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Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi (l) and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra
Rahul, Priyanka to meet P Chidambaram at Tihar Jail tomorrow
ANI | Updated: Nov 26, 2019 19:04 IST
New Delhi[India], Nov 26 (ANI): Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will meet former finance minister P Chidambaram here at Tihar Jail on Wednesday.
Chidambaram, a senior Congress leader, is currently lodged in Tihar jail under judicial custody after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested him last month in connection with the INX Media money laundering case.
Earlier in the day, the Supreme Court adjourned for November 27 the hearing of an appeal filed by Chidambaram challenging Delhi High Court order denying him bail in the INX Media money laundering case being probed by the ED.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had registered a corruption case in this regard in May 2017. Later that year, the ED also lodged a money laundering case.
The Congress leader was first arrested by the CBI on August 21 in the INX Media corruption case but was granted bail by the Supreme Court two months later.
He was arrested by the ED in the money laundering case on October 16. He is presently in judicial custody till November 27. (ANI)
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The incentive that impels a man to act is always some uneasiness... But to make a man act [he must have] the expectation that purposeful behavior has the power to remove or at least to alleviate the felt uneasiness.
At first, we thought [the power of the West] was because you had more powerful guns than we had. Then we thought it was because you had the best political system. Next we focused on your economic system. But in the past twenty years, we have realized that the heart of your culture is your religion: Christianity.
[In the] higher Christian churches... they saunter through the liturgy like Mohawks along a string of scaffolding who have long since forgotten their danger. If God were to blast such a service to bits, the congregation would be, I believe, genuinely shocked. But in the low churches you expect it every minute.
In England there were always two sharply opposed middle classes, the academic middle class and the commercial middle class. In the nineteenth century, the academic middle class won the battle for power and status... Then came the triumph of Margaret Thatcher... The academics lost their power and prestige and... have been gloomy ever since.
Conservatism is the philosophy of society. Its ethic is fraternity and its characteristic is authority — the non-coercive social persuasion which operates in a family or a community. It says 'we should...'.
What distinguishes true Conservatism from the rest, and from the Blair project, is the belief in more personal freedom and more market freedom, along with less state intervention... The true Third Way is the Holy Grail of Tory politics today - compassion and community without compulsion.
I mean three systems in one: a predominantly market economy; a polity respectful of the rights of the individual to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; and a system of cultural institutions moved by ideals of liberty and justice for all. In short, three dynamic and converging systems functioning as one: a democratic polity, an economy based on markets and incentives, and a moral-cultural system which is plural and, in the largest sense, liberal.
There was nothing new about the Frankish drive to the east... [let] us recall that the continuance of their rule depended upon regular, successful, predatory warfare.
The primary thing to keep in mind about German and Russian thought since 1800 is that it takes for granted that the Cartesian, Lockean or Humean scientific and philosophical conception of man and nature... has been shown by indisputable evidence to be inadequate.
The Union publishes an exact return of the amount of its taxes; I can get copies of the budgets of the four and twenty component states; but who can tell me what the citizens spend in the administration of county and township?
Revelations cannot be sustained and transformed into successful new religions by lonely prophets... Indeed, new religious movements based on revelations typically are family affairs.
Inquiry does not start unless there is a problem... It is the problem and its characteristics revealed by analysis which guides one first to the relevant facts and then, once the relevant facts are known, to the relevant hypotheses.
The recognition and integration of extralegal property rights [in the Homestead Act] was a key element in the United States becoming the most important market economy and producer of capital in the world.
Law being too tenuous to rely upon in [Ulster and the Scottish borderlands], people developed patterns of settling differences by personal fighting and family feuds.
In 1911... at least nine million of the 12 million covered by national insurance were already members of voluntary sick pay schemes. A similar proportion were also eligible for medical care.
A writer who says that there are no truths, or that all truth is 'merely relative', is asking you not to believe him. So don't.
[T]he way "to achieve a system of determining admission to the public schools on a nonracial basis," Brown II, 349 U. S., at 300–301, is to stop assigning students on a racial basis. The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race.
But the only religions that have survived are those which support property and the family. Thus the outlook for communism, which is both anti-property and anti-family, (and also anti-religion), is not promising.
[Every] sacrifice is an act of impurity that pays for a prior act of greater impurity... without its participants having to suffer the full consequences incurred by its predecessor. The punishment is commuted in a process that strangely combines and finesses the deep contradiction between justice and mercy.
Imagining that all order is the result of design, socialists conclude that order must be improvable by better design of some superior mind.
The Road to the Middle Class is a journey from a world of power to a world of trust and love. In religion, it is a journey from power gods that respond to sacrifice and augury to the God who makes a covenant with mankind. In education, it is a journey from the world of the spoken word to the world of the written word. In community, it is the journey from dependence on blood kin and upon clientage under a great lord to the mutual aid and the rules of the self-governing fraternal association. In law it is the journey from the violence of force and feud to the king's peace, the law of contract, and private property.
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SANavigator Adds Integrator Partners
By James Alan Miller | March 28, 2001
SAN management software company SANavigator Inc. today announced it has signed three new integrators who will offer the company's vendor- and platform-independent SAN management application SANavigator(TM) in SAN installations. These three companies are Maryville Technologies of St. Louis, Nth Generation Computing, Inc. of San Diego, and SanOne, Inc. of Phoenix.
"The response we have received to our SANavigator product, and the support from integrators, has been phenomenal," said Robert Wright, president and COO of SANavigator Inc. "These companies are renowned for their quality of service and innovative technology solutions, and by selecting SANavigator, can offer even more wide-ranging SAN/NAS hardware options to their customers."
According to SANavigator, SANavigator 1.6, is a Java-based storage management application that is vendor- and platform-independent, provides integration features for a variety of applications and operates as a host for other storage management applications, utilities and tools from major storage vendors.

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New London High School Senior Receives Full-Tuition Scholarship to Post University
Jun 17, 2021 | News, People of Post, Press Releases
Science and Technology Magnet High School graduate Jayden Burns selected as the 2021 Malcolm Baldrige Scholarship recipient
WATERBURY, CT – (June 6, 2021) – Post University has named Jayden Burns its 2021 recipient for its annual Malcolm Baldrige Scholarship. Burns will receive a four-year, full-tuition package to study at the university's Malcolm Baldrige School of Business. The New London resident was honored at an in-person reception on June 3. The scholarship is valued at $113,000.
A graduate of the Science and Technology Magnet High School of Southeastern Connecticut in New London, CT, Burns excelled academically, earning high honors all four years. She also is an accomplished athlete, earning spots on the cheerleading, and track and field teams and serving as captain of the girls' volleyball and basketball teams. In her free time, Burns volunteered as a cheerleading assistant coach, basketball clinic instructor, life mentor for high school students, and an election poll worker. She plans to major in business administration and will play on the Post University Women's Basketball Team.
"Each year, we award this scholarship to the student who best exemplifies the qualities that helped Malcolm Baldrige succeed – innovation, excellence, integrity, and leadership," said Post University Provost, Dr. Elizabeth Johnson. "Jayden's ability to balance her athletic responsibilities and community service commitments without sacrificing her academic success is the reason why we selected her for this prestigious scholarship. We look forward to watching her grow here."
Named for former United States Secretary of Commerce Malcolm Baldrige, the scholarship is awarded to outstanding students who wish to pursue degrees in business. Applicants must demonstrate academic success and dedication to the community by submitting letters of recommendation and an essay on promoting social responsibility. A panel of Post University faculty and administration select the students.
To maintain eligibility, students must be full-time residents pursuing a degree within The Malcolm Baldrige School of Business at Post University. Students must also maintain a cumulative grade point average of 3.50 or higher.
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That's still my favorite kind of meat to suck on. Well, not to boast, but like a surprising of cocksuckers, I've got pretty big meat myself, a little bigger than Robbie's, maybe half an inch longer and a little fatter.
He started showing off his dick to me and he asked if I wanted to play with it. I immediately forgot about my own dick and reached over and started stroking his for him. It felt like magic in my hand. After a minute or so he just said, "go ahead if you want to, I won't tell anyone. I don't know how, but somehow he knew I wanted to suck it.
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What was your first reaction to having a dick in your mouth? That I was in heaven. It was by far the most exciting moment in my young life. It was like his dick was electric, except in a wholly good way. I'll never forget how it felt.
No, not that time. He told me he was about to cum and took it out of my mouth and stroked it a couple of times and then came in quarts. Boy, did he make a mess. I went to the bathroom and got a towel and wiped him up.
Yeah, I jerked off and wiped myself up and then we put the tape back where he found it so his brother wouldn't know we'd seen it. His mother came home about twenty minutes later and asked me to stay for dinner, but I had to go home.
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I jerked off about four times that night thinking about what had happened. But I was also scared he'd not want to be friends with me any more since I'd become a cocksucker. That was about the worst word you could call someone in our crowd, although most of the guys probably didn't think about what it really meant.
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We hooked up in school the next day and he acted like nothing had happened. Then when we were walking home that afternoon, he asked me if I had liked it the day before. I knew what "it" was, of course, and said yeah, I had, and he said he had too.
Then he asked me if I wanted to suck him off again. I said yeah, I did, and that was that. I was his cocksucker all through high school and that was just fine with me. And with him. He asked how I felt about giving him blow jobs while he didn't give me any and I told him that it was OK, I really enjoyed sucking him. And that was the truth. I just felt so alive when I had Robbie's dick in my mouth, when he was sharing his manhood with me so I could get him off.
Nope, he didn't, thank God. I wasn't a sissy or anything, but a hundred percent regular guy-guy and popular with others at school. No one in a million years would have thought I was a fag by how I acted. I just liked sucking his cock when he needed it, being the instrument of his sexual pleasure while I fed my hunger for dick.
I'm still a regular kind of guy except for being totally queer for cock. So we stayed best friends and I sucked him off two-three times a week.
He'd joke with me that he was the only guy in school who never had to jerk off, because he had his very own, personal, private cocksucker. He'd ask for it or he'd just give me that look that told me he was horny and I'd get on my knees and service him. Sometimes at school he'd whisper to me, "Guess what I want," and I could hardly wait for school to get out. After he came he'd let me nurse on his dick while I JO'd, and then we'd go play tennis or whatever, just like two normal, teenage, male friends.
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I could usually beat his ass in tennis, too. I'm a better athlete than he is. Oh, sure, and he'd usually let me, even if he wasn't really in the mood.
I took care of him when he needed it and he took care of me when I did. Like I said, we were buddies.
I liked making him feel good, so it was OK. But I've never liked the taste of cum much. I know a lot of cocksuckers live for the stuff, but for me, it's the dick I crave. It's being on my knees for a man, giving him pleasure while he gives me dick that I love. Taking a guy's load is just part of the job, so to speak.
But it's an important part. There's a reason we call it "service. I just try to have his dick down my throat when he pops. Then I look up at him and thank him with my eyes. Guys usually love that. Oh, no. There was one other straight friend I serviced, and there were two other guys in our class who turned out to be fags too and I fooled around with them a lot once we found out that we batted for the same team. But that wasn't cocksucking--giving service--that was gay sex. None of us were out, of course. A lot of guys fooled around together when they were horny, mostly mutual jack off, and the occasional sixty-nine.
But being openly queer was way uncool and it was never, and I mean never, talked about. So it was great having a couple of friends I could be completely myself with, guys who knew I was a homo and who were homos themselves so they understood why I needed dick so much. We got kind of drunk one night at a party and I was staying at his house for the weekend. After we got home, we piled into bed together--he had a queen size bed in his room, so I always slept in it with him to save messing up a guest room--and pretty soon he was asleep and his dick was hanging out of his boxers so I started feeling him up.
I figured I could always do the old boy-was-I-drunk-last-night-I-don't-remember-a-thing routine if necessary. He got hard as I felt him up so I started sucking it.
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I guess he woke up because I felt him put his hand on the back of my head to indicate it was alright and he was enjoying it. So I continued sucking till he popped and then he just rolled over and went back to sleep and I jerked off. No, it turned out I wasn't the first guy he'd given access to his cock. He told me his older cousin had seduced him when he was thirteen and was still giving him head now and then.
He was surprised to find out I liked sucking dick, but it was cool with him because his cousin had taught him to enjoy a good BJ. So it became a sort of regular thing. Not as often as with Robbie, but at least a couple of times a month. He had a pretty hot and heavy girl friend at that time, so he was getting plenty in the pussy department, but she wouldn't suck his dick.
I always made a point of keeping the various parts of my sex life completely separate.
I never told Robbie about my fooling around with the other queer guys, or even that those guys were queer. And I didn't tell him about sucking off Sam. It was after school was out in our junior year and I had gone over to Robbie's house one morning to play tennis with him. His family had a court. Yeah, his father's a big-deal lawyer in the city.
But we were all spoiled-rotten-rich-kids, I guess. My dad's a doctor, a cardiologist. Everyone in the neighborhood's pretty well off. Anyway, I walked into the house without knocking, like we always did. I walked into Robbie's bedroom, and found Robbie still asleep, the lazy prick. I woke him up and he started stretching his arms and legs.
God, he was so gorgeous when he did that.
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My friends, I have discovered a new technique for distressing vinyl which I'll share in a minute. I wasn't planning on making so many things for fall, but when I see something I like, it triggers the creative part of my brain! It fires up and just won't be satisfied until I make something! Are you like that?
And this sketch that I made on my Silhouette machine and framed.
Oh, and this chalkboard scroll that I made using one of my favorite Fall quotes! You can read my 3 tips for creating stunning vignettes here.
In all this creating, I stumbled upon an easy way to distress shiny craft vinyl to create a sign that looks worn and vintage!
I'll be honest that I wasn't sure if this idea would actually work, but as you can see, my distressed fall sign turned out beautifully and I'm excited to share the process with you today.
I started off with a piece of pine cut to 18" square and sanded smooth.
I sloppily painted around the top edges of the sign with the burnt umber acrylic paint.
When that dried, I painted a heavy coat of white chalk paint, making sure to leave lots of brush strokes and texture. I set it aside because this took awhile to dry.
In the meantime, I cut out my design using my Silhouette machine. I'm not going to go into any detail on how to do this, because I've shared that several times before. I used different colors of glossy vinyl to match the blue and orange fall theme I've used for cozy fall decorating this year.
Once my heavy coat of white paint dried, I sanded it with my palm sander, smoothing the ridges and revealing some of that burnt umber paint along the edges. Doesn't it look like it's been sitting in someone's barn for a couple hundred years? Okay, maybe not, but this was a very easy way to create an aged look on a new piece of wood!
I used my transfer paper to perfectly center my vinyl design on the board. See how perfect the vinyl looks? It's all glossy and shiny...but I wanted a distressed look to match the aged board I had painted! So read on to find out how to distress shiny craft vinyl!
This next step is the one I was nervous about. I decided to take my palm sander to my vinyl! I wanted to see if I could lightly distress it without ruining the vinyl.
I went lightly, and focused mostly on the black letters. It really took just a few seconds to sand off that shine! Look at this beautiful distressing! You can see that some of the letter corners were sanded right off. I'm glad I stopped when I did!
Tip: when distressing vinyl with a palm sander, go lightly and quickly! You can choose some select spots to distress a little heavier with the edge of the sander. If you're nervous, try using a piece of sand paper so you can adjust pressure manually.
And that was all it took! So easy and quick! I just wiped off the residue and my sign was done! I didn't bother to wax because remember I was going for vintage, distressed and aged. So the matte look from the sanded board and the distressed vinyl is just perfect as is!
I am really excited that I discovered this easy technique for distressing craft vinyl! I'll definitely be using this again when I want to make a vintage-looking sign!
As always, please feel free to pin and share this image with your crafty-loving friends!


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Greenwich Boys Lax Falls to Ridgefield in Renewed Rivalry
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The Greenwich High School boys lacrosse team fights for control of the ball during last year's state class L playoff game against Ridgefield. On Tuesday night, the two teams renewed its rivalry, with the Tigers coming away with the early season victory. (Avery Belicka photo)
Tuesday, April 12 was a date circled for both the Ridgefield High and Greenwich High lacrosse teams, as the two teams squared off for the first time since last year's overtime thriller in the Class L semifinals.
The Tigers put an end to Greenwich's postseason hopes last year when they eliminated the Cardinals in both the FCIAC semis and the class L state playoffs.
The rivalry was renewed at Tiger Hollow Stadium on Tuesday night, as the Cardinals couldn't avenge their previous playoff losses in what was a tough early test for both teams.
"This is going to fuel us for the rest of the season," said Greenwich's Michael Sands following the 10-7 loss to Ridgefield. "We're going to use this to our advantage and get better. We're going to work our asses off in practice."
Ridgefield was led by Peter Dearth with a game-high five goals and accounting for half of his team's scoring output. Schuyler Blair and Chase Levesque each scored a pair of goals in the first half to get the Tigers out to a commanding 6-1 lead at the half.
"I told them to regroup at half and stick to what we have been doing in practice," said GHS head coach Bob Lutz. "I'm happy that they realized that they could come back in a game like this. It showed at the end, but it was a too little too late."
Out of the half Greenwich came out strong, as Bailey Savio and Scooter Harrington both found the back of the net to cut the deficit to 6-3. Savio also had an impressive day at the X, taking 17-of-19 faceoffs.
Ridgefield's Drew Fowler would then find an open Dearth who took advantage of the Cardinal's zone defense and fired a shot passed the goalie for a 7-3 lead.
Sands, a senior attack commit to Lafayette College, then got on the scoreboard for Greenwich, but it would again be countered by a Ridgefield goal to maintain a 8-4 lead headed into the final quarter of play. Greg Gatto set up an open Mark Galione just before the third quarter expired for the Tigers.
After Dearth notched his fourth and fifth goals of the night in the fourth quarter, the Cardinals were down, but not out for the count.
With just over two minutes remaining in the contest, and down by six goals, Greenwich attempted a comeback for the ages with three goals in their final three possessions. Ridgefield would eventually wind down the game clock, but not before the Cardinals showed what they could do in a two-minute drill coming from behind.
Sands, Jack O'Connor and Matt Baugher all scored for Greenwich in the final 2:17 of play in a game their coach says he never counted them out of.
In goal, Bennett Cooper made three saves for the Cardinals who next will host Wilton on Friday.
"I think when you have a kid like Bailey Savio that can win you faceoffs and a kid like Will Perry, who today hit lots of pipes, you can always get back in the game," said Lutz. "Our attack really stepped up in the end with Scooter and Sands. Ridgefield is a good team with a strong zone defense."
Even in his first year at the helm for the Cardinals, Lutz says he's aware of the rivalry between the two FCIAC foes and hopes to see them face off in the postseason for what could be a third consecutive year for the programs.
"In the way it's worked out in previous years, we could see them up to three times in a year. If we see them, we'll probably both be way different teams by then."
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These types of clocks are located all over Tulsa. This particular clock is in Centennial Park - Tulsa, OK. Featured in Tomorrow is No Guarantee.
As the passing of legendary singer/songwriter Prince came to light, social media erupted with "gone too soon" and #PrinceRIP. Gone too soon, indeed, as Prince was only 57 years young.
It unfortunately serves as another reminder that our lives are delicate. We're here one minute – gone the next, and no one is exempt from taking their final breath.
Every day is something to be cherished, and the fact that you are reading this is reason enough to be grateful. When your hourglass runs out of sand – that's it. No mulligans. No do-overs.
Those that are lucky enough to pass peacefully, surrounded by family and friends, are just that – lucky. Too often people pass away without ever having the opportunity to say goodbye to those who loved them most.
So please, take a moment today and call someone you love. Better yet, stop in and say hello! Let them know how much they mean to you. Trust me, you'll both be glad you did!
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Lung Cancer Canada is a national, charitable organization that serves as Canada's leading resource for lung cancer education, awareness and patient support. Based in Toronto, Lung Cancer Canada has a wide reach that includes both regional and pan-Canadian initiatives. Lung Cancer Canada is a member of the Global Lung Cancer Coalition and is the only organization in Canada focused exclusively on lung cancer.
Founded in 2002 by Dr. Yee Ung (a radiation oncologist), Magdalene Winterhoff (an oncology social worker), and Ralph Gouda (who lost his wife to lung cancer), Lung Cancer Canada includes an active board of directors and volunteer base, lung cancer nurses' network, and a distinguished medical advisory network made up of medical and radiation oncologists, thoracic surgeons, and respirologists focused on lung cancer.
Lung Cancer Canada was founded as a response to the observation that lung cancer's broad scope and devastating impact too often go unrecognized among Canadians. Historically lung cancer has received scant public attention in Canada, despite the fact that lung cancer is the nation's number one cancer killer and will afflict one out of every twelve Canadians over the course of a lifetime. The attention paid to lung cancer is scarce in part because of its low survival rate, which drastically diminishes the voice of those affected, and in part because of the relationship between lung cancer and smoking, which has unfairly stigmatized lung cancer patients. But Canadians cannot afford to keep ignoring this deadly disease.
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To help achieve our mission, Lung Cancer Canada has just launched a national lung cancer awareness campaign to coincide with this November's Lung Cancer Awareness Month. By elevating lung cancer's public profile, announcing the results of our recent public opinion survey on lung cancer perceptions among Canadians, and educating Canadians about the toll lung cancer is taking, we hope to jumpstart a serious national conversation about lung cancer.


Ladies and gents, Baseball season is upon us, and for the first time in a long time, my excitement on a new year is tempered by decisions made seemingly out of left field. As much as I want to be excited about 2017, I feel like recent revelations have made my own feelings on the new year a bit less about getting elbow deep in the new features to more focused on seeing how the general population reacts. So far, saying it hasnt been pretty is an understatement.
First, it looks like the app is getting a pretty big visual upgrade, and new look for 2017, even though the features are relatively flat. The overall structure of the game is relatively the same, but things definitely look more focused on interface for the users.
We also see that there is a new feature of sorts coming soon, and it looks like a new form of a gameplay mode that may not be focused around contests. This is good news, but considering how much work still needs to be done on developing app features, im not sure this is the right direction to go.
Rightfully so, Kris Bryant is the official cover athlete of 2017 Bunt, which I fully support. No one is better than the MVP and World Champ. I think that the base cards will follow suit as all the updates we have seen are really nice in visuals, but less so in functionality. The design team really is Topps' best asset.
This is where things get quite hairy.
To start, card counts on inserts that are not LE will be removed from visibility, something that makes absolutely no sense. Not only was this structure reviled in Skate, but it will be even more so in Bunt. Card counts are not the enemy, and I warn against doing anything to piss off the users in a time where everyone is still wary of what happened with the app's trajectory last year.
Bottom line, the primary goal should be bring more users to the Topps apps. The secondary market value on eBay has crashed for a number of reason around non-LE inserts as it is, but that is far from a reason to make such a trivial change on something that is bottom line functionality for users within the app. This wont bring new people to the app, and if anything, will further contribute to a lack of value in anything that isnt 10 count in the apps.
If the goal is to piss off loyal spenders, consider it achieved. If the goal was to piss off loyal spenders by making the dumbest possible small change that has sweeping consequences to a vital statistic used by all participants, that's good to go as well.
Open edition cards, as it is, are a worthless trick to extend pack odds and take weight off the design team to build new cards. Its good for Topps, because it means they can pump packs full of junk while not really adding true valuable content or new features that bring the apps forward on a regular basis. Its time to find ways to make the apps more enjoyable to play, rather than continuing to add content in this fashion.
Removing the card counts only makes this worse in an app where ripping packs and collecting sets needs a value marker for both vets and rookies alike. There is an argument that not all cards are serially numbered on the physical side as well, but at the same point, more and more are being built that way to overcome the steep decline in hobby participation over the last two decades.
If people hate it, and it doesnt have a reason in the technology that it has to exist, why does it exist? WHY PISS PEOPLE OFF MORE IF YOU DONT HAVE TO?
Overall, this season will be a true test of the resiliency of the Topps Digital team to overcome hurdles they have set up in previous years. All the primary statistics that show department health are on a decline per the public app statistics. Downloads are down, spend rankings are down, daily active users are down. If Topps doesnt see that developing the new product features is a primary driver to curbing this decline, they need to wake up and fast. They need to cherish their users, not deliberately make them upset. They also need to captivate our attention, and new sets and new cards dont have the massive ability they used to. This format has been going on for too many years for new content to a driver. It has to be new features. That is the answer to all that ails. Until that is ready, stay the course, dont rock the damn boat.
Again, ill wait and see how Topps addresses this, but it needs to be addressed. I would hate to see things continue to peter out instead of becoming the next big thing it deserves to be.
It's frustrating to watch this 2 year train wreck. I really want Topps to make a lot of money. I am not opposed for them to find revenue opportunities. However, it's sad to keep watching them take short term money at the expense of long term investment and customer retention. Taking card counts off cards is a short term money grab. I'd love to write a whole paper explaining how to improve the apps. I have 30 ideas.
Why bother rearranging the icons at the bottom of main page into a different order than all the other apps? Is it a big deal? Not really, but it's just plain stupid as I naturally expect to view "my cards" by pressing the button in bottom right corner, not the middle button (and so forth). Who the hell thought it would be a good idea? I can accept paywalls & higher pack prices as necessary business decisions, but stuff like this drives me crazy as there is no good reason for this.
With all of these app updates across the board (and ensuing glitches like on Bunt & SWCT), the expansion of cards with no count, and the ongoing disinterest how cards are organized/sorted in all the apps, it's clear to me that on many different levels Topps remains so out of touch with what their users–who are collectors–really want.
I was sad when I saw the counts removed in the notes this week. My only thought to why is that someone there thinks that by removing count, cards that are truly popular will become valuable and not just cards based on count? Which is wrong. We as collectors understand that count is not everything, but we still consider it fundamental for digital trading/collecting. But I have no idea what they are thinking. The removed counts in SWCT with part of S4 base and I know that was not well recieved.
BUNT was doing decent when I started in 2015. You are right about one small thing that causes ripples through community. And yeah their metrics are falling, I personally have never been as unactive as of late across the board. Well see what happens in the coming weeks. Any hope for marathons this year? Signature series value last year was pitiful I thought. I guess thats just due to declining secondary economy in general?
Maybe they are going to add this new skin to the other sports apps soon, if not all 8? Bunt is just the guinea pig this time. Reminds me of the time when they tried a new build/skin in Kick and it caused mass crashing to the point that had to emergency roll it back. At least this was smooth.
I am a newbie, so I am trying to find as much info as possible regarding playing in contests and strategies for exchanging that I can. I started about 2 months ago, as BUNT16 was wrapping up. I am not adverse to spending, just need to figure out what my realistic limits should be. Will be checking back frequently for updates…glad there are folks like you out here providing info, as TOPPS does a piss poor job of explaining how things work with the app.
Does anyone know how to exchange a equipment card? This is the green, white and red card that looks like a ticket. It says that I can exchange it for a card but how is that done? I have 9 of these thing and have no idea on how to get another card for them. Tops doesn't tell you or at least I haven't found a place that tells you how to do it. Any help would be great! I thank you in advance.
They are from last year and are no longer available to exchange.


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What is the possible cause for this error? and how can be resolved?

A: Try to remove provissioning Profile From iTunes, and generate new one,then add it to iTunes,  then add entitlement file to iTunes, it should works

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While I was off gallivanting around Angola in June, the threat of landmines continued in other parts of the Continent. The total number mine action stories from the month is fairly limited, but they continue to show the trend of contamination lingering from long ago conflicts and the immediate fears of new use and new contamination from active wars. In Angola, some of the battlefields I saw had classic tactics of position where one force probed and attacked from a fortified position, trying to outflank the other while protecting one's own flanks. The minefields on these battlefields followed predictable patterns along lines of defense. The new uses in places like Mali and Nigeria reflect assymetrical warfare where small forces use mines to disrupt the movements of larger, better-armed forces.
Three deminers attached to the MINUSMA peacekeeping mission were attacked and killed in the northern city of Gao by members of Al Qaeda (All Africa). The MINUSMA mission is the deadliest peacekeeping mission and in response, the mission commander has called for upgrades in the mission's ability to detect and defend against improvised explosive devices and landmines, saying the threat from such weapons is "growing" (Newsweek).
In Mandera, a landmine attributed to Al Shabaab injured several police officers who were riding in the lead car of a convoy (All Africa). In a similar attack in Garissa, an ambulance driver was killed and three medics injured as they were en route to pick up a patient. The attack on the ambulance was also blamed on Al Shabaab (All Africa).
In 2013 Angola and Italy signed a cooperation agreement related to defense and international security, including landmine clearance. In June, the Angolan Defence Minister traveled to Italy to review the status of that cooperation (All Africa). In southern Cunene province, a mine action representative from the government agency, CNIDAH, called on landmine victims to register themselves with CNIDAH to be able to access the services provided by the agency. The representative also reported that over half a million square meters of land had been cleared in the province in 2015 by the national NGO, Terra Mae (All Africa). The US Assistant Secretary for International Security and nonproliferation, Tom Countryman, met with the international demining NGOs supported by the US State Department in advance of our visit (All Africa).
The Nigerian general in charge of operations in the northeast of the country against Boko Haram asked the government to keep several roads in the area closed to civilian traffic due to landmines. The House of Representatives is pressuring the military to open the roads to travel to allow displaced persons to return to their homes, but the general notes that the roads have not been surveyed or cleared fully and landmines and IEDs may remain (All Africa).
It may not matter to Boko Haram, but I applaud the Cameroon Bar Association's condemnation of the Islamist group for multiple human rights violations, including the use of landmines, in its 2015 report on the human rights situation in the country (All Africa).
The effects of Boko Haram's landmines on Cameroon were made clear when three Cameroonian soldiers were injured by a mine planted in the far north of the country (Cameroon Concord).
One of the benefits of landmine clearance programs is the jobs made available to residents of the mine-affected areas. In Zimbabwe, the HALO Trust has trained and employs a large number of men and women who were born and raised in villages along the minefields on the border with Mozambique. In addition to the obvious benefits of clearing landmines, the additional cash in the local economies helps drive development through construction of homes and investment in the communities (Voice of America).
For those injured by mines, Zimbabwe Assembly member Newton Kachepa called on the Ministry of Health and Child Care to provide wheelchairs and prosthetic devices (Bulawayo 24).
1,603 French-laid landmines were cleared from Algeria by the national army in May (Ennahar).
The current arms embargo imposed upon Libya includes restrictions on the import of non-lethal military hardware, such as mine detection equipment. As the Libyan army advances against the Islamic State forces in the town of Sirte, IS-laid landmines are taking a heavy toll and the Libyan army has asked for the ban on mine detectors and similar items to be lifted (Libya Observer).


"An Aquarian Exposition". This is a scanned image of the original poster advertising the world famous Woodstock festival of 1969. "An Aquarian Exposition" is a reference to a belief of the time that the Earth was coming into the influence of the astrological sign Aquarius. Many thought this would usher in an age of peace, love and understanding. Woodstock posters were printed in two sizes 18″x24″ and 24″x36″. This being a scanned image, it is a 742x 1024 jpg and a 157 KB file and clearly represents the poster in it's original condition. To find this image, I searched "original woodstock poster" in Google search. It was designed by Arnold Skolnick. He was contracted by fellow Woodstock Ventures and was hired on a Thursday and delivered the poster the following Monday. Even though countless amounts of money have been made from this poster, Arnold only received about 15$ in royalties. It is interesting that Arnold decided to create the poster in such a way that the words "3 Days of Peace and Music" are in the largest font. By doing this, he ensured that anyone interested in attending would first be attracted by the overall experience of the festival rather than a particular artist or band. I choose to use this image because music culture and how it is portrayed to society has always interested me. When analyzing this image and comparing it to that of more modern festivals, there is are very distinct differences. In modern day posters focus more on the performers, rather than the emotional experience that you will enjoy by attending. This poster in particular has been recreated quite a few times. One most mention-able is the attempted celebration of the 30th anniversary Woodstock festival. Of course, this was in no way as epic as the original festival. Even though many of the performers at the original Woodstock festival have pasted or broken up, their influence and names continue to reach new faces through this poster.


Netflix has cooked up a very clever marketing campaign in France to celebrate the streaming service's launch.
As far as ad campaigns go, this one has got to be one of the most innovative.
Netflix has teamed up with renowned advert agency Ogilvy Paris to roll out digital billboards around the country.
All of which feature a series of flashing GIFs (those short, animated images that bombard your Twitter feed) pulled out of popular TV shows and films from the Netflix library.
But here comes the clever part – the GIFs react to different things, changing their emotions based on things like current events and even the weather.
For example, if there's bad weather outside the billboards may flash a GIF of Kind Leonidas (from Zack Snyder's 300) shielding himself from the rain.
The GIFs also feature fan favourites from other famous programmes such as Orange is the New Black, Breaking Bad and Fargo.
The ads will run through Christmas in France, but there's no doubt we would love to see them dotted around the UK.
Check out the video below to see some other cool examples.


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Q: Does $\alpha \times \dot \alpha(\theta+c)=\alpha \times \dot \alpha(\theta)$ imply $\alpha(\theta+c)=R\alpha(\theta)$? This question is a follow-up of this one.
Let $\alpha:\mathbb{S}^1\to \mathbb{R}^2$ be a $C^2$ curve  satisfying $|\dot \alpha|=1$, and define $s= \alpha \times \dot \alpha$, where $\times$ denotes the cross-product of vectors in $\mathbb{R}^3$. (I think of $\alpha, \dot \alpha$ as lying in the plane $z=0$ inside $\mathbb{R}^3$).
Suppose that $s(\theta)$ is nowhere locally constant, has no zeroes, and that
$$
s(\theta+c)=s(\theta) \tag{1}
$$
holds for every $\theta$, where $c$ is a fixed constant.
Question: Does there exist a rotation $R \in \text{SO}(2) $ such that  $\alpha(\theta+c)=R\alpha(\theta)$ holds for every $\theta$?
Comments:

*

*Whenever such an $R$ exists, then, clearly equation $(1)$ holds. Indeed,
$$
s(\theta+c)= \alpha(\theta+c) \times \dot \alpha(\theta+c)=  R\alpha(\theta)  \times R\dot \alpha(\theta) =R\big(\alpha(\theta)  \times \dot \alpha(\theta) \big)=$$ $$\alpha(\theta)  \times \dot \alpha(\theta)=s(\theta),
$$
where we have used the fact that, since $R \in \text{SO}(2) $ , it fixes the $z$-axis, and in particular, fixes $\alpha(\theta)  \times \dot \alpha(\theta) \in \text{span}(e_3)$.

*It suffices to prove the following a-priori weaker looking conclusion:
There exists a $C^1$ mapping $R:\mathbb{S}^1 \to \text{SO}(2)$ such that
$$
\alpha(\theta+c)=R(\theta)\alpha(\theta) \tag{2}
$$
holds for every $\theta$.
Indeed, differentiating this, one gets
$$
\dot \alpha(\theta+c)=\dot R(\theta)\alpha(\theta)+R(\theta)\dot \alpha(\theta),
$$
so
$$
s(\theta+c)= \alpha(\theta+c) \times \dot \alpha(\theta+c)= R(\theta)\alpha(\theta) \times \dot R(\theta)\alpha(\theta)+R(\theta)\dot \alpha(\theta)=
$$
$$
s(\theta)+R(\theta)\alpha(\theta) \times \dot R(\theta)\alpha(\theta).
$$
Thus $s(\theta+c)=s(\theta)$ implies that
$$
R(\theta)\alpha(\theta) \times \dot R(\theta)\alpha(\theta)=0.
$$
Assume by contradiction that $\dot R(\theta) \neq 0$. Then, since $\alpha(\theta) \neq 0$, $R(\theta)\alpha(\theta), \dot R(\theta)\alpha(\theta)$ are both non-zero parallel vectors in $\mathbb{R}^2$.
Writing in complex numbers notation, $R(\theta)=e^{i\phi(\theta)}$, $\dot R(\theta)=i\phi'(\theta)R(\theta)$, so
$$
 \dot R(\theta)\alpha(\theta)= i\phi'(\theta)R(\theta)\alpha(\theta).
$$
Since $R(\theta)\alpha(\theta), \dot R(\theta)\alpha(\theta)$ are parallel, they should be proportional to each other with a real ratio.
Thus we must have $\phi'(\theta)=0$, i.e. $\dot R(\theta) = 0$.

A: Some musings that unfortunately don't reach all the way home.

Assume that $s$ is positive everywhere -- this does not lose significant generality because otherwise it's negative everywhere, and then mirroring everything will get us back to the positive case.
The main insight I have to offer is that we can reduce this to a one-dimensional problem by writing $\alpha$ in polar coordinates:
$$ \alpha(\theta) = r(\theta)e^{i\varphi(\theta)} $$
[The function $g$ in my previous answer was essentially $r$ as a function of $\varphi$ instead of as a function of $\theta$, but for the following argument we need to keep everything parameterized by arc length.]
The condition $|\dot \alpha|=1$ now becomes
$$ \tag{1} \dot r^2 + (r\dot\varphi)^2 = 1  \implies \dot\varphi = \frac{\sqrt{1-\dot r^2}}r $$
so we can reconstruct $\varphi$ from $r$ up to a constant of integration, and mostly care only about the behavior of $r$. By geometric considerations we have
$$ \tag{2} s = r\cdot r\dot\varphi = r\sqrt{1-\dot r^2} $$
which also tells us that $s\le r$ everywhere.
Finally, (2) can be rearranged to
$$ \tag{3} \dot r = \pm\sqrt{1-s^2/r^2} $$
so $\dot r=0$ only when $s=r$. But when that is the case we must have $\dot s=0$ too, or $s$ would be larger than $r$ on one of the sides which makes (2) and (3) impossible.

Since $\alpha$ is a closed curve, $r(\theta)$ has a maximum $M$ -- without loss of generality we can assume that it is attained at $\theta=0$, so $r(0)=M$ is maximal, $r'(0)=0$ and therefore $s(0)=M$ too. We now by assumption also have $s(nc)=M$ for every integer $n$. But then
$$ M = s(nc) \le r(nc) \le M $$
so $r(nc)=M$ too.
The question now essentially becomes: Can there be any $s:[0,c]\to\mathbb R_+$ where there are two different ways to reconstruct $r$ on the interval $[0,c]$ such that $r(0)=r(c)=M$? If this not possible, then the answer to your question is "yes". But if we could find an $s$ that matches two different $r$s in this way, then we can probably use it to construct a counterexample (with some appropriate footwork to get the total increase in $\varphi$ over a period to be a rational multiple of $2\pi$ and then scale the solution down so the total arc length is an appropriate small integer fraction of $2\pi$).
Let's therefore assume, hypothetically, that we have $r_1 \ne r_2$ that both give rise to the same $s$. To be concrete about the difference, suppose that for some $b\in(0,c)$ we have $r_1(b) > r_2(b)$.
To begin with, if $r_1>r_2$ on a certain interval of $\theta$, then it is impossible for $\dot r_1$ to change sign in that interval. Namely, if $\dot r_1=0$, then (2) gives $r_1=s$, but that would violate the general fact that $s \le r_2$ everywhere.
We can further assume that $r_1'(b)<0$. (We have just seen that $r_1'(b)=0$ is impossible, and if $r_1(b)>0$ we can just flip the sign of $\theta$ everywhere and start over).
Now, if we move $\theta$ back from $b$ towards $0$ there will be a first time when $r_1(\theta)=r_2(\theta)$. Let's call that time $d$:
$$ d = \sup\{ \theta \in (0,b) \mid r_1(\theta) = r_2(\theta) \} $$
By continuity it is clear that $r_1(d)=r_2(d)$.
Since $r_1>r_2$ on the interval $(d,b)$ and $r_1$ is decreasing around $d$, $r_1$ is strictly decreasing on that entire interval, by the argument a few paragraphs above.
Now it must be that $r_1'(d)=r_2'(d)$. If they were different, then (3) tells us that one derivative is positive and the other is negative -- but that contradicts the fact that the larger of $r_1$ and $r_2$ immediately decreases.
Furthermore, the common value of $r_1'(d)$ and $r_2'(d)$ must be $0$. If it is nonzero, then (3) behaves sufficiently nicely in a neighborhood of $(d, r_i(d))$ that the Picard-Lindelöf theorem says $r_1$ and $r_2$ cannot actually split at that point.
Summing up the conclusions so far: We can only have $r_1\ne r_2$ if there is a point $d$ with:

*

*$r_1(d)=r_2(d)=s(d)$

*$r_1'(d)=r_2'(d)=s'(d)=0$

*$r_1$ and $r_2$ are both smaller than $r(d)$ on the interval $(d,b)$.

At this point my rigor unfortunately dries up.
We know from one of your earlier questions one particular way for curves with the same $s$ to split, namely if one of them continues at constant $r$ (that is, a circular arc) whereas the other veers off in a straight line. Intuivitely if we assume that the features of this split generalize to cases where $s$ is not constant, it seems unlikely that it's possible for both the two curves to continue inside the circular arc. Instead I would expect that if $\ddot s(d)>0$ the curves that split must both lie between the circular arc and the straight line (both $r_i$s too large for the above facts), and if $\ddot s(d)<0$ one of them must lie outside the straight line, which corresponds to an increasing $r_1$. Both of those would contradict what I've already derived.
But I can't prove that to be the case. Perhaps one of the answers to Must a $𝐶^1$ curve with constant angular momentum alternate between a straight line or a circular arc? can be adapted.


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TIMELESS: R.A. Salvatore returns with Drizzt Do'Urden
Posted on September 5, 2018 by Flames
At long last, New York Times bestselling author R.A. Salvatore returns with one of fantasy's most beloved and enduring icons, the dark elf Drizzt Do'Urden, in an all-new trilogy full of swordplay, danger, and imaginative thrills.
For any fan of Epic Fantasy or gaming, there are few characters that hold quite as much significance as Drizzt Do'Urden, the iconic dark elf warrior. New York Times bestselling author R.A. Salvatore created the legendary swordsman thirty years ago, spawning novels, video games, and tabletop gaming campaigns – and taking hold of the imaginations of countless fans in the process.
Salvatore helped shape modern fantasy, and with TIMELESS, he continues to propel the genre forward. It's a rare book that can encompass a whole world as sprawling as the Forgotten Realms, while still being a welcoming gateway for new readers, but with this re-launch of Drizzt Do'Urden, fans new and old will all find common ground in this thrilling tale.
More importantly, though, TIMELESS takes that which fans of the genre love best – pulse-pounding fight scenes, hordes of mystical creatures, vast arrays of magical artifacts, and heaps of adventure stories – and marries it with a modern sensibility. This is a Drizzt novel, yes, but it's also a novel about Drizzt's father, the famed weapon master who taught him everything he knows, and Jarlaxle, the roguish Mercenary who made Drizzt and his companions realize there was a world worth living in beyond the Underdark.
Salvatore himself is incredibly enthused by the continuing evolution of Drizzt's saga:
"I wasn't really ready to say goodbye to Drizzt and the gang. Even after all these years, there seemed to be dozens and dozens of stories left to tell. These characters have become like my family. I'm super excited to be able to work with Wizards of the Coast, David Pomerico and the folks at Harper Voyager to continue to publish Drizzt stories set in the Forgotten Realms."
Harper Voyager Executive Editor David Pomerico shares Salvatore's excitement:
"Growing up, a few characters sucked me into the world of science fiction and fantasy. Ender. Garion. Tasselhoff Burrfoot. And, of course, Drizzt. So when the opportunity came around to work with Bob on a character that not only meant so much to me, but is truly one of the iconic fantasy characters, I jumped at it," he shared.
Two years will have passed between Drizzt books when TIMELESS goes on-sale, and fans are clamoring for the new installment. These novels have left an indelible mark on the genre, but clearly, they've made an even more lasting impression on readers. Salvatore put it best, saying "I still enjoy writing these characters and I'm interested to see where they take me next."
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