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/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 WITH Linux-syscall-note */
/*
 * Intel Multimedia Timer device interface
 *
 * This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public
 * License.  See the file "COPYING" in the main directory of this archive
 * for more details.
 *
 * Copyright (c) 2001-2004 Silicon Graphics, Inc.  All rights reserved.
 *
 * This file should define an interface compatible with the IA-PC Multimedia
 * Timers Draft Specification (rev. 0.97) from Intel.  Note that some
 * hardware may not be able to safely export its registers to userspace,
 * so the ioctl interface should support all necessary functionality.
 *
 * 11/01/01 - jbarnes - initial revision
 * 9/10/04 - Christoph Lameter - remove interrupt support
 * 9/17/04 - jbarnes - remove test program, move some #defines to the driver
 */

#ifndef _LINUX_MMTIMER_H
#define _LINUX_MMTIMER_H

/*
 * Breakdown of the ioctl's available.  An 'optional' next to the command
 * indicates that supporting this command is optional, while 'required'
 * commands must be implemented if conformance is desired.
 *
 * MMTIMER_GETOFFSET - optional
 *   Should return the offset (relative to the start of the page where the
 *   registers are mapped) for the counter in question.
 *
 * MMTIMER_GETRES - required
 *   The resolution of the clock in femto (10^-15) seconds
 *
 * MMTIMER_GETFREQ - required
 *   Frequency of the clock in Hz
 *
 * MMTIMER_GETBITS - required
 *   Number of bits in the clock's counter
 *
 * MMTIMER_MMAPAVAIL - required
 *   Returns nonzero if the registers can be mmap'd into userspace, 0 otherwise
 *
 * MMTIMER_GETCOUNTER - required
 *   Gets the current value in the counter
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#define MMTIMER_IOCTL_BASE 'm'

#define MMTIMER_GETOFFSET _IO(MMTIMER_IOCTL_BASE, 0)
#define MMTIMER_GETRES _IOR(MMTIMER_IOCTL_BASE, 1, unsigned long)
#define MMTIMER_GETFREQ _IOR(MMTIMER_IOCTL_BASE, 2, unsigned long)
#define MMTIMER_GETBITS _IO(MMTIMER_IOCTL_BASE, 4)
#define MMTIMER_MMAPAVAIL _IO(MMTIMER_IOCTL_BASE, 6)
#define MMTIMER_GETCOUNTER _IOR(MMTIMER_IOCTL_BASE, 9, unsigned long)

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Posted on Aug 13, 2018 by trommelfeuer
The films I've watched over the last four years have covered a wide spectrum of aspects and viewpoints of the conflict. I've watched and learned about life in the trenches, aerial warfare, the backwater fighting in Africa, the Eastern Front, mental health issues, the home front in Germany, Verdun, naval battles, the Middle East, spying, field punishment, the Christmas Truce, weapon design, tunnelling, life after the war, poetry…..the list goes on and on. One thing that I touched upon back in review number two, 'Johnny Got His Gun' was the lasting impact of physical injury. And since then it's really not a subject that has popped up much. In Great War Films it seems that the combatants either live or die. Some may get a nice little blighty one but it's not been until today that I've revisited major trauma as a subject matter.
And that kind of makes sense I suppose. Facial injury isn't the kind of things that gets the unwashed masses flocking to the box office. But then, once in a while, a film comes along that flies in the face of convention. My movie today is 'La Chambre des Officiers' from 2001, or to my Anglophone tongue 'The Officers Ward'. The film follows a young French Officer who, on the opening day of the conflict rides his horse straight into an exploding shell. His colleagues and their horses are all killed and our protagonist is left with traumatic facial injuries, barely clutching to life. The story follows him as he recovers from these injuries and makes a few friends along the way.
The director makes some confident decisions in the early stages of the film. As the viewer you don't get to see the facial injuries for a fair while. We see the world from the viewpoint of the protagonist. We hear the bubbling, bloodied, struggle for every single breath and watch as the stretcher bearers and carers wince at the sight of his injuries. We hear his thoughts as he diagnoses the extent of his injuries. Checking his toes wiggle, trying to feel the inside of his mouth with his tongue, the realisation that life will never again be the same for him. Eventually, following a number of surgeries, he is mobile and quickly realises he can see himself, his face and the damage done in the reflection of a window. At this point we the viewer are also allowed to see the nature of his injuries.
As I mentioned earlier there's a hint of 'Johnny Got His Gun' in this opening half hour. Especially with the internal monologue of the victim. Over time there is a chalk board to help him communicate and eventually the power of speech returns. We're probably about a year and a half into his recovery by this point, but it's hard to be sure. This is one of the first failings of the film. I really struggled to get a grip on the passing of time. The film is pretty much all set within the confines of the ward itself with very little in terms of seasonal shots or time stamps to get an idea of how much time has passed. They drop the timescales into conversation every now and then to make the point but it still came as a shock to me that we were suddenly a year or so further down the line than I had accounted for.
It's a pretty slow film as well coming in at around 140 minutes. You get the feel for the sheer number of operations these folks are going through but there's not really much in the way of story development as time passes. New people come and go, the room slowly becomes more crowded, the beds are pushed closer together then extra beds are added to the central walkway. The huddled masses of limping, bandaged and broken veterans take on the look of a George A Romero zombie flick at a few points in the film. But overall it's pretty much same same day in, day out and that began to drag after about the first 90 minutes.
There is minimal use of music except for a few bits where it gets emotional. In the early stages when we've not yet seen the extent of the injuries there is plenty of work from the foley artists. Guttural noises, slapping flesh and bubbling mucus really paint a picture of the damage done to the poor chaps face and his struggle to breathe. The director has relied on the ambient sounds of echoing footsteps, clattering medicine trolleys and quietly wheezing patients to fill the dead air. I'd say that's pitched about right for a film that's immensely personal in its focus.
I think the subject matter has been handled well here although from a google image search of victims of facial injuries I feel the director has pulled his punches a little. The disfigurement is not as grim as it could've been, but again, that is most likely to ensure people will pay their money to go and see the film. The realities of the suffering of these chaps would've been a real challenge to transfer to the big screen. My worry though is that what is left behind paints a picture of the recovery of these guys as being slightly comical in nature with occasional moments of melancholy.
Overall I liked it but I feel it was a little long, a little slow and a little bit vanilla, even a suicide of two don't seem to darken the tone. The first 30 minutes or so, before we see the extent of the facial injuries, were the best with some exciting cinematic tools and tricks on display. Once we see the guy on the mend it all gets less edgy. The ending is a happy one, but I feel like they wrote two or three endings and then couldn't decide which one to use…so they used them all. But I shan't be too mean about it. It's a well-produced and thought provoking film covering an aspect of the conflict not really dealt with anywhere else, and for that alone it deserves a thumbs up.

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FaithWorks Fall Festival: God's Work. Our Hands. Sunday, September 7, 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at St. Andrew Lutheran Church, 1015 Four Mile Road, Racine.
3:15 p.m.: 50/50 raffle drawing.
Zumba. Live music. 50/50 raffle. Free fun for the entire family.


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Now is the time to push research on the teen years, profs say
February 22, 2018 - 5:00am
Puberty is tough. Raging hormones, changing relationships, sexual awakening, risk-taking, exposure to alcohol and drugs, depression and contemplating the future. In developing countries, famine and new technologies add pressure.
The turbulent years of adolescence, especially during the onset of puberty, need more attention, say University of Oregon psychologist Nick Allen and three colleagues from the University of California, Berkeley in a paper published in the Feb. 22 issue of the journal Nature.
"Adolescence is a time of life when investments in health, education and well-being can have large pay-offs across the lifespan," said Allen, an Ann Swindells Professor in the Department of Psychology. "But to make these investments wisely, we need to apply what scientists are learning about the changes occurring in the adolescents' brains in relation to their behavior and social environments."
Such investments, Allen and colleagues argue, could help teens forge a healthy trajectory.
Among key targets of such an initiative would be the early recognition and treatment of mental health issues, which tend to arise in adolescence and carry through adulthood, and new approaches that promote and encourage gender equality, Allen said.
In their paper, the researchers list several developmental changes that occur in adolescence and provide ideas for intervention strategies based on current science.
Investments might be reflected in tools used by schools, law enforcement, welfare services, family-support networks, and sports and recreation, Allen said. In lower-income countries, secondary education, especially for girls, should be made available, along with commitments to reduce exposure to HIV, famine and child-age marriages.
"The issue revolves around sensitive periods," Allen said. "In early childhood, there are certain times that are crucial for learning specific things. We have learned, for instance, that famine experienced during adolescence often has a lifelong impact on growth, much greater than famine experienced during other stages of life. This suggests that adolescence is a sensitive period for growth, but we believe that there are other critical sensitive periods relevant to adolescence, especially associated with learning the social and emotional skills to navigate the adult world."
A lot has been learned about such things as brain development, language acquisition, vision and walking in the first three years of life, Allen said. Adolescence, however, involves hormone-driven physiological changes in combination with exposure to romantic relationships, status hierarchies, the concept of delayed gratification and setting long-term goals.
Why the urgency?
Teenage populations are higher than ever before, now at 1.2 billion and with 90 percent of the growth in lower- and middle-income countries, especially across Africa, Asia and parts of the Middle East.
In many of these countries, Allen said, technological advances such as the internet are just now arriving, setting the stage for rapid transformational changes in the social fabric, much like what occurred among teens in more advanced countries in the 1990s. Allen knows a lot about this topic through his role as director of the UO's Center for Digital Mental Health.
Teens, Allen said, learn from experiences intuitively and implicitly. Those experiences need to be incorporated in the learning environment, he said.
"The emerging evidence points towards investments that place a strong emphasis on creating mastery learning experiences that maximize social learning and enhance status and autonomy at a key time in an individual's development of social identity and competence," wrote Allen, Ronald E. Dahl, Linda Wilbrecht and Ahna Ballonoff Suleiman in their paper.
Allen identified early adolescence, from ages 10-14, as puberty occurs as a pivotal time to target. Girls, because they hit puberty first, have a lot to gain, he said.
"This is a period when girls are physically larger and stronger, and often much better in school and in self-regulating, but what are the messages we are giving to young girls during this time?" Allen said. "Are we encouraging them to be bold, to be risk-takers, be physically active, to do things that typically have been associated with masculine qualities. We often are sending the opposite messages to girls."
In early adolescence, he added, girls and boys experience a similar emergence of depression and anxiety, but by late adolescence girls have twice the rate as do boys.
"Why? What parts might be biological or environmental? There might be opportunities for socializing girls at puberty in ways that promote self-esteem and confident behaviors," he said.
The researchers see a triple dividend. Adolescents would get direct support in navigating their teen years. They would be in better shape as adult. And those successes would benefit the next generation as today's teens become parents.


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Quickly jump from the pole and roll before the door close.
Continue your way with a wall run. Tips: Stay near wall for immediate wall run.
There is a pole switch above you. Wall run and jump to grab it.
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You should find this switch easily.
Then, wall run up to the switch, jump and wall run up again.
Then continue by wall run and grab the column.
Go up there by jumping and wall run up.
Repeat jumping until you enter the door that just opened.
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To pass the two moving spikey, for the first spikey, jump over it and keep rolling for the second one until you reach a safe spot.
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Quick jump on the platform.
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Macbeth, King of Scotland, 11th cent. -- Drama
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LC Classifications PR2823.A2 G77 1976
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On Valentine's Day 1998, the Friends of The Sacramento Public Library found a great way sending some "Library Love" out to the community. They put together 300 colorfully wrapped Valentine packages containing donated books, a Friends application and a "Books By Mail" application. Then they had a local "Meals On Wheels" group deliver the packages as part of its regular rounds. In addition to being a nice surprise for the recipients, the donated books were put to good use, the Friends reached members of the community with their membership message and the library got out the word about its "Books By Mail" program.
In 1998 the books were all donated Reader's Digest Condensed Books and future Valentine's Day deliveries may include discarded library large print books. Another refinement for future years will be to mark the applications so that when they are returned, the Friends will know that they came from a "Meals on Wheels" client.
A good book over dinner — what a great way to share Library Love with someone who needs it!
I rescued several boxes of romances that usually go into the dumpster after our October sale and I stored them in my garage. In January, we spent $3 for ribbon, $1 for a tablecloth, and during one of our meetings tied together bundles of 7 paperbacks (We tried to put one of the *nicer* paperbacks on top, with 6 Harlequin-types underneath) while we conducted the meeting. We set up a table near the front entrance of the library starting January 23, charged $1 per bundle (payable at the circulation desk so we didn't even have to man the table!), and made more than $90 in two weeks! Not bad for our Friends group of 30 (about 8 active members) in a community of 12,000 in the dead of winter. Not bad, also, for $4 overhead and almost no work. And remember, these are books that would have gone into a landfill.
I'm going to propose doing a similar thing with the huge amount of R.L. Stine Goosebumps books we always have left over after our April book sale. We could sell bundles tied with orange ribbon for Halloween!
Check out the Mill Valley Valentine Ideas Article for detailed community awareness how-to's and plan a booksale for Feburary.
Gather up all your bargain mystery paperbacks and have a special sale for those local mystery book readers. Why not have a decorated sale table at the entrance called "Crime Meets Love" offering mysteries with a touch of romance. Check this booklist to get you "get sorted".
Sweetheart Raffle - Cupid Takes Aim!
Cupid's arrow is aimed and ready to fire at two lucky couples who will win a romantic evening out on the town.
For a chance to be a winning couple, "Cupid's Sweetheart Raffle" tickets are on sale now through Valentines Day for $1.00 each.
Winners will receive dinners and movie tickets for two. Proceeds will go for library impovements.
The dinners and movies were donated by Bernardo's Steak House and Lounge, Taylor's Steak House, Imperial Theater and Rivoli Theater.
The winning tickets will be drawn and announced at 8:30 p.m. during the Romance Book Sale at the library. Ticket holders need not be present to win.
I Love Books!" Paperback book exchange. Bring your gently used books from 11-11:45 am, exhange them for some different books starting at 12 noon.
These books are not library books. There is a wide variety of paperbacks and hardcover books in all subjects.
Please come as a representative from your school or library and bring indentication to the cashier table.
San Mateo Public Library, Third Floor, 55 West Third Ave., San Mateo, CA. 94402, Mon-Thur 10am-9pm, Fri-Sat 10am-5pm and Sun 1-5pm. The Friends of the San Mateo Public Library invite lovers of libraries, books and great bargins to the month long sale. Choose from hundreds of romance novels, all priced at 25 cents. Proceeds of the sale will be used to purchase new books for San Mateo libraries. Donations of gently used books are welcomed and can be dropped off at the Main Library during regular library hours.
San Diego County Library invites lovers of libraries, books, and bargains to a Library Lovers' Month book sale on Thursday, February 18th from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and on Friday February 19, 1999 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The sale takes place at the County Operations Center, 5555 Overland Avenue, Building 15, in Kearny Mesa, between Highways 163 and 15, just west of Ruffin Road and north of Clairemont Mesa Boulevard. Choose from thousands of used library books for adults and children, most priced at 50 cents. Proceeds of the sale will be used to purchase books needed for the library's 31 community branches.
Library Lovers' Month is a time established by the Friends of California Libraries to thank libraries for the powerful role they play in our society, helping people of all ages and walks of life connect quickly and efficiently with the information they need for school, work, and personal fulfillment.
For information about all kinds of Library Lovers' Month events happening throughout San Diego County or the booksale, contact Ellen Zyroff: phone (619) 694-2484 or (619) 694-2438.
Our cookbook sale should get us all off to a good start for sharing great cooking with those you love. Valentine's Day is, as you all know just one of those days for doing so!
We recieved boxes and boxes from a giant collection of cookbooks and related materials from the estate of Dr. Henry E. Childs. He was a founding father of the Friends of Upland Library in 19967.
Because there were so many boxes, many of them unopened, it was decided to arrange them by price....so there will be $1.00 tables, $2.00 tables, etc., ad finitum maybe! At least this is the plan as we go to press. NO EARLY BIRDS ALLOWED!
Contact: Friends of the Upland Public Library at (909) 931-4200. or Upland Public Library, 450 North Euclid, Upland, CA 91786-4731.
Pacifica, San Mateo County CA: The City of Pacifica Proclaims! Library Lovers' Month on February 7, 1999.
Special Library Lovers' Exhibit will be on display at the library.
Contact: Friends of the Pacifica Public Library President, Ernie Scott at (650) 359-9664. or at Friends of the Pacifica Public Library, 104 Hilton Way, Pacifica, CA 94044-2739.
Rocklin, Placer County CA: Library Lovers Used Book Sale to be held on Tuesday Feb. 16, 1999 from Noon till 6pm. Special highlights at the sale will be "Love a Mystery" and "Love and Romance" books. During the sale (5:00-5:30pm) Mayor Connie Cullivan will be reading aloud in the Children's Area. ALL of this happens at the Rocklin Branch Library and sponsored by the Friends of the Rocklin Branch Library.
Other events planned this month include a Pajama Storytime on Feb 24th at 7pm.
Want to make a donation to the Friend's "Library Sweetheart" Program to benefit the Rocklin Branch Library? Make your check payable to Friends of the Rocklin Branch Library then send to the address below.
Danville, Contra Costa County CA: Tell Us Why You Love Your Library: A Contest For Adults, Young Adults & Kids - Deadline February 7th - Friends of the Danville Public Library.
Let us know how the Danville Library has been a help to you. What have you learned or done at the library that made a diifernce? Write a few sentences down on a piece of paper. Please include your name, address, phone number and your category. Turn it into the Danville Library Information Desk or Friend's Bookstore.
AWARDS Presentation - February 13, 1999: Prizes to be awarded at a very special event honoring the winning categories.
Contact: Friends of the Danville Public Library, 400 Front Street, Danville, CA 94526.
Orange County/LA County CA: Library Lovers Go To The Races - February 7, 1999 Friends of the Orange County Library Foundation has arranged for an afternoon at Santa Anita Racetrack in the Turf Club. Go back to the past, to the 30's and 40's while enjoying a day filled with prizes, who's who and surprises in this beautiful art deco setting.
Huntington Beach, Orange County CA: Romance Writers To Grace Valentine Tea - February 12, 1999 at 2pm Friends of the Huntington Beach Public Library.
Romance writers, Jeane Renick (also writing as Jean Dewitt), Kathleen Harrington and Diane Pershing will celebrate love and romance at our Valentine Tea. Prepaid reservations must be recieved by Feb, 9th in the amount of $12 person.
Kathleen Harrington earned her BA and Masteres degrees at Cal State Fullerton, taught, raised sons and finally fulfilled her dream as the writer of Avon Books "Dream Seeker" Series. Her books include Fly With the Eagle, Dream Catcher, and most recently, Enchanted By You.
Diane Pershing writes, "I can't remember a time when I didn't have my nose buried in a book...(or) want to act and sing." Currently she is happily stressed out by two careers — voice-over acting and writing romance novels. Recent books by Pershing include Up Close and Person, First Date: Honeymoon, Third Date's the Charm, While She Was Sleeping.
For Jeane Renick writing is a third career, going from paralegal for an entertainment law firm to working in TV, where she rose to VP at CBS. In 1992 ahe wroteTrust Me, among the first novels selected to launch HarperMonogram imprint, and winner of first place in National Reader's Choice Aawrds and the Romance Writers of America Best First Book award. Other books by the author: Always, Promises, Loving Mollie, Wish LIst and The Stranger (written under the pseudonym Jean DeWitt).
Contact: Friends of the Huntington Beach Public Library, 7111 Talbert Avenue, Huntington Beach, CA 92648. Call 714-842-4481 ext. 7.


In 2009 we started to exchange old analog electricity meters with Advanced Metering Infrastructure, or smart Meters.
We successfully installed more than 650,000 smart meters by the end of 2014.
Smart meters provide a number of ways to help Victorians manage their energy use and, when coupled with an in home display or our Energy Easy portal, give you greater control over your power bills.
Connecting or disconnecting electricity, switching to a new electricity retailer or feeding electricity back in to the grid from roof-top solar panels is easy and efficient with smart meters.
During 2019 we're revisiting all homes that didn't receive a smart meter during the initial rollout and wherever possible, we're upgrading old meters to new smart meters.
Around 25,000 customer connections didn't receive a smart meter. Most of these were because of restricted access, further installation work being required or the property being vacant.
At the same time, we'll be conducting routine safety checks on existing connections. This is something we need to do every 10 years under Victorian regulations to make sure your electricity connection is safe.
Smart meters have also improved the safety of our network. We're able to proactively monitor our network to look for potential low voltage changes which could indicate safety issues for our customers.
Smart meters can also notify us in real-time if power is out. These alerts can speed up reconnection because the source of the problem can be pinpointed instantly, allowing repair crews to be prioritised and repair work to start sooner.
Victorian customers with a smart meter are able to choose flexible pricing options offered by electricity retailers.
Off-peak – this is the time when the price of electricity is lowest, when the demand for electricity across the system is the lowest.
Peak – this is the time when electricity the electricity price is higher, typically on weekday afternoons and evenings when the demand for electricity is at its highest.
Shoulder – during this time, the price is lower than the peak rate but higher than the off-peak rate as there is a reduced demand for electricity.
Please visit www.victorianenergysaver.vic.gov.au to learn more about flexible pricing.
If you are a United Energy customer and would like to access your interval metering data, please complete a Personal Information Request Form. If you have 12 months of interval data (with the same meter configuration for that period) then United Energy will provide a standard file of your data for use in Victorian Energy Compare, the Victorian Government's independent energy comparison tool.
Alternatively, sign up to our Energy Easy portal and you will have access to your AMI meter data which can be provided for use on Victorian Energy Compare.


Scientific name: Croton lechleri Muell. Arg.
The Tree reaches a height of 25 meters, the trunk is straight, when you take a cross section you find: the outer bark, tree rings, and bone marrow.
The outer bark is brown-green, grey and smooth; with a red creamy interior it exudes a rubbery winy color. The thickness is greater than 1.5 inches, the simple leaves Simple are 5-25 cm long and 3-19 wide, the leaves have two glands at the base, an apex which acuminate into a red-orange color and dark green in young adult. Inflorescence presents a limp bunch of bisexual flowers, amber, green fruit, brown or yellow ferruginous; globular capsules seven millimeters long and five millimeters wide, its seeds are smooth and brown, an evergreen living in a secondary forest.
Dragon`s blood is used as an analgesic, anti-diarrhea, anti-inflammatory, anti-septic, anti-viral, astringent, bactericidal, cancer in oral candidiasis, for colds, as healing of ulcers or wounds in the skin and gastric and duodenal purifying ulcers, diabetes, against toothache, for pulmonary flow in bleeding, herpes, Bacillus subtilis, and influenza, a virus in obesity, to protective skin burns, rheumatism.
Traditional Use: Promotes healing or closure of gastric and duodenal ulcers.
Preparation: Dilute 5 drops of latex in a glass of water.
Dosage: Take the above preparation for 30 days and fast in the afternoon. Diet: Avoid fermented foods, spicy, rich in fat, pepper, alcohol, drugs that contain salicylates, coffee, soft drinks, milk and milk products Recommendations: Do not take other medicines during treatment. Preparation is daily.
Traditional Use: Reduces increase blood sugar and helps to lose weight.
Preparation: Place latex ten drops in a glass of chicory hercampuri, canchalagua or emollient.Administration: Oral. Dosage: Take one cup during meals, for two months. Diet: Avoid eating foods rich in carbohydrates and fats. Do not drink alcohol, coffee or artificially sweetened drinks like soda. Recommendation: Recommended for use only in older people, increase consumption of fruits and vegetables. It's prepared and used at the time of use.


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David Jones and Jean-Nicolas Gérard
Our broadcast today features wood and copper engravings and drawings by British artist and contemporary of Eric Gill, David Jones. Also large slab wall platters by French slipware potter Jean-Nicolas Gérard.
A painter, engraver, poet and author, Jones was born in Kent. He studied at Camberwell School of Art and then Westminster School of Art before entering Eric Gill's community at Ditchling in 1921, where he joined the Guild of St Joseph and St Dominic and was taught wood engraving by Desmond Chute, later leaving with Gill for Wales to develop and refine his techniques.Much of Jones' work was for the Golden Cockerel Press, with illustrations for Gulliver's Travels (1925), the Book of Jonah (1926), and finally The Chester Play of the Deluge (1927), though he also produced a number of his own written works, the most important of which include The Roman Quarry, In Parenthesis, and The Anathemata. He was later appointed CBE in 1955.
With a glaze palette of golden yellows and browns, blue, and black, Jean-Nicolas makes beautiful, functional earthenware pots, almost all of which are designed to be used in the garden or the kitchen for the cooking and presenting of food.In Jean-Nicolas' work, marks are made without self-consciousness or concern, and are celebrated for their existence on the clasped rims of dishes or in the unintended blotches of colour over slip. In some pots, like the small beakers or the folded salad dishes, these impressions are even sought out for the functional nooks they make in the clay, aiding the hand as it feels for purchase around the pot.As well as the magnificent colour of his slips and glazes, Jean-Nicolas makes great use of sgraffito, a technique which involves cutting through an upper layer of slip to reveal another clay or an underglaze beneath.Performed at speed with the tip of a teaspoon or an improvised implement, lines are scratched over and around the surface of his pots, leaving dynamic, abstract designs cut into the clay that remind one of the line-works of Picasso or Matisse.At its core, Jean-Nicolas' ceramics is a celebration of the earth. His pots are shaped and glazed in a way that makes you want to touch them and feel the clay, to feel the weight of what has been dug up from the ground. They are made to celebrate what is grown from that same source too – vegetables, fruit, potted plants and blooming flowers – and to spark excitement at what the natural world can offer us.
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Q: Question about length of curve?
The question: Find length of curve defined by $\displaystyle
 y=2\ln\left[\left(\frac{x}{2}\right)^2-1\right] $ from $x=4$ to $x=6$

Here is the work I have done, but I seem to keep getting it wrong. Are there any suggestions as to what else I can do or what I am doing wrong?

$$\frac{dy}{dx} = 2 \ln\left[\left(\frac x2\right)^2-1\right]$$
Then I used the substitution $\displaystyle-u = \left(\frac x2\right)^2 - 1$. The answer I got was $2 \frac 1u \frac x2$.
Substituting back in we get $$2 \frac{1}{\frac{x^2}4 - 1} \frac x2 = \frac{4x}{x^2  - 4}$$
Using this arclenght formula I get $$L = \int_4^6 \sqrt{1 + \left(\frac{4x}{x^2  - 4}\right)^2}dx = \int_4^6 \sqrt{1 + \frac{16x^2}{(x^2  - 4)^2}}dx = \int_4^6 1 dx + \int_4^6 \frac{4x}{x^2-4}dx = 1.66 $$
But the correct answer is $2.81$
What did I do wrong?
SIDENOTE: Hi I have posed as another user with the same name, but my computer signed me off and I'm not really sure how to get that account back (cannot remember password to that email!)?
If anyone has any suggestions or should I just start this account?
I am also not familiar with how to add the proper notation, if someone can point me out to that. Thank you.

A: The problem is that $$\sqrt{a + b} \neq \sqrt{a} + \sqrt{b} $$
You have used this in your post but it is wrong; the square root is not a linear operator!

For example, $4 = \sqrt{16} = \sqrt{12 + 4} \neq \sqrt{12} + 2$
Also, think of all the theorems that would become meaningless; Pythagora, for example;
$c = \sqrt{a^2 + b^2}$ would become $c = a + b$. But the hypothenuses in a right triangle is not the sum of the other two sides!

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Be there on 'Day Zero' and watch the world as you know it fall into ruin and chaos. Witness the outbreak first hand while trying to survive the ever-growing hordes of infected intent on tracking you down with mindless, murderous purpose.
Will you choose to ally yourself with others, rescue the innocent from peril or strive to keep order. Will you find a way to fight the infection or will you instead choose to take advantage of the situation and look after numero uno above all else?
The game is and always will be totally free to play, no content locked behind paywalls, no hidden extras and definitely no premium gameplay.
DOTI is funded via our unique rewards platform which allows players to earn currency with which to buy weapons, upgrades and skins to use in the game. For those wishing to forego earning credits, we also provide the option to purchase them via the Steam store…this is a totally voluntary option for players who prefer to not use the rewards platform.
Credits and items can also be earned by simply playing the game or through competitive leader-boards and free prize giveaways.
DOTI will have a variety of 'instant' game modes that will offer short 'hop in' instances for players to have fun alone or with friends. These will be both PvP and PvE orientated and friendly fire is always on in DOTI.
Instant modes will allow us to test features and game mechanics in a controlled environment while allowing players to enjoy the game.
There will also be a full story-driven simulation mode with RPG elements, faction based missions and player driven consequences.
Simulation mode is planned for the future and will be built and added to by adding in the mechanics and gameplay features from the instant modes.
DOTI will feature a simple to use build system to allow players to build any size structure. Use it to build a base, a bridge, a blockade, anything you can imagine!
The building system also features physics based destruction. Need to take out an enemy base, just focus on the supports and watch the whole thing come crashing down.
DOTI features a wide variety of vehicles for all of your traveling and combat needs. Some vehicles are made for civilian use and are great for getting from point A to point B, while others bring massive firepower into the battle.
Leverage air vehicles to get across the map quickly or load up your friends into a C-130 Gunship to bring wide-spread destruction to all of your foes below. Hop on a jet-ski and fly through rivers or commandeer a Navy Destroyer and laugh while blowing up your enemies.
On land, in the air, and on the sea you'll find the perfect vehicle for your needs. The only question you need to ask yourself is who will you let in the vehicles with you?
With our monthly tournaments all players have the ability to earn real cash prizes! There are multiple types of tournaments running throughout the month to give all players a chance to win.
Team up with your favorite YouTube/Twitch streamers and battle it out for the top cash prizes each month.
We have prizes for the top earners on the rewards platform as well as the top players for different game modes each month!
Check out the new Hit Markers!
Check out the new hit markers and a superior shooting sound experience.
November Tournaments & New Game Mode!
We're launching a huge contest for the month of November, and also working on a new game mode!
Hey there, this build brings some great new features. We've added a sniper scope and more details for the weapon wheel.
We've just updated our public development server to version 0.1.11! This build focused a lot on audio.
Hey there! We've just updated the public server to version 0.1.10.1. This update brings a TON of new features to DOTI. This is probably the biggest update we've had since we started. We're bringing the public server from version 0.1.5 all the way up to 0.1.10.1.


Julian Leon obtained an Honours degree in Religious Studies from the University of Cape Town, a second Honours degree in Psychology from Rhodes University and a Masters degree in Psychology, also from the University of Cape Town. He is a Zimbabwe licensed clinical psychologist….
How do we define what it means to be mentally healthy? The following explanation works for me…..
Susan Johnson says that "health is being able to fully engage in current moment-to-moment experience and use this experience to make active choices in how to define the self and relate to others. Key experiences are explored, integrated, and used to expand the range of an individual's responses, rather than being denied or distorted. The value of being authentic—trusting one's experience and being true to oneself—is implicit in this model and intricately linked to intimate connection to others".
ABOVE ALL……I AM A LISTENER……. I listen…. to help people understand themselves and their lives, where they have come from, where they are now, and what choices they have made and why. I help identify the gifts and the burdens that we each carry, and, how to cope with the gifts and, the burdens. To help people discover the power, the psychological freedom and confidence to know who they are, for better or worse and to express and delight in their potential, for the betterment of themselves and the betterment of others in the world, in a calm, insightful and safe context.
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I call it "Psychological Orienteering, exploring and navigating the lines of our life at any age" but, again it's really about my ability to listen, to hear and to see what is before me and reflect it back to those who gave it.
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Ann Ashmon
Senior Director of Communications
An Important Message Regarding SB1146 from President Krueger
Dear Concordia family and friends,
I'm reaching out to you about proposed legislation in Sacramento, SB1146. On behalf of our Concordia family, I'm asking for your partnership on this critical—and urgent—issue.
As currently written, California Senate Bill 1146 (SB 1146), authored by State Senator Ricardo Lara (D-Bell Gardens), would significantly challenge Concordia University Irvine's—and all Christian colleges and universities in California—ability to continue offering a Christ-centered education to our students.
The most troubling provision of this bill limits the religious liberty to integrate faith and learning throughout the educational experience. The bill effectively eliminates the religious exemption under current law that allows Christian colleges and universities to operate in accordance with their beliefs, including the freedom to hire only Christian faculty and staff. If passed without amendments, the new law would also very likely disqualify students attending California Christian colleges and universities from eligibility for Cal Grants, a key state-level student aid program.
We have been working diligently with the support of the Association of Independent California Colleges and Universities (AICCU) on amendments to SB1146. While Senator Lara and his staff have considered our points, as of this writing, the bill has not been amended to protect religious freedom.
SB 1146 has already passed the California Senate. It is scheduled to be heard this Tuesday (June 21) by the Assembly Committee on Higher Education before it reaches the Assembly floor for final debate and vote. We need to stop or convince the author to amend SB 1146 now, and this requires your immediate action.
Step #1 — Pray. Pray for this moment in California history when our deeply held beliefs are being challenged. Pray that Concordia is able to continue to educate students in a way that is consistent with our Lutheran Christian convictions.
Step #2 — Spread the Word. Forward a link to this article to parents, students or alumni of faith-based colleges and universities, churches or others who value religious freedom for faith-based institutions. Anyone who has an affinity for faith-based higher education in California should know about this threatening bill.
Step #3 — Contact Your Legislators.
Email/phone calls. If you are a California resident, send an email or make a phone call to your California Assembly member today. Email them using the following format for their address:
Assembly Members: [email protected] (i.e. [email protected])
Senators: [email protected] (i.e. [email protected])
You may use this letter and make it your own. Whether by phone or email, the message is simple: Identify yourself and express that you have strong concerns about SB 1146, offering any reason you choose, or no reason at all. The important thing is to express your concerns about the narrowing of religious freedom this bill would impose on Concordia and all of California's faith-based colleges and universities.
Social media. Express your concerns about the bill on social media using hashtag #SB1146.
Resources —To see my recent letter to Senator Lara, click here.
Kurt Krueger


We've been looking forward to the annual Personal Democracy Forum, and are proud to promote this year's impressive two day lineup (June 5th-June 6th), which brings high-profile veterans together to explore emerging changes in the landscape of technology and governance.
Personal Democracy Media Co-founder and AskThem.io advisor, Micah Sifry, has assembled an all-star cast of speakers to shape the "Save the Internet | The Internet Saves" conversation. Our Net Freedom allies Tiffiniy Cheng & Holmes Wilson will open the conference and breakout sessions will follow touching on privacy & security policy, hashtag activism, online community organizing, and much more.
On Thursday, June 5, our very own David Moore will serve as a panelist on How the Web is Changing Local Politics, to discuss the web's potential to bolster local government engagement. You can live-stream the session here (to come).
It's not too late to register! Visit this link to reserve your spot.
Ahead of the conference we have listed those PDF prominent speakers with verified Twitter accounts that you can target for public response.
Sign-on to the questions below or ask your own and we'll push for answers at the conference.
Journalist Barton Gellman was one of many who published revelations on the U.S. government's electronic-surveillance practices.
News Anchor Jonathan Betz recently joined Al Jazeera America and formerly led New Orleans' WWL-TV's coverage of Hurricane Katrina.
Writer and Professor Clary Shirky has been documenting the evolving media landscape since 1996.
–What collaborative tools are needed to scale up online organizing?
Producer and Editor Latoya Peterson runs the award winning blog Racialicious.com.
President and CEO of the New America Foundation- Ann-Marie Slaughter also formerly served as the Director of Policy Planning for the U.S. State Department.
Questions, comments? Email maryam@askthem.io, @AskThemPPF on Twttr.


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Seventeen days after the People's Action Party (PAP) was returned to power with 69.9 per cent of the vote in the Sept 11, 2015 General Election, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong chaired a press conference to announce his new Cabinet.
Growth in the manufacturing sector slowed to 3.5% from 10.7% in Q2.
A Singapore digital therapeutics company is teaming up with a top US hospital in an innovative plan to use data from wearable biosensors to help improve the level of care patients receive at home.
Singapore's political leadership model is "one of continuity", and this can be expected in the upcoming transition at the highest ranks, Trade and Industry Minister Chan Chun Sing said yesterday.
Higher inflation is likely to trim average real pay increase in Singapore to 2.6 per cent in 2019, down from 2.9 per cent this year, according to a survey conducted by ECA International.
Less than two hours before she was to board a flight out of Singapore to Kuala Lumpur on Malaysian budget airline Firefly, Ms Crystal Wong found out on Thursday (Nov 22) that the airline will be suspending its services from the start of next month.
(Which means, well, the next election will only come after that.) The next General Election (GE) will introduce counting machines used to tally your votes that will see polling results announced up to an hour earlier.
Executive roles in life science and tech sector are poised to enjoy the biggest raise.
Singapore's economy grew at a slower pace than initially thought in the third quarter, data showed on Thursday, with the trade ministry flagging growth will likely moderate further in the current quarter and next year in part due to the US-Sino trade war.
The world's biggest economies are at loggerheads but Singapore's exposure to the US-China trade war is small, an official analysis has found.
Singapore and the Netherlands share a "common commitment" to multilateralism, free trade and the rule of law, said President Halimah Yacob during a state banquet hosted by King Willem-Alexander and his wife Queen Maxima on Wednesday (Nov 21) in Amsterdam.
More talent and effort is needed to grow the deep tech industry in Singapore, said Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat on Thursday (Nov 22).
Collectively, Mediacorp reaches the widest audience, gaining 1.2 per cent share from the last wave to command 78 per cent share of the market.
Singapore's ruling People's Action Party (PAP) will likely name finance minister Heng Swee Keat as its first assistant secretary general, media said on November 22, indicating the 57-year-old career public servant is poised to become the city state's next prime minister.
Singaporean Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat is set to be appointed the first assistant secretary-general of the ruling People's Action Party on Friday, a job that paves the way for him to become the leading contender for the position of prime minister after Lee Hsien Loong steps down.
The leadership model in Singapore is "one of continuity", and this can be expected in the country's upcoming transition at the highest ranks, said Trade and Industry Minister Chan Chun Sing on Thursday (Nov 22).
We are delighted to hear from and encouraged by people like Miss Cheng Woon Jo (Greater inter-stakeholder relationship can reduce plastic waste; Nov 19).
Amnesty International has joined the human rights activist groups who have weighed in on the recent police action against local socio-political website The Online Citizen and its editor, Terry Xu.
Singapore's news website, The Independent Sg (ISG), has been sued for defamation by the government business conglomerate NTUC over several articles claiming that a hawker died from overworking.
NTUC Foodfare said on Wednesday (Nov 21) that it will take legal action against The Independent Singapore.
A co-founder of Batam-based radio station Hang FM, Zein Alatas, has been denied entry to Singapore because of his alleged affiliations with the Salafi group, an ultra-conservative movement within Sunni Islam.
Workers in manufacturing and trade may face more uncertain job prospects given slower economic growth forecast for next year but opportunities are likely to remain good in sectors such as fintech and healthcare, say experts.
Looking for the world's best airport? Then cast your eyes toward Singapore, where the city-state's Singapore Changi Airport regularly rates as one of the best on the planet.
Like their seniors in the previous two years, the class of 2018 has seen 98.4 per cent of pupils who took the Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) doing well enough to progress to a secondary school.
SGInnovate, Singapore government-owned innovation platform, has announced its investments in three deep-tech startups – Horizon Quantum Computing, Involt and Portcast – as part of its efforts to support the ecosystem in the city-state.
The Singapore flag flew high over Amsterdam's historic Dam Square yesterday morning as President Halimah Yacob was given a ceremonial welcome to the Netherlands.
Large, complex structures are not designed to move quickly and be 'agile'.
Investors can soon freely move capital in and out of their countries.
Malaysia and Singapore shares held steady in thin trade Thursday as investors retreated to the sidelines monitoring domestic corporate news ahead of Thanksgiving market holiday in the U.S.
CPH, an SGX Catalist-listed manufacturer of printed circuit boards, on Thursday announced that it has agreed to acquire Singapore fintech startup oCap Management for S$61.8 million ($45 million) in a reverse takeover deal.
Singtel TV has secured the Premier League's broadcast rights in Singapore over three seasons starting August next year, announced the company on Thursday (Nov 22).
A row of eight single-storey hospital buildings with blue roofs stand on a hill at Moulmein Road. Although they would not look out of place in a war movie, few people in Singapore even know about their existence.
Grab has unveiled its first batch of five startups from its accelerator programme while IMDA has decided to provide seed funding to boost blockchain adoption among Singapore enterprises.
Sendhelper, a Singapore-based online jobs search platform for blue-collared workers with plans to foray into India, has raised around $500,000 in seed funding from Asian technology investor Captii ventures.
Global private capital platform CapBridge has received approval from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) for its associated entity, CapBridge Platform, to operate a securities exchange as a recognised market operator (RMO) in Singapore.
After the hustle and bustle over Singles' Day, retailers are gearing up for yet another weekend of sales – the American shopping affair, Black Friday, happening this year on Nov 23.
From the age of 13, Ranjitha Ramachandran was taken to army events like open houses, half marathons and unit dinners by her father, an army regular.
It was driven by the 12.6% YoY growth in the non-electronic segment.
SINGAPORE'S economic growth next year is likely to ease from the pace recorded this year, weighed down by moderating global demand for electronics and the impact of the ongoing trade war.
PROPOSED changes to have civil litigation costs fixed to a scale have been dramatically withdrawn – for now – following a townhall held last evening.
A total of 12 MRT stations along the East-West Line (EWL) and North-South Line (NSL) will close earlier at about 11pm every Friday and Saturday between Nov. 30 and Dec. 15.
A 34-year-old business class passenger on Scoot was sentenced to three weeks' jail on Thursday (Nov 22) for molesting a cabin crew member on a flight from Sydney to Singapore on Aug 8.
Global growth is expected to moderate as stimulus tailwinds weaken and output gaps close but tactical opportunities can still be identified in unfavoured assets and emerging markets, says T Rowe Price Group Inc in its outlook for 2019.
THE Prime Minister's Office (PMO) and the Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA) of Brunei Darussalam yesterday welcomed Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) of Singapore officers at the launch of the 4th Joint Training Exchange Programme for senior officers at the MoHA building in the capital.
IN A bid to grow the blockchain ecosystem in Singapore, the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) is putting up seed funding for industry players to develop platforms that connect blockchain special interest groups, solution providers and other related services providers.
Arcadier aims to introduce immutability, transparency and decentralisation to the global B2B and B2C e-commerce markets, while enhancing trust through blockchain.
Workers in manufacturing and trade may face more uncertain job prospects given the slower economic growth forecast for next year, but opportunities are likely to remain good in sectors such as fintech and healthcare, say experts.
Shared e-scooter company Lime has begun rolling out its personal mobility devices (PMD) into Singapore, through a partnership with property developer Ascendas-Singbridge.
Temasek, Singapore's investment company, is setting up new groups to explore opportunities in artificial intelligence (AI) and blockchain technologies.
Good news for those who hate eating greens.
Malaysian budget airline Firefly will suspend all flights into Singapore from Dec 1, it said on Thursday (Nov 22) in response to media queries.
Singtel TV has won the rights to broadcast Premier League matches for the next three seasons to Singapore fans.
Bookings for Singapore Airlines (SIA) in the coming months are expected to be stronger y-o-y but headwinds continue to persist in the form of cost pressures arising from elevated fuel prices and keen competition, says OCBC Investment Research.
Can Haw Par Corporation Ltd afford to pay higher dividends?
Haw Par Corporation Ltd (SGX: H02) is the maker of the Tiger Balm brand of ointment. Other than its healthcare arm, it also has strategic stakes in UOL Group Limited (SGX: U14) and United Overseas Bank Ltd (SGX: U11).
The police and DBS Bank warned on Thursday (Nov 22) of a resurgence in phishing SMSes purportedly sent by DBS or POSB.
The "Heng Swee Keat as Prime Minister" hype-train has started.
After factoring in higher inflation of 1.4% as predicted by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the average Singaporean employee is expected to see a real salary increase of 2.6% in 2019 – down from the 2.9% increase received in 2018 and slightly below the Asia Pacific average of 2.7%.
Despite a change of analyst, Phillip Capital is maintaining CapitaLand at "accumulate" with a lower target price of $4 compared to $4.19 previously, translating to a FY18E P/NAV ratio of 0.72 times.
nstaReM, a Singapore-based digital cross-border payments company, has secured US$20 million in the first tranche of its US$45 million Series C funding round, led by new investors MDI Ventures, the VC arm of Indonesia's Telkom, and Beacon Venture Capital, the VC arm of Thailand's Kasikornbank.
Singapore's ruling party is set to unveil new posts within its top decision-making body on Friday in what could give a strong hint about who will become only its fourth prime minister, with domestic media saying the finance minister is the frontrunner.
StarHub profits are poised to grow at a CAGR of 7% from 2018-2020.
Budget airline Scoot will be taking over a number of SilkAir's routes over the next two years ahead of the latter's merger with Singapore Airlines (SIA), an announcement revealed.
Singapore Airlines said on Thursday its budget carrier Scoot will take over several routes from regional airline SilkAir over the next two years, ahead of a plan to absorb underperforming SilkAir into the parent brand.
Sydney-based fund manager AIMS Financial Services Group and its affiliates have proposed to buy out its partner's 50 per cent stake in the management entities of AIMS AMP Capital Industrial REIT (AA REIT), it said in a statement on November 21.
Ground engineering contractor Keller Group Plc said on Thursday (Nov 22) it would exit its heavy foundations activities in Singapore and Malaysia and scale back in Brazil and South Africa, leading to 700 job cuts.
COSCO Shipping Ports and PSA Corporation Limited have signed a memorandum of understanding for the addition of two new berths at the COSCO-PSA Terminal in Singapore.
Yet another online site for property hunters was launched on Wednesday (Nov 21), with a difference: Users will be able to narrow their search to hone in on certain features of a property and its neighbourhood.
Three Singaporeans, including an insurance agent, were charged in the State Courts yesterday over their alleged roles in a bribery case linked to performance bond guarantees for Indonesian maids.
Indonesian domestic helper Maryani Usman Utar, who pleaded guilty to causing the death of a toddler in her care, was convicted on Thursday (Nov 22) in the High Court and jailed for seven years.
In a display of strength and balance, Singapore Civil Defence Force's (SCDF) First Warrant Officer Muhd Bukhary Abu Bakar pulled himself across a rope suspended about 6m from the ground during a practice run of the Singapore-Global Firefighters and Paramedics Challenge on Thursday (Nov 22).


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Stuart Mitchell (born April 1, 1950), known professionally as Heywood Banks, is an American comedian, and writer and performer of humorous songs.

Career
In the 1970s and 1980s, Mitchell used to perform under his own name, doing comedy and playing guitar. His wife suggested he develop a few characters after they visited Los Angeles in 1987 and found many other comedians doing similar things as him. He ended up developing the character Heywood Banks and started performing as him in 1987.

In 1988, he won the Johnnie Walker Comedy Search national finals, which gave him a television appearance on A&E's An Evening at the Improv, aired on October 19, 1988. Later the same year, he won the Miller Lite Comedy Search regional finals held in Clinton Township, Michigan.

His songs include "Toast", "Fly's Eyes", "Wiper Blades", "Pancreas", "Big Butter Jesus" (a song about the King of Kings statue), "18 Wheels (on a Big Rig)", "The One Eye Love" & "The Cat Got Dead".

The story of his song "Toast" goes back to around 1986, when he was browsing at a Salvation Army store for props for his act. He bought an old toaster, thinking maybe he would make toast during his act. Later, his wife said she was looking forward to having toast the next morning, and he started improvising a song about toast while playing a bongo.

Heywood frequently appears on the nationally syndicated radio program The Bob and Tom Show. His most popular and widely known song is called "Toast", played on a toaster with a pair of forks. Another recurring song that B&T occasionally play is "Trauma to the Groin". Heywood's songs have also been played on the Dr. Demento Show.

In 1993, he starred in a pilot called The Heywood Banks Show, which was aired on WJBK. He played the manager of a trailer park's convenience store called the Toast Basket. He also played a resident at the trailer park named Hyphen (Dash) Ampersand. He performed his song "Toast" on the pilot. Comedy writer B. K. Taylor also appeared on the show.

Banks' "The Revenge Song" (also known as "You Can Be Mean to Me") was performed on American Idol on January 16, 2007, by an "urban Amish" singer called Troy.

Personal life
Banks is originally from Birmingham, Michigan. He attended Western Michigan University. He lives near Howell, Michigan.

Albums
 If Pigs Had Wings & Other Favorite Songs (1990)
 Treated and Released (1992)
 Picky Picky Picky (1998)
 difErnt (1999)
 Pretending I'm Not Home (2003)
 Big Butter (2006)
 Heywood Banks Live! Never Trust a Puppet (2012)

Television appearances
 A & E's Evening at The Improv with Richard Moll
 A & E's Evening at The Improv with John Davidson
 6 MTV Big @!#% Shows
 MTV ½ Hour Comedy Hour
 CNN Hollywood Minute
 Caroline's Comedy Hour
 Entertainment Tonight
 Showtime Comedy Club Network
 12th Annual HBO Young Comedians Special with Paul Rodriguez
 Harmony House television commercials

References

External links

 Heywood Banks' show schedule
 Heywood Banks audio on the Bob & Tom show

1951 births
Living people
American comedy musicians
Place of birth missing (living people)
People from Livingston County, Michigan
Michigan State University people
Michigan culture

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Le crime est notre affaire () est une série télévisée britannique en un téléfilm de 120 minutes et 10 épisodes de 45 minutes, créée d'après diverses nouvelles du recueil Le crime est notre affaire d'Agatha Christie et diffusée entre le  et le  sur ITV.

En France, la série est diffusée entre le  et le  sur FR3. Rediffusion sous le titre alternatif Les Associés du crime à partir du  sur FR3.

Synopsis
Cette série met en scène les aventures de Tommy et Tuppence Beresford qui ont une agence de détectives privés à Londres.

Distribution
Francesca Annis : Prudence « Tuppence » Beresford
James Warwick : Tommy Beresford
Deece Rinsdale : Albert

Production

Développement de la série
La série a débuté par la diffusion du téléfilm pilote Mr Brown () adapté du roman éponyme diffusé le  sur ITV et produit par  et est mené par les deux acteurs Francesca Annis et James Warwick.

La belle réussite de la série réconcilie Rosalind Hicks et Matthew Prichard, respectivement la fille et le petit-fils d'Agatha Christie, avec la télévision. Ceux-ci, tout comme la romancière, n'avaient pas apprécié les précédentes adaptations cinématographiques et télévisuelles. Les producteurs ne tardent pas à avoir de nombreux projets.

Fiche technique
 Titre original :
 Titre français : Le crime est notre affaire
 Pays d'origine :
 Langue originale : Anglais
 Saisons diffusés : 1 (11 épisodes)
 Producteur : Jack Williams
 Société de production :
 Musique : Joseph Horovitz
 Diffuseur original : ITV
 Année de création : 1983
 Durée moyenne d'un épisode : 45 minutes sauf le pilote de 120 minutes
 Genre : Série policière

Pilote
 Mr Brown ()

Épisodes

 L'Affaire de la perle rose ()
 La Mort à domicile ()
 Le Mystère Sunningdale ()
 La Fille du pasteur ()
 Impasse au roi ()
 Les Botillons de l'ambassadeur ()
 L'Homme dans le brouillard ()
 Un alibi en béton ()
 La Femme disparue ()
 Les Faussaires ()

DVD (France)
 La série a été éditée en Coffret DVD sous le titre Tommy et Tuppence chez l'éditeur "Éléphant Films" sorti le .

Voir aussi
 Associés contre le crime (), série télévisée britannique de 2015, reprenant les personnages de Tommy et Tuppence.
Liste des séries policières britanniques

Article connexe
 Le crime est notre affaire (recueil de nouvelles)

Lien externe

Notes et références

Série télévisée créée en 1983
Série télévisée britannique des années 1980
Série télévisée policière britannique
Adaptation d'une œuvre d'Agatha Christie
Série télévisée de ITV
Adaptation d'une nouvelle à la télévision


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Posted on September 8, 2020 by chrisdubvz
"This new day has greeted us with no rules; unconditional opportunity. Do not dilute the power of this new day with the hardship of yesterday. Greet this day the way it has greeted you; with open arms and endless possibility."-Steve Maraboli
Question of the Day:
What is the best part of being a part of your family?
Matthew Leonard displays KINDNESS to his classmates as he is always so encouraging and goes out of his way to make them smile.
Ashmi Trivedi
Yesterday 9/7: Mr. West
***Cannon Model UN:
Group A (Gold only): First meeting this Wednesday (9/9) during Office Hours (12:30-1:30) in the Library Annex
Group B (Maroon, all virtual, all on campus): First meeting next Wednesday (9/16) during Office Hours (12:30-1:30) in the Library Annex
All virtual: you will receive a Zoom link next week
You are invited to submit your work to "The Ink," Cannon's literary arts magazine. We are looking for poetry, prose, short fiction, essays, photography, drawings, prints, illustrations, photography, paintings, graphic design/digital artwork, multimedia work, and digital recordings of performances. Check your email for instructions, and you can find a copy of last year's edition in any English classroom and the English office. Submission deadline is September 25.
If we haven't met before, my name is Heidi Coppa and I started a film production club last year called Cannon Film Studios. We didn't make anything, but I'm choosing to blame that on the pandemic. And now we are excited to get started on our first short film of the year!!
The concept- a short film made up entirely on the spot. The only plan is that I will hold auditions that will give me an idea of who is best to act in a film with this much improvisation, and then once it is cast we will coordinate a day when all of us will show up with some cameras and 2 props and we will start shooting! If you are interested in working behind the camera, your help will also be greatly appreciated as we would like to have 2 cameras operating as well as sound!
Of course, it will be mandatory to mask, sanitize, and maintain social distance because this is no covid party. Getting sick is unprofessional.
If you are interested in acting or operating equipment during the shoot, please email me at hcoppa@cannonschool.org !!
We are excited for a lot of fun, chaos, and exploration! I can't wait for you to be a part of the process!
Breakfast items, bottled beverages, ice cream, chips and snaps are available in the Dining Hall 7:30-9:45 and then re-opening 12:45-2:30. Please remember to practice social distancing if there is a crowd in that space.
SENIORS: To learn more about Cannon's Nomination Process for Competitive Scholarshipsplease review these two documents:
Nomination Steps and Application
Nomination Request Form
The first application deadline is September 8th: Morehead Cain Scholarship (UNC) and Bryan Scholarship (Davidson College)
Seniors & Juniors are invited to sign-up in SCOIR for Zoom meetings with College Admission Representatives. Sessions will be during lunch and office hours. Check SCOIR for the most up-to-date listing of college representative visits and click HERE for full registration directions. Use this Zoom Meeting Link to connect and, if required on your device, the meeting ID: 707 028 3745 to tune in remotely.
9/3: Appalachian State University; Washington University in St. Louis
9/4: University of Chicago; Bates College; Allegheny College; Emerson College
9/8: University of Richmond; Randolph-Macon College; Mercer University; Bowdoin College
9/9: Baylor University; George Washington University
9/10: UNC – Wilmington; Vanderbilt University
9/11: Roanoke College; Drew University; Furman University; Southern Methodist University
9/15: Emory & Henry; Providence College: Berry College; University of Alabama
9/16: Denison University; College of Charleston
9/22: Dickinson College; Rochester Institute of Technology; Miami University (OH); Duke University
9/23: Texas Christian University; Clemson University
9/24: Gettysburg College; Trinity University (TX)
9/25: Butler University; William & Mary; Guildford College
9/29: Northeastern University; Chapman University; UNC Asheville; Elon University
9/30: University of South Carolina; Salem College
10/1: University of Massachusetts (Lowell); Davidson College
10/2: American University; University of Rochester; University of Miami; Moravian College
10/6: Savannah College of Art & Design; Louisiana State University; University of San Francisco; St. Andrews University
10/7: NC State University; George Mason University
10/8: The American University in Paris; High Point University
10/15: Emory University
10/16: Rollins College
10/21: University of Arizona; Wake Forest University
10/23: Catholic University of American
11/10: Colgate University


When returning from active duty, many veterans go directly to higher education. With legislation such as the GI Bills in place, it's clear that this is an encouraged path. However, to follow this route, vets need to navigate the transition from military life to academic classes, with all the behind-the-scenes work that entails. It's important to ensure individuals are aware of the resources available to them and overcome the challenges associated with finding an ideal college program.


Stephen Ross (live) – Writer, etc.
Hello. Come on in. I'm a writer (mystery, mostly), and sometimes a musician and film maker. This is my "Live" space on the internet; it's my playroom and place to put stuff. Think of it as a living filing cabinet.
I've always liked horror, and creepy, and weird. So, when I was asked to contribute a story to a new "Lovecraft" influenced anthology, I jumped at the opportunity. My story "The Tall ones" appears alongside several other horror, creepy, and weird stories in this very cool new anthology.
My story "Songbird Blues" appears in the new Mystery Writers of America (MWA) anthology edited by one of my favorite mystery writers: Anne Perry. The anthology features 20 brand new mystery stories, including one from Anne, Jeffery Deaver, Charles Todd, and several others.
My story "Monsieur Alice is Absent" appears in a special anthology of terror put together by editors Jackie Sherbow and Emily Hockaday at Dell Magazines. The collection is drawn from the pages of the Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, Asimov's Science Fiction, and Analog Science Fiction and Fact (my story was first published Oct 2010 in Alfred Hitchcock, and was nominated for an Edgar Award). I'm very thrilled to be included in this very cool collection of stories!
My story Feed the Birds is included in the latest MWA (Mystery Writers of America) anthology. This new anthology features 20 brand new horror stories and was edited by the great R.L. Stine (Goosebumps, anyone?). This is the second time I've been published in an MWA anthology with Mr. Stine (see also: The Mystery Box anthology from 2013).


Mozilla has been doing a lot to annoy its users in recent years, one such action was its intent to include sponsored tiles in its Firefox browser. In a new post on the Mozilla blog, the company has made the decision to end the practice and to "focus on core experiences for our users."
Sponsored tiles were controversial, many users perceived Firefox to be compromising their privacy, but this was not the case as the appropriate tiles were to be picked by the browser locally, without involving a third party.
The move seems like a response to the declining usage of Firefox, as people move towards alternatives such as Chrome and Edge. Moreover, ex-Opera developers will also soon be launching the 1.0 release of their Vivaldi web browser, which will chip away at Firefox's user base.
Mozilla plans to go further than removing sponsored tiles to regain trust, according to a bug report over at Mozilla's bug tracking site; the Pocket plugin will be fully stripped from people's browser if they do not want it, although it will be installed by default. In current versions of Firefox, Pocket can only be disabled in the about: config tab.


Il primo ritiro è quello della Locomobile 1912. Hanno rotto il motore, sembrava un dinosauro abbattuto. Anche la Rolls del '13 ha avuto i suoi guai, accusa sette ore di penalità. Sono una ventina i concorrenti che non sono riusciti a stare nei tempi, o per guasti meccanici o per avere (come l'equipaggio giapponese, ma non è stato il solo) sbagliato strada. Ci sono state due "prove speciali" lungo le montagne del Giura, non molto tirate ma bastava una incertezza, un bivio confuso con quello successivo per ritrovarsi indietro e il percorso non consentiva facili recuperi. Vagabunda è a zero penalità e continua a girare con un bel motore rotondo. Fischiano i freni, sarà una specie di serenata… Domani saremo in Italia, speriamo che la nostra tradizione alberghiera sia superiore a quella incontrata ad Aix. Un'ora e quaranta per la cena, con una nuvola di camerieri che facevano solo vento.
The first withdrawal is the Locomobile 1912. They have crushed the engine and it looked like a downed dinosaur. Even Rolls 1913 has had his troubles, accuses seven-hour penalty. Nearly twenty competitors were not able to respect the time, for mechanical breakdowns or for having taken (as the Japanese crew, but it was not the only one) the wrong way. There were two "special tests" along the Jura mountains, not very fast but an uncertainty, a crossroads confused with the next was enough to remain back and the path did not allow easy recoveries. Vagabunda is zero penalties and it continues to run with a beautiful round engine. Brakes hiss, will be a kind of serenade ... Tomorrow we will be in Italy, we hope that our hotel tradition is higher than that encountered in Aix. An hour and forty minutes to have dinner, with a cloud of waiters who produced only wind.


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Paying Young Basketball Players
This is the second in a two-part article responding to Jason Whitlock's pay-for-play plan for college basketball players. Be sure to read Whitlock's plan and part one from yesterday
"Should college athletes be paid" is a bad way to frame the pay-for-play debate. It assumes that future pros have to be in college. That requires any plan take into account many unrelated issues including Title IX, the academic mission of the university, and taxpayer support of both public and private colleges. It also leaves unanswered other questions like "Should athletes be able to jump straight from high school to the pros?" and "What is the responsibility of pro leagues to develop their own players?"
Paying college basketball players without fixing the system immediately below it also threatens to simply shift problems downward. To fix basketball, everyone needs to get what they want. The best prospects need the shortest path to a pro career. The NBA needs a system to evaluate players before they are drafted or signed. And the NCAA wants a supply of talented players who are committed to college.
My plan steals liberally from the changes the US Soccer Federation and Major League Soccer have made to produce better and younger professional soccer players. Given the scale of youth basketball and the size of the teams, many of the same principles can be applied to basketball. But the changes involve only the NBA in most cases, meaning getting multiple parties (beyond the owners and players) to agree to this system is not needed.
Step One: Start an NBA youth league
To combat some of the negatives of AAU requires a big name. If athletes are being courted by agents and receiving extra benefits from their AAU programs, only the NBA has the cachet to get them to consider another system. Each NBA team would field at least two youth teams, U–16 (high school freshmen and sophomores) and U–18 (high school seniors and juniors). NBA teams might have affiliate clubs as well, to cover geographic areas without an NBA team or population centers with large numbers of elite prospects (Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, D.C., etc.). Figure at least 60 teams.
The schedule would be modeled after the USSF Development Academy: lots of practice and skill development with fewer, high quality games. Figure one, occasionally two games per week, with playoffs in June and showcase tournaments during traditional AAU periods (September and April). This takes the best players out of the grassroots AAU system and into one controlled top-down by an organization that can enforce rules and impose meaningful penalties. It also takes players out of high school, giving them a single system to learn from high quality coaches.
Step Two: Allow teams to sign homegrown players
Each NBA team would be assigned a geographic area so that every team is working with roughly the same population. Once a player has been with an NBA youth team or affiliate for one year, the NBA team would be able to sign them to a professional contract. That contract could be fixed according to a set scale, and would likely be exempt from counting against the salary cap or roster limits (more on those in a second).
A young professional who was signed by the NBA team would be allowed to continue playing with the youth team alongside unsigned amateur players. Like in MLS, homegrown rights would stay with the player in college. Instead of adding a player during or right out of high school, the team might have him play college basketball for a year or three before signing him.
Step 3: Handpick the best unattached players
Instead of allowing players to pick when to renounce their eligibility and enter a draft, the NBA should select the ones it wants before hand. The league would do its own scouting alongside teams. NBA clubs would submit lists of early entry candidates they are interested in drafting to the league, who compiles a master list and targets a group of 8–15 players for early entry.
Those players would be signed to a standard, guaranteed contract by the league before the draft, ending their collegiate eligibility. That contract would be adjusted based on their draft position and assigned to the team that drafts them. By making the players very enticing (roster and salary cap exempt), the NBA would minimize the chance that a player goes undrafted and not picked up by a team, forcing the league to eat the salary.
Step 4: Expand rosters and start a reserve league
NBA teams currently can have 15 players on their roster, but may only dress 13 for any one game. The league should expand the rosters by a significant amount, up to 20 players, while still only dressing 12 or 13 for each game.
But those five new players would not be on the same salary structure. They would be "developmental slots" on a lower, fixed salary than the NBA minimum, unless they are homegrown or early entry players. In soccer, developmental players have a minimum salary of about 75% of normal roster players. The NBA could start a little lower than that, say $250,000, and scale up from there if possible. Players in these spots would have to be under an age limit, say 25 or 26, or else the minimum salary goes up.
With 7–8 players not playing each game, players at the end of the bench who played minimal minutes, youth players the team has signed or might sign, and players trying out for the team, we have plenty of players for a reserve team. The reserve team would mix games in during the NBA season against other NBA teams, with a focus on competition within a division to keep costs down. Just enough games to keep players sharp, anywhere from 20–40.
How is this all paid for? Mostly the same sources Whitlock cited: a shoe/apparel deal and broadcast contracts. The difference is that this creates much more inventory for broadcast partners, including all of the top prep games in the country. Nike and Adidas will also jump at the chance to outfit every single one of the top 1800 or so young players in the country without dealing with individual AAU programs. Money could also be saved by eliminating the D-League.
In this system, the best players gravitate to NBA youth teams or affiliates. The very best will be signed by NBA teams and still be able to develop with players their age or players that are mostly a bit older. Some will attend college for a number of years before their NBA team signs them. And the draft will still be there for late bloomers, players without an NBA academy program nearby, or players whose rights are relinquished by an NBA team. But players move on to the NBA when they and an NBA team decide they are ready rather than an arbitrary age limit.
NBA teams will like it, especially if the costs are covered, because they get even more evaluation of players before they are signed. A year of playing against college competition is nice, but it is no match for actually coaching the player in the team's system for at least a year, likely more. NBA clubs can also still use the free college system for further development of their prospects.
The only question is whether it would be good for college basketball. One data point is that college soccer attendance, on much shakier ground than college basketball, has stayed strong and grown despite losing more of the best players to MLS and European teams. This system could also attract more NBA fans to college basketball, to watch players whose rights are held by their favorite NBA team. But without a way to exit on their own to the NBA, college players would have to be patient and stay focused on school until a contract offer comes, unless they want to look to Europe which is an option under any system.
Everybody appears to win, or least not lose too much. Players move onto the NBA based on skill and upside, not age. NBA teams have more access to players early on to groom and evaluate them for the pro game. And the players at the center of much of the controversy in college basketball will not be there, along with possibly a new audience.