Addin a catalyst wouldn't affect the equilibrium, rather it would just speed up the forward and reverse reaction.
Work would be equal to zero, since volume is constant.
Only monoatomic constants need to be known.
Yes since if there is no change in pressure, then zero work would be done.
The final exam is cumulative, so yes chemical equilibrium will be one the exam.
The final exam is on march 17th.
You can use the equation to find any of the variables, so p,V,n and T. R is a constant.
Any reversible reaction is isothermal, but never assume that any isothermal reaction is reversible.
There is no change in energy within a closed system. Since energy can neither leave or enter the system.
When K is less than 10^-3, you can just approximate. Always remember to prove the approximation using the 5% rule.
I'm guessing week 7 discussion sections.
I would focus on the ones showed on the constants page that is given each test. Also as mentioned, we don't need to know any of the ones that have derivatives or the integrals, these serve mainly as proofs.
I would look over the equation worksheet, then list out all the constants that aren't listed there and memorize them.
When Dr. Lavelle uses derivatives and integrals, it just a way to show how he was able to derive the equations. They are more just used as proofs. Use the equations that are derived.
It should be in mol/L as it is asking for M or concentration.
Cations from groups 1 and 2 or cations with just a +1 charge are not large enough to have enough of an effect.
Usually the question will ask you to solve for one or the other.
Brackets are primarily used to denote that the element is in concentration, parentheses are just used for partial pressures.
If I remember correctly, ICE tables can be used for both concentrations and partial pressures.
I believe we only need to know the trend of 1st ionization energy for the test, since we haven't really talked too much about the 2nd level.
Vanderwals occur in every molecule, dipole-dipole occurs in polar molecules, and induced-dipole occurs with one polar and non-polar molecule.
Yes, but most of the time it is usually for atoms that are not the central atom within the molecule.
Since it is an ion, the overall FC should not be equal to zero. Ideally, you want the central atom to have an FC=0 and have any charge whether positive or negative on the outer atoms around the central atom.
You would need the lewis structure before giving an informed answer about the length of the bonds between atoms of certain elements.
Period 3 and above elements can have expanded octets, as well the first four elements, H, He, Li, and Be will try to have 2 e- to finish the first shell rather the 8 e- as it is easier to be stable in this way.
You would label hybridization by drawing the three possible ways BF3 can look like. As shown in the image provided labeled B. You would show these are resonate by using the double sided arrows.
We do not need to know the specific length of a bond, we only need to know the trends of bond lengths.
The next test is on week 9 I believe.
You need to post at least three times a week, the deadline being midnight of each sunday.
The basic reason/logic behind it is that as an atom has more electrons, then the radius increases by the shells.
If i remember right, the position of the dots do not matter as long as there are no restrictions such as bonds or e- pairs.
The element with the lowest energy means that it can bond with more elements, which is why it is a great starting point in the center.
The only exception to the octet rule are the first four elements, as they will try to only finish the first shell which only needs two e-.
I believe that each concept will be from the quantum world sections, but you still need to know the basics of from the first test that was given to us.
Usually you can determine which equations you use based on what the question asks and what information is given to you in the problem.
I believe Dr. Lavelle was showing us formal SI units which are multiples of 3 for brevity's sake, however the hectometer is a SI unit.
If the question does not specify which units to use, then usually you would stick with the unit that is given, so picometers.
If I remember correctly, when it comes to a combination of both multiplication/division and addition/subtraction. You would adhere to the addition rule for sig figs.


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Subject: 1066- A papal flag issued at all?
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Papal banners were only ever issued during this era to endorse wars against muslims or against those who had rebelled against Papal authority (Harold had not)- and not against fellow Christians.
A papal legate to England in 1062 found no corruption worth noting- even against Archbishop Stigand- whom William left in office until 1070 (along with other English clerics)!
Odd for a man who had vowed to invade England to alledgedly to rid the land of supposed ecclesiastical corruption and pluralism?
So, had the pope ever actually issued a commission to William at all?
After the conquest (1080) there followed a Papal decree which set the penance for having killed in a 'public war', a war that was sanctioned under the terms of the Truce of God.
It was after King William's coronation that problems arose from promises the Pope claimed William had made and that King William denied (1080).
The disputes were on the amount of Peter's Pence owed to Rome, the right of Rome to call upon Norman Bishops to attend Rome with a full complement of milites.
In fact Bishop Odo was arrested for perhaps attempting to obey such a summons when accompanied by his own knights!
While the question as to if William promised to make England a Papal fief continued to be denied throughout William's life.
Is it coincidence that Archdeacon Hildebrand's plans never succeeded, as William's possible support through Norman adventurers failed to appear?
When Harold broke his supposed 'oath' to support Duke William's claim to the English throne, it fell on two members of the church to find a solution from which the Church would most benefit.
* Prior Lanfranc of the Abbey of Bec, a trusted servant to Duke William, who was entrusted to go yet again to Rome to gain papal support for William.
* While in Rome, Archdeacon Hildebrand (future pope Gregory VII), the political power behind the papal throne, had his own plans far beyond assisting the Norman Duke.
It is probable that these two formidable ecclesiastical politicians had met on Lanfranc's earlier mission to Rome to obtain papal sanction and blessing on the controversial marriage of Duke William and Matilda- delayed due to accusations of consanguinity.
This mission was successful and we can assume that two such similar clergymen established a strong and useful partnership.
Archdeacon Hildebrand's plan was to establish a temporal power base throughout Italy and beyond, by using those newly seized lands established by Norman mercenaries, such as Robert Guiscard Conqueror of Naples.
Some of these new nobles had sworn themselves as fiefs to Holy Mother Church, thus these 'Priest-Knights' obtained political recognition through the Church.
By increasing the number of devoted Normans willing to conquer new lands for the church and establish new fiefs, Rome could obtain a massive power base not only in Italy but over the alps and indeed wherever such fiefs could be founded.
The Archdeacons only problem was the lack of Normans capable of seizing such lands.
It would further these plans greatly if the Duke of Normandy and perhaps the future King of England would give his political support, if not his available knights?
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Katherine LeClere Lewis Bushnell
Katherine LeClere Lewis Bushnell was born in Bucyrus, Ohio, on
August 3, 1870 and died in New York on January 24, 1951. From 1872
to 1937 she was a resident of Mansfield, Ohio, where she became the
wife of William Samuel Bushnell and the mother of five children. Mrs.
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to all the arts. As a young girl she was given the choice between four
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But though music was her chosen art, she cherished an abiding enthusiasm for other arts as well, and had a deep faith in their beneficent
power over man. In her old age in New York she was a frequent visitor
to the museums, and took a lively interest in the theatre. Her interest
in our Museum goes back to the days when her daughter, Mrs. K. B.
Spencer, of the class of 1917, was an undergraduate at Oberlin. She
was present at the first social function ever held in the Allen Memorial
Art Museum, and at the time expressed her hope that small museums
might be founded in the smaller communities throughout the country.
She lived to see our Museum attain its present eminence among college
institutions of its kind, and this bequest is an expression of her hope
that it may continue to grow and to nurture the minds and hearts of
Oberlin students.
This, the first In Memoriam Membership, was established by
bequest.
Contributors King, Hazel B.
Parkhurst, Charles
Contents Notes on the Master of the Sterzing Altarpiece; Painters Choice: Three Young Americans; Recent Alumni Gifts; Announcements of General Interest; Catalogue of Recent Additions; Museum Calendar, Spring-Fall 1951
Artists Kienbusch, William (American, 1914-1980)
Master of the Sterzing Altarpiece (German, active ca. 1450-60)
Parker, Raymond (American, 1922-1990)
Seitz, William Chapin (American, 1914-1974)
List of Illustrations Master of the Sterzing Altarpiece, Female Saint; Master of the Sterzing Altarpiece, St. Mary Magdalene; Master of the Sterzing Altarpiece, The Train of the Magi; Master of the Sterzing Altarpiece, Detail from the Nativity; Schematic diagram of a large fifteenth century altarpiece, showing possible locations of figs. 1 and 2; Kienbusch, Barns and Fences; Parker, Signal; Seitz, Tarquinia; A Portion of the Swift Collection of American Pattern Glass Goblets
Title Katherine LeClere Lewis Bushnell
Transcript Katherine LeClere Lewis Bushnell Katherine LeClere Lewis Bushnell was born in Bucyrus, Ohio, on August 3, 1870 and died in New York on January 24, 1951. From 1872 to 1937 she was a resident of Mansfield, Ohio, where she became the wife of William Samuel Bushnell and the mother of five children. Mrs. Bushnell's character was formed bv her domestic affections, by her love for all that is good in nature and in man, and by her life-long devotion to all the arts. As a young girl she was given the choice between four years at Wellesley and four years at the Conservatory of Music in Stuttgart, Germany. She chose to study music and never regretted her choice. But though music was her chosen art, she cherished an abiding enthusiasm for other arts as well, and had a deep faith in their beneficent power over man. In her old age in New York she was a frequent visitor to the museums, and took a lively interest in the theatre. Her interest in our Museum goes back to the days when her daughter, Mrs. K. B. Spencer, of the class of 1917, was an undergraduate at Oberlin. She was present at the first social function ever held in the Allen Memorial Art Museum, and at the time expressed her hope that small museums might be founded in the smaller communities throughout the country. She lived to see our Museum attain its present eminence among college institutions of its kind, and this bequest is an expression of her hope that it may continue to grow and to nurture the minds and hearts of Oberlin students. This, the first In Memoriam Membership, was established by bequest.
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A Schilling Memorial Lecture - Natural Freedom: Human/Nature Nondualism in Japanese Thought
Westernized policies and practices in Japan have contributed more to the exacerbation than to the amelioration of environmental destruction, the nondualistic conception of the relation between humans and nature that can be found in much of traditional Japanese thought and in some modern Japanese philosophies may well help us rethink the dualistic presuppositions and false dichotomies that lie at the ideological roots of our ecological problems. We need to learn to think of and experience the world, not in terms of humans versus nature, nor even just in terms of humans in cooperation with nature, but rather in terms of humans in nature, humans as part of nature, humans as participating in nature. And this entails, I mean to show in this exploration of Japanese thought, a rethinking of nature, of naturalness, of humanity, and of freedom.
by rjp218 Jan 20, 2016
Rob Peeler
Despite the existence of marginal philosophical movements such as Deep Ecology, environmentalists today often continue to speak in the philosophical idiom of their opponents when they debate the impact of human activity on the natural world. This way of speaking, whether inadvertent or intentional, perpetuates a human/nature dualism with deep roots in the philosophical and theological traditions of the West. On the other hand, to those who do not think of human minds or souls as supernatural entities, it may seem that the only alternative left is that provided by a deterministic materialism that strips us of core elements of our humanity, including our freedom.
The problem is that many of us today can neither swallow the metaphysical dogma that would separate our souls from the natural world nor bite the deterministic bullet and renounce our longing for—and inner sense of—freedom. The question then is: Can we find a path that leads beyond these apparent conflicts between freedom and nature? One thing seems clear: if there is such a path of reconciliation, it would entail along the way a radical rethinking of the very concepts of "nature" and "freedom." What I intend to demonstrate in this talk is that Japanese thought has much to contribute to precisely such a rethinking of nature and freedom, a rethinking which sees them as nondually interrelated in their origins and as ultimately reconcilable through holistic practices. By drawing on a number of traditional and modern Japanese thinkers, I shall explore the philosophical sources in Japan for recognizing and realizing the possibility of a natural freedom.
Although it is true that modern, Westernized policies and practices in Japan have contributed more to the exacerbation than to the amelioration of environmental destruction, the nondualistic conception of the relation between humans and nature that can be found in much of traditional Japanese thought and in some modern Japanese philosophies may well help us rethink the dualistic presuppositions and false dichotomies that lie at the ideological roots of our ecological problems. We need to learn to think of and experience the world, not in terms of humans versus nature, nor even just in terms of humans in cooperation with nature, but rather in terms of humans in nature, humans as part of nature, humans as participating in nature. And this entails, I mean to show in this exploration of Japanese thought, a rethinking of nature, of naturalness, of humanity, and of freedom.
This is part of the Harold K. Schilling Memorial Lecture Series.
This event is approved for SARI@PSU participation credit.
Bret W. Davis is Professor of Philosophy at Loyola University Maryland, where he teaches courses in Western, Eastern, and comparative philosophy. His research focuses on Continental philosophy (esp. Heidegger, phenomenology, and hermeneutics), on East Asian philosophies (esp. Zen Buddhism and the Kyoto School), and on cross-cultural philosophy (including hermeneutical and ethical/political issues). He received a Ph.D. in philosophy from Vanderbilt University, and has spent 13 years in Japan, during which time he studied Buddhist thought at Otani University, completed the Ph.D. program (with thesis in progress) in Japanese philosophy at Kyoto University, taught philosophy and related courses in Japanese at various universities, and formally practiced Zen Buddhism at Shōkokuji, one of the main Rinzai Zen training monasteries in Kyoto. He has been a Japanese Ministry of Education scholarship recipient, a JSPS Postdoctoral Research Fellow and later Visiting Scholar at Kyoto University, as well as a Visiting Scholar at the University of Freiburg on a DAAD fellowship. He has lectured in more than a dozen countries, in Japanese and German as well as in English, and his work has been translated into six languages. In addition to authoring more than 50 articles written in English and in Japanese on Continental, Japanese, East Asian Buddhist, and Comparative Philosophy, he is author of Heidegger and the Will: On the Way to Gelassenheit (Northwestern University Press, 2007); translator of Martin Heidegger's Country Path Conversations (Indiana University Press, 2010); editor of Martin Heidegger: Key Concepts (Acumen, 2010, Routledge, 2014) and The Oxford Handbook of Japanese Philosophy (Oxford University Press, in preparation); coeditor with Fujita Masakatsu of Sekai no naka no Nihon no tetsugaku [Japanese Philosophy in the World] (Shōwadō, 2005); and coeditor with Brian Schroeder and Jason Wirth of Japanese and Continental Philosophy: Conversations with the Kyoto School (Indiana University Press, 2011) and of Engaging Dōgen's Zen: The Philosophy of Practice as Awakening (Wisdom Publishing, forthcoming). He serves on the editorial board of several journals and is coeditor of Indiana University Press's book series in World Philosophies.
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This Art Nouveau hotel dates back to the years 1913-14, when a 7-storey building with a kitchen on each floor was built for residential purposes at 7 Hafnersteig in the historic centre of Vienna. In 1978 it was converted into a hotel known as the Adlerhof when the Pertschy family purchased it. They did quick renovations and changed the name to Pension Christina, *** 3 Stars accommodation with 33 rooms. The small Art Nouveau establishment with breakfast provided was greatly appreciated by international guests for 30 years, especially because of its central location and Frau Traude's hospitality. In 2007 it was time for another change: the second generation had the building completely refurbished. It was gutted and brought up to **** 4 Stars standard, while retaining a modern vision of Art Nouveau.
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Thus, an increase of 35% was attained compared with the previous event. A success that the organisers trendfairs GmbH and Möbel- und Holzbau-Cluster particularly attribute to the exceptional culture of cooperation and the distinct willingness to communicate among all those involved. The concept behind the double trade fair – furniture and accessory presentation for today's merged living areas plus creation of attractive added value and an environment thought-out right down to the last detail – developed with the exhibitors really hit the mark.
Trade fair format further developed hand in hand
Michael Rambach aptly summarised the thoroughly positive development in the national trade fair as follows: "The desire for our double trade fair has once again grown considerably. The trusting coordination of exhibitor, visitor and organiser interests at the fore enables our event to become exactly what all parties want. The many first-class details have taken the event into the premium class. Free admission, free catering and tax disc-free arrival from Germany all contributed to this, as did the extensive media work in advance across all communication channels (specialist magazines, email newsletters, social media, trendfairs.TV, etc.). The talks at the AEG podium events were just as popular as at the initial event. These guarantee high interest, a total of 16 times, always for 45 minutes each and with Peter Brandl as well as six other top speakers as the stars."
The by-all-standards superior second event in the double trade fair küchenwohntrends and möbel austria demonstrated its unique importance beyond the Danube/Alps/Adriatic region. The successful development of this young event for presentation, communication, contact management, networks and knowledge transfer serves as a solid basis for the next double event in 2017.
Also in 2017: quality before quantity
In two years' time, the event will certainly enjoy even greater radiance, with an even bigger circle of exhibitors and visitors, with far improved service. Only one thing won't change: the intimate, almost family atmosphere at küchenwohntrends and möbel austria, which takes business in Salzburg's May trade fair to where business successes are ultimately born. To personal conversations, as equals, between person to person.
This feeling of togetherness was commented on as being particularly positive by all those involved in 2015, too. Active participation in the double trade fair, the joint design of this business platform from the run-up to the event and beyond the end of the trade fair, makes the Salzburg event a unique business event for exhibitors and visitors alike.
Michael Mehnert (Managing Director of BSH Hausgeräte, Vienna, Austria) explains the exhibitor's perspective: "We have a full trade fair stand, which is exactly what we wanted. This confirms our decision to come here to Salzburg. Our three brands on three trade fair stands go down really well because we can communicate an individual brand message here. The excellent interaction between the trade fair company, exhibitors and retail – a very important prerequisite for a good trade fair – has been a great success for all three parties. And, when you look around, you just see satisfied faces wherever you look!"
Constantly new ideas that inspire
The visitors to both trade fairs were just as thrilled on all three days: opinions range from "the great diversity in exhibitors is surprising", "quality clearly takes priority over quantity", "a thoroughly great atmosphere" and "I didn't expect the trade fairs to have such a fantastic atmosphere", through to "wonderfully designed trade fair stands". The last point stands out in particular: the extraordinary quality of stand construction and the presentations by the exhibitors stood out to many visitors in a particularly positive way. This included the fact that the organisers did everything to optimise potentially overlapping presentations using an eye for the essentials.
küchenwohntrends and möbel austria have therefore developed into a national meeting place for the industry within Austria and beyond. This is helped not only by many new products and designs from exhibitors, but also numerous side events around the double trade fair. The friendly, spacious trade fair check-in area and the traditional dresses in trade fair colours worn by the reception team have now quite rightly become a trademark of the event.
Here is Michael Rambach once again to conclude: "New ideas and impulses from the trendfairs team and a sizeable leap of faith by the exhibitors enable ever new topics to be created that can inspire. I believe that a real impression has been made between 6th and 8th May in Salzburg." Or – as a visitor succinctly put it – "In 20 years of trade fair experience, I have rarely experienced such a great atmosphere!"
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Each artist of The Street Gang Collective whose work is included in the exhibition demonstrates a unique fascination in observing the everyday; these photographers consider themselves visual anthropologists. The world we inhabit is full of hidden and infinite meanings and these artists portray an obsession in capturing tiny but monumental moments that otherwise go unnoticed. While documentary photography portrays a straight depiction of reality, this exhibition portrays a more playful approach to seeing.
The Street Gang Collective: Eyal Binehaker (Israel). Mary Cimetta (Italy), Sagi Kortler (Israel), Seamus Travers (Ireland), Alex Levac (Israel), Felix Lupa (Israel).


Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) has released the IOCL Recruitment 2019 Notification. The department wants to recruit 466 candidates for IOCL Apprentice Vacancy 2019. Eligible candidates can apply online from 16th February 2019. IOCL will recruit candidates for 8 refineries.
These are Guwahati, Barauni, Gujarat, Mathura, Panipat, Digboi, Bongaigaon Refinery and Paradip refineries. The last date for filling and submitting the online applications for Trade Apprentice Jobs is 08th March 2019. You can get more details on IndianOil Recruitment 2019.
First of all, candidates need to go to the official website of the department which is iocl.com.
Now you will find the Careers option given at the top of the homepage.
Click on the Careers section. Here you will find the Apprenticeship link. Click on it.
Here candidates will find the direct apply online link for the Apprentice positions.
Click on the link. Start entering relevant information in the application form.
Upload your recent passport size photograph, signature etc.
Make payment of the online application fee.
The IOCL Apply Online process gets over here.
The department will select candidates on the basis of two stages. These are Witten Test and Interview. The department will first conduct a Written Examination. It is scheduled to be conducted on 24th March 2019. Those candidates who qualify the examination will then be able to sit for the Interview stage. You can read more details about the selection process for IndianOil Recruitment 2019 from the official notification. It is given in the Important Links section of our article.
What Is The Eligibility Criteria For IOCL Jobs 2019?
The aspirant who has done a 03 Year Degree/ Diploma in the relevant fields can apply online for the vacancies. You can get a more detailed version of the educational qualification from the official notification. It is shared at the end of this article.
The application fee details are given in the official notification of the recruitment. Therefore, we are sharing the official notification in the Important Links section of this article. Candidate can get application fee details from there.
Selected candidates will be given a decent salary. Candidates can check out the official notification pdf in order to have knowledge about the pay scale. We are providing you with the official notification at the end of this article.
Conclusion: We are sharing the direct apply online link for the IOCL Recruitment 2019. The last date for filling and submitting the online application form is 08th March 2019.
इंडियन ऑयल में निकली वैकेंसी – Indian Oil Corporation Limited has released IOCL Recruitment 2019 Notification. There is a total 420 Trade Apprentice Vacancy available. This is a great opportunity for the contenders who searching latest govt. jobs in Indian Oil. Interested participants for Indian Oil Jobs 2019 can apply through online mode. IOCL 2019 Online processing starts on 18.01.2019. The last date for submission of online form is 10.02.2019. More details about IOCL Apprentice Recruitment 2019 like eligibility criteria, selection process, age limit etc. should read this article properly.
Education Qualification: Those candidates who are want to apply for IOCL Bharti 2019 should be done given education qualification. For post wise Indian Oil Qualification is mention below.
IOCL Vacancy 2019 Age Limit: Applicants age limit should not be less than 18 years for IOCL Jobs 2019. Upper age limit should not exceed 24 years for Indian Oil Apprentice Recruitment 2019. Age will be calculated as on 31.12.2018. Age relaxation is applicable as on 05 Years for SC/ ST or 03 Years for OBC category candidates.
Selected participants for IOCL Apprentice Jobs 2019 will get a decent stipend as per the Apprenticeship Rules. Apart from the stipend, the department will also provide an additional amount of Rs.2500/- towards Stationery, Conveyance & Miscellaneous expenses.
इंडियन ऑयल Exam Fee 2019- Application Fee: Candidates should check under given important links and Get IOCL Notification 2019 for Indian Oil Exam Fee 2019.
Selection Process For IOCL Jobs 2019: The selection process for Indian Oil Recruitment 2019 will be based on Written Exam & Interview. The written exam will be conducted at Chennai, Hyderabad, Vijayawada, Cochin & Bangalore during March 2019. Details of IOCL Written Exam Date & Venue will be informed in the admit card.
Applicants who are going to fill the online application form for IOCL Apprentice Recruitment 2019 should follow under given steps and get Indian Oil 2019 Online Form.
First of all candidates log in to IOCL Portal i.e. www.iocl.com.
Then should search IOCL Recruitment 2019 Notification and click on it.
Read full Indian Oil Corporation Limited Notification 2019 very carefully.
If you are eligible for IOCL Apprentice Vacancy 2019 should find IOCL Recruitment 2019 Apply Online Form.
Enter all required details on the form.
Recheck all details after filling IOCL Registration Form 2019.
Conclusion: IOCL Recruitment 2019 Apply Online link activated on today (18.01.2018). Eligible or interested applicants may fill the online application form on or before the last date 10.02.2018 for 420 Trade Apprentice Posts.


We can't stop looking at our bedroom. This furniture is amazing. Delivering it into our space was no small accomplishment. Your delivery team deserves plenty of praise!
Hi, I would like to know do the night stands come with mirror or they priced by them self ? And is the canopy attached with the bed ? How high is the bed with canopy ? Thank you.
Hi Renee, it was a pleasure speaking with you today! The nightstands don't come with the mirrors unless ordered together. The bed canopy is 112" off the ground. Let us know if we can help!
This bedroom collection is finished in a classic dark brown finish called Chestnut. It is composed solid hardwood construction.
The Villa Valencia Formal Bedroom Collection has a multitude of added features! The bed features intricately designed marble posts and there is hand carved detail throughout every piece! The dresser and armoire have lighting unique boxes. All pieces have leaf design detail throughout with hand carved detailed design, dovetail drawer construction, and aged brass hardware with ball bearing drawer glides.
We love the luxurious detailed carvings and unique features of this formal master bedroom collection. We also LOVE the hand carved detail throughout this collection especially on the marble bed posts and canopy. The designer applied elegant leaf-like design throughout the collection and even created a unique lighting box for the dresser and armoire providing an incredible illuminating visual. The solid hard wood construction ensures this collection will last for years to come!
The look and feel of Old World Spain have been beautifully captured in this grand collection, designed exclusively for the Furniture From Home Signature Series. Beautifully crafted from Birch solids with Cherry, Pecan, and Elm Burl veneers, the distinctive marquetry and intricate embellishments compliment a classic chestnut finish. Uniquely twisted and shaped marble pilasters with carved wooden leaves wrapping around adorn some of the pieces. The Villa Valencia Formal Bedroom Collection draws its inspirations from the city of Venice, in Italy. As it sits in the center of the Italian Mediterranean coastline.This area has seen numerous historical events, and as such, its character has continually developed. The Villa Valencia Formal Bedroom Collection draws from this history, and from its marble relief to the unique multi-faceted beveled glass encasements, The Villa Valencia is a timeless collection to be treasured year after year.


Lets face it, some people are only happy when they are centre stage. And to ensure this position, they are more than willing to create many incarnations of the same old sh*t storm and pull you right into the middle of it! (Be honest. I know you know such people!) I have put in my notice to them and all their nonsensical drama. I wish them well, and am continuing on my own journey of peace and sensibility. There is no room or time left in my life for irrelevant issues. No, I will not be laying awake tonight, crying into my very comfortable pillow over them and their self-created soul-sucking cyclones. At this age, I need all the beauty sleep I can get!
It`s nothing personal, but you are either my people or you are not. Period. I no longer feel the need to justify why I don`t enjoy certain company. I just don`t. It is what it is. And I will no longer, out of politeness or a misplaced sense of duty, be accepting invitations that I really do not want to be a part of. It`s a waste of my time as well as the other person`s time. And it`s phoney. I`m well aware that I most likely have less years left than years I have lived. I want to spend this time with the people I enjoy, doing activities that bring me joy. It`s as simple as that.
It seems to me that I have wasted too much precious time worrying about the future (what if I lose my job! or my house! or my relationship! or all three!!!), worrying about how I am presenting myself (what if people don`t like me!) worrying about how well I am doing (What if I`m not the best mom, wife, employee, friend) etc, etc, etc ad nauseam! Truth be told, I have majored in the art of worrying my whole life. Like, I have a doctorate in it! (Flexibly Worrying, PhD!) I am ready to leave this tendency in the dust. It occurs to me that throughout my life, most of what I have worried about NEVER HAPPENED! And the times that difficult things happened were situations that I NEVER ANTICIPATED! They blind-sided me! And, to be clear, I hold a 100 percent survival rate over each and every one of these disastors! Those are some amazing odds! So, to Life, I say: Bring it! I`ve got this!
At the end of the day, not one of us is perfect; not me, not you, not any one of us humans. So, I am quite content to boomerang any hurtful behaviour right back to the source of it. Not one ounce of my self esteem depends on anyone else`s opinion of me, or their treatment of me. I know enough now to not take personal the behaviour of other people. I am responsible for me; you be responsible for you. You do you. I`ll do me. And that`s the end of it.
Truth be told, I did not enter my 50`s on a happy note. I was so down about aging, wrinkles and grey hair. But, as I am half way through this decade (unbelievably, time goes so fast!) I am loving and embracing it. I have worked hard, built an adult life, and learned so much. I know how much I can survive and I know how strong I am. I would not trade my life now for any other decade. Freedom 55! I am loving it!
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January 28, 2016 - 10:09 pm EDT 3 years ago
Weekend Tee Box Business Talk: January 29 Edition
Twitter/@SkyNews
Heading out to the course this weekend with your boss? Haven't had time to catch up on the week's financial and sports business news?
We've got your back. Here are a few stories that made news this week, a quick summary and a conversation starter:
Those Super Bowl commercial prices are insane. Did you see what CBS is asking for a 30-second spot this year?
Ad spending for commercials during the game on Feb. 7's Super Bowl 50 broadcast on CBS will total a record $377 million, according to Ad Age Datacenter's estimate. That's more than was spent on the Super Bowl in the 1960s, '70s and '80s combined ($299 million). (AdAge)
Did you see that TopGolf bought World Golf Tour. That's an interesting move for a social driving range getting into the digital space.
The operator of driving ranges and entertainment centers has added World Golf Tour, the top online golf gaming in the world with 14 million players on web and mobile. The move brings Topgolf into the $25 million online golf market, and it will also expose WGT players to its entertainment centers. (Venture Beat)
Apple is forecasting their first revenue drop in 13 years. Could this be the beginning of the end for the continuous growth?
Apple Inc. forecast its first revenue drop in 13 years and reported the slowest-ever increase in iPhone shipments as the critical Chinese market showed signs of weakening, suggesting the technology company's period of exponential growth may be ending. (Reuters)
Apple says iPhone sales grew at slowest pace ever, sees first drop in revenue since 2003 https://t.co/QH5M7gQutO pic.twitter.com/nDS8eQxzsk
— WSJ News Graphics (@WSJGraphics) January 27, 2016
How about Greg Norman getting fired from Fox Sports after one year? Sounds like they're going to a three-man booth with Paul Azinger.
Just 10 days after news broke that Greg Norman was out as the Fox Sports lead golf analyst, the company announced on Wednesday that Paul Azinger would be his replacement in 2016. Azinger will join lead man Joe Buck in the 18th tower, as will Brad Faxon who moves from his post in the 17th tower to the main broadcast booth. (Back9Network)
Pretty nice gesture by the Panthers' and Broncos' owners sending their entire staffs to the Super Bowl. How much do you think that cost?
Come Super Bowl Sunday, the offices of both the Carolina Panthers and the Denver Broncos will be empty. Both team owners are sending their team's employees — interns included — to Super Bowl 50 in California to watch their teams face-off on Feb. 7. (ABC)


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Home/Iceland 2016/ICELAND 2016
ICELAND AUGUST 2016
We take an Air Baltic flight from Gatwick. It's a charter flight and there's no one on it. Less than three hours later we are descending into a dramatic mountain landscape, to land on the east coast at Egilsstadir on the northern tip of Lake Logurinn. We pick up our hire car, and as we check into our hotel – the Valaskjalf – there appears to be no one around. Until 200 people descend on the place for a party that lasts until 4am, held mainly underneath our window.
The next morning we head a little bleary eyed to Lake Myvatn ("Midge Lake"), stopping at various impressive waterfalls on the way. The big one is at Detifoss, Europe's most powerful waterfall. Although it's only 150 feet high, it dispatches 500m3 of water per second – whatever that means. Getting there we had a puncture on the gravel road and did well to change the tyre in a desolate landscape with the help of an improbably good looking Icelandic couple who were deceptively handy with a jack and spanner.
Approaching Myvatn we stop off at Namaskard, a landscape of red clay with yellow and white streaks. It's a series of violently bubbling geysers and mud pits, but not a patch on Yellowstone if you have been. The lake itself is pretty staggering, containing over fifty small islands that look like mini volcanoes. Geologists call them pseudocraters, since they never had lava flowing through them. They are actually spots where lava flowing over the lake caused the water to boil, burst through, and solidify into mounds.
It's a dramatic area. Our base is the Dimmuborgir guesthouse, in the shadow of Hverfjall, a 1300-foot cinder cone that we climb the next day. It's windy up there, similar to Krafla volcano, which last erupted in the 1720s and now contains a stark blue lake. It is also the site of a thermal power station, and many believe that their work led to the Krafla Fires. Between 1975 and 1984, earthquakes here opened up a long volcanic fissure, and lava poured all over the plain, causing a dramatic landscape. Around the lake on the eastern side is a charming wooded area called Hofdi, and the Dimmuborgir lava field complete with drained lava tube. On the other side is a field of pseudocraters, and the fast-running Laxa River.
There are only three restaurants in town. The Kaffi Borgir serves a tasty peppered trout – enjoyable until a coach party of Israelis invades. The crown jewel is the Cowshed, where you can watch the cows being milked before having a totally natural meal of lamb shank, with arguably the best gravy in the world. As the weather improves towards dusk, we are treated to a double rainbow over Hverfjall, and a dramatic crimson sunset over the lake.
The next day it's a long drive through Akureyri – the second biggest town in the country with a church that is somewhat smaller than the pictures suggest – and on through miles of waterfall and verdant farmland. As everyone does, we stop at Godafoss on the way, but only give it a 6 out of 10. Maybe we have been spoiled by larger falls around the world. 7km short of Hvammstangi we reach our next destination, the Gauksmyri Lodge in the centre of Icelandic horse breeding country. It's a quiet, nicely appointed place, and it's a relief that the water supply doesn't reek of sulphur as it did in Myvatn.
There's not that much to do on a horse ranch if you're not that into horses, so we head off next day up the Vatnsnes peninsula. It's a beautiful drive along an increasingly deteriorating road. At the end is Hvitserkur, a triple pillared stack in the fjord that looks like a terrier taking a drink. With weather this good, it's worth the trip. In pouring rain it would probably be marginal. We are heading for the far north west of Iceland. At the top is the permanent ice cap of Drangajokull, and it's wild country up here, reminiscent of Scotland or Norway. Sheep, horses, waterfall, is roughly the pattern. We stay overnight at the Hotel Malahorn in Drangsnes, a small harbour town looking out over a puffin colony on Grimsey Island. With the tide out and the sun shining, it's a great moment to drink gin and tonic and do some amateur bird watching.
The next day we leave this rugged and beautifully remote area to head to Reykjavik – taking about 3.5 hours. We check into Hotel Reykjavik Centrum right in the old town, and head straightaway to the Saerta Svinid gastropub on Hafnarstraeti for beers and burgers. Cool but with regular bursts of sunshine, this is similar to Copenhagen, Ljubljana, or Stockholm. A short stroll follows, down to the Tjornin Lake, glancing at the somewhat brutal architecture of the Radhus Town hall, and up the hill to Hallgrimskirkja, the impressive church and monument to Leifur Eriksson, who was the first European to discover America. We then wander down to the seafront to see the excellent Viking Ship sculpture – seemingly made of reflective stainless steel that is a photographer's delight in northern light. Followed by an excellent lobster and trout dinner at Torfan on Amtmannstig, washed down with an excellent Pinot Grigio.
The next day the weather is good again, defying the statistic suggesting that it rains permanently here. The National Museum on the south side of the lake provides an interesting outlook on settlement. There have only been people here for 1000 years. We then walk up again to the Hallgrimskirkja. Yesterday it was closed for a funeral. Today we go up the tower for a view of the city. It's a church. Access is slow. Only six in the lift. And at the top – well, a view of the city. But unlike most cities, there's not a great deal to see. Some water, some buildings, but nothing highly distinctive. We walk on up the hill to Perlan, the revolving restaurant built on top of hot water tanks fueled by a thermal spring. The restaurant isn't open (dinner only), so we grab a Viking beer in the café and walk back into town for a bistro lunch at Le Bistro on Laugavegur – as good anything in France – and drink beer and Pinot Grigio in the sun.
The morning we leave town it's the marathon, with many roads blocked off and the city in lock down, which makes driving to the domestic airport more of a challenge, but we return the car easily enough. Iceland is very much worth visiting. Confining yourself to Reykjavik would be a mistake. It's nice enough, but since it has only been around 1,000 years it lacks architectural character and there isn't much to do. Heading out into the landscape is the thing. Waterfall, ice caps, geysers, and stunning scenery Spring or autumn would be ideal.
See other Iceland notes from 2012.
By Kevin|2017-05-12T11:30:59+00:00September 1st, 2016|Iceland 2016|0 Comments


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#include <shogun/base/init.h>
#include <shogun/features/DenseFeatures.h>
#include <shogun/labels/MulticlassLabels.h>
#include <shogun/multiclass/KNN.h>
#include <shogun/io/SGIO.h>
#include <shogun/io/CSVFile.h>
#include <shogun/evaluation/CrossValidation.h>
#include <shogun/evaluation/StratifiedCrossValidationSplitting.h>
#include <shogun/evaluation/MulticlassAccuracy.h>
#include <shogun/distance/EuclideanDistance.h>

using namespace shogun;

// Prepare to read a file for the training data
const char fname_feats[]  = "../data/fm_train_real.dat";
const char fname_labels[] = "../data/label_train_multiclass.dat";

void test_cross_validation()
{
	index_t k =4;
	/* dense features from matrix */
	CCSVFile* feature_file = new CCSVFile(fname_feats);
	SGMatrix<float64_t> mat=SGMatrix<float64_t>();
	mat.load(feature_file);
	SG_UNREF(feature_file);

	CDenseFeatures<float64_t>* features=new CDenseFeatures<float64_t>(mat);
	SG_REF(features);

	/* labels from vector */
	CCSVFile* label_file = new CCSVFile(fname_labels);
	SGVector<float64_t> label_vec;
	label_vec.load(label_file);
	SG_UNREF(label_file);

	CMulticlassLabels* labels=new CMulticlassLabels(label_vec);
	SG_REF(labels);

	/* create knn */
	CEuclideanDistance* distance = new CEuclideanDistance(features, features);
	CKNN* knn=new CKNN (k, distance, labels);

	/* train and output */
	knn->train(features);
	CMulticlassLabels* output=CLabelsFactory::to_multiclass(knn->apply(features));
	for (index_t i=0; i<features->get_num_vectors(); ++i)
		SG_SPRINT("i=%d, class=%f,\n", i, output->get_label(i));

	/* evaluation criterion */
	CMulticlassAccuracy* eval_crit = new CMulticlassAccuracy ();

	/* evaluate training error */
	float64_t eval_result=eval_crit->evaluate(output, labels);
	SG_SPRINT("training accuracy: %f\n", eval_result);
	SG_UNREF(output);

	/* assert that regression "works". this is not guaranteed to always work
	 * but should be a really coarse check to see if everything is going
	 * approx. right */
	ASSERT(eval_result<2);

	/* splitting strategy */
	index_t n_folds=5;
	CStratifiedCrossValidationSplitting* splitting=
			new CStratifiedCrossValidationSplitting(labels, n_folds);

	/* cross validation instance, 10 runs, 95% confidence interval */
	CCrossValidation* cross=new CCrossValidation(knn, features, labels,
			splitting, eval_crit);

	cross->set_num_runs(1);
	cross->set_conf_int_alpha(0.05);

	/* actual evaluation */
	CCrossValidationResult* result=(CCrossValidationResult*)cross->evaluate();

	if (result->get_result_type() != CROSSVALIDATION_RESULT)
		SG_SERROR("Evaluation result is not of type CCrossValidationResult!");

	result->print_result();

	/* clean up */
	SG_UNREF(result);
	SG_UNREF(cross);
	SG_UNREF(features);
	SG_UNREF(labels);
}

int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
	init_shogun_with_defaults();

	sg_io->set_loglevel(MSG_DEBUG);

	test_cross_validation();

	exit_shogun();

	return 0;
}

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Balanced flows draw step closer
By LI JIABAO ( China Daily)
Nation's ODI will soon move ahead of FDI, ministry says
China is moving nearer to a long-pursued goal of achieving balanced capital flows, with a commerce official saying its outbound direct investment will soon surpass foreign direct investment to the country.
Meanwhile, the government is looking at the timing for scrapping limits on foreign investment and opening up more sectors following comprehensive reform plans outlined at a high-level economic meeting late last year.
"Maybe this year, or in two years, China's outbound direct investment will exceed its FDI," Commerce Ministry spokesman Shen Danyang said at a news briefing on Thursday.
Last year, China's ODI trailed FDI inflows by more than $20 billion, the ministry said.
ODI and FDI don't include investment in the financial sectors.
Shen said achieving balanced capital flows will be good for the whole world as well as for China's commercial cooperation with other economies.
FDI rose by 5.25 percent year-on-year to $117.59 billion last year, while ODI increased by 16.8 percent to $90.17 billion, both growth rates being better than the global average, Shen said.
China was the world's second-largest recipient of global FDI and third-largest investor in 2012.
Zhang Jianping, a researcher at the Institute for International Economic Research at the National Development and Reform Commission, said China's capital account will become balanced as its ODI matches FDI.
This will also help to reduce inflationary pressure from the huge trade surplus as well as difficulties in macroeconomic control, Zhang said.
Relocating domestic manufacturing plants to overseas markets will also help to avoid trade investigations launched against Chinese companies, Zhang said.
Shen, the ministry spokesman, said that in 2013 China may have been targeted by the most anti-dumping investigations in the world for 18 consecutive years. It may have also faced the most anti-subsidy investigations for eight consecutive years last year.
Wang Jun, an expert at the China Center for International Economic Exchanges, a government think tank, said that boosting overseas investment, including that by individual investors, is an important strategy for China.
"Overseas investment will extend the use of the yuan and make it a settlement currency in regional and even international trade and investment, which will enhance China's national strength," Wang said.
Shen said the country's ODI will continue to boom in 2014 as the government cuts approval procedures and gives more support.
FDI will be stable this year as the global economy is recovering and the leadership's reform measures have started to boost domestic demand and improve the investment environment, Shen said.
"The ministry will step up reforms of the FDI management system this year. We will study specific timetables for scrapping controls or relaxing restrictions in some sectors."
The service sector will be a priority, he said.
"We will ... figure out the key problems in opening up 10 service sectors and general manufacturing industry, including easing stake-holding limits and registered capital thresholds and expanding the business scope for foreign investment," Shen said.
China has pledged to widen investment access and open up some service areas including finance, education and culture while removing restrictions on foreign investment in service areas including pensions, architectural design and e-commerce.
China remains the world's top investment destination with its comprehensive advantages including a huge market, large talent pool and sound industrial facilities.
FDI into service sectors rose by 14.15 percent to $61.45 billion last year, accounting for 52.3 percent of the total, the first time service sectors have attracted more than half of the investment.
Zhang, the researcher from the National Development and Reform Commission, said, "It shows the country's FDI structure is improving along with the government's restructuring of the economic growth pattern to enhance the contribution of service sectors."
The changing face of Chinese ODI in the United States
State planners relax outward investment rules
ODI on track to outstrip FDI, official says
Overseas investment set for 'golden era'


Authors of the new Follow That Dream book "Elvis Presley: Memphis To Nashville '61" will appear as special guests during the Official Elvis Insiders Event on August 14. We are excited to announce Pål Granlund (pictured above with Elvis) and David English will join other special guests during the annual Elvis Week event. Fans can purchase tickets to the Insiders event or the All-Access Pass to the Elvis Week Main Stage by clicking here.
The new FTD and Flaming Star book "Elvis Presley: Memphis To Nashville '61" gives a comprehensive account of two Memphis charity shows Elvis performed on a cold day in February of 1961. The book includes memories of musicians, friends of Elvis and fans, together with magazine and newspaper articles, including many rare and newly discovered photographs. This collection of over 100 unpublished photographs are derived from many different sources, some original negatives and some from original prints. Also included is Elvis' visit to Nashville a few weeks later in March of 1961, where he spoke at the state capitol building and was made an honorary Colonel. The final part of the book provides information and details relating to the recording sessions that formed the LP "Something For Everybody." The book will also include a CD containing The Claridge Hotel Press Conference, The Nashville State Capitol speeches and the mono version of the LP "Something For Everybody." This book is expected to be released in late June. Granlund and English will be available to sign autographs following the Elvis Insiders event and copies of the book will be available for sale.
Other special guest included in the Official Elvis Insiders Event will be the Memphis Boys' members Bobby Wood, Gene Chrisman and Reggie Young along with special guest American Studio Sound producer Chips Moman, representatives from Sony and Warner Bros. talking about "Elvis: That's The Way It Is, Elvis artist and fellow Insider Joe Petruccio and Elvis' jeweler Lowell Hays.
Check out the complete schedule of events, featured entertainment, Elvis Week partners and much more by visiting ElvisWeek.com.


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I work with students and young people on many issues including: relationship issues, self harm, rage and anger, suicidal thoughts, loss of purpose and motivation, eating disorders, depression, anxiety, panic attacks and addiction. Alongside this, counselling can help with the challenges of leaving home, belonging and finding your direction and way in the world.
If you are a parent and are looking for counselling for a young person, I am always happy to have an initial consultation with you on the phone or face to face.


Seal stones are engraved with an artist's unique design that serves as a signature when it is used to apply seal paste to the artist's artwork. This is a traditional method used by Chinese artists since ancient times, and can serve to lend a very distinctive element to your artwork.
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Yellow has been a very important color in Chinese culture for centuries, and is often seen as the center of everything. It also symbolizes good luck. Additionally, it was the color of Imperial China is often used to decorate palaces.


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Marks Gate Infant School has just been awarded the Primary Science Quality Mark at Bronze level.
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Since I was little, I couldn't understand why the world needed money.
Now that I'm old enough to understand fully what's around me, I have the need to learn more about everything I can, especially about politic. What I want to achieve with this blog, is to share opinions, learn new ones, and hopefully, one day I could make a difference in the world, by exposing my ideas.
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Seriously? My grievance was premised on felony indictments alleging that Mr. Paxton defrauded investors and violated state securities laws. Those indictments allege violations of numerous disciplinary rules, not least of which are Rules 8.04(a)(2)(a lawyer shall not "commit a serious crime or commit any other criminal act that reflects adversely on the lawyer's honesty, trustworthiness or fitness as a lawyer in other respects) and 8.04(a)3)(a lawyer shall not "engage in conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit or misrepresentation"). If felony fraud is not a basis for attorney discipline, what is? And if there was enough evidence to bring criminal charges, why isn't that enough evidence to bring disciplinary charges?
Before Mr. Paxton was indicted, Erica Gammill of the Texas Coalition on Lawyer Accountability filed a grievance based on Mr. Paxton's alleged violations of securities laws, but the state bar dismissed that grievance on the grounds that she failed to allege a rules violation. After he was indicted for the very acts identified by Ms. Gammill, I re-filed her grievance and included copies of the indictments. On March 9, 2016, a state bar prosecutor at least acknowledged the obvious, i.e., that the allegations did state a violation of the disciplinary rules, but he dismissed my grievance because of the pending criminal cases against Mr. Paxton. So if you file a grievance against a crooked lawyer before he gets indicted, the state bar will dismiss it on the grounds that no rules were violated, but if you file the grievance after he gets indicted, the state bar will dismiss it because a criminal case is pending.
As I explained in my March 14, 2016 blog post, the rules imply that a grievance should not be dismissed because of a pending criminal case. Then again, Dallas attorney Marc Stanley has rightly observed the state bar casually and routinely flouts the law, which is bitterly ironic for an agency sworn to uphold it.
I've said all along that my grievance against Mr. Paxton had little to do with Mr. Paxton and everything to do with the State Bar of Texas, particularly its Office of the Chief Disciplinary Counsel. Frankly, I wanted to see just how far the state bar was willing to go in order to protect a politically prominent attorney. To paraphrase George Orwell's Animal Farm, all lawyers are equal, but some lawyers are more equal than others. And if you're a lawyer in Texas with the right political connections, you can get away with almost anything.
Consider Bryan F. "Rusty" Russ, Jr. of Robertson County, who along with his partner (former Robertson County DA James H. McCullough) was caught red-handed in a real estate fraud that looted more than a million dollars from a local family. Mr. Russ routinely represents the interests of one client against another without bothering to reveal his conflict of interest, much less seek a waiver from his clients (just read the letters at the bottom of this post), but the state bar won't touch him. Why? Perhaps because he served for 16 years on the state bar's local grievance committee.
On the other hand, the state bar sometimes does the right thing, e.g., filing charges against former Robertson County DA John Paschall for stealing from the estate of Marium Oscar. Just last week, the Waco Tribune-Herald reported that the state bar filed charges against Waco attorney Greg White in response to my complaint that he had a secret and improper attorney-client relationship with U.S. District Judge Walter S. Smith, Jr. And the Board of Disciplinary Appeals did order the state bar to file disciplinary charges against Mr. Paxton based on allegations that he advised county clerks that they could disregard the Supreme Court's gay-marriage decision.
But there is no rhyme or reason for the state bar's prosecution decisions. Ask yourself which is more important: prosecuting an attorney general who gave hyperbolic advice about gay marriage, or prosecuting an attorney general who committed crimes against his own clients. It's as if the state bar prosecutors randomly pull cases out of a hat and file charges, then dismiss all the remaining cases (and that leaves me wondering what will happen to the grievance that I filed last week against Grimes County District Attorney Tuck McLain).
If you have some free time and you're in the mood for some mischief, file your own grievance against Mr. Paxton. Just put a cover letter on top of the grievance that I filed, and print out the grievance form or file it online. While you're at it, be sure to include the latest development in the Paxton scandal: the SEC's civil lawsuit against Mr. Paxton for securities fraud. Occasionally the state bar can be shamed into doing the right thing, so it's worth a try.
UPDATE 05/04/2016: After uploading this post, bar reform activist Debbie Asbury directed my attention to Texas Rule of Disciplinary Procedure 2.10, which grants me the right to amend my grievance after the Board of Disciplinary Appeals dismisses it. Contrast that with the letter from Ms. McKeeman, which indicates that my appeal is closed and there is nothing more that I can do. A few moments ago, I sent a letter to the Board amending my grievance and further noting that Ms. McKeeman appears to have violated a disciplinary rule herself, namely Rule 4.01(a), which forbids a lawyer from making "a false statement of material fact or law to a third person." I also sent a separate letter to the Texas Supreme Court urging it to investigate the mishandling of my grievance against Mr. Paxton. BTW, check out the "Hold the Office of the Chief Disciplinary Counsel Accountable" and "State Bar of Texas Sunset Discussion Group" pages on Facebook. I just learned about them last week.
With the exception of Steve Fischer's insurgent campaign for state bar president in 2013, I don't recall any candidate proposing substantive changes to the legal profession, and that's why I rarely vote for state bar president or any other bar office. The elections are high school popularity contests for grown men and women, and I can only tolerate so many platitudes in a day.
The local grievance committees should be overhauled or eliminated. I have repeatedly seen sleazy lawyers get elected or appointed to state bar offices, particularly the grievance committees, and several of my lawyer friends have made the same observation. We suspect that some of the sketchier lawyers and firms deliberately try get their people on grievance committees as an act of self preservation. Recall that Rusty Russ spent 16 years on a grievance committee. The Supreme Court of Texas has nominal oversight over the bar, but the justices understandably are more interested in deciding cases than running an administrative agency. Do them a favor: give the responsibility to someone else.
I've even heard state bar prosecutors complain about the grievance committees. The committees are appointed by the state bar president on the recommendation of the locally-elected bar directors, and they are far too susceptible to political influence. Equally as problematic, the entire hearing process occurs behind closed doors (and that is always an invitation to trouble).
The bottom line is this: the state bar will never reform itself, so average citizens must demand reform from their elected officials. Unfortunately, most of those elected officials are lawyers themselves.
From 2011-2015, 27,417 Grievances were DENIED & DISMISSED with NO APPEAL rights accorded by Statutes…Just think of how many have been improperly DENIED & DISMISSED since 1/1/2004 when OCDC bungled the interpretation of a Change to the State Bar Act!
Did anything ever happen to this Texas attorney, whose right to practice before the SEC was nullified?
Evidently not. Why should Paxton's still unadjudicated case be treated differently?
As for the Sunset Commission's recommendations, this might be worth checking out: http://www.TexasBarSunset.com .
Any Complainant who reads TRDP 2.10 and asserts their right can insist on filing an Amendment. BODA has not ever complied with TRDP, 2.10, which accords Complainants with the Right to file Amendments within 20 days of BODA's DENIAL & DISMISSAL Notices. Instead, BODA "denies, "dismisses," "closes," and wrongly states on the "standard Appeal Denial Notice" that "there is no Appeal" of BODA's decision.


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Tony Mowbray hopes a strong finish to the season can see Rovers reach the 60 point mark.
Rovers moved on to 50 points with Tuesday's win over Derby, only their second since the end of January.
They travel to Nottingham Forest tomorrow having taken just one point from their last six away fixtures but head to the City Ground buoyed by an excellent showing against the Rams.
Despite their poor run, Mowbray says he had never any concerns over Rovers getting dragged in to a possible relegation battle, despite still being one point short of the tally they went down with in 2016/17.
He said: "We want to finish the season as strong as we can and win as many games as we can.
"We understand that every game in the Championship is tough. I don't think anyone, well I certainly didn't, felt that we were ever in any trouble.
"I have always felt we have had a comfortable gap. If we had lost again on Tuesday and then the other teams below us won and it was a five point gap with five games to go, five points, is it enough?
"But that hasn't been allowed to happen, we got a victory, Rotherham, the team third bottom got beat.
"We just have to focus now and try and finish the season as strongly as we can.
"Ideally, for most of the season in my mind I have been targeting 60 points and see where that takes us. The last two months have had a damaging effect, but we have an opportunity.
"Can we got 10 points from our final five games? It would be a pretty good achievement if we can.
Forest boss Martin O'Neill has made changes in recent weeks with his side having won just once in five matches.
But keen to focus on his side, Mowbray added: "I know Martin made a few changes, and has looked to have made a few in every game over the last few weeks, as I have done, searching for that right balance.
"For us we have to concentrate on ourselves, take the positivity of Tuesday in to Saturday and run with it.
"I thought the directness of our play and also the combination through midfield and wide players was good, we got in to a lot of crossing positions.
"I was still talking to them about end product, final pass, final finish, little runs to go and score a tap-in.


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Name Cailus Griffin
Position Chief Security Officer
Rank Lieutenant
Age 37 (125)
Height 5'10
Eye Color Pale blue
Physical Description Broad-shouldered and physically fit, but otherwise unimpressive. Cailus has dark hair with an accompanying beard, and always makes an effort to look like a proper officer.
UPDATE: Due to a curious incident involving a razor, cookies and a very stealthy toddler, Cailus has shaved his beard.
Cailus is an amputee, having lost his right hand from the wrist down in the line of duty, and was issued a prosthetic hand in 2291. During an incident on Salvaxe in 2388, this hand became damaged, resulting in Cailus being given a new state-of-the-art prosthetic hand. Unlike his previous hand, Cailus' new prosthetic offers the full range of sensations to mimic real flesh and blood. These sensory sensations (including pain) can be deactivated at will with concentration. Moreover, the prosthetic is rated for crisis situations and as such is much heavier than a normal prosthetic or human hand, as well as far more durable. It has far superior grip strength to a human hand with comparable dexterity.
Furthermore, Cailus has a long, curved scar across his stomach as a result of a severe past injury, although he takes care to conceal the scar from any except those closest to him.
Spouse Harriet Suzuki (deceased: 2367)
Kalin 'Shae' Brennan-Griffin
Children Victoire Griffin (deceased: 2367)
Aoife Brennan (adopted: 2389)
Father Alistair Griffin (deceased: 2349)
Mother Megan Griffin (deceased: 2345)
Other Family While Cailus has distant relatives through his first wife, all of his biological family are now deceased.
Harriet Suzuki: Harriet Suzuki, Cailus' first wife, was an ambitious, driven and capable Federation politician when she first met Cailus. Married for almost their entire adult lives, Harriet went on to bear Cailus' daughter, Victoire, while she and Cailus both pursued their respective careers. Long after Cailus' mysterious disappearance in 2300 aboard the USS Churchill, Harriet continued her life, raising their daughter and eventually remarrying in 2313. After coming in a close second in the race for the presidency of the Federation in 2336, Harriet went on to serve as Secretary of the Interior for nine years. In 2367, while enjoying retirement, she and the rest of the residents of New Providence were assimilated by the Borg. Weeks later, both she and her daughter, who was assimilated at the Battle of Wolf 359, were killed when the Borg Cube was destroyed in orbit over Earth in a battle with the USS Enterprise.
Personality & Traits
General Overview Cailus, to a certain extent, can be considered dedicated to his profession beyond even the Starfleet norm. Especially since his recovery from hibernation, Cailus has had little else in his life to strive for. The result is a man who possesses a great deal of focus, as well as an overwhelming faith in the Federation and the principles it stands for. As Cailus' own mentor was Vulcan, a great deal of his mentor's mannerisms have been retained; indeed, many colleagues often compare him to Vulcans. While these comparisons tend to be favourable during crisis situations and in the heat of battle, Cailus' emotionless professionalism has nevertheless drawn criticism on occasion. He is neither friendly nor personable, and has never succeeded in portraying himself as a natural leader. He is a grim, sober man, rarely known to smile or laugh.
Cailus' career has been a hard one, forging a bright and eager young officer into a hardened veteran. He possesses an overwhelming instinct to protect, which intersects with an equally overwhelming belief in justice that often causes him to be overly confident in his own moral certitude. To Cailus, black and white are the only options, his principles sacrosant.
Since the Churchill's destruction and his long hibernation, Cailus has been diagnosed with severe Temporal Displacment Disorder. While Cailus is judged to have recovered sufficiently to return to active duty, several counselors have noted that he has yet to fully confront the deaths of his wife, daughter and shipmates.
UPDATE: During his most recent shoreleave, Cailus experienced two significant events. He was told the full story of what happened to his wife and daughter, and in so doing Cailus finally felt the grief that he had been repressing since his rescue from cryostasis. While Cailus' anger and frustration had been building to potentially dangerous levels, the catharsis of finally beginning to grieve has eased his anger. Furthermore, Cailus engaged in a romantic relationship with a colleague, Kalin Brennan. This relationship, based on mutual support between two broken individuals, had begun to encourage healing in both.
Moreover, Cailus' relationship with Shae has begun to warm his previously frigid personality. Her friendly and compassionate nature serves as a counterpoint to his sternness, even causing Cailus to occasionally joke and smile in her presence. Along with Shae's daughter, Aoife, the three of them are swiftly becoming a family despite Shae and Cailus having been together for only a couple of months.
Ambitions Unlike many officers Cailus has no intention of ever commanding a starship, owing to a personal belief that he lacks the fundamental instincts and ability to do so. While Cailus had hopes of earning a core system assignment before the Churchill's destruction to be with his family, he has since abandoned all ambition since returning to Starfleet.
Hobbies & Interests Cailus has a distinct fascination with Japanese martial arts, as well as the Japanese literary movement of the early 23rd century known broadly as "sci-anime". He also has a considerable fondness for various sports as well as some quite older books. He was also a collector of seafaring ship models before the incident, but has discontinued this practice after being recovered.
Personal History Cailus life is one marked with pain and joy in equal measure. Born in 2264 on Mars, his life was originally quite ordinary. At a young age he moved to Paris, joining the ranks of the local law enforcement institution, Le Corps de la Paix. Superb ongoing performance earned him an assignment as a guard at the Palais de la Concorde, protecting the central government of the Federation, where he eventually met his future wife, the political attache to the Martian Councillor. At her urging, he then enlisted in Starfleet. For his time, Cailus was a typical officer; capable and experienced, with more battle experience than most, but not on the command track. Cailus lost his right hand in the line of duty early in his career, as well as surviving the brutal events on Menelax in 2297. A few more years of service likely would have seen him assigned as Chief of Security on a front-line starbase or at Earth itself, where he could enjoy life with his wife and daughter.
Instead, fate intervened. In the year 2300, while exploring a relatively unknown part of space in the Beta Quadrant, Cailus' ship, the USS Churchill, was attacked. Off-duty at the time, Cailus was halfway to the bridge when the order was given to abandon ship. He and two other crewmen made it to an escape pod, and as the pod launched, watched as the the Churchill was pummelled by a far larger alien ship until finally the Churchill was ruthlessly destroyed. For unfathomable reasons the alien ship then began destroying the escape pods and shuttles that had evacuated the Starfleet vessel. Pure chance saved Cailus' escape pod...but tragically, it was the only escape pod to avoid the alien's wrath.
With no warp drive and stuck in a star system with no inhabitable planets, or indeed any terrestrial planets at all, the three survivors were forced to utilise emergency cryostasis technology to survive. It was in this form that they survived for eighty seven years before being discovered by a Romulan science ship on a routine exploration mission. After a few weeks, the three crewmen were returned to the Federation eighty eight years after they had left.
Upon his return and after four months of counseling and self-reflection, Starfleet offered Cailus a choice: return to the Academy for a year to catch up and return at his old rank, or accept a demotion and immediate assignment to an active-duty station. Having been forced to accept the loss of his family and his displacement in time, Cailus requested the latter.
Newly demoted to the rank of Ensign, and now utterly alone in a new time, Cailus requested an assignment on the USS Tornado at the Klingon border as he struggled to force past his grief, never truly addressing it. He threw himself into his duty with renewed vigour, from battles with the Klingons to hunting rogue Starfleet officers, determined not to think about his losses. Ultimately it was one of those rogue Starfleet officers who began to draw him out of his shell: Kalin "Shae" Brennan. Despite arresting her for awful crimes when they first met, the truth of Shae's circumstances succeeded in drawing Cailus out of his self-absorbed coldness, reaching out to the woman to help her reassimilate with a distrustful crew. As the weeks passed and the stress of the Tornado's missions and battles accumulated, their friendship blossomed as both of them began to recover from their pain.
When Shae and Cailus spent their shoreleave together on Earth and Mars, their lives changed once more. Romance sparked to the surprise of both, and moreover, they chose to move away from war and bloodshed to a new, exciting life on the USS Pandora, exploring the Inconnu Expanse far from the Federation's borders. Quite unexpectedly, along with Shae and her daughter, Aoife, Cailus found himself blessed with a second life.
Service Record 2264: Born in Watney on Mars.
2281: Enlists in the Peace Officer Academy in Paris.
2282: Begins active service as a Peace Officer in Paris.
2284: Superb test scores and ongoing service earns Cailus an assignment as a guard at the Palais de la Concorde, protecting the government of the Federation.
2286: Marries Harriet Suzuki, political attache to the Martian Councillor. Enlists in Starfleet Academy.
2290: Graduates as a security officer. Assigned to USS Churchill.
2291: Loses right hand in line of duty, awarded Purple Heart.
2292: Cailus' daughter, Victoire Griffin, is born.
2293: Promoted to Lieutenant (j.g.) and re-assigned to USS Independence.
2295: Promoted to Lieutenant. Qualified from the Joint Training Initiative. Re-assigned to USS Churchill as Chief of Security.
2297: Fights in the Menelax War against rogue Tholian forces. Promoted to Chief Tactical Officer in addition to Chief of Security.
2300: USS Churchill disappears in deep space.
2303: Starfleet officially declares USS Churchill and all her crew Missing In Action.
2306: Starfleet officially declares USS Churchill and all her crew lost in space with no expectation of recovery.
2367: First Borg Invasion: Cailus' wife, Harriet Suzuki, and his daughter, Captain Victoire Griffin, are assimilated by the Borg. They are both believed to perish during the destruction of the Borg Cube in battle with the USS Enterprise, in orbit of Earth.
2387: Lieutenant Cailus Griffin, Ensign Svarek and Ensign T'Zen are discovered in an escape pod by Romulan science ship Aidoann and returned to the Federation. All other USS Churchill crew confirmed dead.
2388: Re-certified for active service with a voluntary demotion to the rank of Ensign. Assigned to USS Tornado as Deputy Chief of Security. Reassigned to USS Pandora as Chief of Security. Promoted to Lieutenant (j.g.)
2389: Promoted to Lieutenant. Marries Kalin "Shae" Brennan. Adopts Aoife Brennan as his daughter.


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Denver Broncos Favored By 10 1/2 Over Raiders
Published on December 5th, 2012 7:25 pm EST
This week's edition of Thursday Night Football will see the red-hot Denver Broncos head to Oakland to do battle against the hapless Raiders.
To say that the Broncos are hot right now would be an understatement. The team has won 7 games in a row and has already locked up the AFC West division (they currently sport a record of 9-3, while the Chargers have the next best record in the division at 4-8). The Broncos have benefited immensely from the addition of Peyton Manning to their line-up, as Manning is currently having one of the best years of his career and is a serious candidate for MVP.
The Oakland Raiders, on the other hand, are having another abysmal season, as they currently have a record of 3-9 and have long since been eliminated from playoff contention. The Raiders have regressed in the past couple of years and are in serious contention to land the #1 pick in the upcoming NFL draft.
The Broncos are 4-2 on the road this season, while the Raiders are just 2-4 at home.
The Denver Broncos are currently 10 1/2 point favorites against the Raiders. Here are the odds as of this moment:
Denver Broncos, -10 1/2, -105
Oakland Raiders, +10 1/2, -115
The Over/Under line is currently set at 48 points:
Over 48 points, -115
Under 48 points, -105
Will the Broncos continue to pile up the wins this Thursday night, or will the Raiders be able to pull off the upset at home?
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