Graham is an analytical and creative thinker with extensive local and international residential real estate experience and on-site project marketing and sales. In addition to real estate his professional background includes Equity & Options Trading and Retirement Planning roles with Charles Schwab Canada and BMO Bank of Montreal and he holds a BA Degree in English and Psychology from The University of Victoria.
Graham and his wife, Pam, have been married since 2001 (after first meeting in 1978…in Grade 3! at Monterey Elementary here in Victoria) and have two amazing kids, Sara and Matt. Their gorgeous black pug Jasmine rounds out their immediate family.
Graham is involved with: The Victoria Premier Network Group* – Participating / founding member ; Victoria Minor Hockey Association (VMHA) – Proud hockey parent, supporter & certified coach (inactive) ; Oak Bay Fireman's Park Baseball – Proud alumni, baseball parent and supporter ; Island Hockey 101 – Avid player. Victoria Athletic Club – Member.
*The Victoria Premier Network Group is a group of Top Producing Victoria Realtors from various firms and agencies who view and comment on each other's listings for the benefit of their respective clients.
Being born and raised in Victoria and coming from a family with over 30 years of property management and development experience, I have personally witnessed the growth of our city's real estate market. I am able to utilize that knowledge and experience to find the right fit for you, whether you are buying or selling.
I am far from being a typical 9 to 5 agent. I pride myself on my unparalleled work ethic and I always go that "Extra Mile" for my clients. Whether you are first stepping into the real estate market, or you are a seasoned real estate investor, you can always count on my unbiased opinion.I believe that honesty is the key to success in any relationship, and I will provide you with the attention and sincerity that you deserve. I am driven by my passion for real estate and by the fulfillment I receive from serving a satisfied client.
Chris has a natural enthusiasm for real estate and an in-depth knowledge of Victoria's condominium market including expertise on new construction deficiencies and leaky condos. This extensive hands-on experience in Greater Victoria's strata buildings helps Chris advise his clients how to steer clear of properties that don't offer a solid investment. Chris is a founding member of The Condo Group and loves being part of a successful team. He studied International Business at Northwood University in Dallas, Texas on a full golf scholarship. He also holds a BA in Political Science from the University of Victoria.
While Chris enjoys travel very much, his love for his hometown of Victoria is unwavering. Chris enjoys playing hockey and enjoying life on Vancouver Island with his wife, Francesca and his son, Abel. Chris is very involved in the community and is a big supporter of Paws for a Cause. His inspiration comes from his "daughter" Maddie, the French Bulldog/Terrier.
Rodney has a keen eye for detail and a focus on the bottom line. He is experienced in residential and commercial investment property sales, strata properties, new construction, and condo pre sales. His first-hand knowledge of construction basics and the renovation process is invaluable to his clients during the purchase process. An efficient and tireless real estate agent, Rodney has a background in sales and marketing and was formerly a partner in a small construction company. Rodney also competed for Canada in cycling at the Victoria Commonwealth Games and raced professionally in Europe for five years.
Friends and family are an important part of Rodney's life. He is the proud father to his daughter Gabrielle and husband to Carly. In his free time he enjoys cycling, playing hockey and boating with his family.
I was born in Vancouver and raised here in Victoria and the Cowichan Valley, Cobble Hill to be exact. My Father instilled in me the family's work ethic at an early age and I kept myself busy through my school years doing everything from throwing hay bales to cleaning fish tanks to pumping gas at the local station.
I was fortunate in life to find things I was very passionate about! I learned to cook when I was very young and dreamed of being a chef so naturally when school came to a close I enrolled in cooking school and immersed myself in the industry. The food service business was very good to me and I was able to find much success and fulfillment in life as a result. As a Chef and business person I gained very distinct experience and perspective. I have been a dishwasher, restaurant owner, executive Chef and business manager. I have also fed people from all walks of life and was fortunate enough to meet many of them face to face.
I bring my experience, work ethic and standards of service gained over 15 years with me to the real estate business as well as enthusiasm, positivity and problem solving abilities. I am a firm believer that you will get out what you are willing to put in and over the years, time and time again this always rings true.
This perspective has always brought success to me in life and the businesses I was involved in. I hope I can help you find success as well! I look forward to that opportunity.
Mike has a proven record as a multiple MLS Award Winning Realtor who specializes in downtown construction. He was in the top 1% of all Victoria Real Estate Agents for condo purchasers in 2013. Mike found his passion for real estate after working at HSBC and in the BC government in an economic policy position. Mike uses sound economic principles to make sure his clients are getting a leg up in the Victoria real estate market. A graduate from the University of Victoria with a Bachelors Degree of Science with Honours and Distinction in Economics, Mike also studied law and economics at the Universita' per Stranieri in Perugia, Italy, writing his thesis on uncertainty and punishment in group lending structures.
Mike is an avid marathoner who enjoys hockey, squash and triathlons, having represented Canada in the World Triathlon Championships in Australia. His other passions are photography, travel, and family.
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He is the proud father to his son, Ethan, and he enjoys playing soccer competitively in his spare time.
Mike is in the Top 1% of all REALTORS® in Greater Victoria for 2011 to 2014 (current) in total condominiums and townhomes sold. He is also in the Victoria Real Estate Board's MLS® Awards Club as a multiple gold award winner.
Being born and raised in Victoria has given Mike a great asset in educating his client's historically on market growth and on today's current demographics. Mike's education in depreciation reports, strata bylaws, regulations, strata plans and fees, engineer's reports, remediation and special assessments comes from his vast portfolio of business and in-depth studies of hundreds of strata buildings.
He volunteers at the Victoria Optimists Club, and has recently decided to give free golf lessons and mentorship to at-risk youth to help them feel safe, connected, and proud. Mike and his son Nicholas and daughter Ashley love spending their free time on the ski slopes and exploring Vancouver Island. Mike is a past professional golfer with over 60 wins worldwide and is proud member of Gorge Vale Golf Club.
She is known for her personable, charismatic and determined nature. She enjoys working with clients of different backgrounds as she has traveled to over 20 countries and communicates effectively in 5 languages she is fluent in. Her speaking French, English and Farsi has helped her with clients in Montreal, Edmonton, Victoria, Calgary and Vancouver. She helps clients finance their mortgage and buy their homes throughout British Columbia.
I bring a passion for new beginnings. Whether you need to upgrade, downsize, buy your first home, invest, open up shop or re-locate your business – you're opening a new door in your life and I'm here to help you make sure it's the right one. When I first started in real estate, I was fortunate enough to work directly with commercial agents with 30+ years of experience. I have experience in lease transactions, building and investment sales, as well as residential sales. No matter what your real estate goals are, you can feel confident that I will work hard and leverage my connections to make sure you are always getting top-shelf service.
Tony provides leadership to The Condo Group team as co-owner. His areas of specialty include new development marketing and sales, as well as commercial real estate. As an active real estate investor, Tony has his finger on the pulse of Greater Victoria's best condo investment opportunities. Tony is a well-known leader in the real estate community who is often called upon to make presentations or provide comment for condo-related media stories. He is also a 2013 MLS Special Gold Award winner and the number one REALTOR® for number of strata sales in 2011 and 2012.
As a former member of Canada's National Cycling Team Tony was awarded the Fair Play award in 2002. He and his wife, Erinne Willock, a 2008 cycling Olympian, are the proud parents of Xavier and Catalina and work together to give back to the community by sponsoring and mentoring children who can't afford to play sports.


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It was the ultimate Jenga move. Honestly, they better be glad they caught it on camera because it may probably never happen again.
The extremely short video shows the ultimate Jenga power play. With the quick flick of her wrist, this lucky lady knocks out the very bottom block without compromising the rest of the tower. If you have ever played Jenga, you know this is quite a feat.
Although, the video doesn't show what happens when she places the block on the top of the tower. Per official Jenga rules, once a block is removed, it must be placed on the top of the tower. Wouldn't it be ironic if the tower crumbled when she did? Regardless, still a pretty awesome party trick.
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Schirrmacher presents Portuguese Speaking Observatory of IIRF to UNHCHR in Rabat
An "Observatory on FoRB in the CPLP", the Observatory on Freedom of Religion or Belief in the Comunidade de Países de Língua Portuguesa (Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries), is currently in the process of being implemented by the International Institute for Religious Freedom (IIRF) under the leadership of Dr. Fernando da Silva, a Portuguese who is active with universities in Mozambique, Angola, South Africa and Portugal.
Thomas Schirrmacher during his plenary in Rabat – behind him the photo of the King of Morocco © BQ/Warnecke
The IIRF now made the proposal public – it is available for the media for download now. The Associate Secretary General of World Evangelical Alliance, being among other things responsible for interreligious dialogue and religious freedom advocacy of this network of 600 million Protestants, presented this plan originally to a wide UN audience in Rabat, Morocco, in December 2017. During his stay in Rabat, Schirrmacher met three ministers of the Royal Government of Morocco, Mustafa Al-Ramid, Minister of Justice and of Human Rights, Ahmed Taoufiq, Minister of Habous and Islamic Affairs, and Nasser Bourita, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.
Thomas Schirrmacher during his plenary in Rabat presenting IIRF's Observatory © BQ/Warnecke
This is how the website of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) describes the event:
"The Rabat Plan of Action on the prohibition of advocacy of national, racial or religious hatred that constitutes incitement to discrimination, hostility or violence. The Rabat Plan of Action brings together the conclusions and recommendations from several OHCHR expert workshops on the prohibition of incitement to hatred (held in Geneva, Vienna, Nairobi, Bangkok and Santiago de Chile).
Thomas Schirrmacher with Mustafa Al-Ramid, Minister of State for Human Rights, Morocco © BQ/Warnecke
The Rabat Plan of Action, which was adopted by experts at the wrap-up meeting in Rabat on 4-5 October 2012, is available in English, French, Arabic and Bangla (PDF, engl.).
It suggests a high threshold for defining restrictions on freedom of expression, incitement to hatred, and for the application of article 20 of the ICCPR, by outlining a six-part threshold test which takes into account the context, speaker, intent, content, extent and likelihood.
Thomas Schirrmacher greeting Ibrahim Salama, Chief of the Human Rights Treaties Branch at the Office of the UNHCR © BQ/Warnecke
On the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the Rabat Plan of Action, more than 100 States, national human rights institutions, regional organizations, religious authorities and faith-based civil society actors participated in the Rabat+5 symposium (6-7 December 2017). In his opening statement, the High Commissioner urged the various stakeholders to implement and support concrete 'Faith for Rights' projects, notably at the grassroots level. During the Rabat+5 symposium, sixteen civil society organizations and OHCHR's Regional Office for Middle East and North Africa presented their projects and areas of future cooperation on combatting discrimination on the basis of religion and enhancing the role of faith-based actors in the defence of human dignity:
Mr. Melhem Khalaf, Lebanon
Ms. Katherine Cash, Sweden
Mr. Masimba Kuchera, Zimbabwe
Ms. Elizabeth O'Casey, Belgium
Ms. Ani Zonneveld, United States of America
Mr. Andrew Smith, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Ms. Tahmina Rahman, Bangladesh
Ms. Salpy Eskidjian, Cyprus
Mr. Yehuda Stolov, Israel
Mr. Thomas Schirrmacher, Germany
Ms. Zainah Anwar, Malaysia
Ms. Diane Alai, Switzerland
Mr. Abdelwahab Hani, Tunisia
Mr. John Graz, France
Mr. W. Cole Durham Jr., United States of America
Mr. Said Hammamoun, Canada
Mr. Ismail Zien, OHCHR Regional Office for Middle East and North Africa
Ms. Gaby Herbstein, Argentina
Jewish-Christian friendship in Rabat: Bishop Thomas Schirrmacher with Rabbi Herschel Gluck, chairman of the Arab-Jewish Forum © BQ/Warnecke
The Rabat+5 symposium offered an opportunity for the various stakeholders to engage with several experts who had contributed to the elaboration of the Rabat Plan of Action and the 18 commitments on 'Faith for Rights' and to hear experiences in the area of combatting violence in the name of religion, both by State representatives, national human rights institutions and civil society actors. The participation of a number of mandate holders of international human rights mechanisms also enriched the discussions at the Rabat+5 symposium from a human rights perspective."
Downloads and Links:
Observatory on FoRB in the CPLP (PDF)
The "Beirut Declaration on 'Faith for Rights' (FAR)" and UN's Rabat Plan of Action are available in English, French and Arabic
Program "Symposium on the follow-up to the Rabat Plan of Action"
Report (from page 49)
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=22504&LangID=E
Religious Freedom is a Human Right
WEA and IIRF congratulate on the launch of The Freedom of Religion or Belief Learning Platform
The plan for the "Observatory on FoRB in the CPLP"
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Q: Fast mysql query to randomly select N usernames In my jsp application I have a search box that lets user to search for user names in the database. I send an ajax call on each keystroke and fetch 5 random names starting with the entered string.
I am using the below query:
 select userid,name,pic from tbl_mst_users where name like 'queryStr%' order by rand() limit 5
But this is very slow as I have more than 2000 records in my table.
Is there any better approach which takes less time and let me achieve the same..? I need random values.

A: *

*does table has indexing on name?
if not apply it

2.MediaWiki uses an interesting trick (for Wikipedia's Special:Random feature): the table with the articles has an extra column with a random number (generated when the article is created). To get a random article, generate a random number and get the article with the next larger or smaller (don't recall which) value in the random number column. With an index, this can be very fast. (And MediaWiki is written in PHP and developed for MySQL.)
This approach can cause a problem if the resulting numbers are badly distributed; IIRC, this has been fixed on MediaWiki, so if you decide to do it this way you should take a look at the code to see how it's currently done (probably they periodically regenerate the random number column).
3.http://jan.kneschke.de/projects/mysql/order-by-rand/

A: How slow is "very slow", in seconds?
The reason why your query could be slow is most likely that you didn't place an index on name. 2000 rows should be a piece of cake for MySQL to handle.
The other possible reason is that you have many columns in the SELECT clause. I assume in this case the MySQL engine first copies all this data to a temp table before sorting this large result set.
I advise the following, so that you work only with indexes, for as long as possible:
SELECT userid, name, pic
FROM tbl_mst_users
JOIN (
    -- here, MySQL works on indexes only
    SELECT userid
    FROM tbl_mst_users
    WHERE name LIKE 'queryStr%'
    ORDER BY RAND() LIMIT 5
) AS sub USING(userid); -- join other columns only after picking the rows in the sub-query.

This method is a bit better, but still does not scale well. However, it should be sufficient for small tables (2000 rows is, indeed, small).
The link provided by @user1461434 is quite interesting. It describes a solution with almost constant performance. Only drawback is that it returns only one random row at a time.

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Q: Integration of Hermite polynomials Is there any closed-form expression for the integral
\begin{equation}
I(n,m) = \int_0^{+\infty}
\mathcal{H}_n(u) \mathcal{H}_m(u)\exp(-u^2) du
\end{equation}
where $\mathcal{H}_n(x)$ is the Hermite polynomial, defined as
\begin{equation}
\mathcal{H}_n(x) = \dfrac{(-1)^n}{\omega(x)} \dfrac{d^n \omega(x)}{dx^n}
\end{equation}
with $\omega(x)=\exp(-x^2)$.
I have calculated this integral for a few $(n,m)$ values, and cannot find any pattern in the solution, apart from
\begin{equation}
I(n,n) = 2^{n-1} n! \sqrt{\pi} \,.
\end{equation}

A: Maybe this helps:
For $i$ and $j$ having different parities:
$$
I(i,j) = \int\limits_0^\infty H_i H_j e^{-x^2}dx =
\int\limits_0^\infty (2xH_{i-1}-2(i-1)H_{i-2})H_je^{-x^2}\\
= -2(i-1)I(i-2,j)-(H_{i-1}H_j)_{|0}+\int\limits_0^\infty\partial_x (H_{i-1}H_j)e^{-x^2}dx\\
=
-2(i-1)I(i-2,j)-(H_{i-1}H_j)_{|0}+2(i-1)I(i-2,j)+2jI(i-1,j-1)\\
=2jI(i-1,j-1)-(H_{i-1}H_j)_{|0}
$$
where we used $H_i =2xH_{i-1}-2(i-1)H_{i-2}$, $\partial_xH_i = 2iH_{i-1}$ and the product rule.

A: Transforming the desired integral to use the probabilists Hermite polynomials yields
$$
I_{nm}=2^\frac{n+m-1}{2}\int_{0}^\infty\operatorname{He}_n(x)\operatorname{He}_m(x)e^{-\frac{1}{2}x^2}dx.
$$
This can be turned into a sum of Hermite polynomials using the linearization formula
$$
\operatorname{He}_n(x)\operatorname{He}_m(x)=\sum_{l=0}^{\operatorname{min}(n,m)}{n \choose l}{m \choose l}l!\operatorname{He}_{n+m-2l}(x)
$$
to obtain
$$
I_{nm}=2^\frac{n+m-1}{2}\sum_{l=0}^{\operatorname{min}(n,m)}{n \choose l}{m \choose l}l!\int_0^\infty\operatorname{He}_{n+m-2l}(x)e^{-\frac{1}{2}x^2}dx.
$$
The indefinite integral can be done by using the definition of the Hermite polynomial and noticing
$$
\frac{d}{dx}[\operatorname{He}_n(x)\omega(x)] = (-1)\omega(x)\frac{d^{n+1}}{dx^{n+1}}\omega(x) = -\operatorname{He}_{n+1}(x)\omega(x),
$$
and therefore
$$
\int_0^\infty \operatorname{He}_n(x)\omega(x)dx = \operatorname{He}_{n+1}(0)\omega(0).
$$
However care must be taken for the integral of $\operatorname{He}_0(x)=1$, this will  result in the error function (or extending the Hermite to negative indices).  The index of the Hermite polynomial in the linearization sum is between ${n+m - 2\operatorname{min}(n,m), n+m}$ which is either $[n-m,n+m]$ or $[m-n,m+n]$ depending on which is bigger.  Therefore $0$ is only present when $n=m$, in which case
$$
I_{nm}=2^{n-\frac{1}{2}}n!\int_0^\infty e^{-\frac{1}{2}x^2}dx=2^{n-1}n!\sqrt{\pi}.
$$
In the other cases, the index of the Hermite polynomial never reaches zero, so we don't have to concern ourselves with the error function integral.  In this case, the integral becomes
$$
I_{nm}=2^\frac{n+m-1}{2}\sum_{l=0}^{\operatorname{min}(n,m)}{n \choose l}{m \choose l}l!\operatorname{He}_{n+m-2l-1}(0).
$$
The Hermite polynomial evaluated at zero is only non-zero when the index is even.  Therefore $\operatorname{mod}(n+m-2l-1,2)=0$, or $\operatorname{mod}(n,2)+\operatorname{mod}(m,2)=1$, $n$ and $m$ must have opposite parity for the integral to be non-zero.


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Selective abortions in Azerbaijan continue to skew the gender balance
The problem has existed in Azerbaijan since the appearance of the ultrasound machine – couples 'choosing' the sex of the child, terminating the pregnancy if it turns out to be a girl. In 2011, the PACE Assembly discussed a dangerous trend: selective abortions in Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Albania has 'skewed' the gender balance. At the time, the balance in Azerbaijan was 112 newborn boys for every 100 newborn girls. Now that number has increased to 114.
Articles on this topic are all similar, as if they were copies of each other. In each of them, human rights activists complain that girls are treated like 'second class children', and officials say they are carrying out educational programs, while sociologists explain the backwardness and lack of education in people. They discuss legislative measures, questioning whether abortions should be banned altogether. Each time, however, experts give the same answer: nothing will be accomplished through prohibitions; only enlightenment.
Year after year, everything stays the same. The only new developments in this topic are the dozens of stories of women and their unborn daughters.
"I want seven sons, and a daughter can come later." This has been sung at Azerbaijani weddings, for longer than anyone can remember. At weddings, a young boy is placed on the bride's knees, so her first-born will be a boy.
Kamalya
A woman died after giving birth this summer in Shemakha. The case of Kamalya Bekirova would have been just another statistic in the reports on the number of women who died in childbirth, but when investigating the circumstances surrounding her death, it became clear that her death was not ordinary.
The Ministry of Health Committee for Childbirth Assistance reported that this was her eighth pregnancy. Kamalya gave birth to two girls and three boys. All of the boys died shortly after they were born. Not long before her death, she had at least three abortions after the 12 week mark of her pregnancy, the point at which an ultrasound can determine the sex.
After her last abortion, doctors forbade her to get pregnant again, but she wanted to have a boy too much. Now the family has their long-awaited heir, but he will have to grow up without his mother.
According to data from 2016, for every 100 girls born in Azerbaijan that year, 114 boys were born (a study of the United Nations Population Fund).
The biological norm is 106 boys per 100 girls.
The ratio of men to women is also changing in general:
There were 1 051 women per 1 000 men in 1989,
1 048 in 1999,
and 1 021 in 2009.
"Women in Azerbaijan only use contraceptives after the birth of a boy. Until then, women may get pregnant and have abortions several times. They believe that they will only be able to strengthen their position in their family after they have produced an heir. For men, a boy is the family's successor, who will provide material support, and carry their coffin on their shoulders after their death," said Elnur Zeynalova, director of a women's shelter in Baku.
According to Azerbaijani custom, no coffin is used, so during a burial the male successor of the family stands in the grave and unties the ropes, which temporarily bound the writs, feet, and neck of the deceased. No family would want to entrust this task to an outsider.
Azerbaijan is aiming to put a new bill in place on 'Reproductive Health and Family Planning', but the process is still delayed. The bill contains a specific ban on selective abortions, as well as a clause to bring doctors who earn money doing this to justice.
In principle, abortions after the 12th week of pregnancy are allowed only for medical reasons. So, doctors who can 'guess' the sex earlier on in the pregnancy are especially well known.
If the sex of the child is accurately identified too late, women often have abortions at home, and turn to clinics and hospitals where 'amateur' procedures lead to problems.
Leila Mammadova, a member of the Ministry of Health Commission for Childbirth Assistance:
"If there are no problems with the mother or fetus, and there is no medical or social indication for abortion, pregnancy should not be interrupted. Sexual affiliation of the fetus is neither a medical nor a social indication. If an abortion is performed after the 12th week, it should be done in a certain way. If information is received that a doctor has, indeed, performed a selective abortion, the issue will be investigated seriously by the Ministry of health. If the information is confirmed, legal measures will be taken."
Aysel Akhmedov was kicked out of her home for giving birth to a girl.
At first the ultrasound showed that she was going to have a boy. It turned out that the doctor was wrong, and Aysel gave birth to a girl.
Her spouse said that the girl would tarnish his honor, and kicked his wife and child out of the house.
Aysel and her daughter returned to her father's house. There, her brother demanded she give the girl to an orphanage. Only under this condition, was her family willing to take her back.
As a result, she has found herself living in a shelter.
34 569 women had abortions in Azerbaijan in 2016.
There are no statistics available to know exactly how many of these abortions were selective.
The scale of the problem can only be judged by birth rate statistics, and from the words of gynecologists who claim that the proportion of selective abortions is very high.
"I want seven sons and one daughter" – a documentary film directed by Ali Isa Jabbarov (2002). At the end of the film, one of the women in the corridor of the women's clinic (she is pregnant with a girl) explains why she wants to have an abortion: it's easier to be a man in Azerbaijani society than it is to be a woman. She said it's easier to get a job, easier in the family and at home, and it's easier to live in general.
Sevinj
I met Sevinj at a women's clinic. She had a three-year-old daughter with her, and was in approximately the fourth or fifth month of pregnancy.
Anyone who has been in a women's clinic knows that this is also a great place to talk about a variety of topics. Here, women discuss everything from pregnancy to the latest world news. Without these conversations, it would be hard to survive the long hours of waiting.
Yet, Sevinj showed no interest in the conversation.
It's very interesting to watch the women who leave the ultrasound room. You can guess whether a woman will have a boy or a girl by the look on her face. In these corridors, expressions are happier for boys, than for girls.
When Sevinj left the office, her eyes didn't express anything, it was as if she, herself, was not there. She stood unsteadily. I gave her water. She drank it, thanked me, and beckoned to her daughter, standing in the doorway. I wanted to asker her something, but what could I ask? Apparently, my silence spurred her on, and she began to talk.
"My mother hates us. Me and my sister. She doesn't love us, just because we're girls. Even in our childhood, she didn't love us. She fed us, dressed us, taught us, but she didn't love us.
My sister has one daughter, during the operation they removed her uterus, she can't have any more children. I have one daughter, and my second child will be a girl too. She doesn't like our children either. All my hope was in this child (she pointed to her stomach), and now…"
"How can a mother not love her own child?" I asked.
"My father left her because of us. She couldn't give him a son, so he married another woman."
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One of the best ways to start understanding what it is like to be an equity analyst is to start following the markets and putting your ideas to work. Now I am not suggesting you go find a broker and hand over your life savings. Most of you, as I was at that time in my career, probably don't have much in savings to risk in the stock market, particularly during these challenging economic times.
One of the best ways to start understanding what it is like to be an equity analyst is to start following the markets and putting your ideas to work. Now I am not suggesting you go find a broker and hand over your life savings. Most of you, as I was at that time in my career, probably don't have much in savings to risk in the stock market, particularly during these challenging economic times. But you can start to get a feel for equity trading and research by tapping into one of the many virtual stock markets on the web, like the Virtual Stock Exchange from Market Watch (http://vse.marketwatch.com).
These tools use real-time data from the exchanges and allow you to place bets; both long and short positions. If you don't know what this means, use the dictionary on Investopedia (http://www.investopedia.com; a great website for investment definitions and terminology). OK, so you've got your account set up and your virtual cash in hand. Now what? Well, you need to find some investments and start placing bets.
I always recommend starting with a short list of companies, say 5 or 6, to start. Try choosing public companies that you find interesting or that specialize in an area you are familiar with (neuroscience, diabetes, oncology, etc.). Review the company's website and read their latest annual report (10-K). Most companies post their 10-K in the investor relations section of their website. Alternatively you can download annual reports from the U.S. Security and Exchange Commission's website using the Edgar system (http://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml). The annual reports are packed with information, from the company's history to the operational risks of the company. You may also find information about upcoming events (like impending clinical trial results) which could greatly impact the company. Oh, and of course, it will contain all the company's financial information.
Professional equity analysts do much more research on the companies than merely studying annual reports, but it is the best place to start for a novice. So I recommend doing some reading and start building your investment strategies for the companies you choose. Then, put those virtual dollars to work. It's fun to do this as a group, so find a few friends to play the game. Within a few months, you will start to see that to be successful in investing you need to do a lot of homework and have a stomach of steel. At least in the virtual world, if you experience a big loss it only becomes a running joke among friends.
Recommended readings: Biotechnology Valuation: An Introductory Guide by Karl Keegan The New Buffettology: How Warren Buffett Got and Stayed Rich in Markets Like This and How You Can Too! by Mary Buffett and David Clark Martin Zweig Winning on Wall Street by Martin Zweig The Little Book That Beats the Market by Joel Greenblatt The Intelligent Investor: The Definitive Book on Value Investing by Benjamin Graham When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management by Roger Lowenstein I don't mean this to be an exhaustive list but just a few examples to whet your appetite to the techniques and philosophies touted by a few well-known investment professionals.


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According to the notification the APSLPRB is releasing the vacancies for SCT SIs (Civil) (Men & Women), SCT RSIs (AR) (Men & Women), SCT RSIs (APSP) (Men) in Police Department, Deputy Jailors (Men) & Deputy Jailors (Women) in Prisons and Correctional Services Department and Station Fire Officers (Men) in A.P. Fire & Emergency Services Dept.


I have never once considered myself a plus-sized model, yet I don't fit the mould of the willowy size 6 models. However, a flow of normal-sized models are beginning to sweep the fashion industry.
The French Parliament have proposed a legislation to set a minimum weight for any model working in France, whether it be catwalk, editorial or high fashion. Models would be required to have a healthy BMI, which is considered above 18. The average model is 5 foot 9 and would have to weigh around 125 pounds, whilst the current average weight for a model is between 90-120 pounds. Employers would be required to ask models for proof of healthy BMI, both before and after a model is employed. Regular weight checks with agencies and employers would be enforced and violators could face a fine of up to 75,000 euros and six months in prison.
This legislation aims to reduce the glorification of too-thin women, in the hope to combat anorexia. It is estimated that 30,000 to 40,000 people in France suffer from anorexia, a number which is ever increasing.
Plus sized models have been taking the modelling industry by storm in the last year, with Ashley Graham being the first plus-sized model to ever be published in Sports Illustrated.
Whilst the rise of plus sized models is a fantastic thing, it also raises some other issues, nowadays, anyone who doesn't conform to the thin model ideals are automatically filed under the plus-sized model category. I consider myself one of the individuals stuck in this nameless limbo. Normal-sized model Myla Dalbesio, a healthy sized 10 was recently cast in a Calvin Klein's "Perfectly Fit" campaign and discusses size in an interview as part of the What's Underneath project.
If the french legislation is successful, this could revolutionise the fashion industry and the models of the future. Most of the 'it girls' of the last 20 years have been under the healthy BMI; Kate Moss- 16, Cara Delevigne- 16, Jordan Dunn-15, Miranda Kerr-16, Rosie Huntington-Whitely-17. These faces may stop becoming regulars at Paris Fashion Week. Hopefully this will encourage healthy sized people to pursue modelling and change the modelling industry.
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A compensatory tracking task is a task that assesses eye–hand coordination, in which a user is operating a display that has an indicator and a zero point using a joystick, computer mouse, trackball, or other controlling device. The user must try to keep the indicator within the zero point while the indicator is being acted upon by outside forces.
Early versions of compensatory tracking tasks included a display made of an cathode ray oscilloscope with a rack and pinion connected to a knob that controlled the indicator. The zero point would be displayed on the cathode ray tube. The participant would turn the knob in order to keep the indicator within the zero point. Time, and distance from the zero point are measured to determine the participant's ability to control the indicator. The early versions of this test were used to help develop better controls. Control modulators such as springs, generators, and electromagnets were used to increase difficulty of the task.
More recently, compensatory tracking tasks has been used to gauge alertness. This is done using a computer monitor and a simulation controlled by a mouse or trackball. Participants use the mouse to keep the indicator within a target which acts as the zero point. Time within the zero point and distance from the zero point are once again measured. Notable versions of the compensatory tracking task are COMPTRACK, and the PEBL compensatory tracking task.
^ a b John W. Senders, Marianne Cruzen (February 1952). "Tracking Performance on Combined Compensatory and Pursuit Tasks" (PDF).
^ "COMPTRACK - A Compensatory Tracking Task for Monitoring Alertness" (PDF). Swartz Center for Computational Neuroscience at the University of California San Diego. Naval Health Research Center and Ogden Government Services. Retrieved 2013-12-05.
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NEW DELHI (IN) - Antalya Homes, the leading real estate company in Turkey, celebrates the closer relationship between India and Turkey after selling property and issuing Turkish citizenship to the 43rd Indian citizen. Antalya Homes welcomes the relationship between which has been accelerated by developments in tourism and aviation.
According to TurkStat data more than 150 thousand Indians visited Turkey in 2018 and 2,200 Indians migrated to the country. Sanjay Bhattacharyya, the Indian Ambassador to Ankara, stated that the number of Indian visitors to Turkey has increased by 80% in the past year.
The codeshare agreement executed between IndiGo and Turkish Airlines, boosted the expectations from the year 2019. Cooperation of two companies one having the largest market share in India, the other being the airline that flies to the highest number of countries across the world creates real value. This cooperation is the first step in IndiGo's strategy to extend its international network of flights and offer uninterrupted connections to 20 global destinations including Amsterdam, London and New York for the 30 million tourists who fly from India every year. This Co-operation is expected to quickly expand commercial and touristic relations between the two countries. The Turkish tourism sector is hoping to entertain 1 million Indian tourists by 2020.
Also, traditional Indian weddings are worth mentioning as those who prefer a wedding abroad tend to favour Antalya in Turkey. The budget of Indian weddings, which has increased by 7 times in the last 5 years in Turkey, ranges from 0,000 to million.
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Turkey offers citizenship opportunities to foreigners and their families who purchase houses or land worth more than 0,000. Turkey attracts the eye with its powerful passport and improved health and education facilities. Those who wish to acquire Turkish citizenship do not have to purchase a single house or land, they can purchase multiple real estates above the total value of 0,000. A Turkish passport, offers the possibility to travel visa-free to 115 countries.
Antalya Homes have sold homes to thousands of people from 74 countries so far. Bayram Tekce, Chairman of Antalya Homes,says, "In the last 6 months, we helped 43 Indian citizens purchase properties and smoothly obtain citizenship in Turkey. Upon the decision to purchase real estate, Antalya Homes completes the citizenship procedure in 30 days only by means of a power of attorney. Detailed information about the process steps can be found on our website".
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Lauren Lyle Bio, Wiki, Age, Birthday, net worth, Parents, Boyfriend, Affair
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Date of Birth : Jul 12th, 1993
Age : 26 Years old
Lauren Lyle Wiki, Age, Birthday, Parents, Boyfriend, Affair
At the age of 25, Lauren Lyle has been successful in capturing the hearts of thousands of fan by her acting. The actress rose to fame after portraying the role of MarsaliMacKimmiein the series Outlander. Lauren is paired with Cesar Domboy in the series. The sizzling on-screen affair between the couple has been the highlight of the show. In personal life, Lauren is just good friends with her reel boyfriend and they are not dating each other.
In the TV series Outlander, Lauren is playing the character of the traditional lady named Marsali from the 16th century which is the total opposite of the outgoing Lauren. Apart from Outlander, she is famous for her roles in the TV dramas like The Crucible and Broken.
Lauren Is Having An Affair On Screen But Who Is She Dating in Personal Life?
The British actress shares a romantic relationship with the character of Cesar in the series Outlander. The pair started off by dating each other and finally got married in the series. Cesar who is her on-screen boyfriend posted a picture of the shooting on his Instagram where he is kissing his on-screen girlfriend.
In personal life, Lauren is different form her character as she is enjoying her single life rather than getting married. The free-spirited actress mentioned in a Twitter post that she would like actor Paul Rudd as her boyfriend because of his cute looks. Lauren has not spoken to the media about her dating life in media but a picture appeared in Instagram where she was seen with a boy. The picture was posted by Lauren on June 2015 in her Instagram with a guy named Little Sir Echo where they are sightseeing in the streets of London. In the caption, she mentioned him as "Bae". The series of post of continued when Little Sir Echo shared a picture with Lauren. The paired was seen having a fun moment in Wimbledon London. The Instagram posts hint that the pair is more than just friends and may be dating each other. Though some posts appear in social media, Lauren is conscious of her personal life and has kept it under wraps.
Lauren Lyle's Parents
Lauren parents belong to Britain. The detail of her parents has not been made public but she hails from a close connected family. The Outlander actress shares pictures of her family and parents in social media. She completely loves her family and shared a picture on the eve of Father's Day in 2018. The picture was a family portrait that consists of her father, uncle and grandfather. The post mentioned them as the coolest dads and wished them a happy father's day. Lauren terms her family as her support system and all her success is due to the love of her family.
Lauren was born on 12th July 1993 which makes 12th July her birthday. She hails from Worcestershire, United Kingdom. Her star sign is Cancer. According to her wiki, she is a British citizen.
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Snapchat's highly anticipated redesign has proven to be one of the company's most controversial moves to date. Users, in various forms, have called on Snap to revert to the previous design, including one petition that has accumulated over 1 million signatures.
"The tech is an important piece but I think the harder part you can't get around is the time it takes to learn," Spiegel said. "You do need folks to use the product, to communicate with their friends to learn how to better provide that feed.
"The tech to some degree is a solved problem, the time to… to learn is a hard problem to solve. Even the complaints we're seeing reinforce the philosophy.
The Snapchat redesign was originally announced back in November and is arguably the largest visual overhaul to come to the application. The redesign separates content from friends and family away from celebrity and media publication content.
The rollout of the redesign has been anything but smooth for Snap. A fake tweet promising the redesign would return after 50,000 retweets ended up receiving nearly 1.5 million retweets. Meanwhile, a separate petition calling on Snapchat to rollback the design has hit over 1 million signatures.
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Gray wolves, also known as "timber wolves" or "common wolves," are the largest members of the wild canid family. The average measures between 3.5 and 5.5 feet long, and weighs approximately 80 pounds. Despite their name, a wolf's fur can range in color from almost pure white to black. The most common shade is tawny brown.
Gray wolves are social animals, and form packs of up to 12 members, usually consisting of a nuclear family. Wolf packs contain a dominant, or "Alpha" male and female, their offspring, and other wolves not related to the dominant pair. All of the wolves have a rank that determines their roles and hierarchy in the pack. Wolves are well known for their distinct sound: the howl. This unique noise can travel for several miles. Wolves howl for a number of reasons, including communication with other packs and with their own pack over long distances, to gather a pack for a hunt, to warn off intruders, or to attract mates.
Wolf mating season is from January to February and is usually limited to the alpha pair, although males will sometimes mate with subordinate females as well. The alpha female will have litters of up to 6 pups each year. During their first months, pups are completely dependent on their mother's milk. They are gradually weaned so that when they are seven months old, they are ready to start hunting with the adults. Raising the wolf pups is a responsibility shared by all members of the pack, and young wolves will typically stay in their pack for two to three years. Eventually, the young wolves will leave to join other packs, or find a mate and form their own packs. A wolf's average life span is 6-8 years, although the record wolf life span is around 20 years.
Gray wolves once had one of the largest ranges of any species, surpassed only by humans. It spanned throughout Eurasia, North America, and Africa, covering the entire continental northern hemisphere. Currently, the gray wolf inhabits a reduced portion of its range, largely due to human activity and habitat destruction. Data suggests that there were up to at least 400,000 wolves in the U.S., but presently there are only about 9,000 in the United States.
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Wolves are typically the apex predators in their range, challenged only by tigers and humans.
The female alpha wolf makes a den and stays with her cubs for several weeks, while other wolves from the pack bring her food. After several weeks go by, the female alpha emerges for a short while to find her own food, but returns to the den immediately after.
Wolves are monogamous, they stay with the same mate for life.
The gestation period for a wolf is only about 63 days.
A wolf pup's eyes open 15 days after being born.
Gray wolves develop strong bonds between the fellow wolves in the pack.
In colder regions, wolves can reduce the flow of blood near their skin to conserve warmth.
Wolves have very dense outer fur in the winter, with shorter underfur and long, coarse guardhairs. They will shed most of their underfur and some guard hairs in the spring, and then grow the fur back in the autumn.
Wolves usually have longer hair on their back front quarters and neck, which almost form a crest.
A wolves winter fur is especially well adapted to the cold, and can help it comfortably withstand temperatures of up to -40° when curled up. Wolf fur does not collect ice when warm breath is condensed against it.
Female wolves typically have smoother fur than males.
As a wolf ages, the hair on the tip of the tail, nose, and forehead may turn white.
The gray wolf's sense of smell is relatively weak compared to some hunting dog breeds; however their auditory perception is sharp enough to hear the fall of leaves.
Wolves primarily use their hunting energy to target large hoofed animals like deer, moose, bison, mountain goats, sheep, elk, and caribou. Despite the wolves' extremely acute hunting skills, most of the animals they stalk eventually escape. Wolves are also opportunistic hunters, and will target small prey if it is available to them.
Wolves will chase their prey if it flees, and are good sprinters, capable of hitting speeds of up to 38 miles per hour. They are also highly capable distance runners, and have been known to chase deer up to 12 miles.
Wolves can eat as much as 22 pounds of meat in one sitting. Eating large amounts after a big kill in necessary because their hunts take so much effort and are not often successful.
Wolves can go longer than a week without eating, with one known case of a wolf surviving for 17 days without food.
Wolves have 42 highly specialized teeth. Their canines, or "fangs," measure around 2-1/2" long, and they also have large molars for crushing and grinding bones. The jaws of a wolf are extremely powerful, and the wolf has a biting capacity of between 1,000 and 1,500 pounds per square inch.
Gray wolves were hunted nearly to extinction in the continental U.S. due to the threats they posed to human safety and livestock. Today, their population is mainly confined to northern regions with sparse human populations and areas to which they have been reintroduced, like Yellowstone.
Wolves can thrive in a variety of environments from the tundra to the woods, forests, grasslands, or even deserts. Wolves require large areas capable of supporting stable populations of their prey. The range of a wolf pack typically varies from 80 to 300 miles, depending on the number of prey species inhabiting the region. In extreme northern regions, territories can cover over 1,000 square miles.
What Do Wolves Eat?
Wolves primarily use their hunting energy to target large hoofed animals like deer, moose, bison, mountain goats, sheep, elk, and caribou. Despite the wolves' extremely acute hunting skills, most of the animals they stalk eventually escape. Wolves are also opportunistic hunters, and will target small prey if it is available to them, such as rabbits, snakes, mice, birds, fish, and beavers.
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For Native Americans, wolves were a special creature that deserved utmost respect. They were known as a guide to the spiritual world, and therefore well respected. Native Americans admired the courage and patience of wolves, and tried to imitate them. Some tribes gave all of the credit of their hunting ability to the wolves, saying they learned to hunt by watching the wolves.
Native Americans felt that they also had a lot in common with the wolves. Both cared for their family and defended them from danger, both hunted for a living, and both were very social. As a result of all of these similarities, native Americans felt a deep and inseparable bond with the wolves.
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A wolf's winter fur is well adapted to the cold, and can help it comfortably withstand temperatures of up to -40° when curled up.
Wolves can thrive in a variety of environments from the tundra to the woods, forests, grasslands, or even deserts.
Wolves play a large part in Native American cultural practices, legends, mythology, and folklore.
Wolves will tilt their heads up while howling in order to project their calls over long distances.
Wolves howl for many reasons. They may howl to communicate with other wolves or to warn off other predators.
It is a myth that wolves howl at the moon; the night is simply just the time they are active. It is easy to see how this misunderstanding was formed.
A wolf pack contains a dominant, or "alpha," male and female. The female alpha is usually the only wolf in the pack to reproduce. She mates with the alpha male.
Despite their name, a wolf's fur can range in color from almost pure white to black. The most common shade is tawny brown.
Wolves develop strong bonds between the fellow wolves in the pack.
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Why Considering 2.4GHz for FPV?
Initial Flight Test Using On 10mW VTX Power!
As for "how do you control the drone": you definitely can't use 2.4 GHz system. But there are other options, like the Crossfire 868 MHz system, or the FrSky equivalent.
900MHz or 433MHz UFH radios.
I'm curious to switch to 2.4 for my long range quads, but the antenna selection is pretty grim. I'm hoping for something smaller.
Also, does the furious stealth 2.4 vtx work with smart audio?


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The famous Mrs Fanny Finch
Kacey Sinclair - PhD Candidate in History, La Trobe University
On 22 January 1856, an extraordinary event in Australia's history occurred. It is not part of our collective national identity, nor has it been mythologised over the decades through song, dance, or poetry. It doesn't even have a hashtag. But on this day in the thriving gold rush town of Castlemaine, two women took to the polls and cast their votes in a democratic election.
Two days later, Melbourne newspaper The Argus unwittingly granted one of them posterity, writing "two women voted – one, the famous Mrs. Fanny Finch". Fanny Finch was a London-born businesswoman of African heritage, a single mother of four and is the first known woman to cast a vote in an Australian election.
Victorian women over the age of 21 (excluding Indigenous women) would not receive full unconditional suffrage until 1908. (Victorian Indigenous women were not enfranchised until 1965.) But Fanny Finch, as a local business owner who paid rates, was able to exploit a loophole in suffrage law that was yet to discriminate against gender or race.
The Municipal Institutions Act of 1854 granted suffrage to ratepaying "persons". The loophole was eventually closed in 1865 when "persons" became "men".
Who was Fanny?
Frances Finch was born Frances Combe in London in 1815. At eight-weeks-old she was orphaned by her mother after a tryst with a footman ended in a pregnancy but no marriage proposal.
A cross-stitch sampler attributed to Frances Coombe (sic) in 1830 at the age of 15 suggests she understood both her parents to be free people of African racial heritage (although the UK did not free slaves unconditionally until 1838.) The London Foundling Hospital, where Fanny was accepted as an orphan, provided her with some protection against slavery as well as an otherwise inaccessible education and access to an apprenticeship scheme in "household duties".
By 1837, a 22-year-old Fanny was a free, literate, educated, and experienced domestic servant. In that year she was approved a labourer's free passage to the new colony of South Australia.
In Adelaide, Fanny was a valued employee of Julia Wyatt, an author, artist, and wife of the surgeon and first Protector of Aborigines, Dr. William Wyatt. Over the course of the next decade Fanny left their employment, married a sailor, Joseph Finch, and started a family.
By 1850, for reasons unknown, Fanny had left her husband. With her four children in tow, she made her way to Victoria. She arrived in the colony 12 months before the start of the Victorian gold rush. By early 1852 she was operating a restaurant and lodging house on the Forest Creek goldfields, alongside approximately 25,000 gold digging men and a handful of women.
There, in the fledgling township of Forest Creek, Mrs Finch's Board and Lodging House became "the only one in which any person could get respectable accommodation". By 1854, she had moved to nearby Castlemaine where she ran a restaurant. She quickly became one of its most recognisable faces.
A successful businesswoman
Fanny was a successful businesswoman, known to dress in bright blue silk with her black hair adorned in artificial flowers. Strong and robust, with an even larger personality she was not one to shy away from attempting to remedy injustice when she saw it – be it with her words, her cooking or her fists. Evidently, she possessed visibility and power.
Her business acumen and conspicuity make it probable that her male contemporaries were unsurprised when they witnessed Fanny cast her vote at the Hall of Castlemaine (now the Theatre Royal). Did the men taunt her? Encourage her? Or were they complacent? We cannot know. We do know that no one stopped her. She selected her preference and signed her name.
That afternoon, however, the two assessors of the day disallowed both Fanny and the other unknown woman's votes. Their reasons were cited as: "they (the women) had no right to vote". Further details were not divulged.
Still, Walter Smith, the man for whom Fanny voted, was elected to council. Smith was an agent and brewer who arrived at Forest Creek at around the same time as Fanny. Little is known about what motivated her to vote for him but no one else, despite being allowed to vote in seven councillors. She was clearly determined to elect him to council.
A rare glimpse
During colonial times women were rarely identified by name in the press – particularly women of the working class. The 1856 Argus report now offers historians an unprecedented opportunity to identify an otherwise invisible minority – the 19th century Australian woman of colour – as an active participant in our political history.
Fanny was a woman, who, through relative privilege – wielded with her own blood, sweat and tears – refused to founder beneath the weight of a white, Anglo-male world of commerce. However, this came at a price. As a woman of colour occupying space in a white man's world, assaults on her success were not uncommon. Yet she refused to disappear.
One of those assaults occurred in December 1855. Fanny Finch was fined £50 for the illicit sale of alcohol, known as "sly-grogging". After a month-long trial, which involved scandalous cross-examinations of miners, policemen, and even her two young sons, she was charged and fined.
Despite the exorbitant fine and the public slandering of her character and commercial integrity, Fanny Finch was not defeated. Like many business people on the goldfields, she both owed money and was owed it by others, but over the following four months, she began an unprecedented campaign of self-representation.
The day following her conviction she published a letter in the local paper accusing the local authorities of injustice (a copy of this has not survived). A month on, she cast that vote. Then a few months later in April, she published the following advertisement.
Mrs. Finch begs to inform the inhabitants of Castlemaine that henceforth she will carry on business for her children and would be happy to receive any outstanding debts … finding that the more she herself strives the more she is oppressed, although she can firmly state that if those who are in her debt would come forward each with one third, she will be relieved of all debt, have a good home for her family and about two thousand pounds in her pocket.
Fanny Finch also begs to state that as in her affluence she was so kindly trusted, they may be sure that she, from her own free will, may some day liquidate all, but she must have her time … and in spite of what enemies she may have, she intends to keep throughout the winter ready cooked Ham, Beef Soups (a la mode) from seven in the morning to seven in the night.
The vote of the famous Mrs. Fanny Finch adds a woman of colour's voice to what Clare Wright has described as an unorganised movement for women's rights during the 1850s.
Fanny died on the 15th October 1863, aged 48. She was remembered as "a strong minded woman" with "a genuine tenderness of heart, ever ready to serve another in distress … without the slightest ostentation".
She was given a public burial in an unmarked grave at Castlemaine Cemetery.
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Originally published on The Conversation.
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In 1867, when President Johnson fell out with the Republican leaders in Congress, a Tenure of Office Act was passed over his veto, which took away from the President the power of making removals except by permission of the Senate.
The causes of irritation have in a great measure passed away, and it is in contemplation, in view of important interests which have grown up in that country, at some early period during the present session of Congress, with the concurrence of the Senate, to restore diplomatic relations between the two countries.
By these means Auletes got his title acknowledged; the door of the senate was shut against the Alexandrian ambassadors; and the philosopher Dion, the head of the embassy, was poisoned in Rome by the slaves of his friend Lucceius, in whose house he was dwelling.
Returning home, and the State needing the services of trained soldiers to command the State troops, notwithstanding his failing health, he cheerfully accepted the command of the Seventh Regiment State troops. In 1863 he was elected to the State Senate. He died at his home, Pine Pond, in Edgefield County, September 25th, 1876, leaving a widow, but no children.
These negotiations between the Senate and the Head of the Government were not immediately published.
And another, that those who stand for the consulship shall appear personally upon the place. Caesar was come home at the very time of choosing consuls, and being in a difficulty between these two opposite laws, sent to the senate to desire that since he was obliged to be absent, he might sue for the consulship by his friends.
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Killed a player tonight and took his silenced, foregripped AK and the rest of his gear. Used that to then kill the scav boss (the first i've ever come across) and his two guards (as well as a few other player scavs). Had so much to loot I had to run out and drop my insured gear in the forest... made out with 3 kiver helmets with faceshields, gen4 armour, a silenced M4 and an AK74N. Next round, killed another player and took his silenced AK also.
Have died once in the last two nights of Tarkov and that was to a scav just now (who have ungodly vision through trees). Have gone from being deadarse broke to a millionaire again and am just running around levels ignoring loot and looking for player kills. The game has heated up!
If anyone needs a hand in tarkov, I'm dead keen to squad up. I believe the sale is still on for a short while also.
Most traders now at level 2 and just hit player level 17. This means way more equipment can now be bought which has absolutely changed the game.
With a bit of time spent in modding (which is also beautifully guided by the Gunsmith questline you get from the Mechanic) your whole approach changes.
Both of these weapons have almost doubled their accuracy and halved their recoil. Instead of the careful single-taps of old, I can now put a half to a full clip on target. Adding a silencer to the AKM has also made running and gunning super easy as you're more in control of your area if you don't have to worry about drawing interest.
Also haven't died now in three nights. I think I'm immortal.
EDIT: haha, died. To a player scav who I'd emptied a full clip into. He's made off with a pilgrim (biggest backpack in the game), my modded AK, an MP5 and an AKS-74u (all but my AK were looted ingame). I was going to take a special exit too that costs 3000 roubles (which I'd also found ingame) and that was about 20 meters away... all because I got greedy and wanted to check the office in dorms for a rare key-spawn. Hell of a payday for that dude!
Stardew Valley - Really enjoying this game now, got a couple of co-op servers going (Depending on who I am playing with) and we are making some progress that is good fun. It is that game that I enjoy finishing the night on, as it is nice and calming.
Started a solo farm last night, and then went looking for mods that would help a bit. Got a couple that completely change the game and how it is played, for the better. I can now see my experience bars, not just when I get a level up. And I can view the map and see where all the NPC's are. So much better when I need to find that single bloody person for something.
Factorio - For some reason I keep coming back to this and playing more and more. Slowly working out the best way to do things, and the best way to set my area up. And with all the new things added since I first completed it, there is a new challenge this time around.
Pathfinder Kingmaker - Haven't played much lately, but did finally finish the starting quest to get my own kingdom. At this point the game completely changes, as I am now running a kingdom along with still playing an RPG... I am almost feeling overwhelmed by everything that I am trying to keep up with. But hopefully that becomes easier as I progress and get the right people making decisions for me.
Rocket League - This is my go to game most nights, a game my brother loves and so we start with it most nights. Slowly ranking my way up in competitive (Or like last night... losing ranks). Just wish I could be a bit more consistant in my play. And not make so many stupid little misses.
So uh, who else is addicted to RDR2? Easily the best game I have ever played.
I had no interest in RDR2 but seeing some of the game-play it looks great - I'd love it if they'd release it on the PC.
I might have to sulk playthrough GTA:V now.
I'd imagine it would spoil a few things in RDR1 though... maybe.
I'm currently milking the double bounty cache bonus in Diablo 3 by setting up my PC with a shortcut that'll allow me to create a second instance of the game using my second account... I can claim the bounty caches on both accounts then! I'm quite low on bounty mats on both account's Softcore mode so this works out well for me.
Apart from that, I think the last time I went through a new game's story mode was Life is Strange 1... and Mafia 2 before that. I might play through Destiny 2's campaign sometime.
Who is going to give it a try?
I didn't hate the demo, felt just like Warframe but with flying?
Reminds me I still need to get around to Titanfall 2 - everyone seems to say the campaign is pretty awesome.
On sale at EB Games but none near me!
Not many new games are of interest to me atm. I should get around to life is strange before the storm when I get a free moment. I've been playing body Corp committee too much.
Been watching a tonne of Youtube vids and reviews on this and I must say, I'm intrigued. I haven't enjoyed the concept of Battle Royale so far but this one seems to do the combat in a sufficiently satisfying way, the comms system via pinging is suppose to be really good, and it's F2P and could be getting cross platform play... something that will get my bro and I playing together again since he's not exclusively on PS4.
mate and I been playing APEX yesterday and today. probably close to 10hours all up. both level 14. haven't won a round but came 2nd and 3rd a few times.
im enjoying it. its lighthearted but the guns are cool. overwatch style chars add their own flavour, and humour is similar. the ping thing is great we haven't needed to bother with mics. it feels fast a little bit like unreal tournament. will be playing more of it for sure. loving its free to play model. all the perks are basically skins or vocal lines (again like overwatch). so no need to pay for anything, but im sure they will make cash.


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Netflix UK getting Seasons 1-8 of The Big Bang Theory on February 15th
Published on February 13th, 2016, 3:38 pm EST
Great news for those in the UK who enjoy The Big Bang Theory! Seasons 1 through to 8 of the show are coming to Netflix streaming all at once on February 15th, 2016.
The show is well into its ninth season right now and a tenth is already confirmed to kick off later this year. The current deal between CBS and Netflix will bring seasons 1-8 of The Big Bang Theory in February 2016 and season 9 of The Big Bang Theory likely to be added to the service in February 2017.
The hit comedy show is all about four nerdy physicists and their interactions with the wider world mainly Penny who lives across the hall. The show has grown to have some great character development and is one of those shows that you can watch over and over again.
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Q: using colored from termcolor with .format in terminal not working I'm trying to print only 'name','Quiz','Midterm','Final','Average' in red using termcolor but its not working. How can i modify this code to make it work?
from termcolor import colored

print(colored('|{:^21}||{:^20}||{:^20}||{:^20}||{ :^20}|'.format('name','Quiz','Midterm','Final','Average','red')))

A: Fix your code like this:
from termcolor import colored, cprint

cprint(colored('|{:^21}||{:^20}||{:^20}||{:^20}||{:^20}|'
               .format('name', 'Quiz', 'Midterm', 'Final', 'Average'), 'red'))

The value "red" should be an argument of the colored function, not format.
You can also use cprint instead of print.


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How About The Gleason Report?
The Gleason Report offers five timing models, two for stocks and one each for bonds, commodities and the dollar. Only one of the two stock market models (the Stock Value Model) and the bond market model have, per information provided, substantial out-of-sample performance data (since 1999).
The Gleason Report web site does not offer enough description of the Stock Value Model via "FAQ: The Gleason Report Stock Model" to evaluate its underlying rules.
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Use daily closing levels of the S&P 500 Index to identify specific trade dates.
Replace index levels with same-date adjusted closes for Standard and Poor's Depository Receipts (SPY) to incorporate dividends.
Replace returns on cash based on 5% annual yield (unrealistic for the out-of-sample period) with returns based on the average 13-week Treasury bill yield for cash intervals.
Since there are very few trades, ignore trading frictions.
End the analysis with the model in the market (marked-to-market) as of the last available newsletter in the public archive (beginning of July 2010).
The following chart compares trade-by-trade performance of The Gleason Report's Stock Value Model (TGR) with that of SPY. With only 13 signals and six round-trip trades, the sample of timing decisions is very small for confident inference. The model does avoid three intervals of substantial stock market decline and participates fairly efficiently in the 2003-2007 bull market. However, its last two signals result in missing the 2009 bull run and participating in market weakness the past few months. Initial investments of $100,000 at the close of the first trading day in 1999 would have terminal values of about $100,000 for SPY buy-and-hold and $256,000 for TGR.
In summary, while The Gleason Report's Stock Value Model has performed well in (claimed) real time since 1999, the performance sample is very small for reliable inference in terms of number of signals, and the two most recent signals have poor outcomes.