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March 29, 2017 By AMK
President pledges new office to bring business innovation to government operations
The Trump administration is launching a new office to spur innovation in government operations, the White House announced Monday, promising to give business acumen a more prominent role in federal activities.
President Trump tapped Jared Kushner, his son-in-law and senior adviser, to lead the new White House Office of American Innovation. The administration is billing the initiative — first reported by The Washington Post — as a SWAT team of former business executives. The goal, the White House said, is to shake up the status quo of the federal bureaucracy by infusing new ideas that allow private enterprises to succeed.
The administration billed the office as non-partisan, looking for any new ideas from both inside and outside government. It will aim to make improvements at every federal agency, including through technology overhauls, projects stemming from Trump's promised infrastructure investment and procurement reform. A particular area of focus will be improving the Veterans Affairs Department. The White House said the innovation office will function as a service organization offering its assistance to agencies.
When an agency is struggling with certain projects, the office and its team of White House advisers and business leaders will come in to offer creative and cost-efficient solutions. The team will look to ensure agencies keep pace with the latest innovations in the private sector.
Keep reading this article at: http://www.govexec.com/management/2017/03/trump-pledges-new-office-bring-business-innovation-government-operations/136493/
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David Giudici kam schon sehr früh mit Rock'n'Roll Musik in Berührung, als er mit seinen Eltern auf Car-Shows und Rockabilly-Konzerten unterwegs war. Mit 13 Jahren wurde die Liebe zu dieser Musik immer stärker, und jetzt, neun Jahre später, ist er komplett davon gefangen. Seinen ersten Kontakt mit einer echten Vinyl-Scheibe hatte er in einem Antik-Shop in den USA. Dort fand er eine ziemlich zerkratzte Ausgabe des CAPITOL-Klassikers 'Barracuda' von Cliffie Stone. Mittlerweile besitzt er eine ansehnliche Plattensammlung und spielt diese mit nur einem Ziel: Die Leute zum Tanzen zu bringen!
David Giudici got into Rock and Roll music already in a very tender age, following his parents to cars meetings, rock-a-billy concerts. When he was around 13yo, the passion for this kind of music began stronger and now, 9 years later, it has definitely took all over him. He got the first real contact with a vinyl record, when in an antique store in the US he happened to find a trashed copy of a CAPITOL classic "Cliffie Stone- Barracuda". In the 7 years after that trip, things just took off. Already back then, he happened to play some music out of his CD's bought with the "weekly pocket money" in local events, organized by friends and family, with the exact same target he still has right now. Make people dance.


It would be great if every gift we received was a welcome one.
Unfortunately, not every "gift" arrives bearing happy sentiments and a reason to celebrate.
At times, we all encounter life-altering situations. They may show up as an illness, the loss of a job, an unexpected divorce or any one of a number of uncomfortable and even gut-wrenching scenarios.
This latest podcast is not designed as a downer. To the contrary, I'm utilizing it as an opportunity to give thanks during the Thanksgiving holidays. We can all find reasons to be thankful for the obvious: a loving relationship, the warmth of a home, the companionship of a beloved pet, the arrival of a new child.
But when holidays arrive and we are hard-pressed to find joy, a podcast like the following may be just what you need in the moment. May this one help you anticipate some unexpected "gifts" from the curve balls that would otherwise daunt your spirit.
What might such gifts look like?
Consider gain in the midst of loss, increase following diminution, advancement in the process of setback and growth in the process of decrease.
The above statement above reads like a series of contradictions. But with a willingness to brave through uncomfortable and sometimes gut-wrenching life encounters, we can emerge with unexpected gains that might never have received through more common channels.
In the following podcast, I share a personal story of how grief arrived and ultimately brought me gain. Forcing me to face my fears and examine elements of my life that I preferred to ignore, I ultimatly grew in self-knowledge as well as a greater understanding of others.
This Thanksgiving season, you might be facing some of your own fears. You might be presented with a gift you, too, would rather exchange for a better one.
May the following podcast, entitled Thanksgiving for Gifts in Disguise, lift your spirits and help you see yourself through a more hopeful lens.
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History of saint richard's
Established on July 4th, 1976 by the Rev. Malcolm Riker, Saint Richard's began as a mission to the then small town of Round Rock, TX. Initially just a small gathering of families, Saint Richard's grew and was officially granted mission status in the Episcopal Diocese of Texas in 1977. With its new status came the first building—a picturesque stone structure tucked behind the woods and across a bridge over Brushy Creek near downtown Round Rock.
As Saint Richard's continued to grow, Fr. Riker's work was done and he resigned to continue his work planting Episcopal churches in North Austin. The Rev. Sid Gervais became the first rector of Saint Richard's. We are lucky to have Fr. Sid with us each Sunday as a member of the congregation and Priest Emeritus.
After ten years of ministry, Saint Richard's applied for and was granted parish status in 1986. After another ten years, the growth of the church matched the growth of the surrounding community, creating the need for a new, larger building. The church you see now was completed in 1997 with additional office space, classrooms, gardens, and eventually a new Parish Hall to come later.
In a parish history book from 1996, with the bulk of building work still to be done, the author remarked, "Saint Richard's people work to make this an inclusive place, not an exclusive place." That hope for the future is still the hope we retain now—that Saint Richard's will always be a welcoming home in the Round Rock community.
Everything we do at Saint Richard's Episcopal Church is guided by the prayer of St. Richard: to KNOW Jesus more clearly, LOVE Him more dearly, and FOLLOW Him more nearly day by day. So what does that look like?
KNOW: We seek out opportunities to strengthen our relationship with one other and with Christ with all our heart, soul, and mind. We do this through worship, prayer, study, and fellowship.
LOVE: We believe that loving God means loving our neighbors as ourselves. Saint Richard's seeks to be a place where people can bring the burdens and challenges of life, find rest and hope in the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and be equipped to go out and serve others.
FOLLOW: Following Christ means being a disciple. Disciples are followers with a purpose—to learn about Jesus, to live by his example, and to go out into the world and create more disciples. Saint Richard's seeks to be a place that develops leaders in the church and leaders in the community shaped by the ministry of Jesus Christ.
First of all, welcome!
Whether you're joining us online due to COVID-19 or attending one of our socially-distanced, in-person services, we're excited for you to join the Saint Richard's community.
Click here to learn more about Newcomer offerings and how to make Saint Richard's your church home.
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Occidental Launches New Web Portal
September 22, 2008By Jim Tranquada
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After months of preparation, Occidental College today unveiled its new portal, myOxy, a personalized and dynamic access point to web-based services and information for faculty, staff and students.
Unlike the collection of static links previously available to the campus community on the College's website, myOxy (http://my.oxy.edu) provides a combination of security, customization and convenience designed to meet the specific needs of different College constituencies, explained Pamela McQuesten, vice president for information resources and chief information officer.
"Until now, the Occidental website had to serve the needs of both external and internal audiences," McQuesten said. "myOxy makes it possible to separate the two and better serve the campus community by providing targeted access to services and information that is impossible through the external website."
This initial version of myOxy is just the beginning, she added. The portal will continue to evolve as new features are added over the coming months. The portal team will be actively soliciting feedback to build on the preliminary testing done by faculty, students and staff over the summer.
"The portal is truly the result of a campus-wide effort," McQuesten said. "A production team drawn from Admissions, Institutional Advancement, Registrar, Business Office, Library, Student Life, Human Resources, Communications, Information Technology Services, and the Faculty Library and Information Services Committee relied worked together over the past nine months to design and implement myOxy. Additionally, many faculty, staff and student testers who volunteered to work with the team helped ensure that myOxy met their needs."
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Carnegie Council is going green. To save trees, this Annual Report was printed in a very limited edition and is only available online as a PDF.
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Casio Computer's new flagship S100 calculator.
The new and improved model of a famous gadget is set to be released later this month, and no, it's not the iPhone 6s.
Marking 50 years since it first released a calculator with memory function, Casio Computer Co. said it will introduce the S100 flagship model calculator on Sept. 30 for about ¥27,000 ($220).
Although handheld calculators are available for the equivalent of less than a dollar in ¥100 shops across Japan, the company said it believed a luxury version would appeal to consumers who seek the highest quality in the daily products they use. Like high-end fountain pens, the S100 should be able to satisfy such users, a spokesman at the company said.
The flagship calculator won't have any Internet connectivity or cameras, but will come with a double-sided, antireflective coating on its display. It also comes with what the company calls "V-gearing flat isolation keys" that offer a steady key touch.
The main body of the calculator will be cut from aluminum alloy clusters. Numbers on each key won't be printed but will be molded into the key itself so that long-term use won't wear them out.
The S100 is slightly bigger and heavier than an iPhone 6s Plus, at 250 grams or nine ounces. One advantage over the iPhone: The calculator's battery lasts for seven years and can be replaced, according to Casio. The company said it will manufacture 5,000 of the S100 calculators a year.
Last year, Canon Inc. also released a 50th anniversary model of its handheld calculators that came with special keys for tax calculations and other features. Casio's first calculator with a memory function, the 001, went on sale in September 1965. It cost ¥380,000, or a little more than $1,000 at the exchange rates of that era, and weighed 17 kilograms (37 pounds).


What words can you make with nowed?
An unofficial list of all the Scrabble words you can make from the letters in the word nowed. Anagrams and words you can make with an additional letter, just using the letters in nowed!
38 words can be made from the letters in the word nowed.
This page is a list of all the words that can be made from the letters in nowed, or by rearranging the word nowed. These words should be suitable for use as Scrabble words, or in games like Words with friends.


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 *
 * More info: see event location (api/types/EventLocation), the getlist operation
 * (api/settings/events/eventlocations/getlist) and the event locations endpoint
 * (api/settings/events/eventlocations).
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 * ## Help Center
 *
 * Full documentation can be found in the Ticketmatic Help Center
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The Reporter will work within BBC Africa's children's programming team and will play a crucial role creating engaging, youthful and relevant news and current affairs content from Lagos and the surrounding regions. The Reporter will have fresh, innovative and creative ideas and a clear understanding of how to deliver stories for Africa's youth.
The successful candidate must have a high level of spoken and written English and any other Nigerian language would be advantageous , a good feel for strong and distinctive stories and experience of producing content for multi-platform outlets.
Originate and report compelling news content reports, either online or for TV that will appeal to our target audience – finding innovative ways of treating them and bringing them to life.
To write in a clear and engaging way – helping children make sense of the world they live in.
An understand of BBC Africa and BBC World Service's aims and objectives and the programme needs of other parts of the BBC.
Editorial Judgement – demonstrates balanced and objective judgement based on a thorough understanding of BBC Editorial Guidelines, target audience, programme and department objectives. Makes the right editorial decisions, taking account of conflicting views where necessary. Ability to explain domestic and regional stories to a pan Africa and international audience.


Hello everyone! I hope you've all been doing great since I wrote last.
First, I wanted to give you all a great big thank you! STAND's release has gone better than I could have ever hoped, and you're all to thank for that! So thank you to all of you who read STAND (or any of my books, for that matter,) and/or told a friend about them, and/or wrote a review. I ❤ you all.
Second, I've added two image galleries to the site, one for SHIFT, and another for DRIFT. The RECAST gallery is coming soon, so stay tuned for that. In the meantime, I hope you enjoy the SHIFT and DRIFT galleries, and that they help you all see the world Leah experiences at each step of her journey.
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LabVIEW is widely taught in academic classrooms and labs to help students increase their rate of discovery, build solutions faster, and improve their success. This textbook provides an instructional and experimental approach for students to learn LabVIEW. It was written specifically with students in mind, offering explanations and activities that cover not only features and capabilities of LabVIEW, but also the computational thinking elements behind them. Each textbook includes a serial number for LabVIEW Student Edition, which offers all the capabilities of the full version of LabVIEW.
Students are guided through the basics of the LabVIEW interface, including menus, palettes, and help options. After learning the basic structure of the program, students are guided through building an introductory LED circuit.
Students learn how build applications with virtual instruments, which are fundamental to the LabVIEW programming platform. They are introduced to the front panel, controls and indicators, block diagrams, and data flow programming. Students use this information to build a basic thermistor circuit.
This chapter of the textbook guides students in learning about different ways to edit, customize, and fix errors with virtual instruments.
Students learn the benefits and fundamentals of creating and customizing a subVI within a broader virtual instrument.
In this section, students learn the basic structures that are available to program with in LabVIEW, including the for loop, while loop, case structures, formula nodes, and flat sequence structures. Students are also introduced to common programming techniques that involve the structures discussed in this chapter.
In this section, students learn about two common LabVIEW data types: arrays and clusters. Students are introduced to the different LabVIEW functions available to them dealing with each type as well as how to create them.
Students learn how to display and customize the data that they acquire with hardware using charts and graphs.
In this chapter, students learn the fundamentals of data acquisition including the different types of signals that can be acquired, signal conditioning, signal grounding, analog-to-digital converters, configuring DAQ devices to read into LabVIEW, the DAQ Assistant, as well as analog and digital I/O.
In this section, students learn how to use strings and how to write data to files.
Students learn about using the NI LabVIEW MathScript RT Module to add textual math to the LabVIEW development environment. The guide includes syntax, defining functions and create scripts, saving and loading data files, MathScript nodes, and useful applications of the module.
This section details the different mathematical analysis available to students within LabVIEW including statistics and curve fitting, differential equations, integration and differentiation, finding the zero of a function, signal generation, and signal processing.
This appendix outlines in detail how to control external hardware instruments from within LabVIEW using serial communication and instrument drivers.
This appendix provides an overview of the LabVIEW Developer Certification process as well as a sample CLAD Examination with detailed solutions.


The Federal Reserve keeps telling the bond market it wants interest rates to move higher, but traders aren't listening.
That suggests investors don't believe the Fed's justification for interest rate increases, which are predicated not only on recent economic improvement but also on a continued bright outlook.
One startling chart from Societe Generale's Albert Edwards illustrates the Fed's dilemma. Two-year notes are historically the maturity that is most responsive to moves in the official federal funds rate.
Yet look at what's happened to the two-year note's yield this year as the Fed ratcheted up its monetary tightening campaign despite an inflation rate that continues to undershoot the central bank's 2% target: Absolutely nothing.


Colony Vintage started from a love of vintage denim and leather accessories combined with a lot of travel. We styled and shot their season lookbook for Fall 2015, click here to see more of their amazing selection.
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Wikipedia ruled by 'Lord of the Universe'
When is a cult not a cult?
By Cade Metz 6 Feb 2008 at 16:02
Criticism of Prem Rawat
According to Wikipedia's "user contribution" tool, Fresco's first 2400 edits - spread over more than a year from April 2004 to August 2005 - were almost entirely devoted to Prem Rawat- or cult-related articles. The edit histories of Momento and Rumiton look much the same.
At one point, Wikipedia's Prem Rawat article - which was actually created by Mike Finch - was a rather lengthy biography. But then Fresco took hold of it. Working in tandem with others, he soon created a separate article called "Criticism of Prem Rawat," moved all Rawat criticisms to this new article, and eventually had it deleted.
"All critical material was moved to an article of its own: 'Criticism of Prem Rawat," says a senior admin. "Jossi created that, with the intent that it wouldn't over-burden the main article. But then that article was merged back into the main article and basically deleted. All that critical material was pretty much all deleted, so the current article bears very little resemblance to the article of two years ago. It's shorter, and it's all positive."
Fresco can shape content in such ways because he has plenty of editors working alongside him - and he has plenty of time for on-site politics. Judging from the last nine months, roughly 35 per cent of Fresco's edits are made during standard California business hours.
"Jossi ranks among the top three editors by contributions to three out of the four key content policies," says a senior admin, referencing stats available from a Wikipedia contribution analysis tool. "What makes this remarkable is that two of those policies have been in existence since Wikipedia was founded, long before he got involved, so he's made enough recent edits to catch up." Fresco's influence is particularly conspicuous when it comes to the policies concerning conflict of interest and biographies of living persons.
John Brauns, ex-premie
In helping to shape the biographies of living person policy, Fresco has worked to ensure that editors can immediately remove negative material about a living person if it's "unsourced" or "poorly sourced". With other articles, material often remains in place while sources are validated. This is certainly a good thing for Wikipedia as a whole. It prevents libel and defamation.
But Fresco has also worked to ensure that self-published material is fair game with biographies of living persons - as long as it's "not unduly self-serving". So, if an article discusses a living person, it can include positive information from a blog or web site published by that person. But critical information isn't allowed unless it comes from an independent "reputable" source.
Meanwhile, Fresco uses this policy to control the content on Prem Rawat-related Wikipedia articles - he says as much in his Wikipedia disclosure - and though other well-known mainstream sources refer to Rawat's religious movement as a cult, such information is largely absent from Wikipedia.
The word cult appears at the bottom of the Elan Vital article. But it is absent from the Divine Light Mission article as well as the Prem Rawat article.
Because Rawat has done his best to avoid the press since the mid-80s, published criticism of the guru is now scant. But as John Brauns and others and still others point out, it isn't hard to find mainstream publications that provide information about Rawat and his movement you won't find on Wikipedia. This includes several academic studies as well as articles from such publications as The New York Times and The Washington Post. And the list goes on.
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You're an admin! You're an admin! You're all admins, thanks to this Microsoft Exchange zero-day and exploit
One API call is enough to gain Domain Admin rights... Fix may land next month
Microsoft suffers the Tuesday shakes as Exchange Online continues to be wobbly for UK users
Issue addressed for the many, but what of the few and their precious Outlook inboxes?
Want rootkit-level access without the hassle? Enter, LightNeuron for Exchange Server
Microsoft software-targeting malware gets commands from code hidden in attachments
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The inaugural Geo-Structural Aspects of Pavements, Airfields, and Railways Conference (GAP 2019) will be held 4 – 7 November 2019 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The event, managed by Minerva (publisher of Geosynthetica), is being developed in partnership with the Federal Highway Administration, Federal Aviation Administration, Federal Railroad Administration, and the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center. GAP 2019 will also offer a field trip to the renowned Transportation Technology Center near Pueblo.
The Organizing Committee invites full paper and presentation-only GAP 2019 abstracts. This unique event brings the major transportation disciplines out of their silos and into an inter-disciplinary dialogue between agencies and private sector engineering and construction specialists. The result is identification of redundancies in research, re-evaluation of how geotechnical problems are defined and resolved, and advancements in the state of practice.
GAP 2019 Abstracts are due 23 January 2019.
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GAP 2019 abstracts are open to the broad range of materials, technologies, and services that influence the geostructural designs and choices we make in roadways, railways, and airfields.
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\section{Introduction}
Let $(X_n)_{n\ge 1}$ be a sequence of independent identically
distributed (i.i.d.) positive random variables (r.v.). Recently
there have been several studies to the products of partial sums.
 It is well known that the products of i.i.d. positive, square integrable random variables are
asymptotically log-normal. This fact is an immediate consequence of
the classical central limit theorem (CLT). This point, up to the
knowledge of the author, was first argued by Arnold and Villase\~nr
\cite{AV}, who considered the limiting properties of the sums of
records. In their paper Arnold and Villase\~nr obtained the
following version of the CLT for a sequence of i.i.d. exponential
r.v.'s $(X_n)_{n\ge 1}$ with the mean equal to one:
$$
\frac{\sum_{k=1}^n\log S_k-n\log
n+n}{\sqrt{2n}}\xrightarrow{\mathcal L}\Phi, \ {\rm as}\ n\to\infty,
$$
where $S_k=\sum_{j=1}^kX_j$, $1\le k\le n$, and $\Phi$ is a standard
normal r.v.. Rempa{\l}a and Weso\l owski \cite{RW} have noted that
this limit behavior of a product of partial sums has a universal
character and holds for any sequence of square integrable, positive
i.i.d. random variables. Namely, they have proved the following.

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\noindent \textbf{Theorem RW} Let $(X_n)_{n\ge 1}$ be a sequence of
i.i.d. positive square integrable random variables with $\mathbb{E}
X_1=\mu$, $Var X_1=\sigma^2>0$ and the coefficient of variation
$\gamma=\sigma/\mu$. Then
 \begin{equation}\label{RM}
\left(\frac{\prod_{k=1}^n S_k}{n!\mu^n}\right)^{1/(\gamma\sqrt{n})}
\xrightarrow{\mathcal L} e^{\sqrt{2}\Phi}.
 \end{equation}
\vskip5pt

Recently, Gonchigdanzan and Rempa{\l}a \cite{GR} discussed an almost
sure limit theorem for the product of the partial sums of i.i.d.
positive random variables as follows.

\vskip5pt

\noindent \textbf{Theorem GR} Let $(X_n)_{n\ge 1}$ be a sequence of
i.i.d. positive square integrable random variables with $\mathbb{E}
X_1=\mu>0$, $Var X_1=\sigma^2$. Denote $\gamma=\sigma/\mu$ the
coefficient of variation. Then for any real $x$,
 \begin{equation}\label{GR}
\lim_{N\to\infty}\frac{1}{\log N}\sum_{n=1}^N\frac 1n
I\left(\left(\frac{\prod_{k=1}^{n}S_k}{n!\mu^n}\right)^{1/(\gamma\sqrt
n)}\le x\right)=F(x), \ \ a.s.
 \end{equation}
where $F(\cdot)$ is the distribution function of the r.v. $e^{\sqrt
2 \Phi}$.

\vskip5pt

 For further discussions of the CLT, the author refers to
\cite{LQ,Qi}. Zhang and Huang \cite{ZH} obtained the invariance
principle of the product of sums of random variables. It is perhaps
worth to notice that by the strong law of large numbers and the
property of the geometric mean it follows directly that
 \begin{equation}\label{102}
\left(\frac{\prod_{k=1}^n S_k}{n!}\right)^{1/n} \xrightarrow{a.s.}
\mu
 \end{equation}
if only the existence of the first moment is assumed.

\vskip5pt

Throughout the present paper let $S_{n,k}=\sum_{i=1}^nX_i-X_k$ for
all $n\ge 1, 1\le k\le n$ and we are interested in the similar
results as (\ref{RM}) and (\ref{GR}).

\section{Central limit theorem}

\begin{thm}\label{thm1}
Let $(X_n)_{n\ge 1}$ be a sequence of i.i.d. positive square
integrable random variables with $\mathbb{E} X_1=\mu$, $Var X_1=\sigma^2>0$
and the coefficient of variation $\gamma=\sigma/\mu$. Then
 \begin{equation}\label{thm1-1}
  \left(\frac{\prod_{k=1}^n
S_{n,k}}{(n-1)^n\mu^n}\right)^{1/(\gamma\sqrt{n})} \xrightarrow{\mathcal L}
e^{\Phi}.
 \end{equation}
 where $\Phi$ is a standard
normal r.v.
\end{thm}
\begin{proof}
Let $Y_{i}=(X_i-\mu)/\sigma$, $i=1,2,\cdots$, then
 \begin{equation}\label{thm1-00}
 \frac{1}{\gamma\sqrt{n}}\sum_{k=1}^n\left(\frac{S_{n,k}}{(n-1)\mu}-1\right)
 =\frac{1}{\sqrt{n}}\sum_{k=1}^n\left(\frac{\sum_{i\ne k,i\le n}(X_{i}-\mu)}{(n-1)\sigma}\right)
 =\frac{1}{\sqrt{n}}\sum_{k=1}^nY_k.
 \end{equation}
Therefore from the classical central limit theorem and $\mathbb{E} Y_i=0$,
$Var(Y_i)=1$ for all $i=1, 2,\cdots$, we know that
 \begin{equation}\label{thm1-01}
\frac{1}{\gamma\sqrt{n}}\sum_{k=1}^n\left(\frac{S_{n,k}}{(n-1)\mu}-1\right)\xrightarrow{\mathcal L}\Phi.
 \end{equation}
 Furthermore let $C_{n,k}=S_{n,k}/((n-1)\mu)$, $k=1,2,\cdots$. By
 the  strong law of large numbers it follows that for any
 $\delta>0$, $\exists$ $R$ such that,
 $$
 \mathbb{P}\left(\sup_{n\ge R, 1\le k\le
 n}|C_{n,k}-1|\ge \delta\right)<\delta.
 $$
 Taking $\delta<1/2$, for any $x\in\mathbb{R}$, we have
$$
\aligned
 \mathbb{P}\left(\frac{1}{\gamma\sqrt{n}}\sum_{k=1}^n\log(C_{n,k})\le
 x\right)=&\mathbb{P}\left(\frac{1}{\gamma\sqrt{n}}\sum_{k=1}^n\log(C_{n,k})\le
 x, \sup_{n\ge R,1\le k\le
 n}|C_{n,k}-1|\ge \delta\right)\\
 &\ \ + \mathbb{P}\left(\frac{1}{\gamma\sqrt{n}}\sum_{k=1}^n\log(C_{n,k})\le
 x, \sup_{n\ge R,1\le k\le
 n}|C_{n,k}-1|< \delta\right)\\
 :=& A_{n}+B_{n}
\endaligned
$$
and
 \begin{equation}\label{A}
A_{n}\le \delta.
 \end{equation}
 Next we will control the term $B_{n}$.
By the following logarithm:
$$
 \log(1+x)=x+\frac{x^2}{(1+\theta x)^2}, \
$$
where $\theta\in(0,1)$ depends on $x\in(-1,1)$, we have
$$
\aligned
 &B_{n }=\mathbb{P}\left(\frac{1}{\gamma\sqrt{n}}\sum_{k=1}^n\log(C_{n,k})\le
 x, \sup_{n\ge R, 1\le k\le
 n}|C_{n,k}-1|< \delta \right)\\
  =&\mathbb{P}\Big\{\frac{1}{\gamma\sqrt{n}}\sum_{k=1}^{n}(C_{n,k}-1)
  +\frac{1}{\gamma\sqrt{n}}\sum_{k=1}^{n}\frac{(C_{n,k}-1)^2}{(1+\theta_k(C_{n,k}-1))^2}\le x,
 \sup_{n\ge R,1\le k\le
 n }|C_{n,k}-1|< \delta\Big\}\\
 =&\mathbb{P}\Big\{\frac{1}{\gamma\sqrt{n}}\sum_{k=1}^{n}(C_{n,k}-1)
 +\Big[\frac{1}{\gamma\sqrt{n}}\sum_{k=1}^{n}\frac{(C_{n,k}-1)^2}{(1+\theta_k(C_{n,k}-1))^2}\Big]
 I(\sup_{n\ge R,1\le k\le
 n}|C_{n,k}-1|< \delta)\le
 x\Big\}\\
 & -\mathbb{P}\Big\{\frac{1}{\gamma\sqrt{n}}\sum_{k=1}^{n}(C_{n,k}-1)\le x,
 \sup_{n\ge R,1\le k\le
 n }|C_{n,k}-1|\ge\delta \Big\}\\
 :=& D_{n }+F_{n },
\endaligned
$$
where $\theta_k, k=1,\cdots,n$ are $(0,1)$-valued random variables
and $F_{n}\le \delta $. To estimate the term $D_{n}$, by the
following elementary inequality: for $|x|<1/2$ and any
$\theta\in(0,1)$ it follows that $x^2/(1+\theta x)^2\le 4x^2$, then
we have
 \begin{equation}\label{D}
 \aligned
&\Big[\frac{1}{\gamma\sqrt{n}}\sum_{k=1}^{n}\frac{(C_{n,k}-1)^2}{(1+\theta_k(C_{n,k}-1))^2}\Big]
 I(\sup_{n\ge R,1\le k\le
 n }|C_{n,k}-1|< \delta )
 \le &
 \frac{4}{\gamma\sqrt{n}}\sum_{k=1}^{n}(C_{n,k}-1)^2\xrightarrow{\mathbb{P}}
 0,
 \endaligned
 \end{equation}
as $n\to\infty$. Relation (\ref{D}) is a consequence of the Markov
inequality, since for any $r>0$,
$$
\mathbb{P}\left(\frac{4}{\gamma\sqrt{n}}\sum_{k=1}^{n}(C_{n,k}-1)^2\ge
r\right)\le \frac{4}{r\gamma\sqrt{n}}\sum_{k=1}^{n}Var(C_{n,k}-1)
=\frac{4}{r\gamma\sqrt{n}}\frac{n\gamma^2}{n-1}\to 0.
$$
Therefore $D_n\xrightarrow{\mathcal L}\Phi(x)$.  For any $x\in\mathbb{R}$, we have
$$
\mathbb{P}\left(\log\left(\frac{\prod_{k=1}^n
S_{n,k}}{(n-1)^n\mu^n}\right)^{1/(\gamma\sqrt{n})}\le
x\right)=\mathbb{P}\left(\frac{1}{\gamma\sqrt{n}}\sum_{k=1}^n\log
C_{n,k}\le x\right)=A_n+D_n+F_n
$$
which implies our result since the above discussions.

\end{proof}

\section{Almost sure central limit
theorem}

In this section we will consider the almost sure central limit
theorem as (\ref{GR}). Starting with Brosamler \cite{Br} and Schatte
\cite{Sc}, in the past decade several authors investigated the a.s.
central limit theorem and related "logarithmic" limit theorems for
partial sums of independent random variables. The simplest form of
the a.s. central limit theorem (Brosamler, \cite{Br}; Schatte,
\cite{Sc}; Lacey and Philipp, \cite{LP}) states that if $X_1, X_2,
\cdots $ are i.i.d. random variables with mean $0$, variance $1$ and
partial sums $S_n=\sum_{i=1}^nX_i$ then
 \begin{equation}\label{AS}
\lim_{N\to\infty}\frac{1}{\log
N}\sum_{k=1}^N\frac{1}{k}I\left(\frac{S_k}{\sqrt k}\le
x\right)=\Phi(x)\ \ a.s., \ \forall x,
 \end{equation}
  where $I$ denotes indicator function. Berkes and Cs\'aki \cite{BC} extended this theory and show that not only the central limit theorem, but every weak
limit theorem for independent random variables, subject to minor
technical conditions, has an analogous almost sure version. However
under our model we only need the simplest version of (\ref{AS}).

\begin{thm}\label{thm2}
Let $(X_n)_{n\ge 1}$ be a sequence of i.i.d. positive square
integrable random variables with $\mathbb{E} X_1=\mu>0$, $Var
X_1=\sigma^2$. Denote $\gamma=\sigma/\mu$ the coefficient of
variation. Then for any real $x$,
 \begin{equation}\label{thm2-1}
\lim_{N\to\infty}\frac{1}{\log N}\sum_{n=1}^N\frac 1n
I\left(\left(\frac{\prod_{k=1}^{n}S_{n,k}}{(n-1)^n\mu^n}\right)^{1/(\gamma\sqrt
n)}\le x\right)=F(x), \ \ a.s.
 \end{equation}
where $F(\cdot)$ is the distribution function of the r.v.
$e^{\Phi}$.
\end{thm}
\begin{proof}
Let $Y_{i}=(X_i-\mu)/\sigma$, $i=1,2,\cdots$, then $\mathbb{E} Y_i=0$ and
$Var(Y_i)=1$ for all $i=1,2,\cdots$ and from (\ref{thm1-00}), for
any real $x$, we have
 \begin{equation}\label{thm2-2}
\aligned
 &\lim_{N\to\infty}\frac{1}{\log N}\sum_{n=1}^N\frac 1n
I\left(
\frac{1}{\gamma\sqrt{n}}\sum_{k=1}^n\left(\frac{S_{n,k}}{(n-1)\mu}-1\right)\le
x\right)\\
  =&\lim_{N\to\infty}\frac{1}{\log N}\sum_{n=1}^N\frac 1n
I\left(\frac{1}{\sqrt{n}}\sum_{k=1}^nY_k\le x\right)=\Phi(x)\ \ \
a.s.
\endaligned
 \end{equation}
 Note that in order to prove (\ref{thm2-1}) it is sufficient to
show that for any real $x$,
 \begin{equation}\label{thm2-3}
\lim_{N\to\infty}\frac{1}{\log N}\sum_{n=1}^N\frac 1n
I\left(\frac{1}{\gamma\sqrt
n}\sum_{k=1}^{n}\log\frac{S_{n,k}}{(n-1)\mu}\le x\right)=\Phi(x), \
\ a.s.
 \end{equation}
To this end let, as before, $C_{n,k}=S_{n,k}/((n-1)\mu)$ and note
that by the law of the iterated logarithm we have for $n\to\infty$,
$$
\max_{1\le k\le n}|C_{n,k}-1|=O\left(\left(\frac{\log\log
n}{n}\right)^{1/2}\right)\ \ \ a.s.
$$
Since for $|x|<1$ we have $\log (1+x)=x+R(x)$ with $\lim_{x\to
0}R(x)/x^2=1/2$, thus
$$
\aligned
 & \left|\sum_{k=1}^n\log
C_{n,k}-\sum_{k=1}^n(C_{n,k}-1)\right|\ll\sum_{k=1}^n(C_{n,k}-1)^2\\
&\ll\sum_{k=1}^n\frac{\log\log n}{n}\ll\log\log n\log n\ \ a.s.
\endaligned
$$
where $"\ll"$ denote the inequality $"\le"$ up to some universal
constant. Hence for almost every $\omega$ and any $\varepsilon>0$
there exists $n_0=n_0(\omega,\varepsilon,x)$ such that for $n\ge
n_0$
$$
\aligned I\left(
\frac{1}{\gamma\sqrt{n}}\sum_{k=1}^n\left(\frac{S_{n,k}}{(n-1)\mu}-1\right)\le
x-\varepsilon\right)\le& I\left(\frac{1}{\gamma\sqrt
n}\sum_{k=1}^{n}\log\frac{S_{n,k}}{(n-1)\mu}\le x\right)\\
\le & I\left(
\frac{1}{\gamma\sqrt{n}}\sum_{k=1}^n\left(\frac{S_{n,k}}{(n-1)\mu}-1\right)\le
x+\varepsilon\right)
\endaligned
$$
thus (\ref{thm2-2}) implies (\ref{thm2-3}).
\end{proof}

\section*{Acknowledgements}
Here the author is very grateful to the referee for his valuable
report and some helpful suggestions.

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Was ancient Rome a democracy or republic?
Once free, the Romans established a republic, a government in which citizens elected representatives to rule on their behalf. A republic is quite different from a democracy, in which every citizen is expected to play an active role in governing the state.
People also ask, when did Rome become a democracy?
Additionally, why was the Roman republic not a democracy? The Roman Republic was indeed a flawed form of democracy, biased towards the rich. The first major flaw of Roman Democracy is that while theoretically all citizens could vote, they could only do so at Rome.
Herein, what type of government did Roman republic have?
Republic Aristocracy
Why did democracy develop during the Roman Republic?
Members of lower social classes began to demand representation in government. Romans wanted to prevent one leader from gaining too much power. Romans wanted to model their system of government after ancient Athens.
What is the longest democracy in history?
The Icelandic Democracy Formed in 930 AD by the Vikings, the Althing, which is the name of the government of Iceland, has 63 members. Though it is an old democracy, it is considered to be the oldest and longest running parliament on Earth.
How did democracy work in Rome?
The aristocracy (wealthy class) dominated the early Roman Republic. The highest positions in the government were held by two consuls, or leaders, who ruled the Roman Republic. A senate composed of patricians elected these consuls. At this time, lower-class citizens, or plebeians, had virtually no say in the government.
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The main difference between a democracy and a republic is the extent to which the people control the process of making laws under each form of government. A voting majority has almost unlimited power to make laws. The people elect representatives to make laws according to the constraints of a constitution.
How does democracy die?
How Democracies Die is a 2018 book by Harvard University political scientists Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt about how elected leaders can gradually subvert the democratic process to increase their power.
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Cleisthenes
How did Roman Republic end?
The final defeat of Mark Antony and his ally Cleopatra at the Battle of Actium in 31 BC, and the Senate's grant of extraordinary powers to Octavian as Augustus in 27 BC – which effectively made him the first Roman emperor – thus ended the Republic.
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Home Family Law and Divorce State Divorce and Family Laws South Dakota Divorce and Family Law
Imputing Income for Child Support in South Dakota
A look at the process of imputing income in South Dakota and how it impacts child support.
By Aaron Thomas
Both parents of minor children are legally obligated to financially support their children. When parents of minor children break up or divorce, the noncustodial parent (the parent with less parenting time) typically provides financially support to his or her children by paying child support to the custodial parent.
The laws of each state determine how child support is calculated, but generally speaking, courts use the income of each parent to determine what the noncustodial parent should pay to the custodial parent in child support. Most parents will continue work hard to earn income to be able to properly support their children, but sometimes a noncustodial parent will purposely become unemployed or take a lower paying job to avoid paying child support to the custodial parent. In these cases, the court may choose to base child support on the noncustodial parent's potential income rather than his or her actual income. This process is called "imputing income."
This article explains how South Dakota courts impute income in child support cases. If you have additional questions about imputed income in South Dakota after reading this article, you should speak with a local family law attorney.
Overview of Child Support in South Dakota
In South Dakota, courts use a child support worksheet to determine how much child support the noncustodial parent should pay to the custodial parent. First, the parents' net incomes are combined to calculate how much money is available to support the children. The court then orders the noncustodial parent to pay child support to the custodial parent roughly based on the percentage of the combined income available for child support that the noncustodial parent earns. South Dakota courts use several factors to calculate the final child support amount:
the net income of each parent, including salary, wages, regular commissions and bonuses, unemployment or social security benefits, rents and other sources of income
the cost of health insurance for the children
the time each parent has custody of the children
child support a parent must pay for other children
special needs of the children
financial hardship of either parent
voluntary unemployment or underemployment of either parent.
To read more about the specifics of child support calculation, see Child Support Laws in South Dakota. Also, see theSouth Dakota Child Support Guidelines and Child Support Handbook. Courts can also deviate from the child support guidelines based on the circumstances of each case. For example, when a noncustodial parent's income increases, the court can increase the child support amount that parent pays. When a noncustodial parent's income decreases, the court may lower child support, but is likely to look into the reasons that parent's income decreased before doing so.
What is Imputed Income?
When determining child support, South Dakota courts don't have to accept the income a parent claims to earn. When a parent is earning income below his or her earning capacity (potential income), the court may opt to use potential income rather than actual income when calculating child support; this is called imputing income. While the court won't impute income for a parent who truly has trouble finding income up to his or her potential, the court won't let a parent purposely lower a child support payment by being voluntarily unemployed or underemployed.
The Important Difference Between Voluntary and Involuntary Unemployment
Courts impute income when calculating child support to prevent a parent from escaping child support by purposely earning less income, but imputed income is not intended to punish parents who are unemployed or underemployed due to no fault of their own. In South Dakota, courts don't impute income automatically when a parent leaves a job voluntarily, unless that parent quit his or her job specifically to reduce income.
South Dakota courts will first try to determine whether a parent's unemployment or underemployment is voluntary or involuntary. Involuntary unemployment or underemployment includes the following circumstances:
a parent can't work because of a physical or mental disability
a parent can't work because that parent must take care of a child with physical or mental disability
a parent is laid off from work or otherwise involuntarily lost a job, or
a parent is diligently seeking employment but hasn't been able to find a job that pays up to his or her potential.
When a parent's unemployment or underemployment is involuntary, the court will use that parent's actual income to calculate child support.
If a parent voluntary leaves a job, South Dakota courts will then determine if the purpose was to reduce income to avoid support. For example, with a parent who quits a job and makes no effort to find another job without one of the above reasons, the court may decide to impute income. On the other hand, the court won't impute income to a parent who quits a job to move into another field where that parent may eventually be able to earn higher income. For example, when a parent who leaves a job as a paralegal to go to law school and eventually earn higher income, the court is unlikely to impute income to that parent.
South Dakota courts have also refrained from imputing income to a parent who moved to a different city to be with a new spouse and was unable to find work that paid the same income previously earned. In cases where the paying parent voluntarily leaves a job, but not specifically to reduce income, the courts will use the paying parent's actual income to calculate child support.
If a parent loses employment, but purposely did something to get fired, the court will impute income to that parent. For example, if a parent stops showing up to work and gets fired, the court may still impute the income that parent was earning before getting fired for child support purposes.
How Does South Dakota Calculate Imputed Income?
When calculating imputed income in South Dakota, the courts presume that every parent, unless mentally or physically disabled, earns at least the state minimum wage, while being employed full-time. At the time of this article, the South Dakota state minimum wage is $7.25. South Dakota courts impute income at a minimum of $7.25 per hour for 40 hours per week, even if the parent paying child support is incarcerated.
In addition to setting imputed income no lower than what a parent could earn working full-time and earning minimum wage, South Dakota courts use a number of other factors to calculate the amount of imputed income to use in child support calculations:
the paying parent's current income
the paying parent's previous income
the paying parent's work history
the paying parent's job training and education
income earned by individuals in the area with similar education or job skills
other sources of income, including unemployment benefits, worker's compensation benefits, pensions and retirement programs, and
any other factors that affect the paying parent's potential income.
After considering all of the above factors to determine a parent's imputed income, South Dakota courts will use that amount in the child support worksheets to determine the paying parent's child support payment.
If you have additional questions about imputed income in South Dakota, you should speak with a local family law attorney.
To read the full text of the law on determining child support in South Dakota, read the South Dakota Codified Laws Chapter 25-7.


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Installing the AGREE/OSATE Tool Suite consists of four steps, described
in each of the following sections.

### Install OSATE

Binary releases of the OSATE tool suite for different platforms are
available at
[OSATE Releases](http://osate.org/osate-releases.html).
Choose the most
recent version of OSATE that is appropriate for your platform.
At the time of writing this document, there are binary tar ball
installations for 64-bit Linux and Apple MAC OSX and
binary ZIP installations for 32-bit and 64-bit Microsoft Windows.

Once the .zip file is downloaded, all that is required is to unzip it
into a location in the file system. One candidate location for Windows
is C:\\apps\\osate, but any location in the file system that is
write-accessible is fine. After expanding the .zip file, navigate to the
osate.exe file and double-click it. The splash screen shown in @fig:osate_splash_screen
should appear, and OSATE should begin loading:

![OSATE Splash Screen](../../media/image15.png){#fig:osate_splash_screen}

If OSATE loads successfully, continue to the next step in the
installation process. If not, and you are running Windows, the most
likely culprit involves mismatches between the 32-bit and 64-bit version
of OSATE and the bit-level of the Windows OS. Please check to see
whether the version of OSATE matches the bit-level of your version of
Windows OS. If running Windows 7, this information can be found in the
System Control Panel as shown below in @fig:windows_version_information. Note that this
information is also required for downloading the correct version of the
SMT Solver in the next installation step.

![Windows OS Version and Bit size information](../../media/image16.png){#fig:windows_version_information .class width=90%}

### Install the SMT Solver

Either one of the following SMT solvers can be used as the underlying
symbolic solver invoked by the JKind model checker: Yices from SRI, or
Z3 from Microsoft, Inc.

To download Yices, navigate to
[Yices Install](http://yices.csl.sri.com/)
and download the version of Yices appropriate for your platform.

To download Z3, navigate to
[Z3 Releases](https://github.com/Z3Prover/z3/releases)
and download the version of Z3 appropriate for your platform.

Either tool must be unzipped and placed in a directory somewhere in the
file system. Then this directory must be added to the system path. For
directions on how to add directories to your path, please see
[How to permanently set $PATH on Linux/Unix?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14637979/how-to-permanently-set-path-on-linux),
or see
[Add to the PATH on Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion](http://architectryan.com/2012/10/02/add-to-the-path-on-mac-os-x-mountain-lion/#.VszAv_krJph)
for Mac OS.

To add directories to your system path in Windows, first navigate to the
System Control Panel and choose the "Advanced system settings" button on
the left side of the panel. The system properties dialog will appear.
Choose the "Advanced" tab in the dialog as shown in @fig:system_properties_dialog, then
click "Environment variables".

![System Properties Dialog Box](../../media/image17.png){#fig:system_properties_dialog width=60%}

The environment variables dialog box is shown in @fig:environment_variables_dialog.

![Environment Variables Dialog Box](../../media/image18.png){#fig:environment_variables_dialog width=60%}

In order to make the application available to all user accounts choose
the PATH environment variable in the "System variables" section and
click "Edit…". This will bring up a text edit box, as seen in @fig:system_variable_edit_dialog.
If the existing path string in the text edit box does not end with a
semicolon (';'), add a semicolon first, then append the path to the SMT
solver's "bin" directory, and click "OK" on the dialogs. The bin
directory for the Yices tool is underneath the main Yices directory,
e.g., C:\\Apps\\
yices-2.4.2-x86\_64-pc-mingw32-static-gmp\\yices-2.4.2\\bin. The bin
directory for the Z3 tool is underneath the main z3 directory, e.g.,
C:\\Apps\\z3-4.4.1-x64-win\\z3-4.4.1-x64-win\\bin.

![System Variable Text Edit Box](../../media/image19.png){#fig:system_variable_edit_dialog width="3.4586329833770777in" height="1.5584689413823272in"}

To test whether Yices has been correctly installed on either Windows or
Linux, open up a command prompt window and type: yices --version. A
version number for Yices matching the installed version should be
displayed.

To test whether z3 has been correctly installed on either Windows or
Linux, open up a command prompt window and type: z3 -version. A version
number for Z3 matching the installed version should be displayed.

### Install the JKind Model Checker

Download the latest release of jKind at:
<https://github.com/agacek/jkind/releases> and unzip it into a location
in the file system. Place the directory containing jkind.jar on your
path using the same technique that was described for installing yices.

To test whether JKind has been successfully installed, open a new
command window and type "jkind". You should see something like the
following:

~~~
usage: jkind [options] <input>
-excel generate results in Excel format
-help print this message
-induct_cex generate inductive counterexamples
-interval generalize counterexamples using interval analysis
-n <arg> maximum depth for bmc and k-induction (default: 200)
-no_bmc disable bounded model checking
-no_inv_gen disable invariant generation
-no_k_induction disable k-induction
-pdr_max <arg> maximum number of PDR parallel instances (0 to disable PDR)
-read_advice <arg> read advice from specified file
-scratch produce files for debugging purposes
-smooth smooth counterexamples (minimal changes in input values)
-solver <arg> SMT solver (default: yices, alternatives: cvc4, z3,
yices2, mathsat, smtinterpol)
-support find a set of support and reduce invariants used
-timeout <arg> maximum runtime in seconds (default: 100)
-version display version information
-write_advice <arg> write advice to specified file
-xml generate results in XML format
-xml_to_stdout generate results in XML format on standard out

C:\apps >
~~~

### Install AGREE

Download the latest release of AGREE from
[SMACCM Releases](https://github.com/smaccm/smaccm/releases)
and unzip it into a location
in the file system. Unzipping the file should create a directory called
"plugins" containing a set of .jar files. Then start OSATE if haven't
already, go to Help->Installation Details, and in the "Installed
Software" click on AGREE and uninstall the plugin. After uninstall the
default AGREE that comes with OSATE, go in to the OSATE/plugins folder
and delete the three .jar files that start with
"com.rockwellcollins.atc.agree". Then copy all the .jar files from the
plugin folder of the AGREE's latest release into OSATE/plugins folder.
@fig:osate_plugins_directory shows a screen capture of the OSATE/plugins folder after
copying the .jar files that come with AGREE release v2.2.0.0.

![OSATE/plugins Directory with .jar Files Replaced](../../media/image20.png){#fig:osate_plugins_directory .class width=90%}

To test whether AGREE has been correctly installed, start OSATE. If it
has been correctly installed, an AGREE menu should appear in OSATE, as
shown in @fig:agree_install_test.

**Note**: If Yices version 2.X.X (e.g., 2.4.2) is used, select "Yices 2"
in OSATE "Window" menu -> "Preferences" -> "Agree" ->
"Analysis" -> SMT Solver, as shown in @fig:smt_solver_selection. Users can also
adjust the timeout and maximum depth for k-induction to use in the
"Analysis" configuration dialog.

![AGREE Install Test](../../media/image21.png){#fig:agree_install_test .class width=90%}

![SMT Solver Selection](../../media/image22.png){#fig:smt_solver_selection .class width=90%}


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Sep 30 Willie and Muhal
Chicago, Chicago Tourism, Festivals, Jazz, Musicians, Performance
Beloved Chicago pianists Willie Pickens (d. December 12, 2017) and Muhal Richard Abrams (d. October 29, 2017) died during the last year, as did John "Poppy" Wright (d. December 15, 2017). Earlier today, a group of Chicago-based musicians paid tribute to Wright, who pianist Miguel de la Cerna said helped launch de la Cerna's career. It was great to hear about the old, long-gone haunts, as well as how musicians got their start. de la Cerna was still a teenager when Redd Holt invited him to play with the Holt's trio during a trip to Norway. It was supposed to be short tour, but it turned into a five-year association.
Tonight, it was Willie's and Muhal's turns to be honored at a solo jazz recital following Dee Alexander's performance at the 12th annual Hyde Park Jazz Festival. Before the formal recital began, Willie's daughter, Bethany, and Muhal's daughter, Richarda Abrams, represented their respective families in offering remarks and remembrances. It quickly became apparent that the families and their late dads were intertwined and held each other in high esteem.
And then out walked Jason Moran, once a phenom and now an established statesman in the world of jazz. I've seen Moran several times over the years. When his name comes to mind, I think New Orleans, funny, flashy, and hip hop, although he has worked in a variety of styles over the last 20 or so years. Tonight, Moran, who is on the New England Conservatory of Music's faculty and serves as the director of Jazz at the Kennedy Center (replacing the late Billy Taylor), came to Chicago to honor Muhal and Willie, both of whom Moran characterizes as mentors. The performance was Moran's idea. He had asked whether he could pay tribute during the festival.
I don't actually recall whether Moran used the word "mentor," but his opening remarks certainly described two. I particularly liked Moran's story about an early encounter with Muhal. After listening to Moran play, Muhal asked him why he never played the keys on the far right side of the piano's keyboard. Moran didn't have a good answer. Muhal responded, "Go for the top." Moran followed that advice. As a result he now plays the far right-hand side keys, and has gone to the top of the jazz world.
As for Willie, Moran told of first meeting him in 2013 during the Chicago Jazz Festival. Willie, always a strong proponent of jazz in the schools, told Moran that he should hear the Kenwood Academy Jazz Band. Although Moran was not thrilled at the prospect of rising early, he took Willie's suggestion seriously, hauling his butt out of bed in the morning to check out the work of the high school students. One thing led to another, with Moran eventually flying the entire band out to the East Coast for a recording session. Bethany Pickens had earlier recounted how Moran paid each student $250 for the session. His feeling was that they should experience the entire creative process from start to finish. Moran also apparently bought a lot of hamburgers for that session.
Of the two, Muhal is probably the better known, particularly because he was one of the founding members of the AACM, although his superior reputation is open to question because Willie was known in jazz circles throughout the world. Willie had the opportunity to go on the road, but chose to remain primarily in Chicago—he did travel to festivals and once toured with Elvin Jones. In fact, Willie died while walking to a soundcheck for an evening performance at Dizzy's Coca-Cola Club in New York City. He was working with trumpeter Marquis Hill.
Despite remaining in Chicago, Willie played with just about every giant in the jazz world. When headliners came to play at Joe Segal's Jazz Showcase, Willie was behind the keyboards. According to Howard Reich, the Chicago Tribune's music critic, Willie played with James Moody, Dexter Gordon, Roy Eldridge, Johnny Griffin, Art Pepper, and Max Roach, among many others. I saw him countless times in that role over the years.
There was much love in the house tonight, particularly after Moran finished his 75-minute solo piano set. His set included pieces by Muhal and Charlie Haden, and a fantastic version of Monk's love song to his wife, Crepuscule to Nellie. On the latter, Moran went from ballad to blues to stride, and just about everywhere else. He finished the evening with Giant Steps, an obvious and fitting acknowledgment of the big shoes that Muhal and Willie left behind.
Until tonight, I had not thought of Moran as a solo pianist, having only seen him in ensembles. It is clear that his range is wide and his stylings unique. Over the course of the set, he used a karate chop move on the piano's top keys, spun minimalistic, percussive spirals that would have done Philip Glass proud, and introduced some rags into his set.
Toward to the end of the set, he invited Bethany Pickens up on stage to perform a duet. The performed a lovely piece that Willie had written for his late wife, Irma. Quite amusingly, the two switched places at the keyboard several times during the piece.
If you missed this concert, you missed something very special. Surprisingly, the Logan Center's main performance space did not sell out. I was told that there was some resistance to the $15 ticket price. I find that very disturbing. People had just sat through a weekend of top-notch jazz that is presented largely for free—there is a suggested $5 donation. Those who balk at a minimal fee do the artists and producers a real disservice and show a lack of respect for the music. Festivals are not cheap to stage. Musicians must be paid. Sound systems and stages must be rented. Brochures and flyers must be printed. Insurance must be procured. Staff and stagehands must be paid. And a variety of other expenses must be covered.
On a personal note, I had the opportunity to speak with Willie on several occasions. He was quiet, understated, and always a gentleman. I has happy to give him a photograph that I took of him several years back. I was truly sorry when I read about his passing.
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The Karate Chop
Dancing Hands
Moving Toward the Top
Remembering Two Mentors
Jason Moran and Bethany Pickens
From the Sound Board
Jason Moran, Wilie Pickens, Muhal Richard Abrams, Jazz, Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts, Solo Piano
Oct 4 Pretty Flamingo
Sep 20 Wrigley
Aug 29 Chicago Jazz Philharmonic
Sep 1 The Final Note
Oct 20 Blues at Logan II


The female Bristletail Filefish, Acriecthys tomentosus, has a few chunks missing from her tail. I think I'm starting to piece things together…I *think* that the male Filefish may be getting a bit nippy with his tankmates. Certainly, it is conceivable that the fins damaged on the Lighting Maroon were "accessible" to an inquisitive Filefish, which can easily get it's nose inside the cage through the larger openings in the eggcrate. These fins would easily be exposed if the Lightning Maroon was resting in the back corner as it sometimes does.
Still, taking no chances, a second dose of Maracyn SW went into the tank tonight. I will be keeping an eye on the filefish to see if I catch them in the act at all. I'm back on the fence of how I intend to proceed mate wise, and looking forward to a time when the Lightning doesn't have to be sequestered in a protective cage (which seems to have failed at its job anyway)!
So it's been over a week since the Lightning Maroon's first date. I left for MACNA XXII in Orlando Wednesday night (9-1), and returned on Sunday (9-5). Between then, my wife cared for the tanks for a day, and then my good friend Jay took over for Friday-Sunday.
So Jay told me that our little Lightning had been "sulking" and indeed, when I got home on Sunday, the coloration was darker and the fish was indeed sulking. It still ate well once food was introduced. Is the Lighting Maroon heartbroken? Not sure. Things looked OK, but I'm not one for taking chances, so a water change was performed. The tank housing the Lightning Maroon has developed a bit of a cyanobacteria (Red Slime Algae) problem since I had to swap out lights, and on Monday night, I gave the tank another 25% water change.
Still, the Lightning Maroon just doesn't seem happy. It ate alright, but seemed to sulk in the back corner. The dorsal fin damage incurred from the "date" had fully healed. But tonight, I noticed, the right pectoral fin has a big chunk missing from the lower half. I am beyond stumped…I think I would have noticed damage like this after the "date". No, I think this is something new. But what is it?
Of course, my heart races at the thought that this is some sort of fin rot. Without harassing the fish excessively however, it doesn't really look like fin rot, no it kindof looks more like mechanical damage that is healing. It's really hard to tell. Did one of the tankmates grab this fish through the egg crate and cause this damage? There is only one fish in the tank that could cause this – the Labrador Maroon. But still, it doesn't look like that's the case either. The damage has a wierd shape to it, as if the fin was nipped multiple times…perhaps by a Bristletail Filefish?
I'm stumped. I did my best to get some pictures. I just can't get close enough to see what is really going on. I did a 25% water change earlier this evening, and again tonight, trying to remove as much of the cyanobacteria as possible. Out came the carbon and phosban. While Christine Williams is going to give me all sorts of grief over this, I dosed the tank tonight with Maracyn SW. I am comfortable with it as a prophalactic and I know it will knock back the cyano in the tank that has smothered a frag or two. I will be watching carefully tonight and will reassess in the morning. For now, the Lightning is still eating, which is always a good sign. I am hoping this is just mechanical damage and I'm overreacting.
Of course, if you owned the fish that got a standing ovation at the MACNA XXII banquet Saturday night during David Vosseler's presentation on PNG SEASMART, you might be overreacting, or "extra cautious" too. OK, maybe not quite a standing ovation, but seriously, 1300 people applauding the Lightning Maroon? More on MACNA in a later post…this seemed more pressing of an update.
I shot 50 images and NONE show the damage on the pectoral fin with any amount of clarity. Will try again later. All around a frustrating day in the world of the Lighting Maroon!


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Emerging Media
2020-2021 Theater Season
Fall Musical The 2020-2021 season will kick off with the regional debut of the new musical Bright Star. Open to grades 9-12, the musical is set in Appalachian America, and follows the story of Alice Murphy as she jumps timelines of her teenage years in the 1920s and her adult life in the 1940s. Nominated for five Tony Awards, this musical will be a life changing show to anyone who encounters it. The show is set to run in the third weekend of October. One Acts Student directed one acts are back this year! Juniors and Seniors are eligible to direct and it is always a popular event for the entire student community. One acts will occur in the winter of first semester. MS Musical Viz middle schoolers have the opportunity to star in their own musical this upcoming year! Freckleface Strawberry is based on the best-selling novel about a young girl, Freckleface, learning to accept how she looks and practicing self-love. The show is slated to run in the winter of second semester. US Play The closer of the 2020-2021 theatre season is the Upper School play It's Murder in the Wings. Four women discover their boss has been murdered an hour before he is expected to sign a contract with a famous author that will save their publishing company. This comedy will leave you rolling on the floor every second in this female driven play. The play is slated to run in April.


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Nur-Sultan Opera, Classic Theatre of Opera and Ballet
Project and Construction of the National Classic Theatre (Awarded Project)
Nur-Sultan Opera
The Government of Kazakhstan once again chose Mabetex Group, an engineering and construction company of international renown, to build a new prestigious project in Astana, Kazakhstan: the State Theatre of Opera and Ballet, dream of the President Nazarbayev, as a cultural symbol of his country.
The theatre covers an area of 64,000 square metres, and is located between Turan Avenue, Sarayshyk Street, Kabanbay Batyr Avenue and Kunaev Street on the left bank of the Ishim River. Main auditorium: 1,250 seats, of which 441 are in the stalls (reduced to 373 if the front rows are removed to provide space for the orchestra pit), 110 are in the ground floor boxes, 411 are in the first, second and third tier boxes, 6 are on the Presidential Balcony and 282 are in the gallery. The auditorium is intended for natural, non-amplified sound, and has been designed to ensure that vocal and instrumental music has optimal sound quality and fidelity in all registers. Mabetex Group has created a magnificent building, one of the best theatres in the world: a perfect synthesis of classic style and cutting-edge technology, built with close attention to detail and high quality materials.
Every part of the project was studied meticulously the acoustic and visual features of traditional theatres have been modernised and brought to an insurmountable level, the fly tower uses advanced technology to ensure maximum flexibility in staging, the interior and exterior walls are covered in precious Italian stone, and the décor was created by expert decorators. The theatre's facades, columns and wall mouldings are covered with slabs of Sicilian Pearl Marble (in total about 6,000 tonnes were used during the project) of various sizes and thicknesses, creating a perfect harmony of colours and materials typical of classical architecture. The few sections made of materials of a different origin nevertheless blend perfectly into the natural stone. The only elements that stand out from this stylistic harmony are the copper roof and the brass colour of the aluminium window frames, decorated with silk-screen prints depicting scenes from Kazakh folklore. Numerous sculptures and lighting fixtures add an extra decorative touch to the building.
Mr. Behgjet Pacolli as President and CEO of Mabetex Group is the author of the project.
Nur-Sultan City Administration - Republic of Kazakhstan
Construction of Nur-Sultan Opera, Classic Theatre of Opera and Ballet
The Auditorium
The auditorium is intended for natural, non-amplified sound, and has been designed to ensure that vocal and instrumental music has optimal sound quality and fidelity in all registers.
Mabetex Group has created a magnificent building, one of the best theatres in the world: a perfect synthesis of classic style and cutting-edge technology, built with close attention to detail and high quality materials.
The main auditorium has a capacity of 1250 spectators, divided between the stalls, the ground floor boxes, boxes on three tiers, the cental balcony and the side galleries


I was supposed to share with you another recipe, but while trying to write the article my sister stormed inside my room complaining about her experience during dinner. She was attending a baby shower party and they decided to hold it in a decent restaurant. It was a party of 25. I don't think it was that big of a deal. I should know, because I used to be an assistant cook and front of house (FOH) for four years in a restaurant. This is nothing compared to a party where you actually have to close the whole restaurant.
She was fuming because it took two hours for food to be completely served. Not to mention that the things they ordered are not out of the ordinary. Provided that they did not order in advance, but you can't make your customers wait for two hours. That's just awful service.
When I was in charge of FOH, I always tell my servers and cooks to NOT make the customers wait for long, and if the dish they order would really take time to be prepared, you have to tell them in advance so that they could decide whether they're willing to wait or opt for something else. As an asst. cook, I usually work with an extra cook plus a grill man. But even with two extra set of hands, sometimes you get rattled by the influx of orders, that's why prepping is very important.
I start my day earlier than the rest. I see to it that all vegetables are chopped, rinsed and are within reach. I also thaw ingredients that needed to be thawed. I had a couple of experiences where I served grilled seafood and it's still cold inside. I wanted the ground to swallow me whole during those times. Never would I serve anything that would put my and the restaurant's name in shame again.
Back to my sister's experience in this restaurant: the manager said that the orders took long to be cooked because they only had two cooks working that night. That's a lame excuse! Only big restaurants have a lot of cooks and chefs, a typical restaurant usually only have two working cooks at a time. Some restaurants forget the value of kitchen dynamics. They blame everything on few manpower and peak hours.
If you work at a restaurant, you know that there are certain hours in the day that you will be very busy. So, I don't see the reason why a group of 25 is different from serving people during peak hours? Restaurant owners and managers alike should take into consideration that food will be served fast if there's an expediter to take care of the business in the kitchen.
An expediter make sure that the orders are announced, food is being prepared, plated and delivered to hungry customers on time. Work will be a lot easier and there will definitely be a system. I don't believe in quantity when it comes to kitchen staff, it's always about quality. And I guess that restaurant doesn't value quality, nor do they even care if people go hungry because of them. What's even more appalling was the fact that they were asking them for service charge, since they were a big party. If I were the manager, I would've given them desserts instead, free of charge of course.
Dining out is supposed to be a culinary experience. A restaurant's life span is so unpredictable because there's so much competition out there. And for one restaurant that wasted those 25 customers they had, your guess is as good as mine on how long their doors will be open for business.


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L'Assemblea General de les Nacions Unides declara el 26 de setembre Dia Internacional per a l'Eliminació Total de les Armes Nuclears.

Dia Internacional per a l'Eliminació Total de les Armes Nuclears, 26 de setembre
El 5 de desembre de 2013 l'Assemblea General de les Nacions Unides en la Resolució 68/32 "declara el 26 de setembre Dia Internacional per a l'Eliminació Total de les Armes Nuclears, dedicat a la promoció d'aquest objectiu, entre altres coses a través de l'augment de la consciència i els coneixements del públic respecte de l'amenaça que representen per a la humanitat les armes nuclears i la necessitat de la seva eliminació total, a fi de mobilitzar esforços internacionals per atansar l'objectiu comú d'un món lliure d'armes nuclears".

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Enllaços externs
 Lloc Oficial del Dia Internacional per a l'Eliminació Total de les Armes Nuclears

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Eliminacio Total de les Armes Nuclears

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State of Indiana Rejects Citizen's Petition
By Tom Anderson and Bowden Quinn
On May 10, 2000, the Indiana Water Pollution Control Board voted to reject a citizen's petition to designate seventeen important Indiana water bodies as "Exceptional Use" waters. The petition, developed and presented by Jane Dustin of the Izaak Walton League and Cedar Creek Wildlife Project, was signed by over 250 Indiana citizens. The proposed Exceptional Use waters have unique features, such as supporting a cold water fishery or having outstanding water quality. Jane provided the board with many pages of information about rare plant and animal species and protected natural areas along the petitioned water bodies. Tom Anderson, Save the Dunes Executive Director, presented testimony at an April hearing in support of the effort.
Unfortunately, the Exceptional Use designation has already been removed from rules pertaining to the Great Lakes Basin waters in the northern third of the state. Indiana has a separate set of standards, adopted in 1997, which apply to the Basin. Thirteen of the seventeen waters identified in the petition are in the Basin. Business interests maintained that these waters cannot be designated for Exceptional Use unless the Board puts that category back in the Great Lakes rules. Because of this contested status of the Exceptional Use designation, the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) suggested that the Board review waters in the petition as potential Outstanding State Resource Waters (OSRWs) rather than as Exceptional Use waters. Bowden Quinn (Executive Director, Grand Cal Task Force), the environmental representative, moved that the Board accept IDEM's recommendation to include the petitioned waters in the OSRW review. That motion failed for lack of a second.
The Board then showed its pro-business bias by voting 7-2 to take no action on the petition. The regulated community is expected to oppose anything that protects waters "without degradation", but the proxies for the Lieutenant Governor, Health Commissioner and Department of Natural Resources Director joined with Board Members from industry, small business, labor and agriculture in voting not to take action on the petition. Many were dismayed that every one of the Governor's proxies voted in lock step with business and industry. Only the representative of the medical profession and of the environment (Bowden Quinn) opposed the motion. The vote is particularly disheartening when one considers that the agriculture representative who moved to kill the petition and the small business representative that seconded the motion failed to attend the public hearing! One wonders how they decided, or who directed them to act. . . .


The Governor of Jonglei State is calling on the entire residents of the state not to leave the region due to fear as fighting continue in other parts of the country since fighting broke out at the presidential palace [J1] on 08th July 2016.
Bor, 5 August 2016 [Gurtong] – Col. Philip Aguer Panyang said that the security situation is normal in his state, despites conflict in Juba and other parts of Equartoria region.
The Governor made the statement to the media last Wednesday at his office after reports from the ground that people were running to the nearby IDPs camp, especially to Mingkaman camp across the Nile in Awerial Country, due to fears that fighting will spread to the state again and the rebel forces will attack Bor soon, the state capital of Jonglei.
He assured that there are no SPLA-IO forces in Jonglei state, adding that the SPLA-IG forces are ready to protect the civil population.
Col Aguer appealed to everybody who is residing in Bor town not to leave the city. He encouraged the people of Jonglei State to continue running their daily activities normally as government will provide security.
"In case of danger", he said, "I the governor will be the first person to announce it to you".
Concerning rumours that Juba – Bor road is insecure, the governor assured the population that the road is secure for transportation of goods and passengers.
Thanks for sharing! Heartbreaking. If you view source, you will find out more details about the fighting. There you can also read official statements about the incident.


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Search > Royal Oak
(formerly Stokes & Moncreiff, Royal Oak, Twickenham Tup, Hedgehog & Stump)
13 Richmond Road
TW1 3AB
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Visit Royal Oak on Facebook
Follow @royaloaktw1 on Twitter
Friday 11.00 am - Midnight
Saturday 10.00 am - Midnight
12 - 10 Mon - Fri
10 - 10 Sat
Hippo Inns (Ei Group)
This is a large spacious pub with high ceilings and good seating capacity. It was originally the Glass & Bottle when built in 1635 but was completely rebuilt in the 1900s as the Royal Oak. Since then it has undergone a number of name changes.
It was extensively refurbished in 2017. It is spread over two floors with a 68-cover open plan bar and dining room complete with a glass kitchen pass that allows guests to view the chefs in action. Upstairs, there are two further rooms - 'The Roundhead' with its own bar and dining space accommodates an additional 40 covers, whilst 'The Cavalier' private dining room features a 'press for beer' button and can host up to 12 diners. Behind the main central bar will be two 500 litre copper beer tanks to dispense Truman's first tank-ready beer, RAW. Served fresh from tank to glass, and is a unpasteurised and unfiltered kölsch-style lager. In addition to RAW, a range of regularly rotating craft beers. cask ales and draught lagers alongside cocktails and wine will be available. Soft launch 6th to 7th July - 50% off food!
Park --seasonal--
Truman's Swift
Twickenham Grandstand Bitter
Twickenham Naked Ladies
Two, one with its own bar.
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Koryn Hawthorne from Team Pharrell performed 'If I Were A Boy' by Beyonce for Instant Save on The Voice Season 8 Top 5 Semi Finals Live Elimination Show on Tuesday, May 12, 2015.
"You always come enough, you were more than enough. You came out here and fill the room with energy. This young women right here is singing for you," said Pharrell Williams. "Please vote for Koryn Hawthorne," he appealed.
Koryn Hawthorne was in the bottom two with India Carney after receiving the lowest number of votes from America.


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FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The European Central Bank will meet Thursday and, with monetary policy on hold for the moment, investors are waiting to hear more about President Christine Lagarde's plans for a full review that could include tweaking the target for inflation and supporting projects to limit global warming.
BANGKOK (AP) — World shares fell back Thursday as health authorities around the world rushed to monitor and contain a deadly virus outbreak in China and keep it from spreading globally.
Switzerland mints world's smallest gold coin
BERLIN (AP) — No joke: Switzerland has minted a gold coin so small you'd need to look very closely to see Albert Einstein sticking out his tongue at you.
Trump's rollback of US water protections nears completion
TOKYO (AP) — Shelters made of cardboard start popping up in the basement of Tokyo's Shinjuku train station right before the shutters come down at 11 p.m., in corridors where "salarymen" rushing home and couples on late-night dates have just passed by.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — For three years running, California's wildfires have sent plumes of smoke across Silicon Valley. So far, though, that hasn't spurred much tech innovation aimed at addressing extreme-weather disasters associated with climate change.
The days of passengers bringing their pets on airplanes as emotional-support animals could be ending. The U.S. Department of Transportation on Wednesday proposed that only specially trained dogs qualify as service animals, which must be allowed in the cabin at no charge.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The cellphone of Amazon founder and Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos was hacked in what appeared to be an attempt by Saudi Arabia's crown prince to "influence, if not silence" the newspaper's reporting on the kingdom, two U.N.
IBM, Express rise; Netflix, Baker Hughes fall
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that moved heavily or traded substantially on Wednesday: Netflix Inc., down $12.11 at $326. The streaming video company gave investors a weak forecast for subscriber growth.
Boeing's new CEO sees 737 Max production resuming in spring
Boeing's new CEO said Wednesday that production of the 737 Max will resume this spring, months before the company expects federal regulators to certify the grounded plane to fly again.
DETROIT (AP) — The meteoric rise of Tesla shares that recently pushed the company's value over $100 billion could turn into a supercharged payday for CEO Elon Musk.
Key events leading to statement on Jeff Bezos phone hack
Experts at the United Nations said Wednesday that the phone of Amazon founder and Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos was likely hacked through a file sent from an account used by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
'Africa's richest woman' now a formal suspect in graft probe
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Africa's reputed richest woman is a formal suspect in an investigation into mismanagement and the siphoning off of funds during her time with Angola's state-run oil company, the country's attorney general announced Wednesday.
Sale ending soon? How online stores trick you into buying
NEW YORK (AP) — Sale ending soon! Only two left! This is a hot item! If you've shopped online, you've probably seen those messages.
US-French tax truce a respite in tense relations with EU
DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — France will delay its tax on big tech firms like Google and Facebook in exchange for the United States's promise to hold off retaliatory tariffs — a potential sign of goodwill in the U.S.
BANGKOK (AP) — News that a new virus that has afflicted hundreds of people in central China can spread between humans has rattled financial markets and raised concern it might wallop the economy just as it might be regaining momentum.
New Jersey law now requires severance pay for mass layoffs
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey has become the first state to guarantee severance pay for mass layoffs, according to the bill's sponsors and the governor's office.
SEATTLE (AP) — A federal judge says it's likely that Microsoft was trying to avoid or evade paying U.S. taxes and is ordering the company to hand over financial documents from more than a decade ago.
Hand sanitizers, flu shots _ businesses' defense against flu
NEW YORK (AP) — As this winter's flu outbreak intensifies, small business owners try to keep their companies from being overwhelmed by employee absences.
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. home sales climbed 3.6% in December, but a record-low inventory of houses on the market has caused prices to surge as affordability is worsening.
DETROIT (AP) — Two different air bag glitches have forced Toyota and Honda to recall over 6 million vehicles worldwide, and both problems present different dangers to motorists.
BERLIN (AP) — Authorities in Germany say 85 kilograms (187 pounds) of World War II ammunition have been found on the site where Tesla plans to build its first European factory.
LONDON (AP) — Social media sites, games and other online services won't be allowed to "nudge" British kids into revealing personal details or lowering their privacy settings, under tough new rules drawn up by the country's privacy regulator.
Facing humiliating controls, Lebanese focus fury on banks
BEIRUT (AP) — Before picking up cash from a downtown bank in Lebanon's capital, Mey Al Sayegh mentally braces herself for what would have been a routine trip before the country's crippling cash crunch.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — General Motors' self-driving car company will attempt to deliver on its long-running promise to provide a more environmentally friendly ride-hailing service in an unorthodox vehicle designed to eliminate the need for human operators to transport people around crowded cities.


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