I made this Easter brunch a while back and it somehow disappeared from my website, so I'm sharing it again! Just in time for Easter on Sunday. I made it to be completely make ahead so that you all you have to do is heat up the quiche, set the fruit and sweet rolls out and enjoy. Almost effortless entertaining is the only way to go. I know I appreciate make ahead items when I'm having people over. It makes for a sweeter party when the hostess can relax and enjoy herself.
The items in the brunch line up are super easy to make. The fruit is a matter of slicing and mixing some lime juice and sugar together. The quiche is super simple. Also a matter of mixing a few things together and pouring them into a prepared pie crust. When you read the Carrot Cake Cinnamon Roll recipe, don't be intimidated. I promise the "hardest" part of the recipe is waiting on the frozen bread dough to thaw and rise. It's really super simple, just follow the directions and make sure you give yourself ample time for the dough to thaw. Let me just say, these cinnamon rolls are to. die. for. They are so ooey gooey and full of flavor. The recipe serves a crowd, and pray you have some left over to enjoy with your coffee on Monday morning.
The other great thing is that this cinnamon roll recipe could be adapted into many different flavors. You could make the Blueberry Lemon Breakfast Rolls from back in the early blog days (recipe here) or get creative and make some seasonal sweet rolls such as strawberry or peach. With all the great spring and summer produce coming into season, you've got loads of options.
Also, this entire spread would double as a wonderful Mother's Day brunch, so be sure to bookmark it and keep it for Mom's special day coming up.
I hope everyone has a beautiful Easter Sunday!
Thaw two of the frozen bread dough loaves in the refrigerator or on the kitchen counter. Allow the thawed dough to rise for 1-2 hours in a warm area, covered with a damp cloth.
In a medium sized bowl, beat together the cinnamon, sugar, vanilla and butter until it's well combined. Mix in the toasted walnuts, carrots, raisins and chopped dried pineapple if you're using it.
On a lightly floured surface, roll out each loaf into a rectangle.
Divide the filling mixture between the two rolled out loaves and spread over each loaf.
Roll up the loaves and cut each into 6 rolls for a total of 12. Place the rolls into a baking dish.
Cover with a warm damp towel and let them rise for 1-2 hours in a warm area. When the rolls have doubled in size, bake them in a 350 degree oven for about 15-18 minutes until they are lightly browned. Cool slightly before icing.
**If you're making them ahead to bake right before you eat, cover and keep them in the refrigerator. Take them out 1-2 hours before baking, cover with a damp towel and allow them to rise. Proceed with baking as directed above.
Cream Cheese Icing: Beat together the butter and cream cheese. Add the vanilla. Beat in half cup of the powdered sugar and 1 tablespoon of milk at a time until you get a thick, but spreadable icing. If it's too thick, add more milk. If it's too thin, add more sugar. Spread over the warm rolls and serve.
Heat up the olive oil in a medium size skillet to medium high heat. Add the chopped onion, a sprinkle of salt and pepper and cook for about 7-10 minutes.
Allow the onion to cool a little while you prepare the crust and filling.
Roll out the crust and fit it into a pie plate.
In a medium size bowl, beat together the eggs and milk. Add in the smoked ham, spinach, onions, mustard 3/4 cup of the cheese and about 1/2 tsp of salt and pepper.
Mix everything together well and pour into the pie shell. Top with the remaining 1/4 cup of cheese and bake for about 30 minutes until the quiche is set.
**To reheat the quiche, bring it to room temperature for about 45 minutes. Heat in a 350 oven for about 10-15 minutes, covered with foil.
Add the prepared fruit to a medium size bowl.
In another small bowl, mix together the lime juice, sugar and mint together.
Pour over the fruit just before serving, toss to combine.


@DCWhat I like that addition a lot, however… I dropped it to keep the additions clean and simple.
@Young-Grasshopper Bought 3G40 from your map files, it is beautiful thanks. Question about the oil tanker rules, Germany has two oil fields but starts with a oil tanker and during turn one Great Britain Pacific claimed Eastern Persia and Great Britain Europe claimed Persia. This gave a total of three oil fields for Great Britain. Is a oil tanker earned by Great Britain? On turns 4,5 and 7 do already bought and placed American aircraft carriers change to Essex class and strategic bombers change to super fortresses and German Heavy tanks to Tigers?
@Young-Grasshopper This is really cool. Thanks.
AWESOME!!!. This time there will be no more next time!
game board/national Production Chart The game board is a map of the western hemisphere, circa 1940. It's divided into spaces, either territories (on land) or sea zones, which are separated by border lines. The national production chart tracks each power's production level (income) during the game. The level is based on the combined Industrial Production Credit (IPC) values of each territory a power controls. Place one of your power's control markers on the number on the chart that matches your power's starting IPC income (as shown on the chart below). This is the power's starting national production level. Each player should keep track of his or her power's production level separately. setup Charts Take the setup chart for your power, located on the box top of the storage tray. It shows the name of the power, its units color, and its emblem. It also lists the starting numbers and locations of that power's units on the game board. Combat forces Take the plastic pieces that represent your power's combat units. Each power is color coded as shown in the following chart, which also shows the power's starting income level and treasury in Industrial Production Credits (see below). Place all of your power's starting units on the game board as listed on your power's setup chart. Power Germany Soviet Union United States United Kingdom Italy France Plastic Chips Starting Income 30 28 35 29 10 17 Color Gray Maroon Green Tan Brown Blue Use the chips to save space in overcrowded territories and sea zones. Gray chips represent 1 combat unit each, green chips represent 3 units each, and red chips represent 5 units each. For example, if you wanted to place 10 infantry on a space, you would stack up 1 red chip, 1 green chip, 1 gray chip, and 1 infantry unit on top. (If you don't have enough pieces to top off all your stacks, use any identifying item, such as a piece of paper with the unit type written on it.) The number of stacks is not limited by the number of plastic pieces available. national Control Markers National control markers indicate status in the game. They mark conquered territories and indicate national production levels. Take all of the national control markers that feature the emblem of your power. industrial Production Credits These units are the money of the game, representing capacity for military production. The amounts shown in the chart above represent each power's beginning national production level. Each power also starts the game with that many IPCs in its treasury to spend on its first turn. During the game, each power will spend IPCs, on new units for example, and collect more IPCs as income from territories that it controls. Have one player act as a banker and track each power's current IPC treasury using the IPC Tracking Chart on page 41, or some other means agreed upon by your group. battle strip, Casualty strip, and Dice The battle strip is a card with columns that list attacking and defending units and their combat strengths. When combat occurs, the players involved place their units on both sides of the battle strip. Combat is resolved by rolling dice. Casualties are designated by being moved behind the casualty strip. research & Development Chart The Research & Development Chart is used for an optional rule when combining this game with Axis & Allies Pacific 1940 (see Global Rules, page 34). If you're playing the combined games, whenever you develop a new technology, place one of your power's control markers inside the appropriate advancement box on the chart.
This house rule scenario has been completely revamped and streamlined… I hope you enjoy it.
Wow five bucks. Wow. The deck of NO's I got from artscow (thanks to you YG) is getting a little frayed. Plus I wanted to magnetize them to stick on my ipc board for all to see when someone is collecting for them. Now I can get a set for each side to have all country's NO's and a set to magnetize. Thank you YG and your crew. The artscow deck was the best play aid I have bought for my g40 game table until I got your battle dice.
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Q: What control should be appropiate to show a Canvas? I can't find a better title for this.
I have many canvas drawings and depending of a parameter in my program, should display the respective canvas
EX:
- PARAMETER: 1  OUTPUT: CANVAS1
- PARAMETER: 2  OUTPUT: CANVAS2

I was reading in internet that one way would be... Each one of these canvas should be inside of a DataTemplate, and use a DataTemplateSelector to choose the respective DataTemplate.
I guess the control which I can use to show that is a ContentControl , but my question is, in Content property should I bind the PARAMATER, right?

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MINSK, 18 February (BelTA) – Belarus' partners are moving away from understanding the situation in and around the country in black and white colors, Belarus' Ministry of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Makei said in an interview with the STV channel while commenting on the participation in the 54th Munich Security Conference. A transcript of the interview was published in the Belarusian ministry's Facebook account, BelTA has learned.
"The attitude towards Belarus is changing, because, thank God, our partners are moving away from understanding the situation in and around Belarus in black-and-white," the minister said.
He noted that the country has made a very large contribution to stability and security in Europe. "We intend to continue to do so. Yes, there are some things that we do not agree on. They would like us to slightly improve the situation in certain areas. But it is a matter of normal negotiations, discussions. We are ready for such an open, frank dialogue," Vladimir Makei said.
According to him, at this stage, there is a greater understanding on the part of all foreign partners regarding what Belarus is, what is happening in the country and how we need to move forward. "But again, there remain a number of issues to which we should pay attention, and we talk about them with our partners in an open, frank dialogue," Vladimir Makei said.
The minister recalled that the Belarusian president suggested deploying Belarusian peacekeepers back in October 2014. "Unfortunately, back then the initiative remained unanswered. It was not acceptable to all parties for various reasons. After some time this idea was back on the table, but the time was lost unfortunately. Today, to implement this initiative is much more difficult than it was back then," Vladimir Makei believes.
He noted that in September last year, the Russian president proposed to deploy the UN peacekeepers on the line of contact. The Ukrainian side made its proposals on how it sees the idea of peacekeepers in the region. "We see that there are big differences in the positions of the parties. The challenge is therefore to reconcile these positions and find, perhaps some sort of compromise. We talked about this with the representative of the United States," the head of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.
With regard to the position of Belarus, he confirmed the readiness to participate in any projects, proposals and ideas that will help reduce tensions in the region and settle this crisis once and for all. "We can only confirm our readiness to participate in any way in the possible deployment of a peacekeeping force in the region if all parties agree on this issue, and if it would be acceptable to all the parties involved in the conflict," Vladimir Makei said.
According to the minister, the report which was prepared on the eve of the Munich conference said that the level of tension and confrontation in the region has not diminished. "Being located on this geopolitical fault line between East and West, being situated, as I say sometimes, between a rock and a hard place, with the current sanctions between Russia and the European Union, Belarus feels the impact all probably like no other. Because we are suffering economically, politically and in other areas. To contribute to the reduction of tension and confrontation has become an overriding goal and task for us," he said.
That was the reason why the Belarusian head of state suggested initiating the debate on this issue. "This does not mean that we are going to cancel the Helsinki 1 and start from scratch to create any new building, the new Helsinki treaty. Far from it. All that has been achieved before should remain in place. But taking into account a huge number of new challenges, the growing tensions, the new arms race we must sit down at the negotiating table to discuss the situation, define 'the red lines', as the diplomats say, that cannot be crossed," Vladimir Makei said.
"Maybe it will not be Helsinki 2 but it is important to start a discussion that would allow us to come to a greater understanding, to the understanding that we are lacking today. This is evidenced by the content of the discussions during the current Munich conference," Vladimir Makei said.
One of the questions was about the 2019 European Games in Minsk and the possible assistance from the partners, including from Western countries in terms of ensuring security. "Security issues, especially during major sporting events, are very important, and I think that here we can count on the support of all our partners, both European partners and more distant, maybe overseas partners," the minister said.
He said that during the IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship in 2014 in Minsk Belarus cooperated with NATO and with the United States on these issues. "Therefore I am convinced that, if necessary, we will find understanding on the matters related to the security during such major sporting events," Vladimir Makei said.
"I cannot say that we will bring away from the conference a bag of benefits that can be evaluated in certain material and financial context. However, the participation in such activities is, in my view, very important. Because, firstly, you learn a lot about the positions of other states, the position of the leaders of other states on the most exciting topical issues. Secondly, the conference provides a unique opportunity to communicate your point of view to a huge number of people from different countries from all over the world. It is very important," Vladimir Makei said.
According to him, this conference provides a possibility of bilateral meetings to discuss certain issues and solve some specific problems.
When you are in the hall, when you take part in discussions, you get a better understanding of how Europe wants to develop, where we are going, what Europe fears and so on," the minister said.
Vladimir Makei stated that the conference paid less attention to the issues which are of utmost importance for the humanity today. Among them is the fight against terrorism. "The matter was just mentioned. These are also issues related to illegal migration, climate change and so on. It seems to me that for some reason the participants, especially those from European countries, were most concerned about the security relations between the European Union and NATO, what NATO should protect, and what the European Union should protect. I mean the defense sector. Most of the discussions were dedicated to these issues," the minister said.
The minister stated that unfortunately the countries had not yet managed to abandon the logic of confrontational thinking. "It seemed surprising that one of the high-level participants of the conference, speaking about NATO's decision to oblige all the countries to increase military spending, cited Leon Trotsky's statement about the war. Is this the right thing to do in the current situation? We must first think about the ways to avoid this dangerous prospect of a new spiral in the armament race. Yet, we use some old-fashioned categories and notions. We cannot do this," Vladimir Makei said.
Speaking about the results of the meeting with Chairman of the Munich Security Conference Wolfgang Ischinger, Vladimir Makei said that the talks focused on the possible mutual events. "Mr. Ischinger and his secretariat suggested holding a meeting of the so-called main group of the Munich Security Conference in Belarus in late October 2018. This is a meeting of prominent leaders, politicians, and public figures, about 70-80 people. They gather to discuss the most urgent problems of the present day. Why Belarus? As I understand it, Belarus is a place where people from different conflicting parties can meet today. I am convinced that this meeting, if it takes place in Belarus, will also make its contribution to the reduction of tension and confrontation in the region today," he said.
Vladimir Makei held a number of other bilateral meetings, including with the new representatives of the German Chancellery, who will be responsible for the foreign policy. The parties found an absolutely unanimous understanding and agreed to continue constructive dialogue.
"We held a number of bilateral meetings with foreign ministers, including those of Egypt and Sudan to analyze the progress made in the implementation of the agreements reached during the visit of our president to these countries. We also agreed on new contacts at various levels, including the highest level, in the near future. We are looking forward to the visits of the leaders of these states," the minister said.
The Belarusian minister also held a meeting with representatives of several German companies that are showing interest in cooperation with Belarus, and representatives of the European Union, who are engaged in the implementation of the good neighborliness policy.
"Of course, we could not ignore the problem that concerns all of us today, the issues related to the situation in Ukraine. We met with the U.S. Special Representative for Ukraine Mr. Volker and exchanged the views on the situation in Ukraine and expressed our views on what steps can be taken to reduce tensions in the region," the minister added.


The tour comprises of art destinations in India. The places range from temple art to contemporary art. You would get to visit a lot of galleries, discussions with artists, exhibitions, museums, art schools, art festivals. The tour focuses on all visual art forms, like painting, sculpture, printmaking, photography, handicraft, and craft. You would meet up with artists from varied backgrounds and style. Highlights involves, visit to National art gallery across India with display of works from traditional paintings of Tanjore, Rajput, Moghul, Kangra, Deccani schools and even modern & contemporary works. You could choose from a range of options from various states of India. The tour gives you a choice of choosing, 3 star or five star accommodation. The duration and choice of location is customised based on your convenience. Airfare, entry fee etc will be charged on actual. The tour has to be booked at least a month in advance.The costs mentined below are for 4 days guide fee only, the total cost of the tour shall depend on the locations, duration & accomadation choice.


This is an improvement to the analytic_rank() function in the Elliptic curves over the rational numbers class. The current implementation only produces a value that is probably the analytic rank. This ticket is based on error bound computations to give a provable value of analytic rank. The computations were derived in my MSc thesis, "Proving the weak BSD conjecture for elliptic curves in the Cremona Database".
b18ef23 Added provable functionality to analytic rank computation.
Does this ticket needs review ? I am not volunteering, just point that nobody will look at it unless its status is set to needs_review.


I am inspired visually. I still love to look at a magazine and daydream about how I am going to make this area or that area just perfect. So when Pinterest came out I grabbed a hold of it and never let go. I have special boards for projects or rooms that I am working on. I have boards that are specific to a certain craft, like knitting, or felting. I have some boards that are for things that I may never do myself, but they are fun to look at like a swimming pool. But the best folder of all is the catch-all folder that houses all the crafts that inspire me. It is my favorite board, and it is the biggest board now. It's called Crafts I Want To Make.
The Doll Suitcase By Pretty Prudent.
Patchwork Posse shows this GREAT tutorial about how to embroider your house!
Bus Stop does not give a tutorial for this, but I think we all get the general idea.
I love that. And I feel confident that I could make one if I spent about 15 minutes on the floor of my daughter's room.
The fairy things never get old. This toadstool in a felt egg from 54 Stitches is charming my socks off.
Moving into a bigger scale, I would SO like to do a big huge table for the back yard. But A. my husband does not know of this passion and B. wood work is way way outside of my comfort zone. I would like to think I could do it. But the truth is, I am not sure it would turn out. I would really want the results to be amazing.
That's enough for now. You can see my whole list of dreamy things on my board. Crafts I want to Make.
Do you have a big list like that? Little stuff that you could make tomorrow? Or big things that you wish were in your wheel house, but in reality, they are $500 of new tools (band saw, sewing machine, interchangeable wood knitting needles) away? In truth what holds me back from a lot of this wish-list stuff is the $$$ outlay of tools and materials, only to feel like I might not succeed. Or succeed with only crooked- home made looking results. ?
Oh well, I have the board pinned! I'll knock them off one at a time!
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I am going to have to check out your board. The red work house is just so awesome–I could do that with the tools I have and my husbands drafting ability. The frame of old toys is KILLER. I have a glass jar that I have collected the little bits and pieces of my girls toys over the years, but it sits on a tall shelf to rarely get looked at. This is hand on the wall art worthy.
I don't do some projects because I think they just won't turn out as cool as I envision, and then I let that stop me. The reality is, I am always happy I tried and pushed myself and learned something in the process. I need to get passed the "perfect" picture.
Having the right tools is a must–so hard to invest too much money for something that I might not ultimately even enjoy. And where to store it all.


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Деклинација објекта је - 40° 26' 10" а ректасцензија 10-{h}- 7-{m}- 1,8-{s}-. Привидна величина (магнитуда) објекта -{NGC}- 3132 износи 9,2 а фотографска магнитуда 8,2. -{NGC}- 3132 је још познат и под ознакама -{PK 272+12.1, ESO 316-PN27, AM 1004-401, CS=10., Eight-burst planetary}-.

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Revised New General Catalogue and Index Catalogue, Wolfgang Steinicke, 2012. Доступно у овом фајлу са објашњењем на овој страници
SIMBAD база података, Стразбуршки центар астрономских података (CDS), Стразбур

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William D. Bradford has served as Endowed Professor of Business and Economic Development, and Professor of Finance and Business Economics at the University of Washington's Foster School of Business since 1999. From 1994 to 1999 he was Dean of the UW Business School and holder of the Kirby Cramer Chair at the University of Washington. He has also served as Faculty Director of the Business School's Business and Economic Development Center since 2005.
William D. Bradford served as Assistant and Associate Professor of Finance at the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University. He then became Professor of Finance at the Smith School of Business, at College Park (UMCP); where he was also served as Chair of the Finance Department and then Associate Dean and Acting Dean.
Professor Bradford serves on the Board of Directors of the Commerce Bank (Seattle), and was a member of the board of directors of the Russell Trust Company from 2000 to 2008. His teaching interests include Corporate Finance, Banking, Entrepreneurial Finance and Venture Capital. His areas of research include Venture Capital, Entrepreneurial Finance, Corporate Finance and Banking. In addition to the schools above, he has taught at Ohio State, New York University, UCLA and Yale University. He has been a consultant to numerous firms and has had international lectureships in corporate finance and entrepreneurship in the UK, Indonesia, Egypt, the Ivory Coast, South Korea, Canada, China and South Africa. He has authored or co-authored three books and more than 50 articles on finance during his career. Professor Bradford's teaching areas are Entrepreneurial Finance, Venture Capital, Managerial Finance, and Management of Financial Institutions.
1. Bates, Timothy, William Jackson, and William D. Bradford, 2015, Are Minority-Owned Businesses Under-served by the Private Equity Market? Evidence from the Venture-Capital Industry, Small Business Economics.
2. Bradford, William D., 2014, The 'Myth' that Black Entrepreneurship Can Reduce the Gap in Wealth between Black and White Families, Economic Development Quarterly.
3. Bradford, William D., Chao Chen, and Song Zhu, 2013, Cash Dividend Policy, Corporate Pyramids, and Ownership Structure: Evidence from China, International Review of Economics and Finance.
4. Jackson, William E., Timothy Bates, and William D. Bradford, 2012, Does Venture Capitalist Activism Improve Investment Performance?, Journal of Business Venturing.
5. Bates, Timothy, and William D. Bradford, 2009, The Impact of Institutional Sources of Capital Upon the Minority-Oriented Venture Capital Industry, Small Business Economics.
6. Bates, Timothy, and William D. Bradford, 2008, Venture Capital Investment in Minority Business, Journal of Money, Credit and Banking.
7. Bates, Timothy, and William D. Bradford, 2007, Traits and Performance of the Minority Venture-Capital Industry, The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science.
8. Bradford, William D. , 2007, Distinguishing Economically from Legally Formal Firms: Targeting Business Support to Entrepreneurs in South Africa's Townships, Journal of Small Business Management.
9. Bates, Timothy, William D. Bradford, and Julia Rubin, 2006, The Viability of the Minority-Oriented Venture Capital Industry Under Alternative Financing Arrangements, Economic Development Quarterly.
10. Bates, Timothy, and William D. Bradford, 2004, Analysis of Venture-Capital Funds That Finance Minority-Owned Businesses, The Review of Black Political Economy .
11. Bradford, William D., and Chao Chen, 2004, Creating Government Financing Programs for Small- and Medium –Sized Enterprises in China, China & World Economy.
12. Bradford, William D., 2003, The Wealth Dynamics of Entrepreneurship for Black and White Families in the U.S., Review of Income and Wealth.
13. Bradford, William D., 2003, The Savings and Credit Management of Low-Income, Low-Wealth Black and White Families, Economic Development Quarterly.
14. Bradford, William D., 2000, Black Family Wealth in the United States, State of Black America.
15. Bates, Timothy, and William D. Bradford, 1995, Look Before You Leap: The Franchise Route to Self-Employment,, The Review of Black Political Economy.
16. Bates, Timothy, and William D. Bradford, 1992, Factors Affecting New Firm Success and their Use in Venture Capital Financing,, Journal of Small Business Finance.
17. Bradford, William D., 1990, Conclusions and Policy Implications, Ethnic Entrepreneurs.
18. Bradford, William D., 1988, Performance, Prospects and Role in Minority Business Capital Formation, Minority Financial Institutions.
19. Bradford, William D., 1987, The Issue Decision of Manager-Owners Under Information Asymmetry,, Journal of Finance.
20. Bradford, William D., 1986, The Performance of Black Banks, Black Enterprise.
21. Bradford, William D., 1985, The Potential and Problems of Black Financial Institutions, The State of Black America.
22. Bradford, William D., 1984, Minority Business: Recent Experience and Recommendations, Small Business Economics.
23. Bradford, William D., 1982, The Deposit Demand of Minority Savings and Loan Associations, Journal of Bank Research .
24. Bradford, William D., 1981, The Cash Flow Implications of Variable Rate Mortgages, Special Publications Series Research Report.
25. Bradford, William D., 1981, Recent Experience of Minority Savings and Loan Associations of California, Special Publications Series Research Report.
26. Bradford, William D., 1981, The Cash Flow Implications of Alternate Mortgage Instruments, Savings and Loan Asset Management Under Deregulation.
27. Bradford, William D., 1980, Mortgage-Backed Bonds for Savings and Loan Associations: Management and Public Policy Issues, New Sources of Capital for the Savings and Loan Industry.
28. Bates, Timothy, and William D. Bradford, 1980, The Portfolio Behavior of Black-Owned Commercial Banks, Journal of Finance.
29. Bradford, William D., 1979, Financing Minority Business: The Impact and Interaction of Federal Government Programs, Journal of Minority Business Finance.
30. Bradford, William D., 1979, Mortgaged-Backed Securities: How Profitable Are They?, Federal Home Loan Bank Board Journal.
31. Bradford, William D., 1979, The Performance and Problems of Minority Savings and Loan Associations, Federal Home Loan Bank Board Journal.
32. Bradford, William D., 1979, Academic Press, Financing Black Economic.
33. Bradford, William D., 1978, Minority Savings and Loan Associations: Hypotheses and Tests, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis.
34. Bradford, William D., Alfred E. Osborne, Jr., and Lewis Spellman, 1978, The Efficiency and Profitability of Minority Controlled Savings and Loan Associations, Journal of Money, Credit and Banking.
35. Bradford, William D., 1978, The Performance of Merging Savings and Loan Associations, Journal of Business Research.
36. Spellman, Lewis, Alfred E. Osborne, and William D. Bradford, 1977, The Operating Efficiency of Black Savings and Loan Associations, Journal of Finance.
37. Bradford, William D., and Timothy Bates, 1977, Loan Default Amongst Black Entrepreneurs Forming New Central City Businesses, Quarterly Review of Economics and Business.
38. Bradford, William D., and Alfred E. Osborne, Jr., 1976, The Entrepreneurship Decision and Black Economic Development, American Economic Review.
39. Bradford, William D., 1976, Monetary Position, Unanticipated Inflation and Changes in the Value of the Firm, Quarterly Review of Economics and Business.
40. Bradford, William D. and Timothy Bates, 1976, An Evaluation of Alternative Strategies for Expanding the Number of Black-Owned Businesses, Review of Black Political Economy.
41. Bradford, William D., 1976, A Financial Analysis of Minority Savings and Loan Associations, Black Economic Development.
42. Bradford, William D., 1975, Valuation, Leverage and the Cost of Capital in the Case of Depreciable Assets: Comment, Journal of Finance.
43. Bradford, William D., 1974, Price-level Restated Accounting and the Measurement of Inflation Gains and Losses, The Accounting Review.
44. Bradford, William D., 1974, Inflation and the Value of the Firm: Monetary and Depreciation Effects, Southern Economic Journal.
45. Bradford, William D., 1973, Commercial Banks and Inner City Economic Development: Theory, Comments and Development of a Model, Review of Black Political Economy.


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### [1269\. Number of Ways to Stay in the Same Place After Some Steps](https://leetcode.com/problems/number-of-ways-to-stay-in-the-same-place-after-some-steps/)

Difficulty: **Hard**

You have a pointer at index `0` in an array of size `<font face="monospace" style="display: inline;">arrLen</font>`. At each step, you can move 1 position to the left, 1 position to the right in the array or stay in the same place  (The pointer should not be placed outside the array at any time).

Given two integers `steps` and `arrLen`, return the number of ways such that your pointer still at index `0` after **exactly** `<font face="monospace" style="display: inline;">steps</font>` steps.

Since the answer may be too large, return it **modulo** `10^9 + 7`.

**Example 1:**

```
Input: steps = 3, arrLen = 2
Output: 4
Explanation: There are 4 differents ways to stay at index 0 after 3 steps.
Right, Left, Stay
Stay, Right, Left
Right, Stay, Left
Stay, Stay, Stay
```

**Example 2:**

```
Input: steps = 2, arrLen = 4
Output: 2
Explanation: There are 2 differents ways to stay at index 0 after 2 steps
Right, Left
Stay, Stay
```

**Example 3:**

```
Input: steps = 4, arrLen = 2
Output: 8
```

**Constraints:**

*   `1 <= steps <= 500`
*   `1 <= arrLen <= 10^6`

#### Solution

Language: **JavaScript**

```javascript
/**
 * @param {number} steps
 * @param {number} arrLen
 * @return {number}
 */
var numWays = function(steps, arrLen) {
    let dp = Array(arrLen + 2).fill(0)
    let dp1 = Array(arrLen + 2).fill(0)
    const mod = 10 ** 9 + 7

    dp[1] = 1
    for (let s = 1; s <= steps; s += 1) {
        for (let i = 1; i <= arrLen && i < steps + 1; i += 1) {
            dp1[i] = (dp[i - 1] + dp[i] + dp[i + 1]) % mod
        }
        const d = dp1
        dp1 = dp
        dp = d
    }

    return dp[1]
};
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Each week we will focus on one of these magical words with supporting content that will help your readers and followers acknowledge, reflect, practice and get inspired to embark on a new adventure or live life to its fullest. We continue this week withGenerosity.
· Volunteer your time - We all have needed help with something at one time in our life. Volunteering at a local shelter or soup kitchen will make a difference to someone in need.
· Pay it forward - It could be shoveling your neighbor's driveway or paying for the person behind you at the coffee shop, but paying it forward makes everyone feel great. A small, unexpected act of generosity as simple as a smile could brighten a person's day more than you realize.


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Hulu's Catch-22 Teaser: Kyle Chandler as a Crazy Warmonger Is Something You Just Gotta See
'Insanity is contagious'
Amanda Bell Feb. 11, 2019 at 9:50 a.m. PT
Hulu has unveiled the first trailer for Catch-22, its limited-series adaptation of Joseph Heller's classic World War II satire of the same name, and hoo boy, it's a doozy.
Like Heller's 1961 novel, the series is set in Italy during WWII and centers on a bombardier named Yossarian (portrayed by Christopher Abbott) who desperately wants "to come down alive" from every mission he goes up on. However, he and his squadron are being led by Colonel Cathcart (Kyle Chandler), who's got a decreasing solicitude for his soldiers' lives and keeps sending them back to the battlefield again and again.
"Some of you will not be coming back; there's no other way of telling you that. Basic statistics tell us that," he sternly warns the his petrified platoon. "If in your final moments you see death, think not of death. Think of the living and know this: your sacrifice will not be in vain."
That's hardly the "clear eyes, full hearts"-style pep talk Chandler's fans are used to, then, is it?
Kyle Chandler, Catch-22
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Yossarian begins to recognize that his enemies on the field are only half of his problem right about now, as there's a bureaucratic rule that's subverting his attempts to escape: if you're sane enough to ask to leave the missions, you're ineligible to depart your service, and yet, you need to be insane to actually complete them. In other words, there's no way out -- if you're not of sound mind, you're mission-ready and won't ask to leave, and if you're not crazy, you're not allowed to go either. Our hero, who doesn't feel much like one, is stuck in a never-ending cycle of thwarting death.
Chandler's Cathcart isn't the only looney war-monger in the bunch, either. There's also Scheisskopf (George Clooney), the parade-obsessed lieutenant who's quickly promoted through the ranks due to his fervor for pomp and circumstance. Wait for the moment when he asks to see proof that his cadet has suffered an injury to his private parts. Wait for it.
Clooney co-produced and directed all six episodes of this adaptation, which debuts on Hulu on May 17. Hip hip ... hooray!
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On the Victoria Day week-end of May 16-18, the 8th Annual 'Caledonia Classic' hosted more than 250 riders on a Leduc County site. Jumpers and hunters, their riders of various ages and their entourages gathered at Amberlea Meadows, the iconic horse farm and equestrian centre, north of the Edmonton International Airport.
Near Amberlea Meadows' main entrance, cars and trucks were lined up on the country road. This annual event is so well-attended that local riders are asked to 'haul in' if possible, if the drive to and fro is manageable on a daily basis. Many riders and their families or trainers sleep in their horse trailer's living quarters and in RVs, while others stay at the Nisku Inn & Conference Centre, the host hotel for this event.
Lee Kruger owns two big jumpers, and competes with them all over North America. She seems to have passed on her passion to her son Allen Kruger who with his wife Labrie, a Vold daughter of Ponoka, have a nine months old adorable, blue-eyed baby girl, Taylor who has already been riding with her dad. Both Allen and Labrie compete, as much as work and parenthood will allow. Labrie introduces her mount Diamond Dazzler, a ten year-old jumper recently imported from Ireland by Caledonia Stables. Paul adds that Lee is now able to compete more often thanks to the dedication of Lynn Macyk, their Head Trainer.
A large white tent was hosting sponsors and trainers with snacks and refreshments. The Sponsor Tent host was Amy Simpson, a congenial Caledonia Stables friend, rider and Caledonia Classic helper of many years, even if she is now an Okotoks resident. One of the announcers was Ashley Rickard, a City of Leduc attorney and horse rider of fourteen years who was keenly focused on her job of keeping all the competitors in order.
Avery Shoults, a lovely, congenial twelve year old from De Winton Alberta, was thrilled to have won First Place in the .85 meter jumping event on Summer Breeze, her fourteen-hands high Paint mare. She started riding at the age of five. With her family and her trainer Rita Condon, Avery traveled home with her showy red ribbon.
The official show photographer was talented Linda Finstad, owner of Shaper Image Photography and author of "The Horse Watcher," a fascinating book on the mysteries of horses' behavior and mindset. Inside the Amberlea Meadows office, a poster listed more than 70 sponsors of the Caledonia Classic.
The event was non-stop action, with small breaks between the various class events. The Grand Prix Hunter Ring offered challenging obstacles such as the Devil's Dike (a big ditch), The Bank (a steep hill) and the Table Top (a 2-tier jumping surface).
It was fun to be greeted there by Ann Myers, a cheerful seven-year member of the Amberlea Meadows Team. Caledonia Stables and Amberlea Meadows are Leduc County jewels that work well together to support and promote the equestrian show industry. This summer will see many equestrian events take place in the Capital Region and across Alberta. Some of these young riders have one goal in mind, the Summer Olympics. For now, local and regional events with enthusiastic spectators will do.


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Tallinn Old Town Days () is a cultural and entertainment festival in Tallinn Old Town, Tallinn, Estonia. The goal of the festival is to introduce Tallinn Old Town to the public. The festival takes place every year in the beginning of summer and lasts about one week.

First festival took place in 1982. The festival idea author is sailor Sulev Roosma and he, in turn, got the inspiration from Kiel Week.

During the festival, Tallinn Old Town's streets are filled with concerts, exhibitions, theatre plays, fairs and other entertainment activities.

References

External links

Events in Tallinn
Tallinn Old Town


Fish Fungus is an antibiotic for fish that contains ketoconazole. Fish Fungus pet meds are effective against certain gram positive and gram negative bacterial infections. Fish Fungus contains 200 mg of Ketoconazole and is available in bottles of 30 tablets.
Fish Fungus treats a range of potentially devastating bacterial and fungal diseases in fish, including gill diseases, Aeromonas and Pseudomonas genera, and Chondrococcus. The antifungal medication works rapidly to eliminate infection and improve health and activity levels.
The water in your tank may turn yellow during treatment. This is harmless. Partial water changes and use of a charcoal filter will clear the water.
Add one tablet to your tank for every 50 gallons of water.
Perform a partial water change and then repeat the treatment by adding one tablet per 50 gallons to your tank.
Continue treatments once daily for at least 5 days.
Discontinue treatments if no improvement is noted after 5 days.
Give dogs 5 to 7 mg per lb. of body weight every 8 to 12 hours by mouth.
Give cats 2 to 5 mg per lb. of body weight every 5 to 12 hours by mouth.
Treatment of fish should continue for a minimum of 5 and a maximum of 10 days. Do not exceed 10 days of treatment unless specifically told to do so by your veterinarian.
Store Fish Fungus at controlled room temperature, between 59 and 86 degrees F., away from excess moisture and heat. Keep away from children and animals.
Fish Fungus contains ketoconazole, a potent anti-fungal medication effective against a variety of fungi, yeast, and gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria in fish. Fish fungus is sometimes used off-label to treat ringworm, yeast infections, and systemic fungal infections in small animals.
Keep Fish Fungus out of reach of children and animals. Do not use or store in or near open flame or heat.
Fish Fungus is intended for use in in aquarium and ornamental fish only. Do not use in fish intended for human consumption. May sometimes be used in dogs and cats. Not for humans.
CAUTION: Monitor liver activity of animals for toxicity.
Do not use Fish Fungus in animals with a known allergy to it or to similar medications.


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Q: Get the row corresponding to the latest timestamp in a Spark Dataset using Scala I am relatively new to Spark and Scala. I have a dataframe which has the following format:
| Col1 | Col2 | Col3 | Col_4 | Col_5 | Col_TS                  | Col_7 |

| 1234 | AAAA | 1111 | afsdf | ewqre | 1970-01-01 00:00:00.0   | false |
| 1234 | AAAA | 1111 | ewqrw | dafda | 2017-01-17 07:09:32.748 | true  |
| 1234 | AAAA | 1111 | dafsd | afwew | 2015-01-17 07:09:32.748 | false |
| 5678 | BBBB | 2222 | afsdf | qwerq | 1970-01-01 00:00:00.0   | true  |
| 5678 | BBBB | 2222 | bafva | qweqe | 2016-12-08 07:58:43.04  | false |
| 9101 | CCCC | 3333 | caxad | fsdaa | 1970-01-01 00:00:00.0   | false |

What I need to do is to get the row that corresponds to the latest timestamp.
In the example above, the keys are Col1, Col2 and Col3. Col_TS represents the timestamp and Col_7 is a boolean that determines the validity of the record.
What I want to do is to find a way to group these records based on the keys and retain the one that has the latest timestamp.
So the output of the operation in the dataframe above should be:
| Col1 | Col2 | Col3 | Col_4 | Col_5 | Col_TS                  | Col_7 |

| 1234 | AAAA | 1111 | ewqrw | dafda | 2017-01-17 07:09:32.748 | true  |
| 5678 | BBBB | 2222 | bafva | qweqe | 2016-12-08 07:58:43.04  | false |
| 9101 | CCCC | 3333 | caxad | fsdaa | 1970-01-01 00:00:00.0   | false |

I came up with a partial solution but this way I can only return the dataframe of the Column keys on which the records are grouped and not the other columns.
df = df.groupBy("Col1","Col2","Col3").agg(max("Col_TS"))

| Col1 | Col2 | Col3 | max(Col_TS)             |

| 1234 | AAAA | 1111 | 2017-01-17 07:09:32.748 |
| 5678 | BBBB | 2222 | 2016-12-08 07:58:43.04  |
| 9101 | CCCC | 3333 | 1970-01-01 00:00:00.0   |

Can someone help me in coming up with a Scala code for performing this operation?

A: One option is firstly order the data frame by Col_TS, then group by Col1, Col2 and Col3 and take the last item from each other column:
val val_columns = Seq("Col_4", "Col_5", "Col_TS", "Col_7").map(x => last(col(x)).alias(x))

(df.orderBy("Col_TS")
   .groupBy("Col1", "Col2", "Col3")
   .agg(val_columns.head, val_columns.tail: _*).show)

+----+----+----+-----+-----+--------------------+-----+
|Col1|Col2|Col3|Col_4|Col_5|              Col_TS|Col_7|
+----+----+----+-----+-----+--------------------+-----+
|1234|AAAA|1111|ewqrw|dafda|2017-01-17 07:09:...| true|
|9101|CCCC|3333|caxad|fsdaa|1970-01-01 00:00:...|false|
|5678|BBBB|2222|bafva|qweqe|2016-12-08 07:58:...|false|
+----+----+----+-----+-----+--------------------+-----+

A: You can use window function as following
import org.apache.spark.sql.functions._
val windowSpec = Window.partitionBy("Col1","Col2","Col3").orderBy(col("Col_TS").desc)

df.withColumn("maxTS", first("Col_TS").over(windowSpec))
.select("*").where(col("maxTS") === col("Col_TS"))
.drop("maxTS")
  .show(false)

You should get output as following
+----+----+----+-----+-----+----------------------+-----+
|Col1|Col2|Col3|Col_4|Col_5|Col_TS                |Col_7|
+----+----+----+-----+-----+----------------------+-----+
|5678|BBBB|2222|bafva|qweqe|2016-12-0807:58:43.04 |false|
|1234|AAAA|1111|ewqrw|dafda|2017-01-1707:09:32.748|true |
|9101|CCCC|3333|caxad|fsdaa|1970-01-0100:00:00.0  |false|
+----+----+----+-----+-----+----------------------+-----+


Photos courtesy of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television.
UCLA lost a great friend and beloved mentor on October 31 when Gil Cates died of natural causes in a parking structure on campus. He was 77.
Cates, a towering figure in the entertainment industry, was the founding dean of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television (TFT) from 1990-1998 and remained on the faculty as a professor. He was also the founder and producing director at the Geffen Playhouse, where a theater (above) bears his name.
A stage director who was also successful in film and television, Cates produced 14 Academy Awards telecasts. He was widely credited with revitalizing what had become a tired format by hiring comedians such as Billy Crystal and Whoopi Goldberg.
In addition, he served as longtime president and chief negotiator of the Directors Guild of America. His feature films included "I Never Sang for My Father" in 1970 and "Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams" in 1973.
Los Angeles Times theater critic Charles McNulty said Cates' vision and risk-taking in the theater made him "an example to his fellow artistic leaders, who have increasingly been pursuing a more commercial course. Los Angeles has lost one of its most unrelenting champions of theater," he said.
At UCLA, Cates was admired as a leader who successfully practiced what he taught and took a genuine interest in his students and their aspirations. "Gil was extremely approachable and always responsive—not something you expect in someone of his stature, particularly in an industry that is so cutthroat," says Kinga Dobos '05, who earned a bachelor's degree in film production. "When he spoke at the Women in Film Speaker Series during the Writers Guild strike in 2009, he encouraged us to not fear change. He was inspiring, and he had a great sense of humor."
At TFT's farewell event for Cates, when he stepped down as dean, several of his faculty and administrative colleagues spoke. But his biggest smile came when a group of students performed a joyful musical dance rendition of "There's No Business like Show Business." It was a tribute to the man who had imparted to them his great love for his work.


I started writing these little stories to remind myself of the silver lining behind each cloud. That is to say, when we came to Japan, there were many things which were difficult. But they were difficult in a culturally interesting way and, upon reflection, had some element of humor that should be acknowledged. So, I started writing up these experiences and emailing them to friends and family - some who live in Japan and can relate to these experiences, but mainly to people in the US that live a safe and sane (and boring!) existence and seem to take strange delight in my difficulties.
These stories seem to have gotten quite popular - so I'm archiving them here for the world to see. Fame and Fortune!
This isn't a blog - I can't handle the deadline pressure! But if you are interested in reading my latest stories, send an email and I'll try to put you on the distribution list. New stories will eventually make their way to this site but there may be a lag. Let me know what you think - an author appreciates positive feedback.


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Real, Truthful News
The Reader's Turn
Et Tu, Supremes?
By The Reader's Turn
January 3, 2021 Updated: January 3, 2021
The Supreme Court of the United States of America has members who possess more learned knowledge (a.k.a. degrees) than most citizens of this great Republic will ever have. However, they are devoid of what most Americans call "commonsense." With this in mind, we must recognize that with the court's latest decision regarding "Texas," ignoring how the illegal actions of any state pertaining to national elections can negate the legal actions of all other states, they have said to all 50 states that if you want to disregard your state constitution or the U.S. Constitution, have at it.
By their action, they have betrayed every person who has ever fought for our nation, paid taxes to our nation, obeyed our nation's laws, and asked very little in return other than honest representation guided by sound judgment.
History will record this court as those who stuck the knives in the back of the greatest nation in the annals of recorded history and unlike the Roman senators who stabbed Julius Caesar 23 times, whose names are not recorded, the names of America's traitors will be.
The American press, taking its cue from Sun Tzu, a famous Chinese general who said, "All warfare is based on deception," has ensured that the following Latin phrase has been fulfilled: "In absentia lucis, Tenebrae vincunt" (In the absence of light, darkness prevails).
We are witnessing the final stage of our great Republic and the light of our Nation is being snuffed out. Marxist communism, primarily financed by the Chinese Communist Party, is not only here but appears to have won.
Joseph E. Krill
Social Media Must Be Regulated, UK Minister Says, After Trump's Twitter Ban
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package org.primefaces.material.component.range;

import java.io.IOException;

import javax.faces.component.UIComponent;
import javax.faces.context.FacesContext;
import javax.faces.context.ResponseWriter;

import org.primefaces.material.MaterialWidgetBuilder;
import org.primefaces.renderkit.CoreRenderer;
import org.primefaces.util.WidgetBuilder;

public class RangeRenderer extends CoreRenderer {

public static final String RENDERER_TYPE = "org.primefaces.material.component.CheckboxRenderer";

	@Override
	public void decode(FacesContext context, UIComponent component) {
		Range range = (Range) component;

		if(range.isDisabled()) {
			return;
		}

		decodeBehaviors(context, range);

		String clientId = range.getClientId(context);
		String submittedValue = (String) context.getExternalContext().getRequestParameterMap().get(clientId + "_input");
		range.setSubmittedValue(submittedValue);
	}

	@Override
	public void encodeEnd(FacesContext context, UIComponent component) throws IOException {
		Range checkbox = (Range) component;

		encodeMarkup(context, checkbox);
		encodeScript(context, checkbox);
	}

	private void encodeMarkup(FacesContext context, Range range) throws IOException {
		ResponseWriter writer = context.getResponseWriter();

		String inputId = range.getClientId() + "_input";

		Object value = range.getValue() != null ? range.getValue() : range.getMin();

		writer.startElement("p", range);
			writer.writeAttribute("id", range.getClientId(), null);
			writer.writeAttribute("class", "range-field", null);

			writer.startElement("input", null);
				writer.writeAttribute("id", inputId, null);
				writer.writeAttribute("name", inputId, null);
				writer.writeAttribute("value", value, null);
				writer.writeAttribute("min", range.getMin(), "min");
				writer.writeAttribute("max", range.getMax(), "max");
				if(range.isDisabled()){
					writer.writeAttribute("disabled", range.isDisabled(), null);
				}
				writer.writeAttribute("type", "range", null);

			writer.endElement("input");
		writer.endElement("p");
	}

	private void encodeScript(FacesContext context, Range checkbox) throws IOException {
		String clientId = checkbox.getClientId();
		String widgetVar = checkbox.resolveWidgetVar();

		WidgetBuilder wb = MaterialWidgetBuilder.getInstance(context);

		wb.initWithDomReady("Range", widgetVar, clientId);
		encodeClientBehaviors(context, checkbox);

		wb.finish();

	}

}


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The 2020 Kia Telluride Is a Pretty Nice SUV to Drive and Sleep In
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The fact that Kia is building a large seven/eight-seater SUV is about as surprising as discovering that the Twinkie you've just bitten into contains an interior chamber, filled with a white, sweet, creamery substance. It's a move so safe that I'd tell it my bank card PIN, if it asked. People will buy these, because, it seems, that's all they want to buy anymore. Happily, Kia's jump on this particular bandwagon is a jump well executed. I can say this because not only did I take the 2020 Kia Telluride on a little road trip, but I slept in it overnight, too, because that's how you really get to know a car.
(Full disclosure: Kia lent me a 2020 Telluride with a full tank of gas for a week so I could review it. I did not need it for transportation as I already own several ridiculous cars but I used it for that anyway. They made me swear not to sleep in it or let my kid lie on the dashboard and I'm proud to have honored that promise.)
Also, if a car is haunted and left to you in the will of your strange uncle who lives in a creepy castle, sleeping one night in the car is often how you get to own it.
Otto does airplane impressions
I used the Kia Telluride to take my 8-year-old son Otto and I on a road trip to Washington, D.C., where we greedily inspected every air-and-spacecraft in the big Air and Space Museum outside of town, and then heckled some animals at the National Zoo. It was a good time, and it was a good time made possible via the Telluride, though, to be fair, it likely would have worked as well with any number of large SUVs on the market today, and would likely have been even better in a minivan, but that's another argument.
The Telluride is Kia taking direct aim at large SUVs, once the near-exclusive domain of American vehicles like the Ford Explorer and the Chevy Suburban. In a way, that hasn't really changed, because even though Kia is a South Korean company, the Telluride is as American as cholesterol and a disinterest in the sport of Cricket, being built in West Point, Georgia.
What Is It, Exactly?
Oh, come on. You know exactly what this thing is—it's a big SUV, an overgrown station wagon on big tires with more ground clearance than you'll likely need, and enough excess height to give you that "command" seating position way up high that for some reason everyone decided they needed after the year 2000.
The Telluride is built on the same platform as the Kia Sorrento SUV, but, unlike the Sorrento, isn't an instantly-forgettable blob of vehicular anonymity, thanks to its bold and handsome styling.
The Telluride has one engine option, Hyundai/Kia's 3.8-liter Lambda II V6 GDi, which makes a respectable 291 horsepower and 262 pound-feet of torque. Those horses and foot-pounds are transferred to the tires, and then the Earth's crust, via an eight-speed automatic transmission.
But let's get to what really matters, here.
How's It Look?
Call me shallow, but the Telluride's looks I think are the most significant part of this SUV. That's because, if we're brutally honest, its features and capabilities and dimensions are pretty much on par, give or take, with the whole field of competing large SUVs like the Volkswagen Atlas or the Ford Explorer or the Honda Pilot. But what does make the Telluride stand out, I think, is some notably handsome styling from Kia's Tom Kearns-led design team.
The crisp, straightforward good looks I think are most noticeable when you compare the Telluride with its sibling, the Hyundai Palisade, both built on the same platform and effectively the same basic vehicles, save for styling:
The Hyundai definitely fits more in with mainstream SUV design as it exists today: prominent, complicated grille, confusing lighting design and placement with an emphasis on an aggressive overall look, lots of curves and cutouts and body contours and compound curves and creases and just...stuff.
I think it's pretty ugly, honestly, and looks like it's pissed at you and it just drank a shot of vinegar, all at once. Who wants to look at that sour face all the time?
The Kia, though, is a much cleaner, arguably more classic design. It's unashamedly boxier, which also helps maximize interior volume, and it's not afraid to allow large body panels to just exist, untortured by excess creases or folds or cutouts or whatever.
The grille is large and prominent, but is also a much simpler shape, mostly rectangular, with an elongated beehive texture inside. Other air intakes are similarly simpler shapes, and are nearly all real and functional.
This is unusual today, but look at this—even those lower vertical air intakes under the lights are real:
I'm not entirely certain if those are brake-cooling vents or if there's some sort of oil or transmission cooler behind there, but it's a real air intake, complete with an outlet in the wheel well behind it.
The lighting design is also really well handled on the Telluride. The main headlight units suggest the stacked lights of many old American trucks and SUVs, like mid-'80s Chevy K5 Blazers, but at the same time feel quite modern.
I'd also like to applaud Kia for taking the fairly uncommon approach to daytime running lamps (DRLs) and using the amber turn indicator for the DRL, which I think makes a striking and distinctive light signature for the car.
The rear lighting is distinctive as well, and the dramatic bend-and-droop is unexpected, but I think works.
There's some chrome detailing on the Telluride, but it's fairly restrained, with the most interesting detail being the slight kick-up at the B-pillar in the chrome window surround trim.
The overall look of the car is significantly more elegant than most SUVs on the market today, and has a look of dapper restraint. It's a handsome car, and unlike so many cars of its bulk, doesn't look like a big sloppy behemoth. I think the Telluride's looks will prove to be its biggest draw.
What's It Like on the Inside?
Kia must have spent a lot of time talking to people about what they want in an SUV interiors, because the place is fairly jam-packed with cupholders and storage cubbies and reading lights and all the kinds of things you can imagine people asking for around a table full of strangers with bottles of water in front of them.
The result is really quite good—it's roomy in there, with plenty of places to stash stuff, and, at least on the higher-spec SX edition I had, the materials used are pretty nice, with upholstery that was thankfully not all-black (the seats were a sort of Nutella brown, with interesting stitch patterns) and some inlaid wood that gave the dashboard the appealing warmth of a 1979 Magnavox console television set.
Even with the third row seats up, there was still a good amount of cargo room in the back, something by no means guaranteed on a three-row SUV.
There was even a pretty roomy compartment underneath the load floor, in case you need to stash a briefcase full of krugerrands or Thin Mints out of sight.
It's also worth mentioning that the third row is not a miserable little pain-seat. It's smaller than the middle row, sure, but it has decent legroom and doesn't require a pelvis made of cartilage to access it. It's got its own drink holders and USB outlets and reading lights, so it doesn't seem like an afterthought, either.
The Telluride SX also comes with twin sunroofs, which provide some very welcome visibility. The front one is smaller, more like the traditional sunroofs we've known in cars for decades, while the rear one is one of those vast panoramic roof-windows that have become more and more common in recent years.
Plus, if you're a giant, the bar between the two sunroofs looks like it'll make an excellent handle to lift the Telluride like a suitcase.
The ceiling also takes a cue from van interiors by providing HVAC vents for the back seat in the roof there, which actually works very well, better than the knee-level vents many other SUVs offer.
So, Wait, How Was It to Sleep In?
You know what, not too bad! The two rear rows fold down to form a fairly level load floor, which, properly padded with sleeping bags, makes a decent enough bed, roughly the size of a double bed, I'd say.
The many cubbies and pockets and cupholders provided plenty of places to stash things in easy-reaching distance from the "bed" area, and USB outlets for the third row made it easy to keep your phone charged so you can watch Netflix in bed, like every citizen has a right to.
The interior was roomy enough to sit up in bed, and to even get changed with relative ease. Then again, I'm not a large-scale person, and Otto's a kid, so normal-sized humans may have a bit more difficulty, but if you're sample-sized like I am, it's no problem at all.
The Telluride is no camper, but it can pretend to be one pretty effectively, at least for a night or two. The load floor, while carpeted, is hard and has some gaps, so be sure to use some padding to be comfortable.
What About All the Toys and Gadgets and Crap Like That?
The Telluride is as crammed with electronics and driver's aids and all of the stuff we've been spoiled to expect from modern cars: heated and cooled seats, dual-zone climate control, back-up cameras, lane keeping, dynamic cruise control, Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, and so on. It does have a few unique attributes as well, though, that are worth pointing out.
One of the most immediately obvious features is the Blind Spot View Monitor (BVM), which gives a camera feed of your blind spot right in the instrument cluster whenever you activate the turn indicator.
I found this a surprisingly useful feature, not just for confirming that my blind spot was clear, but to help maneuver through tight spots, since the BVM gives a good clear image of what's directly alongside the vehicle. Want to see if you're in a parking space's lines? Use your turn signal stalk to see! How close are you to that drive-through window? It's easy to check (see above)!
One important thing that the Telluride does not skimp on are power ports. They're all over the car, and there's multiple kinds. USB ports are the most plentiful, which is the right move, with pretty much every seat having access to USB power, including some clever placement of them on the front seat backs for the second row.
There's also multiple 12V cigarette lighter-style power ports, and one centrally-located 120V wall-type outlet as well. Easy access to power outlets is actually a very big deal for a car like this, and Kia's pulled it off well.
You know what's something Kia/Hyundai does user interface-wise that almost no other carmaker does? This:
They display, visually, the current setting of the wiper stalk when you move it. I find this incredibly helpful, as I feel like in most cars I never I know where the wiper stalk is set to or what it's doing. This display makes the process easy and confusion-free and I have no idea why it's not more common.
I do have one significant complaint about the Telluride's compu-cybertech stuff, though, related to the driver assist system. The Telluride has the now-common combination of dynamic cruise control and lane keeping that, when used together, forms a near Level 2 sort of semi-autonomy system; let's call it Level 1.5 Semi-Autonomy.
It's not quite at the level of an Autopilot or SuperCruise, but on a highway it can handle a good chunk of the basic mechanics of driving, following the lanes and road curves and keeping a safe distance from the car in front of you.
And while it normally works OK, multiple times I found the lane keeping to be inaccurate and over-agressive, leading to almost fighting with it to get control back. On several occasions I felt it was hugging a lane too close to the center line, and while trying to correct it, the wheel resisted too much, on at least one occasion causing an unpleasant and potentially dangerous oscillation that took some effort to get back under control.
I'm not yet certain if Hyundai/Kia's system is configured differently for the Telluride, but I think if I owned one of these I'd turn the lane-keeping feature off.
How's This Baby Drive, Huh?
I think the Telluride is a well-executed and capable big SUV, and has a good number of advantages over its competition, but I have to admit the actual business of driving it is pretty unremarkable. In this segment, I think that's not a bad thing.
Unremarkable means the power was enough to do whatever I asked of it, its brakes were capable and gave me enough confidence to rarely think about them, the transmission shifted without making me wonder if it was actually a CVT, and I wasn't always constantly reminded that I'm piloting a huge 4,200 pound box around town.
It wasn't an engaging driving experience by any means, but there's hardly anything in this segment that actually is. It's forgettable, and when the alternative is something memorable because of how bulky it feels or how difficult it is to maneuver, I'll be a willing amnesiac and take forgettable any day.
The one real advantage I can think of that the Telluride has over the similar SUVs I've driven is that the extra camera features, like the Blind Spot View thing, actually do make parking and maneuvering in tight areas significantly easier, and I think that's an important factor in living with a large SUV.
The Telluride version I tested, laden with all the candies and goodies, comes in at just over $41,000. That's a good chunk of money. The SUV does feel like a premium vehicle, though, and I don't see any major advantage to a more "premium" and similarly-scaled seven/eight passenger SUV like a Lexus LX, which is about double the price, at $91,230 for the three-row version.
Sure, the Lexus has about 100 horsepower more and can tow 2,000 more pounds (7,000 vs. 5,000) but is that actually worth twice the price? For most people, I doubt that very much. I don't find the interior that much better in the Lexus, and I think the Kia is vastly and dramatically better looking than the Predator-faced Lexus.
So, compared to the more upmarket big SUVs, I think the Kia Telluride is a hell of a deal. It's better-looking than most, and if your mind isn't poisoned by the idiocy of brand snobbery, you can save yourself a good $40,000 and still be happy with your big SUV life.
The base-spec Telluride LX starts at about $31,000, which makes it just about the same base price as a Toyota Highlander, Volkswagen Atlas, Ford Explorer, and a good bit cheaper than the base Chevy Tahoe.
While I think this whole segment is pretty evenly matched with few real standouts, I do think the handsome look of the Telluride sets it apart a bit, and is certainly as good a choice as any of them, really.
So, while the base one is a good choice, I think the real value of the Telluride is deciding to get the top-spec one instead of a much more expensive SUV from a more premium manufacturer. I think you'll look as good or better, accomplish the same things, pay less for parts and repair, and find more fun things to spend your now-surplus tens of thousands of dollars on. Like an old car that's actually fun to drive.
If it makes you feel better, you can spend a couple hundred on badges from a Mercedes or Land Rover or Gordon-Keeble or whatever.
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Stay : Guerande in the Loire, municipal aire, free with service (except water €6).
It's been another late start in Le Faou this morning. We've decided there's no point getting up early as no one else does. The church bells have tolled several times before we open the camper car door for a weather report. As it's not raining Pam cuts some pre walk fruit and we set off along the bay for an hour. By the time we return a little market has set up in the car park and Pam buys some fresh vegetables and a baguette.
We have planned today as a driving day. Last year we drove much of this part of Brittany with Rod and Julie, so we plan a freeway day on the N165 until we cross into the Loire. It's hard to church up a day on the freeway, but that was our day.
It may be driving on the freeway, but it's not the M4, France.
The Rough Guide has a good review on Pont Aven so it seemed like a good place for lunch. The Rough Guide didn't indicate it's not suitable for camper cars but we manage to squeeze our way into a parking spot outside the local bank and we set off for a walk. Pont Avon was the home of Paul Guiggan for several years before he discovered the beauty of Tahiti and it's women. That aside it's a picturesque village set around a bridge on the River Aven. Most of the shops are galleries or have an art theme which are all a bit touristy in retrospect. The River Aven run through the centre, with a series of little falls, changing direction, dividing and rejoining.
Pam dodges the Drizzle at Pont Aven, Brittany.
For Greg, Pont Aven, Brittany.
It's starts to drizzle and we escape to the Hymer, as we have been parked in front of the only bank in town for an hour we decide to head off and lunch at the first aire we find. Ten minutes later we stop outside a little church in Baye for another camper car lunch. Off again we soon depart Brittany and cross into the Loire. The scenery becomes greener, with more flowers if that's possible. The sun is out again and it's getting warm as we drive into Guerande. Late afternoon arrivals are always a bit chaotic as there are campers cars everywhere all looking for somewhere to park. We decide the formal camping areas are too far out, the free aire is near the main road and may be a bit noisy, but Pam likes free and it's only about 500 metres to the wall.
We find a spot up the back, lock up and head up town to explore. First stop the tourist information and a map. The girl recommends visiting the salt marshes out of town as well.
The main gates to the old walled city of Guerande, apparently one of the few towns that still have the original gates, walls and moat in place. The Loire.
It's like two worlds, outside the walls of the old town the place is fairly modern, lots of traffic, cars scooters and people getting on with their business. Inside the walls you move back in time, cobbled lanes, no cars old stone building etc. Anyway it's not quite all like that, there are shops selling suites of armour, swords and the usual tat. But generally lots of local produce and the like.
We returned to the old town again on our morning walk today to find a produce market getting started. We got some fruit and vegetables and the usual baguette of course. We also purchased a piece of cooked ham, for dinner tonight.
After breakfast we un-load the bikes and ride down to the salt marshes, to look at the salt drying ponds that line the roadways down in the area. Like all the other tourist we stopped at a roadside stall and purchased a small bag of salt. It's quite big business in Guerande and there are shops and stalls all over are area selling salt. It's a long ride almost 20 kilometres, the second half mostly uphill.
Anyway back at the aire we put the bikes back on the rack, do our household duties and hit the road towards the Coast Atlantic.
It reads like you two are having a great time, enjoying the stories and pictures look forward to more of France.
Great little towns but weather looks cool. I am still trying to decide what to pack – cool weather clothes or shorts and shirts?


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Paulo Mendes da Rocha wins the 2016 Venice Biennale Golden Lion
2016 Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement recipient: Paulo Mendes da Rocha
Sao Paulo-based architect Paulo Mendes da Rocha has been honored with the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement of the fast-approaching 2016 Venice Architecture Biennale, titled "Reporting from the Front". Upon the recommendation of Biennale Curator Alejandro Aravena, the Board of Directors decided on Mendes da Rocha's selection as the 2016 winner. Previous recipients include Phyllis Lambert, Álvaro Siza, and Rem Koolhaas.
Saint Peter Chapel, São Paulo (1987). Photo via Wikipedia.
After graduating from the Mackenzie Architecture School in 1954, Paulo Mendes da Rocha first gained public recognition when he won the 1957 national competition to design the Clube Atlético Paulistano gymnasium. Over the last few decades, his portfolio comprises a multitude of houses, school, apartment buildings, theater sets, museums, furniture (like his "Paulistano" chair), and urban projects. Amid the numerous international architecture awards Mendes da Rocha has received and as an influential architectural educator, he was also named as the 2006 Pritzker Prize laureate. He also represented Brazil during the 7th Venice Architecture Biennale in 2000.
RELATED NEWS Phyllis Lambert named as 2014 Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement recipient
São Paulo Pinacotheca, Pinacoteca do Estado, 1993. Photo via Wikipedia.
The Board of Directors cited Mendes da Rocha's architecture for "its Timelessness. Many decades after being built, each of his projects have resisted the test of time, both stylistically and physically. This astonishing consistency may be the consequence of his ideological integrity and his structural genius."
RELATED NEWS Álvaro Siza Vieira Honored with Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement
Patriarch Plaza, São Paulo (2002). Photo via Wikipedia.
The architect was also noted as "a nonconformist challenger and simultaneously a passionate realist. His fields of interest are beyond architecture, in political, social, geographical, historical and technical realms. The role model he played for many generations of architects in Brazil, Latin America and everywhere is that of a person able to join shared and collective efforts as well as someone able to attract others to the cause of a better built environment."
Mendes da Rocha will be presented with the Golden Lion at the Ca' Giustinian during opening day of the 2016 Biennale on May 28.
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Leo Hindery Jr.
Chairman and CEO,
Trine Acquisition Corp.
Honoree Year: 2020
Entertainment or Media
Leo Hindery Jr., a member of the Cable Industry Hall of Fame, is chairman and CEO of Trine Acquisition Corp, a NYSE-listed special purpose acquisition company that went public on March 15, 2019. Hindery remains a managing partner of InterMedia Partners, a series of media industry investment funds he founded in 1988 and ran until February 1997, when he was named president and CEO of Tele-Communications, Inc. (TCI), then the world's largest cable television system operator. In March 1999, TCI merged into AT&T and Hindery became president and CEO of AT&T Broadband.
In November 1999, Hindery was named chairman and CEO of GlobalCenter Inc., a major internet services company that, 14 months later, merged into Exodus Communications, Inc. Following this merger, until October 2004, Hindery was the founding chairman and CEO of YES Network, the regional television home of the New York Yankees, after which he reconstituted InterMedia Partners. YES was a novel sports broadcasting initiative at the time, which has been widely replicated since.
Formerly chairman of the National Cable Television Association and of C-SPAN, Hindery has been recognized as one of the cable television industry's 25 Most Influential Executives Over the Past 25 Years and one of the 30 Individuals with the Most Significant Impact on Cable's Early History.
A member of the Council on Foreign Relations, Hindery is co-chair of the Task Force on Jobs Creation and was the founder of Jobs First 2012. In 2008, he was an economic and trade advisor to presidential candidate Barack Obama, and in 2012 he served as an economic policy surrogate for President Obama. He is a trustee of Emerson College and a director of Common Cause New York and of Hemisphere Media Group, Inc.
A member of the Minority Media & Telecom Council Hall of Fame, Hindery is distinguished by his decades of commitment to diversity and his commitment to the development of ethnically sensitive channels and programming for African Americans, Latinos, and Puerto Ricans. Long before it became the prominent topic it is today, Hindery was a champion for diversity and inclusion.
Hindery has long been an advocate for business ethics and the positive role that business can play in society. He is also very outspoken about the responsibility of business to its many stakeholder groups, not simply shareholders. In this regard, on June 3, 2019, he published an opinion piece, "How America's Business Leaders Lost Their Way," in The Washington Monthly.
Previously he published two books, The Biggest Game of All and It Takes a CEO, where the themes of appropriate business conduct were explored at length. Hindery has frequently spoken to groups of business school students, including in the Albers Executive Speaker Series at Seattle University, and recently to a group of Jesuit business school deans on the topic of business education.


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Вимі́рювальна інформа́ція — інформація про вимірювані величини та залежності між ними у вигляді сукупності їх значень До вимірювальної інформації можуть також входити дані про похибку вимірювань, про число вимірювань тощо.

Вимірювальна інформація про значення вимірюваної величини надходить від первинних вимірювальних перетворювачів у вигляді вимірювального сигналу — енергетичного носія вимірювальної інформації.

Отримання вимірювальної інформації про розміри фізичної величини здійснюється формуванням і перетворенням вимірювальних сигналів шляхом модуляції і кодування за допомогою засобів вимірювань з використанням допоміжних технічних засобів, в тому числі обчислювальних. Для формування і перетворення вимірювальних сигналів, обов'язковою є наявність відповідного носія, здатного сприймати вимірювальну інформацію і відображати її у вигляді зміни (приросту) своїх інформаційних параметрів.

Основу процесів відображення інформації при формуванні і перетворенні вимірювальних сигналів становлять модуляція і кодування, які органічно пов'язані між собою і окремо не існують. Модулюються інформаційні параметри носія інформації, а кодується вимірювальна інформація. Кодування — відображення різноманітності однієї множини різноманітністю іншої. Відображення фізичним аналогом називається аналоговим кодуванням. Відображення інформації умовними знаками (символами), зокрема цифровими, називається цифровим кодуванням. На основі цього відрізняють аналогові та цифрові вимірювальні сигнали і аналогову та цифрову форми вимірювальної інформації.

В остаточному підсумку вимірювальна інформація повинна бути виражена у формі, сприйманій органами чуття (зір, слух) і її одержують в зумовлено конкретній формі повідомлення: у вигляді чисел, масштабних діаграм, взаємного розташування покажчика відносно шкали тощо.

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 Вимірювання
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 Стухляк П. Д., Іванченко О. В., Букетов А. В., Долгов М. А. Теорія інформації (інформаційно-вимірювальні системи, похибки, ідентифікація): навчальний посібник. — Херсон: Айлант, 2011. — 371 с.

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There is a plethora of books, internet posts, academic papers, videos, newspaper and magazine articles about our use of digital devices being addictive. Among the several really good books to appear recently is Irresistible: Why We can't stop Checking, Scrolling, Clicking and Watching by Adam Alter, reviewed here.
Do these 'addictions' have an effect on mental health? Some answers debate whether over-use is a sign or a cause of depression, for instance.
Is our mind itself being altered – in how we think, our cognition? Is the brain being rewired as digital machines become extensions of our nervous systems?
Does digital addiction anaethetise us, make us docile and passive?
What bad effects may there be on child development?
Are our real relationships suffering?
Do parents bear a great responsibility for how they use digital devices in front of children – for instance at the dinner table?
The list is probably endless. Here are some recent examples of such worries.
Bilton discovered that other tech giants imposed similar restrictions. Chris Anderson, the former editor of WIRED, enforced strict time limits on every device in his home, "because we have seen the dangers of technology firsthand." His five children were never allowed to use screens in their bedrooms. Evan Williams, a founder of Blogger, Twitter, and Medium, bought hundreds of books for his two young sons, but refused to give them an iPad. And Lesley Gold, the founder of an analytics company, imposed a strict no-screen-time-during-the-week rule on her kids. She softened her stance only when they needed computers for schoolwork.
This is unsettling. Why are the world's greatest public technocrats also its greatest private technophobes? It seemed as if they were following the cardinal rule of drug dealing: never get high on your own supply.
Of course, many of these stark warnings have been tempered by other views. It's important to examine 'the good, the bad and the grey' mentioned in a previous post. But it's an issue that deserves our full attention.


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How Much Water Does a Bidet REALLY Use?
Bidets are gaining in popularity in many areas of the world and for good reason. One argument made for using a bidet is that this type of fixture will help you conserve water but is this really true? How much water does a bidet use when compared to using toilet paper alone?


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Steve Ballmer offers $1.8 billion for the L.A. Clippers, probably gives him Clippy nostalgia [Update]
John Callaham Neowin @JCalmn · May 29, 2014 13:06 EDT · Hot! with 23 comments
If a new rumor is correct, former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is ready to spend some serious money to own a professional sports team. Forbes reports, citing unnamed sources, that Ballmer has offered to pay $1.8 billion to purchase the Los Angeles Clippers NBA basketball team.
If the offer is accepted, it would be the second highest price ever paid for the ownership of a U.S. pro sports team. The highest price was $2 billion, which was paid by Guggenheim Baseball Management for the L.A. Dodgers baseball team and its stadium in 2012. However, Forbes says that the final price for the L.A. Clippers team could exceed $2 billion as other groups are reportedly in the running to buy the franchise from current owner Donald Sterling. Ballmer reportedly met on Sunday with Sterling's wife Shelly about a possible deal.
Ballmer has already stated that if he does end up purchasing the Clippers, he would keep the team in Los Angeles. This is a different strategy than what he came up with in 2013, when he and other investors formed a group to try and buy the Sacramento Kings NBA team in an effort to bring the franchise to Seattle. Ultimately, the NBA team owners voted that plan down.
Of course, we all know that Ballmer was around when the era of Clippy at Microsoft was in full swing and seeing that the Clippers and Clippy have similar names, who knows, maybe this is a nostalgia play for the former Microsoft CEO. Ok, we know that the answer to that question is obviously 'no', but still, maybe Ballmer can bring Clippy back as the new mascot of the Clippers.
Update: The deal is reportedly done.
Source: Forbes | Image via Microsoft
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¿Cómo utilizo pool.ntp.org?

	Si únicamente quieres sincronizar el reloj de tus ordenadores con la hora de la red,
	el archivo de configuración (para el ntpd que se distribuye en
	ntp.org  en cualquiera de los sistemas operativos
	soportados - Linux, *BSD, Windows e incluso algunos otros sistemas más exóticos),
	es muy sencillo:

driftfile /var/lib/ntp/ntp.drift

server 0.pool.ntp.org
server 1.pool.ntp.org
server 2.pool.ntp.org
server 3.pool.ntp.org

	Los nombres 0, 1, 2 y 3.pool.ntp.org apuntan a un conjunto de servidores seleccionados de
	forma aleatoria que cambian cada hora. Asegúrate de que el reloj de tu ordenador
	esté configurado de forma correcta (con muy pocos minutos de diferencia con la hora 'real').
	Podrías usar <tt>ntpdate pool.ntp.org</tt>, o simplemente la orden <tt>date</tt>
	y sincronizarlo con tu reloj de pulsera. Arranca ntpd, y en un tiempo más o
	menos razonable (¡Podría ser de hasta media hora!),
	la orden <tt>ntpq -pn</tt> debería mostrar algo así:

avbidder:~$ ntpq -p
     remote           refid      st t when poll reach   delay   offset  jitter
==============================================================================
+81.6.42.224     193.5.216.14     2 u   68 1024  377  158.995   51.220  50.287
*217.162.232.173 130.149.17.8     2 u  191 1024  176   79.245    3.589  27.454
-129.132.57.95   131.188.3.222    3 u  766 1024  377   22.302   -2.928   0.508

	Las direcciones IP podrían ser diferentes, porque se asignan servidores de hora
	de forma aleatoria. Lo más importante es que las líneas que empiezan con asterisco (<tt>*</tt>),
	indican que tu ordenador obtiene la hora de Internet.
	¡Ya no te tendrás que preocuparte por ello nunca más!

	Como <tt>pool.ntp.org</tt> asigna servidores de hora de cualquier parte del mundo,
	la calidad de la hora no será la ideal. Obtendrás mejores resultados si
	usas las zonas continentales (Por ejemplo
	Europa,
	Norteamérica,
	Oceanía o
	Asia.pool.ntp.org),
	e incluso mejor si usas la zona de tu país (por ejemplo es.pool.ntp.org en España)
	. Para todas estas zonas, también puedes usar los prefijos 0, 1 o 2, como 0.es.pool.ntp.org.
	Observa, sin embargo, que la zona puede no existir en tu país, o podría contener solo
	uno o dos servidores de hora. Si conoces servidores de hora cercanos
	(medido en distancia de red, con las órdenes <tt>traceroute</tt> o <tt>ping</tt>),
	mejor aún.

	Si estás usando una versión de Windows reciente, puedes utilizar
	el cliente ntp integrado en el sistema. Para ello, ejecuta como administrador

w32tm /config /syncfromflags:manual /manualpeerlist:"0.pool.ntp.org 1.pool.ntp.org 2.pool.ntp.org 3.pool.ntp.org"

	en el símbolo de espera de órdenes del sistema. Esto debería
	funcionar en Windows 2003 y versiones posteriores. Si utilizas una versión anterior
	de Windows, puedes intentar

net time /setsntp:"0.pool.ntp.org 1.pool.ntp.org 2.pool.ntp.org 3.pool.ntp.org"

	Puedes también conseguirlo, haciendo clic derecho en el reloj de la barra
	de tareas (como administrador) y seleccionar 'Ajustar fecha y hora' e introducir el
	nombre del servidor en la pestaña 'Hora de Internet'.

	Meinberg portó el demonio ntp a Windows.

	Si tu sistema Windows forma parte de un dominio, no puedes actualizar la hora de tu ordenador
	de forma independiente. Para más información acerca de cómo ajustar la
	hora en Windows, echa un vistazo a
	Introducción al servicio de hora de Windows.

Notas adicionales

Si tienes una dirección IP estática y una conexión a Internet razonable
	(el ancho de banda no es tan importante, simplemente debería ser estable y no estar demasiado sobrecargado),
	por favor, considera donar tu servidor a la lista de servidores. No te costará más que algunos
	cientos de bytes por segundo de tráfico y nos ayudarás a mantener este proyecto vivo.
	Por favor, lee la página de participación para obtener más información.

Si tu proveedor de Internet tiene un servidor de hora, o si conoces un
	servidor de hora fiable cercano, deberías usarlo en lugar de los de esta lista.
	Probablemente obtendrás una hora más precisa y usarás menos recursos de red.
	Si solo conoces un servidor de hora cercano, puedes por supuesto usarlo y usar dos más de pool.ntp.org.

Es raro, pero alguna vez puede ocurrir que se asigne dos veces el mismo servidor.
	Normalmente, con solo reiniciar el servicio ntp es suficiente para soluciona el problema.
	Si usas una zona de país, por favor, piensa que hay posibilidad de que solo
	haya un servidor conocido en el proyecto en el país. En este caso, es mejor utilizar
	una zona continental. Puedes explorar las zonas para ver cuantos
	servidores tenemos en cada una.

Sé benévolo. Algunos servidores están administrados por voluntarios,
	y en la mayoría de las ocasiones, los servidores son realmente servidores de archivos,
	de correo o web, los cuales también ejecutan el servicio ntp.
	Por tanto, no uses más de tres servidores de hora en tu configuración y no hagas jugarretas
	con con <tt>burst</tt> o <tt>minpoll</tt>. Todo lo que conseguirás es una carga extra
	en los servidores de los voluntarios.

Asegúrate de que la configuración de zona horaria de tu ordenador sea correcta.
	ntpd no hace nada con las zonas horarias, solo usa la zona horaria UTC (Tiempo Universal Coordinado) internamente.

Si estas sincronizando una red de ordenadores con pool.ntp.org,
	por favor, configura uno de tus ordenadores como servidor de hora y configura el resto de ordenadores para que se sincronicen con éste,
	(tendrás que leer un poco para hacerlo, pero no es difícil).
	Y siempre puedes contar con el grupo de noticias comp.protocols.time.ntp

	Llegados a este punto, quisiera dar las gracias a esas personas que donan su tiempo y servidores de hora a esta red.


Hope everyone had a wonderful and fulfilling Thanksgiving yesterday! So happy to be home right now in Sacramento, although I'm still trying to get use to this freezing weather compared to LA, but I'm extremely thankful to be home with the family. This poncho look was one of the outfits I wore in LA last week, very comfortable, yet very chic. Ponchos are my favorite pieces to layer with this time of the year, it has such a classic silhouette!