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1) I consider myself pretty liberal, but I find it hard to take the two-state solution seriously myself.
2) Israel is not to blame for Americans' decision to elect Donald Trump, or the things that follow from that. Particularly, Israel is not to blame for Trump's choice of speakers at the opening of at the US embassy.
3) Furthermore, it's extraordinary to see you attack Israel for accommodating Trump, contrary to US Jews' desires. Israel might say that US Jews ought to have thought of that before electing him. Trump is notoriously petulant, mercurial, and vindictive: why aren't you doing something about him? As US citizens you have at least some protection against political retaliation. This assumes that Republican Jews aren't a thing, of course, which we both know to be false.
4) As regards the Western Wall and Orthodox Rabbinate, the answer is probably to take Israeli citizenship so you can override the democratic wishes of the people who actually live there. It's certainly not less moral than declining to have skin in the game, but expecting to have a veto anyway.


My sister Kateri sent me this recipe book some time ago and I have been meaning to try a recipe from it. The New Joys of Jell-O, a 1973 follow-up to the original 1960's Joys of Jell-O, takes jello from the suburbs to the city and features photographs of sophisticated, swinging, singles in a posh Manhattan penthouse feasting on a dizzying array of jello selections… Seems about right.
I selected the Strawberries Romanoff recipe but substituted cherries for strawberries because I wanted to use this cherry themed mold Flossie gave me for Christmas. It has a top layer of cherry whipped cream with a touch of brandy and bottom layer of sweet dark cherries suspended in cherry gelatin. Click on the recipe text below to enlarge try this one for yourself!
Vintage Jell-0 cookbooks are wonderfully kitsch in their multi-color layered Jell-0 way. I really enjoy your gelatine creations and am looking forward to your book.
Thanks so much for being a fan Gretchen!
I just discovered your blog after doing a few "New Joys of Jell-O" posts on my own blog. I made the Topaz Parfait that's in the picture above. Too funny!


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Designed by Michael Hochleitner in 2012. Published by Typejockeys.
In the 1920s the Viennese government decided to standardize the street signs across the city. A typeface was especially constructed for the purpose. It was available in a Heavy and a Bold Condensed version, to support short street names as well as longer ones. As the years went by, the typeface was adopted and redrawn by several enamel factories. These adaptations lead to variations on the design, and to the fact that there isn't a Viennese street sign font but 16 – in part severely – different versions. Henriette is not a digitization of any of those versions; rather, it is influenced by all of them. The italic versions are completely original and designed to accompany the Roman.


Ensuring the recognition of the legitimate place of moderate / responsible consumption of wine, as compatible with a healthy lifestyle, in our societies.
At EU level, an independent evaluation of the EU Strategy and its tools, including the EAHF, was completed in 2012, and the outcome was considered globally positive; it has provided an EU-wide approach to address common issues, a shared evidence base, a mobilisation and action by stakeholders across common objectives, and support for Member State actions. The independent evaluators made a number of suggestions to improve its effectiveness, namely: expand the EAHF membership; focus EAHF action areas more closely on the priorities of the EU Alcohol Strategy ; and support members in strengthening their commitments to action (promote good practice for design, monitoring and evaluation of the commitments).
The current EU Strategy should go on for the time being with the same priorities, areas for action and tools, including the EAHF. The harmful use of alcohol might be addressed in the framework of a EU policy and action plan on chronic or non communicable diseases that the European Commission is expected to formulate as from 2013. In December 2012, the EPSCO Council adopted Conclusions on Healthy Ageing welcoming i.a. "the EU strategies on health determinants and common risk factors including a new EU strategy to support Member States to reduce alcohol related harm".
At international level, the European region office of the WHO adopted in 2012 a European Alcohol Action Plan (EAAP) 2012-2020.
WHO is currently developing a Global Action Plan for the prevention and control of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) for the period 2013-2020 to update the current Action Plan expiring at the end of 2013, accompanied by a comprehensive global monitoring framework, including indicators, and a set of voluntary global targets for the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases.
The EU Treaty introduced a specific article on public health into the EU Treaty - now renumbered Article 168 - entitling the Community to adopt measures aimed at ensuring a high level of human health protection including measures which direct objective is to protect the public health from i.a. the "abuse of alcohol". Since most legislative power in this field remains in the hands of the Member States, the Community's role is subsidiary and mainly involves supporting the efforts of the Member States and helping them formulate and implement coordinated objectives and strategies.
In the framework of the EU Public Health policy, the European Commission adopted for the first time in October 2006 a specific EU Strategy to Support Member States in reducing alcohol related harm. This Strategy aims at mapping good practices and areas of socio-economic importance and Community relevance where further progress could be made, and explains how the Commission can further support and complement national public health policies implemented by Member States in cooperation with stakeholders, taking into account that drinking patterns and cultures vary across the EU.
CEEV is a founding member of the European Alcohol and Health Forum, and leading partner of the EU Wine sector commitment to the EHAF, the Wine In Moderation, Art de Vivre program (WIM program).
Economic operators in alcohol production and trade are recognized as important players in their role as developers, distributors, marketers and sellers of alcoholic beverages. They are especially encouraged to consider effective ways to prevent and reduce harmful use of alcohol within their core roles mentioned above, including self-regulatory actions and initiatives. They could also contribute by making available data on sales and consumption of alcohol beverages.
The implementation of this Global Strategy will require active collaboration with the Member States, with appropriate engagement of international development partners, civil society, the private sector, as well as public health and research institutions. The progress of the strategy implementation should be assessed at the World Health Assembly in 2013.


Yoon-Suk Hwang is a Research Fellow at the Institute for Learning Sciences & Teacher Education. Prior to this role she was a lecturer in special education at Griffith University. Yoon-Suk's research aims at listening to the voices of disadvantaged people and investigating ways of enhancing the quality of their school, family and community life. Her recent research examined the applications of mindfulness intervention for improving behavioural and psychological wellbeing of individuals living with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Her research will continue to explore the potential of mindfulness intervention for empowering children and youth at risk who experience social, emotional, and/or learning difficulties and engaging them in life-long learning. As demonstrated in her authored book, A mindfulness intervention for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: New directions in research and practice (in press, Springer), Yoon-Suk's publications seek to extend the scope of her research interests.
2017-2018 Teachers Health Foundation: Hwang, Y. S., Goldstein, H. & Singh N., Teacher wellbeing: A key to school and community success.
2010-2014 Trust Company: Saggers, B., Hwang, Y. S., Carrington, S., Campbell, M., Mercer, L. (QUT), Ashburner, J. (Autism Queensland), Experiencing bullying: Young people with Autism Spectrum Disorders and their families.
2012-2014 Major Strategic Initiatives Grants, Art, Education and Law Group, Griffith University: Hwang, Y. S., Roberts, J., & Klieve, H., Autism Spectrum Disorders: From mindblindness to mindfulness.
2010-2011 Thomas T. Roberts Fellowship, Awarded by the University of Sydney and funded by Philanthropy ANZ Trustees Limited: Hwang, Y. S., Can you hear me (in Singapore)? The inner experience of students with Autism Spectrum Disorders.
2014 Sydney: Centre for Disability Studies, University of Sydney: Espiner, D., O'Connor, B., Hwang, Y. S., & O'Brien, P., Supporting students with Autism Spectrum Disorder and challenging behaviour within school settings: A literature review.


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MLB Minor Leaguers Plan Smacks Of Greed
Posted by Kevin Cunningham | Jun 29, 2020 | Row 122 | 0
TITLE: MLB Minor Leaguers Plan Smacks Of Greed
On Monday, Baseball America reported that MLB has told teams that they "cannot prevent minor leaguers from playing in independent leagues" until their suspended contracts are reinstated.
UPDATE: Baseball America has updated their story and deleted the original tweet to indicate that teams must give their consent, although it must still be the player's idea.
This opened up quite a few eyes, and the more questions that have been raised, and the less sense it makes, until realizing what MLB is actually doing: Trying to show that minor league players are not employees, they are just contract employees, and thus aren't covered by minimum wage laws in light of the upcoming lawsuit by Garrett Broshuis and the public outrage over the poverty-level wages minor league players are paid.
How else does this move make sense?
For baseball players, just getting any reps at all does not equate to player development. Independent League ball competitiveness does not easily equate to the challenges and development a player would get in affiliated baseball. There are several independent leagues out there, but two of the most competitive, the Frontier League and Atlantic League, have already suspended their seasons.
Will a batter get that much development facing pitching at a lower level than they've faced in the past?
Or will pitchers be healthy taking on workloads that aren't monitored by the teams they work for?
What about coaches who may clash with the techniques that MLB organizations have been instilling in their prospects?
What about injuries that almost certainly would not be covered by MLB organizations? The article from Baseball America states explicitly that injuries sustained would be grounds for contract termination.
Developing into a Major League Baseball player isn't like developing a character in a video game. You can't just tell your character to go to the gym to up their level. You can't just grind against Magikarp after Magikarp over and over to gain XP bit by bit to level up. That's not how it works.
A hitter who just got through the fastball environment that is often High-A needs to deal with the breaking balls that are often much better in Double-A. Pitchers need to learn to work those offspeed pitches into their repertoire because they can't just strike out flailing low level batters with their heat anymore.
But forget all that. You want to see why this move by MLB is about employment status? Look at the words.
"Cannot prevent."
UPDATE: In Baseball America's update, it is no longer stated that team must give their consent to a player going. However, the tweet with the update did have new terminology that is just as notable in parenthesis.
"(team cannot initiate the idea)."
This isn't teams who are deciding to send their players to get reps. They aren't involved in helping their players find good matches with teams that will help their development.
The wording is very specific to imply that players are choosing this, without input from their team. It implies that teams do want to stop their players from going there. But they can't. Because these guys are freelancers.
And thus, it's okay to pay these players around $14,000 per year at the best…or just $4,800 per year at the lowest levels. Because they're freelancers who can choose to go work elsewhere when playing baseball for the teams that drafted them.
The League office doesn't care if these young men get injured playing elsewhere. They don't care if development is hijacked or delayed or ruined. They don't even care about them as assets, the literal future of baseball.
They just don't want to have to pay them.
That's what this is. And it's disgusting.
Later in the afternoon, the original tweet was deleted and a correction went out.
Correcting one fact. MLB front office official says MLB teams must give their consent. Player must initiate the idea of playing for an indy team (team cannot initiate the idea). Seems like a number of teams are willing to let their players play.https://t.co/f5KWJCWWJV
— JJ Cooper (@jjcoop36) June 30, 2020
The context changes from the phrase of "Cannot prevent". But the key point remains that teams can not initiate the idea. If the team initiates it, it goes to imply that players are employees, doing what they are told. If the player initiates it, then it goes back into the evidence of players acting as freelancers.
Cooper has also noted that some teams appear interested in this, and one player from the Diamondbacks organization, Jayson McKinley, has already signed.
However, at least one player has voiced concerns about this as well.
One minor leaguer on Indy ball announcement. pic.twitter.com/ADA4Xl6p9D
— emilycwaldon (@EmilyCWaldon) June 30, 2020
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Google announced the launch of Google Cloud for Retail on Google Cloud Next on Wednesday, with a host of new solutions designed for the industry from retail. The new solutions are designed to help retailers formulate personalized recommendations, unify the experience of their customers in online and offline environments, and more.
What does she propose? Google Cloud for Retail includes inventory management, personalization, customer service and predictive analytics solutions. E-commerce hosting is designed to cope with seasonal increases in traffic and peak sales (Black Friday, Cyber Monday, for example), so sites are not neutralized and do not lose revenue because of the increase in traffic. Google offers Customer Reliability Management (CRE) engineering services to prepare for maximum volume events.
Real-time inventory management and analysis provide a complete view of in-store, in-store and online inventory.
Visual product search allows retailers to integrate Google Lens features allowing customers to better understand a product, its prices and availability by taking a photo of it with its own phone. IKEA already uses it to allow customers to find a specific product or similar on its site.
Currently in beta, AutoML Tables is a solution that enables data science teams to create and deploy machine learning models on structured data, such as product data. Retail applications can include supply chain management, fraud detection, conversion, and revenue optimization.
Partnerships for future products. Google has also announced that it is working with several partners to create more retail solutions. Partnerships include Accenture for personalization; Deloitte for demand forecasting and other supply chain analysis solutions; and Trax for store inventory information with image recognition, to name just a few.
Why pay attention. These are Google Cloud's first efforts to develop and package a set of cloud solutions for a specific growth strategy. It is clear that Google has defined its sites on Amazon Web Services retail customers. It includes retailers such as Bed Bath and Beyond, Carrefour, IKEA, Kohl's and Target, as well as Shopify's e-commerce platform, which has more than 800,000 retailers among its current customers.
Google also announced a partnership with Mercredi, Salesforce's focus is on improving customer service experiences. It combines the Google Contact Center AI that analyzes the tone and intent of customer service calls and can bring environmental information such as weather and news to Salesforce customer data to guide agents. sales and customer service.
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Off the Bat: Three Teams Show Up Big Deep In The Heart Of Texas
(Photo by Danny Parker)
By Teddy Cahill
Teddy Cahill runs through the biggest storylines that emerged from the weekend. To see the updated top 25, click here.
Texas A&M Sweeps, Rice Bounces Back
Texas Takes It To LSU
Eight For Omaha
Weekend Standouts
Texas A&M Sweeps, Rice Bounces Back At Shriners College Classic
This year's Shriners Hospitals for Children College Classic could have doubled for an old Southwest Conference Tournament with former members Baylor, Houston, Rice, Texas A&M and Texas Christian in the field, joined by Texas State. The all-Texas field made for an entertaining weekend of baseball at Minute Maid Park in Houston.
While the Shriners College Classic is the granddaddy of college baseball's early-season tournaments, it goes beyond baseball. Proceeds from the tournament support Shriners Hospitals, and the weekend also serves to shine a spotlight on some of the children who have been helped by Shriners Hospitals.
"This couldn't be a better marriage with the Shriners Children Hospital and the Houston Astros," Texas A&M coach Rob Childress said. "To be a part of something like the Shriners Hospital and for our guys to get the opportunity to go and visit with those kids and try to inspire those kids, I think we leave maybe more inspired than the kids at the hospital. Just very thankful to be a part of this."
On the field, Texas A&M made the loudest statement of the weekend, beating Baylor, TCU and Houston to be named tournament champion. Rice and Texas State both went 2-1, scoring some impressive wins along the way.
For the Aggies, this weekend was a key test after they cruised through their first two series against Fordham and Illinois-Chicago. Texas A&M (11-2) ably handled the step up in competition, especially on the mound. It allowed just four runs all weekend, led by the duo of lefthanders John Doxakis and Asa Lacy at the front of its rotation.
Doxakis, a junior, and Lacy, a sophomore, combined to hold Baylor and TCU to just one run in 15 innings, while striking out 21 batters, walking three and allowing just four hits.
The bullpen was almost as good and combined to hold opponents to three runs (two earned) in nine innings on the weekend. Closer Kasey Kalich impressed with his outings in the first two weekends, and righthanders Bryce Miller and lefthander Joseph Menefee played their setup roles well.
The Aggies' bullpen hasn't been called upon much yet this year, but Childress has been pleased with its performance so far.
"Those starters are pretty greedy with the innings, you know?" he said. "So, we haven't had to spread those guys thin. They've been fresh, and we were able to hit the reset button with the start the two lefthanders had on Friday and Saturday and those guys were ready to go."
An injury to lefthander Jonathan Childress (no relation to Rob Childress) put a bit of a damper on their impressive pitching performance. The freshman left his start Sunday after three innings due to what Rob Childress called forearm soreness.
A&M has gotten off to a slow start to the weekend offensively and it is still trying to get on track, despite its three wins in Houston. The Aggies are hitting .232/.339/.320 as a team and don't have any player hitting .300 or above.
Shortstop Braden Shewmake, a potential first-round pick in June, is hitting .260/.339/.420 but has started to heat up at the plate, this week going 8-for-23 with his first home run of the year, an opposite field shot Friday against Baylor. Getting Shewmake going in the middle of the order would be a big boost for the Aggies.
Childress said while the Aggies aren't yet playing their best baseball, he was pleased with how they played in Houston.
"Bigger challenges lie ahead, but this was a big test for us coming down here and playing the three great teams that we did," he said. "Definitely leaving here knowing a lot more about our team. Feel a lot better about our team than when we came in here on Friday."
Rice coach Matt Bragga can also feel a lot better about his team after the Shriners College Classic. The Owls (5-7) had lost five of their last six games going into the weekend and then lost, 1-0, to Texas State on Friday, squandering an excellent start by Preseason All-American righthander Matt Canterino.
But they bounced back the next two days, beating Baylor, 6-3, on Saturday and then routing TCU, 12-2, in seven innings, to close the tournament.
"I was proud of them, they really fought," Bragga said. "When you start out 3-7, and to be able to fight and to beat two really high-quality opponents the last two days, that's a big deal. I'm excited for our guys."
Rice got strong pitching all weekend, starting with Canterino. The Owls' ace struck out nine batters in seven innings and allowed just an unearned run on four hits and no walks. But he was a hard-luck loser as Rice couldn't solve Texas State righthander Nicholas Fraze.
Lefthander Evan Kravetz and righthander Jackson Parthasarathy both delivered quality starts the next two days for the Owls. On the weekend, relievers Kendall Jefferies, Addison Moss and Jackson Tyner combined for 5.1 scoreless innings.
Rice has the frontline pitchers to compete in Conference USA, but it needs to improve its defense, as it has already made 29 errors in 12 games. The lineup, led by shortstop Trei Cruz (.340/.424/.660, 4 HR) and third baseman Braden Comeaux (.333/.404/.431) showed its promise Sunday night but still needs to be more consistent.
Rice isn't yet where Bragga wants it to be, but the last two days were an encouraging sign. Now, the Owls must carry that momentum into a challenging week as they face Houston and Sam Houston State before welcoming Oklahoma to Reckling Park for a weekend series.
"After Friday, I think they got a fire lit under them that we've got to be better, that this isn't good enough," he said. "We're not there, but it's definitely a step in the right direction. They are playing with a sense of urgency that this isn't good enough, and we're better baseball players than what we're playing."
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Texas Makes Statement With Sweep Of LSU
Between them, Texas and Louisiana State have 12 national championships (six apiece) and have made 54 appearances in the College World Series. They are perhaps the two biggest programs in the sport.
So any time they take the field against each other for a series, as they did in Austin this weekend, it's sure to draw a lot of attention. That was the case this year, especially because it was a Top 25 matchup (LSU was No. 2 and Texas was No. 19), and the early season showdown at Disch-Falk Field promised to be both team's first big test.
Texas passed that test with flying colors. It swept LSU and, in doing so, made the loudest statement of any team this season. As a result, the Longhorns (10-3) shot up the Top 25 to No. 9, while LSU fell to No. 10.
Texas, having already won the first two games of the weekend to clinch the series victory, trailed 6-3 going into the bottom of the eighth inning Sunday. But the Longhorns weren't done. They scored a run in the eighth and then pushed three runs across in the ninth inning, punctuated by Austin Todd's walk-off single to cap the comeback and complete the sweep.
"We were pretty ugly today for parts of the game, let some defensive plays get past us," coach David Pierce said. "We had great at-bats throughout the day and put them together at the end to get the win.
"It was a gritty win, to be honest."
Even without Sunday's heroics, the weekend would have been a big success for the Longhorns. But finishing the sweep gave them a weekend that could resonate all season long. It also clearly stated that while Texas lost some key pieces from last year's team, chiefly Kody Clemens, its All-American second baseman and Golden Spikes Award finalist, it doesn't have to take a step back.
Texas got another strong start Friday night from sophomore righthander Bryce Elder, who has taken over as the staff's ace after posting a 5.55 ERA in the bullpen last year. He held LSU to one run (unearned) in 6.2 innings to improve to 3-0, 0.44 with 22 strikeouts and six walks in 20.2 innings.
The rest of the pitching staff followed Elder's lead. Righthander Kamron Fields slammed the door Friday with 2.1 scoreless innings to earn the save. Righthander Blair Henley, the lone rotation holdover from 2018, was solid Saturday, and righthander Cole Quintana followed him with three electric innings to finish the game. Freshman righthander Coy Cobb scuffled some Sunday, but he and the bullpen did enough to keep the Longhorns in it.
"Cobb wasn't at his best, but he battled through it and we got good bullpen work," Pierce said. "The combination of starters and relievers worked well for us."
Texas may have lost more star power from its lineup with Clemens moving on to pro ball and shortstop David Hamilton out for the season with a torn Achilles tendon, but remaking the pitching staff may have been the bigger task. Gone are starters Nolan Kingham and Chase Shugart, as well as closer Andy McGuire and relief ace Parker Joe Robinson.
But Texas has recruited well and continues to develop high-end talent. Through the first few weeks of the season, its new-look pitching staff has delivered. The Longhorns have a team ERA of 2.75, have yet to give up a home run and are averaging 8.5 strikeouts and 3.58 walks per nine innings.
Offensively, the Longhorns will probably need a more team-based approach this year without Clemens anchoring the lineup. So far, they're getting it. Todd (.357/.471/.524) and junior third baseman Ryan Reynolds (.356/.463/.533) are leading the team in hitting, but production is coming from throughout the lineup. Junior outfielder Duke Ellis has a .527 on-base percentage and freshman outfielder Eric Kennedy has hit two home runs, tying him with redshirt-sophomore slugger Zach Zubia for the team lead.
Having Todd back in the mix is a key for Texas. He hit cleanup on Opening Day last season but was limited to just 73 at-bats by injuries. Now he's healthy again and hitting in the three hole.
"He's always been considered to be one of our better hitters," Pierce said. "To overcome the injuries, travel with us to Omaha, go through a grueling offseason to get ready, it's gratifying for him to have success. I'm really proud of him. He's a great hitter. He has great hand-eye coordination."
Texas doesn't have any time to rest on its laurels after its statement weekend. After a midweek game against Texas-Rio Grande Valley, it hits the road for a four-game series at No. 4 Stanford. The following weekend, it starts Big 12 Conference play at home against No. 11 Texas Tech.
Pierce said the Longhorns are into the toughest stretch int their schedule, which they have known was coming all along.
"We can't get caught up in 'We've got to win X amount of games,'" he said. "We've got to trust ourselves, understand about doing your own jobs and creating continuity together.
"We understand we have a tough grind here and it's a challenge for us more than anything. Up to this point, we've handled everything, The key is to stay healthy and just compete."
Florida, Florida State, Louisiana State, North Carolina, Stanford, Texas, UCLA, Vanderbilt
After leaving the field unchanged over the first two weeks of the season, this week sees the first movement. Texas moves in, replacing Texas Tech. I don't want to overreact to the results on the first weekend of March, but the Longhorns have come out of the gate very strong and have built to this weekend's sweep of LSU. Texas Tech, meanwhile, still seems to be searching for the right formula on the mound. That's not entirely a surprise and the Red Raiders will probably get their pitching staff straightened out sooner than later, but the Longhorns are already rolling and still have plenty of room for improvement. As for LSU, I'm not ready to cast aside a team that we had rated as the second-best team in the country coming into the year. But the way Mississippi State and Oregon State are playing certainly had me thinking about making another change.
Nine players or programs who put together big weekends.
Arizona State: The Sun Devils swept Michigan State in emphatic fashion, outscoring the Spartans 29-7 over three games, to improve to 11-0. Arizona State is already almost halfway to its 2018 win total (23) and is off to its best start since 2010, when it won its first 24 games of the year. The schedule toughens this week, as the Sun Devils hit the road for the first time this season for two midweek games at Cal State Fullerton before returning to Phoenix for a series against Xavier.
Bryant: The Bulldogs bounced back well after getting swept at LSU last weekend and won a big series at Virginia Tech, which entered the weekend 7-0. Bryant (4-5), the favorite in the Northeast Conference, won a series against an Atlantic Coast Conference team for the first time in program history.
Tanner Burns, RHP, Auburn: Burns on Friday dominated Cincinnati, in a 5-0 victory. The sophomore struck out 15 batters and threw a two-hit shutout. His 15 strikeouts matched a program record shared by five other pitchers, including Casey Mize and Tim Hudson. The Preseason All-American improved to 2-0, 0.92 with 29 strikeouts and three walks in 19.2 innings.
Duke pitchers Graeme Stinson, Mat Dockman and Jack Carey: The trio of Blue Devils combined to throw a no-hitter Friday night in a 14-0 victory against Penn State in Bradenton, Fla. Stinson, a Preseason All-American, started the game and threw five innings. Dockman pitched one inning and Carey threw the final three innings. It was Duke's first no-hitter since 1955.
Tennessee: The Volunteers went 3-0 in the Cox Diamond 9 Invitational in Pensacola, Fla., to become the first team in the country to reach 12 wins and remain undefeated. Tennessee matched the best start in program history, set in 2014, and is now outscoring opponents 82-12.
Cooper Swanson, INF, Florida State: The Seminoles broke out their big bats this weekend against Mercer, crushing seven home runs in a sweep. Swanson provided three of those long balls, as he homered in all three games. Entering the weekend, the sophomore had two career home runs.
Andrew Vaughn, 1B, California: The 2018 Golden Spikes Award winner has picked up where he left off last season. Through 10 games, Vaughn is hitting .529/.680/1.176 with seven home runs, 15 walks and five strikeouts. Against Saint Mary's this weekend, he had back-to-back two-homer games and went 7-for-13 during the series.
Three weekend series we're most excited for
(3) North Carolina at (21) Clemson: The Atlantic Coast Conference this weekend becomes the first power conference to open league action, with a showdown between last year's division champions highlighting the action. North Carolina has swept its first three series (Xavier, South Florida and Massachusetts-Lowell), but now hits the road for the first time this season. Clemson is coming off an emotional series loss against archrival South Carolina and will be eager to get back on track as conference play begins.
(9) Texas at (4) Stanford: Texas (10-3) is coming off a huge sweep of LSU, but Stanford (9-2) is also riding a wave of momentum after winning its series at Cal State Fullerton. This annual series is always one to watch, but with both teams ranked in the top 10, it is elevated even further. It will be especially interesting to see how Texas' pitching staff handles what can be a very explosive Stanford offense.
St. John's at (24) UC Irvine: The Red Storm's grueling early season schedule continues with a series at UCI. This should be a low-scoring series, as both teams have plenty of talent on the mound. The Anteaters (7-3) have won three-straight series to open the year against regional-caliber competition and will be looking to extend that streak this weekend against St. John's (1-6).
Two weekend tournaments to watch
Dodger Stadium Classic in Los Angeles: This is annually one of the premier tournaments in the country in the best setting, as the first two days are held on campus at Southern California and UCLA before shifting to Dodger Stadium for the finale. In addition to the hosts, Michigan and Oklahoma State make up this year's field. No. 2 UCLA and No. 18 Michigan have raced out of the gate this season, while Oklahoma State and USC are off to slower starts and coming off series losses. Friday night's showdown between Michigan, led by lefthander Tommy Henry (3-0, 0.00, 34 SO, 2 BB, 23 IP) and UCLA will be a highlight.
Safeco Baseball Showcase in Seattle: This is a new tournament on the calendar and the field is a strong one, featuring No. 7 Oregon State and No. 19 Coastal Carolina, as well as Indiana, Minnesota, San Diego and Washington. Friday's action includes a rematch of last year's Corvallis Super Regional with Minnesota taking on Oregon State. The Beavers and Chanticleers meet on Sunday, in what also promises to be a highlight of the event.
One midweek game to keep an eye on
(14) East Carolina at (8) Mississippi State, Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. ET: ECU (8-4) heads to the Magnolia State for midweek games against both Mississippi State (10-1) and Mississippi (8-2). Either could have been the pick here as the Pirates have been scuffling and could use a jolt. The Bulldogs are looking to build on a strong start to the season as they build toward the start of Southeastern Conference play in two weeks.


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Edward W. Younkins is professor of accountancy and director of graduate programs in the Department of Business at Wheeling Jesuit University.
This richly annotated bibliography of novels, films, and plays could be read in conjunction with studying business. Arguing that these imaginative works offer insights not found in textbooks or case studies, Younkins explicates their power to represent as well as entertain. After a summary introduction, the author presents 25 brief, chronological chapters, each focusing on a separate work, beginning with William Dean Howells's The Rise of Silas Lapham (1885) and ending with Oliver Stone's film Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010). In summarizing these works, Younkins emphasizes universal themes, such as amorality in Theodore Dreiser's The Financier, the American Dream in Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, individualism in Ken Kesey's Sometimes a Great Notion, and competition in David Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross. After a brief conclusion that again summarizes the content, the book ends with appendixes that list additional business novels, plays, and films . . . [T]his volume serves as an ideal primer for an instructor who wishes to include literature in a business course. Summing Up: Recommended. Lower- and upper-division undergraduates; faculty; general readers.
Exploring Capitalist Fiction, a new volume of literary analysis by Dr. Edward W. Younkins, offers perceptive, relevant, and engaging commentaries on 25 works of fiction which portray the business world and its relationship to all areas of human life. . .Younkins is to be commended for emphasizing the value of fiction as a teaching tool for both students of business and individuals immersed in the business world. . . .Exploring Capitalist Fiction is an excellent means to appreciate the richness and variety of fictional portrayals of business, especially since the Second Industrial Revolution of the late 19th century. The book offers a concise introduction to many works and endeavors to motivate readers to seek out and experience the original novels, plays, and films.
Exploring Capitalist Fiction may not sound like a page-turner. But Edward W. Younkins, a professor of accountancy and director of graduate programs in the Department of Business at Wheeling Jesuit University in West Virginia, has produced a most appealing and useful text, one that can satisfy a variety of interests. ... Younkins gives the reader a good mix of works. There are novels, plays and movies, and in some cases such as "The Great Gatsby," novels that have been made into movies a number of times—1949, 1974, 2000, 2003—an indication, perhaps, of the story's enduring attraction. ... In sum, there is a lot to like and a lot of learn in Exploring Capitalist Fiction.
Younkins puts together a canon of economics-themed fiction here and does not stop with works that are just still popular today. ... Anyone who teaches business or economics will find in Younkins's book an extremely helpful guide to expanding one's teaching beyond the usual non-fiction standards to connect with students on a level that goes beyond mere concepts and into the illustrations of how humans truly interact with the economic systems around them. In other words, this book will help instructors use art to improve instruction while helping students consume popular culture more insightfully.
Although his prior books establish Dr. Younkins as a scholarly and prolific philosopher of liberty, Exploring Capitalist Fiction focuses not on the philosophy of business but on the complex lives of fictional men who implement it. Its twenty-five plot summaries illustrate, unsurprisingly, that businessmen are neither more nor less moral or confused than the rest of us, from the crony-capitalist railroaders in Norris's The Octopus, Cahan's wealthy but unhappy David Levinsky, and Lewis's terrified conformist Babbitt to more heroic, less conflicted figures like Hawley's Cash McCall, Kesey's Stamper family, and King Vidor's Steve Dangos. Dr. Younkins occasionally offers a valuable philosophical or economic insight, but the book is principally a welcome, fascinating, even-handed study of business and capitalism in literature.
Exploring Capitalist Fiction is one of those books I have needed for a long time, but just didn't know it. In this volume, Younkins assembles a remarkable collection of insights about how business is portrayed in literature and film. Perhaps the most remarkable feature of the book is Younkins's ability to balance historical viewpoints with contemporary and whimsical perspectives with serious ones, across both film and print. And he does so while striking a balance between supportive and critical outlooks on business and capitalism that I would not have thought possible. This is an excellent book.
Perhaps no subject has been so much discussed in literature and film yet so under-analyzed and examined as business. This volume is a virtual pioneer in remedying this situation. Drawing from novels, plays, and films, and ranging over a variety of attitudes towards business, Younkins selects works of depth and importance for anyone interested in exploring the treatment of business in fiction and thereby coming to appreciate its cultural and moral significance. Especially refreshing is Younkins's selection process which avoids the temptation to concentrate on contemporary works. Instead we see selections from a number of different eras with attention paid to lesser known works as well as some obvious favorites. I have little doubt that this book will become a standard reference work for those interested in the treatment of business through creative fiction.
I am a testament to the validity of the theme of this book, which is that fiction can be a powerful tool for business education. A novel, Atlas Shrugged, changed my life and was far more important to me in successfully leading a business than any nonfiction book or college course.
Professor Younkins makes another contribution to the literature of freedom, this time by showing us what pro-capitalist fiction—and anti-capitalist, too—can teach us about business and its enemies.
Why do critics of laissez faire capitalism have all the good folk songs? All the good novels (well, most of them)? Ditto for poems, plays, stories. Why is virtually all of literature, music and art almost a wholly owned subsidiary of those who oppose economic freedom? Probably, because they work harder at it than we do.
It is all the more important, then, that those of us who treasure the free marketplace and private property rights get into this 'industry' as well.
Now along comes a very important contribution in this regard: Edward Younkins's new book: Exploring Capitalist Fiction: Business Through Literature and Film. He unerringly explores, contemplates and analyzes twenty-five important books and movies that deal with business. I cannot possibly overestimate the importance of this initiative in promoting liberty and the free society.
I have been a fan of Ed's for many years now. I greatly admire his previous works, and this one fully lives up to his previous contributions. I am delighted to recommend this book, highly, to all those with an interest in both literature and freedom.
A note to English majors: read this book! It will give you a perspective on literature you are unlikely, in the extreme, to have ever seen before. It will be a real thrill to see these books and movies not from the eyes of your typical leftish literature professor, but from the vantage point of someone who celebrates liberty.
Most people today spend at least a third of their weekday lives in the business world. Some view that world as a second family. Younkins' superb summaries and analyses of twenty-five works of capitalist fiction create the feel of what it is like to work in the modern institution known as business. In all of these fictional cases there are many complex personal, ethical, and psychological interactions: government vs. business, employer vs. employee, supplier vs. client, and, of course, fellow entrepreneur/employee vs. fellow entrepreneur/employee. Ethical issues are the star. Indeed, the book could easily be used as a text in business ethics courses.
The struggle for liberty must consist of more than an intellectual appeal. As Ayn Rand demonstrated in her novels, the establishment of a free society will succeed only if people have an emotional investment in such an outcome. It is art that creates and supports the level of personal involvement required to motivate and sustain people in the face of unrelenting and unforgiving opposition. In his book Exploring Capitalist Fiction: Business Through Literature and Film, Edward Younkins recognizes the power of art as a force both for and against the ideals necessary for a world in which we can exist fully as human beings. Tapping into a wide range of source material, Younkins explores the role of fiction in sustaining or retarding the course the Founders set for our nation. Providing clear yet succinct summaries of a variety of works—including The Great Gatsby, Death of a Salesman, Atlas Shrugged, and the movie Wall Street— Younkins succeeds in explaining and analyzing these twenty-five diverse works in the context of his book's themes. Readers of Exploring Capitalist Fiction will enjoy these bite-sized introductions to unfamiliar works as well as explorations of fiction they have already enjoyed. With luck, Younkins's efforts here will spark more interest in expanding the arguments for freedom beyond dry academic journals to include art that moves us, involves us, and provides us emotional fuel in the face of the greatest task of our lives.
Ed Younkins's newest book will be indispensable to anyone either teaching or studying the portrayal of business in American fiction, plays, and films over the past century and a quarter.
His admirably evenhanded summaries of twenty-five important works in this tradition, and his exhaustive lists of other titles not discussed at length, will be useful also to the general reader who simply wants to discover more about how commercial enterprise has been depicted in novels, plays, and movies over the past hundred years or so.
Lawyer and statesman St. Thomas More argued that the study of literature provides greater moral understanding than does the study of law. Edward Younkins strengthens that argument through his perceptive and insightful examination of both pro- and anti-business fiction and film.
This work includes essays on an amazingly wide range of American novels, plays, and films from the past two centuries, all containing business and economic themes and content. Younkins's insightful reading of many of the major texts that explore issues of business and capitalism is a welcome addition to interdisciplinary studies. It can easily serve as a guideline for a course in either a College of Business or a College of Liberal Arts.
Once more Ed Younkins has come up with an insightful discussion of an important topic. Professor Younkins writes in a way that is intelligible to the general audience while retaining the rigor of thought expected of an academic. Exploring Capitalist Fiction is fun to read and will change the way you look at a film, read a book or watch a play.
Fiction, including novels, plays, and films, can be a powerful force in educating students and employees in ways that lectures, textbooks, articles, case studies, and other traditional teaching approaches cannot. Works of fiction can address a range of issues and topics, provide detailed real-life descriptions of the organizational contexts in which workers find themselves, and tell interesting, engaging, and memorable stories that are richer and more likely to stay with the reader or viewer longer than lectures and other teaching approaches. For these reasons, Exploring Capitalist Fiction: Business through Literature and Film analyzes 25 films, novels, and plays that engage the theories, concepts, and issues most relevant to the business world. Through critical examinations of works such as Atlas Shrugged and Wall Street, Younkins shows how fiction is a powerful teaching tool to sensitize business students without business experience and to educate and train managers in real businesses.


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The Ravens face off against the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday and Colin Kaepernick, a dual threat quarterback that can beat you with his arm just as often as his feet. The Ravens used to handle running quarterbacks better than anyone in the league. However, if this season has shown us anything, it's that this is not the same Ravens defense.
The only other real quarterback that the Ravens have faced this season with anywhere close to the same feet that Kaepernick possesses is Mike Vick from the Pittsburgh Steelers. Now keep in mind that this is the same Vick that is 35-years old and was playing on a short week after Ben Roethlisberger went down with his knee injury. It's not the same Vick that we all saw running around making plays in Atlanta by even the wildest stretches.
Looking back at that Thursday night game, we can see that Vick was able to get out of harms way 9 times for 33 yards. He ran for two first downs during the game and the threat of him leaving the pocket forced the Ravens to keep an eye on him all game long, limiting what they could do with a damaged secondary.
With Kaepernick, the Ravens are facing off against a player that is 27-years old instead of 35. Kaepernick also doesn't have the wear and tear on his arm and legs like Vick does, meaning that teaming up with Torrey smith on the outside is just as likely as him hitting the outside and turning it upfield for 20-yards. While Kaepernick has not had the best year so far through the air, he is averaging 6.1 yards per attempt on the ground and has a touchdown with his leg.
What that will force the Ravens to do is keep a player like linebacker C.J. Mosley in to spy on Kaepernick. With Mosley's issues in coverage thus far, the 49ers would be wise to also run runningback Carlos Hyde out on a route to freeze Mosley and give Kaepernick the choice between running it himself, throwing it deep downfield, or tossing it to a fast runningback that should have a step on Mosley. If the 49ers can keep that up, they will give themselves shots down the field to Torrey Smith, Anquan Boldin and on the ground as the Ravens are constantly fighting to keep up.
The best way for the Ravens to keep this from happening is for their defensive line to get penetration on Kaepernick and keep him bottled up. The defensive ends and pass rushers will have to not over-pursue and force Kaepernick to step up into the pocket where nose tackle Brandon Williams has excelled at pushing his offensive lineman into the backfield.
It will still be up to the secondary to keep Anquan Boldin and Torrey Smith in check as well as whoever will be covering Carlos Hyde coming out, but hopefully with enough of a pass rush, the niners will be forced to keep Hyde in to help block, which will allow Dean Pees to float linebackers into passing lanes for potential big turnovers.
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Sheila Wright And Her Journey From Automotive Engineer To Successful Entrepreneur
May 5, 2016 by Ardelia Lee
What do automotive engineering and making children's crafts have in common? Ingenuity, creativity, and problem-solving, for starters.
Bloomfield Hills resident Sheila Wright has all three qualities, so it's not quite so hard to see how she made the leap from automotive engineer to founder of Ann Williams Group, the company behind successful children's craft kits like Loopdeloom and Loopdedoo.
Sheila explains, "As a child I used to daydream about businesses I would like to start. I had a few failed attempts in high school and even one as an adult in college. I was born an entrepreneur, but I couldn't make it a possibility in my life until I developed a product that I was passionate about, and that product was ultimately inspired by my children."
The product Sheila references is her Talkatoo recordable charms line. The charms came about when Sheila dropped her kids off at school. She'd put a heart on their hand or tuck a note in their lunchbox. However, she felt she could do more.
Sheila wanted what all mothers want – for their children to hear their words of encouragement whenever they want. From that desire, Sheila created Talkatoo charms, and Ann Williams group was born.
The company first started selling their Talkatoo charms on zulily, with great success. According to Sheila, "Our first product to run on zulily was also one of the first toys to ever sell on zulily – the Talkatoo!"
Selling on zulily helped give Ann Williams even more visibility, which led to more partnership opportunities.
"Especially in the early days, we would have people see our product selling on zulily and then reach out to us for other retailing or partnership opportunities. Additionally, zulily's ability to provide us with real-time sales data helps us determine what products are the most popular with customers, ultimately influencing what we create more of or design next. We want to observe what products sell well from other retailers as well, as it helps us understand how we can make products that are different and that would be successful and desired by our customers."
However, the early days of Ann Williams were grueling.
"I was a working mom, I was a mom and CEO of a single person boot-strapping start up, and now I'm a mom of a second stage growth company. They're all very different! The hardest, by far, was being a start-up mom. The only way to understand it is to live it and I wouldn't wish that on anyone," said Wright.
All that hard work was worth it in the end. Now, the company is making waves and has plans for a big year.
"Ann Williams has, in a few short years, become a leader in the craft industry. We are introducing over 40 fantastic new products this year. We just returned from debuting them at an international toy trade show in NYC where the retail buyers gushed over our new introductions. We had more products mentioned on the retailers Share the Fair list than any other manufacturer at the show. More than Lego, Mattel, or anyone!"
Sheila graciously divulged a little about her two favorite new products, and they sound like they're going to be big hits.
The first product, a Kindness Kit, is a must for kids of all ages (and some adults). "We have a Kindness Kit coming in August that I am in love with. It is a kit with eight little craft projects that kids can make and share. It encourages kids to be kind, and do acts of kindness. It's precious and the act of spreading kindness is so important."
The second product is part of Ann Williams' efforts to expand beyond craft kits. The company will debut its first game later this year. "We have a game coming in August that I'm very excited about. It involves rubber bands, dice, and numbered foam blocks. It's a hoot to play!"
in addition to games, Ann Williams has plans to enter the teen and adult craft market. "We will continue to create innovative and trend inspired craft kits for kids, but we're expanding on that. We're creating new crafts for younger kids, and even a new brand for teens and adults. It's called Craft Crush and it's beautiful!"
Sheila's kids have pitched in throughout the years, and her husband (also an automotive engineer) helps with the business, too. "My kids are both involved in the business in different ways. I did, after all, name it after them! My daughter enjoys giving her input on new products that we're developing and my son is always eager to help with the operations side of things. They have both enjoyed watching the company grow and have learned so much along the way. I wouldn't be surprised if they eventually wind up starting their own businesses."
Having been in the trenches when her company was a startup, Sheila knows the struggle of trying to get off the ground. However, she also knows the success and victor that those struggles can bring. For all the aspiring entrepreneurs out there, Sheila has a few words of wisdom for you: "Do what you want, make your own rules, set the bar high, stay nimble and never give up."
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So right to get this out in the open, I do admire you for that. There is still such a stigma in so many folks feelings about mental problems…yet here in the UK , I read 1 in 4 has trouble of this nature some time in their life. Well done.
The personal is political which why the #MeToo movement is so important. Silence is the enemy of the oppressed.
Wow… This is a really important post, Rob. It just makes me feel very uneasy that so much proactive effort is necessary from the patient. Sadly that seems to apply to every kind of health care.
I'm happy to read that you are "finding your way." I can certainly relate to feeling so many different ways all at once. Be good to you, my friend. Hugs.
Thanks Teagan. Some of these rules apply to getting treatment in general. Never go alone, bring a list of questions, don't assume the doctor knows everything, prepare for the an event in which you can't advocate for yourself and study your diagnosis as if you were going to treat it. I wouldn't have a psychotherapist if one of my alternates had not learned how to write a Statement of Medical Necessity. DID is an interesting 'illness' in that a patent's alternates can often rational and highly accomplished.
It shows that I already "liked" this but I have not even been awake until just now and it looks like you only posted it a few hours ago. How bizarre is wordpress!
Anyway!! I completely agree with you!
I reblog posts about mental health to the Survivor's Network which uses up the one time I can reblog a post. One way around this is to take the post offline and schedule it as a new post which I do if I make significant revisions. So you may have seen the post in an earlier incarnation. I'm glad you saw it again and found it relevant.
Ahhh ok that makes sense! I was just hoping my account was not hacked again.
I know how jumbled my memory gets. I'm glad you said something.
Robert, this is a very important list to keep in mind! You know what you are talking about and so it is of even greater value! Thank you!!
And it is wonderful how much you can help others now!
I see so much needless suffering. I can't end all of it but helping people gives my pain meaning. I don't think we're meant to live pain free lives. I think we're supposed to learn from our pain and transform it into positive action. Thank you for being such a consistent support these past few years, Erika.
I think the same we need the pain in order to learn. As long as all is well we won't start to take action or move and the lesson we learn from the pain is so much more insightful!
I simply admire the person you are and how far you have come, Robert! And I thank you for sharing your experience, dear friend!!
And you too Erika. I hope the holiday season is a good one for you!
Thank you so much, Robert. I love the holiday season very much! I wish you the same, my dear friend!!
We had discussed a white rose, I think.
We did… I see a pingback… heading right over!!
This is stuff everybody needs. Thanks. How are you?
Yes, it is. I'm in intensive out patient treatment which is a step down from being 'in' the hospital.
I go to a Kaiser Clinic three days a week and see my therapist on the off days.
I feel like I'm finding my way through this–it takes time.
I feel a dozen different ways all at once so it's a bit overwhelming.
The stigma against people with chronic mental health conditions is thickest in the behavioral health system which is as much an economic model as it is a set of treatment approaches.
Behavioral Health Systems prefer relatively healthy people with easy to solve problems related to temporary life adversity.
One can think one's way out of believing that one are a loser because one was 'downsized' out of a job.
It's much harder to cope with getting fired because you have a chronic form of Schizophrenia and stopped taking your meds because you lost insight.
Exactly. My second cousin has Schizophrenia I totally agree w/u. Stigma kills more than mental disease ever could. And having worked in that setting I saw so many UNcaring people in it I could not believe what I was seeing. You are so right. They definitely believe mental illness is somehow a choice. It drives me crazy. I am thinking of you today, your sister is somewhere above us, glad for your love of her, and she hears all your heart says to her, I really believe this.
Always. Loyalty. We stand together. We stand stronger because of it.
Yes…this is why so much money and effort is spent dividing us into warring camps snarling at each other over scraps.
Definitely. Like with feminism. It couldn't stand for equality. The black women got mad with the white, the transgender with the non transgender, the upper class with the lower class, the mothers from the non mothers, the gays from the straights. Good grief. If we KNEW the power of standing together we actually could do more or less ANYTHING and completely change the world but we're so indoctrinated to compete and compare.
We forget that "rights" are legal concepts that have no meaning without money or access to rhe courts. Without access 'rights" enrich the already powerful.
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United Communications latest project to expand fiber Internet includes the Cane Ridge area located in Antioch, TN in Davidson County. United has designated approximately 450 homes in the Cane Ridge Farms subdivision as their next fiber expansion project in 2017. Customers in this area can pre-register to sign up for UniFi fiber bundles that include voice, Internet, and digital TV service bundle options. Once this area reaches the customer registration goal, United will begin the process of building out fiber-to-the-home connections to residents. Residents of southern Davidson County have expressed interest in faster Internet speeds to support the use of multiple devices, wireless connectivity, video streaming services, and gaming. We encourage residents in these areas to pre-register to help us bring UniFi fiber services to their area to support the fast growing demand for more bandwidth in the home.


Joanne Hynes launches the first part of her 10th collection for Dunnes Stores today – her fifth season for the store – and its signature zaniness and brio continues to make her work so recognisable and popular.
Called A Date with Dalí, it takes an arty approach that draws from the surrealist painter in wearable ways, with unlikely combinations of fabrics, as well as from the humour of Elsa Schiaparelli, with jewelled embellishments and cheeky motifs abstracted from some of Hynes's familiar robot and rabbit prints. Face motifs appearing on tops are also decorated with crystal on sleeves or hand-knitted Aran accessories.
Some pieces bound to be winners include a black bomber jacket in faux ponyskin with silver jewelling, a bit of rock'n'roll worn over a black-and-white silver sequin dress. "I like to wear the jacket as a top over the dress, but my mother wears it with culottes," she says. It could be worn a third way, with jacket, dress and culottes for chillier days. She models the collection herself here, directed by David Poole and photographed by Tiberio Ventura.
Look out for the foxy black knitted dress with a cute black-and-white chequerboard collar, go-faster sleeve stripes and pink A-line skirt, a shape that's forgiving but also youthful and girlish – and, according to Hynes, flattering and "sucking you in, in all the right places".
This winter there are no expensive shearlings or fur coats, and Hynes's Tiger Lady prints join newcomer Buffalo Girl complete with horns, an image from her time in India.
All this along with her court shoes with their unusual detachable fringed ankle straps (€150 on sale early October) mark the collection out. Part two arrives with more surprises on October 25th. The collection will be launched with an event at Dunnes' Grafton Street store, at 6.30pm today, that will be live-streamed on Instagram. The collection is also available from the St Stephen's Green store and the Dunnes Stores website.


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Q: pointer of char and int Hi I have a simple question
char *a="abc";
printf("%s\n",a);

int *b;
b=1;
printf("%d\n",b);

Why the first one works but the second one doesnot work?
I think the first one should be
char *a="abc";
printf("%s\n",*a);

I think a stores the address of "abc". So why it shows abc when i print a? I think I should print *a to get the value of it.
Thanks
Ying

A:
Why the first one works but the second one doesnot work?

Because in the first, you're not asking it to print a character, you're asking it to print a null-terminated array of characters as a string.
The confusion here is that you're thinking of strings as a "native type" in the same way as integers and characters. C doesn't work that way; a string is just a pointer to a bunch of characters ending with a null byte.
If you really want to think of strings as a native type (keeping in mind that they really aren't), think of it this way: the type of a string is char *, not char. So, printf("%s\n", a); works because you're passing a char * to match with a format specifier indicating char *. To get the equivalent problems as with the second example, you'd need to pass a pointer to a string—that is, a char **.
Alternatively, the equivalent of %d is not %s, but %c, which prints a single character. To use it, you do have to pass it a character. printf("%c\n", a) will have the same problem as printf("%d\n", b).

From your comment:

I think a stores the address of "abc". So why it shows abc when i print a? I think I should print *a to get the value of it.

This is where the loose thinking of strings as native objects falls down.
When you write this:
char *a = "abc";

What happens is that the compiler stores a array of four characters—'a', 'b', 'c', and '\0'—somewhere, and a points at the first one, the a. As long as you remember that "abc" is really an array of four separate characters, it makes sense to think of a as a pointer to that thing (at least if you understand how arrays and pointer arithmetic work in C). But if you forget that, if you think a is pointing at a single address that holds a single object "abc", it will confuse you.

Quoting from the GNU printf man page (because the C standard isn't linkable):

d, i
The int argument is converted to signed decimal notation …
c
… the int argument is converted to an unsigned char, and the resulting character is written…
s
… The const char * argument is expected to be a pointer to an array of character type (pointer to a string). Characters from the array are written up to (but not including) a terminating null byte ('\0') …

One last thing:
You may be wondering how printf("%s", a) or strchr(a, 'b') or any other function can print or search the string when there is no such value as "the string".
They're using a convention: they take a pointer to a character, and print or search every character from there up to the first null. For example, you could write a print_string function like this:
void print_string(char *string) {
    while (*string) {
        printf("%c", *string);
        ++string;
    }
}

Or:
void print_string(char *string) {
    for (int i=0; string[i]; ++i) {
        printf("%c", string[i]);
    }
}

Either way, you're assuming the char * is a pointer to the start of an array of characters, instead of just to a single character, and printing each character in the array until you hit a null character. That's the "null-terminated string" convention that's baked into functions like printf, strstr, etc. throughout the standard library.

A: Strings aren't really "first-class citizens" in C.  In reality, they're just implemented as null-terminated arrays of characters, with some syntactic sugar thrown in to make programmers' lives easier.  That means when passing strings around, you'll mostly be doing it via char * variables - that is, pointers to null-terminated arrays of char.
This practice holds for calling printf, too.  The %s format is matched with a char * parameter to print the string - just as you've seen.  You could use *a, but you'd want to match that with a %c or an integer format to print just the single character pointed to.
Your second example is wrong for a couple of reasons.  First, it's not legal to make the assignment b = 1 without an explicit cast in C - you'd need b = (int *)1.  Second, you're trying to print out a pointer, but you're using %d as a format string.  That's wrong too - you should use %p like this:  printf("%p\n", (void *)b);.
What it really looks like you're trying to do in the second example is:
int b = 1;
int *p = &b;
printf("%d\n", *p);

That is, make a pointer to an integer, then dereference it and print it out.
Editorial note:  You should get a good beginner C book (search around here and I'm sure you'll find suggestions) and work through it.

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MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health is aiming to eliminate tuberculosis in the Philippines by 2035, according to Dr. Corazon Flores, director of the Center for Health and Development-Metro Manila.
Flores spoke at a gathering in Manila in late November where they announced the DOH's collaboration with the City of Manila and Philippine Business for Social Progress on a P 4.6-billion project to provide free medicines and treatment for TB.
The World Health Organization reported 26,000 tuberculosis deaths in the Philippines in 2017. Of those who died, 380 were positive with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
TB is an infectious disease commonly affecting the lungs and is transmitted through coughing, sneezing, and spitting.
According to a report by The STAR in September, almost one million Filipinos have been infected with TB. But Health Undersecretary Mario Villaverde said then that that might be because the Philippines had adopted a better testing device called the GeneXpert machine.
DOH data found that, on average, about 60 Filipinos die every day due to TB.
"DOH and PBSP provide free medicines. We also aquired GeneXpert machines that diagnose TB. We also have doctors and nurses. The challenge is for barangay health workers to bridge the gap and help find missing persons with TB," PBSP president Brother Armin Luistro told barangay health workers from Manila.
"Let's find missing persons with asymptomatic tuberculosis because they can spread the disease if not treated," Flores said.
She also stressed that Health Secretary Francisco Duque III committed to a gradual reduction in TB deaths by 50% from 22,000, to 11,000 by 2022, before reaching the goal of eliminating TB deaths in the country.


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' After our 2 year Philly Painting project, which we've executed together with the Mural Arts Program in Philadelphia, we decided to pursue our dream and return to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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Stephen Amosson, professor and economist with the Texas AgriLife Extension Service, received a 2009 Superior Service Distinguished Career Award.
• David Do, an eighth-grader at Westover Park Junior High School, was named champion of the Randall County Senior Spelling Bee.
• Monsignor Joseph Tash and the Pioneer Gun Collectors Association were named Good Scouts by the Golden Spread Council.
• The Llano Estacado Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution presented a certificate of award and an American History Medal to Cody Hyre, Garrett Elders, Jennifer Harvell, Darrian Sommers, Kelli Acker, Robin Mosier, Maggie Baay, Jacy Chafin and Kristen Coffman.
• Amarillo South Rotary Deputy of the Year Award was presented to Randall County sheriff's Sgt. Thomas Shipman and Potter County sheriff's Sgt. David Brown.
• Amarillo Police Officer of the Year was officer Michael Williams, as named by the Amarillo South Rotary Club.
• Amarillo Women's Network presented the Career Achievement Award to Carole Kroger and the Lifetime Achievement Award to Claudia Stravato.
• The Amarillo Area Women's Forum bestowed Distinguished Service Awards to Kay Brown, Rita Bryant, Becky McKinley, Cari Roach and Rosemary Roach.
• Students at Belmar Elementary School raised $1,565 to grant the wish of a fellow student born with a heart defect.
• Dillard's presented $16,791 to the Ronald McDonald House of Amarillo.
• The Girl Scouts of Texas Oklahoma Plains honored Sherry Kunka, Debbie Oliver, Rosie Powell and Vicky Richmond.
• Tyler Wingo earned the rank of Eagle Scout.
• Boy Scouts collected 5 tons of food for High Plains Food Bank.
• Northwest Texas Hospital and Kohl's Cares for Kids partnership provided 3,000 bicycle helmets to Amarillo and Canyon elementary students.
• Curves clubs in Borger and Amarillo collected 11,045 pounds of food and raised $6,622.60 for food banks.
• The Indian Association of Amarillo gave three Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Scholarships. Recipients were Brenda Carrillo and Julian Rueda of Palo Duro High School and Paris Paetzold of Amarillo High.
• Soroptimist International of Amarillo Club honored Virginia Winters with the Ruby Award and Kayla Storrs with the Violet Richardson Award. Valiria Smith earned the Women's Opportunity Award.
• Ann Stanford was named the Amarillo Chapter International Association of Administrative Professionals Chapter Member of the Year.
• Three Amarillo Youth Orchestras musicians were awarded scholarships: John Hong, Jean Dai and Christian Webb.
• Emily Popp and Alma Garcia, students at AHS, earned the Gold Award from Girl Scouts of Texas Oklahoma Plains.
• Holy Cross Catholic Academy was re-accredited as a Secondary Catholic School.
• Amarillo Area Bar Foundation gave $1,000 scholarships to Kate Cross and Christopher Schulte.
• Texas Business Women named Paula Molberg as the local organization president of the year at its state conference.
• Children's Learning Center opened a new location inside First Christian Church, 3001 Wolflin Ave.
• Miller Brock, a senior at San Jacinto Christian Academy, won a gold medal in a national weightlifting competition.
• Rent-A-Center donated 11 laptop computers and printers to Cal Farley's Alumni Support Independent Living Center.
• Milan Institute vocational schools gave $6,739.47 to the Cut It Out program of the Salons Against Domestic Abuse Fund.
• Amarillo Family YMCA was named outstanding employer from the Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services.
• The Amarillo Music Teachers Association named Sarah M. Kemmerling its Teacher of the Year.
• Light of Hope Auxiliary of Amarillo Area Court Appointed Special Advocates donated $5,000 to support volunteer training.
• Kids Cafe prepared more than 1,000 meals daily that go to Hamlet, Robert E. Lee, Humphrey's Highland and San Jacinto elementary schools, and the Maverick Boys and Girls Club.
• Randall High School inducted former Canyon Independent School District Superintendent Mike King and John Lemons, former RHS principal, to its Raider Hall of Fame.
• Nick Rocha was named Volunteer of the Year for the Texas Panhandle Chapter of the American Red Cross.
• Friends of Fogelberg raised $2,500 to battle prostate cancer and donated the money to Harrington Cancer Center.
• Officer Joey Lopez was named most valuable volunteer by the 100 Club for his fundraising, boxing and assistance in Battle of the Badges, which raised $38,400.
• Texas Business Women named Specialized Therapy Services as Employer of the Year.
• Andy Price was named executive leader of the Boy Scouts Golden Spread Council.
• Amarillo firefighters raised $19,000 for Susan G. Komen for the Cure Greater Amarillo Affiliate and Harrington Cancer Center.
• Gary Simms played a 5-1 tournament series to become the Amarillo chess champion.
• Leticia Goodrich was honored with the Jim Holston Community Service Award by the Senior Ambassadors Coalition.
• Amy Henderson, an assistant vice president lending officer at Amarillo National Bank, was named Amarillo Chamber of Commerce Women's Council Woman of the Year.


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New Lanark is not far from the small town I am originally from so I thought I would make the most of my visit down from Aberdeen.
New lanark was founded in 1786 by David Dale, who built cotton mills and housing for the mill workers. Dale built the mills there to takIe advantage of the water power provided by the river. Under the ownership of a partnership that included Dale's son-in-law, Robert Owen, a Welsh philanthropist and social reformer, New Lanark became a successful business and an epitome of utopian socialism.
These cotton machines are forming cotton onto spools to be sold in various shops across the world, back when the mill was working back in the 1800's children would be used to collect the wool which fell from the machinery.
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I would recommend a visit to you all if you get the chance! Not only is the Heritage centre extremal interesting it is such a beautiful Scottish location to visit.


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Campaign: Chip maker unveils first mobile poly-band tuner
October 05, 2006 by Mary Cowlett
Many modern mobile devices, such as phones and PDAs, contain FM radio and TV chips. The long-term problem for users has been the variant broadcast standards and frequencies in different countries. What works in Europe often does not work in the US or Asia, for instance.
Campaign Mirics launch
Client Mirics Semiconductor
PR team EML
Timescale June-July 2006
Budget Undisclosed
When Hampshire-based start-up Mirics Semiconductor developed the world's first poly-band TV and radio tuner - which allows mobile products to work anywhere in the developed world - it was keen to stage a major launch event.
In June, Mirics Semiconductor brought in technology PR specialist agency EML.
To launch the company and its broadcast chip to mobile device manufacturers and designers in Europe and the US. To prepare the ground in Asian markets - seen as crucial areas for Mirics' future success.
Strategy and Plan
To stand out in the crowded mobile TV innovations market, Mirics' offering had to be seen to be different. The PR team decided to wait until the broadcast tuner was fully developed and working before approaching media with the story.
The plan was to introduce the company, its breakthrough technology and applications in a single campaign. To demonstrate the product and underline messages about its low cost and power-efficiency, EML organised a series of one-to-one press and analyst briefings for US and European journalists. For the UK and Nordic regions, this provided the opportunity to discuss upcoming developments.
Articles appeared within hours of the first briefing. To date, more than 25 publications have covered the launch, with editorial including a front-page item in trade magazine Electronics Weekly and the lead story of EETimes in the US and Europe.
EML also ensured Mirics achieved mentions in pan-Asian publications including Nikkei Electronics Asia (Hong Kong) and Digitimes (Taiwan).
According to Mirics, early response to the launch has been impressive, with the firm's vice-president of marketing, Ralph Weir, saying: 'We have had positive interaction with major multinationals covering the US, Europe, Japan, Korea and the rest of Asia.'
EETimes Europe editor John Walko, who attended a one-hour briefing with two Mirics senior executives, stresses that the start-up's product is still only available as a sample. However, he says: 'The company had a good story to tell and we knew the calibre of the people involved.'