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Sean Wardwell
O'Dell accuses commissioner of running on "entitlement" platform
I had a shocking experience while collecting voter signatures in San Marcos to get Bill Wyatt's name placed on the Hays County November election ballot as a write-in candidate. Bill is running for Hays County Precinct 1 commissioner against 12-year incumbent Democrat Debbie Gonzales Ingalsbe.We were knocking on doors of homes in the Sunrise Village Retirement Community and enjoying the opportunity of visiting with the elderly residents who often invited us in to talk and to sign our Petition in Lieu of a Filing Fee for Bill Wyatt. One elderly lady wanted to vote by mail, and I promised to deliver a mail ballot application to her. An elderly gentleman was born on Pearl Harbor day in 1942, and we chatted about our fathers' World War II military service. Behind every door was someone who greeted us, engaged in welcome conversation and either willingly signed our petition or chose not to for their own reasons.
Sunrise Village is a development by Southside Community Center, a non-profit funded each year by Hays County, City of San Marcos and other sources. Ruben Garza is Executive Director of Southside and Ralph Gonzales (Commissioner Ingalsbe's father) works for Southside as a carpenter. Commissioner Ingalsbe serves on the board of Southside Community Center. Ralph, Ruben and Debbie are a team.
We encountered Ralph Gonzales while working our way through Sunrise Village and he inquired what we were doing there. Not that it was any of his business, but we told him we were collecting signatures of registered voters to get Bill Wyatt on the ballot as a write-in candidate for Precinct 1 county commissioner.
"Why are you running someone against my daughter, Debbie?" Ralph asked. "Why don't you like her?" he said. "Bill Wyatt is not a minority and every county must have a minority elected, and Debbie is a minority, and she has to be elected," Ralph went on to say.
I was dumfounded. Debbie "…had to be re-elected because she is a minority?" What happened to giving voters the right to choose their elected officials? "Surely you don't believe Debbie has an entitlement to be Precinct 1 County Commissioner," I responded. "Precinct 1 voters will decide who their commissioner will be." Not knowing what else to say, I asked Ralph if he would sign the Wyatt petition. He declined.
Ralph then hustled over to the nearby Village office. It wasn't long before a woman claiming to be Beatrice Natal, the leasing manager, interrupted a voter signing our petition by telling us that we had to leave. No reason given, we just had to leave. I tried to explain that we were simply giving these voters an opportunity to exercise one of their most important civil rights, but Natal insisted that we leave.
Ralph stood by watching. He had been successful in violating the civil rights of these elderly voters who he believed, for some unfathomable reason, had no right to vote for anyone other than his daughter, Commissioner Debbie Gonzales Ingalsbe. I assume Ralph made clear to Natal that her job could be in jeopardy if she allowed us to continue our time-honored efforts.
As they have done in the past, I expect Ralph, his daughter Commissioner Ingalsbe and other members of their family will confront some of those who signed the Wyatt petition. This is not how their democracy works in Precinct 1. The Gonzales view reminds me of politics in Mexico. His daughter is entitled to be Precinct 1 Commissioner, and through Debbie, Ralph and Ruben Garza can continue their hold on Precinct 1 for their own rewards.
When informed voters go to the polls I believe they will act in their own best interests, and not in the self interests of elected officials. And no one should interfere with our democratic process for electing public officials. Fair, open and honest competition is a hallmark of the American way. Entitlement is a perverted view of democracy.
By Dr. CHARLES O'DELL
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Ruben Garza on 09/02/2008 at 5:59 pm said:
While it is true that we asked Mr. Odell to leave our property, the following is not true.
The city and Hays county do not fund Sunrise Village. They are self sufficient on their own merit.
There is a no solicitation policy and we ask everyone to leave. It doesn't matter who they are, Ralph knows this and of course informed the office that we had solicitors. He is one of our employee's and we expect him to do his job.
The solicitation policy is in place so that people like Mr. Odell and others cannot take advantage of our most senior citizens. They have kids that help them vote and don't need Mr. Odell to help them.
As for the fact that Debbie is on the board, true, I also have 22 other members on my board.
Mr. Odell seems to always go back to the patron system, or the entitlement system. It is obvious an attempt to paint Hispanics in such a way to make them seem less then what they are.
God forbid that anyone is entitled to the position because they have a degree, or that they earned what they have. No lets twist Mr. Gonzales words to make it sound that he expects Debbie to be re-elected because she is a minority.
It might surprise you Mr. Odell that I raised over 8 million dollars to build affordable housing for seniors in our community.
It might also surprise you that we also take our job of making sure they have a safe environment free of vendor, politicians, and so called self proclaimed heroes of the people from taking advantage of them.
Their children expect us to take all precautions to protect them from those that would prey on them.
Let me ask you a question there are thousands of people in surrounding neighborhoods, why didn't you go there to get your 100 signatures.
Is it because you knew that Ralph Gonzales worked there and that Debbie was on the board, it is no secret that she is on my board. It is also no secret that Ralph Gonzales works at Sunrise. He has worked for us for many years.
Your side show has been seen before in Hays County, it is scare the people, accuse those who oppose you of foolish things and hope some of it sticks. Accuse Hispanics of having a patron system, and hope people believe you.
Hays County is bigger then that now, and people will not just stand around and take your lies, and deceit they know you for what you are.
Matt on 09/02/2008 at 9:14 pm said:
Ruben,
While I understand Sunrise Village has a "no solicitation" policy, I was offended by your claim that:
The idea that the elderly cannot think for themselves and are at risk of being "taken advantage of" by poeple talking about local politics is ridiculous and ageist. Many seniors are well informed and if given the opportunity can and will make an educated and informed decision; they don't need to guiding them around like a shepherd.
I've been a vocal Obama support, but when I talked to my grandfather (68 years young) he made it clear he was a diehard Ron Paul fan. He made an active effort to 'inform' ME, not the other way around.
IMHO, you're both wrong. Mr Odell, don't solicit in a "no soliciting zone". Mr Garza, don't act like you're the only person who can think for themselves in Sunrise Village.
steve on 09/02/2008 at 9:32 pm said:
This poor candidate must not keep up with the news if he's recruiting bedmates Carolyn Logan and Charles O'dell to campaign for him. This isn't the first time the good Charlie has been accused of trespassing.
Roberta on 09/03/2008 at 2:37 pm said:
Hmmmmm…..funny how Mr. O'Dell referred to the following statement "This is not how their democracy works in Precinct 1. The Gonzales view reminds me of politics in Mexico." I wonder why he would refer to the country Mexico in this particular instance as there are many other countries he could have mentioned with the same political stance he "believes" is going on here.
This comparasion has me thinking not about what he intended to point out but now about his point of view and that of his "candidate".
ED on 09/03/2008 at 2:46 pm said:
Ann on 09/03/2008 at 5:52 pm said:
Roberta you are definately right! This was nothing more than a publicity stunt with racial overtones, something that San Marcos does NOT need! O'Dell and his candidate need to grow up and perhaps spend some time in a local church where they can learn that we are all God's children, and stop this racial stupidity!!
June Raleigh on 09/03/2008 at 7:04 pm said:
Mr. O'Dell and his sidekick Carolyn Logan have cost this county thousands of dollars under the 'guise' of being the community watchdogs. I would seriously have doubts about any candidate that both of them are backing!
Ruben Garza on 09/04/2008 at 5:59 am said:
Dear Matt:
I was referring to the ones that do need help, not all, some of our senior do need help,those are the ones that are helped by their parents. I established Sunrise Village, and have seen seniors fall prey to the internet bank schemes, and to door to door salesman.
We have an attorney which offices out of Sunrise Village to help seniors with these problems, and others that may arise free of charge.
My parents are both 78 and they still tell me what to do. So I apologize for the over generalization, I should have been more clear.
I never meant to imply that all seniors can't think for themselves. However, it is a well documented fact that the senior population is preyed on by people just trying to take their money or get their signature for purpose other then for honorable reasons.
And your right two wrongs don't make a right.
Beatrice Natal on 09/04/2008 at 8:20 pm said:
Mr. O'Dell,
It is personally insulting to me that you would assume my employment would be threatened for not choosing a certain political affiliation. You are guilty of slandering the good name of Ralph Gonzales by insinuating that he would force my decision in such a manner. The fact that you would slight a hard working man for your political gains is unexceptable to me. In the future please leave me out of your news stories. I take no political sides and do not wish to be mentioned especially by name in your misleading stories.
Beatrice Natal
Lila on 09/05/2008 at 7:57 am said:
Wow! I can't believe you are accusing Mr. O'Dell of taking advantage of the elderly and political showmanship such as this. Afterall, he is on the Board of the Ethical Society of Austin and thus believes in acting with integrity and affirming the worth and dignity of every human being….
As an aside, I just love Mr O'Dell's new narrative style. Recalls that conversational tone that Mr. Walsh used on some blog some time back in a spar with Todd Webster in the recreation of some fake conversation before some judge. Maybe "The Doctor" should write a book. It would at least keep him off the streets for a time.
I wonder why O'Dell has never had the courage to run for public office himself? Let's all ask him….
clyde caffey on 09/05/2008 at 10:51 am said:
I am a resident of Sunrise Village and am offended that Mr. O'Dell reference that we are to elderly to be able to vote our views. We have never in the last six years that I have lived at Sunrise requested or told which party or candidate that I should vote for. I consider it is a fought and bled for, privilege that you vote for who you wish. It is too bad that Mr. O'Dell felt that he was above the rules to come on the properity to illegally solicit signatures to his petition. Why not file for the office during the filing period. Also concerning Debbie, she is a christain and I am honored to call her and family a dear friend.
I am not a democrat, I consider myself as an independent.
Amy Gutierrez on 09/05/2008 at 5:36 pm said:
Well, however you see it, one less "entitled" democrat oxygen thief is a welcome sight in anyone's eyes – old or young.
Charlotte Dallas on 09/05/2008 at 5:46 pm said:
Since I am 72, disabled, and a resident of Sunrise Village, I wonder why anybody thinks my daughter would influence me.
She is a liberal, and I am so conservative I quit my job as precinct chair for the Republicans to help Alan Keyes. I am also trying to stir up some opposition to the local option to extend drinking hours to 2 a.m., and started a web site for that purpose.
Does that sound like a doddering old lady?
Charles Nodell on 10/02/2008 at 1:30 pm said:
Chuckles the love doll strikes again. What a moron. I'm happy to see that I am not the only one who finds his antics self serving and inane. The best part of Chuckles it the company he keeps – a group of sychophantic Myrmadons who take what he says at face value. He has never had a grasp on the truth and tries to bully those who won't look up the appropriate rule. Hays County is becoming too large for his antics in spite of his antics.


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Rob's Review of Woody Allen's "Bananas"
I have decided to re-introduce myself to the cinematic works of Woody Allen. I'll be making my way through his directorial canon, in a more-or-less chronological progression, and, when the mood strikes me, or when I remember, I will offer up my "who the hell cares what you think" reviews.
I had recently (in the past couple of years) seen his first couple of directorial efforts (What's Up Tiger Lily, and Take The Money And Run), had mixed reactions to them, and decided to pass on reviewing them.
So, first up: Bananas (1971)
Bananas is a slapstick comedy that, not surprisingly, derives most of its comedy from bits of slapstick. Some of gags still hold up and are (and, I presume, always will be) funny, and more than some left me waiting for that particular gag to end.
My least favourite moments came during South America excursion, where the comedy was more "miss" than "hit".
I liked the ABC Wide World of Sports bookend, with a game Howard Cosell playing along (and cracking up during the final in-bed interview)
Laughed at a whole bunch of little moments, like Woody's face when he's being accosted by the toughies on the subway (one of which was a very young looking Sylvester Stallone!); the bit where he tries to set the right tone for his romantic interlude with Louise Lasser's character and ends up covered in talc; Woody as lawyer interviewing himself on the witness stand...
Louise Lasser was Dianne Keaton before there was a Dianne Keaton.
What i found most surprising: there were some moments of actual, honest-to-goodness great acting, especially from Woody. I always thought that his acting was underappreciated, and was surprised that there were some really nice moments in this broad, slapstick comedy.
So, not a lot of laugh-out-loud moments, but more than enough little snickering moments of comedy that hit their marks, and more than make up for the moments of misses.
Father Son Act Off - The Spit Take
The latest challenge in the Father Son Act Off series. This time, Rob and Cameron compete to see who does the better spit take.
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Rob's 7-Word Reviews of some IMAF Short Films
I went to Friday night's IMAF 2012 "Funny Ha Ha" screening at The Guild, in Charlottetown. Actually, just didn't "go", but co-hosted with Graham Putnam.
I thought my hosting got off to a rough start when I said something about how the shorts we'll be seeing aren't necessarily funny... my goal was to point out how "funny" is such a personal thing, and what's funny to one isn't necessarily funny to others. But I think it may have come out as me declaring that none of the videos were funny. At least that's how my brain has since remembered the moment. Probably wasn't quite like that. My hosting for the start of Act Two seemed to be more smooth, I thought.
So, were the shorts funny? Well, here's a 7 word review of each of them.
Uptown Charlottetown by Lennie MacPherson and Fraser MacAllum (PEI) - Too long. Edited like a rough draft.
Superscience by Joel MacKenzie (NS) - Sophomoric presentation, amateurish performances. Didn't even smile.
Home Sweet Hell, ep.1 (and ep.2 later on in the evening) by Fox Henderson (PEI): Dated spoof misses the mark. Terrible sound.
The Fourth Minute by Ross Vincent Moore (NFLD): Uninteresting script, uninspired. Two minutes too long.
Buzz Off by Renee Laprise (PEI): Tries way too hard to be funny.
Afghan by Pardis Parker (NS): Smart, interesting, sharp. A bit too long.
PEI Encyclopedia: Intelligence (and later : Fighting) by Dominique Girouard (PEI): Lowest comedic denominator; like cumming into Kleenex.
Goodbye Robot Army by Greg Jackson (NS): Looked good, but that's all. Predictable & long.
Dead Guy Sleeping (or The Quiet Guy) by Nils LIng (PEI): Pointless, predictable, perplexing. Unintersting script, unmotivated delivery.
The Wake by Andrew Winter (NFLD): Hated it. Unlikeable characters. Obvious, unfunny punchline.
Hurricane Harry by Neil Wiley and Richard DesRoches (PEI): A mess. And here's five more words.
Ken Fucks Up by Ruby Boutilier and Sarah Byrne (NS): Interesting idea, funny moments, a bit repetitive.
Bunkerdown: A Friend For Dinner by Jason Rogerson (PEI): (disclosure: this is a Sketch22 video, and I was involved in the creation of it) Cartoonish "Jerry" performance distracts from tone. Ambitious.
Was I in a bad mood that night? Not very many positive reviews. I only smiled a handful of times and laughed only a couple of times.
I guess it's true: comedy is hard.
How To Make The Next Season of Survivor Awesome
I'm a big fan of Survivor. However, I've been discouraged the past few seasons by the routine to the strategies: On Day One, a handful of players from each tribe commit to each other to be a strong, small alliance until the very end. More and more, these alliances remain strong, and a result is that suspense and strategy about who might be voted out for any episode is pretty much non-existent. When the contestants walk up to Tribal Council every week, we pretty much know (despite the producers' best efforts to create red-herring possibilities) who will be voted out.
When I heard about this season's "twist", that the contestants would all be sharing one beach, I was intrigued. I thought it might make for some interesting cross-tribe secret alliances. But, when the teams were divided by gender, that pretty much smothered any chance for cross-tribe alliances, since it pretty quickly became a Women's Tribe Against Men's Tribe situation. That Women vs. Men vibe has maintained throughout the season, and as a result, once the numbers were in the women's favour during teh Individual Immunity portion of the season, there's been very little suspense episode to episode as who might get voted out. We know/knew it'd be a man. Maybe not *which* man, but it'd be a man.
Anyway, Survivor is still a great show to watch, but it is becoming a bit stagnated when it comes to surprising strategy.
So, I came up with what I think they should do next time to drastically increase the potential for surprises and scrambling by/for the contestants:
EPISODE ONE: Keep the idea of all contestants on one beach. Day One, Jeff tells them that they are all sharing one camp, and that they'll be divided up into teams later on.
Let them all do what they usually do on Day One - try and scramble to create their small, strong alliances. This will become much more interesting in these first few hours, because the players won't know what team they'll be on, so alliances will likely be more tenuous.
At the first Tribal Reward Challenge, Jeff informs them that they'll now be divided into two teams. How they get divided doesn't really matter. They get divided, are told the team names, and then compete for reward. One team wins, one loses, and then they go back to camp.
Now that they've been divided, they'll begin to create what they think are more substantial mini-alliances with contestants from *their* team.
Onto the first Tribal Immunity Challenge... They compete as teams again, and the players from the losing team go to Tribal Council where one of them gets voted out of the game. That's Episode One.
EPISODE TWO: Bring them to Tribal Reward Challenge, and this is where the bomb gets dropped. The teams from the last challenges are completely disbanded, and brand new teams are randomly created (must be random). These two new teams will compete against each other in the next Reward and the next Immunity challenge. Jeff informs them that this is the way it will continue - random new teams each round - until it's time to switch to Individual Immunity challenges.
They do the Reward Challenge, with these new teams. Go back to camp and freak out as they realize the implications of the Always-Changing-Team-Members format. Go to Immunity Challenge, and you might be competing against alliance members, and they might lose, and be voted out that night.... then your alliance is in shambles. That's Episode Two
The subsequent episodes would continue in the same way: Every week, they're divided up into new random teams - always switching up who you are competing with/against each time...
If they did this, it would totally change the way the contestants play the game in the first third of the season. They'd still try and form alliances, but sometimes they'd be competing against people in their alliances, and there'd be more possibiltiy of people in one's alliance getting voted out when they're on the losing immunity challenge team.
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How I Would Have Improved This Week's "The Walking Dead"
I cannot count the number of times this season when, about 15 to 30 minutes into an episode of The Walking Dead, I vowed to stop watching the series. I have been beyond frustrated with the season, ever since they got to that damn farm. All they do on that farm is argue and debate and complain and whine.
Yet I am still watching. Still hoping that *the next scene* is when the series will become exciting and enjoyable again - only to have the next scene be two characters walking from the house to the camp and arguing with each other about something inconsequential. There seems to be maybe 2 good (occasionally *great*) scenes per episode, and the rest is just awful.
I understand the characters are rather 2-dimensional (they are based on the comic book counterparts, after all), and I don't really have a problem with that. 2-dimensional characters can be entirely satisfactory if they are put into situations where something *real* is at stake. But put 2-dimensional characters on a farm where they are relatively safe (*why* they are safe on this farm, I am not entirely sure of) and comfortable, and their problems get pretty shallow and insignificant pretty quick.
So, after 3 paragraphs of setup, I get to the point of this post - I am going to state how I would have improved this week's episode.
First, a quick recap of the episode - spoilers abound for anyone who hasn't seen it.
-we see Bow & Arrow Guy (I'm not good at remembering the names of the characters on this show), beating up the wayfaring stranger kid. To get information out of him. I don't know why the kid is withholding info, but he is - until he gets beat up enough to divulge that there's a group of about 30 guys in another group, and they're men of questionable morals.
-the kid of the group (who is a total pain in the ass this episode - made worse by his awful, awful acting) keeps showing up in scenes where he's told by everyone else not to be showing up in (why is nobody keeping an eye on this kid?). He's ignorant and rebellious, and steals a pistol and goes walkabout until he comes across a walker who is stuck in the mud. He throws rocks like a girl and, with Fake Stakes Brain (a syndrome I just invented where a character does something so ridiculous and stupid and so obviously wrong and out of character that it is done ONLY to create fake stakes), gets within touching distance of the walker, and almost gets deadened. He leaves the walker alone and runs off.
-Everyone argues and debates and questions and wonders and debates some more about whether they should kill the wayfaring kid. It is a foregone conclusion that they will kill him (psyche!!!), but still the whole episode is wasted on them discussing whether it should be done. Dale, the only one who wants them to NOT kill the kid, walks off in a huff and ends up getting deadened by a walker (on this so-called supposedly *safe* farm? Huh?) The kid sees that the walker is the foot-stuck-in-the-mud one he had come upon (and subsequently realeased from the mud), and by the end of the episode, blames himself, it is assumed.
-Sheriff can't go through with killing the wayfaring kid because the way the rebellious boy tells his dad to shoot Wayfarer, Dad is suddenly horrified and ashamed by what he was about to do.
That's about it... But let me emphasize how much time was spent this episode with them debating whether to kill or not to kill.
It was another intolerably long and argument-infested episode where really nothing much happened, except in that one scene where Dale died.
So, here's how I'd improve the episode (and the series):
- start with gun pointed at the head of the wayfaring kid, in the barn (we can allude, if we must, to the debates they've had about whether to kill him or not). He's about to be shot. In his panic, he divulges the info about the other gang.
-Dale comes in, pleading not to kill him - we get the whole argument (and the point it was trying to convey) over in one scene. They refuse and Dale walks off, stating he'll not be a party to this (just like in the actual episode).
- Before Dale leaves, the rebellious kid shows up (through a line of dialogue we learn that he's not supposed to be there, and has been a pain in the ass today) and is sent to his room *where he stays for the rest of his time on the farm*.
-Sheriff shoots wayfaring kid. He is dead. (If future episodes require the wayfarer *not* to be dead, then he doesn't get shot - but it's not because Sheriff can't do it, it's because they get side-tracked by the Dale Gets Attacked By Walker Situation).
- The walker kills Dale (just like in the actual episode - although I have issues about how that happened - how did the walker sneak up on Dale?). The group realizes that the farm is not safe, and they hastily pack and leave the farm. Some can choose to remain. Who remains? Any characters from the dozen or so on the farm who haven't spoken a line of dialogue in the past four episodes - I'm looking at you Black Guy and at you, Other Younger Male Guy Who Is Part of The Farm Family, and at you, Suicide Girl.
-The rest of the episdoe (about 20 minutes more, I figure) is about them adjusting to being back on the road again.
-If we must (and only if there is a later payoff for the kid's guilt), we can see in flashback (while they're on the road), the rebellious kid coming across the walker and setting him free - the same one who killed Dale.
-Something exciting and future-plot-relevant happens on the road, as the final act of the episode, that makes us eager for what might happen next episode.
Tuesday, February 14
I'm Glad She's Dead
Sybil Monroe didn't give me the time of day when we was going to school.
She thought she was too good for me.
And she'd laugh at me clothes.
Well, the last laugh's on her, because now she's Dead.
And I'm glad.
Oh yes.
I'm glad she's dead.
I'm glad her poor old mother outlived her.
And her stuck-up friends,
Like Gladys Kennedy, or that fat one, Charlene O'Connor,
Crying their tears and smudging up their makeup at the funeral,
Can go to Hell too.
Moe Gorman
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Darts - Twenty
My son and a couple of his friends, and I, have invented a darts game that we are liking quite a bit. It's called "Twenty". Before I explain the game, I should say that it is not a game for good darts players, as it would be quite boring for them. But if you're of a certain low level of ability, it's a pretty great game.
By "a certain low level of ability", I'm talking about people who are inconsistent in hitting the number or section on the board that they are trying to hit. If you can consistently hit the number you're trying to hit, then you shouldn't be playing this game. If you, on the other hand, miss your target more-or-less often than you hit it, you're perfect for this game.
Two to however many players can play at the same time. For each Round, each player throws three darts (if needed) per turn. You win the round, you get a point. We play the first to five points wins the set, and a match is the first to win 3 sets. (if more than 3 people are playing, you'd probably want to lower those to, say, three points wins the set...)
To win the round (and get a point), the goal is to reach, during your turn, a total of 20. (each round can have several turns)
Let's say you hit the 5 with your first dart. That means you try to hit the 15 with your second dart (to total 20). Let's say you hit the 19 with your second dart. That means your total is now 24 (5 + 19) and on your third dart, you would try to hit the 4 (24 - 4 = 20). Let's say you hit the 14 with your third dart. That means you carry-over with a 10 (24 - 14), and on your next turn in the round (if you get a next turn), you'd start by trying to hit the 10.
In short, you're always trying to achieve a total of 20 points (by either adding or subtracting the point value of each dart thrown) to win a round.
At the beginning of each round, everyone starts over with a 0 (zero) total.
The Doulbes ring is worth the double value of the point, and the triple ring is worth triple value of the point. The outer bullseye is worth 25 and the inner bullseye is worth 50 (just like in other darts games).
(one special note about scoring: Your total cannot go into the minus numbers. So, let's say you get 5 with your first dart, and 19 with your second dart. Your total is 24 and you're trying to get the 4. But instead you hit Triple 20 (which = 60). Instead of subtracting 60 from 24 (your current score) which would give you a minus-number, you have to add 60 to 24, meaning on your next dart (or series of darts) you'd be at 84 (meaning you'd need 64 to get to the 20-total. Follow me?) In short, if, by subtracting the score on the last dart you threw your total would become a minus-number, you have to, instead, ADD the score of your last dart to your current total.
Getting Twenty to win the Round
The One-Dart Twenty: Let's say you get a 20-total on the first dart of your turn. That is called a One Dart Twenty". In that situation, all other players get a chance to play out the round, and each gets one dart to try and match your "One Dart Twenty". If someone else gets a One Dart Twenty, then the round is tied, and everyone starts the round over (everyone starting at zero).
Examples of One Dart Twenty Rounds in a 3-player game:
P1 hits a 20 in one dart. P2 hits a 5 on first dart and is out (he needed to hit 20 in one dart to tie P1). P3 hits 20 to match P1. That means it's a Hold-Over and all 3 players start the round over, each starting at zero
P1 hits 20 in one dart. P2 hits a 1 on first dart and is out. P3 hits 12 and is out. That means P1 get one point, and a new round starts, each players starting at zero.
P1 hits a 4, then an 18 (4 + 18 = 22) then a 6 (22 - 6 = 14). P1 now needs a 14 during his next turn. P2 hits 20 on his first dart. P3 (needs to hit 20 to tie) hits a 12 and is out of the round. P1 gets a chance to tie P2. If he hits 14 (which is what he needs to get 20) it's a Hold-Over and all 3 players start the round over, each starting at zero. If he misses 14 in one dart, then he is out and P2 gets the point.
There is a special One-Dart Twenty rule for games with 3 or more players: If P1 hits 20 on his first dart, and P2 hits 20 on his first dart, P3 (or the rest of the players) gets a chance to *win* the round by hitting the red (inner) bullseye with one dart. If he gets the bullseye, he wins the round and gets the point. If he (or all subsequent remaining players) misses the bullseye, then the round is tied, and everyone starts the round again at zero.
The Two-Dart Twenty: Let's say you get a 20-total in two darts on your turn. That is called a "Two Dart Twenty". In that situation, all other players get a chance to play out the round, and each gets two darts to try and match your Two Dart Twenty. If someone else gets a Two Dart Twenty, then the round is tied, and everyone starts the round over (everyone starting at zero). If someone (when trying to match a Two Dart Twenty) manages to reach twenty in One-Dart, then the remaining players (those who haven't already tried to match the Two Dart Twenty) must try and match the One Darty Twenty.
The Three-Dart Twenty: Let's say you get a 20-total in three darts on your turn. That is called a "Three Dart Twenty". In that situation, all other players get a chance to play out the round, and each gets three darts to try and match your Three Dart Twenty. If someone else gets a Three Dart Twenty, then the round is tied, and everyone starts the round over (everyone starting at zero). If someone (when trying to match a Three Dart Twenty) manages to reach twenty in One-Dart or Two-Darts, then the remaining players (those who haven't already tried to match the Three Dart Twenty) must try and match the One-Dart or Two-Dart Twenty.
Starting the game & starting each set: To start the game and each set, each player tosses one dart. Closest to the bullseye goes first, second closes goes second, etc.
Order of play (for more than 2 players): When playing with more than 2 players, the order of play often keeps changing, depending on the outcome of the preceeding round. Basically, when you throw your darts you go to the end of the line. That order is maintained, unless someone other than the first thrower wins the round. The person who won the preceeding round throws first in the next round, and the order of the line changes to reflect that. For simplicity's sake, the basic rule is "after you throw your dart(s) in the round, go to the end of the line. Unless you win the round, then you go to the front of the line."
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Monday, January 9
Rob's Ten Commandments
I saw something out of the corner of my eye-nternet, about *the* Ten Commandments. Some politician was complaining about others not following them, and then it was revealed that he couldn't name all ten of them.
That made we wonder whether the ten commandments were still relevant, and, assuming they probably weren't, I wondered what *my* ten commandments would be, if I had to come up with them
So, that's what this is about. I'm making my own Ten Commandments. Because
1. Don't kill anyone. Unless they're attemting to harm you or your family in some serious way, and there seems to be no other option. (by "serious", I don't mean "he stole my hubcaps" or other matters of material inconsequence. )
2. If you made a vow of some sort to someone, don't break it, unless it is better for all parties to break it.
3. Morality starts and ends with you. YOU know if what you're doing, or are about to do, is wrong.
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Q: Universal cover via paths vs. ad hoc constructions I'm looking for some intuition regarding universal covers of topological spaces.
$\textbf{Setup:}$ For a topological space $X$ with sufficient adjectives we can construct a/the simply connected covering space of it by looking at equivalence classes of paths at a given base point. We then can put a topology in the standard way done by Hatcher - an open set around an equivalence class of paths, say $[\gamma]$  is the set of $[\gamma\cdot\eta]$ where $\eta$ is a path starting at $\gamma(1)$ contained in $U$ open in $X$.
Here are my questions:
Q: I find this topological space, as constructed above, non-intuitive. Certainly I dont know how I would manipulate it and make topological arguments in it. What is the 'right' way of thinking about the topology here? Or is this construction useful solely for proving the existence of simply connected covers?
Q: Often times it is tractable to construct a simply connected covering by ad-hoc methods (fancy guessing). The projective plane, torus, etc all spring to mind. By universality I know that the covering space obtained by any ad-hoc method is $\textit{the}$ universal covering space obtained by the above method, so there is an isomorphism of these two. Is there a standard way to see this isomorphism? Being really concrete, say in the cases of $\mathbb RP^2$, or $S^1\times S^1$.
In simple terms: how can I 'see' what the universal cover looks like from the general construction?

A: I find it nicer to look at all the universal covers at all the base points. One way of doing this it to topologise the fundamental groupoid $\pi_1 X$ (assuming the usual local conditions)    by adding neighbourhoods at the two end points of each path class. In this way $\pi_1 X$ becomes a topological groupoid. We have the source and target maps $s,t: \pi_1 X \to X$ and, depending on conventions, $s^{-1}(x)$, or $t^{-1}(x) $,  is the universal cover of $X$ based at $x$.
Does this help one to "see" the universal cover?
One possible answer is that to "see" the universal cover one needs an algebraic model of a covering map. This is best supplied, IMHO,  by a covering morphism of groupoids.  An example of a covering morphism of groupoids is to take a group $G$ and to form  the action groupoid for the action of $G$ on itself by multiplication. This gives a groupoid $\widetilde{G}$ with object set the set $G$, and  depending on one's conventions, only one arrow $(h,g):hg \to g$ between any two objects,  and composition law,  $$(k,hg)(h,g)=(kh,g).$$ The covering morphism $\widetilde{G} \to G$ is $(h,g)\mapsto h$. This gives the "universal cover" of the group $G$. For more information, with different conventions, see this book, but that does not do topological groupoids.
Another way of thinking about such spaces is to say that a way of studying a space $X$ is to look at maps $Y \to X$ which are in some ways simpler.
But the origin of covering spaces was in the notion of Riemann surface, and so a way of making complex functions such as $\sqrt{z}$, or $ \log z$, single valued, by defining them on surfaces covering the complex plane minus one or more points. This "back to history" view might really help you to "see" what is wanted and what is going on!
January 23, 2016 Note also that the construction in Chapter 10 of Topology and Groupoids (as in 1968, 1988  editions) is as follows: Given a space $X$ and a covering morphism of groupoids $q: G \to \pi_1 X$, then local conditions on $X$ in terms of  $q$  are given   for $G$ to be isomorphic to $\pi_1 \widetilde{X}$ where $\widetilde{X}$ is Ob$(G)$ with a topology.

A: Suppose $p:\overline{C}\to C$ is a universal covering. By definition, around every point in $C$ is an open set that lifts up to $\overline{C}$. So, locally, $\overline{C}$ looks just like $C$. Suppose one wanted to cut up $C$ into small (contractible) patches and then stitch them together again to form $\overline{C}$ - the problem is that $\overline{C}$ is to be simply connected, so if (say) we started stitching patches around a nontrivial loop in $C$ when we wrap back around to the basepoint we can't stitch that last patch back to the original patch, instead we have to create a copy of the original patch and continue on from there.
Consider the space $C=\Bbb C\setminus\{0\}$. If one takes a counterclockwise loop from $-1$ around $0$ back to itself, then the last patch cannot be stitched to the first, so we should make a copy of the original patch to stitch it to. In the picture below, we've literally lifted the copy above the original:
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If we continue this process indefinitely, then there will lots of copies of pieces of $C$ that are being stitched together. Given a point in $C$ in a patch, there will be many copies of that patch in our quilt, and so many lifts of that point - what allows us to distinguish between lifts of the same point is how we got to it from the original basepoint. Thus, we can interpret points in $\overline{C}$ as points in the original space $C$ but with a "memory" of how we got there from a basepoint.
This inspires us to formalize our construction by letting elements of $\overline{C}$ be paths in $C$, modulo endpoint-fixing homotopy. Points in $\overline{C}$ are specified by points in $C$ with a memory of how we got there from the basepoint, so if we got to $x\in C$ via a path $\gamma$ in $C$ and $U$ is any basic nbhd of $x\in C$, then the lift $\overline{U}$ of that nbhd is comprised of points $\overline{u}$, and to specify these $\overline{u}$ we must say which points of $C$ they are (done: they lie above $U$) and how we got to them. We got to these points in $\overline{U}$ by first travelling along $\gamma$ from the basepoint to $x$ and then wiggled around within $U$ itself.
As for your other question, try lifting the paths. Say that $D\to C$ is a covering, where $D$ is a familiar space you know well, and in particular you know $D$ is simply connected. Our construction of $\overline{C}$ is comprised of paths emanating from (say) $x\in C$. To see what the corresponding point of $D$ is, just lift the path from $C$ to $D$ and look at its endpoint! This is the isomorphism.

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January 25th, marks the anniversary of the Foundation of the Congregation of the Mission by St. Vincent de Paul. Please pray for the new vocations to priesthood and for the growth of this religious Vincentian community.
The Congregation of the Mission celebrates January 25th 1617 as its "Foundation Day" but in reality the Congregation was not legally set up until 8 year laters on April 17, 1625. To celebrate the anniversary of the founding of the Congregation of the Mission VinFormation has posted a SlideShare presentation.
The history of the Congregation of the Mission (Vincentian Fathers) begins on January 25, 1617.
Vincent de Paul (1581) was ordained on September 23, 1600, at the age of nineteen or twenty. In 1612, he was named pastor of Saint-Medard in Clichy, a poor rural parish just northwest of Paris. As pastor, he experienced the priesthood in a way unknown to him to that point, and told the bishop he was happier than the bishop himself, and even the pope.
However, in less than a year, Cardinal Bérulle recalled him to Paris to become chaplain to the Gondi family and tutor to their children. In January of 1617, Vincent was on the Gondi estates in Picardy, and heard the confession of a dying man, who told Madame de Gondi that he would have been damned without Vincent's ministry. She urged Vincent to preach a sermon on general confessions. He did it on January 25, 1617. His sermon produced such a response that other priests were called to help hear all the confessions.Vincent continued giving local missions to the people. Madame de Gondi, seeing the effect of these missions, set aside money for a community to preach such missions on a wider scale, and asked Vincent to find a community able and willing to do so. Vincent asked the Jesuits and several other communities, but none were able to accept this additional apostolate. Vincent went to his old mentor, Father Duval, to share his concern and ask for advice. Duval told him that God was clearly calling Vincent himself to do the work of the missions. Vincent accepted the call, and in April, 1625, founded the Congregation of the Mission to evangelize the poor people of the countryside. However, the day of his sermon on general confession, January 25, 1617, he always recognized as the day of birth of the Congregation of the Mission.
Please pray today for new vocation to the Congregation of the Mission.
Please also pray for God's blessings for our priests and brothers – especially those who work at our parish, and for eternal happiness for those of us who have passed away.
"Monsieur Vincent said: It was January 1617, when all this happened, on the [[[Feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul]], the twenty-fifth of the month. This lady asked me to preach in the church of Folleville to persuade the local people to make a general confession. I did this, pointing out the importance and usefulness of this practice. I showed them how to do so worthily. God had such regard for the confidence and faith of this good lady (for the great number and enormity of my sins stood in the way of my effecting any fruit) that he blessed this sermon. All those present were moved by God, and came to make their general confession. I continued my instruction, disposing them to receive the sacrament well, and then began to hear their confessions. Even with the help of another priest who was with me, however, the press of those waiting to receive the sacrament was too great. Madame sent to request the Jesuit Fathers of Amiens to come help us. She wrote to the rector, who came himself, but not having enough time available he sent another Jesuit, Father Fourche, to help us in hearing confessions, preaching and catechizing. By the grace of God, these occupations kept us busy.


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Zack Snyder's Justice League
Director: Zack Snyder
Zack Snyder's Justice League is at the Avengers: Endgame level of DC Comics!
Fans, celebrities, and audiences have been waiting for this cut for a long time after that dreadful 2017 version was released, directed by Joss Whedon, which flopped the box office and critics' reviews entirely. As a result, the future of the films and production lineups based on the DC Comics is in jeopardy, leading to the media speculation for Warner Bros. to focus on the superheroes' solo, independent films before joining altogether in one film like Marvel's The Avengers. In addition, the news from fans, the studio, and the filmmakers also led Zach Synder himself to produce and release his own version of the film, under the name, "The Snyder Cut." The film is directed by Synder himself and features the ensemble cast of Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Gal Gadot, Ezra Miller, Jason Momoa, and Ray Fisher in their superhero role-playing game of the team.
Like the previous 2017 theatrical release of the film, Zack Snyder's Justice League follows the Justice League, consisting of Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Cyborg, Aquaman, and the Flash, as their mission is to save the world from the catastrophic, intergalactic threat of Darkseid, Steppenwolf, and their army of Parademons who are invading Earth.
Actors Ben Affleck (Good Will Hunting), Henry Cavill, Gal Gadot, Ezra Miller, Jason Momoa, and Ray Fisher return to this restored version as Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, The Flash, Aquaman and Cyborg respectively. The ensemble cast have done an outstanding job of keeping in character as Synder would want. It seems pretty heavy to redo the entire scenes and film additional shots that haven't been seen on the original version, thus making the Joss Whedom's version very unpleasant to watch due to his unsuccessful attempts of making a greater story. This Synder cut is absolutely more-detailed as this version focuses on not only the heroes' journey of saving the world, but also focusing on their times and memories with their families, which give the film much more structural tone and depth for the film and also providing some stronger character developments of the film.
Zack Synder, who left production of the 2017 version of the film following the death of his daughter Autumn, comes to the rescue after hearing the critics' reviews on Joss Whedon's directorial version. Synder' direction really saves all the trouble of directing and providing guidance towards his fellow actors and the rest of the cast and crew. Reworking on this film is extremely difficult when it comes to story arcs being easy to follow and the cast knowing what to do in the sceney, but by the looks of it, the actors enjoy working with Synder as well as having good social relationships with him, better than Joss Whedon's. Speaking of that, if you hear about Whedon, he was accused of his abusive behavior towards Justice League actors according to the news.
The special effects, the character development, and the music composition from Junkie XL are pretty ambiguous and tediously straight-forward, trailing with Avengers: Endgame for that distant flavor and texture being used and shown in the film. And the ending isn't so bad either, leaving the rhetorical question from critics and audiences whether a sequel to his cut will likely happen in the future, but it appears as though Synder will likely say yes in that glorious manner. While the major improvements work, the time length of the film gives me a nervousness and a lot of anxiety to see, treating this like a four-hour episode or a movie miniseries released at the same time as opposed to separately on a weekly basis on television. Another issue is that some small parts of the story really threw me off, especially on that bloaty climax right there which kind of got lost in the center for that strategical backstory on the villains.
Also appearing in the film are the returning stars of Willem Dafoe (Finding Nemo, 2002's Spider-Man), Amber Heard (Aquaman), Jeremy Irons (The Lion King), Amy Adams (Enchanted), Diane Lane (Unfaithful), Connie Nielsen (Gladiator), and J. K. Simmons (Whiplash, Raini's Spider-Man trilogy), reprising their roles as Vulko, Mera, Alfred Pennyworth, Lois Lane, Martha Kent, Hippolyta, and James Gordon. In addition, Ciarán Hinds also returns onscreen as Steppenwolf, the main antagonist of the film, while actor Joe Morton reprises his role as Silas Stone, Cyborg's father.
Some newer cast are present in the film whom they didn't get to appear in the original version, Ryan Zheng is introduced as Ryan Choi while Kiersey Clemons portrays Iris West in the film. And lastly, Ray Porter portrays Darkseid, one of the main villains who threaten Earth.
Regardless of what is told and what is done, Zack Snyder's Justice League is a good four-hour movie event on HBO Max. It's a massive improvement over it's 2017 version. Synder really knows what to do and understands the nuts-and-bolts of how a great film is being made. My compliments to Synder himself as well as the six main actors and the rest of the crew who made this occasion possible by bringing this restoration back on its feet. One last thing, due to its time length, I highly recommend splitting two hours of your time watching this today or tomorrow and pick it up where you left off the next day after that. I kinda say, this is a must and this is far, the most anticipated film to watch for the studio and on HBO Max.
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(Paris) – Prologis signed a 49,400 square meter build-to-suit development agreement in France with one of the country's largest global retailers.
The facility, which will be BREEAM "Good" accredited, will be located on 17 acres of land at Prologis Park Presles-en-Brie in Seine-et-Marne; completion is expected in the third quarter of 2015. The customer will use the new facility to store and distribute dry foods and non-alimentary products primarily to stores in the east suburbs of Paris.
"We are delighted that this leading retailer, a long-standing Prologis customer, has extended its relationship with us," said François Rispe, regional head, Prologis Southern Europe. "The company's decision to locate its new facility at Presles-en-Brie reinforces the quality of this location, the ability of our teams to respond to specific customer requirements and the attention we pay to building long-term relationships with our customers."
The facility will streamline the customer's national logistics platform and provide greater flexibility and operational efficiency, decreasing the total distance goods are transported by 25 percent.


There has been 1 recall on Four Winds 5000 vehicles in recent years. The latest was issued on 2008-04-25 due to a problem with the lpg lines and fittings.	Approximately 104 vehicles were involved. Since 1999, Four Winds 5000's have experienced approximately 8 recall(s) due to hazards with various components, including the labels, wheels, engine and engine cooling, wiring and recreational vehicle. See a list of recalls for your model year below.
Recall Summary: FOUR WINDS IS RECALLING 104 MY 2008-2009 DUTCHMEN EXPRESS, CHATEAU SPORT, AND FOUR WINDS 5000 MOTOR HOMES. THESE MOTOR HOMES MAY HAVE IMPROPER ROUTING OF THE PROPANE GAS LINE WITHIN THE SLIDE-OUT ROOM.
Hazard: CONTINUED OPERATION OF THE SLIDE-ROOM MAY RESULT IN A RUPTURE OF THIS PROPANE SUPPLY LINE POTENTIALLY CAUSING A GAS LEAK, FIR OR EXPLOSION RESULTING IN SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH.
Remedy: FOUR WINDS WILL INSTRUCT OWNERS TO IMMEDIATELY TURN OFF THE PROPANE SUPPLY VALVE, SUSPEND USE OF PROPANE APPLIANCES, AND TAKE THE MOTOR HOME TO THEIR NEAREST FOUR WINDS DEALER OR SERVICE CENTER FOR REPAIR. DEALERS WILL RECONFIGURE THE PROPANE SUPPLY LINE TO ALLOW PROPER MOVEMENT OF THE LINE WITHOUT BINDING OR CHAFING. THE RECALL BEGAN ON MAY 18, 2008. OWNERS MAY CONTACT FOUR WINDS AT 1-574-266-1111.
Recall Summary: CERTAIN MOTORHOMES FAIL TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 105, 'HYDRAULIC AND ELECTRIC BRAKE SYSTEMS,' AND NO. 135, "PASSENGER CAR BRAKE SYSTEMS." SOME OF THESE MOTORHOMES WERE PRODUCED WITH AN OUT-OF-SPECIFICATION BRAKE HYDRO-BOOST HOUSING RELIEF VALVE BORE.
Remedy: GM IS CONDUCTING THE OWNER NOTIFICATION AND REMEDY FOR THIS CAMPAIGN. DEALERS ARE TO REPLACE THE HYDRO-BOOST RELIEF VALVE. OWNERS SHOULD CONTACT GMC AT 1-866-996-9463; OR FOUR WINDS AT 937-295-2983.
Additional Info: GM RECALL NO. 04V-045.CUSTOMERS CAN ALSO CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION'S AUTO SAFETY HOTLINE AT 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).
Recall Summary: CERTAIN MOTORHOMES WERE MANUFACTURED WITH GENERATORS THAT COULD RECEIVE EXCESS FUEL SUPPLY PRESSURE WHEN THE CHASSIS ENGINE IS IN OPERATION.
Hazard: THIS COULD RESULT IN ROUGH GENERATOR ENGINE OPERATION DUE TO FLOODING AND POTENTIAL GASOLINE LEAKAGE WHICH COULD RESULT IN A FIRE CAUSING DEATH OR INJURY TO THE OCCUPANTS.
Remedy: DEALERS WILL MOUNT A REGULATOR BRACKET AND REROUTE THE FUEL LINE TO THE BACK SIDE OF THE GENERATOR. THE RECALL BEGAN APRIL 5, 2004. OWNERS WHO TAKE THEIR VEHICLES TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER ON AN AGREED UPON SERVICE DATE AND DO NOT RECEIVE THE FREE REMEDY WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME SHOULD CONTACT FOUR WINDS AT 1-574-266-1111.
Additional Info: FOUR WINDS RECALL NO R030005.CUSTOMERS CAN CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION'S AUTO SAFETY HOTLINE AT 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).


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Improvement in property sector, says Rehda
Malaysia's property sector showed signs of improvement with new launches increasing by 21 per cent in the first half of this year compared to the last six months of 2009. There was a 12 per cent improvement in performance this year and actual sales had increased marginally, according to a survey by the Real Estate and Housing Developers' Association (Rehda).
The survey showed there was a 35 per cent increase in the number of new terraced houses in the market and a 7 per cent rise in semi-detached homes and bungalows. Rehda president Datuk Michael K.C. Yam said there was pent-up demand for high-end houses and expects the trend to continue in the second half of the year. The survey showed that majority of the buyers this year were first time owners and owner occupiers.
Meanwhile, the top three most effective marketing tool, which helped push sales, were free/subsidised legal fee and stamp duty, and special financial packages. "Discounted pricing had dropped, indicating that the property market is moving upwards," Yam said a media briefing in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. Yam said developers are gearing to launch more houses in the second half of the year, in the all- price category.
The survey involved 133 developers. Some 62 per cent of them were more optimistic of the market conditions against 43 per cent in the second half of last year.
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Commonwealth Custodial Services, the institutional investor services arm of the Commonwealth Bank Group, has won the back office administration and wholesale unit registry for Ausbil Dexia Limited.
Ausbil Dexia recently undertook a review of its outsourcing arrangements with the aim of achieving a more efficient, cost effective operation for its wholesale pooled trusts. Ausbil used a combination of internal and external advice to complete the review and chose Commonwealth over a number of other service providers including the incumbent, Perpetual Fund Services.
Reub Hayes, CEO of Ausbil Dexia said, "A key factor in appointing the Commonwealth Bank Group was the extent of their reporting systems including electronic delivery via the Internet as well as the professionalism of the staff."
Ausbil first launched its wholesale Pooled Superannuation Trust and Investment Trust product in July 1997 and offers the full range of investment options. Investment flows are expected to grow substantially given the above average performance of Ausbil's range of investments and recent favourable asset consultant reviews.
Commonwealth Custodial Services has over $75 billion in custody and is ranked in the top three in terms of market share in key segments. Through an alliance with State Street, Commonwealth increased its share of the market dramatically last year and continues to grow the business with organic expansion in investment manager and superannuation master custody services.


Inflation impacts the purchasing power of the dollar, and changes in population affect revenues and demands for services. The following graphs and tables present budget data for general and special fund activity over a thirty-six year period.
Inflation increased 434 percent from fiscal year 70-71* to fiscal year 07-08, and population increased over 100 percent during the same time period as shown in the table below.
Expressing expenses, revenues and taxes in constant dollars adjusts for the impact of inflation. When the constant dollar formula is applied to the subsequent years' dollars using the Consumer Price Index (CPI)**, the result is the effective comparison of revenues, expenditures and taxes. To compare the cost per person, the constant dollar is divided by the population for that year.
After applying the CPI index formula and population growth to the 70-71, 80-81, 90-91, 00-01 and 07-08 fiscal years, the result shows that expenditures and revenues have gradually increased from FY 80-81 to FY 07-08 and remain close to FY 70-71. Tax revenue has remained below the FY 70-71 in all subsequent years, primarily due to the shift of property tax revenue to schools.
The following table represents actual dollars budgeted for the same time period.
Note: Total budgeted revenues include total taxes. The table represents the budgeted expenditure, revenue and taxes at the time. The type and scope of services have changed during the period as well as the amounts and sources of revenue. However, responsibility for many new mandated programs have been added, and some services funded previously through general purpose revenues are now entirely supported by fee revenue (enterprise funds).
* 70-71 is used as the base year for comparison. Each subsequent year is compared to the base year.
** Source: CPI statistics from U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.


If you're here looking for Miles Jennings the speed-boat champion, I'm not him (yet, I'll get him someday.) If you're looking for Miles Jennings the lawyer, please know that although I sat for the LSAT, my heart wasn't in it. If you can't tell yet by this paragraph, I'm also trying to signal to Google that this site is the true authority for everything Miles Jennings (a joke for those in SEO).
If you're here to learn about the right Miles Jennings, I'm glad to meet you. For my businesses, I am CEO of VocaWorks, a hiring software for technology professionals, and its publicly traded parent company Truli Technologies. I also founded and am Chairman of Recruiter.com, a specialized recruiting service platform.
Thanks for stopping by, and drop me a note if I can be of help. Or learn a little more about me below.
I've been fascinated with technology ever since I made a very pixelated sword appear in my first video game, "Legends from the Land of Shimbuki." And ever since I ran up and down ladders for my painting company during college, I've been involved in starting and growing businesses.
I've also always loved thinking about careers; more so from the angle of what you do with your whole life versus what you do for a 9-5 -- how you live a good life versus what you do for a living. After college, I ended up in the recruiting industry because of this… and my wife also comes from HR. It must be somewhere in the blood.
Bottle washer? What kind of job is that? Anyway, if I look back on the past decade, I can say that I've used what I seem made for (starting tech companies) to help me do what I love (helping people with their careers).
Along the way, I've only had a few official job titles, but unofficially, I've been a sales guy, pitch man, writer, janitor, copywriter, product manager, business analyst, HR Director and most anything else you can think of. I guess it's a cliche to say that I wear many hats, but you know what? I do.
My day-to-day is filled with Slack chats, Zoom conferences, and as my children will attest to, Skype calls at every hour of the day - sometimes with people with interesting British accents.
I'm focused right now on growing my new startup, VocaWorks. It's a new kind of software platform for hiring technology professionals. It's been a fantastic learning experience working with our many talent partners and working with the community of tech people. The great thing about this company is that our main clients, partners, and users are people that I've always had as friends. I've never been directly technical myself, but hung around at the computer lab in high school and always enjoyed being around those kinds of people.
What we're doing a bit differently with VocaWorks is heavily curating each side of the marketplace (employers and talent). We're looking to have a really great user experience, and provide a platform based around your career independence & happiness. We want to make contract work (the obvious big trend) much easier and more fulfilling.
I've never really liked personal sections on websites. It might be because I'm a pretty private person. Or it may just be because it's a false distinction these days. My work is personal to me. But that being said, if I'm not working, you might find me trying to grow things. Tomatoes in the sun, potatoes in bags, and generally doing middle-aged man things around the yard - like raking up leaves as they fall. I have, to my farming credit, raised quite a few chickens in the past few years.
I'm in a book club that reads manly literature and meets at a brewery to which I can walk, which is about as good as it gets. I live in an old house, so I should be painting constantly, but I don't. Right now, I like etherial electronic music like Roll Back. I have a family that I can't write about here, but matter to me more than anything.
In short, I love everything in life that you can help grow (with a little bit of effort) - kids, businesses, tomatoes, all that sort of stuff. My life philosophy, which I likely stole from my wife, boils down to trying to make tomorrow better by working hard today - loving what you do and doing what you love.
If you really want to get crazy, I have a longer form professional bio as well.


Most individuals don't really pay too much attention on lighting as they think that your light bulbs are not taking in lots of energy. If you are always utilizing your lights 24/7, you can anticipate that they could greatly affect your regular bills. In case you are using incandescent bulbs, you must substitute them straight away with CFL or LED bulbs.
Conserving energy can greatly improve your financial situation and it is not really a bad thing to look at these tips since they are very simple. You need to make sure that you will comply with these tips and enjoy your low regular bills.
You are definitely attempting to conserve money, but you can save more over time if you substitute them. The new models don't consume lots of energy so you can anticipate that your monthly bills will go down.
Renewable power options can also be a good option if you would like to lower your monthly electric bills. Quite a few folks are still not making use of the energy sources as they believe that you will need to spend plenty of money for this. If you plan to this as a type of alternative, you will certainly benefit over time.


The Israel Broadcast Authority refuses to disclose its budget for 2011 and its proposed budget for 2012.
The Civil Service Commission has asked the Israel Broadcasting Authority to investigate whether or not the Israel Radio director, Miki Miro, engaged in outside work on several occasions, without permission and in violation of both civil services and IBA regulations.
Communications Minister, Moshe Kahlon, admitted last April that the recent change of personnel at the Israel Broadcasting Authority was politically motivated. Kahlon, talking to a closed forum at the Etzel Museum in Tel Aviv, admitted that he wanted to influence the authority's views in favour of the settler movement.
Broadcasting Authority workers claimed in a session with the Press Council, that the Prime Minister's office called Channel One TV in the evening of the 300 thousand rally of the Tents Protest, and demanded that the reporters and anchors stop reporting the number of demonstrators throughout the country.


Trinity Jupiter, the high-rise residential project from Trinity Builders in Kakkanad, has apartments that are placed around an atrium in the center of the property. This way of construction offers enhanced cross ventilation in the 3 bedroom apartments, so you will have natural light and better airflow in addition to some of the luxury class features.
The Trinity Builders project, which is located along Seaport-Airport road, has ready to occupy flats with least common wall sharing with that of the neighbor. So, besides the use of a central atrium, the design of the high-rise is done in such way that occupants get utmost privacy too.
The area where Trinity Builders' project is home to is one of Cochin's sought after residential locations, so there is no shortage of facilities that any homeowner may look for anywhere in the world. Kakkanad is home to Infopark, KINFRA, the Smart City, and Cochin Special Economic Zone.
The project was started by Trinity Builders at a time prior to the initiation of Kochi Metro project, so you can imagine the kind of development it shows. One will not be wrong to attribute Trinity Jupiter as a project that was fast-tracked by the distinguished builder, as its construction began before the skyline Metro train project came into existence.
Talk about advanced development, Kakkanad has major hospitals, places of worship, shopping malls, and other happening parts where nightlife is prominent. So, living in a Trinity flat anywhere in the area of Cochin will provide you recreational opportunities to relive stress or have a good time enjoying with friends or family.
When it comes to amenities, Jupiter is replete with Trinity staples such as indoor swimming pool, provision for broadband internet connection, centralized gas supply, health club, intercom facility, high-speed lifts, and a car-parking zone. Trinity Builders offer most of such facilities to the occupants living in any of their flats anywhere in the city, although features such as car parking zone may be exclusive to some than others.
Look up on the internet for a "list of builders in Kochi", and you will eventually land up on a realty website that reveals the kind of amenities that Trinity Builders brings into the picture. Well, one can only say, happy home hunting in Cochin.


Despite a backdrop of an increasingly fractious Brexit process, concerns over the UK economic outlook and the future of the City, trading was more robust than expected.
Consolidation flatters the figures, pushing the group's revenue up 10% to £24.2bn, but even stripping that out, it was a respectable showing, with revenue per lawyer up 4% to £355,000. Profit per partner across the LB100 cranked up 9% to hit £805,000, aided by a marginal tightening of equity ranks. Consolidation and foreign expansion has continued to tilt revenue towards the top quartile. The top 25 UK law firms now generate £19bn of revenue, or 80% of the group's income. A decade ago that share was 73%.
And yet it has been another indifferent year for larger outfits. This pattern has now been sustained for a decade and its implications for institutional legal services are as profound as they are commonly ignored. As our Global 100 coverage in July made clear, Magic Circle firms continue to grind along with insufficient momentum to fulfil their own global ambitions. And this pattern extends across the top ten.
Few in this hostile environment comfortably coast along – they move forward or fall back.
The strongest strata is less distinct than in previous years but is still largely defined by quality mid-market operators like Osborne Clarke, Fieldfisher, Macfarlanes and Travers Smith. The quartile comparisons mislead as it is firms ranked ten to 35 by revenue typically excelling. Above, the market is largely soft. Below, it sharply divides into operators aggressively hunting in a lower mid-market jungle and those failing to keep up. Few in this hostile environment comfortably coast along – they either emphatically move forward or fall back. When you see insurance law specialists like Hill Dickinson sell out of its core specialism you know it is tough out there for any firm not well adapted to its ecosystem.
Of the surprise performances to note, a second year of above-trend running from Simmons & Simmons stands out. Another year of this and the industry may wonder if its long-term malaise has been conquered. And the results from Travers and Macfarlanes are flat-out remarkable and deserve more consideration. If two firms with once-derided models can so comprehensively outpace the wider industry, not only this year, but on a five-year basis, then even more of the profession's battered received wisdom should be sceptically revisited.
Much of the rest of the industry has considerably less cause for confidence. With some corporate work being funnelled ahead of the business-end of the Brexit process next year, and policy making in this nation becoming ever more dysfunctional, there are as many ominous trends and variables lurking as the modern legal profession has witnessed. That, if not much else, is clear.


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Poll: New low for Pennsylvania's governor
CNN Deputy Political Director Paul Steinhauser
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(CNN) - It's not easy being an incumbent governor nowadays.
Just ask Pennsylvania's Ed Rendell: A new poll of Keystone State voters suggests that second-term governor's approval rating has dropped to an all-time low.
Thirty-nine percent of those questioned in a Quinnipiac University survey released Tuesday approve of the job Rendell's doing as Pennsylvania governor. That's a drop of 15 points from May, and marks Rendell's lowest level ever in Quinnipiac polling.
The survey indicates that nine out of ten Pennsylvania voters say the inability of Rendell and state lawmakers to come up with a budget agreement by the June 30th deadline is a serious problem, and Rendell gets much of the blame.
"The hassle in Harrisburg over the state budget certainly has caught the public's attention and voters are angry about it," says Peter A. Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute. "Up to now we've called Gov. Ed Rendell 'Teflon Ed,' but the budget crisis clearly has put some scratches on him and the state economic crisis is sticking to the governor."
Rendell is term-limited, and can't run for a third term next year.
The governor was on CNN's American Morning Tuesday, urging the passage of health care reform.
"We've got to get this done. Every governor knows there are too many uninsured people in his state, there are too many people who have insurance but that it doesn't really do anything," said Rendell.
But he had a warning to lawmakers in Washington: "We don't want it to be resolved on the backs of states that are already struggling financially."
Filed under: Ed Rendell • Pennsylvania • Poll
Can we see the poll for Republican governors for once?
Like the Gov. of CA. or Mississippi?
July 21, 2009 11:28 am at 11:28 am |
Bob in Pa
During a visit, during Rendells first term campaign, my uncle took one look at him on the TV and sized him up completely. "I don't like him. Any man that smiles like that all the time is hiding something. You will never be able to tell if he's telling the truth." At the time he knew nothing about Rendell, not even his party affiliation.
The man has run PA into the ground, squandered our surpluses, raised taxes and still wants more, promised us property tax reductions and never delivered. And my favotrite, thrown mental patients out of state hospitals and closed them down (we read about former paitients being arrested or commiting suicide all the time). Such a caring individual.
I wish I could have sized him up so easily.
makesUwonder
(CNN) — It's not easy being an incumbent governor nowadays.-----give me a freaking break. These politicians have all made a ton of money off the taxpayers so as far as me feeling sorry for them...........no way...........Hey, Gov. Rendell, this health care reform you all are pushing in our faces..........will it be the same health care you Democrats in government will use?.............I somehow doubt it!
If this was a Republican governor there would be a BIG "R" next to his name in the first paragraph. But since it's negative news on a dem no "D". Petty comment?...Maybe. But definitely lopsided news on CNN.
Chris Daubert
Though CNN might be left leaning, was it really purposeful to omit Rendell's political party, as one comment above suggests? I sure hope not. Doesn't everyone know that Rendell is a Democrat? Isn't that kind of common knowledge? I don't approve of him at all, but to attack CNN on that omission is a little nit-picky...maybe they are just giving the American populace the benefit of the doubt that we are not moronic and are actually informed. All of my high school students know what party Rendell is in...I sure hope that all adults have the same level of awareness.
Trade Freedom for Security, Lose Both
I could immediately tell he was a Democrat governor because the article didn't once mention it. Why did you omit that CNN?
Sharon J. Kennedy
I feel let down by the Gov. he knows that the puppy mills are vile and despicable places of cruelty and neglect yet he does not take the appropriate actions of compassion and judicial opinion shut these kennels of crime down and to impose penalties of law on the criminals who operate these factories of horror and abuse.
Hey LacrosseMom, Pa is only Blue because of Phily and Pittsburgh It is 80% Red by land mass.
no jobs ,,, no jobs ,, no jobs,,,,so long to another old tired politians,,,,
Thin is in?
Rendell is just in a long line of Obama sheep supporters who hooked their wagons to this fraud in chief and ALL that he has LIED about and HIS BRUTAL proposals as they like SHEEP figured that Obambi would stay popular forever and they would coast in on his popularity.
Funny thing happening on the way to 2010 sheep, it's called a Republican comeback as their stupid tax and spend ways of the Bush administraion are OVER and as expected you liberals couldn't help yourself while geting a taste of absoulute power, YOU BLEW IT.
Thank you Barry for being the WORST, must inept six month President ever and please "keep up the good work".
Chipster
States and local government must cut vital services and all of us must pay more for less. That's the Bush Tax.Legacy. Unfunded mandates have crippled state budgets nationwide.
Years ago the non-partisan Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP), reported that "A conservative estimate suggests that federal policies are costing states and localities about $185 billion over the four-year course of the state fiscal crisis." Health costs were shifted to states and they were forced pay for unfunded mandates for homeland security, election reform, and No Child Left Behind. As a result, states and communities have no choice but to raise taxes and cut services.
The result has been property tax increases, college tuition increases, and cuts in vital services. It will take decades to recover from the damage. Most people will simply blame those who are left with the unpleasant job of cutting programs and services. Like Reagan, they will recall what a nice guy Bush seemed to be because they don't understand the damage that "borrow and spend" policies and unfunded mandates have done to our economy.
The polls are low for all Dems. in charge get use to it for another 3 years. Hey CNN where are all the comments on the Maloney thread whats da matta Sharpton had a tissy fit and complained.
He needs to soften his stand and compromise on some of his so-called rigid principles. Also, he shoots his mouth out a lot, and he would do well if he speaks softly but loudly. He should not go overboard with his assertive skills, too much.
As the Big O falls, so shall the Lil O.


The Quad City Strikers were founded in 1990 as a nonprofit club for the promotion of youth soccer. In their first season the Strikers fielded 5 teams and since then they have grown to over 20 teams. The Strikers are an affiliated club of the Iowa Soccer Association(ISA) and the United States Youth Soccer Association(USYSA).
Individual Striker players have also achieved great success. The Strikers have placed many players on state and regional Olympic Development Teams and two Striker players have represented the United States on the National Olympic Development Team, a first for Iowa soccer. Many Striker players have played for local high school teams and Strikers players are on college rosters.
The Strikers' success has been achieved with a simple philosophy that normal kids can be nutured through positive fellowships, coaching, and competitions to become outstanding well rounded soccer players. This philosophy has and we believe will continue to attract and develop the best youth soccer players in the area.


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Chef Michael Chiarello Arrested for Possession of a Controlled Substance
In the wake of a sexual harassment lawsuit in March
by Stefanie Tuder@stefanietuder Nov 2, 2016, 6:36pm PDT
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Celebrity chef Michael Chiarello has been arrested for the possession of a controlled substance and driving under the influence. The Napa County Department of Corrections release report shows that Chiarello was arrested on Wednesday, November 2 at 3:27 a.m., brought in at 4:46 a.m., and released on $5,000 bail at 7:28 a.m.
Specifically, Chiarello was charged with VC23152(a) (driving under the influence of alcohol) and HS11377(a) (possession of a controlled substance). While HS11377(a) does not specify which controlled substance, it is commonly used in California for meth-related charges.
The arrest follows a March lawsuit, in which Chiarello and his restaurant group Gruppo Chiarello, which includes Coqueta in San Francisco and Bottega Ristorante in Yountville, were sued for sexual harassment and labor violations. The charges allege a "sexually charged, hostile and abusive environment," laid out in very graphic detail.
Eater SF has reached out to Chiarello's publicist for more information. Stay tuned for updates.


FixNews.info – A total of 9 candidates with various professional backgrounds and influences in the community will advance in the US presidential election in 2020 to fight incumbent president Donald Trump. Less than 24 hours after the former CEO of Starbucks, Howard Schultz stated that he advanced in the 2020 presidential election from an independent pathway, Michael Bloomberg also stated that he was advancing in the presidential election from the Democratic Party.
The 65-year-old former CEO of Starbucks is steadily advancing in the US presidential election through independent channels. He adhered to data that more than 40 percent of US citizens would choose candidates from independent lines. Although his Democrat counterpart deplored Schultz's choice because in US history, candidates from independent have never won.
"I think seriously about advancing as president. I will advance as an independent," Schultz said during a CBS interview in the 60 Minutes program, as quoted by Reuters on Monday, January 28, 2019.
In 2016, millions of prominent media owners Bloomberg advanced in the presidential election through independent channels. That experience became his guide. He also responded to Schultz's choice of going forward from the independent pathway by saying that he would go forward in the 2020 presidential election with the Democratic party.
"By 2020, it is very possible that an independent will break the anti-Trump vote and end up re-electing the president. That is the risk that I refuse when advancing in 2016 and we cannot go forward with it now," Michael was quoted as saying by Politico.com, January 28, 2019.
The California Senator on Monday, January 21, 2019 coincided with the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr., announced his candidacy in the 2020 presidential election. He made himself the first black woman to advance in the 2020 presidential election. become US president.
He is a Republican politician from Hawaii. The woman who was the first Hindu to become a member of the US House of Representatives and has announced she will run for the 2020 presidential election on television on The Van Jones Show.
Aside from being the first Hindu to become the US Congress, the House of Representatives representative from the Democrats in charge of the Foreign Affairs Commission was the first American Samoa and Iraq war veteran.
This man became the first person to declare progress in the 2020 US presidential election from the Democratic party. He is a former member of Congress from Maryland. Refusing to be elected again as a member of Congress in 2018 because he wanted to focus on fighting in the 2020 presidential election. Delaney announced he was advancing in the 2020 presidential election in July 2018.
He is a former Minister of Urban Change and Development during President Barack Obama, and a former mayor of San Antonio. Castro was the first Latin descent to be a keynote speaker at the Democratic National Convention. He announced the advance of the 2020 presidential election on 12 January 2019.
Democrat Senator Massachusetts is known as a sharp critic of Donald Trump, from the campaign to serving as president and even calling for Trump's impeachment.
According to the New York Times report, quoted on January 1, 2018, Warren is an American middle class fighter, a critic of capitalism without regulation, and a critic of major banks and protectors of consumer rights.
New York Senator and former prosecutor who announced progress in the presidential election on January 15, 2019. "Tonight I announce that I am preparing to advance as president, because I believe we all call to make a difference," Gillibrand said on his official website. Gillibrand is also vocal in talking about equality of women and men in occupying top positions in the US.
Buttigieg served as a 37-year-old mayor from South Bend, Indiana. He will record the history of gay candidates running for the White House after he announced the formation of a successful team on Wednesday, as quoted by ABC News, January 24, 2019.
"I am the first gay person to openly run for the Democratic presidential nomination. But this is not just about profiles, in the end this must be about ideas," said Buttigieg.
According to the New York Daily News report, last week, more than 460 candidates registered with the Federal Election Commission to advance in the 2020 presidential election. This number is expected to increase. They will challenge Donald Trump as incumbent.


(TibetanReview.net, Jul06, 2014) –China said Jul 4 that Gyaltsen Norbu, the man it had chosen and is grooming as the Buddhist religious leader of Tibet, had concluded his annual tour duty of the region that day. Its official Xinhua news agency reported that the man it had chosen in 1995 as the 11th Panchen Lama, Tibet's second most prominent religious figure, as a deliberate snub to the exiled Dalai Lama, had begun his tour on Jul 1.
The report described Gyaltsen Norbu, 24, as "one of the two most revered living Buddhas in Tibetan Buddhism," visited Jokhang and Sera monasteries in Tibet's ancient capital Lhasa and performed rituals, including sutra interpretations and blessings. It did not say who the other most revered living Buddha was, given China's aversion to mentioning the Dalai Lama's name in any positive term.
The report suggested that Gyaltsen Norbu performed his tour duty as a member of the Standing Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) National Committee, China's rubberstamp political advisory body, and said he met CPPCC members in Lhasa.
Gyaltsen Norbu, in his capacity as the Chinese government appointed 11th Panchen Lama, is also a vice president of the Buddhist Association of China. The Tashi Lhunpo Monastery in Tibet's second city Shigatse is the traditional seat of the Panchen Lamas. However, Gyaltsen Norbu lives and studies in Beijing, groomed by people chosen by China to be a Chinese patriot. The Xinhua report did not suggest that he visited Tashi Lhunpo this time.
China appointed Gyaltsen Norbu as the 11th Panchen Lama as a rebuff against the Dalai Lama, Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, after he recognized on Jun 14, 1995, 6-year-old Gedhun Choekyi Niyma as the reincarnation of the late 10th Panchen Lama who had passed away under questionable circumstances on Jan 28, 1989, aged 55. China kidnapped Gedhun Choekyi Nyima and his family three days later, to be never seen or heard from ever since. It has refused access to him despite a number of calls and request from across the world, including top UN human rights officials, government leaders and international human rights bodies.


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50 BMG, also known as 50 Browning Machine Gun, is a cartridge produced for the Browning .50 caliber machine gun during the 1910s. It is also referred to as the M2 machine gun. The .50 BMG cartridge is commonly used in long-range target shooting with .50 caliber machine guns and select rifles.
When was 50 BMG Invented?
The 50 BMG was invented during the year 1921. It was near the end of World War I.
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Anti-materiel sniping and long-range shooting in the U.S.military typically involve .50 BMG weapons. The .50 BMG is utilized to discharge unexploded ordnance from protected areas and harmless distances. This caliber can impair and execute most unarmored vehicles.
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A polymer-cased .50 BMG round fired by a 50 caliber machine gun has the capability to punch through an armored limousine, take down helicopters hovering, and inflame fuel tanks from a long distance of about 10 football fields.
From a tactical standpoint, the 50 caliber is a great solution for discretely engaging with the target from a safe distance. These capabilities are able extremely beneficial for the US Military. A 50-caliber cartridge and machine gun are accurate at ranges of a minimum of 1,000 yards. Read more about the capabilities of the 50 calibers in our blog "Overview of .50 BMG: What is 50 BMG ammo?".
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