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Attorneys General Respond to Juvenile Life Without Parole Ban
By Maggie Lee | August 9, 2012
Weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court says juvenile murderers cannot automatically be sent to prison for life without the chance at parole, attorneys general, soon to be joined by courts, are laying down what may be influential alternative sentences.
The Supreme Court's Miller v. Alabama decision in June 2012 invalidates mandatory sentencing laws in 28 states and federal court that send juveniles convicted of murder straight to life without parole. The court said juveniles are less mature, therefore less culpable, and entitled to present mitigating factors to a sentencing judge.
In Florida, where Miller may affect more than 200 people, Attorney General Pam Bondi acknowledges that some inmates are entitled to relief, but in an early case, her office argues that a replacement sentence is already set.
Down in the Florida panhandle, a Bay County jury in 2009 found Jose Gonzalez guilty of murdering a man the year before during a robbery, when the defendant was under 18.
Gonzalez' 2012 petition for a writ of habeas corpus in north Florida's First District Court of Appeal asks the court to determine if his term of incarceration is legal.
In response, the state wrote to the court that the proper remedy is a reversion "to the earlier constitutional sentence for a capital felony of life with the possibility of parole after 25 years."
In other words, Bondi's office argues that if Florida's sentencing law is now invalid, Gonzalez should be subject to the piece of code that predated it: 25 years then the possibility of parole.
Florida decisions will be key, along with California, says advocate Dana Isaac, the director of the Project to End Juvenile Life Without Parole at the University of San Francisco School of Law. Even though each state sets its own response to Miller, "I think it's very difficult not to look at what other states are doing," she said, especially a look at those two because they have large caseloads.
In the same Gonzalez filing, Florida says Miller is retroactive in the state, if not by the high court's ruling, then by Florida law.
But Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette is aiming to pre-empt any retroactivity argument in his state's 340 or so cases, by asking the Michigan's highest court to "follow established court precedent" and declare that U.S. Supreme Court decisions on criminal justice processes are not retroactive.
"Hauling hundreds of crime victims and their families back into court to relive these horrific murders would be a terrible tragedy," said Schuette in a prepared statement.
In Iowa, 38 people are serving mandatory life without parole sentence for murders they committed when they were juveniles. When the Supreme Court invalidated such sentences, the governor commuted them to life with the chance of parole.
The Iowa Attorney General's office is ready to defend the governor's decision. It would not outline the advice it gave to the governor, citing attorney-client privilege, but released a statement reading: "The Governor's office consulted with us on the legal issues. We're prepared to defend the Governor's action in court and any legal matters surrounding it. The state needs to do all it can within the confines of the U.S. Supreme Court decision to help protect public safety."
There's a risk in being among the first Miller defendants, according to Isaac. "If they rush in without precedent, they may get very long sentences," she said.
But a Michigan court may be the first to accomplish a Miller resentencing, through no design of the defendant.
On Aug. 2 , the State of Michigan Court of Appeals, citing Miller, vacated the mandatory life without parole sentence of Quamain Leak, convicted for participating in a first degree murder at the age of 17.
Leak had filed the appeal in 2011 on grounds of ineffective trial council and other irregularities.
But Miller seems to have cut through any of that. "At oral arguments, the prosecution noted that the defendant was seventeen years old at the time he committed the offenses … Under the circumstances, the prosecutor acknowledged, and we agree, that defendant is entitled to resentencing under the principles articulated in Miller v. Alabama," wrote the appeals court in its decision.
Now Leak is heading back to trial court for resentencing.
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Your natural teeth help preserve your jawbone. When one or more teeth are missing, it can lead to significant bone loss in that area. This bone loss can adversely affect your appearance and overall health. You may experience pain, problems with your remaining teeth, and altered facial appearance, and eventually even the inability to speak and eat normally.
Traditional dentures rest on your gum tissue and apply pressure to the gum and bone tissues. As a result this traumatic pressure causes the bone to resorb and deteriorate. Over time the shape of the jaw may flatten, making it more difficult to stabilize the denture. People often experience loosening of their dentures and problems eating and speaking due to this increased movement. Eventually, bone loss may become so severe that dentures cannot be held in place even with strong adhesives, and a new set may be required. Although repair and relining of the denture is helpful, the best way to maintain your supporting bone is with the placement of 2 to 4 dental implants. Dental implants help preserve your bone by allowing the denture to rest on attachments that stabilize the denture and reduce biting pressure on the gum and bone tissues. If you have experienced loosening of your dentures, please call our office to discuss the possibility of dental implants.
When a tooth is knocked out or broken the supporting bone is frequently affected. A fracture line in the remaining root serves as a pathway for infection to dissolve the supporting bone. Patients should proactively seek care as soon as possible before further deterioration of the supporting bone occurs.
In some cases a traumatized tooth may be stabilized and over time return to normal function. In situations where the tooth cannot be saved bone grafting immediately after extraction of the tooth is recommended.
Some conditions or syndromes known as birth defects are characterized by missing portions of the teeth, facial bones, jaw or skull. Dr. Drs. Laudenbach may be able to perform a bone graft procedure to restore bone function and growth where it may be absent.
This condition usually develops over several years, and may result in insufficient bone for the placement of dental implants. Dr. Drs. Laudenbach can perform a procedure called a "sinus lift" that can treat enlarged sinuses.
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Retailer Did Not Violate IWPCA With its Sales Commission Plan
By peter s. lubin & patrick austermuehle
A retailer's plan for calculating commissions for its sales associates did not violate the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act because the relevant portion of the statute concerned only deductions from an employee's wages, and not the method used to calculate the employee's gross pay prior to deductions.
The Tile Shop, LLC sells tile and related materials and accessories. It operates 128 retail stores across 31 states. Each store employs a manager, one or two assistant managers, and a staff of sales associates. Sales associates and assistant managers are primarily responsible for sales. The Tile Shop pays its sales associates and assistant managers pursuant to a "Sales Associate Pay Plan." The company gives prospective employees a copy of the plan with its offer letter. The plan explains how the company compensates its sales staff, primarily through commissions but also with bonuses on sales of certain products and periodic incentives. The Shop pays employees on a semimonthly basis.
As commission income naturally varies from pay period to pay period, the Tile Shop guarantees its sales staff a minimum of $1,000 for each semimonthly pay period. If an employee earns less than $1,000 in commissions in a pay period, the Tile Shop reconciles and recovers the difference in subsequent pay periods against commission earnings in excess of the guaranteed minimum. This draw counts toward gross wages for purposes of payroll and income taxes, and it is prorated if the employee does not work the full pay period.
The Tile Shop employed Adriel Osorio as a sales associate in an Illinois store from September 2013 until February 2014 and as an assistant manager in a New Mexico store from February to July 2014. In January 2015, Osorio filed a class-action lawsuit against The Tile Shop alleging violations of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act, and the Illinois Minimum Wage Law. The district judge granted The Tile Shop's motion for partial judgment on the pleadings with respect to the IWPCA claim. Osorio then recharacterized his IWPCA claim as one regarding cash advance repayment limitations. The parties moved for summary judgment, and the district court granted summary judgment to The Tile Shop. The parties later settled the FLSA and Illinois Minimum Wage Law claims, and Osorio appealed the decision on the IWPCA claim.
The appellate panel began by stated that the IWPCA prohibits deductions by employers from wagers or final compensation unless certain conditions are met. The panel noted that the Act's implementing regulations establish requirements for deductions from pursuant to a cash advance repayment agreement, one of which is a 15%-per-paycheck limitation. The panel stated that under the statute, the term "deduction" is used as a term of art to refer to expressly stated categories of expenses withheld from an employee's pay. The panel found that considered in context, the term as used in the Act refers to withholdings from an employee's gross wages, not the formula used to calculate an employee's gross wages. The panel found that the draw-reconciliation system was part of The Tile Shop's formula for calculating a sales associate's semimonthly commission earnings, and it was therefore not a deduction from the sales associate's wages or final compensation. Because the draw reconciliations are not deductions from wages or final compensation, the panel concluded, The Tile Shop's compensation system did not violate the IWPCA. The panel, therefore, affirmed the decision of the district court.
You can read the Court's decision here.
Super Lawyers named Illinois business and employment law trial attorney Peter Lubin a Super Lawyer and Illinois business dispute attorney Patrick Austermuehle a Rising Star in the Categories of Class Action, Business Litigation, and Consumer Rights Litigation. Lubin Austermuehle's Illinois business trial lawyers have over thirty years of experience in litigating complex employment, wage law violation, overtime, class action, collective action, non-compete agreement, discrimination and various other types of business and commercial litigation disputes. Our Wheaton and Glen Ellyn business dispute lawyers, civil litigation lawyers and copyright attorneys handle emergency business lawsuits involving copyrights, trademarks, injunctions, and TROS, covenant not to compete, franchise, distributor and dealer wrongful termination and trade secret lawsuits and many different kinds of business disputes involving shareholders, partnerships, closely-held businesses and employee breaches of fiduciary duty. We also assist Chicago and DuPage County area businesses and business owners who are victims of fraud. You can contact us by calling (630) 333-0333 or our toll-free number (833) 306-4933. You can also contact us online here.
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Russian opposition politician and Moscow municipal deputy Ilya Yashin has accused the city's mayor of budgetary waste in connection with plans to seal off one of several controversial landfills outside Moscow.
In a video investigation published Tuesday, Yashin claimed that instead of closing Malinki, Sobyanin improperly spent earmarked city budget funds on expanding it.
"City Hall took 5 billion rubles ($77 million) to liquidate the landfill and spent them on its eightfold expansion [instead]," Yashin said.
Yashin noted a recent uptick in activity at Malinki, including sightings of workers and dump trucks at the site, in his investigation.
"Why the hell is this pile of trash the height of a nine-story building still poisoning the lives of Muscovites?" Yashin asked, pointing toward the landfill site.
In 2016, experts from Russia's environmental management agency said that the landfill contaminates a 40-kilometer radius and recommended its closure.
Authorities approved the expansion of Malinki for an experimental solid waste treatment facility in 2017.


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Q: Insert record to the table with primary key column only in SQL Server database As far as I know in SQL Server, I generally have 2 approaches to create an auto increment column (I am new to SQL Server, so, I am sorry if I am wrong):

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*Via sequence, and reference it during insert

*Via marking this column with the IDENTITY keyword

In my case I have a table, which contains only one column - primary key, marked with IDENTITY, so you can assume something like:
CREATE TABLE my_table
(
    id BIGINT IDENTITY PRIMARY KEY
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I know, that, in first aforementioned case, we can do the following, for example:
INSERT INTO sequence_table
VALUES(NEXT VALUE FOR sequence);

But my question is - is it possible, to achieve the same with the second approach.
What do I exactly mean: I have only the table my_table and that is all (weird use case, but this is how it is). In the application I need to generate a SQL Insert statement into this table.
Also note: sometimes the id column will be provided, sometimes it won't.
Appreciate any help

A: You can use default values:
insert into my_table
    default values;

Here is a db<>fiddle.

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Ather Energy Assured Buyback Program Introduced
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By Mohit Soni Published On Oct 25, 2020
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Ather Energy is introducing a first-of-its-kind program in the EV category in India, an 'Assured Buyback' program for the Ather 450X. Ather Energy is guaranteeing a buyback for the Ather 450X at INR 85,000*, at the end of 3 years.
One of India's few "Make in India" EV manufacturers, Ather Energy has built its own li-ion battery packs and an overall robust platform in the Ather 450 product line. The reliability of the product line has been tested since 2018 in Bengaluru & later in Chennai, and on seeing the high consistency in performance, Ather Energy has launched a unique buyback plan. The high reliability of the product will ensure that the scooters will command a strong value in the resale market, as witnessed by existing owners of Ather 450.
The Ather Energy Assured Buyback is another bold move from Ather Energy, in its endeavour to accelerate EV adoption in the country. With initiatives like Ather Grid, EV focused experience centres and a highly engaged owner Forum, Ather Energy has gone much beyond building just scooters.
Aside from the new buyback program, Ather Energy has also improved some of the purchase enabling solutions for the launch of Ather 450X. Post the success of the lease model in Bengaluru and Chennai, Ather Energy will be extending the same for the Ather 450X across all cities. The model allows the customers to access a fully loaded Ather 450X at a lower price point & a nominal monthly fee. In the current economic context, this might be significant for a segment of customers who are unwilling to opt for a full purchase.
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To reduce the overall cost of ownership of the Ather 450X, Bengaluru consumers can exchange their old petrol ICE 2-wheeler and others can opt for low-interest rate loans from multiple partners that Ather Energy has tie-ups with. Ather Energy has also reduced the ex-showroom price of the Ather 450 Plus model, which can now be purchased at INR 139,990.
Ather's subscription plans have also been revised and made more flexible in order to match the usage of the consumer. The plans now offer 4 independent packs that the customer can choose from based on their usage, now starting at INR 125 per month. These include Ather Connect Lite (for all basic connected features), Ather Connect Pro, Ather Service Lite (periodic maintenance, RSA & labour) and Ather Service Pro (premium service experience). Meanwhile, charging at public charging points, Ather Grid, will be free until March 2021.
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Voice Over: A Comprehensive Guide
Here at Creative Media Design in New York City, voice over is what we do best. In fact, we've provided some pretty big names with professional voice over talent, whether that's for commercials, promos, or even radio, we've truly done it all. Having said that, we've covered voice over quite extensively across our website, but we'd like to really drill down into voice over with a comprehensive guide, explaining how it works, the process, what a voice over artist is, and much more. Whether you're interested in learning about the industry to become a VO artist or are interested in our services, take a moment to learn just about everything there is to know about voice over within audio post production. First, let's take a brief look at what the term voice over entails.
What is Voice Over?
As defined, voice over is an off-camera technique within production in which a recorded voice is placed over the production. This could be the narration over a documentary or simple vocals on a radio production. However, voice over isn't limited to narration or anything of the sort. Quite often, the audio in, say, a scene from a movie isn't of high quality due to loud background noises or some other uncontrolled variable. In this case, voice over is needed to replace the dialogue of a certain scene. In short, radio, television, film, and presentations can all utilize voice over—and it's often necessary.
Though it may sound simple, voice over and how it's used can be a bit more complicated. Imagine the aforementioned situation where a scene's dialogue doesn't sound perfect. Sure, it can be replaced by studio-recorded dialogue, but the actors must study the scene closely to match the speaking with the movements within the scene. Allow us to explain more on the VO process.
The Voice Over Process: How it Works
Of course, voice over isn't only used to replace dialogue and narrate productions, though these are two common uses for such. Animation, video games, and a range of other types of productions require professional voice talent. No matter the medium, a lot of work from the voice over artist is required. They've got to capture the right tone, evoke a certain emotion, and create a personality for the character (within animation and video games at least). With this, you can imagine how difficult the process can be, not only for the artist, but for the audio engineers as well.
As for the process, voice over typically entails the actor, or artist, recording in a studio while reading from the script. The artist must study the script beforehand to perfect their tone, voice, and emotion to ultimately match the production—which can be a brand's tone or a character's personality. Timing is also a major consideration, in video or animation productions, as the voice over recording must match up with the accompanying video, whether that be commercials, documentaries, or the movements of characters. While much of the work is performed by the audio engineers, the voice over artists themselves are also an important piece.
What is a Voice Over Artist
As mentioned, voice over artists, often called voice over talent, are clearly an important part of the voice over process. Of course, the average person can't supply a production with voice over. Voice over artists, no matter their area of expertise, are highly trained within voice acting, and quite often are also trained actors. Before anyone can become a professional and successful voice artist, they must learn proper techniques, perfect their voice, and know how to act. A professional voice over artist has the ability to read a script, consider the required voice and tone, and project exactly that. This could be, but not limited to, narration or voice acting for an animated character.
Regardless of the medium, voice over artists are very necessary within any production, and the same goes for voice over. Since you now have a better understanding of the VO process, as well as the artists and the work required of them, let's take a look at the importance of voice over.
The Importance of Voice Over
As you can imagine, voice over isn't only necessary in many productions, it's also an important aspect when used. In other words, when voice over is used within a film, commercial, radio spot, or any other medium, it plays a key role in projecting a message and evoking emotion. While it may not always be necessary in a movie, commercials, documentaries, and animated productions (among others) absolutely rely on effective and quality voice recording.
Like we said before, the right voice will project a message and evoke emotion, but it can also provide a character with a certain personality and even help move a story along. No matter its use or the medium, VO is essential across a variety of productions.
Voice Over FAQ
Though we've covered some important aspects of voice over work, from the process to the artists themselves, there may still be room for questions. In an effort to cover all things voice over, we've compiled a list of frequently-asked questions and answers for such—all in regards to VO. Take a look below:
I'm interested in becoming a voice over artist. What's the first step?
Becoming a voice over artist isn't easy, but with the right techniques, resources, and practice, you could very well learn to do VO. The first step may be developing your voice, once you've considered what discipline you'd like to work in. You should definitely consider VO classes.
I've found my voice and I'm ready to look for work. What should I do?
Every aspiring voice actor needs a demo. If you don't have equipment of your own, you'll need to buy some studio time to develop an attention-grabbing demo displaying your best work.
I'm working on a production for my brand. Where do I find voice talent?
While you can look on your own, working with an agency to find and select the perfect voice is key. In this regard, you can work with CMD. We work with a broad range of VO talent to provide clients with virtually any type of voice.
Can't I just use my own voice or someone I know?
You could, but as we mentioned before, voice over is a key aspect of any production (when used), and you'll need both a professional artist and recording studio to achieve perfect sound and an effective voice over.
Voice Over Resources
Whether you're seeking work as a voice over talent or you're casting such for an upcoming project, you can find some help in the pages we've provided below:
Using Voice Overs
Casting Voice Over Artists
Voice Over Classes
Want to Learn More? Contact CMD Today!
There's plenty more to be asked in regards to voice over, and we could surely go on. However, if you want to become a voice actor or need more information on hiring such, you can always get it straight from the source, like us here at Creative Media Design in NYC!
If you're interested in learning more about VO, feel free to reach out today! You can contact us here or give us a call at 212-213-9420. We'd be happy to answer any questions.


Chances are you won't be whispering this on your deathbed. You only have one shot, so make it count.
How could that be? He was a full-time, always-there businessman! He would do anything to grow his business, and it gave him immense fame and fortune! But that's where the problem lies because when it came to the rest of his life, Sam wasn't nearly as dedicated. He was never really "there" as a father, husband and friend. He had the wealthiest pockets, but the poorest soul. And in those last minutes of his life, he realized where he had failed.
Don't think you're 'wimping out' by going away for a break or knocking off at 5pm to see your loved ones. It will be well-earned.
After all, time is is our most precious commodity.
When thinking of what success looks like in our companies, we should be looking at other measurements other than shareholder value, how hard we work or turnover, to the intangibles — employee & customer happiness, whether we're being true to our purpose & values, the amount of time we're in flow. Most would agree that these are important, but very few take them seriously or check-in to see how they're doing.
We can almost feels our lives ticking away before our eyes.
I know I've been a lot happier since my commute to work is a 10 minute stroll across Brighton, versus a 90 min trek across London on the train and tube. I now have 2-3 hrs extra time with my family each day. I've got to see my 2 young kids grow up and feel a part of their lives, even coming home most days for lunch together. This has been priceless.
In their new book Happy Money, authors Michael Norton and Elizabeth Dunn suggest that one of the ways we can optimise our spending for happiness is to 'buy time'. Too many of us see value in acquiring money, versus freeing up time. Perhaps as it's an easier measure of success, but that's not a reason to do it. After all, what's the money for? We need to play a higher value on time.
Through the Happy Startup School I've met lots of budding entrepreneurs that want to leave the corporate world and 100 hour working weeks to follow their own desire to build a startup and do what makes them happy vs what pays well (at least initially). They may end up working the same hours early on but it doesn't feel like a struggle as they're in control of their own destiny. At some point though we need to get better at measuring when we're being effective vs efficient. That is, having maximum impact for minimum effort, rather than being busy for busy's sake.
When we talk about 'work-life balance', this implies that we leave our 'real' selves for the margins of life. It should all be just 'life', and we should all strive for work feeling more like play if we get it right.
Stef Lewandowski talks about leaving by example in his post What gets done is done. Martin Bjergegaard has spent the last 3 years speaking to highly successful entrepreneurs around the world that have built great businesses whilst also leading a happy and meaningful personal life — stories we can all learn from, in his book Winning Without Losing. The rare few!
I think we should lose the culture of work hard = success (and a big pat on the back). I'm as guilty as anyone of checking my emails late at night and working on holiday (like now!) but that doesn't mean that we're effective when we're burnt out. We need to be more in tune with ourselves.
Personally, much of the best work I've done has been when I've had clarity of thought and a distance from the day to day grind. I make a point of taking at least 5 weeks of vacation a year, ideally out of the country and certainly away from home.
This helps to add some perspective and realise what's important — people. But also to be able to stand back from the business and see it with fresh eyes. When I look back, I think of memorable experiences, relationships, impact, 'wins', travelling – not long days, money or stuff.


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Google's Eric Schmidt Dances 'Gangnam Style,' Killing the Meme for the Rest of Us
By Nick Carbone @nickcarboneOct. 01, 2012
Google's Eric Schmidt dances 'Gangnam Style' in Korea (video) The Verge
Google's Eric Schmidt and PSY go Gangnam Style (Yes, we have photos) The Next Web
Our fast-paced, Internet-connected society sure loves its memes — until it doesn't. Do you see many people "Tebowing" anymore? How about listening to Rebecca Black's "Friday"? And that's only counting memes that've come up in the past 12 months; don't get us started about the last time somebody said that all our base are belong to them.
Sadly, we may be seeing the beginning of the end with "Gangnam Style."
Arguably the highest-profile meme of the past two months, this compulsively watchable rap video by South Korean singer PSY has now had more than 300 million views on YouTube and has spawned a mass of imitators, all trying to do PSY's signature 'invisible horse dance.' It's an awkward yet lovable move that by now we've all shamelessly attempted, whether in public or in the privacy of our own living rooms.
(MORE: The Wholesome Hidden Message of 'Gangnam Style')
And therein lies the problem. Part of the fun in any Internet meme is its geeky exclusivity: once it enters the mainstream and the so-called "uncool" people get a hold of it — the mall moms, the frat bros, your little sister, etc. — that's when a meme begins to die.
So the image of Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt dancing to "Gangnam Style" should strike fear into the hearts of meme lovers everywhere. While visiting Google's Seoul office – incidentally, in the heart of the Gangnam district PSY mercilessly mocks in his song – the Internet executive and the Korean rap star got together during a photo op with several Google employees to do the "invisible horse dance." Sure Schmidt is a strategic genius behind the world's most important Internet company, but he also dresses like your dad. So the minute the lanky 57-year-old software engineer busted a move, we fear, "Gangnam Style" jumped the shark.
The moment was first broadcast to the world in a tweet from Hankyung journalist Kim Kwang-hyun:
에릭 슈미트 구글 회장이 오늘 오후 구글코리아 본사에서 싸이를 만나 강남스타일 말춤 강습을 받았습니다. 사진 베리굿! http://t.co/uxHu8Nvh
광파리_IT 이야기 (@kwang82) September 27, 2012
But today, where there's a phone, there's a video camera, and it wasn't long before moving images hit YouTube. While PSY still rides that invisible horse like it's his first time at the head of the parade, Schmidt's halfhearted horse-stomps are just cringeworthy. It's the same reason why you'd never want to see your dad planking on top of the family car or your uncle talking about wanting to become a Brony.
(MORE: Hey Ladies: 'Gangnam Style' Workouts Are Headed Your Way)
The moment was surely one of joy for PSY – after all, he wouldn't be the phenomenon he is today without YouTube, which is owned by Google. With more than 300 million views in the two months since it was first posted, the clip already has more views than the viral hit of the spring, Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe."
Maybe it's time to start cueing up Jepsen's song again, though, because we're calling "Gangnam Style" officially over.
MORE: 'Gangnam Style' Dance-Off Ends in Shoot-Out
Nick Carbone @nickcarbone
Carbone is the homepage editor for TIME.com and has a penchant for breaking news and viral videos. His work is often found at the intersection of celebrity and technology.


The objective of this multicenter study is to confirm effectiveness of eteplirsen (AVI-4658) in improving muscle function in boys who have a certain type of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). Additional objectives include evaluation of safety, biomarkers, and the long-term effects of eteplirsen use.
Subject to certain exclusion criteria, the study is accepting male participants ages 7 to 16, who have a confirmed diagnosis of DMD with a type of genetic code error that may be treatable with eteplirsen using a principle called exon skipping – specifically exon 51 skipping. They will be included in the arm of the study that receives the investigational drug. A second study arm will enroll boys with DMD who have a genetic error that investigators believe is not treatable through exon 51 skipping. This group will not receive eteplirsen, but will be observed as a comparative control group.
Participants in the treatment arm of this study will receive weekly infusions of eteplirsen for 96 weeks. After 52 weeks, infusions may optionally be provided at the patient's home by a visiting nurse, but monthly visits will still be required for assessments. Physical testing, health assessments, and biological sample collection will be done at specific, less-frequent intervals. Participants in the control arm will receive the same assessments, without the weekly infusions.


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UNSUNG HEROES — ROUND 3
Contributor 08.04.2019
As the 2019 AFL season continued over the weekend and some surprise packages emerged as contenders, AFLPlayers.com.au highlights those that played an underrated hand in their side's victories. Whether it be a big moment in a close game, or an important role, these are the unsung heroes.
Geelong: Gryan Miers
He oozed confidence around goal at under-18 level and Gryan Miers has brought that to the AFL since debuting in Round 1. Miers kicked three goals against the Crows, including a crumbing effort after an under-pressure handball receive. The local product hasn't looked out of place on the big stage and is beginning to develop on-field chemistry with the Geelong forwards, none more so than Gary Ablett.
Essendon: Darcy Parish
After missing the Round 1 loss and struggling to find his feet against St Kilda, Darcy Parish returned to form against Melbourne. Parish ran rampant across the ground collecting 24 possessions and 11 score involvements. Although his accuracy in front of goal was lacking, Parish was influential around the contest.
Sydney: Tom Papley
In a Sydney side where scoring has been hard to come by, the Swans forwards returned to form. While all the talk was deservedly about Isaac Heeney's four-goal haul, small-forward Tom Papley flew under the radar. Papley's pressure around the stoppages was influential, finishing the game with three clearances and three tackles inside 50. In addition to his 10 score involvements, Papley kicked two goals of his own including one in the final quarter to put the Blues out of reach.
GWS Giants: Jeremy Finlayson
Comfortable in defense, Jeremy Finlayson swung forward on the weekend to support Jeremy Cameron. The 23-year-old took advantage of Richmond's undermanned defense, more than doubling his career goal tally kicking five majors. Finlayson also finished the day with 15 disposals and five marks in one his stronger performances.
Brisbane: Dayne Zorko
He wasn't named in the best on the weekend but Dayne Zorko was still vital on Saturday as the Lions won their third in a row to start 2019. The Lions skipper has had a tougher start to the season than expected but worked hard against the Power, collecting 25 touches, eight inside 50s and seven tackles as his side put in another impressive display.
West Coast: Brad Sheppard
A week after Jordan De Goey ran rampant at the MCG, the Eagles defenders were going to be left with a big task. After missing the 2018 premiership through injury, up stepped Brad Sheppard. Although De Goey finished the game with three goals, Sheppard quelled his influence and gathered 18 disposals of his own.
Gold Coast Suns: Jack Hombsch
Gold Coast have been lauded for their mature-age recruits this season, with Sam Collins proving to a pivotal pick-up, but defender Jack Hombsch has been quietly going about his business. In a hotly contested game against the Bulldogs, Hombsch had seven intercept possessions and seven one percenters, including five spoils. With the game on the line, 26-year-old Hombsch was a key pillar in defense.
Hawthorn: Ricky Henderson
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Q: In how many ways can we select $6$ cards from a pack of $52$ cards such that we get all $4$ suits? Number of ways to select $1$ card from each suit $= 13^4=28561$
Total cards remaining $=52-4=48$
Cards remaining in each suit $=13-1=12$
Now I have to choose $2$ more cards and this can happen in two ways. First, either both cards are selected from the same suit or both cards are selected from two different suits.
Number of ways to choose $2$ cards from the same suit $=^{12}C_2+^{12}C_2+^{12}C_2+^{12}C_2 = 66 \times 4 = 264$
Number of ways to choose $2$ cards from two different suit = $=(^{12}C_1 \times ^{12}C_1\times^{12}C_0\times^{12}C_0 ) \times ^{4}C_2 = 864$
So the total number of ways should be $=28561 \times (264 + 864) = 32,216,808$
But it seems that this answer is wrong. Please help me to understand what I am doing wrong.
Thanks in advance !!!

A: JMoravitz has provided you with two nice solutions to the problem.  To understand where you made your mistakes, we will consider how your method compares with solving by cases.
Solution:
There are two cases:

*

*three cards are drawn from one suit and one card apiece is drawn from each of the other three suits

*two cards each are drawn from two of the suits and and one card apiece is drawn from each of the other two suits

Three cards are drawn from one suit and one card apiece is drawn from each of the other three suits:  There are four ways to select the suit from which three cards are drawn and $\binom{13}{3}$ ways to draw three cards from that suit.  For each of the other three suits, there are $13$ ways to select a card from that suit.  Hence, the number of such cases is
$$\binom{4}{1}\binom{13}{3}\binom{13}{1}^3$$
Two cards each are drawn from two of the suits and and one card apiece is drawn from each of the other two suits:  There are $\binom{4}{2}$ ways to select the suits from which two cards are drawn.  For each of those two suits, there are $\binom{13}{2}$ ways to select two cards from that suit.  For each of the other two suits, there are $13$ ways to select a card from that suit.  Hence, the number of such cases is
$$\binom{4}{2}\binom{13}{2}^2\binom{13}{1}^2$$
Total:  Since these cases are mutually exclusive and exhaustive, the number of six-card hands which contain at least one card from each suit is
$$\binom{4}{1}\binom{13}{3}\binom{13}{1}^3 + \binom{4}{2}\binom{13}{2}^2\binom{13}{1}^2 = 8,682,544$$
What errors did you make?
As lulu indicated in the comments, you counted hands multiple times.
By designating a particular card as a representative of each suit and then selecting additional cards, you counted each case in which three cards are drawn from one suit and one card each is drawn from each of the other three suits three times, once for each way you could have designated one of the three cards from which three cards are drawn as the representative of that suit.
Let's illustrate this with the following example:  Suppose the hand you selected is $5\clubsuit, 8\clubsuit, J\clubsuit, \color{red}{5\diamondsuit}, \color{red}{7\heartsuit}, K\spadesuit$.  Your method counts this hand in three ways.
\begin{array}{c c c c c}
\text{clubs} & \text{diamonds} & \text{hearts} & \text{spades} & \text{additional cards}\\ \hline
5\clubsuit & \color{red}{5\diamondsuit} & \color{red}{7\heartsuit} & K\spadesuit & 8\clubsuit, J\clubsuit\\
8\clubsuit & \color{red}{5\diamondsuit} & \color{red}{7\heartsuit} & K\spadesuit & 5\clubsuit, J\clubsuit\\
J\clubsuit & \color{red}{5\diamondsuit} & \color{red}{7\heartsuit} & K\spadesuit & 5\clubsuit, 8\clubsuit\\
\end{array}
By designating a particular card as a representative of each suit and then selecting additional cards, you count each hand in which two cards each are drawn from two suits and one card each is drawn from the other two suits four times, two times each for each way you could designate one of the two cards from the suits from which two cards are drawn as the card of that suit.
Let's illustrate this with the following example:  Suppose the hand you selected is $4\clubsuit, \color{red}{5\diamondsuit}, \color{red}{9\diamondsuit}, \color{red}{Q\heartsuit}, 8\spadesuit, 10\spadesuit$.  Your method counts this hand in four ways:
\begin{array}{c c c c c}
\text{clubs} & \text{diamonds} & \text{hearts} & \text{spades} & \text{additional cards}\\ \hline
4\clubsuit & \color{red}{5\diamondsuit} & \color{red}{Q\heartsuit} & 8\spadesuit & \color{red}{9\diamondsuit}, 10\spadesuit\\
4\clubsuit & \color{red}{5\diamondsuit} & \color{red}{Q\heartsuit} & 10\spadesuit & \color{red}{9\diamondsuit}, 8\spadesuit\\
4\clubsuit & \color{red}{9\diamondsuit} & \color{red}{Q\heartsuit} & 8\spadesuit & \color{red}{5\diamondsuit}, 10\spadesuit\\
4\clubsuit & \color{red}{9\diamondsuit} & \color{red}{Q\heartsuit} & 10\spadesuit & \color{red}{5\diamondsuit}, 8\spadesuit\\
\end{array}
Note that
$$\color{red}{3}\binom{4}{1}\binom{13}{3}\binom{13}{1}^3 + \color{red}{4}\binom{4}{2}\binom{13}{2}^2\binom{13}{1}^2 = \color{red}{32,216,808}$$

A: You can do this directly by breaking into cases:

*

*$3+1+1+1$ case:  Pick which suit has three cards picked from it.  Pick what those three cards are.  Then for each remaining suit in canonical order, pick what card appears from that suit.  $\binom{4}{1}\binom{13}{3}\cdot 13\cdot 13\cdot 13$

*$2+2+1+1$ case:  Pick which two suits have two cards picked for them.  For those suits in canonical order, pick what cards those were that appeared for the suits.  For the remaining two suits in canonical order, pick what card appears from that suit.  $\binom{4}{2}\binom{13}{2}\binom{13}{2}\cdot 13\cdot 13$
Adding these cases together gives a final total of $8682544$
This is... fine... for such a small problem.  But if we were to have gotten ten cards?  Or 15 cards?  You do not want to be breaking into cases since there will be many such cases to consider and it will be easy to make an arithmetic mistake or miss a case or make a typo etc...
Another perhaps more elegant approach, one which does not suffer the same problems, is that of using the Inclusion-Exclusion Principle.
We consider the question of how many hands exist which are missing at least one of the suits and we subtract that from our total.  Letting $A$ be the set of hands missing $\clubsuit$, and similarly defining $B,C,D$ as missing $\diamondsuit,\heartsuit,\spadesuit$ respectively... our original question is asking us to find $|A^c\cap B^c\cap C^c\cap D^c| = |\Omega|-|A|-|B|-|C|-|D|+|A\cap B|+\dots - |A\cap B\cap C|-\dots+|A\cap B\cap C\cap D|$
Thanks to all of the symmetry involved here, this simplifies quite a bit.  For our six-card hand this would be:
$$\binom{52}{6}-4\binom{39}{6}+\binom{4}{2}\binom{26}{6}-4\binom{13}{6}+0 = 8682544$$
This is, of course, the same answer as before.  This also can easily be modified to answer the question of if we had a $k$ card hand... just all of the bottom numbers in the binomial coefficients which were $6$ you now have $k$'s instead.  No messy casework required.


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September 29, 2021 | Christianah
It is prevalent for commercial leases to require that certain conditions be met before the tenant is obligated to take legal possession of the premises. These provisions articulate how certain third party risks are allocated between the landlord and tenant in cases where a premise needs to be materially reconfigured for the new tenant's use. Today's blog post will discuss these provisions and their importance to both parties.
A key element of commercial lease transactions is that the landlord and tenant need to agree on the date that tenant is to take possession. Furthermore, often the landlord will give the tenant a fixturing period to complete the works necessary for its business to open. However, unforeseen circumstances may arise, which can cause a delay in either the landlord or tenant's work.
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A tenant requires a building permit before beginning any construction work in its leased space. This permit ensures that the construction complies with the provincial or municipal codes governing such projects. Since obtaining a building permit is a prerequisite to starting construction work, it would be impractical for a tenant to take possession of the property and commence the fixturing period without first getting the building permit. Therefore, it would be a reasonable for a tenant to negotiate that it should receive its building permit before possession and its fixturing period commenced. The landlord can also protect its interests by providing that the tenant should proceed diligently to obtain the building permit in order to avoid unnecessary delay on the tenant's part.
Landlord's work
This condition provides that a landlord should complete its work before expecting the tenant to begin its own. A tenant can negotiate that it would not take possession until the landlord's work is "substantially complete." The parties can clarify what would amount to substantial completion to avoid ambiguity and disagreements on this clause. Conversely, if the landlord's work is trivial, it should state that the work would not prevent the tenant from taking possession and beginning its fixturing period.
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This Pinto Curly Horse is a Montana stallion owned by Mike Conti. The photograph was taken during an International Curly Horse convention field trip to the Damele Ranch.
Eureka, first settled in 1964, is in the heart of central Nevada's wild-horse country and known as the home of the American Curly Horse breed. This remote ranching and mining town also has been named "The Loneliest Town on the Loneliest Road in America," US Highway 50. The surrounding Great Basin countryside is a cold, high-altitude desert dominated by sagebrush flats and surrounded by steep mountains. Only the strongest people and animals survive this harsh environment. However, there's always been a lure of adventure about this remote region. Perhaps that's what brought Giovanni, "John" Damele to Eureka, where he came to appreciate the curly-haired horses.
John Damele arrived in Eureka from Genoa, Italy, in 1879. He worked as a woodcutter for 11 years, providing wood for the charcoal ovens that fueled smelter furnaces for local silver and lead mines. John saved enough money to bring his wife and three children from Italy to join him in Eureka.
In 1898, John and his family made a down payment on the Three Bar Ranch northwest of Eureka near the Roberts Creek Mountains, where the Damele family began raising cattle and horses. While checking cattle, John and his two boys saw horses with curly hair running with the mustang wild-horse herds. The sight of the horses with long curly hair wasn't easily forgotten.
Wild horses in Nevada originated from several sources, primarily animals that were released by or escaped from Spanish explorers, ranchers, miners, the US Cavalry, and American Indians. Around 1931, the Dameles caught a Curly Horse from a mustang herd and took the horse back to the ranch, where they broke the horse to ride, and later sold it. According to Damele family history, this was their first experience with handling and training Curly Horses.
The Dry Creek Ranch headquarters seem dwarfed by the surrounding terrain.
In 1932, during a devastating winter in the Three Bar Ranch country, deep snow and bitter cold hung on for months. When spring came and the ranch horses were gathered from where they'd "wintered out," the only horses the Damele boys could find alive were curly-haired horses. All the straight-haired horses had perished in the hard winter. No one needed to tell the Dameles what they'd witnessed, which was a real turning point in their thinking. True stockmen that they were, they realized that if the Curlies could be broke to ride and turned into cow horses, they certainly could be relied upon to stay alive when other horses perished in the harsh central-Nevada winters.
In the fall of 1942, John's son, Peter L. Damele, his wife and two sons, Peter J. and Benny, bought and moved to the Dry Creek Ranch that's on the Pony Express trail 25 miles southwest of the Three Bar Ranch. A Pony Express horse-changing station had been located near the Dry Creek Ranch headquarters during 1860 and 1861. The family also purchased the Ackerman Ranch, 12 miles north of Dry Creek.
The Dameles registered the 3D brand and placed it on a horse's left thigh and on the left hip on cattle. This 3D brand is still used on horses and cattle on the Dry Creek and Ackerman ranches, which the Dameles still own today.
The winter of 1951 and 1952 was another brutal, cold one with deep snow. When spring came, once again, the only horses left alive were the Curlies. The Dameles decided to start breeding Curly Horses in earnest that spring. Before that, Curlies had just been part of the horse herd. The Dameles caught their first Curly Horse stallion out of a herd of mustangs, named him Copper D, and broke him to ride as a 2-year-old.
The Dameles continued to breed Curly Horses and raise rattle on the Dry Creek and Ackerman Ranches. At one time, hundreds of broodmares ran outside in stud bands. A single stallion could cover about 30 mares outside, so quite a few stallions were needed in the big, open country. Handling big numbers of horses on the open range meant having good hands on horseback. The Damele boys were among the best. Running horses and catching them in different ways occupied much of their time.
The Dameles weren't too concerned with the Curly Horse as a pure breed. When the Dameles first began catching Curlies out of the mustang herds, they were big, coarse-looking horses with unrefined heads, bodies, and legs. The ranches had specific needs for their horses, and certain ideas about what they wanted their horses to look like. The country around the Dry Creek and Ackerman Ranches is steep and rocky on the eastern slope of the Simpson Park Mountain Range. As a result, the Dameles wanted their horses to handle steep mountains, be sure-footed in the rocks, stay sound, survive bad winters, take the "big outside circle: on the flats (when checking cattle), drag calves to the fire, and be gentle. The Dameles wanted to breed a ranch horse that could do it all. They soon found out that the Curly Horse could do all these things and maybe more.
Through the years the Dameles purchased many stallions to use on their outside broodmares. Some of their better-known sires were a registered Morgan stallion, Ruby Red; a registered Arabian stallion, Nevada Red; and an unregistered Appaloosa stallion. The more famous American Curly Horse stallions, as the breed became known, were Peacock D, Grulla D, Dixie D, and Dusty D, and the most famous Damele Curly Horse sire was Copper D. People from several states purchased Damele horses with the 3D brand, and the Curly Horse gene reportedly dominant in their breeding. Many Curly Horses around the world today trace their lineage to Copper D.
Curly Horses graze the Dry Creek meadow. Note the short tails, scant forelocks, and curly manes.
In 1971 a big change affected the Dameles and other Great Basin ranchers. The US Congress passed the Wild Free-Roaming Horse and Burro Act. Nevada is home to more than half the nation's wild horses, and mustang herds on Nevada rangelands began to be managed by the Bureau of Land Management and the US Forest Service, which created and monitored herd-management areas. The days of ranchers running mares outside with stallions on Federal lands were drastically reduced. However, recent reports by ranches and BLM employees state that curly-haired horses have been observed running with the mustangs in Eureka County, Nev.
This photo of Benny Damele and Shoshone was taken at Dry Creek Ranch in 1983 when the Curly Horse was 3 years old.
The coat of a Curly Horse is the most distinguishing feature that sets it apart from other breeds of horses. In winter, the hair coat has long curls, although most of the long, curly hair often is shed in the summer. Mane and tail hair also is curly.
Another interesting characteristic of this breed: the Curly Horse is reported to be hypoallergenic. People allergic to horses are more tolerant of Curlies.
Curly Horses are intelligent, calm natured, and, when handled correctly, easily trained. The horses share many physical characteristics with primitive horses, including wide-set eyes and strong cannon bones, and Curly Horses have particularly tough hoofs, almost perfectly round in shape, which makes them good in rocky country. Some owners compare Curlies to mules because the Curly Horses think things through rather than panic when faced with unexpected situations.
The Damele family is still at the Dry Creek and Ackerman Ranches, and they still use Curly horses for working cattle. Tom and Peter Damele raise Curlies and had two "stud bunches" on their ranch last summer.
In October 2003 the International Curly Horse Organization held a convention at the Opera House in Eureka and made a field trip to the Damele Dry Creek Ranch. Curly Horse owners from several states and from Norway, Sweden, and Germany attended the event.
The Damele family is well respected as stockmen, has survived many hard times and carved out a name in Nevada ranching history. The Dameles and the American Curly Horse always will be linked together—as they should be.
Note: Longtime Western Horseman contributors Mike Laughlin and Lee Raine appreciate the Damele brothers, Tom and Peter, and their sister, Ellaree Mariluch, for allowing them to photograph the Dry Creek and Ackerman Ranches, and for supplying vintage photos and Damele family history.


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Jason Coles May 26, 2020
Good news, a Wholesome Direct, which is to say a stream showing off a lot of wholesome games, is coming today at 1 pm ET (6 pm BST). It's going to feature a lot of incredibly chilled and happy games. I, for one, need more chilled and happy games in my life, so I'm really excited to see what they're going to be highlighting. Of course, as with all of the best things in gaming, the vast majority of these guys are going to be indie games, so go there and tell em we sent you.
Actually, don't tell them anything, just sit there and bask in the glory of these incredibly nice games. It's being put on by Wholesome Games, who are, presumably, incredibly committed to the brand. So far we know that Book of Travels, Ooblets, Spiritfarer, Little Witch in the Woods, Rainy Season, and Chicory are going to be in the showcase, but there will apparently be over 50 games included.
Given how many games are being promised it could well be a good chance to find out more about the games we've got coming out in the coming months, not to mention find a few new gems. So, make sure you head over to the YouTube channel to check it out when it goes live in a few hours, so that you too can be all warm and fuzzy inside. After all, that's what gaming is all about: escapism from the horrible normal world.
Jason Coles
Jason is the Editor of The Indie Game Website. He's a lover of roguelikes, soulslikes, and other kinds of likes. He basically spends a lot of time getting beaten up in games and seems to enjoy it.
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Jason is the Editor of The Indie Game Website. He's a lover of roguelikes, soulslikes, and other kinds of likes. He basically spends a lot of time getting beaten up in games and seems to enjoy it.
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Abstract: There are an estimated 750 million internal migrants in the world, yet the effects of access to internal migration for rural households are not well understood. Internal migrants may provide wealth transfers, insurance or credit to households remaining in rural areas. This paper exploits two unique features of China's history to study the impact of relaxing migration constraints on the outcomes and choices of agricultural households: reforms to the household registration (hukou) system that relaxed restrictions on migration, and historical, centrally-planned migration flows. This paper argues that historical flows of temporary migration due to a government policy called the `sent-down youth' (SDY) program created lasting inter-province links, so that decades later, reforms to the hukou system in cities which sent SDY increased migration in provinces where those SDY were sent. Using this variation, we find that improved access to migration leads to higher levels of consumption and lower consumption volatility for rural households. Furthermore, household production decisions change, with a shift into high-risk, high-return activities including animal husbandry and fruit farming.


Parrott said he was taken aback by the request to leave. He ended up finishing the interview elsewhere.
Shop Talk panelist Will Buss said it seems asinine to ban a political discussion at a library. He understands people might want to respond when they hear a political discussion but they shouldn't be allowed to shut it down. He said this is another example of how some people are suspicious about reporters today.
Buss said that when he did "man on the street" interviews as a reporter, he always had to be careful about where he was allowed to go and he was careful not to set foot on the property of private businesses.
Panelist Rich Egger said libraries are sources of free and open information. He said it seems odd such a place would prohibit discussions about politics.
Parrott said he often goes on the road and uses public libraries in southeast Iowa to interview candidates. He said he never encountered a problem before. He wondered whether the rules were different in Missouri, but the Hannibal library director later apologized, telling him rules were misinterpreted. She also told Parrott he was asked to leave because the interview got too loud and distracted one of the library's employees.


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Sydneysiders brace for NYE 'fireworks from home'
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has foreshadowed a very tame New Year's Eve across Sydney, with coronavirus restrictions largely expected to remain in place.The city is dealing with an outbreak of COVID-19 in the northern beaches, with more than 100 cases linked to a concerning cluster."As I foreshadowed, we'll be taking health advice in the next…
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has foreshadowed a very tame New Year's Eve across Sydney, with coronavirus restrictions largely expected to remain in place.
The city is dealing with an outbreak of COVID-19 in the northern beaches, with more than 100 cases linked to a concerning cluster.
"As I foreshadowed, we'll be taking health advice in the next few days as to what New Year's Eve looks like," the Premier warned.
"But there are some basic things I can communicate very strongly today. That is, everybody should assume they're watching the fireworks from home this year."
She also reminded hospitality venues to assume the four square metre rule, adding that current restrictions will be reviewed in the next few days
On Saturday, the Premier confirmed nine new infections have been recorded in the state overnight.
This includes eight cases that were linked to the northern beaches cluster, and one case that health authorities suspect could be a false positive.
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The Premier's announcement came after rumours swirled that Sydney's iconic New Year's Eve fireworks display would be cancelled this year.
"We know for a fact the vast majority of us will be watching the display from home," the Premier confirmed.
"Outside of that, we will await health advice."
Of the nine cases from today, one also includes an infection linked to a person who flew from Sydney to Griffith on Monday 21 December.
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Despite promising numbers, the Premier is yet to relax restrictions amid concerns of another cluster.
"There are still concerns about the CBD and still concerns about people in the Northern Beaches who may unintentionally have spread the virus without knowing they have it," Ms Berejiklian stressed.
"At this stage, I cannot foreshadow any difference as to what will occur in regional New South Wales, but obviously in relation to greater Sydney, the Northern Beaches, it's an evolving situation," the Premier explained, promising a review of current restriction in three days' time.
"The reason why we're doing it at the moment in three day, bite-size chunks, is to make sure we have the best advice available. We don't want to spend a single day or a single hour imposing anything we do not have to, and that is why we're doing things the way we are."
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Northern part of the Northern Beaches: "You revert back to the stay-at-home provisions, except if you're having an outside gathering of up to five people for recreation or exercise purposes. And it will be until midnight on December 30."
Southern part of the Northern Beaches: "We revert back to the state home provisions, but you can have outdoor gatherings with 10 people for recreation or exercise reasons, but we do not want any people outside of the household coming into households for the next three days."
Greater Sydney: "We revert back to what happened on December 23, so, go back to no more than 10 people in your household.
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For decades, I've written extensively about discipline, accountability, focusing on what you can control, and taking personal responsibility rather than blaming. These are principles I have personally embraced and applied in my life to prevail through tough times.
In the early 80's I worked in my parents' restaurant business that failed. It was in the midst of 20+% interest rates, 10% inflation, and unemployment as high as today. I held three jobs to make ends meet, selling products door-to-door for two companies, and in the evenings delivering tortillas to restaurants for 50 cents per case. It wasn't the work that I wanted or was qualified for, but it was the work that was available, and I felt lucky to have it.
While living with my wife and daughter in the ugliest trailer, in the least desirable part of town, I changed careers and began to sell cars. In seven years I advanced from salesperson at a dealership in Texas, to the number two man in a successful $300,000,000 dealership group in California. When I declined the pay cut offered me by new owners I was forced out. Despite this misfortune, I chose not to whine, sue, or pitch a tent and "occupy" the dealership in protest. Instead I founded LearnToLead which, by God's grace, prospers to this day.
As I pursued my aspiration to write, six dozen publishers rejected my ideas for Selling Above the Crowd and No-Nonsense Leadership. Consequently, I exerted the effort to self-publish, distribute, and publicize both books. Their success attracted into my corner Wiley, the world's largest business publisher with whom I've now published ten books. My publishing experience reaffirmed my belief that if something is important to you, you'll find a way. If it's not, you'll find an excuse.
I don't share this history to impress you, but to impress upon you that I've been broke, at the bottom, and the chief architect behind numerous failed ideas and ventures. But upon hitting the wall I chose to bounce, not splatter. Like many of you, when things got tough I didn't opt to whine my way out, wish my way out, wait my way out, or demand someone bail me out. Rather, I took personal responsibility for my life and worked my way out.
Millions are hurting financially in America. But for many, the pain is prolonged by their refusal to accept personal responsibility for poor decisions that have caused or augmented their struggles. Worse, politicians, unions, and the media encourage and enable their "I am helpless" mindset by assuring them that they are blameless in their mediocrity, and that the country's most financially successful citizens and companies are the culprits. Protestors are "occupying" cities throughout the world, demanding substantial transfers of wealth to help turn their languid lives around.
The fact that things have reached this state should come as no surprise. Most people forty years and older would agree that the trend towards blaming more, entitlement, and undisciplined lifestyles has accelerated in recent decades. Not coincidentally, so has the national poverty rate. But, as convenient as it is to assail others or outside conditions for one's lack of economic progress, nothing impacts the quality of one's life more than his or her inside decisions. Those who don't take responsibility for the consequences of their decisions, and instead blame others for misfortune, surrender control over their own destiny. This folly perpetuates their misery.
While you're not likely to read this in most headlines, many people suffer primarily because they've made poor life choices that created or compounded their financial hardship: the decision not to work hard or at all; not to self-educate oneself; not to live within one's means, not to save money, as well as choosing to engage in habits like smoking, drinking, illegal drugs, gambling and a variety of other vices that deplete their limited resources and impair their soul. In reality, if society's malcontents and protestors could kick the person most responsible for their woes they'd be unable to sit down for weeks. The sad result of this failure to take responsibility is an inability to progress from their current state, because they refuse to acknowledge their role in creating, or prolonging, it in the first place.
Following are five tenets that help you recommit to the lost art of taking personal responsibility. They are truths that place you on a path to rise above the masses that go through life assuming the position, thinking, talking, and walking like victims. Please share with those you know who are suffering from any of todays' fashionable "it's not my fault" fantasies. These include entitled family members and mediocre employees who went into retirement years ago but remain on your payroll, expecting to be rewarded for showing up versus stepping up.
1. Becoming precedes getting. Until you become more than you are in areas like attitude, discipline, character, work ethic, and knowledge, you are unlikely to get much more than you've got. When you do get more (usually because it is given to you) without becoming more, you rarely get to keep it for long and won't have the skill to replace it once it's gone.
2. Attitude is a choice. While you cannot usually choose what happens to you, you have the power to choose your response to it. The quality of your response will greatly determine the quality of your life. No one and nothing can assault your attitude without your consent.
3. Discipline is a choice. No one is born disciplined or not. Discipline is developed when you get clear about what you want, decide to pay the price necessary to get it, and resolve to give up what hinders your quest. If you're undisciplined it's not genetic, it's because you've chosen to go through life seeking prizes without paying prices.
4. Growth is a choice. Personal growth isn't automatic, and it doesn't come naturally with age. Personal growth must be intentional. In other words, you must choose to read the books, to attend the seminars, to learn and assimilate success principles, to study the lives of life's giants and decide how you can apply what made them successful in your own life. If you're not growing, it's because you have made the decision to not pursue growth.
5. Character is a choice. Your character is determined by the moral qualities you've decided to embrace and live out in your life. If you lack strong character, you can't blame mom and dad, the government, economy, or your teachers. Ultimately, you get to choose what's important to you, and what's not. Your character will develop—or not—in accordance with those convictions.
Here's what economic protestors and their critical kinsmen in life's various arenas must understand: Needy people can't expect to advance by demanding more of what someone else has earned. Rather, they must advance through education, perspiration & determination. I don't know anyone who has risen from rags to riches by complaining, protesting, or clamoring for the government to pick the pockets of those more successful than they and use the proceeds to subsidize their own inadequacy or complacency. While a humane society must support those who can't help themselves, it owes absolutely nothing to those who won't help themselves.
A recent television program featured a contemporary study in personal absolution: a healthy, articulate, unemployed man who assailed "the system" because it had "failed him" and made it "impossible" to find work. In fact, he has quit looking for a job and now lives his life on the sideline cheer-leading the blame game. It is impossible to know how many of the unemployed persist in their parasitic assault on national resources not because they cannot find work, but because they don't like the work they find. This particular man remains idle despite the fact that 150 million other Americans have found jobs including the physically and mentally challenged, blind, deaf, and mute. In fact, six million Americans work two jobs or more. It would benefit the temporarily unemployed to understand the difference between the system failing them, and making poor decisions that cause them to fail themselves. This particular gentleman has chosen to regress from loser to quitter: a loser being someone who comes up short and tries again, while a quitter simply gives up.
Note: I recently filmed a four minute video on this topic: "Whining is no Substitute for Working!" Click here to view: http://budurl.com/l4tv .
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Surprisingly few new retirees or pre-retirees have a plan for the allocation of their portfolio assets. However, if your portfolio is to be a source of financial security during your retirement years, then it must be carefully tended, like a garden, so that it continues to grow. Apart from the obvious benefit of additional resources during your retirement years, there are a number of factors that reinforce the necessity for continued portfolio growth.
* Inflation erodes assets, which could make it necessary for you to lower your standard of living, not a happy thought.
* You might be forced to make withdrawals at a percentage rate that is higher than your portfolio is actually earning. This substantially shortens the life of your portfolio. Remember, your goal is to make your assets last as long as you do, or longer.
* With medical science now making it possible for us to live longer, maintaining steady growth in your portfolio's assets takes on a completely new level of importance.
* Finally, a weakened portfolio necessarily limits what you can pass onto your heirs.
In the event that your retirement income alone will not cover your post retirement expenses, ideally the earnings from your portfolio will make up the difference. Even if you are one of those who have saved enough so that you will not have to work after you retire, your portfolio will require regular attention if it is to help support the lifestyle you wish to enjoy during retirement.
Asset allocation is part of the general retirement planning process, the goal of which is to determine the optimal allocation prior to the selection of individual assets or classes of assets. Put a different way, asset allocation establishes your portfolio policy. Your funds are invested in various types of assets thus allowing you to achieve your financial goals and take advantage of risk reduction through optimal portfolio diversification.
The three basic types of asset classes are stocks, bonds and cash. The percentage of each asset class in your portfolio depends on a number of variables, including but not limited to your financial goals, current savings and investment plan, time horizon and risk tolerance. Bear in mind that over 90 percent of the performance of your portfolio is predicated on how the assets are allocated.
To reduce risk (and maximize return), select asset classes that compliment each other. Bearing in mind, once again, that you are likely to live twenty-five to thirty years into retirement., keep at least a portion of your assets in equities for the long term.
New retirees (or those retiring soon) are often tempted to switch their portfolios into a very conservative mix. Although such a mix may protect your portfolio from a decline, it also limits growth potential. If during your working years you maintained a balanced combination of stocks, bonds, and short-term investments, and if you have made periodic adjustments as needed to maintain the right mix of growth, income, and stability, you may not need to make changes in your portfolio when you retire. As you get further into retirement, however, you will need to consider shifting to a more conservative mix.
Asset allocation is the single most important step in making your retirement years the golden years you thought they would be. It is better to spend your time to get this step right instead of worrying about the individual investment themselves.
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Internet TV: a Great Tool to Learn and Practice Languages
Publicado por El Ucabista | May 20, 2020 | ES ACTUAL, VIDA UNIVERSITARIA | 0 |
Netflix has acquired several meanings throughout the years. Many definitions can come to mind when thinking about it, but is learning languages one of them? The Centro para el Desarrollo de Lenguas Extranjeras (CDLE) believes the answer is yes. Even though it's not a common source for studying, this platform is very useful if you are trying to embark on the language learning process. Or, if you have already begun it can be a key strategy for practicing.
The platform that once was a big red box for renting VHS, then DVD's has now established itself as one of the most important streaming services in the world. It has changed the way of watching movies and tv shows forever. Nowadays when the world has come to a holt, Netflix is on the top sources of entertainment. It's easy to use, relatively cheap, and has millions of hours of film to be watched in the comfort of home. The categories are endless and the variety is exceptional. Besides, it has plenty of shows, documentaries, and films in foreign languages.
Practicing a new language always takes time as well as Watching Netflix so; why not make the most out of both? Instead of scrolling for hours, try to search for specific words such as French, English, Portuguese, Japanese, or Norwegian. Look for the language you're learning. There's probably at least one movie or show to watch.
Once you have found the right movie or show, the magic happens: it's time to set up the audio and subtitles. For that, the CDLE recommends to keep the original audio, and adding subtitles in your native language. However, if you have advanced knowledge of English, for instance, and you're trying to learn German, the best thing to do is reading in English rather than Spanish because those languages share the same roots and are part of the Indo-European family branch. Then again, it's up to your needs. Just keep in mind these suggestions.
Unquestionably, listening to native people talk helps to correct pronunciation and accent. Also, the connection made with your eyes (subtitles) and ears (audio) is fundamental for remembering words more easily and establishing similarities with your mother tongue. On the other hand, helps to discard faux-amies or words that have an alike sound, but don't necessarily mean the same.
In addition to verbal skills, writing is part of the benefits to be enhanced by practicing languages with Netflix. Check out how words are spelled, and if you don't understand one of them -though it might seem obvious- look it up in a dictionary and write the meaning down. Keeping a log of the new words may help expand your lexicon.
Above all, the experience of learning a language with the help of Netflix should be very practical and pleasant. The CDLE recommends the following films and series to watch: in English, Anne with an E (2017) is a great Canadian series -based on the novel Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery– for listening and learning new words with each episode; the show Mad men (2007) has a thrilling story that lasts for 7 seasons and is very rich language wise, and the movie Candy Jar (2018) can help with English fluency.
Many shows and movies in other languages can also be found on Netflix: the series Ragnarok in Norwegian gives a sample of a Nordic language that shares similarities with English. German, another tongue close to English, presents a broad offer. For instance, the film Alles ist gut (2018), the comedy Schubert in love (2016) and the show Holiday secrets (2019). For French the CDLE recommends Call my agent (2015) a comedy series with three seasons, the movie Je ne suis pas un homme facile (2018) and La grande classe (2019).
The CDLE is always endorsing people to watch foreign movies in their original language. For more films and shows follow the account @Cdle_ucab at Instagram and Twitter. You can also check out on their media to find out about the offer for this semester.
♦By Grace Lafontant, CDLE intern/ Image: Freepik.es
*This article is available in spanish. You can read it by clicking here: TV por internet: gran herramienta para aprender y practicar idiomas
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