We too urge you to heed the call to action, by joining one of the many Women's Marches that will be taking place on that day throughout the Bay Area. The Women's March is a national movement to unify and empower everyone who stands for human rights, civil liberties, and social justice for all. Use the tool at the Women's March Anniversary Event Map to find out which march or related event will be closest to you (http://www.powertothepolls.com/anniversary.html).
In San Francisco and throughout California, the theme is "Hear Our Vote." Women's March Bay Area (WMBA) has been striving to turn last year's watershed moment into a movement. On the heels of #MeToo and historic elections in 2017, the upcoming actions will focus on getting out the vote in the 2018 midterms. The march will kick off a year of voter mobilization.
The Saturday, January 20 event in San Francisco will begin with a rally at 11:30 am at San Francisco's Civic Center and will end at the Embarcadero. Participating organizations will be aligned with the Women's March National Unity Principles (https://www.womensmarch.com/principles) created with the goals of protecting civil and reproductive rights, working for environmental justice, ending violence, and promoting the rights of immigrants, workers, and LGBTQIA and disabled community members.
She and her team informed us that, as of this writing, the following speakers have been confirmed for the San Francisco event. More will likely be added in the coming days.
Hillary Ronen, San Francisco Supervisor of District 9.
The WMBA marches are two of eighteen planned across California that Saturday, representing the state's part of the national movement. It will be a busy weekend because on Sunday, January 21, the official national anniversary of the Women's March will be commemorated in Las Vegas with the theme #Power to the Polls. Nevada has recent experience with some of the most pressing issues facing women in our nation today, from gun violence to politicians accused of sexual assault. As a swing-state that will shape the Senate in 2018, and as home to a strong activist network, Nevada was deemed to be the perfect place to continue building electoral power.
The Las Vegas anniversary event will kick-off a national voter registration and mobilization tour targeting swing states to register new voters, engage impacted communities, harness the Women's March's collective energy in advocating for policies and candidates that reflect its values, and to collaborate with partners to elect more women and progressive candidates to office.
Women's March Oakland, like its sister Women's March Bay Area (WMBA), is readying for the events of Saturday, January 20. The East Bay march and rally, "Hear Our Vote: March for Our Future," will kick off at 10 am that day at the Lake Merritt Amphitheater in Oakland. It will proceed up 14th Street and end at Frank Ogawa Plaza, where there will be a "Call to Action Alley" featuring local organizations.
Since more than 100,000 women and their allies marched in Oakland on January 21, 2017, Women's March Oakland has amplified the work of aligned organizations, groups and projects across the greater East Bay. The chapter's anniversary march and rally this year, as for WMBA's event, will focus on voter education and participation, as well as on uplifting tomorrow's leaders.
The stated mission of Women's March Oakland is to harness the political power of diverse women and their communities in Oakland and the East Bay to create transformative social change. Women's March is a movement providing intersectional education on a range of issues and creating entry points for new grassroots activists and organizers to engage in their local communities through trainings, outreach programs and events. Women's March is committed to dismantling systems of oppression through nonviolent resistance and building inclusive structures guided by self-determination, dignity and respect.
Alison Mata is the other Co-chair of Women's March Oakland. She is also a Program Manager at Women's Centers International (https://www.womenscentersintl.org/), which is based in Oakland. She has been involved with the Women's March from the very beginning, ever since she decided not to travel to D.C. in January of last year, but instead to focus on building support for the movement right here in the Bay Area.
She added, "We're excited about March for Our Future's involvement in this year's event. It's been a great opportunity to support and mentor young activists who are ready to show up and make a difference. They're taking the lead in ensuring that the rally and march speak to the next generation of leaders in our community.
Mata further said that she and her team hope to build on the momentum after the historic wins last November. These included Danica Roem becoming the first openly transgender person elected to a U.S. statehouse seat, Jenny Durkan becoming the first lesbian mayor elected in Seattle, Vi Lyles becoming the first black woman to be elected mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina, and more.
The #MeToo movement is also very much on the minds of Women's March organizers across the nation, as it is with the general public.
Mata is also concerned about the voting process in the U.S., which is obviously far from perfect. A large percentage of people still do not vote and therefore their voices are not counted. A too-often forgotten obstacle is that, in many cities across the country, more than one stamp is needed on mailed absentee ballots.
"This is really bothersome, since we see women every day who are living on $900 or less a month and they are already using every penny that they have just to barely get by," she explained, adding that she and her colleagues are looking at ways of helping such people—both with the voter registration process and with any needed postage.
Since Women's March Oakland is a 501c3 organization, it is not backing any particular candidates or legislation. Voters in the East Bay city, however, have traditionally played a role in helping to shape progressive politics beyond this region, such as with the powerful Black Lives Matter movement.
The below data comes from page 209 of the forthcoming book Together We Rise (Dey Street Books, January 16, 2018).
3,300,000 people marched in the United States alone (with many estimates being much higher).
653 marches took place in the U.S.
13 places in the U.S. reported a march of one person.
2,200 permit applications were issued for buses bound for the Washington, D.C., march.
76 years spanned between the age of the oldest speaker (Gloria Steinem, 82) and the youngest speaker (Sophie Cruz, 6) at the D.C. Women's March.


What is the difference between an arbor, a trellis and a pergola?
Although the terms often are used interchangeably, trellises, arbors, and pergolas are distinctly different structures. A trellis is typically a latticework built to support climbing plants or vines. It can be a simple panel attached to the side of a building, or it can be freestanding in a garden or yard. An arbor usually incorporates a trellis into its structure, creating a tunnel-like passageway of climbing plants. Arbors have latticework on the sides and spindles on the top, the top is often in an arched shape. Pergolas, too, are designed to support climbing plants. Unlike arbors, though,pergolas simply have posts supporting a roof-like structure. They're most commonly used to shade a walkway or a deck.
What materials are available for arbors?
Almost every single arbor we sell or install is a Western Red Cedar Arbor. Red Cedar is the ideal choice for an arbor due to its naturally rot resistant characteristics (please view our Cedar FAQs page for more information on Cedar) as well as its extremely tight and knot free grain that allows for curved components that will not warp or crack. The other material choice for an Arbor is Vinyl (or PVC). These are less common as they are just as expensive as their cedar counterparts, but are not as durable. However, if you are looking for an arbor that you want to be a color and not have to paint or stain then a Vinyl arbor would be a good choice for you.
How long will a cedar arbor last?
Cedar's natural resistance will give it a life expectancy of 15-20 years.
Do you stock arbors or arbor components?
No, due to the semi-custom nature and different options available for arbors, we order them on a per-order basis. Our supplier, Nantucket Post Cap, typically stocks the materials and we can get them within 3-7 business days depending on the style.
Do the arbors need to be assembled?
Yes, due to their size, arbors are shipped "broken down." However, they are extremely easy to assemble and install and the kits includes everything you need.
How deep do the posts need to be set?
Ideally, you should embed the posts 2-3' below grade. However, the final depth of the post will be determined by how high you would like the arch (or top) of the arbor to be above ground. Typically we set the highest point of the arch around 6'-6" to 7' high.
What do the size options mean for the arbors?
The size of an arbor is determined by the distance from inside to inside of the posts. For example, a 4' arbor will have a 4' wide clear opening, though the footprint of the arbor will be 4'-7" due to the size of the 4x4 posts.
What are the options for the side panels of the arbor?
The sides of the arbors are made from lattice panels. You have the choice between a diagonal pattern or a square pattern.
Do arbors need to be painted or stained?
They can, but ordinarily a cedar fence is left unfinished to weather bleach naturally to a beautiful silver gray. Adding a paint or stain will not prolong the life of the arbor, or maintain a color or appearance.


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ECJ refers surname case back to General Court
FPS Fritze Wicke Seelig Partnerschaftsgesellschaft von Rechtsanwälten mbB
In Becker v Harman International Industries Inc (C-51/09 P, June 24 2010), the Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) has ruled in favour of Barbara Becker, the former wife of German tennis star Boris Becker, and set aside the decision of the General Court (Case T-212/07).
In November 2002 Barbara Becker filed an application for the registration of the mark BARBARA BECKER as a Community trademark (CTM) in Class 9 of the Nice Classification. Harman International Industries Inc opposed the application based on its CTMs BECKER and BECKER ONLINE PRO in Class 9. The case focused primarily on the BECKER mark. It appears that Harman has no relation to Boris Becker.
The Opposition Division of OHIM upheld the opposition, holding that there was a likelihood of confusion between the earlier mark BECKER and the mark BARBARA BECKER. On appeal, the First Board of Appeal of OHIM annulled the decision of the Opposition Division, finding that there was no likelihood of confusion. The board found that, despite the visual and phonetic similarities between the signs, they were sufficiently different from a conceptual point of view, since BARBARA BECKER would be perceived as a whole due to Barbara Becker's celebrity status in Germany, while Becker was a very common surname.
Harman appealed to the General Court, which annulled the board's decision, concluding that there was a likelihood of confusion between BARBARA BECKER and BECKER. The General Court held that, in some parts of the European Union, and at least in Italy, consumers would attribute greater distinctiveness to the surname Becker than to the first name Barbara. Citing the decision of the ECJ in Medion (Case C-120/04), the General Court held that BECKER would at least retain an independent distinctive role in the composite mark BARBARA BECKER.
Barbara Becker appealed to the ECJ, arguing that the General Court had infringed Article 8(1)(b) of the Community Trademark Regulation (40/94). First, the ECJ reiterated the following principles:
There will be a likelihood of confusion if the public might believe that the goods or services at issue come from the same undertaking or from an economically linked undertaking;
All relevant factors should be taken into account in assessing the existence of a likelihood of confusion on the part of the public;
The global appreciation of the likelihood of confusion, in relation to the visual, aural or conceptual similarity of the marks, should be based on the overall impression given by the marks, bearing in mind their distinctive and dominant components; and
The average consumer normally perceives a trademark as a whole and does not proceed to analyze its details.
The ECJ then stated that, in Medion, it had recognised that a component of a composite sign could be relevant, provided that it retained an independent distinctive role within the composite mark. However, the ECJ held that, in a composite mark consisting of a surname and a first name, the surname does not retain an independent distinctive role in every case. According to the ECJ, it was appropriate to take into consideration all the relevant factors - and, in particular, whether the surname at issue was unusual or not. Very common surnames, such as Becker, might not retain an independent distinctive role in a composite mark.
Moreover, the ECJ held that the General Court had failed to examine the perception of the mark by the relevant public. Where a person seeks to register a mark consisting of a first name and a surname, the combination of which is allegedly well known, the court must examine carefully whether this combination will be perceived as a whole, or whether the surname is the dominant or distinctive element. In this respect, the ECJ agreed with the advocate general, who had condemned the decision of the General Court in his opinion of March 25 2010 (for further details please see "Advocate general strongly criticises General Court's decision on surname"). According to the advocate general, the General Court's decision could give rise to the mistaken belief that any surname may be held to be confusingly similar to a composite mark that includes a first name and the surname in question. The ECJ thus concluded that the General Court had erred in basing its assessment of the conceptual similarity of the marks on general considerations without analyzing all the relevant factors specific to the case, in disregard of the requirement of an overall assessment of the likelihood of confusion.
This dispute - which has now been going on for almost eight years - is far from over, as the ECJ has referred the case back to the General Court. It remains to be seen how the General Court will deal with the following questions:
whether Becker is just a common name which has no independent distinctive role in the mark BARBARA BECKER; and
whether the mark BARBARA BECKER will be perceived as a whole, in view of the extensive use of this name in Germany.
Finally, some interesting elements of the case have not been reviewed. First, the case is unusual in that Barbara Becker, a well-known celebrity, sought to defend her application for BARBARA BECKER against the less well-known mark BECKER. If the mark BARBARA BECKER proceeds to registration, Barbara Becker should have no difficulty enforcing her mark against later BECKER marks on the grounds that these marks:
are confusingly similar to her mark; and
seek to exploit her reputation.
Another interesting fact is that Barbara Becker was born as Barbara Feltus, and she became known as an actor and model under that name. She took the name Becker only when she married tennis champion Boris Becker. Further, Barbara Becker remarried in September 2009 and is now known as Barbara Quinze. As the ECJ stated that the celebrity status of Barbara Becker should be taken into account, these changes of name could have been relevant.
Third, it would be interesting to see whether an opposition filed by a company controlled by, or affiliated to, Boris Becker would have had a different outcome.
Carsten Albrecht, FPS Fritze Wicke Seelig, Hamburg

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"Solo We Can't Hear You."
Not At Kedma's Solo Singing Event
Monday night 21 May, 2012, the first Kedma Solo Singing Event took place allowing young religious women the rare opportunity to showcase their musical talent in a professional way. Twelve talented young women from six different overseas seminary programs were selected to perform a song of their choice in front of over one hundred other students, who in turn voted for the fan favorite. This event closed the year's programming for seminary students and allowed for a final declaration of school pride as well as a chance to help raise money for other chesed opportunities.
"A lot of religious women aren't given enough opportunities to express themselves musically in a serious environment. Kedma's goal was to provide this talented group of women with a creative outlet, while also partaking in tikkun olam. This is the was just the first year and we already had a great turnout. I think this event is here to stay" (Musical Event Director, Cheryl Lieberman).
Particpant, Leah Salovey, has entertained before, but never in front of such an enthusiastic crowd. "The stage experience was so much fun… I've never experienced an audience that was so excited, ready to have fun, and eager to be supportive of each and every one of the girls- whether they knew them or not...Future participants in Kedma's Solo Show definitely enjoy this rare opportunity for frum girls to express themselves in the performing arts, and the chance to do an incredible act of chesed." She advises not to "get caught up in the competition [aspect of the event], this event is truly so much more than that. Be proud of the opportunity you have to contribute to something larger than yourself... just have fun and sing your heart out" (participant, Leah Salovey).
The fans were each given a paper to vote anonymously for their favorite soloist of the evening. Gaby Levey, one of two participants from Midreshet Tehillah was crowned the winner for the night's competition after singing a dazzling rendition of Gravity, by Sara Bareilles. "She hypnotized the audience," says one audience member.
The event raised money for popular Kedma chesed activities, such as Chavaya Choir, Spa B'Ahava, and Create A Smile. Participant Leah Salovey adds that "Everyone was incredibly supportive, when I told them about the unbelievable programs that Kedma does for women and children in need, people were eager to donate however much they could, be it 3 shekels or 100 shekels!"


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A letter from Hsipaw
Society and culture | Southeast Asia
In the first installment of our 'Conflict' series, Alice Dawkins writes from mountainous Shan region of Burma/Myanmar.
*Stylistic note: Burma is used to refer to the country before 1962. Myanmar is for the following period.
The train heaves its way up the slopes of the Shan hills, an area of Myanmar notorious for its lawlessness. It's a curious juxtaposition; the train itself is a relic from the colonial era, yet the verdant towns it wheezes its way through have little if no remaining reminders of a past as a valuable frontier region of British India.
The pulsing whir of unidentifiable, indefatigable insects, roads that disappear into muddy goat-tracks at a moment's notice, and the constant shift of shadows throughout the dense forest, set the Shan slopes apart from the well-travelled paths of Orwell and the famous glittering pagodas downhill. Up in the hills, what you don't see is often more concerning than what you do see. Sights of the Myanmar national army (tatmadaw) are rare, but according to non-government organisations in the area, they have around 150 infantry battalions based in the state. In the mid-nineties, anti-insurgent operations forced almost half a million villagers in the region out of their homes at gunpoint, stimulating refugee flows to Thailand and China that continue today. Like many of the enduring conflicts in the region, the tension between the ethnic groups and the state is not new.
In the precolonial dynasties of Toungoo and then Konbaung, the early emanations of the modern Burmese state were administered chiefly by a king who operated from the centre of the country. Significant levels of autonomy was conferred upon rulers in the frontier areas. These rulers descended from families with a consistent ethnic lineage. In the Shan state, they were known as saopas in the Shan language, sawbwas in Burmese. The Shan ethnicity has strong connections to the Chinese 'Dai' minority group and the Shan language is far closer to Thai than Burmese, the language of the Burman majority.
The relationship between the post-1962 regime and the tradition of sawbwas in the Shan state has been an uneasy one. Following the coup, concerned by the influence of the sawbwa, the military removed him from his position, and according to the family, secretly executed him. Decades later, there is no record of a body or any documents indicating his imprisonment. The family has only been allowed in the past few years to return to the palace residence in Hsipaw (pronounced see-paw). The residence has become somewhat of a tourist attraction for the trickle of travellers who venture into the town; the wife of a sawbwa descendant receives guests throughout the day into a withered drawing room that sans the stifling heat and steady chorus of mosquitoes, would not be out of place in a Merchant Ivory film. In a well-cultivated accent reminiscent of colonial times, she tells and retells a well-rehearsed story of the demise of her husband's family from its royal past into years of exile.
As she begins to wind up her family's tale and subtly nods her head towards the donation jar, I press her for details about the information I'd read regarding the tatmadaw's use of sexual violence towards Shan women throughout the region. Over a decade ago, the Shan Womens' Action Network documented the concerning display of tactics used to whittle away at the Shan ethnic identity, particularly the forced impregnation of Shan women to prevent the birth of pure ethnic children. This can be interpreted as a clear violation of the Genocide Convention, which forbids "measures intended to prevent births". Burma ratified the Genocide Convention in 1956. The prohibition of genocide has attained the level of jus cogens, meaning that it is a non-derogable norm accepted universally throughout the international community. The practical consequence of this is any state could commence an action against Myanmar in an international legal context.
She stops her storytelling abruptly, eyes me with a heavy look of sadness, and gestures towards the fields we can see outside from the open windows. "Anywhere there is a Shan village," she says, "It's happened". She walks over to the window and points to a little path weaving through the rice paddies. "Follow that for two hours", she says. "You'll find one".
I squelch and slide along the path as it cuts through farms, weaves around the river, and coasts along an old railway track lined by dense jungle on either side. For two hours there's hardly anyone walking this way but for one or two motorcycles. I learnt some hours later, back in the familiarity of Hsipaw, that I wasn't as alone as I'd thought and the jungle was peppered with Shan insurgents. Clearly this hadn't bothered the elderly lady too much. Arriving at the village, it's far quieter than the bubbly, colourful villages I had passed through during treks through the mountains. The schools are gated with tall wire fences and signs in Burmese and English announcing the zone to be 'DRUG FREE' – a reference to the drugs trade amongst the insurgents and others which is endemic in the Shan state. The silence is eerie. The whole village seems completely deserted, but for the flash of a colour and sweep of shadows behind windows and half-closed doors. The lady's words, anywhere there is a Shan village, it's happened, are ringing in my ears and I'm gripped by a suffocating jolt of fear to leave the haunted place. In a dizzying confusion, I bolt through the paths in between the teak houses and find my way to the riverbank, and negotiate a boat back to Hsipaw.
I return to the train station with skin some five shades darker and aching legs. As it clicks into motion for the eight-hour odyssey on the road back to Mandalay, I fall asleep to the rhythmic clunks of the turning wheels, equal parts fascinated with this complicated place, and equal parts perplexed. Remnants of trauma in the Shan villages hang in the air with the jarring silence of unanswered questions. There is little doubt that ample data exists to prepare a case against the Myanmar military at an international level for the well-documented atrocities against the Shan, but greater political considerations both within Myanmar and in the international sphere are more likely than not going to stifle these nightmares into uncomfortable silence.


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Last woolly mammoths had North American roots: study | CBC News Loaded
Last woolly mammoths had North American roots: study
The last of the woolly mammoths to roam the Earth had North American ancestry, according to a study released Thursday by researchers at McMaster University in Hamilton.
CBC News · Posted: Sep 04, 2008 12:28 PM ET | Last Updated: September 4, 2008
The study, based on DNA of woolly mammoth specimens, is expected to cause some controversy among paleontologists, because it suggests that North American mammoths replaced their Eurasian counterparts. The study appears in the September issue of Current Biology.
Hendrik Poinar, associate professor in the departments of anthropology, and pathology and molecular medicine at McMaster University, said the results of the study are surprising.
"Scientists have always thought that because mammoths roamed such a huge territory, from western Europe to central North America, that North American woolly mammoths were a sideshow of no particular significance to the evolution of the species," he said.
"However, it now appears that mammoths established themselves in North America much earlier than presumed, then migrated back to Siberia, and eventually replaced all pre-existing haplotypes of mammoths."
Poinar said migrations over Beringia, the land bridge that once spanned the Bering Strait, were rare. "It served as a filter to keep eastern and western groups or populations of woollies apart," he said.
DNA evidence reveals ancestry
But the study shows that a migration of North American mammoths did occur. Woolly mammoths lived between 40,000 and 4,000 years ago.
Poinar and Regis Debruyne, a post-doctoral research fellow in Poinar's lab, spent three years collecting and sampling mammoths from much of their former range in Siberia and North America. They extracted DNA and pieced together the samples, comparing and studying hundreds of mammoth specimens using a database of ancient DNA.
Debruyne said the study shows that North American mammoths were more important in evolutionary terms than previously considered by scientists.
"Like paleontologists, molecular biologists have long been operating under a geographic bias," he said.
"For more than a century, any discussion on the woolly mammoth has primarily focused on the well-studied Eurasian mammoths. Little attention was dedicated to the North American samples, and it was generally assumed their contribution to the evolutionary history of the species was negligible. This study certainly proves otherwise."
Ross MacPhee, curator of mammalogy at the American Museum of Natural History and one of the researchers on the study, said the ancient DNA is proof that the last of the woolly mammoths had North American roots.
"Small-scale population replacements, as we call them, are not a rare phenomenon within species, but ones occurring on a continental scale certainly are," he said. "We never expected that there might have been a complete overturn in woolly mammoths, but this is the sort of discoveries that are being made using ancient DNA. Bones and teeth are not always sensitive guides."
Funding for this study was provided in part by the Natural Science and Engineering Research Council, the Human Frontiers Science Program, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, the Canadian Research Chairs program, and the Discovery Channel.


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Apple iMac 27" (Mid-2011) - 3.1GHz i5 / 8GB RAM / 1TB HDD / 6770M 1GB / macOS High Sierra - 12 Months Warranty The iMac "Core i5" 3.1 27-Inch Aluminum (Mid-2011) is powered by a Quad Core 3.1 GHz Intel "Core i5" I5-2400 (Sandy Bridge) processor with a dedicated 256k level 2 cache for each core and a 6 MB shared level 3 cache. In lieu of a system bus, it has a "Direct Media Interface" (DMI) that "connects between the processor and chipset" at 5 GT/s. By default, it is configured with 4 GB of RAM (1333 MHz PC3-10600 DDR3 SDRAM), a 1 TB (7200 RPM) hard drive, a vertically-mounted slot-loading DVD�R DL "SuperDrive", and AMD Radeon HD 6970M graphics with 1 GB of dedicated GDDR5 memory. It also has a built-in "FaceTime HD" video camera and built-in stereo speakers underneath the 27" glossy 16:9 LED-backlit TFT Active Matrix LCD (2560x1440 native) display "with IPS technology". Connectivity includes four USB 2.0 ports, a Firewire "800" port, built-in AirPort Extreme, Gigabit Ethernet, and an SDXC card slot as well as dual "Thunderbolt" ports that are backwards compatible with Mini DisplayPort and, likewise, each support an external display up to 30" (2560x1600). Thunderbolt also supports other peripherals that use the Thunderbolt standard which provides up to 10 Gbps of bandwidth in both directions. Externally, the "Mid-2011" iMac line uses the same "edge-to-edge" glass design and "seamless all aluminum enclosure" as the "Mid-2010" models that came before them. Internally, however, the "Mid-2011" line is equipped with faster processors and faster graphics processors, as well as the aforementioned external improvements of a higher resolution (and wider angle) webcam and Thunderbolt. The "Mid-2011" iMac models included a compact aluminum Apple Wireless Keyboard and the choice of either a multi-touch "Magic Mouse" or a multi-touch "Magic Trackpad" that "enables users to scroll smoothly up and down a page with inertial scrolling, pinch to zoom in and out, rotate an image with their fingertips and swipe three fingers to flip through a collection of web pages or photos" just like on Apple notebooks from the same era. An aluminum remote was offered for an additional £19, too.


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Detailed Course Description
Mile Marker Map
Relay Shuttles
Steve's Equinox Training Runs
Pacing Tables
Lifetime Member Entry
Past Champion Entry
Entry Lists
Marathon Hike
Kids Marathon
Spirit of the Equinox
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Bobbi Jo Katchmar – Spirit of the Equinox 2019
The winner of the Spirit of the Equinox Award for 2019 is Bobbi Jo Katchmar. Following is the presentation by Tracey Martinson, one of the most devious and fun we've heard in a long time!
Once upon a time, there was a new runner. Not sure how he got started, or why, but he ran and got very excited about the running community. He ran every race he could find. For many years he ran and participated, laughed and inspired countless others with his persistence.
He made it a goal to run all the races in the Usibelli Series. Check. Got the shirt. He made it a goal to run the Equinox 50K Ultra. Boom!
Then sadly, injury struck, and he couldn't run anymore, or even walk the races.
Now, a lot of people would have faded away from the scene, staying away from races that they were unable to participate in.
But this person didn't quit on the community that he had grown to love and support. He kept showing up to help at races. He took on the directorship of some events.
People say that they can always count on this person to lend a hand in a pinch.
This person received the Running Club North Volunteer of the Year award in 2016 and has served on the RCN Board of Directors for several years now.
I don't know this person super well so I went to see what dirt I could dig up.
I went to that bastion of knowledge, Wikipedia. Uh, no. Nothin' there.
I went to that other fountain of information, Facebook.
Ok. A little better…Two things came up. One: Lots of picture of dogs. Her dogs. Other people's dogs. Lost dogs. Found dogs. Dogs she wishes she could adopt. Two: Posts about her two favorite sports teams, the Pittsburgh Steelers, and the Pittsburgh Penguins.
So, by now you have figured it out…… Bobbi Jo Katchmar.
The day after the presentation, when teased about the deviousness of using "he" to refer to Bobbi Jo early in the presentation, Tracey responded, with this narrative of the evening. We include it here with Tracey's permission as a fun footnote to the presentation!
Well of course! Gotta throw them off track right away. And it worked. She still thought it was a guy who happened to be a Steelers fan.
My other plan, which did not work out because he is out of town, was to announce that the winner was George Berry (thereby completely baffling the rest of the Spirit of the Equinox recipients who were present), and have George come up and announce that it was Bobbi Jo. George and Bobbi Jo sound a lot alike on paper.
The tricky part of the day came at about 5:15 p.m. when Monte Jordan called me in a panic and said Stacy was going to call me because Bobbi Jo, who was at that moment handing out finisher patches, had decided that she was going to go home at 6 p.m. and not stay to take tickets at the banquet. Chris Oliver pleaded with her and said that Stacy really needed someone, and finally Bobbi Jo relented and said "Ok, fine, I will stay, just because it's you!" This all happened as I was on the phone with Stacy, so I told Stacy that I would come right over and hang out with Bobbi Jo to make sure she didn't leave after everyone had come into the banquet. I figured she might be tired and cold after being out there. Out at the finish line, Bonni Brooks came over to Bobbi Jo and offered in a sweet, casual voice to save her a seat in the banquet and get her a couple of slices of pizza. Stacy later talked to John Estle, and he agreed to have the award presentation after the relay team announcements and before the individual awards.
After the finish line closed, Bobbi Jo and I went in to the ticket table and sat talking and taking tickets and generally ribbing everyone we knew who came in. While sitting there, a few people came in and thanked her for being at Black Sheep Road all day and being so inspirational to them at that point in the race. Sooner than it seemed possible, I heard Rachael call my name, so I excused myself from our conversation, and went up to give the spiel. Bob Vitale, under the pretense of forgetting his reading glasses on the ticket table (which he actually did, but didn't realize it until he got back to the table and saw them there), went back to make sure Bobbi Jo didn't go anywhere, and to kind of keep an eye on her as I talked. He said she kept guessing different guys as the winner, and he kept saying "Nope, they already received it." (Maybe even if it wasn't true, just to mess with her a bit.)
So that is what transpired from my viewpoint. Maybe others have a different view from being out in the audience.
Thanks, Tracey!
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Shields Dental & Implant Clinic wanted to double the size of the business within 3 years. Fine Company helped it achieve that in 18 months.
Shields Dental & Implant clinic was established in 2008. The practice grew steadily into an established, profitable implant and advanced dental practice. The team found they hit a plateau in terms of growth by 2015, with both partners reaching maximum capacity clinically.
Double the size of the business within 3 years.
Work towards continuous growth. Aim to take new patients from 20 each month to 75 each month.
Goal achieved within 18 months.


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Performing in Sydney, regional areas of New South Wales, interstate and internationally.
Please peruse this website for more information about the group, our performances, photos of dance displays, details and other links which may be of interest.
We invite you to enquire about a performance for your event.
The Australian Heritage Dancers are a demonstration group, based in Sydney, specialising in the presentation of Australian social dance, from European settlement in 1788 up to modern times - recreating and preserving our country's traditional music and dance for the entertainment of audiences today. They recreate, both in dress and manners, what it may have been like living and dancing in Australia in the 1800s.
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Not everybody is ready to be awakened to the real world, but for those who are, Natural News is widely known as the most truthful, honest and independent natural health website in the world.
While other watered-down health sites refuse to take on the big issues affecting our civilization and our planet — GMOs, vaccine injury, glyphosate herbicides, cancer industry fraud and Big Pharma corruption — here at Natural News we tackle all these issues with a rare sense of fearlessness and authoritative knowledge backed by accredited laboratory science and deep-rooted alignment with core principles of protecting humanity from exploitation by the pharma drug cartels.
It's easy to grow a website by reporting on nothing that really matters, and that's what you find from many "mainstream" health and nutrition sites that don't dare question the corrupt establishment. What's difficult, in contrast, is to create the world's largest independent media news network — now spanning over 150 independent news sites — where the important debates of our present-day civilization are openly scrutinized and tested. That's what we do at Natural News, and that's why the people who love us also happen to be courageous, independent thinkers who represent the real future of progress, innovation and advanced medicine for humanity.
We have much more to come this year, including more lab test results on heavy metals in popular products, an ever-expanding list of independent journalism websites (we just launched Chemistry.news and Discoveries.news to cover more science topics), a rapidly growing staff of science and medicine writers, and the launch of a new video studio which will soon feature LIVE video broadcasts on important announcements and news coverage.
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Hanoi – The Vietnamese capital has just been elected among the ten most attractive destinations in the world in Spring by the information page Lumper Liquidator of US.
Not only known for its citadel, Hanoi is also attractive for its lake Hoan Kem (Lake of the Restored Sword), the Mausoleum of Ho Chi Minh, the Temple of Literature.
In Spring, it is even more beautiful with its mild climate and its various blossoms. The other two representatives in Southeast Asia are Siem Reap of Cambodia and the coastal town of Ubed on the Indonesian island of Bali. London, Istanbul, Marrakech, Paris, Prague, Rome and New York are also included in this list.


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Shingal faces acute medical staff shortages
No obstetrician–gynecologists are available in Shingal
Ammar Aziz- Shingal
Despite that 4 years have passed since it was retaken from the Islamic State (IS) group, Shingal (Sinjar), a district predominantly-inhabited by the Ezidi community lacks key healthcare professionals with only 3 general physicians and a single ambulance available in the district's ailing hospital.
The shortages facing Shingal in addition to the lack of other basic services represent major obstacles hampering the return of thousands of families still live in IDP camps.
"Even for common illnesses, we are forced to go Kurdistan Region hospitals. I had to take my daughter twice to Duhok for treatment, and every time I spent more than 500 thousand dinars," Saeed Qasim, a Shingal resident and father of five children who returned home three years ago told KirkukNow.
"When you go to the hospital in Shingal, they tell you that the doctor has not come yet and that we have to wait for many hours as the doctors come from outside Shingal. Even for simple medical tests and medicines we need to go outside the district."
The shortages have added to the suffering of Shingal residents who returned to their ruined homes after they had fled IS in August 2014.
"If I can afford to take my daughter to Duhok for treatment, there are others who can't," said Qasim, who urged the Iraqi government to provide support to Shingal and other areas retaken from IS and are witnessing a gradual return of their inhabitants.
Bullet-riddled sign of Shingal General Hospital Photo: KirkukNow
The medical services of the district are bestowed upon only three general practitioners who live outside the district. No obstetrician–gynecologists are available, while out of the five ambulances needed for the hospital, only one exists.
Sabah Seydo, deputy head of Shingal Directorate of Health, speaking to KirkukNow, said, "The general hospital was completely damaged during the IS attacks and is yet to be rehabilitated. We are now providing healthcare for the patients in building which is unfit for medical services."
Saydo stressed that the Shingal local officials have repeatedly called on the Ninewa administration to tackle the shortages, indicating that the medicine shortages have been relatively dealt with.
"Only one ambulance is available, while according to international standards, the district needs at least five ambulances," he added.
An estimated 30,000 people live in the center of Shingal, and according to health officials more medical staff and facilities are needed in the district.


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Women in Practical Armor
WiPA brings some of the top names in fantasy together in a bold new anthology featuring stories of already empowered female warriors.
Evil Girlfriend Media
Project We Love Seattle, WA Anthologies
Hi, I'm Katie Cord, owner of Evil Girlfriend Media. I'm excited to share our newest project, Women in Practical Armor.
Edited by Ed Greenwood and Gabrielle Harbowy, this project is important to all three of us because we feel showcasing an already empowered female warrior is essential. If women in fantasy are capable and intelligent enough to lead in battle, wouldn't they also be intelligent enough to protect their abdomens, tie their hair back, and cover their faces while fighting?
Evil Girlfriend Media is passionate about breaking stereotypes and creating new mythology, and our goal with this project is to bring you high quality, well-edited stories that will take the fantasy genre to a new level.
Our authors are a talented and energetic bunch, and as the campaign progresses we'll be sharing interviews, anecdotes, trivia, and special pledge levels from some of the biggest names in science fiction and fantasy.
Ed Greenwood-Editor: An award-winning Canadian writer and game designer, Ed's books have sold millions of copies worldwide, and his writing credits would easily fill this entire page.
Gabrielle Harbowy-Editor: In addition to being the Managing Editor at Dragon Moon Press, Gabrielle is an award-nominated short story writer and anthologist whose first novel comes out next year. This is her fourth anthology collaboration with co-editor Ed Greenwood..
Erik Scott de Bie: The author of eight novels and counting, speculative fiction is only one of Erik's many talents, which include designing tabletop RPGs, mentoring new writers, fencing, and frenetic rock karaoke.
Judith Tarr: An award-winning fantasy author and frequent finalist on World Fantasy and Locus award ballots, Judith has been writing steadily since her first novel released in 1985.
Todd J. McCaffrey: New York Times bestselling author Todd McCaffrey has written more than a dozen books and numerous short stories.
Mary Robinette Kowal: Hugo Award-winning author, award-winning puppeteer, and voice actor, Mary Robinette Kowal also won the 2008 Campbell award for Best New Writer, and is one of the hosts of the Hugo Award-winning podcast Writing Excuses.
Because we not only want to do this book, we want to do it right. With your generous pledges, this campaign has covered the costs of production in advance. Our continuing goal is to secure funds to properly market Women in Practical Armor as a major release, as well as pave the way for similar projects in the future.
One important component of our Kickstarter that we want backers to know is that the first month of royalties of the book will go to a PTSD charity chosen by Gabrielle Harbowy and me. Every day can feel like a battle for those with PTSD, and we want our backers to know that because of them funding the book, we want to give back.
We've got an armory full of great rewards for our backers, so why not try one on for size? As the campaign progresses, we'll be unveiling special offers from our authors, add-ons for your pledges, and more!
Here's a look at a couple items besides the anthology itself included in our backer levels.
Starting at the PATENT OF NOBILITY level ($50 or more), backers receive a limited edition medallion keychain, crafted by Eloise J. Knapp.
At the CLOTH COIF level ($150 or more) Editor Gabrielle Harbowy is offering to knit a "yarn mail" hood for five lucky backers. Crafted from a design by (and used with permission) Etsy creator WeeBeeUniquesByJulie, it's the perfect thing to keep your head warm and protected while reading our mind-blowing stories!
This coif is only one of the special offers put forth by our creators. For example, Contributor Eric Landreneau has offered an e-book copy of his novel Break! A Tale of Cursed Blood to all backers at the CAP level and above.
But this book is bigger than just us, and as mentioned above we want to market and promote it as a major release. Your pledges enable us to do just that, and now that we've funded, we're counting on your help to spread the word about how awesome it is.
So let's talk about
Thanks to your support, we've covered the costs of production, including paying our authors and artists professional rates. We know all the places we'd like to market this book, and we know more or less what it costs to do so.
And it costs a lot. Money most independent publishers don't have to spend, so many great projects never go out to more than a few hundred people. We're looking to all of our new friends to help us spread the message in the time we have left, so that we can give Women in Practical Armor the launch it deserves.
Our first two stretch goals are modest ones, but they have significant impact on how we move forward in marketing the book.
Backer T-shirts (UNLOCKED)
Thanks to our backers, our wonderful Women in Practical Armor T-shirts are now included in all backer levels $100 and up, and are available as $25 add-ons to backer levels MAIL SHIRT and higher. So check out this awesome backer exclusive in the Add-Ons section below, and get ready for our next stretch goal of...
Raises for WiPA contributors (UNLOCKED)
We're already paying our authors professional rates, but we'd love to pay them more. So if we raise at least $10000 with this campaign, we'll be re-writing our contracts to compensate them at 8 cents a word.
That's kind of a big deal. And it will certainly raise some eyebrows in the publishing world. Which is exactly what we want. We're changing the world, remember? It starts story by story, one word at a time. And with your help, we'll be there before you know it.
Ed Greenwood and Gabrielle Harbowy (UNLOCKED)
You probably know by now that our esteemed co-editors can put together a great book, but did you know they can write? Because if we can raise least $12500 with this campaign, they've agreed to co-author an original story for Women in Practical Armor! We're really excited about this stretch goal, and hope you are too.
Backers-only Release Party (UNLOCKED)
Norwescon 39 in Seatac, WA is a major science fiction event in the Pacific Northwest, and just so happens to fall right in our expected release window. We're going to be there promoting the heck out of Women in Practical Armor and other EGM releases, but we also want to recognize all the backers whose support made this project possible.
So let's be honest, of course we're going to have a party. But instead of just a noisy affair in a cramped convention hotel room, we want to invite the entire legion to celebrate with us at once! So if we raise at least $15000 with this campaign, we're closing the doors to the general public, and opening it up the entire world.
That's right, if we hit this goal the WiPA backer party will be broadcast live on the web, and you're all invited! We'll have contests, prizes, contributor interviews and advance readings, as well as a few surprises. (I have it on good authority that Queen Katie loves to sing).
Because some women like to do it alone, in the shadows.
This stretch goal is one we've wanted to announce since this campaign started. Women in Practical Armor was never meant to be alone on your bookshelf. It was meant to be the first of several anthologies featuring already empowered female protagonists. So with this in mind, we're now proud to announce the second volume in the series, and our final stretch goal for this campaign.
Women in Comfortable Shoes will present stories of rogues, thieves, assassins, and other self-assured ladies, and with your help, we can do it in style. Right now we can't share much more information than the title, but if we hit our stretch goal we'll be able to guarantee the same pay rate of 8 cents a word to all our authors that we're offering for Women in Practical Armor.
But wait, there's more.
Battle Ready Poster ($10)
Actual woman in practical armor Ann Shilling
We teased our Battle-Ready backer poster on day one, and are now prepared to share more about it.
As a $10 add-on for backers at PAULDRONS level and higher, we're offering this full color, 12 x 18 poster detailing the armor worn by real-life woman in practical armor Ann Shilling during our Kickstarter video.
And if that weren't enough, we've got a special reward for our backers at MAIL SHIRT and higher levels. It's this crazy new book called...
Extra Copy ($12)
You've already secured yourself a copy of our trade paperback, and possibly even an e-book as well. But what about your friends? No matter how successful our campaign is, or our subsequent marketing efforts, there will always be someone down the line who's looking for a good read and just doesn't know what to pick.
But you do. As a $12 add-on, you can order an additional trade paperback of Women in Practical Armor to share with them. This backer-exclusive price is only available through this campaign, and is available multiple times per pledge.
Backer T-Shirts ($25)
So cool. So Comfortable
We've been talking about "mobile marketing" for a while now, and although some Kickstarter campaigns lead with extras like this, we wanted to keep the focus on the book and our authors. Now that that's out of the way, we're happy to announce our Women in Practical Armor backer shirts.
These great shirts are available as a $25 add-on to backer levels MAIL SHIRT and higher, and automatically included in all backer levels $100 and higher.
To add any of these great bonus items to your existing backer reward, increase your total pledge (using the "Manage Pledge" option) to cover the cost of each item you want.
For a poster, add $10 to your pledge
For an additional trade paperback, add $12 to your pledge
For a backer t-shirt, add $25 to your pledge
There's no need to change your backer level—in fact, we recommend you do not, unless a different level has other options you want (signed copies, medallion keychains, etc). Changing your backer level does not automatically qualify you for an add-on—you will still need to pledge additional funds for additional items.
After our campaign is complete, we'll send a survey to all backers through which you can identify the items you want. If you want to make sure we know your wishes, send us a message as well (Not a comment, though we'll read that too).
So what do you say, backers? Are you ready to march an extra few milestones with us? Because we guarantee there's more cool stuff waiting for us down this road.
We've set a delivery date of April 2016 to ensure that all of our backers can enjoy this anthology in its best possible form. While we may be able to produce the book the way we want before then, we're certain we will by that date. We'll be as transparent as possible about our production dates and process, and keep you in the loop about any possible delays.
CHAIN LINK: Stay in the loop about WiPA and Evil Girlfriend Media's other projects as part of our mailing list. Not only will you get awesome updates, but also the satisfaction of helping us bring this book to life.
GAUNTLETS: Fill your hands with a full color bookmark featuring the cover art of WiPA. We'll also add your name to the Roll of Heroes who helped us bring this book to life.
PAULDRONS: Enjoy all previous rewards, plus a DRM-free digital copy of WiPA when available. This reward level is limited to the first 100 backers brave enough to stake their claim.
CAP: Fill your brain with a DRM-free digital copy of WiPA when available. You'll also get a full-color bookmark, and have your name added to the Roll of Heroes.
MAIL SHIRT: Protect yourself with a trade paperback of the WiPA anthology, plus a full-color bookmark and your name included in the Roll of Heroes. This reward level is only available to 50 backers, so prove yourselves worthy today!
BREASTPLATE: This wrap-around reward includes a trade paperback of the WiPA anthology, along with a 4x6 art card of the cover, a full-color bookmark and your name included in the Roll of Heroes.
VISORED HELM: Possibly not the most comfortable thing to wear, but you'll need it when you see all the good stuff you're getting. Backers recieve both a trade paperback ~and~ a DRM-free ebook of WiPA, a 4x6 art card, full color bookmark, and inclusion in the Roll of Heroes.
PATENT OF NOBILITY: Along with all the good stuff from the VISORED HELM level, you'll wow your fellow warriors with a limited edition medallion keychain crafted exclusively for WiPA backers by Eloise J. Knapp. This reward level is only available to 50 backers, so raise your banners high!
KNIGHT OF THE REALM: Along with a contributor-signed copy of WiPA, a DRM-free ebook, art card, bookmark, medallion keychain, and a place of honor on our Roll of Heroes, you'll receive a personal thank you card from Queen Katie herself.
QUEEN'S CHAMPION: In addition to the rewards of being a KNIGHT OF THE REALM, upgrade your signed copy to one personalized and dedicated to you by editors Ed Greenwood and Gabrielle Harbowy.
MARK OF THE BLOOD QUEEN: In addition to the rewards of being a KNIGHT OF THE REALM, upgrade your signed copy to one personalized and dedicated to you by author Erik Scott de Bie. Additionally, Erik will reveal an exclusive secret of the World of Ruin in an original piece of flash fiction just for you!
QUEEN'S CHAMPION: In addition to the rewards of being a KNIGHT OF THE REALM, upgrade your signed copy to one personalized and dedicated to you by Judith Tarr.
QUEEN'S CHAMPION: In addition to the rewards of being a KNIGHT OF THE REALM, upgrade your signed copy to one personalized and dedicated to you by Todd McCaffrey.
QUEEN'S CHAMPION: In addition to the rewards of being a KNIGHT OF THE REALM, upgrade your signed copy to one personalized and dedicated to you by Mary Robinette Kowal.
DUCAL ORDER: In addition to the rewards of being a KNIGHT OF THE REALM, contributor Eric Landreneau will not only personalize your signed copy of WiPA, but also include a signed copy of his novel Break! A Tale of Cursed Blood. That's two great books, a full color bookmark, an art card, a medallion keychain, and a place of honor on our Roll of Heroes, as well as a personal thank you card from Queen Katie herself!
LADY'S FAVOR: In addition to the rewards of being a KNIGHT OF THE REALM, contributor Kristy Griffin Green will not only personalize your signed copy of WiPA, but also compose an original sonnet in your honor, on a topic of your choice.
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Tamamo Park (Ruins of Takamatsu Castle)
Tamamo Park, a historical site was designated as Takamatsu Castle.
In the Manyoshu, an ancient collection of Japanese poems, the poet "Kakinomoto no Hitomaro" used the word "Tamamo-yoshi" as a poetic name for the Sanuki Province and the sea in the region became known as "Tamamo no Ura." This is where the castle's alternate name, "Tamamo," comes from. Tamamo Park designated as historical site by Japanese government. Tamamo Park maintains the ruins of Takamatsu Castle, which used to serve as the castle of the Ikoma clan, Lords of the Sanuki Province and the Matsudaira clan, Lords of the Takamatsu Domain.
The castle built along a waterfront adjacent to the Seto Inland Sea and is known as one of the three castles built on the sea. The park contains designated Important Cultural Properties such as the Ushitora Yagura, the Tsukimi Yagura, and the Watari Yagura turrets, as well as the Mizutegomon Gate. In addition, there is the Hiunkaku (designated an Important Cultural Property in 2012), which was rebuilt after the Meiji Restoration and used as a reception hall to entertain guests to Kagawa. There is also the Hiunkaku Garden, which was designated a Place of Scenic Beauty by the Japanese government. A variety of events are held in the park, such as cherry blossom viewing, a garden plant market in the spring, and chrysanthemum shows in the fall.
(In Japanese) https://www.my-kagawa.jp/point/285/
2-1 Tamamo-cho, Takamatsu-shi, Kagawa
TEL:087-851-1521 (Tamamo Park Management Office)


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Q: Lambda syntax with algorithms I read here and also here and examples on cpluplus.com
And I still don't understand how it works
what confuses me at most how lambdas work with _if algorithms like copy_if that they don't reference containers in the body
     std::vector<int> foo = {25,15,5,-5,-15};
         std::vector<int> bar (foo.size());

          // copy only positive numbers:
          auto it = std::copy_if (foo.begin(), foo.end(), bar.begin(), [](int i)
        {return !(i<0);} )

doesn't reference vector object foo in the body. so how it performs the desired action?
Additionally, I don't understand what is the difference beetween capturing a variable and passing as parameter
I also tried my own example:
vector<unsigned long>v2(10);
for(unsigned long i=0;i<v2.size();i++)
    v2[i]=10-i;
v2.erase(remove_if(v1.begin(), v1.end(),[](unsigned long n) {

    return n%2==1; } ),v2.end());//remove odd numbers

It compiles (MVS 2010 with Intel Composer 14) but produces rubbish and assertion error.

A: You're erasing from vector v2 using iterators from container v1. This is expected to.give you crap results - it's undefined behaviour.

A: If you look at std::copy_if source code, you should see how that works.
Essentially what copy_if does is this:
void copy_if(It1 f1, It1 l1, It2 f2, Pred pred) {
  for (; f1 != l1; ++f1) {
    if (pred(*f1)) {
      *f2 = *f1;
      ++f2;
    }
  }
}

It does not know about containers, nor does it have to. The pair of iterators (f1, l1) specify a range where the items are copied from, the iterators contain all the knowledge about how to get to the element. The iterator f2 specifies the starting point of the destination range. If the destination range is not big enough woul will have a buffer overflow bug. The predicate is a function that indicates whether to copy an element or not. It does not have to know anything about the container, it just needs to be able to tell copy_if whether an element being visited should be copied or not.
Difference between capturing a variable and passing as argument should be explained by the following snippets. This lambda
int captured = 42;
auto functor = [captured](int x) { return x%2 == 0; };

essentially means this:
    int captured = 42;
struct Blah
{
    Blah(int c) : captured_(c) { }
    bool operator()(int x) const { return x%2 == 0; }

    int captured_;
} functor(captured);

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All migrants in search for meaning and peace (PE nr. 1090 – 2018/04) | M.Afr.
experience that the newly initiated either learns gracefully or harshly that as soon as one hits one's goal, one is thrust back on the road, searching for a bigger and better horizon: in search for meaning. This is a reality we all share regardless of our origin, age, sexual identity and social status. We may feel at home here remembering two lessons from Dr. Spencer Johnson's classical, funny yet serious book, Who Moved My Cheese: "They keep moving the cheese" and " keep moving with the cheese." It is rare to meet people not seeking this meaning in life whether they are aware of it or not; whether using principled or unprincipled means. Finding one's meaning in life brings about fulfilment.
We want to belong: belong to a social body, a place we call home. This can be family, community, country, the world or even the universe. Feeling at home with ourselves, reaching our potential and fulfilment depends much on the feeling of being at home on all these levels. Yet we soon come to realize that despite the fact that we all share the same longings and even sometimes the same values, we can only succeed in making it happen with commitment, friction and a spirit of dialogue and listening. A sense of belonging brings or contributes to our self-realization. From these two points, we can conclude that we are all migrants in search of meaning and peace.
The search for peace of many men and women, young and old, also involves a longing for a peaceful place to live as the Pope notes in his message for the World Day of Peace in 2018. This message invites us to contemplate four important milestones. The first action is an invitation to contemplate: contemplate our world and what is unfolding around us, near or far in our globalized village. Contemplate how far we may be drifting away from the dream of a common home. But in an equal and even deeper way, we can contemplate how the Holy Spirit is working in the hearts of men and women of our own time to make this dream and longing, not an utopia but a reality. Big roadblocks, such as past historical troubles, socio-economic injustices, imperialism, divergent worldviews and integration, can sometimes contribute to our inability or unwillingness to appreciate, welcome, and accept diversity. This can range from personal, cultural, political diversity to religious differences. The expressions of these blockages are fear, xenophobia, racism, nationalism, sectarianism. Fear of difference may also be the root cause underlying all these issues. The Pope remarks that this fear is often sadly used by politicians for their own political gains. We are invited to consider the invitation to welcome, protect, promote and integrate.
If the Pope's message is an invitation to welcome migrants and give them a chance, its central four points are relevant for all of us (migrants in life) to contemplate: welcoming, protecting, promoting and integrating each other in our search for meaning and be able to benefit from the treasures each one brings.
Traditionally every New Year, we dream and make resolutions about what we want to live in the course of the next 360 or so days. In addition, this is a special year for us: the celebration of the 150 years of the Lavigerie family. We may start this Jubilee Year by contemplating and understanding the principal message of the Pope's letter and find some echoes of it in the key texts of our last General Chapter on Community Life and The Mission. Firstly, contemplating the world, we also contemplate our multicultural communities that are called to be home for each of us (cf. CL, 40; 2016 Capitular Acts p.22, 2. Community life: Discovery). Secondly, called to " welcome, protect, promote and integrate", we live this as apostles living the Kingdom of God among ourselves and sent to others to be promoters (seeds) of integration, encounter between peoples and cultures (CL, 35; 2016 Capitular Acts p.26, 3. Mission: Dream).
What is your dream and your mission?
Shall we return to the dance?
Pape François, Les migrants et les réfugiés : des hommes et des femmes en quête de paix, message de la 51ème Journée mondiale de la Paix, 2018.


PROFILE OF BISCUIT INDUSTRY In India the biscuit industry started in the middle of the 19th century.
To find the consumer buyer behaviour of Britannia Marie Gold biscuits. Britannia has expanded captive manufacturing facilities and has modernized and upgraded its facilities in the last five years. Cashew. Britannia adopted a strategy of engaging contract packers (CP) in the smallscale sector. In April '97. To know the pack size preferred by the consumers. PRODUCT PROFILE Bourbon cream Brita Checkers Elaichi cream Orange cream Pineapple cream Fifty – Fifty Good day (Butter. Digestive. This led to several inefficiencies at the operating level. Butter.Coconut Crunchees Good day choco nut OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY PRIMARY OBJECTIVE 1. the Government de reserved the biscuit sector from small scale.Britannia's growth. Pista Badam. It has also forayed into the Dairy Business with the launch of Cheese. To find the reason for buying the biscuit & their opinion about the Britannia Marie Gold Biscuits. . Ghee. Coconut Crunchees) Jacob's thin Jim – Jam Little Hearts Mango cream Marigold Milk Bikies Milk Bikies Milk Cream Milk Bikies Fun land Nice Time Nutri Choice (Cream Cracker. Dairy whitener and flavored milk products. SECONDARY OBJECTIVE: The secondary objective of the study is given as follows: To identify the awareness about Britannia Marie Gold biscuits available in the market. Thinlite) Tiger Good day-butter Good day -cashew Good day -Pista Badam Good day. To identify the satisfaction level of the various factors of Marie Gold biscuits.
. As a result their strategies tend to take on similar dimensions.SCOPE OF THE STUDY The study is conducted towards customers at Chennai City. for service business is an inward-looking. places organization and ideas". It is very rarely that one thinks of 'product' in a service firm. MARKETING MIX According to Adriyan Payan. price. The physical character of goods is useful in convincing the market that the said product is capable of satisfying a need and is superior to competition. The marketing mix concept is a well-established tool used as a structured by marketers. 2. The Expected Product: It refers to the customer's minimum set of expectation from an expectations from a product. activity-based classification. It includes physical objects. promotion and place. acquisition. promotion are taken into consideration. 1. Verma. . viz. REVIEW OF LITERATURE The purpose of services of literature is to find out similar situational variables and their appropriateness that is situated for present day situation. It is the product at its basic level. Product definition has an implicit reference to a market and a need. It consists of the various elements of a marketing programme which need to be considered in order to successfully implement the marketing strategy and positioning in the company's marketers. "A product is anything that can be offered to a market for attention. PRODUCT According to Harsh V. a racquet or anything that is tangible. The authors say innovative company breaks free from competitions by staking out fundamentally new market space that is by creating products services for which there are no competitions.The Augmented Product: It refers to offerings in addition to what the customer expects. use or consumption that might satisfy a want or need. In order to make more relevant the review of literatures from both Indian and Foreign Studies been reviewed. CREATING NEW MARKET SPACE According to Macborgne Renel er-al. But as for as concerned product. 3. 4. To know their preferable taste in Marie biscuits To know the level of awareness about the various brands of Marie biscuits and also about the choice and frequency of preference of Marie biscuits. a pen. augmented and potential. regarding project. expected. the term the 'product' generally conjures up the vision a car. A product generally. Traditionally. has four levels. To know the satisfaction level of perception regarding the quality of various Marie biscuits. According to the managers. most marketers have considered four basic elements of a marketing mix: product. To know the problems in identifying the Marie biscuits in the shop. generic. The Generic Product: It refers to the rudimentary substantive thing. they must look not only across the conventional boundaries but also the territory that represent real value on innovations. price.The Potential Product: It refers to doing everything potentially feasible to hold and attract the customer. in his article entitled "Creating New Market Space" most companies focus on marketing and beating their rivals. It also indicates various attitude of dealer with regard to other similar products. person.
PRICE Price is the most important thing for the product. However with promotional activities the firm communicates directly with potential customers. need to use pricing more strategically to help gain competitive advantage. . publicity and public relations that helps an organization achieve its marketing objectives. Across all business more money is spent on personal selling than any other form of promotion. i)Cost-plus pricing: Here. Pricing decisions are generally taken by adding a percentage mark up on cost. vi)Relationship pricing: Here. v)Value-based pricing: Here. sales. Price also gives apperception of quality. In our socio economic system this is not only acceptable. the firm wants to achieve a given rate of return on investment or assets. • Survival •Profit maximization •Sales maximization • Prestige •Return on investment PRICING METHODS Pricing has some methods. distributors. iii)Competitive parity pricing: Here. Service firms. PROMOTION IMPORTANCE OF PROMOTION The marketing mix activities of product planning. iv)Loss leading pricing: Here. Pricing decisions are important in determining the value for the customer and play a role in the building of an image for the service. competitors and customers. sales people. It is essential one of the attributes of a free society is the right of use combination as a tool of influence. Pricing has some objectives like. Promotion is the element in an organization marketing mix that served to inform persuade and remained the market of the organization and its products. ii)Rate of return pricing: Here. promotion. PERSONAL SELLING: Personal selling is the presentation of a product to a prospective customer by a representative of the selling organization. the price is determined on the service's perceived Value to a given customer segment. This is sometime called ' target return' pricing. Generally for any type of price fixing the manufactures has to aware of his production cost and adds some margin to that production cost they can fire the prices. These five methods of promotion defined as follows. PROMOTIONAL METHODS The promotional mix is the combination of personal selling advertising.1] PRICING Pricing plays a pivotal part in the marketing mix because pricing attacks revenues to the business. Price = Cost of the Production + Margin [Equation 1. they are as fallows. the price is determined on consideration of future potential profit streams over the lifetime of customers. to establish a position in the market or to provide an opportunity. pricing and distribution are performed mainly with in the organization or between the organization and its marketing partners. the price is determined considering the Competitive prices in the market. Pricing decisions will affect the channel members including suppliers. at least within deregulated markets. the price is set on a short – term basis. Basically promotion is an attempt to influence whether a particular promotional activity is designed to inform pursued or remained the ultimate objective is to Influence the recipient feelings beliefs or behaviors. a specific percentage mark up is sought.
ADVERTISING: 18Advertising is any paid form of impersonal mass communication in which the sponsor is clearly identified. Several factors in the marketing environment contribute to the surveying popularity of sales promotion. Promotion is a critical ingredient of many marketing strategies. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY A research cannot be conducted abruptly. In fact a major function of sales promotion is to serve as bridge advertising and personal selling to supplement and co-ordinate efforts on these two areas. PUBLIC RELATIONS: Public relations are planned effort by an organization to influence the attitudesand opinions of a specific group. being biased and unsatisfactory. To make the research systemized the researcher has to adopt certain methods. it's being introduced at the conception or a promotion campaign. The target for producer's sales promoters may be middleman or end users-house holds. Convenience sampling has its own limitations. The unique features of publicity are that it is not paid for and it has the credibility of editorial material. a government agency are special interest group. Thus. The study is conducted considering the prevailing condition which are subjected to change in future. Organizations frequently provide the material for publicity in the form of news. But all these activities often are interacted. 200 customers sample cannot be generalized to entire universe. Publicity usually consists of favorable means presentation publicity for a product organization presented in any media. Business or the producers own sales force middleman direct sales promotion at his sales people or prospects further down the channel of distribution. displays and samples. Sales promotion activities may be conducted by producers or middlemen. The common forms are broad cost and print media using. Sales promotion is one of the most commonly used in the marketing vocabulary. Short run orientation: Sales promotions such as campaign and trade allowance produce quicker more asurable sales results. Researcher has to proceed systematically in the already planned direction with the help of a number of steps in sequence. Also less cooperation from the respondents. due to time and financial constraints. premiums. SALES PROMOTION: Sales promotion is designed to supplement advertising and co-ordinate personal selling includes sales promotion are screen activities as contents for sales people and consumers trade shows in store displays. . Sales promotion is also being integrated into the total marketing strategy. The target may be customer. stockholders. Sales promotion includes coupons. In many firms. this strategy agree that these intermediate benefits come at he expense of building a strong brand in case in consumers minds and condition. Sales promotion is different form advertising and personal selling. press conferences and photographs. samples. Buyers to expect incentives. LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY The study has the following constraints The sample sizes are restricted to 200 customers. We define sales promotional activities that are intended to stimulate customers demand and improve the marketing performance of sellers. they feel an over emphasis on sales promotions will under mine a product future. PUBLICITY: Publicity is similar to advertising in that it is a mass communication type of demand stimulations. How ever. The methods adopted by the researcher for completing the project are called Research Methodology. trading up and trading down and branding all enquires effective promotion. Product differentiation market segmentation. Recently sales promotion has been fastest growing method of promotion with rupees being shifted from advertising total annual expenditures for sales promotion are estimated to parallel or even exceed those for advertising.
Survey 2. Research Methodology is simply the plan of action for a research which explains in detail how data is to be collected. Primary data may pertain to demographic / socio economic characteristics or the customers. RESEARCH DESIGN A research design is a arrangement of conditions for collection and analysis of data in a manner that aims to combine relevance to the research purpose with economy in procedure. METHODS OF PRIMARY DATA COLLECTION There are three methods of collecting Primary data 1. Technically. the method adopted for the study was Survey Method Survey Method Survey method is the systematic gathering of data from the respondents . CONVENIENCE SAMPLING The sampling units are chosen primarily on the basis of convenience to the researcher is known as Convenience Sampling. Primary data collection is nothing but the data that is directly collected from the people by the researcher himself. Thus we can say Methodology is a tool which process the date to a reliable information. METHODS OF SAMPLING In this study non probability sampling has been adopted.This is widely used because of its Extreme Flexibility Reliability Easy Understandability The main purpose of survey is facilitate understanding or enable prediction of some aspects of the population being surveyed. altitudes and opinions of people. their awareness and knowledge and other similar aspects. In this study Primary Data collection method has helped the researcher to a great extent in arriving at the results.Observation 3.In other words. DATA COLLECTION METHODS In this study the primary data collection method have been used to collect data. Under the non probability sampling convenience sampling has been taken for the purpose of study. SAMPLINGSCHEME: Sampling design of the study consist of two steps .survey is the most commonly used method of primary data. In order to extract much feasible results through the study. SAMPLING INSTRUMENT The instrument used to collect data for the study was the structured questionnaire. the sample size should be large enough to give a confidence interval of desired width and as such the size of the sample must be chosen by logical process before sample is taken from the universe. a sample size of 200 has been taken for the study. analyzed and interpreted. SAMPLE SIZE [PILOT STUDY] One can say that the sample must be an optimum size that it is should be neither excessively large nor too small.Experiments Among these. Out of the research design said above the research design took for the study was "Descriptive Research Design". Data's becomes information only when a proper methodology is adopted. The present chapter attempt to highlight the research methodology adopted in this project. Now let us see about the primary data collection method Primary Data Collection Primary data are those which are collected a fresh and for the first time and thus happen to be original in character.
to anlayze the customer perception towards the service quality a sample of 300 is selected. so the study area was complete chennai Lanson Toyota showroom. The customer was selected on the basis of convenience sampling technique. ii CONFIDENCE LEVEL & SIGNIFICANCE LEVEL The confidence level or reliability is the expected percentage of times that the actual value will fall within the stated precision limits. The structured questionnaire of this study included the following a) Closed ended question b) Open ended question a) Closed ended question. In this type both questions and its respective answers are arranged in a structured pattern. b)SELECTION OF THE SAMPLE SIZE: Since the population is large. Iii ONE SAMPLE RUN TEST TO DETERMINE THE RANDOMNESS OF THE SELECTED SAMPLES H0 : Samples are randomly chosen H1 : Samples are not randomly chosen .a)Selection of the study area.95 in 1) that the sample results represent the true condition of the population within a specified precision range against 5 chances in 100 (or . Thus. Dichotomous Question: Dichotomous Question allows for only two possible answers "yes" and "no". These type of question is the study are 16 & 18. then we mean that there are 95 chances in 100 (or . b)Selection of the sample size a)SELECTION OF THE STUDY AREA : The study was full and full in house project. we take a confidence level of 95%. QUESTIONNAIRE DESIGN The required information was collected through a well-structured questionnaire. This includes.05 in 1) that it does not. Average price to be charged to issue will continue to be the same until a new purchase is made which will necessitate computation of a new average. STATISTICAL TOOLS USED FOR ANALYSIS i WEIGHTED AVERAGE METHOD In this method the issue price is calculated by dividing the value of materials in hand by the no of units in hand. i) Rating Scale ii) Dichotomous Questions b) Rating Scale : These type of question helps to rate the customer perception The no of question in the study are from 1 to 15.


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