The countdown to choosing the nation's top young scientist began today as Discovery Communications announced 400 middle school students from 44 states, including 12 from Colorado, are selected as semifinalists in the 2007 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC). Colorado ranks 9th behind Texas (40), Florida (37), California (35), Missouri (22), Arizona (20), Utah (16), Ohio & Michigan (15) and Indiana (14) in number of students selected as semifinalists. With a focus on the environment and sustainable development, the 40 students who go on to qualify as finalists will tackle some of the planet's most significant environmental challenges, dubbed Operation Green, with the winner chosen in Washington, DC, October 21 - 24.
In its ninth year, the Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge is the nation's premier science contest for students in grades 5 through 8, designed to encourage the exploration of science during the critical middle school years. Discovery Communications launched the competition in partnership with Science Service to nurture the next generation of American scientists at a critical age when interest in science begins to decline.
In this year's competition, students will investigate climate change, global warming and eco-friendly initiatives such as recycling and green building design. The contest's environmental theme reflects Discovery Communication's long standing mission to preserve and protect our planet - a commitment that moves to a new level with the launch in early 2008 of Planet Green, a TV channel in more than 50 million homes dedicated to all things green.
"The Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge has always been an important part of our company's commitment to science education. There is a real crisis in this country when it comes to scientific proficiency, and Discovery Communications remains steadfast in our mission to advance science literacy and achievement across America's school system," said David Zaslav, President and CEO, Discovery Communications.
The contest identifies and honors those who best demonstrate leadership, teamwork, scientific problem-solving and the ability to be an effective science communicator - a goal that reflects Discovery's philosophy that scientific knowledge is most valuable when it is shared. This year's qualifying science fair projects draw upon a broad array of disciplines, including biochemistry, physics, mathematics, engineering and zoology.
"The Young Scientist Challenge targets students as they first pursue seriously their innate fascination with the natural world," said Elizabeth Marincola, President and CEO, Science Service, the non-profit organization that administers the Challenge. "In partnership with Discovery Communications, Science Service is delighted to nurture these outstanding young scientists, encouraging their interest in research and helping build their skills in promoting public engagement in science."
"As the United States struggles to compete with other nations in the fields of science and technology, DCYSC plays an important role by letting goal-oriented, knowledgeable and imaginative students showcase their science success stories to younger students. This year's semifinalists represent the country's next generation of science leaders," said Steve Jacobs, DCYSC Head Judge. "Even more impressive, and a fundamental part of our competition, is their skill in explaining their work to others, a prerequisite of scientific leadership. It is crucial that we continue to play a role in developing the skill sets that young people will need as the demand for eco-friendly innovation increases."
The semifinalists were selected from 1,960 formal entries chosen from a pool of 75,000 students who entered science fairs nationwide.
Galen Atkinson, grade 6, of Colorado Springs, CO for his project entitled Pop Goes the Marble.
Kerry Betz, grade 8, of Boulder, CO for her project entitled Something's Decaying in My Basement. Kerry took 1st Place in Physics at CSEF.
Breanna Christensen, grade 6, of Durango, CO for her project entitled Jammin' Germs.
Addison Kramer, grade 8, of Denver, CO for her project entitled Ecological Friendly Roofing. Addison received an Honorable Mention in Engineering at CSEF.
Nakayla Lestina, grade 7, of Dove Creek, CO for her project entitled Biological Control of Canada Thistle: Analyzing Three Natural Insect Enemies. Nakayla took 2nd Place in Animal Sciences at CSEF.
Lorne Muir II, grade 7, of Colorado Springs, CO for his project entitled Hydrophobic Soil Rehabilitation. Lorne took 2nd Place in Environmental Sciences at CSEF.
Rahul Shankar, grade 7, of Colorado Springs, CO for his project entitled A Software Tool to Calculate Alignment of Nucleotide Sequences to Classify the Cryptoprocta ferox. Rahul took 2nd Place in Math & Computer Sciences at CSEF.
Matthew Simonsen, grade 6, of Durango, CO for his project entitled The Reggae Effect: The Effect of TV, Reading, and Music on Recall.
Ambrose Soehn, grade 8, of Boulder, CO for his project entitled Natural vs. Synthetic Polymers in Today's World. Ambrose took 1st Place in Chemistry and was the 2nd Place Best Junior Division Indivdual Project winner at CSEF.
Nathan Weeks, grade 7, of Colorado Springs, CO for his project entitled Sound Barrier Designs. Nathan took 1st Place in Engineering at CSEF.
Sara Volz, grade 6, of Colorado Springs, CO for her project entitled What Common Substances Best Kill Bacteria on the Skin? Sara took 2nd Place in Microbiology at CSEF.
Jonathan Zulanas, grade 8, of Denver, CO for his project entitled What Are You Looking At? How Age and Gender Influence How Web Sites Are Viewed.
The countdown to choosing America's top young scientist continues on September 12, when the field is narrowed by the Challenge judges to the "Final Forty." In October, the 40 finalists and their families will come to Washington, DC, where they will take part in a series of team-based, interactive challenges focused on this year's environmental theme. The students will compete for more than $100,000 worth of scholarships and special prizes, as well as the title of "America's Top Young Scientist of the Year."
In 1999, Discovery created the Young Scientist Challenge to help lift achievement in science and math among middle school students. Nearly 16,000 children have entered the Young Scientist Challenge since its inception. Winners have received approximately $700,000 in scholarship awards and federal government recognition, and have participated in science-related trips that have taken them around the world.
Discovery Communications is the number one nonfiction media company reaching more than 1.5 billion cumulative subscribers in over 170 countries. Through TV and digital media, Discovery's 100-plus worldwide networks include Discovery Channel, TLC, Animal Planet, The Science Channel, Discovery Health and Discovery HD Theater. Discovery Communications is owned by Discovery Holding Company (NASDAQ: DISCA, DISCB), Advance/Newhouse Communications and John S. Hendricks, the Discovery's founder and chairman. For more information, please visit www.discoverycommunications.com.
Science Service is the nonprofit organization that administers the DCYSC. Based in Washington, DC, Science Service is dedicated to advancing the understanding and appreciation of science around the globe through its publications, outreach, and educational programs. A leading and widely respected organization advancing the cause of science, Science Service has a sterling reputation for producing high-quality competitions on the national and international level, including the Intel Science Talent Search and the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair; and for publishing the weekly Science News magazine and the online Science News for Kids.
Planet Green is Discovery Communications' global, cross-company initiative with a commitment to document, preserve and celebrate the planet, including the first 24-hour TV network scheduled to launch in early 2008. Planet Green speaks to people who want to understand green living and to those who are excited to make a difference by providing tools and information to meet the critical challenge of protecting our environment.
Discovery is pleased to have Elmer's Products, Inc. as a sponsor of the Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge. Elmer's has a proud tradition of supporting education, including science. Elmer's believes science taught through science fairs serves as a major benefit to students, allowing students to develop skills in problem-solving, research, writing, public speaking and time management. Elmer's, headquartered in Columbus, OH, has been a trusted brand and industry leader for more than 50 years, producing adhesives and a variety of well-known arts-and-crafts products that enhance creativity.


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Tetrabutylcín ((C4H9)4Sn) ,také tetra-n-butylcín nebo tetra(-n-)butylstannan je organocínová sloučenina.
Při pokojové teplotě se jedná o hořlavou, stálou kapalinu, nesnášející se se silnými oxidačními činidly. Vzorec se někdy zkráceně zapisuje jako SnBu4 nebo TTBT.

Je prekurzorem tributylcínu, dibutylcínu a jejich sloučenin. Čistý může být smíšen s chloridem cíničitým za vzniku tributylcínchloridu a dibutylcínchloridu. Tyto sloučeniny cínu jsou prekurzory pro velké množství organocínových sloučenin, které se používají jako stabilizátory pro PVC, biocidy a fungicidy.

Výroba
Tetrabutylcín se vyrábí reakcí chloridu cíničitého s 1-chlorbutanem:

SnCl4 + 4 C4H9Cl → (C4H9)4Sn + 4 Cl2.

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Cíničité sloučeniny
Organocínové sloučeniny

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Mariana Gillespie Daffron, 91, of Mesquite, Texas passed away peacefully on April 3, 2019 with her family at her side. She was born to parents, Hubert Walter and Carrie A. Blair Gillespie on February 13, 1928 in Dallas, Texas. Mariana was preceded in death by her parents, three brothers and loving husband of forty-nine years, James Marion Daffron. Mariana was a graduate of Forest Avenue High School and received a Bachelor of Science degree in Home Economics from Southern Methodist University. She was a devout Christian and faithful member of Casa View Christian Church.
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Mariana was a dedicated mother to Beth Steerman (Dan), Mark Daffron, Vicki Guzman (Joe), stepson, Don Daffron (Debbie) and her four-legged son, Beau. She was "GMama" to her grandchildren, Crystal Bell, Natalie Kee (Brad), Nicole Bell, Brock Bell, Brandon Daffron; step-grandchildren, Joshua Daffron (Bridgette) and Chris Daffron (Melissa) as well as eleven great-grandchildren.
Mariana's family will host a visitation at Grove Hill Funeral Home, 3920 Samuell Blvd. Dallas, Texas on April 8, 2019 from 10:00 to 11:00am. The Funeral Service will begin at 11:00am with interment to follow at Grove Hill Memorial Park. The service will be officiated by Dr. Les Massey and Jayme Harvey.
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14 For this reason I kneel before the Father, 15 from whom every family[a] in heaven and on earth derives its name. 16 I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, 17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, 18 may have power, together with all the Lord's holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, 19and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.
Lord may I kneel before You, my Father on a regular basis. Thank You for the reminder that every family in heaven and on earth derives its name from you - even the broken ones. Lord, you are sovereign over all. I think I'd like to echo Paul's prayer, this morning, for anyone who happens to be reading this blog. Father God I pray for my friends (including readers I haven't met) & family, Father will you strengthen them with power through Your Spirit in their inner being, so that You may dwell in their hearts through faith. Lord, may they have power, together with all of Your holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is Your love, and to know Your love that surpasses knowledge that they may be filled to the measure of all Your fullness. Now to You who are able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to your power that is at work within us, to You be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever!
I just now am getting caught up on blog reading... I had SO much writing to do and all of the other LIFE stuff that when I finally got back to reading other people's blogs I had 150 in my email!!
You are just GROWING, and it is beautiful.
Every single post is an encouragement to me.


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Marco Antonio Flores
Comrades By Marco Antonio Flores – A Review of a Guatemalan Classic
August 3, 2011 August 2, 2011 ~ bythefirelight
Aflame Books, 300
Marco Antonio Flores' Comrades is a linguistically wild rush of sex, drugs and revolution that doesn't care a damn about solving problems or raising great theories about political struggle (as if either were possible) and instead abandons itself to gutter crawl through dives and whore houses and fights and every last body fluid that comes with them. It's as visceral explosion of rage and disappointment whose only outlet is in self destruction or exile and Flores delights in the detailed expression of those emotions, not in a subtle and perceptive search of the psyche, but the physical manifestation of men who have no other way to express themselves. The rawness of the book, sharing qualities with the works of authors like Henry Miller, Hubert Selby, or Charles Bukoswki, is a stark vision, but it is a vision that suffers at times for its single mindedness and despite its caustic criticism of the failed revolution in Guatemala, one could be forgiven for thinking Flores only had one thing on his mind.
Comrades is divided into a series of chapters narrated by 4 revolutionaries, all boyhood friends, each chapter, save one, taking place during the 60s. Boozer (all names are pseudonyms) is a poet whose sometimes poetry shows up in his stream of conscious impressions. He has returned to Cuba after fighting in the war and begins his escape first to Prague and latter England. Along the way we learn he was the fatherless son of a lower middle class family and raised by his mother and the house keeper. Rat lives in Guatemala City and has an office job and a wife and hates his sedate life that was nothing like the drinking and whoring they used to do. Skinny Dog is a fugitive from the communist party, absconding with party funds to go into exile in Mexico City, where he spends all his time making fun of Mexicans, complaining how little money he has, and trying to work corrupt officials for a residency permit. Finally, there is the Lad who is undergoing ceaseless torture, and who can barely remember the protest and police crack down that let the police catch him.
Over the course of the novel Flores reveals the little things that shaped them: the fights with bullies on the streets of Guatemala City, the first drinks, the first sexual experiences, the absent parents. But its core, though, the book plays their lives as if it were one long bender through the grittiest that Guatemala has to offer. If they aren't going to a bordello, they're making it with some women in the back of a car, or going to a bar where they get smashed and look for women. The sessions of drink and women are long and very little of the book has anything but sex. Even when describing Boozer's upbringing in 1942 the culminating event of the chapter is discovering the house keeper masturbating. Even Lad, in the midst of torture remembers back to a moment in a bar when a woman rubbed against him. And it's all visceral and extreme, at one point he describes the biologic remnants of the four men having unprotected sex with the same woman right after each other, but that's normal in a book that is constantly dripping with sweat, urine, feces, semen, blood, old beer, booze, and anything else that can rot.
You'll be hard pressed to find much about war or politics in the book, and that is the point. The men didn't want to have anything to do with revolutions, they were toughs and kids more interested in partying. One could make the case they were just doing what soldiers always do, and soldiers seldom are interested in politics. But Flores takes farther, destroying any sentimentality between duty or the cause, and what the men want. All they are is a mass of raw physicality unloosed by war and a society that has little out for them. Their lives are an attempt to escape into the hedonism that makes one forget. There are several disparaging references to Cubans who encouraged and trained the men, left them to their fate fighting a war they had little interest in fighting. For Flores the whole thing is a joke. The men are anything but saints, Guatemala is a cesspool, and the Cubans are just in it for themselves to get some revenge over the Bay of Pigs.
All that would be quite the statement, but there is a problem, and it comes in the chapter I neglected mentioning earlier: Tatiana. Tatiana is the girlfriend of Boozer in Cuba. They have had a passionate affair, at first platonic, but Boozer moves her slowly to her first encounter just as he is about to leave Cuba for Prague. When she finally relents they sleep together one night where he takes her virginity. Perhaps that might be a big deal but the chapter, unlike the others, switches voice and begins to talk about Tatiana in second person describing her growing desire, her willingness to face a scandal, and finally an ecstasy filled first time. It is in this narrative turn that Flores tips his hand shows his real interest. This isn't about Tatiana, the person she is, it is about what Flores can describe, how he can take those darker things of the men, and try it another way, but always staying true to the dominate power of lust and sex in all its fluidic and graphic power. But that cliche of the perfect first encounter is nothing more than the working out of yet another sex scene in a book already loaded down with them. And it isn't just the egregious assertion of narrative control that he shows in silencing Tatiana for his own uses that weakens the book, but his insistence on showing women as nothing but something to fuck. Yes, it is a novel primarily about men, but there is something off-putting in the way he does it.
It is too bad that the novel suffers from these flaws because he ultimately he wraps the novel up in the most damning statement that crystallizes all that comes before and partially explains why the men care so little about anything; there is nothing left to care about.
Here I'll stay and from here I'll leave, but I'll never return to my mother's side, to my mother's country, to the country of my non-existent fther, to my country where you can never be alone or free, because you know everybody and everybody knows you and you kill and are killed and you have to flee and go into hiding because otherwise they 'disappear' you they imprison you kill you torture you cut off your balls stab out your eyes cut off your left hand fuck you rape you attack your house steal everything that you possess never let you live in peace leave you no solitude advise you direct you tell you what to do and what not to do because they all know you and love you and respect you and meddle in your life and mortify you and kill you by degrees or with a bullet and where your mother is and the dictator of the day and the police who at any moment and for any reas put your name on file persecute you pursue you and kill you
Here I'll stay
Listening to the bongos
A final note on the translation. Leona Nickless has done an impressive job with this novel and from the first sentence you will know how difficult the book must have been to render in English and to keep some of the rhythms it must obviously have. I wasn't able to get a copy in Spanish to check the original, but it doesn't matter as you can tell from the quote above it was an amazing work.

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I read somewhere that making an effort at one form of discipline spills over into the rest of life. A study that made student volunteers work to improve their posture found that they started going to bed earlier and otherwise behaving better. Now why doesn't my highly disciplined gym-routine do more for my writing habits?
That's an interesting study, Dame Eleanor. The discipline-in-other-areas idea doesn't work for me, either, but I guess I'll keep trying.
I find John Steinbeck's writin technique, shared on this post, profound. And I agree that it is his "warmup" page to clear his head. Ultimately, he was a great American novelist and I love his work. I am currently reading East of Eden and recently posted about the beauty of his writing.
Thanks, Jennifer, and thanks for your thoughts (at your blog) on East of Eden.


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Q: Is this a good method for counting threads in C++? I've been looking for a reliable way to count the number threads accessible to a program to be used. I didn't want to use a constant though and make the assumption that every system had the same number of accessible threads. I've devised this method of trying to figure it out. Is it a good method?
#include "pch.h"
#include <iostream>
#include <thread>

using namespace std;

struct list
{
    void *data;
    list *next;

    list(list *x = nullptr)
    {
        data = x;
        next = nullptr;
    }
    void add()
    {
        next = new list;
    }
};

void sleepo(int xz)
{
    for (int x = 0; x < 10000000; x++)
    {
        xz++;
    }
}

int main()
{
    int count = 1;
    list *iterator = new list;

    cout << "Attmepting to count threads..." << endl;

    while (true)
    {
        try
        {
            iterator->data = new thread(sleepo, count);
            iterator->add();
            iterator = iterator->next;
            count++;
        }
        catch(system_error)
        {
            break;
        }
    }

    cout << "There are " << count << " threads." << endl;
}

A: No, there is no standard way to count the number of threads that have been started by a program. Neither in the C++ standard, nor for example in the POSIX standard.

I've devised this method of trying to figure it out. Is it a good method?

If you are in control of the creation of every thread, then that would work just fine. But it won't work if you for example use a library that also creates threads unless you can somehow inject code that increments your counter.
In order to know the current number of threads instead of total number of started threads, you would need to decrement the counter each time you join.

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Step 2: Add 5 drops Da Bomb Soap Colorant Yellow to melted soap. Mix well. Add 14 grams Old Fashion Banana Pudding Fragrance Oil; stir well. Once incorporated, fill your Banana Slices mold. Spritz the banana slices with alcohol. Allow to fully set up, then remove them from the mold. Please Note: You will have to fill the banana slices mold a total of 5 times in order to get a total number of 20 banana slices for this project.
Step 3: Once your banana slices are completely set up, using a toothpick poke 3 small holes towards the center of the banana slices. Then, still using the toothpick gently glide 1-2 individual poppy seeds into each hole. These will represent the banana seeds. Set aside when complete.
Step 4: Prepare the Vanilla Wafers: In your microwave safe glass container, weigh out and melt 300 grams of Yogurt Melt and Pour Soap Base in the microwave 30 seconds at a time. Stir gently. Keep melting until all soap is in a liquid state.
Step 5: Add 6 drops FUN Orange Oxide, 4 drops FUN Brown Oxide, and 4 drops FUN Yellow Oxide soap colorant to melted soap. Mix well. Add 15 grams of Old Fashion Banana Pudding fragrance oil; stir well. Once incorporated, fill your Vanilla Wafers mold. Spritz the wafers with alcohol. Allow this to fully set up, then remove them from the mold. Please Note: You will have to fill the vanilla wafers mold a total of 2 times in order to get a total number of 24 vanilla wafers for this project.
Step 6: Prepare the Pudding: In your microwave safe glass container, weigh out and melt 1160 grams of Yogurt Melt and Pour Soap Base in the microwave 30 seconds at a time. Stir gently. Keep melting until all soap is in a liquid state.
Step 7: Add 60 drops Da Bomb yellow soap colorant to melted soap. Mix well. Add 58 grams of Old Fashion Banana Pudding fragrance oil; stir well. Once incorporated, gently pour the soap into your (4) 9oz clear solo cups. You will want to fill the cups 3/4 of the way full. Set any left over soap aside for now. Once all cups have been filled, allow them to set up at room temperature. Note: Be careful not to pour your soap too hot or you will melt your solo cups.
Step 8: Using your alcohol in a spray bottle, generously spritz the pudding portion with alcohol. This will allow the layers to adhere.
Step 9: Embedding the Wafers: In your microwave safe glass container remelt your remaining pudding soap in 30 second increments. Stir gently. Keep melting until all soap is in a liquid state.
Step 10: While you are remelting your soap, gently place 5 vanilla wafers along the sides of your cups. Once all 4 cups have wafers, gently pour some melted soap pudding in the middle of the cups to secure the wafers in place. Allow this to set up, and spritz with alcohol once again.
Step 11: Prepare the Whipped Topping: In your microwave safe glass container, weigh out and melt 108 grams of Yogurt Melt and Pour Soap Base in the microwave 30 seconds at a time. Stir gently. Keep melting until all soap is in a liquid state. Once melted, add 56 grams Vegetable Glycerin and 30 grams Imagine Base. Stir. Next, add 10 grams Old Fashion Banana Pudding fragrance oil and stir again.
Step 12: Be READY to MOVE: Quickly, using your mixer, mix until your mixture looks like very thick, airy frosting.
Step 13: Scoop in the Whipped Topping: Using your spoon, quickly scoop the whipped topping in the center of the cups. Keep spooning this in to your liking. Please Note: You will need to work relatively fast because melt and pour whipped topping sets up very quickly.
Step 14: Decorating: Next, quickly take 1 vanilla wafer and stick it in the center of the whipped topping. Repeat with remaining 3 cups.
Step 15: Finally, take 5 banana slices and place them around the center vanilla wafer. Repeat with remaining 3 cups.
Please Note: Old Fashion Banana Pudding Fragrance Oil does have a vanillin content of 4%. Fragrance oils that contain vanillin will discolor over time. If you prefer not to add fragrance oil to the whipped topping portion of your pie, you do have the option of leaving it unscented. Also, if you think that the banana slices are too thick, you may also cut them in half before placing them in your banana pudding soap cups.
Your Old Fashion Banana Pudding Soap Cup is now ready to use. Enjoy!


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Manuel Cortes to call for solidarity to beat the Tories at Labour Rally in Glasgow
TSSA General Secretary Manuel Cortes will hit the election campaign trail in Scotland this weekend where he will implore former Labour voters to help their trades union colleagues south of the border defeat Tory Britain on Thursday.
Cortes, an ardent campaigner to remain in the European Union recognises that many potential Scottish Labour voters have been disappointed that Labour was a late comer to a popular vote on any European deal with Remain as an option.
Cortes will be speaking with Shadow Chancellor John McDonald at a rally in Glasgow on Saturday and campaigning with Westminster Labour candidates in Glasgow, Midlothian, and Linlithgow and Falkirk this weekend.
The audience in Glasgow is expected to hear him say, "This Westminster general election has become bigger than Brexit. It is a chance, a once in a generation chance, for all of us across the four corners of Britain to come together to defeat the Tories at Westminster and usher in a new deal for working people"
"To get the funding Holyrood needs to reboot our Health Service in Scotland, properly fund our kids schools and the quality public services in Scotland we all deserve, we need to elect a Labour Government. A hung parliament which can't pass legislation is of little use to the children in Scotland who do not have enough teachers, the hospital patient that has no nurse or the Highlands surgery that has no GP and absolutely useless, for those having to use food banks.
"There are many SNP MPs and voters who say that if they lived South of the border they would be in the Labour Party, or they would be voting Labour. I get that you have a choice in Scotland. But as the General Secretary of a transport union, I'd like to ask you to think of this Westminster election as a more like a public transport journey than a wedding proposal. You are not choosing "the one" with your vote on Thursday.
"You are choosing a party that gets you to the nearest destination to where you want to go. Labour is the only party in Westminster capable of delivering a new deal for working people across every community in Britain. Forget arguments for now about Brexit. This Thursday make it a referendum on Tory Britain and soon an incoming Labour government will give you the final say over Brexit.
Vote with some good old fashioned Scottish solidarity with your sisters and brothers south of the border and in Wales too. Scotland has a proud history of solidarity with working class people of other nations as we saw in the recent film Nae Pasaran. This Thursday vote with that spirit, show solidarity with working people across the four corners of Britain, help put in place a Labour government that will govern for the many - not the few."
Cortes will speak at Labour's Rally for Real Change with John McDonnell at Strathclyde University, Technology and Innovation Centre, 99 George Street, Glasgow, G1 1RD. Arrival is 4.30pm for 5pm start.
Note to desks Check speech against delivery.


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Q: RadWindow: Opening windows from C# Need to open a webpage in a radWindow from a button click event. Attempted to do this from client side but, it appears and then immediately disappears. I Think the button click is causing a postback to the server... Therefore, I'm currently attempting to solve this issue with server side code (C#) posted below.
Problem: Need to open rad windows without adding them to the window collection or remove them from the window collection on close. They aren't being removed from the window collection on closing of the rad window. This results in the same window opening for the number of times the new button is pressed. First click opens one window, the second time the new button is clicked two windows open, etc... Any ideas?
C# - Multiple pages opening
    RadWindow newWindow = new RadWindow();
    newWindow.NavigateUrl = "WebPage.aspx";
    newWindow.Top = Unit.Pixel(22);
    newWindow.VisibleOnPageLoad = true;
    newWindow.Modal = true;
    newWindow.Left = Unit.Pixel(0);
    newWindow.Height = 530;
    newWindow.Width = 1000;
    winMgr.Windows.Add(newWindow);

JavaScript - Post Back issue? Page opens and immediately disappears.
    var oManager = '<%=winMgr.ClientID %>';
    var oManager = window.radopen("WebPage.aspx", null);
    oManager.setSize(1000, 530); //Width, Height
    oManager.center();
    oManager.SetActive();

Thanks for your help!

A: As per Alison's solution, rad window is getting displayed on button click; but is disappearing again immediately. I tried using the code below. It is working fine in my case.
<script type="text/javascript">
    function openRadWin()
    {
        radopen("http://www.google.com", "RadWindow1");
    }
</script>
<asp:Button ID="Button1" Text="Show Window" runat="server" OnClientClick="openRadWin();"  />

Hope, it will be useful for someone.

A: You need to return false after clicking your button.
Try setting your button/JavaScript to something similar to the following:
Button (aspx)
<asp:Button ID="btnDoSomething" runat="server" Text="Do Something" OnClientClick="return myFunction();" />

JavaScript
function myFunction() {
    var oManager = window.radopen("WebPage.aspx", null);
    oManager.setSize(1000, 530); //Width, Height
    oManager.center();
    oManager.SetActive();
    return false;
}

A: First - the basics :)
Do you want to open the RadWindow on the client (via JavaScript) or on the server?
Case 1 - on the client: Alison is right - if you want to open the RadWindow on the client (and there is no server-side event hooked to that postback element), you need to cancel the postback. This is done either by using
OnClientClick="return myFunction();" and "return false;" at the end of the function itself (like Alison suggested), or:
OnClientClick="myFynction(); return false;"
When the client click is cancelled, there should be no postback.
Case 2 - on the server: RadWindow is shown from the server by setting VisibleOnPageLoad to true. Note that the RadWindow / RadWindowManager however, keeps their state across postbacks, that includes all server-side properties, including VisibleOnPageLoad. This being said, if you want to show RadWindow only once, you need to also set EnableViewState=false for the RadWindowManager that you are using.


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Ronald Hoffman
Ronald Hoffman, R.I.P.
September 7, 2018 / johnfea
I did not know Ron Hoffman well. He was the Director of the Omohundro Institute of Early American History & Culture at William & Mary when I was coming of age as an early American historian.
I first met Ron in March 1998 on the campus of James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia. I was a graduate student presenting a paper on Philip Vickers Fithian at the Shenandoah Valley Regional Studies Seminar. Ron was present at the seminar. He gave me some great feedback on my paper during the conversation. Later I learned he drove nearly three hours from Williamsburg to attend the session. From this point forward, he took an interest in my Fithian project and always seemed to go out of his way to say hello (and get an update on my progress) at conferences. I always appreciated Ron's willingness to encourage a graduate student (who did not attend William & Mary) in this way.
Here is the Omohundro Institute obituary for Ronald Hoffman:
The OI is very sad to share the news that Ronald Hoffman, who retired as Director of the Omohundro Institute of Early American History & Culture and Professor of History at William & Mary in 2013, passed away on September 4th.
He is survived by his partner, Sally Mason; his daughter and son-in-law, Maia Hoffman and Avi Melamed; his son and daughter-in-law, Barak Hoffman and Dora Lemus; and his sister, Joanne Giza.
A distinguished scholar of the American Revolution, author or editor of dozens of books, and the editor of the Papers of Charles Carroll of Carrollton, the only Roman Catholic signer of the Declaration of Independence and the last of the signers to die, Dr. Hoffman was the seventh, and longest serving, Director of the Omohundro Institute.
Born in Baltimore, Dr. Hoffman graduated from Baltimore City College in 1959. His high school career included playing the position of lineman on the football team, which, depending on who is recounting the story, won a fierce contest against a local private school team quarterbacked by a later professional colleague, Professor Peter H. Wood. Following his graduation from City, Ron joined the United States Navy, and served as a Sea Duty Helmsman aboard the USS Newport News, an experience that remained a source of pride to him throughout his life. When his enlistment ended in 1961, he enrolled in Baltimore Junior College and upon finishing his course of study there, completed his undergraduate degree in 1964, at the George Peabody College (now part of Vanderbilt University). At the urging of a mentor at Peabody, Dr. Hoffman entered graduate school at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, where he was a member of the seminar directed by the renowned historian Merrill Jensen. He earned his Ph.D. from Wisconsin in 1969 and joined the history department at the University of Maryland, College Park, where he was, during his tenure (1969-1992), Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, then Professor of History. Johns Hopkins University Press published his first book, A Spirit of Dissension: Economics, Politics, and the Revolution in Maryland, in 1973. Dr. Hoffman also co-authored a textbook, The Pursuit of Liberty: A History of the American People, with R. Jackson Wilson, James Gilbert, Stephen Nissenbaum, Donald Scott, and Carville V. Earle (Alfred A. Knopf, 1983), and contributed essays and articles to scholarly journals and edited collections.
Beginning in 1978, Dr. Hoffman, at the request of the United States Capitol Historical Society's founding president, Iowa Congressman Fred Schwengel, convened a series of historical conferences focused on the American Revolutionary and Confederation periods through the creation and ratification of the Constitution and the early years of the new Republic. These meetings produced a remarkable fifteen volumes of essays, edited by Dr. Hoffman, his colleague and collaborator Dr. Peter J. Albert, as well as a number of other scholars as co-editors and published by the University Press of Virginia. Among these is Slavery and Freedom in the Age of the American Revolution, edited by Dr. Hoffman and his longtime friend, fellow University of Wisconsin alumnus, and College Park colleague, the late Dr. Ira Berlin.
Throughout his academic career, Dr. Hoffman served as editor and project director of the Charles Carroll of Carrollton Papers. In 2001 he published, with co-editors Sally D. Mason and Eleanor S. Darcy, the first three of a projected seven volumes. Entitled Dear Papa, Dear Charley: The Peregrinations of a Revolutionary Aristocrat, as Told by Charles Carroll of Carrollton and His Father, Charles Carroll of Annapolis, with Sundry Observations on Bastardy, Child-Rearing, Romance, Matrimony, Commerce, Tobacco, Slavery, and the Politics of Revolutionary America, the books won the Maryland Historical Society Book Prize and the J. Franklin Jameson award from the American Historical Association for outstanding editing of historical sources. The previous year he published, in collaboration with Sally D. Mason, a scholarly analysis of the Carroll story entitled Princes of Ireland, Planters of Maryland: A Carroll Saga, 1500-1782. In 2001, the monograph won the Southern Historical Association's Frank L. and Harriet C. Owlsey Prize and the Library of Virginia's Literary Award for Non-Fiction, and in 2002, the Maryland Historical Society Book Prize. Dr. Hoffman, Dr. Mary C. Jeske, and Ms. Mason were at work on the final four volumes of the Carroll Papers at the time of his death. These volumes will be published by the Maryland Historical Society in 2019.
On his retirement, Dr. Hoffman remembered that leading the Institute had felt to him like "assuming a sacred trust." The Institute, founded in 1943 and sponsored by William & Mary, publishes the flagship journal in the field, The William and Mary Quarterly, has a book program co-publishing with the University of North Carolina Press, awards fellowships to scholars, and convenes meetings and conferences. Appointed director in 1992, Dr. Hoffman guided the organization through significant changes that helped to advance the field of early American history. Investing extraordinary energy in developing innovative scholarly programs and publications, he inaugurated an annual convening of early Americanists aimed especially at supporting the work of scholars who were just entering the profession. Among the dozens of national and international forums he organized were a series of conferences designed to foster historical scholarship on slavery. These began in 1998, with a meeting to introduce the publication of the W. E. B. Dubois Institute Dataset of Slaving Voyages and included a conference held in Ghana in 2007 to mark the 200th anniversary of British efforts to end the transatlantic slave trade. He played an instrumental role in the intellectual lives and professional development of dozens of leading early American scholars, many of whom held fellowships at the Institute during his tenure. He also shepherded the Institute's naming gift from Malvern H. and Elizabeth Omohundro.
At Maryland and at William & Mary, Dr. Hoffman was a mentor and advisor to scores of graduate students. His undergraduate and graduate courses on the American Revolution were justly famous among William & Mary students for the depth and breadth of reading he required. He was honored with the Pullen Chair in History at William & Mary from 2004-09. He also served on a number of academic advisory groups and editorial boards.
Dr. Hoffman will be buried at Moshav Sde Nitzan in Israel, long a dream of his. He will be deeply missed by his family, friends, and colleagues, all of whom remember him with abiding affection and gratitude.
On November 6, the Omohundro Institute will host a celebration of Dr. Hoffman's life from 5:00-7:00 p.m. in the Great Hall of the Sir Christopher Wren Building at William & Mary.
Memorial gifts may be directed to the Omohundro Institute, which sponsors the Ronald Hoffman Postdoctoral Fellowship in his honor. Omohundro Institute, PO Box 8781, Williamsburg, VA, 23187-8781, or contact Shawn Holl at saholl@wm.edu.


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This guide is intended for Horde players only. There is a similar guide for Alliance players as well.
This method will skilll cooking and fishing together at the same time. There are many different was to do this; this is only one way to do it. This guide is designed to keep travel-time at a minimum and to not waste time, by not relying on rare recipes, or recipes obtained from quests and avoids using fishes that can only be caught at specific times of the day. It does not require any faction reputation.
Most of the dishes you create can't be sold at the auction house. Both fishing and cooking skills level up in a partialy random way, so there's not an exact amount of fishes required to skill both cooking and fishing for each stage. You may experience that fishing will skill slower than cooking.
Using this method assumes that you are max-level on the character you are skilling.
Get yourself a good Fishing Pole, and a fishing lure, the highest you can use. Once you've got this, head over to Mulgore.
Travel to Bloodhoof Village in Mulgore.
Train Apprentice Cooking from Pyall Silentstride the cook in the large trainers' tent.
From Harn Longcast, a Fishing Supplier, on the northern side of Bloodhoof Village, buy Recipe: Brilliant Smallfish and Recipe: Longjaw Mud Snapper. Learn the first recipe. Shiny Baubles and Fishing Poles are also for sale here.
Train Apprentice Fishing from Uthan Stillwater by Stonebull Lake, on the west side of the village.
Fish from Stonebull Lake until your fishing skill reaches 75. You should catch about 45 Raw Brilliant Smallfish and 30 Raw Longjaw Mud Snapper. Almost every catch will gain a point of fishing skill. Do not start cooking yet!
Train Journeyman Fishing from Uthan Stillwater.
At the very end of this guide, you will need +100 lures to fish effectively. Look out for Aquadynamic Fish Attractor when talking to fishing suppliers: They often sell a couple each, but never sell whole stacks. Alternatively, watch for +100 Sharpened Fish Hooks at the auction house.
Fish in the pond near Thunder Bluff's auction house and bank, until your skill reaches 130. Alternatively, fish in the Spirit Rise. You should catch about 15 Raw Brilliant Smallfish, 65 Raw Longjaw Mud Snapper, and 30 Raw Bristle Whisker Catfish.
Run up to the highest of the 3 tiers in the central part of Thunder Bluff. Close to the exit from the flightmasters' tower, you will find the Mistrunners. From Naal Mistrunner,a Cooking Supplier, buy Recipe: Bristle Whisker Catfish (you cannot learn it yet).
Cook all your Raw Brilliant Smallfish. This should take your cooking skill to about 55. If you do not reach 50, fish in the pond a little longer.
Train Journeyman Cooking from Aska Mistrunner, a Cooking Trainer.
Learn the Longjaw Mud Snapper recipe, and cook all you have. Your cooking skill will rise to about 115. Learn the Bristle Whisker Catfish recipe, and cook all you have. Your cooking should be between 125 and 150. If you do not reach 100 cooking with Longjaw Mud Snapper, skip this step for now. You will catch more Raw Longjaw Mud Snapper later.
Old Man Heming, a Fishing Supplieer, is found in "The Happy Bobber", a shop in the center of Booty Bay, almost at water-level. Buy Expert Fishing - The Bass and You. If your fishing skill is above 125, read the book, otherwise wait till later.
Find Kelsey Yance, a Cook, in The Old Port Authority building, on the northern side of Booty Bay. Buy Recipe: Mithril Head Trout and Recipe: Filet of Redgill. You will not be able to learn either yet. Many of Kelsey's other recipes will be useful if you plan a career as an angler, but are not essential for leveling.
No fishing here! Take the boat back to Ratchet in The Barrens.
Set your hearthstone in Ratchet. Fly from Ratchet to Sun Rock Retreat in Stonetalon Mountains.
Fish in the open water in Sun Rock Retreat until your fishing skill reaches 205. You will catch about 95 Raw Longjaw Mud Snapper, and 145 Raw Bristle Whisker Catfish.
Fly to Shadowprey Village in Desolace.
Buy Expert Cookbook from Wulan, a Cooking Supplier. Wulan is at the top of the tall building on the north-east side of the village. If your cooking skill is high enough, read the book now. If not, learn Expert Cooking later.
Only cook the Longjaw Mud Snapper if your cooking skill is still below 100.
Cook all the Bristle Whisker Catfish you have. Your cooking skill will hopefully rise close to 175. Skill-ups will come very slowly close to 175. Don't worry if you don't quite make it - there are plenty of Raw Bristle Whisker Catfish in the next zone on the tour.
Buy 20 Alterac Swiss from Innkeeper Sikewa. This is required for the upcoming Artisan cooking quest.
From Mai'Lahii, a Fishing Supplier on the pier, buy at least 10 Shiny Baubles (you will need them later in Feralas).
Use your hearthstone to return to Ratchet.
Fly to Mudsprocket in Dustwallow Marsh. You may need to fly to Brackenwall Village and ride south. Set your hearthstone in Mudsprocket.
Find fishable inland open water to the north or east of Mudsprocket. Fish here until your skill reaches 225.
Swim to Nat Pagle, and complete the Artisan Fishing Quest. This requires 4 quest-only fish to be caught from different locations.
While completing the Artisan Fishing Quest, gather 10 Zesty Clam Meat for the upcoming Artisan Cooking quest. Zesty Clam Meat is always found within a Big-mouth Clam. These can be caught, but killing monsters is far quicker. One option is to kill Young Murk Thresher, Murk Threshers or Elder Murk Threshers found in the sea around the coast of Dustwallow Marsh. However, these creatures can be rather hard to find. Naga Explorer found on the coast north-west of Booty Bay in Stranglethorn Vale can be killed while completing the Artisan Fishing Quest. These are less likely to carry Big-mouth Clam, but are a lot easier to find. Alternatively, wait until Tanaris, then kill Steeljaw Snappers near Steamwheedle Port.
Return to near Mudsprocket, and keep fishing inland open water until your skill reaches 255. Overall, you will gain about 90 Raw Bristle Whisker Catfish and 140 Raw Mithril Head Trout while fishing in Dustwallow Marsh.
Cook Bristle Whisker Catfish until cooking skill 175, then learn the recipe and cook Mithril Head Trout until cooking skill 225. Stop cooking at 225 and keep any remaining Raw Mithril Head Trout.
Fly to Gadgetzan in Tanaris.
Accept the quest "Clamlette Surprise" from Dirge Quikcleave in the inn. You still need 12 Giant Eggs, which you can gain from killing Roc, Fire Roc or Searing Roc in the deserts of Tanaris. Look along the line of huge bones that runs south-west from Gadgetzan. If Rocs are hard to find, consider traveling north to Felwood and killing Ironbeaks. Owlbeasts in Winterspring are an option. None of the drops required are quest items, so you might find them at the auction house. Return to Dirge Quikcleave to learn Artisan Cooking.
Cook the remaining Mithril Head Trout until the recipe turns grey.
Travel east from Gadgetzan to Steamwheedle Port. From Gikkix, purchase Recipe: Poached Sunscale Salmon and Recipe: Nightfin Soup. You may not be able to learn them yet, but you can learn the Recipe: Filet of Redgill you've been carrying since Booty Bay. Gikkix's other recipes may be useful, but are not required for this guide.
Fly to Camp Mojache in Feralas.
From Sheendra Tallgrass, a Trade Supplier, buy Recipe: Lobster Stew and Recipe: Mightfish Steak. You will not be able to learn these recipes yet!
Drop down into the lake on the southern side of Camp Mojache. Fish until your skill reaches 300. Use +25 Shiny Baubles until fishing skill 275, to stop fish getting away. You will catch a small number of Raw Mithril Head Trout, about 100 Raw Redgill, plus around 90 Raw Nightfin Snapper and Raw Sunscale Salmon combined: The balance between these fish varies by time of day. You will catch some other fish too, which are not required for leveling.
Cook the Redgill, taking your cooking skill to about 260. Finally learn their recipes and cook Nightfin Snapper and Sunscale Salmon, raising cooking skill to about 280. Your cooking skill must reach 275.
Obtain a stack of Bright Baubles, then make your way to Azshara.
Ride and swim to the Bay of Storms area (center of the bay in Azshara). Location is very important. You need to be fishing costal open water that is called "Bay of Storms", "Hetaera's Clutch" or "Scalebeard's Cave". The bobber needs to land in that water with one of those names. Fish this open water until your fishing skill reaches 300. Among other fish, you will catch about Darkclaw Lobster and some Large Raw Mightfish.
Cook these with the recipes you bought earlier until you reach 300 skill in cooking.


We are a bilingual Church working in unity to provide the opportunity for spiritual growth by offer the Sacraments of the Church, and by family and community-centered worship. Our Lady of Guadalupe Church will be a community of Christ-centered stewards for evangelization.
We're looking for a Facilities Assistant (FA) that will be responsible for helping to maintain and clean parish facilities, set-up for parish events, and perform minor maintenance tasks as needed. This position reports directly to the Parish Business Administrator and operates with minimal latitude for the use of independent judgment and initiative. For more information, view our posting here.


Close Reading promotes careful analysis of text while building the 21st century skills of critical thinking, collaboration, and communication. With the Close Read Passages, students are guided through repeated readings of a single passage using strategic discussion and questioning at four layers of depth, from surface level to a deeper understanding of the text.
Close Read Passages help students practice close reading skills through multiple readings of the text. The accompanying Close Read Question Guides offer scaffolded questions to help you guide students in using close reading skills to find layers of meaning in a text. Some passages are also connected to Leveled Books at a similar reading level, enabling you to create cross-textual connections.
Encourage student practice using two- to four-page grade-appropriate passages engaging topics.
Print, project, or assign passages digitally for whole-class, small-group, or individual instruction.
Differentiate instruction using multilevel passages. The three levels are indicated by dots on the passage: one dot (•) for the lowest level; two dots (••) for the middle level; three dots (•••) for the highest level.
The guide also includes optional questions, an answer key, details about the passage text, and information about cross-textual connections for passages connected to Leveled Books.


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IRGC rejects US claim of Iran attempt to seize UK tanker in Persian Gulf
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File Photo IRGC rejects US claim of Iran attempt to seize UK tanker in Persian Gulf
Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has dismissed a claim by US officials that its naval forces tried to stop a British tanker in the Persian Gulf.
Early on Thursday, two American officials, who were speaking to Reuters on the condition of anonymity, claimed that five boats believed to belong to the IRGC had approached the tanker British Heritage at the northern entrance of the Strait of Hormuz and ordered it to stop.
The Iranian boats dispersed, said one of the sources, after the UK's Royal Navy frigate HMS Montrose, which had been escorting the tanker, "pointed its guns at the boats and warned them over radio."
The other official also called the alleged incident an act of "harassment and an attempt to interfere with the passage."
However, the IRGC rejected the US officials' claim, stressing that Iranian boats were carrying out their normal duties.
"Patrols by the IRGC's Navy vessels have been underway in the Persian Gulf based on current procedures and missions assigned to them with vigilance, precision and strength," said the Public Relations Department of the IRGC Navy's Fifth Naval Zone in a statement.
"In the past 24 hours, there has been no encounter with foreign ships, including British ones," it added.
The statement further noted that the IRGC Navy's fifth zone has the power to act "decisively and swiftly" and seize foreign vessels in the area it is tasked with patrolling if an order is issued to that effect.
Similarly, Britain claimed Thursday that three Iranian vessels had tried to block the passage of its tanker but backed off.
"HMS Montrose was forced to position herself between the Iranian vessels and British Heritage and issue verbal warnings to the Iranian vessels, which then turned away," a British government representative said.
Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif also reacted to the allegations, saying they are merely meant to create tensions.
Those who make such claims attempt to "cover up their weak point," he added. "Apparently the British tanker has passed. What they have said themselves and the claims that have been made are for creating tension and these claims have no value."
The claims came two weeks after British marines illegally seized an Iranian oil tanker in the Strait of Gibraltar under the pretext that the vessel had been suspected of carrying crude to Syria in violation of EU sanctions against the Arab country.
Reports, however, said the seizure took place at the request of the US.
The Islamic Republic condemned the illegal seizure as "maritime piracy" and summoned the British ambassador on three occasions to convey its protest at the confiscation.
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Ivo Daalder, former U.S. ambassador to the NATO, during an event in McCormick Auditorium on Friday. Daalder discussed NATO's return to its original mission of dealing with the threat of Russia.
Ivo Daalder, former U.S. ambassador to NATO, discussed U.S. foreign affairs and said NATO is returning to its original mission of deterring the Russians during an event Friday.
"The fundamental raison d'être, the NATO 1.0 reason for NATO existing, is back with a vengeance," Daalder said.
Daalder, who served as ambassador during former President Barack Obama's first term, spoke to an audience of more than 70 people in McCormick Auditorium about the threat of Russia and the current events surrounding global politics. The conversation, co-hosted by the International Student Association and Political Union, was moderated by international studies and political science Prof. Hendrik Spruyt.
Political Union co-president Max Rowe told The Daily his organization invited Daalder because of his leadership experience and proximity to campus. As president of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Daalder leads the organization in forming relationships between global cities.
"We wanted to provide (students) the opportunity engage with people who are at the highest level of political thought and ask them their questions," the Weinberg junior told The Daily.
Daalder said Russia's 2014 "invasion" of Crimea mandated a return to NATO's original mission from the Cold War era. The action sent "shockwaves" through NATO's leadership, causing it to shift focus away from operations at the time in Turkey and Afghanistan, he said.
"The new rationale for NATO is its original rationale, which is to reassure allies and deter the Russians," he said.
Daalder said countries threatened by Russia should increase defense spending for their security rather than because of accusations from President Donald Trump saying they are not paying their "fair share" of funds to the alliance.
Currently, member nations are required to contribute a portion of their gross national income to the NATO budget based on a cost-share formula, Daalder said. These countries also agreed to spend at least 2 percent of their gross domestic product on their own defense budgets by 2024, he said.
During his time as ambassador, Daalder said he encouraged European countries to increase defense spending to secure strong allies. He said though countries have fallen short of the 2 percent target, they reaffirmed their commitment to achieving that goal during the 2014 Wales Summit of NATO members.
In addition to strengthening alliances to deter Russia, Daalder also discussed how the "impacts of globalization have been distributed unequally," causing a "realignment" in global politics. Because leftist parties weren't able to help those negatively affected by globalization, new populist political movements have emerged, he said, which resulted in instances such as Brexit and Trump winning the U.S. presidential election.
McCormick senior Jonathan Hoffman told The Daily he attended the event because the issues discussed were universal.


On our way home from Duluth, MN, we stopped at the railway museum in Cowan, Tennessee.
West end of the NC&StL depot at Cowan which now serves as a railway museum.
Number 1 at the Museum.
Closeup of one of the two NC&StL speeders at Cowan.
Both of the NC&StL speeders parked at Cowan, ready for action.
East end of the NC&StL depot at Cowan.
Latest addition to the roster is this GE 44-ton switcher, # 100. The plan is to restore her to her original NC&StL appearance and to Operating Condition!!
The loco has been loaned to the Cowan Railway Museum by Stuart and Michael Hale, and was moved on-site on June 7, 2007.
According to Michael Hale, # 100 is the first of four the NC&StL Railway bought new in 1950. Only two survive today, 100 and 101. The only other surviving NC 44 tonner is # 101 which is now # 1950 of the Loweville and Beaver River RR.
The bay-window caboose on display at the museum.
Created on June 14, 2007.


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STAMFORD, Conn. – September 4, 2018 – NBC Sports continues coverage of the 2018 AVP Pro Beach Volleyball Tour tomorrow, Wednesday, September 5, at 7 p.m. ET on NBCSN from Chicago, Ill.
The nation's best beach volleyball teams continue the 2018 AVP Tour with a stop in Chicago along the shores of Lake Michigan for the final Gold Series event of the season, where athletes battle for more money, more points and a chance to qualify for the new AVP Hawaii Invitational taking place next week. Two-time Olympic medalist April Ross and her partner Alix Klineman, along with Sara Hughes and Summer Ross, are expected to headline the women's field. Rio Olympic teammates Phil Dalhausser, who won gold in Beijing in 2008, and Nick Lucena highlight the men's competition.


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Go Ask Alice - Part 5 Summary & Analysis
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This Study Guide consists of approximately 52 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Go Ask Alice.
Part 5 Summary
The happiness and strength the narrator feels on Christmas Day continue through New Years, as she continues to feel welcome in her family. But when she and Chris go back to school, it's not long before they're both asked by other students to get them drugs. One of them, Lane, physically assaults the narrator and leaves bruises on her arm. Eventually, both the narrator and Chris get back into "the scene," first with marijuana and then, with the help of Lane (who turns out to be a dealer), into speed, uppers, and all the other drugs they were using before. In defiant language, the narrator asserts in her diary that she's happy about being back on drugs, saying she's never experienced any joy like it. That joy dissipates when Lane is arrested, Chris's home is raided by police, and all three young people...
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JOURNEY management solution MiX SafeDrive, recently launched by MiX Telematics, is another service securing the companies place in the oil and gas sector.
The global provider of fleet and mobile asset management solutions said it is poised to deliver ongoing safety and efficiency benefits to the oil and gas sector.
MiX Telematics Middle East Australasia and Asia managing director Alan Hall told Oil & Gas Australia the company is continuing to grow through its offering of new technologies and hopes to broaden its customer segment focus.
A new add on has been applied to the company's MiX SafeDrive solution – Journey Management, as well as, the recently developed Hours of Service solution and MiX Sat Comms technology.
"The solution is designed for fleet operators seeking an easy and automated way to keep their drivers and cargo safe and secure, while minimising business risk related to journeys," Mr Hall said referring to the journey management solution.
MiX Sat Comms is a technology developed by the company based on a specific customer requirement from the Australian oil and gas sector.
"Trials are underway using our new solution which provides cost effective global satellite communication in all locations, no matter how remote," he said.
MiX Telematics uses a combination of in-vehicle monitoring systems, web-cased services, consultancy that includes reporting and analytics and training to drive safety.
In October last year, Halliburton committed to implementing a MiX Telematics solution in their fleet of more than 15,000 vehicles.
Mr Hall said a key oil and gas customer in the region achieved a 72 per cent sustained improvement in driver behaviour six weeks after implementation of the technology.
Improved driver behaviour as a result of the implementation of the company's solution has led to customers saving on fuel consumption, Mr Hall said.
Mr Hall said for companies with large, multi-location operations, a fleet management solution allows them to see their entire fleet's operation.
Providing the company with the ability to compare and boost performance, identify and resolve operational issues, and standardise processes, Mr Hall said.
Commenting on the oil price slump, Mr Hall said MiX Telematics remains confident in its place in the oil and gas sector, but has looked at ways to enhance and diversify its portfolio and is open to exploring new markets and geographies in the future.


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The Capitol Building, where the Inauguration takes place.
Melanie Battle, Staff Writer
It's almost time everyone. The time where one president is swapped out with a new one. This switch is usually a fairly swift and mostly smooth process, but this year is different. President Barack Obama will be leaving office, much to the dismay of millions of people across the country. Then comes President-Elect Donald Trump. Trump's presidential campaign was a very rocky one, with much opposition from many people. His election caused an uproar of disbelief and disgust from many. This might be the reason why he is having trouble finding big stars to perform at his inauguration.
The inauguration of a president is usually filled with acts from famous celebrities. Big names like Beyoncé and Yo-Yo Ma performed for President Obama. Trump's ceremony is on January 20th, 2017 and the only acts that are booked are: the marching band from Talladega College (a historically black college), the Rockettes, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, and Jackie Evancho (a former "America's Got Talent" contestant). Famous A-list celebrities such as, Celine Dion, George Lopez, KISS and Andrea Bocelli have declined offers to perform at the Inauguration. "No one wants to perform because Trump isn't the best person to be the President of the United States," freshman Nyla Jeanpiere says.
Donald Trump may not have many acts to perform, but he and his team say that they are fine with that. According to CNN, Boris Epshteyn, director of communications for the Inaugural Committee, dismissed the absence of major musicians in an interview on CNN in December. "This is not Woodstock," Epshteyn said. "It's not summer jam. It's not a concert." Donald Trump himself has tweeted in response to the lack of entertainment, "The so-called "A" list celebrities are all wanting tix to the inauguration, but look what they did for Hillary, NOTHING. I want the PEOPLE!"
So why did so many celebrities publicly decline offers to perform and some just outright say they wouldn't perform for Donald Trump? "No one wants to perform because they don't agree with Donald Trump and performing would somehow ruin their reputation," sophomore Francesca Bruce explains. Many people are perplexed as to how he was elected. Most have lost respect for him while others never had any to start with. "I think he does need to earn his respect since he has been controversial during his campaigning, which caused people to lose respect for him. Just because he's going to be president doesn't automatically mean he's going to get everyone's respect," Bruce says. Jeanpiere explains, "He demands respect from the people, but he hasn't done anything to really earn it."
January 20th is just around the corner. The new President of the United States will be sworn into office and a new era of American politics will be ushered in.
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Top 5 Players in Denver Nuggets History
The Denver Nuggets have a history that stretches back to days as an ABA team called the Denver Rockets. Among the best players in Denver Nuggets franchise history are three Hall of Fame members, a four-time Defensive Player of the Year, and a current MVP contender.
Alex English:
One of the best players in Denver Nuggets franchise history is the team's all-time leading scorer, Alex English. English spent the prime of his career in Denver, averaging 25.9 points, 5.6 rebounds, and 4.4 assists in 11 seasons as a Nugget. English made eight straight All-Star games and led the Nuggets to nine straight playoff appearances in the 1980s. He led the league in scoring in the 1982-83 season and finished in the top ten nine straight times. In 1997, Alex English became a member of the Hall of Fame.
David Thompson:
With the team since its ABA days, David Thompson is one of the best players in Denver Nuggets franchise history. Thompson made five All-Star games, one All-ABA team, and two All-NBA teams with averages of 24.1 points, 4.3 rebounds, and 3.4 assists as a Nugget. Thompson was a rookie on the only Nuggets team to ever make it to a championship series, averaging 26.4 points in those playoffs. David Thompson was inducted into the basketball Hall of Fame in 1996.
Dan Issel:
Dan Issel spent ten years as a player and six years as a coach for the Nuggets. The second leading scorer in team history, Issel scored 16,589 points for an average of 20.7 along with 8.3 rebounds per game. Issel made seven All-Star games between the ABA and the NBA, earning spots on All-ABA teams five times. Dan Issel was the first Denver Nugget to be ever be named a member of the Hall of Fame.
Carmelo Anthony:
The team's current leader, Carmelo Anthony is one of the best players in Denver Nuggets franchise history. Since Anthony joined the team, the Nuggets have yet to miss the playoffs. He has made three All-NBA teams and three All-Star teams with career averages of 24.7 points, 6.2 rebounds, and 3.1 assists per game. His career scoring average is fifth highest among active players.
Dikembe Mutombo:
One of the greatest shot blockers in NBA history, Dikembe Mutombo spent his first five seasons in a Denver Nuggets uniform. Mutombo averaged 12.9 points and 12.3 rebounds with the Nuggets, but his work on the defensive end of the floor was the focus of his career. Mutombo led the league in blocks three times with Denver, averaging 3.8 blocks per game in Denver. He was named Defensive Player of the Year four times and made three All-NBA teams, six All-Defensive teams, and eight All-Star teams.
Other top players in Denver Nuggets franchise history include Fat Lever, Ralph Simpson, Antonio McDyess, Kiki Vandeweghe, Chauncey Billups, Larry Jones, Marcus Camby, LaPhonso Ellis, Calvin Natt, Nick Van Exel, Spencer Haywood, and Allen Iverson.
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Stranger Things: Soundtrack From The Netflix Series, Season 4 - 2022 Soundtrack - Red Vinyl - Sealed 2LP
Stranger Things: Soundtrack From The Netflix Series, Season 4
Label: Legacy – 19658700101, Netflix – 19658700101, Sony Music – 19658700101
2 x Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Limited Edition, Red Translucent
The mix name of track C1 is written as "The Gold Mix", but it is "The Gold Mix - Rough."
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Country: Europe
Released: Nov 4, 2022
Genre: Electronic, Jazz, Rock, Reggae, Funk / Soul, Pop, Stage & Screen
Style: Soundtrack, Synth-pop, Alternative Rock, Italo-Disco, Surf, Rock & Roll, Hard Rock, Speed Metal
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A2 The Beach Boys – California Dreamin' 3:21
A3 Talking Heads – Psycho Killer 4:18
A4 Kate Bush – Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) 4:58
A5 Dead Or Alive – You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) 3:14
A6 Mae Arnette – Chica Mejicanita 2:27
B1 Extreme – Play With Me 3:27
B2 Kiss – Detroit Rock City (Single Version) 3:35
B3 The Cramps – I Was A Teenage Werewolf 3:03
B4 Musical Youth – Pass The Dutchie 3:22
B5 The Surfaris – Wipeout 2:14
B6 Starpoint – Object Of My Desire (Single Version) 3:54
C1 Falco – Rock Me Amadeus (The Gold Mix - Rough) 3:46
C2 Ricky Nelson – Travelin' Man 2:20
C3 Baltimora – Tarzan Boy 3:49
C4 Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong – Dream A Little Dream Of Me 3:06
C5 Rick Derringer – Rock And Roll, Hoochie Koo (Single Version) 2:53
C6 James Taylor – Fire And Rain 3:22
D1 Siouxsie & The Banshees – Spellbound 3:15
D2 Metallica – Master Of Puppets 8:34
D3 Moby – When It's Cold I'd Like To Die
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D4 Journey– Separate Ways (Worlds Apart) (Steve Perry & Bryce Miller Extended Remix) Remix – Bryce Miller, Steve Perry 3:17
"A killer soundtrack ... But most people haven't thought about Bush's confident, ethereal vocals since the 1980s. Not Stranger Things. Bush's desperate lyrics come to be an anthem, not only for Max but for all of the kids and teenagers this season as they attempt to unravel the mystery of the Vecna. The song has gained so much attention due to the show, it's even inspired its own TikTok trend.
Kate Bush's hit is the perfect Stranger Things song: unexpected, emotional, upbeat, and yet comfortingly familiar. In many ways, those adjectives are exactly why Stranger Things has been such a huge hit for so long."
Stranger Things: Soundtrack From the Netflix Series, Season 4, Volume I boasts a mix of '80s staples (see: "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" and "Pass the Dutchie") and classics from Joyce Byers' childhood (see: "California Dreamin'").
The soundtrack travels back in time as far as 1950 with "Dream a Little Dream of Me" and hints of '60s and '70s tunes throughout – are the Russians holding Hopper captive just massive Ricky Nelson fans? Is Steve going through a bout of musical nostalgia? Or maybe the kids were inspired by their Back to the Future viewing in season 3 to build a time machine. Either way, the soundtrack is transporting us out of the 2020s, and for that we are thankful.' EW


I have 4 cats (Yes we've established it's a lot and it's not crazy if I acknowledge it) and as you can imagine they can create a lot of mess and with a toddler playing on the floor the last thing I want to be questioning is "Is that chocolate or not?" because then I've got to get down and sniff and if it's not then it's DEFINITELY ruining my day.
It can take a lot of commitment and patience to enable them to do this and therefore starting in the warmer weather is better so you don't feel bad about shutting them out and they don't become unwell from the unusual amount of outdoors they are getting.
All cats are different so some will refuse to go to the toilet anywhere except the tray and that's fine (they won't all do it) but perhaps your kitty can be persuaded? So here are some of the ways we transitioned our cats to go outside instead of using litter trays.
A feeding schedule – if you're a "leave biscuits down all the time" type of person then for now I would regulate meal times – regulated in = regulated out (if you get my drift) it's easier to know when they are likely to go if they are only eating at set times a day.
Shortly after eating put them outside – I'd say between 15-30 mins after then shut them outside (you'll learn quickly how soon after eating they need to go and this is the time to strike!).
Take Up the trays – during the daytime take up the trays and leave a window/door/cat flap open so that it is able to access the outside. If your cat starts searching for the trays or standing in the spot where it used to be then show them the outside.
Put the litter trays outside – start by close to the door and gradually move them further away from the house.
Don't try going through the night too soon – the biggest mistake we made was assuming they would be fine overnight because they were fine during the day, not realizing how often then went outside during the day. So if you are able leave a window or cat flap open at night and try the other techniques.
Take the plunge – if you are confident your cat seems happy and calm to not use the litter trays indoors then take them up for good – you won't know for sure until you try. If it doesn't work out put them back with a really small bit of litter and try fading them out again.
It can be a lengthy process but rewarding for your cat, house and yourself! Also it's a great way to save a little money on something you don't really need.
Do you still have litter trays and planning to get rid of them? how have you done it? I would love to hear your tips in the comments!


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Would-be tenants to get a glimpse of the farm which saw more than 100 enquiries an hour
The National Trust is offering the tenancy to a farmer who will help protect its rare and fragile landscape on on the Great Orme
Rachael Misstear
The first of hundreds of potential applicants for the chance to run a £1m farm in Llandudno for a tenancy of just £1 a year will get a first look at the farm on Wednesday.
The National Trust 's announcement that Parc Farm on the Great Orme would be let for less than the cost of two second-class stamps sparked international interest and thousands of enquiries from potential applicants received from across the globe.
But the National Trust said it will only be offering the tenancy to a "a very special person" - a farmer who will help protect its rare and fragile landscape.
The National Trust is offering the tenancy of a £1 million farm for just £1 a year to a farmer who will help protect it
The move aimed to protect the habitats of unique and rare plants and animals and save fragile grasslands from being turned into a golf course.
Read more: National Trust snaps up stretch of Great Orme for £1m
William Greenwood, National Trust general manager, said: "The volume of interest has been incredible. People clearly want to give nature a helping hand and ensure this special place is healthy, beautiful, rich in wildlife and culture and is enjoyed for ever for everyone.
Official viewing
"It seems to have really caught the public's imagination, and we're really looking forward to welcoming some of those potential applicants to Parc Farm for the official viewing day, to give them a taste of just what that one pound buys."
National Trust of a view of Great Orme
Soon after the announcement last Wednesday the National Trust switchboards were jammed by wannabe shepherds and staff in the charity's offices in Wales were dealing with more than 100 enquiries an hour.
William said: "On the day of the announcement we had TV and radio crews broadcasting at the Great Orme from 6am until 9.30pm and since then it's been picked up by media in Tokyo, Boston, Canada and Brazil."
Thousands of calls: National Trust is inundated with calls after they offer £1 million farm for just a pound a year
The viewing day is restricted to potential applicants only, and it will only be possible to access the site by displaying the Lettings Particulars Pack. However, if people would like to join the viewing day, but have not sent off for their Lettings Particulars Pack some copies will be available at the site for a £15 fee.
The National Trust bought land on Great Orme last year
Ten-year vision
The £1 tenancy follows on from the announcement of the conservation charity's new ten-year vision aimed at reversing an alarming decline in wildlife – 60 per cent in the past 50 years – and finding long-term solutions to help nurse the countryside to better health and deliver nature at its best for all to enjoy and appreciate.
In buying Parc Farm at the Orme's summit, and the associated grazing rights over the majority of the headland, the National Trust has taken on the means to ensure the survival of its internationally rare habitats and species; some of which exist nowhere else on earth.
William added: "We're looking for a very special person to take on the tenancy, someone who puts nature first, has excellent shepherding skills and can share how they look after the landscape with the Great Orme's many hundreds of thousands of visitors.
"And while it may be called Parc Farm this tenancy is no walk in the park, it will involve long hours, and a lot of hard work in a landscape which is exceptionally exposed to extreme weather."
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Q: Organizing CSS files with many breakpoints and many templates I'm beginning CSS, HTML, and Sass, and while I understand the basics, I'd like to start getting into best practices.  I'm building a responsive portfolio website (using Bones HTML5 Boilerplate & Wordpress), that will have 4-5 breakpoints, as well as ~5 different static site templates.
My breakpoints are imported based on media queries from code in multiple .scss files, like so:
_base_res.scss
_481_and_up.scss
_768_and_up.scss
_1030_and_up.scss

Right now, I also have a number of static pages that have media queries within them:
_home.scss
_about.scss
_contact.scss
_work.scss

Is it redundant to have the static page css files that contain media queries as well as breakpoint css files?  Should I just have classes .home, .about, .contact, .work within the breakpoint scss files?
Sorry if my question is not clear.. if not, please let me know how I might be able to clarify.
Thanks

A: I would suggest reading into and about https://smacss.com/ this will teach you how to create good css architecture. Also I would recommend writing a mixin that will allow you to pass media query variables. Once that is done write out your media queries where you need them not on specific stylesheets.


Between the Colorado Health Exchange's fight to keep its books closed and its fight to not turn over emails, one really has to wonder what the exchange has to hide. Perhaps now Colorado will know, thanks to a court victory by the Independence Institute that will compel Connect for Health Colorado to turn over emails requested by investigative reporter Todd Shepherd.
This court case has dragged on for almost 18 months since Shepherd requested emails in February 2015 for a limited number of days for three employees of the health exchange. Connect for Health Colorado denied the requests, claiming that Shepherd had to submit a specific email topic on those three days. Shepherd hired former Secretary of State Scott Gessler's firm to push back.
See, there is good reason to demand transparency from the Exchange since wasteful spending ($40,000 on chapstick?) and stonewalling have been a hallmark of this boondoggle experiment. Kudos to Shepherd, Independence Institute, and Blue for winning a victory for transparency.


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Sportdigital is a sports-oriented television channel in Germany. The channel broadcasts on various cable and satellite packages including Sky Deutschland and broadcasts uninterrupted sports coverage daily.

Coverage includes KHL Hockey, Brazilian Championship, Argentine Primera División, Major League Soccer, Scottish Premiership, Australian A-League and numerous other sports.

External links
 Official website

Television stations in Germany
Television channels and stations established in 2008
Sports television in Germany
German-language television stations
2008 establishments in Germany
Mass media in Hamburg


Computer Science courses often resort to the use of simulators and virtual computing when dealing with hardware. Courses in Computer Architecture, Operating Systems, and Compilers, for example, generally interface with hardware to some degree or another. However, most Computer Science courses in these subjects do not actually provide students with hands-on experience with actual hardware.
This project seeks to identify a simple single-board computer system that can be used for Computer Science course projects. The hardware system will provide a common platform for studying computer architecture, writing assembly-language programs (either manually or via a student-developed compiler), and exploring operating system concepts using a simple, extensible operating system running on actual hardware.
Once a suitable hardware platform has been identified, we will develop curricular materials describing how to integrate this platform into Computer Science courses. Additional software will be developed as necessary to support course projects.
Furthermore, the resulting hardware platform and accompanying materials will provide a package that can be shared between courses in Computer Science and Computer Engineering to help bridge the gap between these two increasingly overlapping disciplines.


Tables are meant to be practical but they also define the mood and overall style of a room, create a focal point and can be the piece of furniture from which to build your room's decor plan from. I've rounded up 5 Fabulous Table Designs to Love in my latest Better Homes and Gardens article to share some decor inspiration with you – what's hot on the market and stylish designs that will take your room from ho-hum to home run!
If you're stuck on how to decorate your living room or dining room adding a fabulous table to your space can be your jumping off point! Build upon the color of the wood, finish of the metal and overall style to create a gorgeous, refreshed traditional, mid century modern, glam or modern room.
Click to read the full article on >>> 5 Fabulous Table Designs to Treasure and see my tips on how to style these table designs too!