $this->Components->attached();
		$this->assertEquals(array('Cookie'), $result, 'attached() results are wrong.');

		$this->assertTrue($this->Components->enabled('Cookie'));

		$result = $this->Components->load('Cookie');
		$this->assertSame($result, $this->Components->Cookie);
	}

/**
 * Tests loading as an alias
 *
 * @return void
 */
	public function testLoadWithAlias() {
		$result = $this->Components->load('Cookie', array('className' => 'CookieAlias', 'somesetting' => true));
		$this->assertInstanceOf('CookieAliasComponent', $result);
		$this->assertInstanceOf('CookieAliasComponent', $this->Components->Cookie);
		$this->assertTrue($this->Components->Cookie->settings['somesetting']);

		$result = $this->Components->attached();
		$this->assertEquals(array('Cookie'), $result, 'attached() results are wrong.');

		$this->assertTrue($this->Components->enabled('Cookie'));

		$result = $this->Components->load('Cookie');
		$this->assertInstanceOf('CookieAliasComponent', $result);

		App::build(array('Plugin' => array(CAKE . 'Test' . DS . 'test_app' . DS . 'Plugin' . DS)));
		CakePlugin::load('TestPlugin');
		$result = $this->Components->load('SomeOther', array('className' => 'TestPlugin.Other'));
		$this->assertInstanceOf('OtherComponent', $result);
		$this->assertInstanceOf('OtherComponent', $this->Components->SomeOther);

		$result = $this->Components->attached();
		$this->assertEquals(array('Cookie', 'SomeOther'), $result, 'attached() results are wrong.');
		App::build();
		CakePlugin::unload();
	}

/**
 * test load and enable = false
 *
 * @return void
 */
	public function testLoadWithEnableFalse() {
		$result = $this->Components->load('Cookie', array('enabled' => false));
		$this->assertInstanceOf('CookieComponent', $result);
		$this->assertInstanceOf('CookieComponent', $this->Components->Cookie);

		$this->assertFalse($this->Components->enabled('Cookie'), 'Cookie should be disabled');
	}

/**
 * test missingcomponent exception
 *
 * @expectedException MissingComponentException
 * @return void
 */
	public function testLoadMissingComponent() {
		$this->Components->load('ThisComponentShouldAlwaysBeMissing');
	}

/**
 * test loading a plugin component.
 *
 * @return void
 */
	public function testLoadPluginComponent() {
		App::build(array(
			'Plugin' => array(CAKE . 'Test' . DS . 'test_app' . DS . 'Plugin' . DS),
		));
		CakePlugin::load('TestPlugin');
		$result = $this->Components->load('TestPlugin.Other');
		$this->assertInstanceOf('OtherComponent', $result, 'Component class is wrong.');
		$this->assertInstanceOf('OtherComponent', $this->Components->Other, 'Class is wrong');
		App::build();
		CakePlugin::unload();
	}

/**
 * test unload()
 *
 * @return void
 */
	public function testUnload() {
		$this->Components->load('Cookie');
		$this->Components->load('Security');

		$result = $this->Components->attached();
		$this->assertEquals(array('Cookie', 'Security'), $result, 'loaded components is wrong');

		$this->Components->unload('Cookie');
		$this->assertFalse(isset($this->Components->Cookie));
		$this->assertTrue(isset($this->Components->Security));

		$result = $this->Components->attached();
		$this->assertEquals(array('Security'), $result, 'loaded components is wrong');

		$result = $this->Components->enabled();
		$this->assertEquals(array('Security'), $result, 'enabled components is wrong');
	}

/**
 * test getting the controller out of the collection
 *
 * @return void
 */
	public function testGetController() {
		$controller = $this->getMock('Controller');
		$controller->components = array('Security');
		$this->Components->init($controller);
		$result = $this->Components->getController();

		$this->assertSame($controller, $result);
	}
}

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Property Law Keyed to Cribbet
Property Law Keyed to Dukeminier
First Possession: Acquisition Of Property By Discovery, Capture, And Creation
Subsequent Possession: Acquisition Of Property By Find, Adverse Possession, And Gift
Possessory Estates
Co-Ownership And Marital Interests
Tradition, Tension, And Change In Landlord-Tenant Law
The Land Transaction
Hickey v. Green 388 Mass. 1102; 445 N.E.2d 156; 1983 Mass.
Lohmeyer v. Bower 170 Kan. 442, 227 P.2d 102, 1951 Kan.
Conklin v. Davi 76 N.J. 468, 388 A.2d 598, 1978 N.J.
Stambovsky v. Ackley 169 A.D.2d 254, 572 N.Y.S.2d 672, 1991 N.Y. App. Div.
Johnson v. Davis 480 So. 2d 625, 1985 Fla. 10 Fla. L. Weekly 583
Lempke v. Dagenais 130 N.H. 782, 547 A.2d 290, 1988 N.H.
Brown v. Lober 75 Ill. 2d 547
Frimberger v. Anzellotti 25 Conn. App. 401, 594 A.2d 1029, 1991 Conn. App.
Rockafellor v. Gray 194 Iowa 1280, 191 N.W. 107, 1922 Iowa Sup.
Sweeney, Administratrix v. Sweeney 126 Conn. 391, 11 A.2d 806, 1940 Conn.
Rosengrant v. Rosengrant 1981 OK CIV APP 18; 629 P.2d 800, 1981 Okla. Civ. App.
Murphy v. Financial Development Corp 126 N.H. 536, 495 A.2d 1245, 1985 N.H.
Bean v. Walker 95 A.D.2d 70, 464 N.Y.S.2d 895, 1983 N.Y. App. Div.
Kutzin v. Pirnie 124 N.J. 500, 591 A.2d 932 (1991)
Commonwealth v. Fremont Investment & Loan 452 Mass. 733, 897 N.E.2d 548 (2008) [2008 BL 273116]
Licari v. Blackwelder 14 Conn. App. 46, 539 A.2d 609 (App. Ct. 1988)
Jones v. Lee 126 N.M. 467, 971 P.2d 858 (Ct. App. 1998)
Title Assurance
Judicial Land Use Controls: The Law Of Nuisance
Private Land Use Controls: The Law Of Servitudes
Legislative Land Use Controls: The Law Of Zoning
Eminent Domain And The Problem Of Regulatory Takings
Future Interests
Property Law Keyed to Singer
Property Law Keyed to Kurtz
Property Keyed to Rabin
Property Keyed to Merrill
Property Keyed to Casner
Property Keyed to Sprankling
Property Keyed to Chase
Property Keyed to Nelson
Please select a book
Property Law Keyed to Smith
Property > Property Law Keyed to Dukeminier > The Land Transaction
Kutzin v. Pirnie
Citation. 22 Ill.124 N.J. 500, 591 A.2d 932 (1991)
Citation22 Ill.124 N.J. 500, 591 A.2d 932 (1991)
Brief Fact Summary. The defendants, Duncan and Gertrude Pirnie contract for the sale of the Kutzins' house for $365,000. The contract did not provide for liquidated damages or forfeiture clause regarding the deposit.
Synopsis of Rule of Law. In order to prevent unjust enrichment, a seller may retain a deposit when a buyer breaches a contract even if the contract does not contain a liquidated-damages or forfeiture clause.
Where the terms of a contract are clear and unambiguous there is no room for interpretation or construction and the courts must enforce those terms as written.
Facts. The defencants, Duncan and Gertrude Pirnie contract for the sale of the Kutzins' house for $365,000. The contract did not provide for liquidated damages or fortfeiture clause regading the deposit. Under the contract, the Pirnies agreed to pay a partial deposit of $1,000 on signing and $35,000 within seven days. The contract merely states that "If this contract is voided by either party, the escrow monies shall be disbursed pursuant to the written direction of both parties." As a result of the breach, the Kutzins' (sellers) paid an additional $17,325 in damages for renovations, taxes, insurance, etc. during the six month period it took them for the actual sale. The Pirnies' argue that the contract had been validly rescinded.
Issue. Whether a seller should be entitled to retain a deposit when a buyer breaches a contract that does not contain a liquidated-damages or forfeiture clause.
Held. Judgment affirmed. The trial court held that the Kitzins' cannot retain the entire deposit as damages. In order to prevent unjust enrichment the restitution costs must be offset by the deposit LESS the amount of the injury caused by the breaching parties actions. The judgment of the Appellate Division is modified to reinstate the trial court's damage award.
Discussion. The Pirnies are entitled to restitution of their deposit less the amount of the injury to the Kutzins caused by the Pirnies' breach. To allow retention of the entire deposit would unjustly enrich the Kutzins and would penalize the Pirnies contrary to the policy behind the laws of contracts.
Study Assets: The Land Sale Contract and Marketable Title


DJ Wood made his name in BC's drum'n'bass scene, DJing at some of Vancouver Island's earliest raves and promoting Victoria's first d'n'b club nights, including debut appearences by old-timers like DJ Phantasy and Kenny Ken. Re-locating to Vancouver in 1999, Wood went on to host "Solar Bass", HQ Communications' radio show on Planet Aaj 96.1. He also held a residency at HQ's "Tecknowledgy" club night where he supported world-class talent like Ray Keith, DJ SS and Bad Company. After Solar Bass went off air, Wood & partners Link, Silence & Kotekan started their own radio show on the same station. "Sunday Sessions" gained a wide listenership throughout the lower mainland & Vancouver Island, and eventually spawned a club night of the same name at Sonar, Vancouver's premier night spot at the time. In addition to Sunday Sessions, Wood was also a resident DJ for "Zwack!" Fridays at Unit 20, an open-format club night where breaks, d'n'b and hip hop ruled the roost. It was here that Wood first made contact with his future collaborator DJ Soo, an aspiring turntablist & fellow drum'n'bass DJ. In agreeance that the drum'n'bass scene had grown stale and unimaginative, the duo launched a new club night at The Met Pub, "Bangers 'n' Mash", that would allow them to explore their full range of musical taste. After the cancellation of Bangers'n'Mash in late 2004, DJ Wood & DJ Soo were ready to step their game up to the next level. At a New Year's Eve party called "Mangladesh", the duo played together on 4 turntables, surprising even the most jaded partiers with their genre & tempo defying set. This set, re-recorded at Wood's apartment later that month, became the duo's debut mixtape and has gone on to become a world-wide cult classic. The duo have gone on to play venues all over Canada and support a wide variety of international acts including Stanton Warriors, Bassnectar, South Rakkas Crew and DJ Z-Trip. The year 2005 saw the launch of Wood's production career. Spurned by the success of their club nights & parties, local breakbeat crew TwentyHz Music were set to launch their record label. For their debut single, head-honcho DJ Soda chose the tune he had been opening his sets with for the past year – "Bun Dem" by DJ Wood. Wood went on to produce another track for the label, 2006′s "Poppa Large". His third release, 2007′s "Eye No", came out on the debut single for the UK 'Nu Funk' label Goodgroove Recordings. More releases for the now globally reknowned Goodgroove have ensued, along with a slot at the Canadian debut of their world wide Nu Funk club night "Regrooved". More recently, Wood has helped establish Super Happy Dance Deejays, a crew of veteran DJs who are making waves in Vancouver's after hours scene. On the production front, Wood's first digital release has come in the form of a remix for Ohio based artist Ruckus Roboticus, released March 2010 on the Dance Or Die label. Continuing his partnership with DJ Soo and as a solo artist, this seasoned performer shows no signs of slowing down!


When you owe money, it can seem impossible that you will ever be able to pay off your debt. Whether you have got into debt through bad luck or overspending, the prospect of being able to clear those debts can seem impossible. But many people have successfully paid off substantial debts, and have done so by approaching it sensibly and facing up to the situation. If you're looking for debt solutions, here are some tips to help you work to pay off your debt.
The first step to pay off your debt is to acknowledge that it exists. Many people go into denial and hope that somehow it will all go away. Maybe they will win the lottery, or receive an inheritance! But you are not going to clear your debt this way. Instead, you must face up to the fact that you are going to have to work hard to pay it off.
When you already owe money, it can seem as though adding to it won't make any difference. It will – by making things worse. You have to stop spending. Increasing your debt will extend the time it takes to clear, and add even more interest.
An emergency fund may sound counterintuitive if you're trying to get out of debt since you could be using that money to pay off your debt instead of sticking it in a savings account. But, an emergency fund can actually keep you from creating more debt by providing you with a safety net you can use instead of a credit card when an emergency comes up. The ideal emergency fund is six to twelve months of living expenses, but focus on building up at least 1 month in the short-term.
You're in debt because you spent money you didn't have. Avoiding more debt starts with knowing what you are spending your money on. Each day for one month (at least), write down every penny you spend, no matter how small.
Categorize your monthly expenses into logical groups of "Must have" (food, rent, medicine…), "Should have" (new clothes, gym membership…), and "Like to have" (magazine subscriptions, newspaper, coffee with friends…).
Write down the amount you spent in each category of spending last month as you budget for spending for the next month. You're going to be able to see areas where you might be able to cut back.
Stop using credit cards if you have debt. Start carrying cash instead. Stick to the budget you created and only buy what you can pay for with cash.
Credit cards have high interest rates. The only people who should carry credit cards are those who can avoid the temptation to overspend. If you think you may buckle to temptation, remove credit cards from the picture entirely. Leave your cards at home. Better yet, freeze your credit cards in a block of ice so you can't use it on impulse.
When you start the process of paying off your debts, it's important to put them in order of priority. First, you should pay off anything that could get you into legal trouble or put your home at risk. After that, debts with higher rates of interest should be dealt with, as the interest on those will accumulate more quickly.
The more money you put towards paying off a debt, the faster it will be dealt with. Paying only the minimum amount means that it will take years. So boost payments in any way you can. This could include income from a second job. Do anything that will bring in an income. If you get an unexpected windfall, even a small one, don't be tempted to waste it – use it to bring down the total that you owe.
Higher interest rates keep you in debt longer because so much of your payment goes toward the monthly interest charge and not toward your actual balance. Ask your credit card issuers to lower your interest rate. Often, customers with good payment history can negotiate lower rates.
The "debt snowball" is a well-known approach among those who deal with people in debt. Let's say you owe money on three credit cards. First, you pay off the one with the highest interest rate at $200 a month, for example. Once that's paid off, you put that $200 towards the next highest card, which will be paid off faster because of the lower interest. Finally, the same happens with the third card.
You don't need to feel alone when you are in debt. There are many sources of advice out there to help people in your situation. Look for organisations that offer free advice, such as debt charities. There is also an enormous amount of information on the internet that can help you.


I've been obsessed with sugar scrubs ever since the first time I added it to my shaving routine. I can't believe all I had to do to fall in love with them is shave my legs!
First, you shave your legs as you would any other day. Second, you rub your sugar scrub all over your legs (it's quite relaxing and therapeutic!) Next is where the fun part comes in! Bring out that razor for the third step, and with a very gentle hand, shave the sugar scrub off of your legs. For the fourth step, rinse off your legs and pat them dry. Finally, enjoy the softest legs in all of the world and try not to shove them in the face of every single person you meet. Legs aren't where the benefits of sugar scrubs stop!
The great thing about sugar scrubs is that they're so versatile and have unlimited uses and benefits. You can use them for the face, lips, body, legs, and the list goes on and on.
The most obvious benefit sugar provides for our skin is the topical exfoliant properties. Sugar has very small particles and will exfoliate dead skin cells, leaving behind soft and supple skin. Sugar scrubs are the most natural way to soften, exfoliate and to freshen up the skin.There are various other reasons that sugar should be a staple in your skin care routine.
Sugar is a humectant, which means that it draws any available moisture from the environment into the skin. This is perfect for the winter or for dry climates where havoc can be wrought on skin, making it dull and dry.
It is also a great source of glycolic acid, an alpha-hydroxy acid (AHA) that penetrates the skin and encourages rapid cell turnover. Additionally, the gentle massaging involved in using a sugar scrub increases blood circulation. This increases collagen production and reverses the effects of aging. In turn, this contributes to the fresh, young-looking skin that we all desire and spend so much money to achieve. All we have to do is check out our pantry! The only downside to the glycolic acid in sugar is that it exfoliates the top layer of the skin and sunscreen should be used afterward to avoid damaging the tender skin.
Sugar also diminishes acne and other blemishes on the skin by removing oil and dirt from clogged pores.
There are so many uses for sugar when it comes to the skin and it's so cheap to buy that the only con to introducing more sugar into your life is cleaning up the mess!


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Il fiore tra le spine
Due o tre cose che ho imparato su cactus e piante grasse
Schede delle piante
Generi dalla A alla C
Generi dalla D alla F
Generi dalla G alla L
Generi dalla M alla R
Generi dalla S alla Z
Come coltivo
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Plastica, terracotta, quadrati o tondi? Come scegliere i vasi per i cactus e le succulente
Di plastica o in terracotta? Rotondo, quadrato, basso o profondo? E ancora: meglio una sola pianta per vaso o più piante in un'unica cassetta o in un'ampia ciotola? A prima vista l'argomento può sembrare banale, ma la scelta del vaso corretto per la coltivazione di cactus e piante succulente ha un'innegabile incidenza sull'esito della coltivazione. La scelta del vaso, si può dire, è anzi strettamente connessa al tipo di coltivazione che adottiamo per le nostre piante (in casa, su un balcone, in serra, in piena aria, ecc.) e ai vari elementi che la caratterizzano, come annaffiature, tipo di substrato, esposizione, temperature, e molto altro ancora.
Vediamo allora in questo articolo, al netto di scelte prettamente estetiche e quindi personali, come scegliere i giusti contenitori per la coltivazione delle succulente, valutando pro e contro delle varie forme e dei vari materiali con cui sono realizzati i vasi reperibili in commercio. (…)
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So my little monster and I went shopping and something caught her eye. "Mom, Itsa clear raincoat." It looked so cute as she wore it around the store pretending she was splashing into puddles of water. On my way to the register, I asked her to take off the coat and put it back on the rack. "Mom, I need this", she said with her whining voice. "I came to get what I need", strong Mom voice, "I could make you a jacket just like this." Kid starring at me with a face, "You always say that. You can't make this, Its plastic not fabric". Well I don't know about you but that felt like a challenge for me that I was willing to accept. Little did she know, we were taking a ride to the fabric store.
In the end, the coat was pretty easy to cutout, a bit more difficult to pin and sew together. Every time I would try to put it through the machine to sew it, the vinyl would stick to the presser foot and wouldn't guide it through. So every seam was sewn with satin hemming tape. It served two purposes, 1. It helped the vinyl pass through the machine. 2. The hemming tape prevented the coat from scratching her while she wore it. Another warning, just like anything vinyl, if you make a mistake sewing a seam and want to take it out, the holes from your previous stitching will show. So be Careful. I think I'll make another raincoat out of neon clear vinyl and add some pockets. I love how it turned out and she loves wearing it even if its not raining.
Alterations: 1. Added a plastic zipper to the length of the center front. 2. Three packages of single fold satin hemming tape 1″ wide.
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If the person Tweeting this was just some regular person whose 401(k) had just lost about 10-15% and they were having a bit of deja vu thinking about 2008, a Tweet like this could be excused. Most people don't understand the stock market because most people aren't invested in it. The fact is, the richest 10% of Americans own 84% of all stocks; people are less dependent on retirement accounts and the stock market than was the case the last time the economy went belly-up, so the average American knows little to nothing about how the stock market works, and that's okay. I didn't participate in the launch of the Falcon Heavy yesterday, so I know little to nothing about the aeronautics involved in making that thing work.
However, this is not just the alleged "president," but a guy who got to his position by touting his incredible business skills. How can anyone be such a big deal in business and know so little about how markets work? For that matter, he claims he graduated with a degree from Wharton; do they just graduate dolts who don't even understand basic supply and demand from that school? If so, why is it so prestigious?
This is a guy who has been bragging on the stock market's upward movement for the last year, after President Obama left him with a fully functioning economy. Whereas anyone with half a brain knows that the stock market indicators are only an indicator of the current value of a few individual stocks in the stock market and NOT a barometer on the state of the economy, apparently, Lord Donny and his minions have no idea. You see, a stock market crash (and what happened on Friday and Monday was not one of those) can foretell an economic crash, like the canary in the coal mine, but a rising market doesn't serve as a barometer of anything, except that people are investing a lot of money in stocks. When a market takes a bit of a dive, there can be many reasons for that. In most cases, it's because stockholders decide to take some of the profits they have earned out of the market. In some cases, it's because they think the stocks are valued too high, and they want to take the money out before they lose it. It may be because the industry they're invested in isn't doing so well… in other words, there are many reasons why people sell off stocks and the market indicators drop.
And while a lot of "experts" in the area are more than willing to give us a reason for a sudden drop, the fact is, no one really knows why markets drop. It's not about "good news" or "bad news" at all. In fact, what you and I consider "bad news" is often seen as "good news" by investors; it depends on the stock and the value.
The bottom line is this; the stock market is the epitome of "supply and demand" and "market economics." Like everything else in the economy, the value of a stock is based on what someone is willing to pay for it. That's all. When Apple started selling huge numbers of iPhones and iPads, their stock soared because the dividend was liable to go higher. When Enron was no longer able to sell electricity at exorbitant prices, its stock tanked. Anyone who thinks that what people say on CNBC or in Barron's or the Wall Street Journal says determines whether the stock market as a whole will go up or down has no clue how this works. And the fact that Donny thinks "news" does that calls into question whether he actually has a business degree and whether or not he has a functional IQ, for that matter.
I'd also like to know what the hell he considers "Good News." There hasn't been that much 'good news" lately. In fact, the best news we could hope for is a series of Trump indictments and an impeachment and conviction. Will that drive the stock market really high? I don't know, but it would be worth a look.


BARCELONA, Spain, 4 Nov. 2016 – AVI-SPL, the global leader in AV systems integration and award-winning managed services provider, will be showcasing its next generation collaboration technology solutions for the workplace at the upcoming Gartner Symposium/ITxpo in Barcelona, Spain.
During the four day ITxpo, 7 – 9 November, at the Centre Convencions Internacional Barcelona, attendees visiting AVI-SPL's booth will learn more about the company's total solutions package simplifying the global enterprise's digital workplace transformation. To help guests conceptualize the experience, demonstrations from the AVI-SPL's innovative collaboration technology partners Crestron, Shure, Polycom, and Pexip, will be available during the entirety of the exhibit.
Included at AVI-SPL's booth is the company's own innovation, the Symphony Management Platform. Recently mentioned as a key factor in the provider being awarded leading market research firm Frost & Sullivan's Managed Video Conferencing Services Company of the Year for North America, the Symphony Management Platform monitors and manages organisations' AV, video, and unified communications and collaboration systems. The platform's ability to run diagnostics, launch video calls, and organize meetings, enables AVI-SPL to be the only service provider using manufacturer products with its own tools to manage workplace environments and deliver actionable analytics to optimize business outcomes.
"Complex UC and digital workplace initiatives are transforming businesses around the world. We look forward to meeting ITxpo attendees and discussing how to simplify the road ahead," added Shanks.
AVI-SPL will be at booth #204 Monday through Wednesday, 7 – 9 November. Product demos will be available from 11:30 – 19:00 each day. AVI-SPL's Network Reception, including drinks and tapas, will take place on Tuesday, 8 November from 17:45 – 19:00.
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Literature of the English Country House: Reading the 17th Century
Posted on July 8, 2015 by Kate Gath
As Literature of the English Country House reaches the 17th century we're joined by Kate Gath, a PhD student in the School of English working on the political literature of this period.
I research the early modern period, specifically literature of the seventeenth century. Primarily (but certainly not exclusively) I focus upon the work of Sir William Davenant (1606-1668), a writer, poet laureate, theatre manager and syphilis-ridden man who lost part of his nose.
'The Siege of Rhodes' is an opera written to a text by William Davenant. These sketches are taken from the Restoration Theatre blog: http://restorationstaging.com/
Davenant moved in the higher echelons of society and lived through turbulent times, which included the violence of the English civil wars, the regicide of Charles I, the rise and fall of Oliver Cromwell and his son, and the return of the monarchy in 1660. His friends included the famous philosopher Thomas Hobbes, author of Leviathan (1651). The revolutionary period was not simply background noise in the trajectory of Davenant's life, as he was very politically active, mainly in a royalist guise, and had his own military career, eventually becoming a lieutenant-general in 1642.
A sketch of William Davenant.
Davenant escaped death not only at the hands of venereal disease in 1630, but also after being imprisoned and sentenced to execution following his capture at sea by a Parliamentary privateer in 1650. He was pardoned and released from imprisonment in 1654. Prior to the Restoration, Davenant had for a time been the main playwright for the King's Men before the theatres were closed in 1642, and after the return of the king he became proprietor of the Duke's Company, introducing innovative moveable stage scenery, opera in the form of The Siege of Rhodes, and actresses. His output also included much poetry, masques and highly politicised prose. Ultimately, no literary figure embodies the seventeenth century in quite the same way as Davenant.
A sketch of 'The Seige of Rhodes'
I first encountered Davenant on an optional undergraduate module examining the literature of the English civil wars, and it was during this time that my interest in both the writing of the period and the revolutionary decades as a whole developed. Unfortunately the writing of the Interregnum especially is still very much neglected on many taught courses. I studied more revolutionary era works at MA level and was keen to include Davenant as a key figure in my PhD, even more so as I began to further appreciate his politically slippery nature, the complexities within royalism, and its potential for plurality.
For the archetypal royalist at least, much of his (or her) identity revolves around the constant pursuit of pleasure in its many forms. This also encompasses royalists' self-appointed position as guardians of literary and artistic culture, and their indulgence in a nostalgia that yearned for an imagined and ultimately false idyll which supposedly existed before the revolutionary decades of the seventeenth century. Such broad ideas must be treated with plenty of caution, but these facets of royalist identity certainly existed, and its focus upon the pleasures of life included those of the body, sexual and otherwise. Davenant's exploration of the body in his own work spans genres, decades and shifts in royalist thinking, when the monarchy as an institution had to navigate a series of unprecedented events. He experiments with staging the body and its movement, the representation of proto-rake characters, and the deployment of the senses as an integral part of human reasoning. For Davenant, the human body can be, but is not simply a centre for (royalist) pleasure, but something altogether more powerful.
As is the case with much early modern literature you may encounter on this course and elsewhere, Davenant's output is highly political, and while we are literary critics and not historians, being in possession of good contextual knowledge can only ever be helpful.
To find out more about Kate's research you can visit her blog or follow her on Twitter.
Join us again next week when we'll be hearing from PhD student Jamie Morgan who will be talking to us about the literary tastes of the aristocracy at the dawn of the 19th century!
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Dava Nadine Castillo
November 9, 2018 at 6:50 pm • Reply
Your overview of Davenant's life and pursuits is an interesting prelude to the study of literature and the country house. I am curious about your description of the decadence of the period and how that reconcile's with the mysticism & religiosity of say John Donne or Milton?
Davenant was certainly a colorful fellow, but I am not so sure of his likability or redeeming qualities.
CHU Sai Wah
February 9, 2018 at 5:35 am • Reply
Please learn more.
Kate GathKate is a PhD candidate in the School of English researching William Davenant (1606-1668), civil war general and theatre proprietor.


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By Wayne Westerberg / July 28, 2017 / Phones, Tablets, Technology
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Google used to team up with different tech companies such as LG and Huawei in order to create high-end smartphones together but that came to an end when Google decided that it wants to compete with the likes of Samsung and Apple. The Android parent knew that it will never become one of the biggest names in the smartphone world if it doesn't start making a name for itself and this is why Google started producing the Pixel lineup.
According to News4c.com, Google is adding the finishing touches to Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL right now. The aforementioned smartphones are going to be launched during the upcoming future and they will pose a direct threat to Samsung's highly popular Galaxy S8. However, people can't stop from wondering if Pixel 2 XL really has the necessary hardware components to compete with Galaxy S8 but we will find out the truth right now.
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Samsung is known throughout the world for always going overboard when it comes to hardware power and this is why Galaxy S8 is equipped with Qualcomm's latest octa-core Snapdragon 835 processor. Samsung obviously didn't stop there and paired Galaxy S8's processor with 4GB of RAM and an Adreno 540 graphics processing unit. We should also mention that there's a special edition of Galaxy S8 that's fueled by Samsung's own octa-core Exynos 8855-Emea processor and Mali-G71 MP20-Emea graphics processing unit.
The Android parent has been doing everything in its power to keep Pixel 2 XL's specs under warps but this hasn't stop leaks and rumors from coming out. Everyone in the tech community strongly believes that Pixel 2 XL will also be powered by Qualcomm's octa-core Snapdragon 835 chipset that's been clocked at 2.45GHz. In addition, the chipset will be coupled with the same Adreno 540 graphics processing unit and 4GB of RAM.
As everyone can clearly see, these two high-end smartphones look basically the same on paper. At least when it comes to hardware power. Although, everything we know about Pixel 2 XL is based on rumors and they might prove to be false but that's highly unlikely.
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We all have a ministry from God. In fact, you're in full-time ministry right now. So…how are you doing? What are you doing? Who are you reaching? One of the things I try to emphasize at church is that everyone should be self-consciously serving God in their lives. Not everyone has a visible ministry on Sunday mornings.
My daughter Daphne will be starting 1st grade in the Fall. We've been homeschooling her for Kindergarten and sending her twice a week to a co-op for classes with other homeschoolers. I knew she was making good progress in math. She's learning to draw well. And she's supposed to be learning Spanish at the co-op (but I see little evidence of it!).


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Lenovo and Superfish Sued Under The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.
Written by Keenan W. Ng
It was recently discovered that Lenovo has been selling laptops with preinstalled adware that creates a catastrophic security hole in the web browser leaving users vulnerable to hacks. Superfish, a small company in Palo Alto, develops the adware. Plenty has been written about the technical aspects of the security flaw and more will be written going forward. As the ramifications of the Superfish vulnerability play out in the community, at least two lawsuits* have been filed. More lawsuits certainly will come. One of these cases, Sterling International Consulting Group ("SICG") v. Lenovo, Inc. and Superfish, Inc.(collectively, "Lenovo"), alleges violations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. SICG seeks class action certification and was filed in the Northern District of California. The problem with Sterling is that the plaintiffs may have a hard time establishing the authorization element of the CFAA.
Author Scripta Ad Astra StaffPosted on March 2, 2015 Categories BlogTags CFAA, computer fraud, Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, cyber crime, data securityLeave a comment on Lenovo and Superfish Sued Under The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.
NovelPoster Files Amicus Brief in United States v. Nosal
Written by Michael S. Dorsi
San Francisco-based NovelPoster, having settled its Computer Fraud and Abuse Act ("CFAA") claim against Javitch Canfield Group, filed a brief as amicus curiae in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals case of United States v. Nosal (9th Cir. Case Nos. 14-10037 and 14-10275).
While the NovelPoster and Nosal cases originated differently — NovelPoster was a civil action and Nosal is a criminal prosecution — both cases touched on an important question: is a person liable under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act for acting without authorization — a term that applies equally in civil lawsuits and criminal prosecutions — if the actions in question did not involve circumventing a technical or code-based access barrier.
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Opinion Roundup: California District Courts and the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, July 2014 through February 2015 – Part One
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This week, we will have a two-part series on all of the substantive California district court Computer Fraud and Abuse Act opinions from July 2014 through February 2015. These posts are a follow up to a three – part series I wrote last summer discussing CFAA opinions from January 2014 through June 2014.
I decided to include some 2015 opinions in this Round Up because (1) there were not that many substantive opinions in the latter half of 2014 and (2) because I was a bit tardy on getting this post up – I figured I would bring you up to speed.
The next post will be on Friday, March 20. I hope you check it out!
Sprint Solutions, Inc. v. Pacific Cellupage Inc., 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 101397 (C.D. Cal. July 21, 2014)
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NetApp, Inc. v. Nimble Storage, Inc., 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 11406 (N.D. Cal. January 29, 2015)("NetApp II")
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Ellen Pao v. Kleiner Perkins: The Defense Risked a Split Verdict
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As this post goes up, the jury in Ellen Pao v. Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers has been sent back to deliberate on the fourth claim — that Ellen Pao was fired in retaliation for her bringing this lawsuit.
The case has been closely watched for the scrutiny of the culture of Kleiner Perkins, venture capital, and Silicon Valley, which Ms. Pao's attorneys characterized as a boy's club. In the end, only two of the twelve jurors agreed with Ms. Pao's case concerning gender discrimination, but two more found that Ms. Pao was the victim of retaliation.
While watching Kleiner Perkins' attorney Lynne Hermle give her closing argument, I suspected that there could be a split verdict, finding Kleiner Perkins liable only for retaliation, not for gender discrimination.
What did not cross my mind in the audience was that the jury might end up without a sufficient majority on the fourth claim, or more bizarre result today: that the jury thought they had enough votes, but counted wrong.
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