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The voice of reform
JOHN SCHOFIELD January 27 1997
The voice of reform JOHN SCHOFIELD January 27 1997
JOHN SCHOFIELD
In those first few seconds, it seemed like just another nuisance call—perhaps some smooth talker looking for free financial advice, or an angry mutual fund executive eager to blow off some steam. "My first thought was, 'How will I ever get off the phone?'" recalls Glorianne Stromberg, the author of a landmark 1995 report on the investment funds industry and a member of the Ontario Securities Commission. As it turned out, the voice on the line last fall belonged to a garden-variety investor who just wanted to express his thanks. "Every time I read about a new reform in the mutual fund industry," the caller said, "I just stand up and say: Thank you, Glorianne Stromberg!' " Such praise is rare for securities regulators, who are more accustomed to gripers than groupies.
But when it comes to mutual funds, no one has done more to protect individual investors than Stromberg. Her controversial report, unveiled in January, 1995, cast a critical eye over virtually every aspect of the $212billion mutual fund business and unleashed a flurry of activity aimed at tightening up its operations. 'The underlying theme of the report," says Ed Waitzer, the former OSC chairman who handed the task to Stromberg, "is that the industry has got to put investors' interests first." Stromberg's recommendations—based on nine months of research and interviews with executives, fund managers, financial planners and other industry figures—took aim at everything from the bafflegab that fills many fund prospectuses to the sometimes cumbersome, costly nature of the regulatory system. The 256-page report highlighted the need for better-trained investment dealers and a strong selfregulatory organization to oversee the roughly 80,000 bank employees, insurance brokers, fund-company reps and financiad planners who sell mutual funds. It also targeted the average Canadian's woeful ignorance of investment issues, and underlined the industry's responsibility to help educate consumers.
Stromberg saved some of her sharpest criticism, however, for what she termed "questionable" sales practices and incentives in the mutual fund industry. That includes "trailer fees," the one-quarter to IV2 per cent annual commissions that fund companies typically pay dealers if their clients stay in particular funds. In most cases, Stromberg noted, trailer fees are deducted from the fund, indirectly reducing an investor's return.
The report's criticisms of mutual-fund sales practices set the investment community abuzz, and stole most of the spotlight from the other problems that Stromberg tackled. By the time the dust settled, however, the Investment Funds Institute of Canada (IFIC), which represents most Canadian fund companies, had put in place a voluntary code limiting some sales incentives—though not trailer fees. In fact, says Waitzer, the industry has so far agreed to about 80 per cent of Stromberg's recommendations.
For that contribution alone, investors have good reason to be grateful. But the influence of Stromberg, a veteran securities lawyer, on the mutual funds business goes beyond her
No one has done more to protect fund investors than Glorianne Stromberg
report. Stromberg was also the driving force behind National Policy No. 39, a comprehensive set of regulations that effectively governs the Canadian mutual-fund industry. As a volunteer member of the OSC's securities advisory committee, she was picked in 1985 to weave a confusing patchwork of rules, developed over decades by provincial regulators, into a uniform policy. After three years of negotiations, the policy was adopted by the country's 12 regulatory bodies in 1988. "I can't think of anyone else," says Harold Hands, chairman of the investment funds institute and an executive vice-president of Mackenzie Financial Corp., "who has played as great a role in causing the industry to look at so many issues for the purpose of protecting investors."
Stromberg did not set out to champion the rights of average investors. "I don't consider myself a consumer advocate," she says. "I guess I'm just motivated by a sense of fairness and integrity." Those are values the 57-year-old Stromberg learned from her parents, Rhoda and Oscar—a doctor who moved | the family from Montreal to North Battleford, Sask., when ¿ firstborn Glorianne was 3. "He cared a lot about people," she | says of her father. "I think that was his main motivation for s| going into medicine." None of his seven children followed him to medical school, but four chose another profession: law. Stromberg's sister, Sunni, is a judge on the B.C.
Supreme Court, while her brother, Robert, is a prominent lawyer in Saskatoon. Another sister, Bonnie, is a Regina-based lawyer specializing in health care and labor relations.
Stromberg's love for the law developed almost accidentally. As a 19-yearold with a BA from McGill University, she enrolled in Toronto's Osgoode Hall Law School on the advice of a professor. "I never really intended to practise, but I really quite liked it." In 1965, she joined the high-powered
TRACKING THE PROPOSALS
A progress report on some of Glorianne Stromberg's recommendations:
Canada should create a national system of securities regulation.
The Investment Funds Steering Group, an industry body set up to address Stromberg's report, endorsed this proposal in November. The issue is before the federal and provincial governments.
Mutual-fund managers should adopt a code of ethics dealing with such issues as personal investing.
The Investment Funds Institute of Canada is reviewing a proposal for strict rules, but not a ban, on personal investing by fund managers.
Mutual fund "trailer fees" and marketing costs should no longer be charged to the fund.
No action. The investment industry has defended the current practice.
A task force should set mandatory educational standards for financial planners.
The Financial Planners Standards Council was created last year to set voluntary standards. Individuals who use the title "financial planner" would still not be required to have official accreditation, except in Quebec, where they are already regulated.
who are independent of it in the way that Glorianne is," says Waitzer. At the time, mutual fund assets were beginning to mushroom, and both Waitzer and Stromberg were convinced of the need to take a closer look—before an unexpected controversy forced regulators to step in. "The time to fix your roof is when the sun is shining," says Stromberg.
Not surprisingly, her report left some members of the mutual fund industry feeling less than sunny. Selwyn Kossuth, who stepped down as president of the IFIC in 1994, maintains the report completely ignored the efforts the industry had already made to address regulators' concerns. He charges that Stromberg was too selective about whom she interviewed, and did not even talk to him. Stromberg, for her part, says she spoke to IFIC representatives several times, including Kossuth. "I made myself available to everyone who wanted to talk to me." Although much of the debate has been civil, a handful of critics angrily slammed the report, labelling it an unwarranted intrusion on the natural forces of the marketplace. One mutual fund executive went so far as to call Stromberg a disgrace to the securities industry.
Wright's view is that Stromberg has done the mutual fund industry a great favor by raising standards. "I think they owe her a real debt, and it's probably one they don't realize," says Wright, now chairman of Teck Corp., a Vancouver-based mining company. Meanwhile, securities regulators in other jurisdictions have also taken notice. At the 10th International Investment Funds Conference in Toronto last fall, many of the 63 delegates, representing 31 countries, eagerly requested copies of the Stromberg report. "So many other countries are dealing with the same issues," says Hands.
Hands acknowledges that Stromberg's recommendations will benefit the mutual fund sector in the long term by preserving the public's confidence in the industry. Even more important, he adds, the report has brought the industry and regulators together in order to protect investors. "I wouldn't be critical that she raised issues for discussion," says Hands. "I would be critical if she expected every one of her recommendations to be implemented. I wouldn't say that everything she says is gospel."
The fact that the industry has endorsed most of the report's recommendations is encouraging, says Stromberg, but now it's time for industry and regulatory action. Two years after the report's release, for example, the OSC has yet to pass its own rules on mutual fund sales practices, although it is expected to do so later this year.
Meanwhile, Stromberg waits, and patience is not one of her strong suits, says Waitzer. That's not the way she sees it. "I think I've been patient," she counters. "Some people have told me I've been far too patient" Stromberg's second three-year term on the OSC ends in December of this year, but there is no sign she will stop speaking out about what she believes. "She's a fighter," says Wright. "She basically doesn't care what other people think if she thinks she's doing the right thing." With an attitude like that, Stromberg is bound to receive more calls from appreciative investors, not to mention a few critics. □
Toronto law firm of Cassels, Brock and Blackwell, where it did not take long for partner Robert Law to spot her talent. "She was always extremely hardworking, and, to a degree, a perfectionist," says Law, who has been with the firm for 40 years. Stromberg worked closely with Law for the next 25 years, specializing in corporate and securities law, including work for several mutual fund companies. "He's a very brilliant lawyer, and a great influence in my life," says Stromberg.
By 1990, however, the law had lost some of its lustre. Stromberg had just turned 50, "and somehow the correlation of 25 and 50 kind of blew my mind and I thought, 'As long as I'm practising law, I'm not going to do anything else.' " Moved by the grinding poverty she had witnessed 20 years earlier on a trip to South America, she became heavily involved in Foster Parents Plan Canada and its global affiliate, Foster Parents Plan International. Sitting on the boards of both organizations, she helped implement a corporate reorganization aimed at streamlining their operations. Although she has never married, Stromberg is the foster parent of a 14-yearold girl in Columbia, to whom she provides financial support.
Stromberg returned to the world of law and finance in late 1991, when then-OSC chairman Bob Wright invited her to serve as a part-time commissioner. "There was no one on the commission who knew as much about mutual funds, and she had vast experience," says Wright. "Plus, I thought it would be helpful to have somebody who is extremely meticulous. She's a line-by-line reader. Some people on the commission were much more bigpicture people."
Those same qualities persuaded Wright's successor, Ed Waitzer, to give Stromberg the job of reviewing the mutual fund business in February, 1994. "There are few people who are as knowledgeable and who care as much about the industry, but
MONEY/COVER
THE BEST AND WORST MUTUAL FUNDS
January 1997 By ROSS LAVER
Building wealth the smart way
Canada's prophets of profit
January 1997 By JENNIFER WELLS
Pulling the plug
January 1997 By LUKE FISHER, JOHN DeMONT
'Mega-Week' in Tory Ontario
January 1997 By JOE CHIDLEY
Universities 2000
Voting with Their Feet
November 2000 By John Schofield
Biting the Apple
Another kind of damage
February 1998 By JOHN SCHOFIELD


Over time I have accumulated fabric. In the beginning it was mostly children's prints since I was sewing mostly for babies but then I discovered Heather Ross and Denyse Schmidt and that is where my real stash began and my scraps!
If you are a scrappy quilter it is a good thing to have many fabric scraps to choose from. I love scrappy quilts like the scrappy Courthouse Steps Quilt. There is not a repeat fabric in any of those blocks. I LOVED making it.
When pulling fabric for the Baby Love quilt I realized how terrible my stash had become. It was not working for me, I was fighting with it. It has been a long time coming but in the past four or so months I have not had the time or energy to keep the disaster at bay. It took me forever to go through ALL the piles to find what I needed. When I had the quilt top completed, I folded and fabrics and placed the correct scraps in the correct bins...IT WAS AMAZING! So I did what any crazy quilter would do...I went into my sewing room and started DUMPING all the fabrics on the floor to sort through them.
This is my sewing room TOSSED! It was easier for me to just yank everything off the shelves, throw it down on the ground and sort through it.
I put my piles O Pellon in the corner for safe keeping and then went to folding and sorting.
By this afternoon, I was here. I have some colors sorted and stored properly. I still have many to do but am pleased with the progress I am making.
We already had to upgrade to larger bins for the blue and green scraps and we have a ton to go...YIKES!
The best part of all of this is I am also going to be destashing. I will not be selling or trading but I will be having a series of giveaways. The one caveat is that you are a friend ( follower) here on my blog. This is a sample shot of some of the giveaways. There is TONS of great fabric here that is not getting love and I believe ALL FABRIC should be loved!
So stay tuned for news on the giveaways. They will hopefully be this week, if I can get the weather to cooperate.
I've been doing the same thing this weekend, except mine was a lot worse, it was a catch all for all the family junk :( I am able to see the floor now, that's a bonus! Still have to sort my scraps though. I may actually be able to sew in there this week!
I love the crazy pile of scraps! Earlier this year, our guild has a workshop with Victoria Findlay Wolfe and she brought in two or three white garbage bags of scraps for us to use. It makes me wonder if she brought that many for us, how many/how often do those scraps accumulate? (and then I don't feel so bad about my three little rubbermaid boxes of scraps) Anyway, you giveaways will be fun to watch for!
WOw!!! I love that picture of you with all of the scraps! Though the shelves of pretty fabric look great also. Good luck finishing up the scraps!
Oh my word. That's a lot of scraps! The shelves look so happy with rainbow-y goodness!
I thought I had a lot of scraps, but mine do not even compare. That's a lotta scraps!
Great minds thinking alike! I'm doing the same thing. Except you're way ahead!!!!!! It's looking great and thanks for the inspiration.
Wowza! If you happen to have too many scraps and feel the need to... ahem... re-home them I'm sure you'd find plenty of scrap addicts (myself included!) willing to take them off your hands. I can't wait for the giveaways!
The cabinet looks great with all those folded pieces in it.
I can't imagine how great it felt to dump everything, look at it all, and then have time to sort and store realizing what you will really use. Now you have beautiful shelves and wonderful scrap bins/buckets to show your hard work paid off!
I try to pretend I don't have too many scraps....after all, if I spread them out over 4 rooms in the house, there's less...right? Also, my sewing room looks like yours when you tossed it...that, ahem, it mine's natural state.
omg! omg omg OMG!! I see lizzy house!!!
Love scraps and could always use more. Good for you to sort and clean up.
Wow you got a lot of fabric good job tackling it! I love your courthouse step quilt. I wish I had as much scrap!
Your courthouse steps quilt is lovely. And your scraps are amazing! Good to have a little helper for tasks like this.
you sem to be having a great time with your sort out. Like the way you have the fabrics on shelves, I store my in drawers but much prefer your way. See what you mean about scraps, I have very few but no doubt the pile will grow as I quilt more.
Wow, what a sort out! I have been forced into clearing my stash a bit recently as we moved house, but it wasn't quite as bountiful as yours! Love the way its displayed in the shelves.
Going to show those pics to my husband to prove I do not have a problem!!
You are an inspiration to get mine done! I just have not wanted to spend the dumping 3 closets to reorganize them. On the other hand I think of the time I waste looking for something I know I have.
Not so long ago, I did the same. It took about three days to clean up my sewing room, but when it was done it felt amazing! Good luck finishing yours!
There is nothing that I love more than bringing order to chaos! I love how you stored some of your scraps in large mason jars on top of the bookshelf. :) I'm going to have to remember that idea. ...If you can find a way for the weather to cooperate, we'd ALL be grateful!! I think the entire country is tired of hearing about or living with this horrible, cold and snowy winter already!
Oh Wow! you've got lots of fabric and scraps ~ me too. I went through some of mine the other day and sorted out some I don't want any more. What a great idea to do giveaways!
I love that you have the Little People silo in your fabric cabinet~!
ahh yes. it feels good to organize doesn't it? though i too ended up making a huge mess along the way.
looking good. I have been going through my scraps as well. It is nice to get things organized.
My guest room is where I store my fabric. Hopefully no one comes to visit fir a while as my dusters and I trashed it when we were working n Christmas projects.
Love the before and after pictures! I've started going through my scraps too and it's a huge job, but worth it. Enjoy the result!
We just moved this weekend...and the loft/bedroom/sewing room is big enough for more books shelves...ie: I get to have my pretties out with me instead of shoved into a closet!
Awesome job you did there!
Looks great. What size does you smallest scraps have to be before you keep them? I think I am keeping too many. Also, do you square them up or do that when you use them?
Ouch, you must be tired! Thanks for the warning - I better get a grip before I'm in the same boat!
Wow! I couldn't imagine having that much in scraps or fabric. You're a lucky girl. When you post your giveaway, please be sure to add it to the weekly giveaway link up on my blog. Thanks!
One day I want to come and visit, just to ooh and ahh over the collection of fabulousness!
Good job tackling that project. My sewing space and fabric need a major overhaul. I'm trying to only purchase to add to a project, and not for an entire project, if that makes sense. Both of my current projects are from my stash. I tend to stuff my scraps in a large plastic Ziploc, but I haven't sorted them!
Cheering for you, Kim! It makes a world of difference to sort it all out and make the tough decisions (what stays and what goes) with your stash, but it's so worth it. I had to do this myself, recently and it felt so good afterwards (to not only be able to find what I wanted, when I wanted but to pass on fabrics to others that would love them). Bravo!!!
That is a major undertaking! But, don't you love the feeling of having an organized and clean sewing room? I did this not too long ago and it is so much nicer having everything organized and in its place. Although I don't have as big a stash as yours. :-). I'm looking forward yo your giveaways, so maybe I can add to my stash.
Look at all those scraps! You will definitely use them more now they're sorted into colours. Best thing I ever did with mine and I don't have quite as many as you! I just got a new set of drawers and have just put all my fabric in them after having had to store it in plastic tubs for years. So much easier on my back!
Lizzy House, Halloween and Aurifil?! How exciting :) That is a huge pile of scraps. I'd like the think I don't have that many but methinks I protest too much. Except I usually end up with tons of small triangles.
Cuteness, don't feel bad about my room, more importantly, no matter what your room looks like, you have those fabulous windows to look out of everyday. Super stash, super giveaways in the future!
It is so hard to take the plunge and begin organizing but it feels amazing about half way through and then totally exciting when you're done. Good luck and great job!
I've stored my scraps according to size regardless of colour but after seeing you on the floor with all the colour baskets I think I may change my storage system. Thanks for sharing.
I think we all understand. I couple of months ago I dumped out all my scraps too and sorted them by color. This year I'm going to actually use some of them up.
You've inspired me to sort mine. Your quilt is beautiful.
Officially, my son would love that fire truck!


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I thought I would share another print set. I ended up not offering this one for the Kickstarter but I really love it. Maybe I'll set up an online shop for my prints...who knows.
Just another image I forgot about. I am in the process of making a new website and that means going through the masses of images I have shot over the past couple of years. This one is from the Musee de la Chasse in Paris. It's a weird one, but I love it!
I love wild things that have a mind of their own.


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Bit.Trip Beat hits the New Zealand App Store for iPhone and iPad
Out.now in New Zealand
By Simon Reed
| Bit.Trip Beat
Bit.Trip Beat has been approved by Apple in time for its UK release on iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad tomorrow.
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All three levels from the original WiiWare version of the game are present, but three more levels, exclusive to iOS users, are available for an extra £1.19/$1.99/€1.59.
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You can't talk about a power supplies nowadays without mentioning known brands such as Corsair,Thermaltake and CoolMaster. But have you ever heard of this company who goes by the name Cougar? Well you know of the cat,but you don't is Cougar like most companies that manufacture hardware also make power supplies. They have a particular unit that has gained some attention,at least it got mines and its CMD Digital Power Supply.
The uniqueness with their newest unit, it's a digital power supply with a built-in fan controller, you can monitor and control various portions of your PSU through software,yes there is actually software that comes with this unit and it controls all the units voltage levels.
Focusing on the fan controller,its a 3-pin connectors that is integrated right in back of the PSU. Its intended for the cases fan,two of which monitors and is controlled through Cougars UIX software.
Just right above the fan ports includes a sensor that can be placed anywhere in your system for additional monitoring of the units temperature.
The CMD power supply unti is available in 500W and 600W,both models will include a single +12V rails (40A on the 500W, 49A on the 600W). These two modular units will have three 4-pin peripheral connectors, 5( 500W) or 6(600W) SATA connectors, two PCI-E 8(6+2) pin connectors, a single 24 (20 +4) pin connectors, and a single 8 (4+4) pin CPU connector.
Cougar states that the CMD Digital PSU line will be available for purchase next month,no word yet on price point.


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The Armstrong Scholarship was established in 2011 by the parents of Chris Armstrong, the first openly gay student-elected president of the Michigan Student Assembly, now called the Central Student Government. Armstrong made national headlines in his last year of attending University of Michigan when he was publicly rebuked for his sexuality.
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Some kettles have a built-in thermostat in the lid, which is useful, especially with teas that need to be brewed at much lower temps to get the best results. Also I read using water that's too hot can bring out bad flavors in coffee. A thermostat just sounds like a good idea.
Edited by Grass Snake, 30 January 2019 - 12:08 AM.
When I talk about a hario v60, I am talking about the glass or ceramic cone you put the paper filter and grounds in not the kettle.
I use a 1L electric kettle and bring to boil.
Water boils at 212 f normally, but 210 at my elevation.
I check with an instant read thermometer after about 1.5 to 2 mins off the boil, until it reads 205 f. By the time I am done with bloom and pour over it is about 195.
There are some kettles you can set temperature and maintain it but they are more expensive than I want to pay.
A little experimentation with an induction element and that manual kettle and it will hold proper temp all day. My local coffee shop ran that set up for years before they invested in some high end variable temp electric ones.
Edited by Ashen, 30 January 2019 - 02:41 AM.
A wise man never argues with a skunk, a mule, or a cook.
Gotcha, I leave the water 3-5min after it boils before adding to coffee/tea, drink will become bitter if boiling water is used.
Got new Burr grinder, nice Bodum.
Did a couple new bean Roasts.
Sweet. Did you ever pick up the blueberry flavour from those beans you ordered?
How much was the bodum btw? When my cheapass burr grinder dies I want to step up my coffee game with a better grinder.
$65, but their on sale at the Bodum site for $45, trying to get a price match. Grinder is great, uniform, not noise, and no static cling like most Ive seen and had, just a touch.
Came across this "Keto Coffee" info on youtube and thought I would try it.
Tasted real good, 1 tbsp each or Organic Butter and Coconut oil and blitzed. Strictly regular breakfast replacement experiment, see how long it lasts. Costa Rica Coffee.
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Tried this one and it does add a kick. World's strongest coffee...not so sure. Cheers!
Nice smooth full bodied with a hint of chocolate aftertaste.


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Q: Getting props in reagent's :reagent-render function I Javascript's version of react I can use
  this.props

but what can I use to gave props in
  :reagent-render

callback?
I am trying to do as done here in Chart.js line 14.

A: To answer your question, you can access the component and props in reagent-render by doing something like this
(ns chartly.core
  (:require
    [reagent.ratom :as ra]
    [reagent.core :as r]))

(defn data-fn [implicit-this]
  ;; use implicit-this as needed, which is equivalent to "this"
  ;; From create-class docs -
  ;;    :component-did-mount (fn [this])
 )

(defn chart-render []
  (let [comp     (r/current-component)     ;; Reagent method
        r-props  (r/props comp)            ;; Reagent method
        js-props (.-props (clj->js comp))]
      (js/console.log "PROPS" r-props)     ;;--  etc...
    [:div {:style {:width 100}}]))

(def data (ra/atom {})) ;;--> see more info on reagent-atom

(defn chart-component []
  (r/create-class
   {:component-did-mount data-fn
    :display-name "chart-component"
    :reagent-render chart-render}))

    To use -
    [chart-component]

However, this is anti-pattern and will be quite difficult to manage, since you are trying to update data prop internally with component-did-mount, which, on completion, would need to manually signal the React component to update itself.
One of the features of Reagent is that is offers to  detect changes and updating the component, usually using atom. See Managing State in Reagent for more info.
What you are looking to do is exactly what the Re-frame Framework is helping to manage. You set-up a data-store, and when the store changes, it signals to subscribers (React elements) to update accordingly, and you don't have to handle the signal changes yourself.
There are some edge cases where tapping into the lifecyle events are necessary, especially with charts and other drawing libraries, but I might recommend re-visiting if you find reagent atoms and/or the re-frame library insufficient for your needs. Hope this helps.

A: As far as I see, you accept some Hiccup data from a user as a string, right? And then try to evaluate it into user namespace, where only reagent library is loaded?
First, the more you build your further code to evaluate, the more difficult to understand it becomes. You could use something like this:
(binding [*ns* user-ns] (eval (read-string user-data)))

Also, to prevent wrong input, it would be better to validate user's input either with Schema or clojure.spac libraries. Since read-string returns a data structure, it might be checked with those two as well. So you would see an error before starting to evaluate something.

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Kim Jong Un's banished uncle emerges as possible successor in North Korea
As mystery over North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un's health continued to deepen, many questions have been raised about his potential successor.
While political analysts and onlookers first turned to Un's sister as next in line, yet another face has now emerged as the potential future ruler of North Korea – Jong-un's uncle Kim Pyong Il.
Though relegated to the background for decades, Kim Pyong Il has always been considered a serious contender to the throne due to his lineage.
Kim Pyong Il:
Kim Pyong Il is Kim Jong-un's paternal uncle and the last known son of former premier and founder of North Korea Kim Il Sung to survive. Il, who is 65, was exiled abroad for about four decades after losing to Il Sun's second son and Jong-un's father Kim Jong Il, who ruled North Korea after his father's death in 1994 till 2011. Jong-un took over leadership after the demise of the former.
Pyong il was sent on diplomatic exile from 1979 onward after Jong-il convinced their father Kim il Sung that he was ineligible for ruling, thanks to his "womanising" reputation, IB Times reported.
During Il's stay abroad, he worked in diplomatic positions in several countries where North Korea has interests including Poland, Hungary, Finland, Bulgaria, and Czech Republic. He only returned to Pyongyang last year.
Why is he important?
Despite the widespread buzz around Jong-un's younger sister Kim Yo-jong, the truth remains that patriarchal and conservative society and male-dominated politics in North Korea would not allow a woman to assume the role of the supreme leader.
Even though Yo-jong has reportedly been by Jong-un's side ever since his mysterious sickness and has allegedly been gaining power and political traction in Korea, it is unlikely for North Korean leadership to choose a woman, despite her being from the "Baekdu bloodline," or the dictator's family.
As per a report in Bloomberg, North Korea's former deputy ambassador to UK, Thae Yong Ho, said that the 32-year-old Yo-jong may not get the role due to her gender and her age.
He said that with Yo-jung at the helm, there will be chaos amid the top leadership as well as the country. "The problem is that a Kim Yo Jong-led North Korea is unlikely to be sustainable," he told Bloomberg.
Relations with Jong-un:
Pyong Il, the son of Il Sung and his secretary Kim Song Ae, has never been on good terms with his half brother Jong-il or his successor Kim Jong-un.
In December 2013, Jong-un had Pyong-il's sister's husband Gen Chang sung Taek executed as punishment for alleged counter-revolutionary activities.
According to reports, Pyon Il, who returned to Pyongyang last November after his retirement from office, has been in house arrest since.
Some feel that the fact that his name is name could be a testimony to North Korea's negative attitudes regarding appointing women to power.
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(Phys.org)—Quadrotors that can not only successfully fly in the air but can also roll along on the ground represent the kind of exercise that moves researchers at the Robotics Lab at Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), which is part of the Mechanical, Materials, and Aerospace Engineering Department. Engineers there have developed a vehicle that indeed can move on land and air. The IIT 's research is centered on robotics, working toward a better understanding of how mobile systems may perform in challenging environments, including terrain interactions. Their HyTAQ (Hybrid Terrestrial and Aerial Quadrotor) has four rotors for flying but is also surrounded by a cylindrical cage constructed from polycarbonate and carbon fiber.
The crash-proof device acts like a wheel when it's on the ground, as well as a shock absorber, and it can avoid banging into walls. The cage can roll freely; the HyTAQ engineers said that the device works well in indoor and outdoor environments even when wind gusts prohibit successful aerial locomotion.
The team highlighted the difference between HyTAQ and aerial-only devices, saying that the HyTAQ is more energy-efficient. During terrestrial locomotion, the robot only needs to overcome rolling resistance and consumes much less energy compared to the aerial mode. Their experiments showed that it can travel four times more and operate almost six times longer than an aerial-only machine. "This solves one of the most vexing problems of quadrotors and rotorcraft in general—their short operation time," they said.
HyTAQ moves seamlessly from ground to air and back again "It also solves one of the most challenging problems in terrestrial robot design—obstacle avoidance. When an obstacle is encountered, the system simply flies over it."
Another success factor in its design, they said, was indeed the cage."Adding a rolling cage to the quadrotor makes terrestrial locomotion possible using the same actuator set and control system."
Doctoral candidate Arash Kalantari and Prof. Matthew Spenko are the two researchers behind the HyTAQ robot. Earlier this year, Kalantari won the June 2012 Innovation award from the Boca Bearing Company's Innovation Contest. The award-winning device had features that indicate Kalantari and Spenko would go in this HyTAQ direction. Kalantari's Walking Quadrotor Aerial Vehicle was the showcased winner, described as a hybrid robot capable of both aerial and terrestrial locomotion. "A unique compliant mechanism design makes it possible to use a single actuator set for both walking and flying. This is advantageous because it reduces both the total weight of the system and the control system complexity," he said. Four brushless DC motors provided the required thrust for flying. He said his goal in building the walking quadrotor aerial device lay in his effort "to increase the functionality of a well-known flying mechanism (quadrotor) without adding any primary actuator to the system and by just using the same system actuators."
That's some great engineering work!
Think of realistic uses for this.
I figure land/ice surveys in the Arctic and Antarctic.
Wonderful work of imagination! Now, couldn't this concept be somehow scaled up into a human-carrying vehicle, such as a personal flying car for everyday use? It would certainly reduce the need for so many highways and roads.
Why a robot? A ballast tail should suffice. Make ballast the battery. That would obstruct the roll cage, but would prove the computer redundant and a useless weight.
I doubt this unit has a price below the $100 needed for off-the-shelf radio control parts.


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Who is Bitcoin founder Satoshi Nakamoto?
No one knows the real identity of Satoshi Nakamoto, whether its an individual or a group of people behind the name.
Desmond O'Flynn
There seems to be no stopping Bitcoin as the cryptocurrency recently hit $10,000. According to Coindesk, Bitcoin stayed at $9,800 on Wednesday but eventually reached its milestone at 8:30 p.m. ET. By 10:30 p.m. ET, bitcoin edged higher at $10,358.31.
In October, former Fortress hedge fund manager Michael Novogratz predicted that bitcoin could reach $10,000 in the "next six to 10 months." Novogratz later added in a segment on CNBC's "Fast Money" that bitcoin could reach $40,000 by the end of 2018.
However, there are still some individuals who doubt the legitimacy of the cryptocurrency. JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said that bitcoin is a "fraud," while BlackRock CEO Larry Fink described bitcoin as an "index of money laundering."
Air of mystery
Despite the current status of bitcoin, the cryptocurrency still has some air of mystery to it. One of these is that it is used in illegal transactions. Because bitcoin is favored by criminals due to its anonymity, it has been used as a payment method in the more recent WannaCry ransomware attacks.
In May, the WannaCry attack began in Europe and it used malware that exploited a flaw in Windows security. It locked out a user out of their computer and the cybercriminals behind the attack demanded a ransom payable only in Bitcoin to unlock the system. In turn, the attackers received thousands of dollars in bitcoin.
Adding to the mysteriousness of bitcoin is one name behind it: Satoshi Nakamoto. It is presumed that Nakamoto is just a pseudonym for one person or a group of unidentified individuals. Nakamoto is responsible for creating bitcoin and the bitcoin white paper. Online, Nakamoto said that he was a 37-year-old Japanese native. However, this is widely disputed as Nakamoto displayed a perfect use of English and the bitcoin software is not labeled or translated at that time into Japanese.
In addition to this, Nakamoto used British English in the code and comments. It is also said that his posting times were quiet between 5 and 11 a.m. British time, speculating that he resides somewhere in the GMT -5 to GMT -6 region.
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There are reasons why Nakamoto opted to hide his identity. Due to bitcoin's high profile, it's highly probable that he did not want the attention. Another theory is that an international alliance created bitcoin so that they can have a currency that can be used should the banking system that they control suffer a crash.
Moreover, Nakamoto also included a message in the Genesis block, which is the first block of a blockchain in which the foundation of bitcoin is built on. In it, Nakamoto mentioned the bank bailouts that happened in 2008, which implies that the banking system is corrupt and is one of the reasons why he created bitcoin.
Bitcoin surges past record level value but it remains unregulated and shrouded in mystery. (Source)
Has anyone tried confirming the identity of Nakamoto?
According to an article published by Medium, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security knows who Nakamoto is, but will not publicly confirm Nakamoto's real name and identity. It's a common knowledge that Nakamoto took great care in concealing his identity by means of using encryption and obfuscation methods in his communications.
What the DHS did use to uncover the real identity, however, is Nakamoto's own words. The article said that according to a source, the NSA used a "writer invariant" method of stylometry to compare Nakamoto's "known" writing with writing samples. The method results in a "fingerprint" that could be compared to other writing.
The article also said that so much work went into identifying Nakamoto because the Obama administration was concerned that he might be an agent of Russia or China and that bitcoin could be used against people in the future.
Possible identity of Nakamoto?
The sure but steady rise of bitcoin is drawing attention as to who really Nakamoto really is. In addition to this, there's also the fact that the mysterious individual responsible for bitcoin is now worth over $7 billion.
A former SpaceX intern named Sahil Gupta wrote an article on Medium who theorized that Satoshi Nakamoto is actually Elon Musk. Gupta wrote that Musk could be the person behind bitcoin as he has an understanding of economics and cryptography, advanced knowledge of coding languages and called the SpaceX founder a "polymath."
Gupta also wrote that Musk was probably motivated to solve the lack of trust in banks by "creating a currency that doesn't need them" following the recession in 2008. He also said that while Musk does not own any bitcoin, it is still consistent with the "Good Satoshi" who deleted his one million bitcoins or $8 billion.
Despite these claims, Musk shot down Gupta's theory and denied that he is Nakamoto. In a tweet, Musk said, "Not true. A friend sent me part of a BTC a few years, but I don't know where it is."
For years people have been trying to find out the real identity of Nakamoto. And with the high value of bitcoin and the many legal uses it has, it looks like the search for the mysterious Bitcoin creator won't be over anytime soon.
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There's rich literary pickings in Queensland, Australia, as the shortlist for the Queensland Literary Awards reveals. It used to be the Queensland Premier's Award until the Government pulled its support but all credit to the businesses and academic organisations that stepped in to provide the funds for the Awards to continue.
There are 42 books, whittled down from more than 200 entries, in the running for awards in more than 10 categories. The spectrum covered is vast. The Man Who Invented Vegemite (that oh-so-Australian spread) by James Callister is one of the six battling it out for Book of the Year. Kristina Olsson's Boy, Lost tells the heart-wrenching story of the life-long impact on a young woman and her family after her son is stolen from her by an abusive partner. Or there's Jane Lydon's The Flash of Recognition which looks at the role of photography as a tool for change and reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. Or Murray Bail's The Voyage about Sydney piano manufacturer who travels to Vienna to present his unique concert grand piano. And as Narelle Oliver wisely warns, Don't Let a Spoonbill in the Kitchen.
The full roll call of short-listed books and authors is below and you can find out what the judges thought at http://www.queenslandliteraryawards.com/2013-shortlists.html. You can also vote on-line for the Queensland Book of the Year and People's Favourite.
Book of the Year: The Man Who Invented Vegemite by James Callister, Three Crooked Kings by Matthew Condon, My Hundred Lovers by Susan Johnson, Mullumbimby by Melissa Lucashenko, The Secret Keeper, Kate Morton and Boy, Lost by Kristina Olsson.
Fiction: The Voyage by Murray Bail telling the story , Lost Voices by Christopher Koch, Mullumbimby by Melissa Lucashenko and My Hundred Lovers by Susan Johnson.
Non Fiction: Sandakan by Paul Ham, Boy, Lost by Kristina Olsson, Gough Whitlam, His Time by Jenny Hocking, Madness, a Memoir by Kate Richards and Give Me Excess Of It by Richard Gill.
History: Antarctica by David Day, Children of the Occupation by Walter Hamilton, The Flash of Recognition by Jane Lyndon, The Ambitions of Jane Franklin by Alison Alexander and Our Stories by Lawrence Bamblett.
Poetry Collection: Eldershaw by Stephen Edgar, Haunted Rooms by Paul Hetherington, Jam Tree Gully by John Kinsella, Subtle Persuasive Protest by Gig Ryan and Prepare the Cabin for Landing by Alan Wearne.
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GPLv3 licensing and Software-as-a-Service web apps [duplicate]
Using GPL libraries without modification on a commercial website, do I need to make my source code available? [duplicate] 2 answers
Does a website running modified GPL software have an obligation to release their changes? [duplicate] 1 answer
I am trying to figure out once and for all how the GPLv3 interacts with web applications, specifically SaaS applications. I haven't been able to find a concrete answer about this.
Let's say I have a SaaS web app that users can purchase a monthly subscription to and access. The source code is not distributed or made available to the customers in any way, shape or form and their only interaction is via the website and any APIs that I've provided via web services.
If I am using a third-party library licensed under the GPLv3, let's say a UI toolkit like Telerik's "KendoUI" (the open source version of which is licensed under GPLv3), then am I required to provide the source code for my web app (and therefore, in effect, make it worthless to sell as the source code would be readily available)?
I am aware that the Affero GPL does require this and was specifically created to close the "loophole" wherein you could use open-source libraries in a web app and never have to release your own source code (which IMO kind of defeats the purpose of a web app, but neither here nor there), but it doesn't appear that the standard GPLv3 license has this clause (in fact it appears to have been taken out specifically because of the backlash it would cause).
Is this understanding correct? In other words, unless I want to open source my proprietary application, I should steer clear of anything using the Affero GPL, but the GPLv3 and others are fine as the "loophole" still exists within those?
licensing software-as-a-service
Wayne MolinaWayne Molina
marked as duplicate by user40980, gnat, Corbin March, TZHX, mattnz Sep 6 '13 at 7:37
possible duplicate of Does a website running modified GPL software have an obligation to release their changes?, If I used GPL code in server side app, what if any of my code do I need to release?, What constitutes "distributing" for LGPL v3 and Using GPL libraries without modification on a commercial website, do I need to make my source code available? – user40980 Sep 6 '13 at 1:59
See also on Stack Overflow If I use GNU GPL code with my own server-side code, do I need to open my server-side code as GPL? and Difference between Affero-GPL and GPLv3 – user40980 Sep 6 '13 at 2:02
Since JavaScript is the new assembler, the third party libraries you use might cause executable code to be sent to the browser. If that code is GPL licenced without an exemption such as in the Bison licence, you might need to open your source code. – Jouni K. Seppänen Sep 6 '13 at 10:08
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Q: Trigger input on Gitlab Ci I'm so curious about trigger input on gitlab CI pipeline *cmiiw.
So, the main problem when there's any prompt on Node.js like this,
Ubuntu

But when i'm trying to implementation into Gitlab CI, there's any error something like this
Gitlab.CI

This is my gitlab.ci.yml script
image: node:latest

cache:
  paths:
  - node_modules/

all_tests:
  script:
   - npm install
   - npm run setup
   - John Doe \n
   - npm run test

A: First, CI best-practices suggest you create a --force or --no-interactive variant of your installer, to omit interactive input in case of automated deploys.
A workaround could be to use the yes unix util. This util lets you feed a string to interactive input like this (in your case):
image: node:latest

cache:
  paths:
  - node_modules/

all_tests:
  script:
   - npm install
   - yes 'Gitlab CI' | npm run setup
   - npm run test

This will answer 'Gitlab CI' to all questions asked so its rather limited.
Btw; I think you mean .gitlab-ci.yml instead of travis.ci.yml in your question?


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Q: Determining if mouse click happened in left or right half of DIV I was wondering if it's possible to calculate if a mouse click happened over the left or right half of the div element:
$("div").click(function(e){
 // calculate if click happened on left or right half
});

Variable Content

Was hoping there would be a way to get the relative coordinates and relate them to the width of the div?

A: A working JS solution:
onClick(e) {
    const clickTarget = e.target;
    const clickTargetWidth = clickTarget.offsetWidth;
    const xCoordInClickTarget = e.clientX - clickTarget.getBoundingClientRect().left;
    if (clickTargetWidth / 2 > xCoordInClickTarget) {
      // clicked left
    } else {
      // clicked right
    }
  }

A: This should do it:
$("div").click(function(e){
    var $div = $(this);
    alert(e.pageX >= ($div.offset().left + $div.width()/2) ? 'clicked right' : 'clicked left');
});

A: var x = evt.pageX - $(this).offset().left

if (x > $(this).width()/2) {
  //Right half
} else {
  //Left half
}

So the full code would be
$("div").click(function(e){
   // calculate if click happened on left or right half
  var x = evt.pageX - $(this).offset().left

  if (x > $(this).width()/2) {
    //Right half
  } else {
    //Left half
  }
});

A: $("div").click(function(e){
   var pWidth = $(this).innerWidth(); //use .outerWidth() if you want borders
   var pOffset = $(this).offset();
   var x = e.pageX - pOffset.left;
    if(pWidth/2 > x)
        $(this).text('left');
    else
        $(this).text('right');
});

DEMO:
http://jsfiddle.net/dirtyd77/QRKn7/1/
Hope this helps! Let me know if you have any questions!

A: To get the position of mouse within, you can calculate the difference between the mouse position and the div offset. Then compare it with the half width of the div itself and voilà.
EDIT
$(function ()
{

    $("#test").click(function(e){
       var offset = $(this).offset();
       var pos_x = e.pageX - offset.left;
       var middle = $(this).outerWidth() / 2;

       if(pos_x < middle)
       {
           alert('left part');
       }
       else
       {
             alert('right part');
       }
    });

});

You can check it out here:
http://jsfiddle.net/kZuML/

A: Fiddle because you know - YOLO!
$("#special").on('click', function(e){

    var x = e.pageX - this.offsetLeft;
    var y = e.pageY - this.offsetTop; //You probably don't need Y. Unless you want to know height as well.

    var width = $(this).width(),
        where = width / 2;
    if( x > where ){
        console.log("Click was on the right");
    } else {
        console.log("Click was on the left");
    }
});

A: PURE JAVASCRIPT solution-Joining late to the party. but recenlty done this using my code.
on body tag or div  give it ID and call javascript function  eg.  id="tt" onclick="showCoords(event)"

 function showCoords(event) {
        var x = event.clientX;
        var y = event.clientY;
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I LOVE this Megurine Luka figure so much. BUT... her hair on this figure is more of a purple-ish than it is pink. Just pointing this out for sticklers out there such as myself lol. I still recommend her though!
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The idea of passive house design isn't new. It was first promoted in the early 1990s.
But the concept — virtually airtight buildings, heavily insulated and using triple-glazed windows, requiring little energy for heating or cooling — has yet to capture the public's imagination. Part of the problem may be people's lack of exposure to a passive house. There just aren't that many to visit.
"Unless you can show the public the projects under construction, then stand in it when it's finished, I think it's hard to understand the passive house," says Julie Torres Moskovitz, the founding principal at Fabrica718, an award-winning Brooklyn design firm.
Torres Moskovitz estimates there may be 40,000 certified passive house buildings in the world, but probably fewer than 50 projects in the United States.
"There are also a lot of houses being built with the passive house (concept) in mind that don't quite reach the (certification) level," she says.
The stringent passive house — or Passivhaus — standards and the Passive House Planning Package software were developed by the Passive House Institute in Germany. The U.S.-based Passive House Institute is currently formulating its own standards. The PHPP software incorporates a designer's calculations and helps design a passive house.
A passive house saves up to 90 percent of space heating costs and 75 percent of overall energy costs, though some European studies indicate the numbers may be even higher.
Torres Moskovitz has been waving the passive house banner for several years. She was the project manager on Tighthouse, the first passive house in New York City. Certified by the Passive House Institute in Germany, it's a retrofit of an 1899 brownstone and was completed in 2012. And now she has written "The Greenest Home: Superinsulated and Passive House Design" (Princeton Architectural Press). Even the book fell victim to the public's lack of awareness.
"It took me a while to write the book, and I figured that by the time it came out everyone would be familiar. I thought the title would be 'Passive House,' but the publisher said the public was not familiar enough. So we used it in the subhead. I'm waiting for the idea to hit that tipping point. It's starting to grow. But until (President Barack) Obama speaks about it when he talks about energy efficiency, it's not going to reach the public."
Once it does reach the public, however, it clicks.
She tells about a tour of Tighthouse on a cool, rainy day in October. After the tour was over, she noticed that visitors were just hanging around. The heat hadn't been turned on, but the fresh air ventilators were working, providing constant fresh air — she compares the air quality to a spa. The building was just too comfortable to leave.
There are also misconceptions. People worry about being sealed into a building where the windows don't open (they do). There are fears that the cost is prohibitive (it's only a 3 to 5 percent differential from standard construction, and that is recouped quickly in energy savings). Or there are concerns about radon gas coming up through the earth.
"What we did in our retrofit, which is similar to what they did in Europe, we tore up the existing concrete slab, dug into the soil under the home, installed pipes for drainage, then a new slab was air sealed," says Torres Moskovitz, who studied for a year in Ireland, where radon is an issue. "We had to insulate all around with rigid insulation. Under that is a 15 mil material — like a plastic tarp almost — we wrapped across, went under the slab went up and taped so there could be no leaking."
Consumers interested in passive house design often avail themselves of other energy-saving ideas — rainwater collection or solar power, for example — that fall outside the realm of the passive house. In the long run, that's more savings. But the key is getting people familiar with the concept.
"People learning about it are so into it, maybe it becomes a bottoms-up approach, comes from the public and then the government has to react to our demand," Torres Moskovitz says. "There's definitely interest in the building community, but it has a way to go before everyone understands."


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Posted byadmin	 September 30, 2021
An arena in Denver, Colorado, is the perfect place to watch sports and relax.
But for fans of hockey, that's not the only reason.
The arena, which opened in January, is home to the Kings, Avalanche and Colorado Avalanche of the National Hockey League (NHL).
It is also home to an arena that is often referred to as the 'simmins bank arena,' a name that refers to the ice that fills the arena's roof.
But there are other reasons people flock to the arena, too.
The city's largest employer is the state-owned Denver HealthCare, which has an office there.
Its headquarters also sits at the arena.
In fact, the Denver Nuggets play at the home of the arena in a downtown arena that seats 20,000.
"It's the most beautiful place to be, the most exciting place to go to in the world," said Michael Zimbalist, a former NHL goalie and current sports columnist for the Associated Press.
"The arena is a great place to play."
That's why it's been named after a city, not an individual.
The name "simmens bank" refers to an ancient city in the ancient Greek city of Samos.
The building that now houses the arena has been in the city's name for more than 100 years.
It was built in 1921 to house the Denver Healthcare Medical Center, a hospital that operated for nearly half a century before moving to a new facility in the 1990s.
The hospital's old building has been converted into an office building, which is where the arena is now.
The original hospital was built to house about 30,000 people.
It is now the largest healthcare facility in Colorado.
The name was changed in 1978 to reflect the city and its population.
The current arena was named after the city in honour of a former mayor, Mike O'Reilly.
O'Brien became the first African American mayor in Denver in 1981.
In 2013, he was elected as mayor, and he said he felt the name change reflected the community's identity.
"This arena is an acknowledgement of who we are and where we come from, and it is a reminder that we are a diverse city," he said.
"It's a reflection of our history, and I think that's what's important to us."
There are also some people who say it's a place to have fun.
"If you look at the history of the city, it's not a very good place to hang out," said Gary Suter, the president of the Denver Downtown Partnership.
"So the people who live there are people who like to party."
The arena has also been known to host concerts.
In the summer, a performance by the legendary jazz duo John Coltrane and the Blackhearts was held at the building.
In 2017, the band's drummer, Brian Miller, told the Denver Post he was planning to retire from the band.
"I'm a huge fan of the Nuggets, I really am," Miller said.
"So I'm going to give it a go, I think.
If it works out, I'll come back."
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Things seem kinda slow ... So when will Conflict of Heroes go to the Spanish Civil War?
Hey all I don't have this game series yet so I am doing some recon on it. So I would love to get all you guys know.
An all new series of SoS firefights has been posted on the CoH website called the Charkasskoye assault. It is 4 games that play side by side, playable by up to 8 people. Each game influences the others. Players can also play each segment of the battle individually or in twos, etc.
Great to hear Jim. :) Thanks. Make sure to download the free firefights from online. I will be posting the new counters for PoH in the next week. I hope you all will be pleasantly surprised.
I just got a copy of Storm of Steel as a gift. It looks amazing.
Got to play a friends copy of SoS. Played FF1 & FF3. You can see my brief AAR on BGG.


Super Indie Karts is a classic retro 16-bit style karting game, with Time Trials, Grand Prix, and Battle Modes! The game was KickStarted late in 2014 and is aimed for completion later in 2015. You don't have to wait until completion though as you can join in now with Early Access to the Super Indie Karts BETA builds!
The BETA currently features over 20 characters and 15 tracks to play Single Player in Grand Prix mode. More play modes, characters, players, and features will be added as the weeks till release drift on by. The Early Access price will also reduce at the end of each month.
Play with a mix of original oddball characters, and some super Indie Game crossover characters, around the world in iconic locations or in some super Indie Game themed tracks! It might get a little bumpy out there though as there are plenty of weapons on the track to give you a spin: Melon Cannons, Exploding Pineapples, Melted Gelatos, Heatseeking Loconuts, and 3 different strength Chilli Boosts!
Indie Crossovers so far include: - Whispering Willows - Fist Of Awesome - Read Only Memories - Lobodestroyo - Canabalt - Duck Game - So Many Me - Toto Temple Deluxe - Aegis Defenders - Adventures Of Pip - Shutshimi - Gentlemen Ricochet - A.R.E.S. - Holobunnies - Clive'N'Wrench - Cross Code - PowerDrive2000 - and many more to come! With over 40 tracks to race on, in 3 speed classes, plus mirror mode, there's plenty of achievements and unlocks to keep you drifting and burning pixel rubber 'till the cows come home.


Get ready for game time with these easy Basketball Peanut Butter Crackers!
Do you live in an area that is enthusiastic for basketball this time of the year? I definitely do! Basketball fever is strong with all ages here where we live. My son came home from school last week telling how a boy at his table insisted that he declare his favorite basketball team to the class so that they all know for whom he is rooting. Did I mention that my son is in preschool? Haha!
We prep for game day with tasty snacks that accompany the basketball theme. It's hard to cheer on my favorite team if I am stuck in the kitchen, so I stick with easy to prep snacks that can be made ahead of time. I grab everyone's favorite items, like OREO® Cookies, RITZ® Crackers, Coca-Cola® Classic, and POWERADE® Mountain Berry Blast, while on a Target run. I like using my Cartwheel app, especially when I can save 25% on these game day snacks. Game day prep made easy, just like this Basketball Peanut Butter Cracker recipe.
The ingredient list for the recipe is wonderfully short. You may already have most of these items in your pantry!
Your favorite melting chocolate- this can be melting chocolate squares, black melting discs, frosting that you choose to pipe, or (my personal favorite) ready made decorator's icing in a piping bag.
Place an ample amount of peanut butter in between two RITZ® Crackers, making sure that the edges are clean and that minimal to no peanut butter is hanging off the sides.
Melt the orange discs according to the package directions.
Dip the peanut butter crackers into the bowl. Do you see the yummy RITZ® Cracker goodness peeking here? Yum!
Use the melting chocolate to create the look of a basketball on top.
Serve on a tray alongside plain RITZ® Crackers for those who enjoy savory along with their sweet!
And, of course, pair them with everyone's favorite beverages, like Coca-Cola® Classic and POWERADE®.
Grab all the items for game day at your house on your next Target run. Save 25% on all the game day must haves listed on this page with the Target Cartwheel app! In addition to this savings, from 3/11/18-4/7/18 RITZ® Crackers are 2/$5 and POWERADE® 8-pack 20oz is on sale for $3.99 in-store.
Peanut butter cracker sandwiches were one of my favorite snacks as a kid! This is such a creative play on them that both kids and adults would love. They'd be perfect for a kid's game or a March Madness party.
These peanut butter crackers are a wonderful snack while watching any sports. I think they're great as comfort food and easy to pair with any drink. The basketball theme looks so creative!
OH! How adorable are these! I love peanut butter crackers and wow covering them in chocolate? Adds a whole new level of flavor to them!
This is a fantastic idea! I love it! We are basketball fans in my house and also cracker fans who love peanut butter so this is perfect for us. I can not wait to do this creative idea! Thanks for sharing!
This is such a fun idea!! We are ready for the big tournament and need some fun treats for our weekends. I am totally making these with my kids this weekend!
Oh how cool. I've never thought of doing that with Ritz. I've always just did it with Oreos. Thanks for suggesting that. The kids happen to love Ritz, oh and ya, me too! LOL! That's actually better so the mix of salty and sweet works. Maybe we'll make it pink basketball instead, hehe. With Coke for me by the way!
These are a cute and easy snack to make. My friends and I are big basketball fans, so this would be a great dish to include when we have our game nights. Thanks for sharing!
I always come up short when it comes to snack foods for my husband's game days. He'd enjoy these basketball crackers. I'm not sure which will delight him more … my intentions or the food itself.
Wanna bump it up a notch!!! melt a rollo between the crackers and then dip in the chocolate…line a cookie sheet with a layer of crackers..place one rollo in the center of each cracker and place in the oven at 350 degrees for 3 to 4 minutes..remove from oven and place a cracker on top, mashing it down slightly…let cool and dip in melted chocolate..The combination of the caramel, salt and chocolate is out of this world..
I've made those at Christmas but I sure wish I would have thought of this when my son was younger. He was crazy for basketball and this would have been so fun for a party. Maybe I'll do for another event for him.
What a cute idea! I love this for parties!!


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We have a team of practitioners led by Lisa that specialise in Special Educational Needs and hold relevant training in this area and Speech and Language. The team will work closely with the Key Person and family to ensure the child has everything they need and that all other relevant professionals involved with the child and their family are on hand.
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Image via WikipediaOn September 10, President Obama announced his intent to nominate Pamela Ann White to be Ambassador to the Republic of The Gambia. The WH released the following brief bio:
Pamela Ann White is a member of the Senior Foreign Service with the rank of Career Minister. She has served since 2008 as the USAID Mission Director in Liberia. She also served as Mission Director in Mali and Tanzania. Ms. White has served in a variety of overseas posts as the Executive Officer including Senegal, Haiti, Egypt and South Africa. Before becoming an Executive Officer, she was the Community Liaison Officer in Burkina Faso. In Washington she was named USAID Chief of Recruitment and Personnel Planning. She also served in the Bureaus of Global Affairs and Africa. She started her foreign service career as a Peace Corps volunteer in Cameroon in 1971.
Ms. White received her B.A. in journalism from the University of Maine, an M.A. from the School for International Training, and an M.S. from the Industrial College of Armed Forces.
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Q: AttributeError: 'tuple' object has no attribute 'low_connectivity_nodes' I am trying to following the 'Pandana network accessibility demo' Github repo (https://github.com/gboeing/urban-data-science/blob/2017/20-Accessibility-Walkability/pandana-accessibility-demo-full.ipynb).
So far, when copying and pasting the code everything was fine but a problem has appeared when I ran this:
start_time = time.time()
if os.path.isfile(net_filename):
    # if a street network file already exists, just load the dataset from that
    network = pandana.network.Network.from_hdf5(net_filename)
    method = 'loaded from HDF5'
else:
    # otherwise, query the OSM API for the street network within the specified bounding box
    network = osm.network_from_bbox(bbox[0], bbox[1], bbox[2], bbox[3])
    method = 'downloaded from OSM'

    # identify nodes that are connected to fewer than some threshold of other nodes within a given distance
    lcn = network.low_connectivity_nodes(impedance=1000, count=10, imp_name='distance')
    network.save_hdf5(net_filename, rm_nodes=lcn) #remove low-connectivity nodes and save to h5

print('Network with {:,} nodes {} in {:,.2f} secs'.format(len(network.node_ids), method, time.time()-start_time))

This the error that I am getting:
AttributeError                            Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-7-693cbbc8dc72> in <module>()
     10
     11     # identify nodes that are connected to fewer than some threshold of other nodes within a given distance
---> 12     lcn = network.low_connectivity_nodes(impedance=1000, count=10, imp_name='distance')
     13     network.save_hdf5(net_filename, rm_nodes=lcn) #remove low-connectivity nodes and save to h5
     14

AttributeError: 'tuple' object has no attribute 'low_connectivity_nodes'

A: you can solve this error by doing below
network = osm.network_from_bbox(bbox[0], bbox[1], bbox[2], bbox[3])
network=pandana.Network(network[0]["x"],network[0]["y"], network[1]["from"], network[1]["to"],
                 network[1][["distance"]])
lcn = network.low_connectivity_nodes(impedance=1000, count=10, imp_name='distance')
network.save_hdf5(net_filename, rm_nodes=lcn) #remove low-connectivity nodes and save to h5


Congratulations to the 2018 ALPMA + LexisNexis Thought Leadership Award winner, Adieu Legal, for their Consensus Accelerator platform and to our other finalists Lawyers On Demand, LegalVision and Mills Oakley. Adieu Legal's winning project is a collaborative divorce platform, combining artificial intelligence with family law experts to create a 'consensus accelerator', reaching property and financial settlements in a fraction of the traditional time.
Mark Wiggins ALPMA Vice President; Louise Cantrill, Partner - Mills Oakley; Andrew Wight, CEO - Adieu Legal; Lachlan McKnight, CEO -LegalVision along with Whit Lee, Executive Director - Legal Software Solutions and Strategy APAC, LexisNexis.
Congratulations to the 2017 ALPMA/LexisNexis Thought Leadership Award winner, Mills Oakley, for their 'Shark-Tank' style Innovation Accelerator for legal start-ups and our finalists Proximity, Bannermans Lawyers and Legal Economy. The Mills Oakley Innovation Accelerator is the first time an Australian law firm has used a full accelerator process to identify, invest in and help commercialise promising new ideas in the legal industry.
Whit Lee, Executive Manager - Strategy and Legal Software, LexisNexis (right) with representatives from the 2017 Award finalists and winner along with Dion Cusack (left) ALPMA Vice President.
Congratulations to the 2016 ALPMA/LexisNexis Thought Leadership Award winner, Maddocks for their innovative, rigorous approach to implementing flexible working for the Employment, Safety and People team, and our finalists, Bytherules Conveyancing, Hall & Wilcox and Nexus Law Group!
Watch the on-demand webinar "Maddocks Case Study: Implementing Flexible Work Practices"
LegalVision, an online law firm targeting small to medium Australian businesses, was crowned the 2015 ALPMA/InfoTrack Thought Leadership Award winner, ahead of finalists RMB Lawyers, The Conveyancing Shop and LawLab, at the ALPMA Summit Gala dinner in the Gold Coast on Thursday 10 September, 2015. LegalVision was recognised for their inbound content marketing program, which transformed legalvision.com.au into Australia's most visited legal services website and drove a significant increase in new business for the online firm.
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Hive Legal, a start-up virtual law firm, was crowned the 2014 ALPMA/Telstra Thought Leadership Award winner for their innovative legal business model, ahead of finalists AdventBalance, Swaab Attorneys and PD Lawyers, at the ALPMA Summit Gala dinner in Melbourne on Thursday 28 August, 2014.
Lisa Sikorski, ALPMA Victoria Chair and General Manager, Septimus Jones & Lee.
Watch the on-demand webinar "Thinking Outside the Square - Hive's Innovative Law Firm Business Model".
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View the 2014 finalists discussing innovation at law firms in the EyeLevel Thought Leadership Panel.
Anderssen Lawyers, a Brisbane-based commercial and property law firm with just 16 staff, secured the overall win for an impressive project creating a unique, secure, online operating environment that supports a 100% paperless and highly automated legal process and is accessible 24/7 for both staff and clients from anywhere on any device. Award Finalists were Bennett + Co, Hall & Wilcox and Emil Ford Lawyers.
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