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#ifndef LMDBHelper_h
#define LMDBHelper_h

#ifndef OV_USE_SQLITE
    #define OV_USE_SQLITE
#endif

#if defined(__APPLE__)
    #include <OpenVanilla/OpenVanilla.h>
#else
    #include "OpenVanilla.h"
#endif

#include "BPMFUserPhraseHelper.h"

namespace Manjusri {
	using namespace OpenVanilla;

    class LMDBHelper {
    public:
        LMDBHelper(OVSQLiteConnection* connection, bool ownsConnection = true)
            : m_connection(connection)
            , m_ownsConnection(ownsConnection)
            , m_maxUnigramProbability(0.0)
			, m_minUnigramProbability(0.0)
            , m_UNKProbability(0.0)
        {
            if (!m_connection->hasTable("cooked_information")) {
                cerr << "doesn't have table: cooked_information" << endl;
                if (m_connection->createTable("cooked_information"))
                    cerr << "created table: cooked_information" << endl;
                else
                    cerr << "failed to create table: cooked_information" << endl;
            }

            OVSQLiteStatement* selectMax = m_connection->prepare("SELECT MAX(probability) from unigrams");
            if (selectMax) {
                while (selectMax->step() == SQLITE_ROW) {
                    m_maxUnigramProbability = selectMax->doubleOfColumn(0);
                    // cerr << "max probability: " << m_maxUnigramProbability << endl;
                }
                delete selectMax;
            }

            // make it non-zero
            if (m_maxUnigramProbability == 0.0)
                m_maxUnigramProbability = -0.0000001;

			OVSQLiteStatement* selectMin = m_connection->prepare("SELECT MIN(probability) from unigrams");
            if (selectMin) {
                while (selectMin->step() == SQLITE_ROW) {
                    m_minUnigramProbability = selectMin->doubleOfColumn(0);
                }
                delete selectMin;
            }

            // make it non-zero
            if (m_minUnigramProbability == 0.0)
                m_minUnigramProbability = -99.0;

            OVSQLiteStatement* findUNK = m_connection->prepare("SELECT probability FROM unigrams WHERE qstring = %Q", "*");
            if (findUNK) {
                while (findUNK->step() == SQLITE_ROW) {
                    m_UNKProbability = findUNK->doubleOfColumn(0);
                }
                delete findUNK;
            }
        }

        ~LMDBHelper()
        {
            if (m_ownsConnection && m_connection)
                delete m_connection;
        }

        const string version()
        {
            string result;

            OVSQLiteStatement* statement = m_connection->prepare("SELECT value FROM cooked_information WHERE key = ?");
            if (!statement)
                return result;

            statement->bindTextToColumn("version", 1);
            if (statement->step() == SQLITE_ROW) {
                result = statement->textOfColumn(0);
                while (statement->step() == SQLITE_ROW) ;
            }

            delete statement;
            return result;
        }

        void setVersion(const string& version)
        {
            if (m_connection->execute("DELETE FROM cooked_information WHERE KEY = %Q", "version") != SQLITE_OK) {
                cerr << "serVersion error" << endl;
                return;
            }

            if (m_connection->execute("INSERT INTO cooked_information VALUES(%Q, %Q)", "version", version.c_str()) != SQLITE_OK) {
                cerr << "serVersion error" << endl;
                return;
            }
        }

        size_t countUnigramOccurances(const string& phrase)
        {
            size_t occurances = 0;

            OVSQLiteStatement* statement = m_connection->prepare("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM unigrams WHERE current = ?");
            if (!statement)
                return occurances;

            statement->bindTextToColumn(phrase, 1);
            if (statement->step() == SQLITE_ROW) {
                occurances = (size_t)statement->intOfColumn(0);
                while(statement->step() == SQLITE_ROW) ;
            }
            delete statement;

            return occurances;
        }

        size_t countUnigramOccurancesWithBPMF(const string& phrase, const string& bpmf)
        {
            size_t occurances = 0;
            string qstring = BPMFUserPhraseHelper::QString(bpmf).first;

            OVSQLiteStatement* statement = m_connection->prepare("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM unigrams WHERE current = ? and qstring = ?");
            if (!statement)
                return occurances;

            statement->bindTextToColumn(phrase, 1);
            statement->bindTextToColumn(qstring, 2);
            if (statement->step() == SQLITE_ROW) {
                occurances = (size_t)statement->intOfColumn(0);
                while(statement->step() == SQLITE_ROW) ;
            }
            delete statement;

            return occurances;
        }

        size_t countBigramOccurances(const string& phrase)
        {
            size_t occurances = 0;

            OVSQLiteStatement* statement;
            statement = m_connection->prepare("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM bigrams WHERE current = ?");
            if (statement) {
                statement->bindTextToColumn(phrase, 1);
                if (statement->step() == SQLITE_ROW) {
                    occurances = (size_t)statement->intOfColumn(0);
                    while(statement->step() == SQLITE_ROW) ;
                }
                delete statement;
            }

            statement = m_connection->prepare("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM bigrams WHERE previous = ?");
            if (statement) {
                statement->bindTextToColumn(phrase, 1);
                if (statement->step() == SQLITE_ROW) {
                    occurances += (size_t)statement->intOfColumn(0);
                    while(statement->step() == SQLITE_ROW) ;
                }
                delete statement;
            }

            return occurances;
        }

        size_t countBigramOccurancesWithBPMF(const string& phrase, const string& bpmf)
        {
            size_t occurances = 0;

            string qstring = BPMFUserPhraseHelper::QString(bpmf).first;
            string qs = string("%") + qstring;

            OVSQLiteStatement* statement;
            statement = m_connection->prepare("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM bigrams WHERE current = ? and qstring like ?");
            if (statement) {
                statement->bindTextToColumn(phrase, 1);
                statement->bindTextToColumn(qs, 2);
                if (statement->step() == SQLITE_ROW) {
                    occurances = (size_t)statement->intOfColumn(0);
                    while(statement->step() == SQLITE_ROW) ;
                }
                delete statement;
            }

            qs = qstring + string("%");
            statement = m_connection->prepare("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM bigrams WHERE previous = ? and qstring like ?");
            if (statement) {
                statement->bindTextToColumn(phrase, 1);
                statement->bindTextToColumn(qs, 2);
                if (statement->step() == SQLITE_ROW) {
                    occurances += (size_t)statement->intOfColumn(0);
                    while(statement->step() == SQLITE_ROW) ;
                }
                delete statement;
            }

            return occurances;
        }

		void removePhrase(const string& phrase)
		{
            m_connection->execute("DELETE FROM bigrams WHERE current = %Q", phrase.c_str());
            m_connection->execute("DELETE FROM bigrams WHERE previous = %Q", phrase.c_str());
            m_connection->execute("DELETE FROM unigrams WHERE current = %Q", phrase.c_str());
		}

        void removePhraseWithBPMF(const string& phrase, const string& bpmf)
        {
            string qstring = BPMFUserPhraseHelper::QString(bpmf).first;
            m_connection->execute("DELETE FROM unigrams WHERE current = %Q AND qstring = %Q", phrase.c_str(), qstring.c_str());

            string qs = string("%") + qstring;
            m_connection->execute("DELETE FROM bigrams WHERE current = %Q AND qstring LIKE %Q", phrase.c_str(), qs.c_str());

            qs = qstring + string("%");
            m_connection->execute("DELETE FROM bigrams WHERE previous = %Q AND qstring LIKE %Q", phrase.c_str(), qs.c_str());
        }

        void addPhraseWithBPMF(const string& phrase, const string& bpmf)
        {
            // CREATE TABLE unigrams (qstring, current, probability, backoff);
            m_connection->execute("INSERT INTO unigrams VALUES(%Q, %Q, %f, 0.0)", BPMFUserPhraseHelper::QString(bpmf).first.c_str(), phrase.c_str(), m_maxUnigramProbability);
        }

        void addPhraseWithQueryString(const string& phrase, const string& qstring)
        {
            // CREATE TABLE unigrams (qstring, current, probability, backoff);
            m_connection->execute("INSERT INTO unigrams VALUES(%Q, %Q, %f, 0.0)", qstring.c_str(), phrase.c_str(), m_maxUnigramProbability);
        }

        void promotePhraseToHighestProbability(const string& phrase)
        {
            m_connection->execute("UPDATE unigrams SET probability = %f WHERE current = %Q", m_maxUnigramProbability, phrase.c_str());
        }

        void demotePhraseToLowestProbability(const string& phrase)
        {
            m_connection->execute("UPDATE unigrams SET probability = %f WHERE current = %Q", m_minUnigramProbability, phrase.c_str());
        }

        void ensurePhraseOrder(const vector<string>& phrases)
        {
            OVSQLiteStatement *find = m_connection->prepare("SELECT probability FROM unigrams WHERE current = ?");
            vector<double> scores;
            if (find) {
                for (vector<string>::const_iterator pi = phrases.begin() ; pi != phrases.end() ; ++pi) {
                    find->reset();
                    find->bindTextToColumn(*pi, 1);
                    if (find->step() == SQLITE_ROW) {
                        scores.push_back(find->doubleOfColumn(0));
                        while (find->step() == SQLITE_ROW) ;
                    }
                    else {
                        scores.push_back(m_minUnigramProbability);
                    }
                }

                size_t c = phrases.size();;
                cout << "old seq: ";

                for (size_t i = 0 ; i < c ; i++) {
                    cout << phrases[i] << " (" << scores[i] << ") -- ";
                }
                cout << endl;

                sort(scores.begin(), scores.end());
                reverse(scores.begin(), scores.end());

                cout << "new seq: ";

                for (size_t i = 0 ; i < c ; i++) {
                    cout << phrases[i] << " (" << scores[i] << ") -- ";
                    m_connection->execute("UPDATE unigrams SET probability = %f WHERE current = %Q", scores[i], phrases[i].c_str());
                }
                cout << endl;

                delete find;
            }
        }

        void showUnigramInfo(const vector<string>& phrases)
        {
            OVSQLiteStatement *find = m_connection->prepare("SELECT qstring, probability FROM unigrams WHERE current = ?");

            for (vector<string>::const_iterator pi = phrases.begin() ; pi != phrases.end() ; ++pi) {
                find->reset();
                find->bindTextToColumn(*pi, 1);

                while (find->step() == SQLITE_ROW) {
                    cout << "Unigram: " << *pi << ", probability: " << find->doubleOfColumn(1);
                    cout << ", raw query string: " << find->textOfColumn(0) << ", bpmf: " << BPMFUserPhraseHelper::BPMFString(find->textOfColumn(0));
                    cout << endl;
                }
            }

            if (find) {
                delete find;
            }
        }

    //
    //     bool addPhrase(const string& phrase);
    //     bool addPhraseWithBopomofoReading(const string& phrase, const string& bopomofo);
    //     bool addPhraseWithQueryString(const string& phrase, const string& qstring);
    //     bool removePhase(const string& phrase);
    //
    protected:
        double findHigestScoreForQueryString(const string& qstring)
        {
            double result = m_UNKProbability;
            OVSQLiteStatement* statement = m_connection->prepare("SELECT max(probability) FROM unigrams WHERE qstring = ?");
            if (!statement)
                return m_UNKProbability;

            while (statement->step() == SQLITE_ROW) {
                result = statement->doubleOfColumn(0);
            }

            delete statement;
            return result;
        }

        OVSQLiteConnection* m_connection;
        bool m_ownsConnection;

        double m_UNKProbability;
        double m_maxUnigramProbability;
		double m_minUnigramProbability;
    };
};

#endif


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General government finances
General government finances include the central government, the municipalities and joint municipal authorities, the Provincial Government of Åland, the statutory pension insurance companies and institutions, and other social security funds.
Central government finances consist of central government on-budget finances and central government off-budget funds. The State Pension Fund, however, is included in the social security funds. In the national accounts, the central government sector also includes the universities, the state-owned investment company Solidium and the Finnish Broadcasting Company.
The management of central government monetary affairs is a task of the Ministry of Finance. Annually, the Ministry of Finance prepares a proposal for the following year's Budget. If significant changes take place in central government revenue and expenditure during the budget year, one or more supplementary budgets may be prepared.
The Ministry of Finance is also responsible for preparing the General Government Fiscal Plan and the included central government spending limits decision for the coming years. The General Government Fiscal Plan is the Government's decision document that consists of decisions concerning the fiscal policy line, the entire general government and its subsectors. The spending limits set a ceiling on central government on-budget expenditure and also bring predictability to economic policy.
Local government finances cover the finances of the municipalities and joint municipal authorities. The Constitution guarantees the municipalities a large degree of autonomy, principally the right to levy taxes and the right to decide on their own spending. The municipalities independently decide on the municipal income tax rate as well as the real-estate tax rate within a range determined by Parliament. Economic disparities between municipalities are equalised using the system of central government transfers to local government. In addition, the municipalities receive a proportion of corporate income tax, as decided by Parliament.
A significant part of citizens' social security is financed from social security and earnings-related pension systems. Benefits are financed through earnings-related social security and social insurance contributions and general tax revenue. The central government guarantees a sufficient level of funding for the national pension, health insurance and self-employed persons' pension systems. The level of social security contributions and the employer's and insured person's health insurance contribution is decided by law. The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health confirms the level of contributions annually. The unemployment security and pension system has in-built cyclical buffers that moderate growth of insurance contributions should economic development deteriorate.
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The very first thing any RV'er or camper should do is learn CPR. If the family is camping everyone should learn CPR. Next you should take a basic first aid course. You should have the CPR/First Aid even if you are not camping or traveling.
What kind of camper are you? Do you always stay at a commercial campground like KOA? Or do you hang out in state or National Parks? Where you go or where you might go will dictate what you need for first aid.
You can buy a complete first aid kit or you can create your own. I created my own so I could cut down on duplication and unnecessary items. I also camp in the boonies (one hour or more from the Emergency Medical System) and I am a California EMT so I pack a little different than most. Still, I have the basics. The first is a CPR mask used for giving CPR.
Next you need some bandages (not band-aids!) to stop any bleeding. A common size is 3″ x 4″. These are placed on a wound and with pressure applied, are for stopping bleeding. To hold them in place some gauze bandages. And sure some band-aids for the minor scrapes are fine along with Polysporin.
Next I'll put some information here about other things you need in your kit like splints, burn treatments, tourniquets and more.
And for a quick review, here is a short demonstration of how to do CPR.


This past summer, I took a vacation with my daughter as my wife had to handle some family business back home. This gave me a chance for my daughter and I to hang out for a while and visit a few people to catch up with them. We finished up the trip by visiting my buddy Jason and his family. We go way back - we met in our first year of college, worked at the school together, worked at our first job after college together and he ended up being the best man in my wedding. When we get together, we pick up wherever we left off - that's what makes it an easy friendship.
Invariably, we end up talking about our jobs and what we're currently doing whether we want to or not. He is in an IT group that provides virtualized services for a large communications company. In the distant past, we both worked at the help desk at the college we went to. Of course, back then, there was no software that kept track of tickets to speak of. There might have been a Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet that we worked off of, but mainly I think we kept a list of current tasks on paper. I didn't go out on calls that often, as I was mainly responsible for writing software that the faculty and staff used to access systems that they needed for work.
Since then, Jason hasn't worked at a true help desk, but since he is in the industry, he has heard of Track-It!. When I started at Numara and mentioned the product name to him, he knew it immediately even though he wasn't very familiar with the product. So it was interesting late one night when he paused for a moment and asked, "So... what is Track-It!?"
Wow. Not being in sales, I'm not used to answering that type of question. I'm typically in discussions with people who are familiar with Track-It!, though they may not be intimately familiar with certain aspects of the product family. It was a great exercise for me - I needed to drill down to the essence of what Track-It! is and find the key points that would satisfy his question. Of course, he knew what Track-It! was on some level - his question was a way of eliciting some detail as to how it fits within the industry and how it is different than other software in this market. I answered him by talking about a few key points.
First of all, Track-It! is a product family. Starting with version 10, released earlier this year, the focus on Track-It! has shifted to more of a family-oriented approach for organizations. The Track-It! software with modules such as Help Desk, Inventory, Solutions and Change is the core product in the family along with other add-ons such as Remote, Barcode, PC Migrate and others. You can talk to our Sales organization and discuss your IT management problems with them with confidence that they will be able to recommend a solution that will work for you. You can also rest assured that the Track-It! family will continue to grow and evolve to continue to meet the needs of you and your organization.
Track-It! allows small-to-medium sized businesses to quickly get their Help Desk and IT Assets in order. We are very focused on this market in everything that we do with the Track-It! family. Typically, businesses in this market need a product that just works out of the box, not one that requires a lot of setup and configuration time. Track-It! is extremely configurable and is successfully and happily deployed in some very large customer sites, but typically Track-It! is sold to small to medium-sized customers who need something that has very little initial cost in setting up the software for their organization. With Track-It!, you download and install the software, go through the simple four-step setup wizard and... that's it. Afterward, of course, you need to put some thought into certain things such as ways of classifying your Work Orders or what you want your priorities to be for your Work Orders but there's really not much more that you need to do to begin using Track-It! within a half hour of downloading the software. As you begin to get familiar with using Track-It! you can define Change Management policies, Event policies and other aspects of Track-It! that will make your life so much easier. However, the beauty of using Track-It! is that you can do that on your time while you're already using the product - you won't be slowed down a bit while you decide how to use some of the more advanced features in the software.
Track-It! has other modules that help you manage all facets of your organization. Everything from Purchasing to Software License Management to Training to Library modules exist to help you and your customers simply get your work done rather than struggle with IT processes or different pieces of software that don't work together that you may currently use to handle these aspects of your organization. Our new Track-It! Web interface was developed after we listened to our customers as they wanted a browser-based way of working with their Help Desk tickets and managing their Assets. Our newly-designed Self Service module has gotten rave reviews from customers who love the look and feel as well as the new functionality that it provides. And stay tuned - we're continually improving all aspects of Track-It! as we strive to provide an absolutely best-in-class solution to our customers. You can go to the BMC Track-It! Community to find out more about what our customers will soon be raving about in Track-It!
Finally, Track-It! is reliable, stable and is very customer focused. Our customers say it best when I talk to them - Track-It! just works. They can take advantage of the performance improvements and stability that Track-It! has become known for over the last few years. Our focus is always on our customers - we solicit feedback from them constantly and use that information to help drive where we go next. Features such as Track-It! Change, our revamped Web and Self Service interfaces and recent Solutions module improvements are a direct result of us listening to what our customers were demanding and responding to it. If you couple that with the fact that we've always got our eye on the industry and what potential customers are looking for in an IT Operations Management (ITOM) or IT Service Management (ITSM) solution, then you'll see that for us, it's all about the customer.
There are times during a release cycle when things can get hectic - especially when you're trying to get those last couple of issues resolved so that the new release is as solid and stable as you can make it. It's helpful sometimes to step back and think about the bigger picture - Jason's question was a hard one in some respects, but it's always nice to be able to step back and think about the bigger picture. I have to say that I was glad, however, that the next hardest question he asked that night was about where we were going for lunch the next day.


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Oblivious soulmates
The connection between Bruce Lee and Jimi Hendrix was cemented when people got to see a poster of the latter in Jim Kelly's first bedroom scene of Enter the Dragon. Ironically, this poster was not seen in the still (i.e. publicity photo) of Ahna Capri and a prostitute. In its place was a painting of Jimi. There is another painting which can be seen in the still; it's absent from the first bedroom scene but it can be seen in the second one. Back to Bruce, he had a lot in common with Jimi…
1) They were born on November 27, albeit Bruce was born in 1940 whereas Jimi was born in 1942. From a Chinese Zodiac perspective, they were compatible since they shared part of the same element sign – Yang. In Chinese Zodiac culture, you either have a Yin element or a Yang one. Bruce was Yang Metal whereas Jimi was Yang Water. This is slightly ironic from a humorous perspective since Jimi had an influence on many heavy metal guitarists whereas Bruce preached the importance of being like water. What isn't ironic are the animals attributed to their signs – the dragon is the most symbolic creature of Chinese culture whereas the horse symbolizes the endowment of black men.
2) Both stars have a connection to Garfield High School. Jimi attended whereas Bruce was only there to be a chaperone for the former homecoming queen, Amy Sambo (who was his girlfriend at the time).
3) Bruce reinvented the wheel with how he approached martial arts like how Jimi did with the guitar. They became icons because they were iconoclasts.
4) Despite their talents, they had to go overseas in order to make a name for themselves in America. Jimi had to build a following in Europe whereas Bruce had to return to Hong Kong where he was established as an actor.
5) Jimi recorded three albums which were released during his lifetime. Three of Bruce's martial arts movies were released when he was alive.
6) During their final months, they were overworked and didn't get much sleep. Their physical health had also suffered. Their mental health was wraught with insecurities about who to trust and a disillusionment with the success that they were having.
7) Within their final week, they had two lawsuits that they were dealing with. Bruce wanted to sue a film company (Sing Hoi) for implying that he was in their movie (Fist of Unicorn), and he wanted to sue a Hong Kong newspaper (The Star) for libel. Jimi was involved in a paternity case and a recording contract dispute which was scheduled in the week after his death.
8) Jimi wanted to leave his manager, Michael Jeffery. Bruce's equivalent was Raymond Chow. Both mentors were fleecing the income of their stars.
9) George Lazenby was a presence in the last seven days of their lives. He was said to be invited by Bruce to appear in Game of Death whereas Jimi took a disliking to Lazenby for how he spoke to one of his girlfriends (Kirsten Nefer).
10) Jimi's final home was the Cumberland Hotel in London whereas Bruce's final home was at Cumberland Road in Hong Kong.
11) They took drugs, which fueled their creativity and resulted in their deaths. Although he took hashish like Bruce, Jimi's death was due to a combination of different factors.
12) What connects their deaths is the official stories of being given tablets by the women who they were currently with – a sleeping tablet for Jimi, and an aspirin for Bruce.
13) When they died, they were found in the apartments of their 26-year-old girlfriends on a Friday.
14) Both girlfriends were found to be suspicious. Jimi's girlfriend, Monika Dannemann, was reportedly vicious towards him whereas Betty went on to marry a gangster who belonged to an organization whose deputy was threatened by Bruce.
15) It took hours for each of the deceased to be sent to the hospital because there was a cover-up.
16) Their autopsies were performed by the same forensic pathologist: Robert Donald Teare.
17) Teare discovered traces of cannabis in each man.
18) Conflicting information has made people suspect foulplay involving these deaths. In Bruce's case, former student James DeMile was so unconvinced by the official story that he decided to do some detective work. As for Jimi, former girlfriend Kathy Etchingham took it upon herself to become a sleuth.
19) The movie star and the rock star were buried in Seattle.
20) Unreleased material from each star was shamelessly exploited after they died.
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Exelon Nuclear's Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station Unit 3 resumed generating electricity on Oct. 13 at 1:16 a.m. ET for Pennsylvania and Maryland consumers and businesses after a scheduled refueling and maintenance outage was completed successfully.
DELTA, Pa. (Oct. 13, 2009) - Exelon Nuclear's Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station Unit 3 resumed generating electricity on Oct. 13 at 1:16 a.m. ET for Pennsylvania and Maryland consumers and businesses after a scheduled refueling and maintenance outage was completed successfully. Unit 3 operators safely shut down the plant on Sept. 13.
"During this outage, workers replaced about one-third of the uranium fuel and completed a large number of equipment maintenance tasks and upgrades that will ensure Unit 3 continues to operate safely and reliably," said Bill Maguire, site vice president.
Employees and supplemental workers performed more than 15,000 inspection and maintenance activities on various components of the plant. Many of the activities performed during the shutdown cannot be performed while the unit is running and all are designed to ensure the continued safe and reliable operation of the plant.
The upgrades included installing new electrical windings in the main generator and replacement of one of six main power transformers. Transformers raise the voltage of the electricity that is generated before it is sent to the grid. By 2011, Peach Bottom will replace all of its main power transformers with new and improved transformers.
More than 2,000 additional workers were on-site to support the outage. The outage provided temporary employment opportunities for local trade professionals and others who travel to Peach Bottom from outside the area.
"These additional workers provided a benefit to the economy as they stayed at regional hotels and ate at local restaurants," said Maguire. "The Peach Bottom team is also very appreciative of our local neighbors who have dealt with the increase in traffic at our site over the past few weeks."
Exelon schedules refueling and maintenance outages for one of the two units at Peach Bottom every year.
Peach Bottom has two boiling water reactors that jointly produce over 2,300 megawatts of electricity, power over 2 million homes. Peach Bottom Unit 2 continued to operate at full power during the Unit 3 maintenance and refueling outage.


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Jorge Polaco né le , et mort le  est un réalisateur argentin. En 2009, il a été membre du jury du Festival international du film d'Amiens en France. En 2001, son film Viaje por el cuerpo a été sélectionné au Festival international du film du Kerala à Trivandrum en Inde. En 2002, le Festival international du film de Mumbai en Inde a organisé une rétrospective de ses films.

Filmographie
 1984 : Margotita
 1986 : Diapasón
 1987 : En el nombre del hijo
 1989 : Kindergarten
 1992 : Siempre es difícil volver a casa
 1996 : La dama regresa
 2001 : El milagro
 2001 : Historias de Argentina en vivo
 2001 : Viaje por el cuerpo
 2003 : Siddharta
 2007 : A Berta Singerman
 2009 : Arroz con leche

Récompense
 1986 : Prix de l'Âge d'or pour Diapasón

Notes et références

Liens externes

Naissance en novembre 1946
Réalisateur argentin
Décès à 67 ans
Mort de la maladie de Parkinson
Décès en février 2014
Naissance en Argentine
Décès à Buenos Aires

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One dish garden of lush indoor plants arrive planted in a decorative container. Allow our designer to pick the container and plants from the large selection in our greenhouse. Picture shows 2 $60.00 size dish gardens in ceramic bowls. Conainers and plants will vary based on current availability. Container may be ceramic, plastic terra cotta or wicker.


Velocity has the following openings. If you think you are a fit, please prepare a crisply worded cover letter and sparkling resume and submit to us via email: jobs@vlcty.net.
We have a slight preference for traditional paper submissions via snail-mail as well as letterpress, scented and/or glitter. Real live humans inspect all submissions.
Velocity lives and breathes data. We acquire accelerometer, gyroscope and other sensor data from hundreds of millions of smartphones and make real-time determination about what a person is physically doing. We are a tight-knit group with a strong culture and a creative "work as play" approach. The positions below should you choose to apply, are challenging, growth-requiring experiences, working under intense (in a good way) startup conditions serving very real, large customers. If you wish to join, please be prepared and know what you're getting into.
We are looking for a machine learning expert who will help us discover the information hidden in vast amounts of data, and help us make smarter decisions to deliver even better products. Your primary focus will be in applying data mining techniques, doing statistical analysis, and building high quality prediction systems integrated with our products.
We are looking for a brilliant native mobile software developer with broad platform expertise (both iOS and Android) and who can help with full-stack development. Your primary focus will be building data collection app features and Velocity SDK development.
Participate in and contribute to all phases of the SDLC; strong communication skills for requirement gathering and analysis are essential.
Proficiency in building cross-platform native and hybrid applications in a mobile development framework: iOS, Android native code as well as web views.
We are looking for a passionate account manager who will partner with our customers and ensure their long-term success. The account manager role is to manage a portfolio of assigned customers, develop new business from existing clients and actively seek new opportunities.


You're sat on a sun lounger on the beach, the sun is hot (but blocked out enough by the snazzy umbrella you've got up behind you, so it's not too hot). You've got a cocktail (your choice) in one hand, an enjoyable book in the other and you've just popped your head up to watch the crystal-blue sea gently break into the beach before ebbing away again.
Not really, you're actually sat at work with a ton of paperwork to get through. Don't stress though, as imagining such scenes can make existing in your office design worthwhile. This is what's known as attention restoration theory.
Attention restoration theory: What is it and how does it relate to office design?
Attention Restoration Theory (ART) says that we can concentrate better after we spend time with nature, or even just by looking at or imagining such scenes. It works on the concept that in times of stress, our minds tend to concentrate on one thing; the negative aspect that is causing the stress.
As humans, we have a natural inclination towards nature; and nature has 'soft fascinations' in which a person can reflect upon, using less effort to do so. For example, how easy is it to imagine waves breaking and ebbing on a beach? The sun shining? The breeze blowing? You with your feet up swigging a cocktail. Not difficult, is it?
If we look at what causes stress, it's usually a very complicated thing, otherwise, it wouldn't be stressful if a solution was easy to come by. ART works to refocus the mind away from what is causing stress and instead allows it to reconnect with nature, to think about the simple things in order to bring calm and restoration to the rest of the body.
The main benefit of ART in office design is that it allows for us to rebuild our concentration levels, which can so often be shattered at any point during the working day. By allowing your concentration to build back up by thinking (or being around) natural elements (which don't require much thought, remember) it's likely you'll return to work with more vigour, ready to tackle whatever it was that made you stressed in the first place.
The workplace is so often a soulless environment; for a good reason, don't get us wrong – the workplace needs to be a professional environment that informs everyone present of that fact. But does that line need to be so bold? Soulless equals bleak, characterless and unwelcoming; are these feelings we want our workplaces to reflect? We need them to be inspiring, stimulating and welcoming. ART can help to make that line slightly more passable for these positive feelings.
How can I introduce ART into the workplace?
ART can be brought into the average office design in a number of ways; from introducing live plants, placing up photos, creating large windows or simply allowing for employees to take time to refocus or spend time outside. Nature is all around us (or should be), so let's embrace it.
Biophilic design is the concept of introducing more natural elements into the workplace; it refers to the idea that humans love to exist in a natural environment. This can be introduced into the office with anything from plant displays (real or not), making better use of natural light, as well as using 'natural colours' such as blues, greens and yellows in the decor of the working areas.
Quiet rooms to allow employees to meditate are quickly becoming an office design They help to get the person away from a stressful (or noisy) work arena and instead allow them to get on with their work or to refocus without being disturbed. Introducing meditation techniques will go a long way in helping them to de-stress. Make sure you put up a few pictures concerning nature too.
Outdoor working can be achieved with ease nowadays thanks to the flexible technology we have. There's no dragging cables outdoors involved, with Wi-Fi, you can give your employees the option of working outside, spending it in nature instead of a stuffy office. Perhaps you have a garden or a yard you can make use of? Maybe you're situated in a bustling town centre or near a park? With so much flexibility it would be amiss if we did not take advantage, combining the need to work with the need to spend more time in nature.
Regardless of your particular requirements, your location, industry or limitations of your building, if you are looking to create an office design that will help to inspire and motivate your employees, the team here at Oaktree are on hand to help.
For over 30 years, we have been creating bespoke offices that have taken advantage of the latest trends and technology to give our clients the ideal base from which to cater for future success. As part of our service, we are able to offer a FREE no obligation consultation service that will take all of your requirements and turn them into a 2-D/3-D representation of what your ideal office design will look like. Why not get in touch with us today to learn more?


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Mind Over What Does It Matter
Inaugural Blowout
Meet Me at Second and Fifth
Physicists and deep thinkers investigating the mysteries of Quantum Mechanics and multiple-realities received a huge boon yesterday (Stephen Hawking was said to be so excited that he twitched an eyebrow) when Secretary of State Hillary "Splitting Headache" Clinton declared the end of causality and the death of Schrödinger's cat by stating that answers - and therefore questions - are completely irrelevant in our universe because "What does it matter?!"
Were our representatives brutally murdered and perhaps sodomized by YouTube protesters, or just by some guys strolling down the street with rocket launchers feeling bored? According to Hillary, "What does it matter?"
Did Obama really beat Al Qaeda, or is it still as big a threat as ever? What does it matter?!
Did Susan Rice and Barack Obama lie, repeatedly, about the attack? What does it matter?!
Did the State Department fail to interview their own survivors in Benghazi to find out what happened? No? What does it matter!?
Did Osama bin Laden bring down the twin towers, or was it George W. Bush? What does it matter?!
Obamacare is causing medical expenses to skyrocket rather than decline. What does it matter?!
Were the Sandy Hook murders committed with handguns, or the "assault weapons" the government is so eagerly trying to ban? What does it matter?!
Is this now officially the worst economic recovery in our nation's history? What does it matter?!
Has Obama's Jobs Council not even pretended to meet in over a year? What does it matter?!
Is one out of four kids in America now using foodstamps? What does it matter?!
Will raising taxes kill more jobs and become a disincentive for investing in America? What does it matter?!
Will Iran soon have nuclear missiles with which to wipe out Israel? What does it matter?!
Did the president of the United States use his inaugural address to viciously attack capitalism and foment class warfare? What does it matter?!
We could could go on and on, but you get the point. We all get the point. Hillary has coined the perfect phrase to represent the Elitist Left in this country- because nothing matters to them except getting the results they want. No question of morality, responsibility, or even logic. If they think it's the right thing to do, then what does it matter if our nation goes to hell?
And included in their pronouncement is the assumption that the rest of us should presumably STFU and ignore things like cause-and-effect, evidence, accountability, and clear conclusions.
But we won't ignore those things.
Because we know damn well what matters and, unlike our elected enemies of the state, we know why it matters.
THIS is the video that should be inciting angry protests.
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Today's Hope n' Change Cartoon was never supposed to happen. The gameplan was to shout our lungs out about the myriad policy failings of Barack Hussein Obama during his first term, see him take a merciless drubbing at the polls in 2012, then publish our last-ever Hope n' Change Cartoon last Monday...celebrating Obama's removal from the Whitehouse, and the return of Hope and Change to our nation.
But noooOOOoooo.
So Hope n' Change is still wearily in the saddle and, in lieu of retirement, today we'd like to give ourselves the gift of tactless succintness in describing Barry's second Inaugural speech: it was a complete load of horseshit.
Gosh, that felt good!
Obama's speech was about many things: hate for Republicans, hate for American values, and hate for fiscal responsibility (he'll rein in the deficit as long as he doesn't have to make spending cuts, borrowing cuts, or touch Medicare, Medicaid, or Social Security).
And especially hate of capitalism. In the words of the president's speechwriters, "We, the people, understand our country cannot succeed when a shrinking few do very well and a growing many barely make it." Horseshit.
Of a nation facing desperate unemployment (and no meeting of the president's jobs council in over a year) and a heroin-like addiction to entitlement programs, Barry said "These things do not sap our iniative. They strengthen us. They do not make us a nation of takers, they free us to take the risks that make this country great." Horseshit.
And the president, smoke still rising from his hand's contact with the Bible, also said he'd work for women's equality (albeit just here, where it's already law, and not in the countries of his stone-throwing pals in the Muslim Brotherhood), civil rights (does Barry even know who the hell Martin Luther King Jr was?!), immigration reform ("Free taco with every Democratic vote!"), and of course turning back Climate Change (perhaps by having the United Nations send the sun a strongly worded letter). Horseshit, horseshit, horseshit, horseshit.
As we look Forward (horseshit!) into the future, Hope n' Change will endeavor to return to our usual journalistic standards and avoid four-letter expletives no matter how apt.
But today, we're feeling a little saddle sore. It's been a long ride already, and the horizon ain't gettin' any closer.
Home, Home and deranged...
In the spirit of Daylight Savings Time, Hope n' Change Cartoons is proud to announce that today, Inauguration Day, is the official start of "Sanity Savings Time" in which it will always be 5 o'clock for the next four years. Because seriously, who wants to sit through Obama's Inauguration (or second term) cold sober?!
The Inauguration (derived from the word "auger" which means "a huge screw") will feature eight real-life "citizen co-chairs" handpicked by the Obama machine, who will tell the world how they've benefitted from the president's policies while their spouses died of cancer caused by Mitt Romney.
Among the eight is a woman who got her job as an autoworker back after Barry gifted the unions with billions of dollars in taxpayer funds, a man who created a windpower business and (surprise!) supports windpower tax credits, and a woman whose brain tumor made it hard for her to get health insurance, but also made her extremely suggestible when she was repeatedly driven to various polling places by Democrat volunteers last November.
Truthfully, Hope n' Change Cartoons will not be watching any of this. In complete honesty and with no exaggeration, we put Obama's second term inauguration on par with 9/11...a deliberate attack on our values and an unmitigated disaster for our nation. A sickening, soul-rotting, anti-American hatefest decked out in recycled "Triumph of the Will" regalia.
But it could be worse. At least it's 5 o'clock.
BONUS VIDEO!
This pretty much sums up how we feel today.
(Caution: hilarious, but not for weak stomachs)


Excellent for this sheet of LA Valse d'Amelie, I noticed that is from a book in chinese??? wow! anyway thanks a lot for this!!!
Yep, this is an arrangement from Chinese accordionists. The book was a collection of pop accordion music pieces, includes many French compositions such as La Foule from E.Piaf.
you have no idea how long i have been searching for this... THANK YOU!!!
I was looking for Valse D`Àmelie.
But now I found a lot of other interesting music.
I hope, that this site is still in progress.
I was searching for a good transcript of this sheet.


I'm reaching out to my hermanas and seeing if they'd like to guest blog at Hermana, Resist. If you don't have a blog or just would like to poke your head over there and throw down some ideas, words or poems, let me know if this is something you'd like to do.
You don't need to have blogging experience. If you do, send me your site, blog or a writing sample.
Please send an email to noemi.mtz at gmail, letting me know why you're interested and whether there are any particular issues you'd like to cover.
If you would like to recommend another individual, please drop me an email telling us about them, with contact details if you have them. Guest bloggers writing monthly blogs will get an author's page with lots of link love.
Unless we develop some cohesive vision of that world in which we hope these children will participate, and some sense of our own responsibilities in the shaping of that world, we will only raise new performers in the master's sorry drama.


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       un village
       situé dans le département de l'Aisne en Picardie. Elle totalisait 125 habitants en 2008.

À coté de Bertricourt sont situées les villes de
Berméricourt localisée à 4 km, 122 habitants,
Menneville localisée à 2 km, 375 habitants,
Variscourt localisée à 2 km, 197 habitants,
Guignicourt à 5 km, 2 149 habitants,
Pignicourt localisée à 2 km, 136 habitants,
Auménancourt à 4 km, 861 habitants,
 entre autres. De plus, Bertricourt est située à seulement 15 km de Reims.

Si vous envisagez de venir habiter à Bertricourt, vous pourrez facilement trouver une maison à vendre.

Le nombre de logements, à Bertricourt, était réparti en 2011 en zero appartements et 58 maisons soit
 un marché relativement équilibré.

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I am a hard working, dependable, and dedicated individual who is always eager to learn new things. I have a great deal of ambition.
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The Civil War Trust was elated to hear that on April 14th the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board rejected a second proposal to bring casino glambling to the doorstep of Gettysburg National Military Park.
The Civil War Trust is the largest nonprofit battlefield preservation organization in the United States. On its website it states that its mission is to preserve our nation's endangered Civil War battlefields and to promote appreciation of these hallowed grounds.
It also says that to date, the Trust has preserved more than 30,000 acres of battlefield land in 20 states, including 800 at Gettysburg. Please visit them at http://www.civilwar.org/. What a great work they are doing. If we don't preserve these sites, what a loss to future generations.


Plasma is collected through a process called plasmapheresis. Whole blood is drawn from the donor and the plasma is separated from the other blood components (red and white blood cells and platelets), which are then returned to the donor. Because the body can replace plasma much more quickly than it can these other components, plasma donors may donate more frequently than whole blood donors.
KEDPLASMA follows the highest standards for plasma collection in order to ensure the safety of our donors as well as the quality and safety of their donation.
Prospective donors are given a thorough physical examination by our medical staff and are interviewed to collect information including past medical history, current medications, travel, tattoos and piercings, and other relevant items. The results of these examinations and laboratory tests determine qualification to donate.
All donors must have a valid form of identification ready to present at the reception. We will check your vital signs (heart rate, blood pressure, temperature and body weight) and you will receive a questionnaire regarding such matters as your past medical history, your current medications, recent travel abroad and any tatoos or piercings you might have.
Our medical staff will confirm your qualification to donate based on your vital signs and the questionnaire. If you become a recurrent donor you will be asked to undergo an additional physical exam and health screening from time to time (every 15 visits, or whenever necessary).
Immediately before the plasmapheresis starts, the level of the red and white blood cells in your blood will be checked and samples taken for analysis. Afterwards, you will be connected to the plasmapheresis machine. This machine removes whole blood, separates the plasma and returns the remaining components back to your body. During this procedure, a sterile, single-use kit is used and your blood never leaves the system.
STEP 4 – Thank you!
Thank you for taking about an hour to donate plasma. You have just given a valuable gift to those who are in need of plasma-derived therapies and we thank you on behalf of these patients. We will offer you a sandwich and something to drink as you relax after your donation. What's more, we will reimburse you for taking your time to donate.


For a long time I want to thank you for your wonderful posts. Sorry for my bad active English, my passive is much better. I wish there was a blog like yours for Austria or Germany Unfortunately, I have so far found no such. To you the best wishes for the coming holidays.
Sanne: Thank you for your appreciation. Season's Greeting to you too.
Wonderful, thankyou, and the compliments of the season to you. Wyck Rissington also sounds like a good character name to put in a novel.
Peter: Thank you. Wyck Rissington might be in the same novel as Catherston Leweston.
Best wishes for Christmas (or whatever you celebrate) and the New Year from Bazza.
Looking forward to another year of great posts from you.
Lovely music. Thank you as ever for your most interesting blog and best wishes to you and yours.
We used to live a few miles from here and I loved passing through this village, it is one of the unspoilt gems of the Cotswolds (long may it remain so). I feel terribly homesick looking at this pretty church now and regret that we didn't take time to visit (we meant to, but never got round to it). So it's been very interesting to read about it, and the Holt connection. Thank you!
Thank you all for your kind comments, and best wishes to you all.
Would a naive roof be one that's oblivious of the fact that it's been slated?
Very enjoyable post, as usual. Thank you.
Let me join the seasonal chorus of thanks for a really enjoyable blog.
Renewed thanks to you all, and all my good wishes for the New Year.


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Modification of the Intersegmental Region in the Pterothorax of Cryphocricos (Heteroptera: Naucoridae).
In most Hydrocorisae (aquatic Heteroptera) the hindlegs are used for swimming, and their extrinsic muscles, which originate in the metathorax, are well developed. The tergal and pleural depressors of the metathoracic trochanter (Muscles 70 and 7 I, respectively, of Lars&, 1945) are especially large in many Hydrocorisae, including the Naucoridae (Lars&, 1945) and the closely related family Aphelocheiridae ( Parsons, 1969 ) . These muscles slant anterolaterally in the metathorax, their anteriormost fibers originating near its boundary with the mesothorax.
In at least three genera of Naucoridae (Limnocoris, Ambrysus, and Cryphocricos) the anterior part of the metathoracic episternum, on which Muscle 71 originates, usually projects into the cavity of the preceding segment. This makes it appear, at first glance, that the anteriormost fibers of the muscle attach on the mesothorax. The metapleural projection, which will be described in a later publication, appears to be produced by post-ecdysial growth of the skeleton, since it is absent in newly-moulted adults and is present only in older ones. Another example of post-ecdysial skeletal change occurs in the tergum of adult Cryphocricos barozzii and makes the anteriormost fibers of Muscle 70 appear to originate on the mesothorax rather than on the metathorax. This tergal modification seems to occur only in micropterous specimens, with reduced forewings. I have not ob- served it in macropterous Cryphocricos or in dmbrysus, Limnocoris, or Pelocoris, all of which possess forewings of normal length. Cryphocricos barozzii Signoret, collected in Nova Teutdnia, Brazil, and preserved in 70% alcohol, were dissected in 80% alcohol under *Manuscript received by the editor January 20, 1974.
In most macropterous naucorids, such as Pelomris, the posterior margin of the mesothoracic notum (fig. I ; N 11) is evaginated, form- ing a double-walled scutellar lobe (SL,). The opening into the lobe (OSL) extends anterolaterally to the base of the forewing (WB). Immediately ventral to this opening lies the well developed meso- thoracic postnotum ( PN ) , which bears the second phragma (PH) . The postnotum separates the metathoracic notum (N 111) from the scutellar lobe and is mostly concealed by the latter externally. Only its most lateral part, which joins the mesothoracic epimeron (EM), forming a postalar bridge, is externally visible. The postalar bridge bears a large sensory membrane (SO), part of the mesothoracic scolopophorous organ ( Larsln, I 957).
been cut parasagittally through terga (cut edge), between ventral phragmal process (not shown) and wingbase (WB). Fig. 1. Typical macropterous Naucoridae (based on Pelocoris fernoratus). Fig. 2. Macropterous Crypho- cricos barozzii Fig. 3. Newly-moulted micropterous C. barozzii. Fig. 4. Older micropterous C. barozzii (dotted line indicates approximate position of opening into scutellar lobe, which is no longer visible).
available macropterous specimens were newly-moulted. It is thus possible that a low, double-walled phragrnal invagination is present in this region immediately after ecdysis. As new layers of endocuticle are subsequently laid down, the structure of the phragma could become obscured, giving it the appearance of an uninvaginated thick- ening in older specimens.
Figures 5-7, Diagrammatic internal views of intersegmental part of pterothoracic terga in various adult Naucoridae. Terga have been cut parasagittally, medial to wingbases, and removed from body; only left side, between ventral phragmal process (VP) and cut edge, is shown. Arrow indicates level at which anteriormost fibers of Muscle 7'0 originate. Fig. 5. Pelocoris fernoratus (ventral phragmal process cut off at base). Fig. 6. Newly-moulted micropterous Cryphocricos barozzii. Fig. 7. Older micropterous C. baroszii.
collecting the Cryp hocricos, John Polhemus ( Englewood, Colorado ) for identifying them, my husband, Thomas Parsons, for examining the manuscript, and Donald Chant and the Department of Zoology, University of Toronto, for making available the laboratory facilities for this research. The investigation was made possible by a grant from the National Research Council of Canada. LARSEN, 0.
1945. Der Thorax der Heteropteren. Skelett und Muskulatur. Lunds Univ. Arsskr. 41 (3) : 1-96.
1950. Die Veranderungen im Bau der Heteropteren bei der Reduktion des Flugapparates. Opusc. Ent. 15 : 17-51. 1957. Truncale Scolopalorgane in den pterothorakalen und den beiden ersten abidominalen Segmenten der aquatilen Heteropteren. Lunds Univ. Arsskr. 53 (1) : 1-66.
1970. The flight organs of Ilyocoris cimicoides L. (Hem., Naucoridae). Ent. Scand. 1: 227-235.
1970. Morphology and evolution of the insect thorax. Mem. Amer. Ent. Inst. 76: 1-431.
1970. Cuticle ultrastructure in relation to the whole insect. In: Insect Ultrastructure, A. C. Neville (dl.), Sympos. Roy. Ent. Soc. Lond. 5 : 17-40.
1969. Skeletomusculature of the pterothorax and first abdominal seg- ment in microptero'us Aphelocheirus aestivalis F. (Heteroptera : Naucoridae). Trans. Roy. Ent. Soc. Lond. 121: 1-39. SNODGRASS, R. E.
1935. Principles of insect morphology. New York: McGraw-Hill.


Employers beware. Many employers utilize non-solicitation of employee agreements as standard practice when hiring new employees. Such agreements typically prevent a former employee (in usually a high level or management position) from encouraging current employees to leave the employer to join him or her at their new company. Despite the practicality of these agreements, the Wisconsin Supreme Court has called into question the enforceability of non-solicitation of employee agreements, and employers who utilize these agreements would be wise to reevaluate them in light of the Court's decision in Manitowoc Company, Inc. v. Lanning, 2018 WI 6 (Jan. 19, 2018).
Specifically, on January 19, 2018, the Wisconsin Supreme Court upheld the Court of Appeals in finding that an overbroad non-solicitation agreement is unenforceable as a matter of law under Section 103.465 of the Wisconsin Statutes. A prior Mallery & Zimmerman blog post discussed the potential impact of the Court of Appeals decision.
I agree that during my Employment by Manitowoc and for a period of two years from the date my Employment by Manitowoc ends for any reason, including termination by Manitowoc with or without cause, I will not (either directly or indirectly) solicit, induce or encourage any employee(s) to terminate their employment with Manitowoc or to accept employment with any competitor, supplier or customer of Manitowoc.
Manitowoc Co., Inc., 2018 WI 6, ¶ 25.
In the lead opinion, Justice Abrahamson addressed two principal issues: (1) whether Wisconsin Statutes Section 103.465 governing "Restrictive covenants in employment contracts" even applied to the above agreement; and (2) if Section 103.465 does apply, whether the non-solicitation provision was unenforceable under that statute.
Does Wisconsin Statutes Section 103.465 apply?
A covenant by an assistant, servant or agent not to compete with his or her employer or principal during the term of the employment or agency, or after the termination of that employment or agency, within a specified territory and during a specified time is lawful and enforceable only if the restrictions imposed are reasonably necessary for the protection of the employer or principal. Any covenant, described in this section, imposing an unreasonable restraint is illegal, void and unenforceable even as to any part of the covenant or performance that would be a reasonable restraint.
Despite the absence of any reference to non-solicitation agreements, the Court focused on a prior line of Wisconsin cases that extended Section 103.465 beyond the realm of traditional non-compete agreements, such as situations involving restraints on competition, including non-solicitation of customer agreements, non-disclosure/confidentiality agreements between employers and employees, and no-hire provisions between two employers. Manitowoc Co., Inc., 2018 WI 6, ¶ 30. The Court explained that whether a particular agreement constitutes a restraint of trade is based not upon how the agreement is labeled, but upon the effect of the agreement on employees and competition. Id. at ¶ 29. In focusing on the effect of the non-solicitation agreement, the Court explained that the provision "prevents employees of Manitowoc Company from having complete information regarding employment opportunities elsewhere; limits a potentially valuable professional resource the former employee would otherwise have regarding resources in the labor market; and hinders the mobility of Manitowoc Company employees." Id. at ¶ 33.
The Court reasoned that past cases have interpreted Section 103.465 as including more than the "textbook example" of an employee covenant not to compete with his or her employer, and that the provision in this case is covered by the statute because it restricts Lanning, and any employee of Manitowoc Company, from freely competing against Manitowoc Company in the labor market. Id. at ¶ 34.
Is the non-solicitation provision unenforceable?
After making this preliminary determination, the Court then analyzed the non-solicitation provision under the well-established prerequisites that must be met for a restraint on competition to be enforceable under Section 103.465. The Court held that the provision did not meet the first prerequisite that the provision "be necessary for the protection of the employer, that is, the employer must have a protectable interest justifying the restriction imposed on the activity of the employee." Id. at ¶ 40.
The Court disagreed with the Manitowoc Company's assertion that it has an interest in protecting itself from "the loss of the employee(s) it trained and invested time and capital in, and the institutional understanding, experience, and intellectual capital they possess." Id. at ¶ 43. The Court instead focused on the extensive reach of the language of the non-solicitation provision, placing extensive emphasis on the fact that it created a sweeping prohibition that prevents Lanning from encouraging any Manitowoc Company employee, no matter the employee's job or location, to terminate his or her employment with Manitowoc Company for any reason, or soliciting any Manitowoc Company employee to take any position with any competitor, supplier, or customer of Manitowoc Company. Id. at ¶ 56.
More specifically, the Court ultimately held that the non-solicitation of employees provision was overbroad on its face as it did not contain a specified territory or class of employees, and restricted Lanning's conduct as to all employees of Manitowoc Company everywhere. Id. at ¶ 59. The Court took the same approach as the Court of Appeals in disregarding the fact that the Manitowoc Company was seeking to enforce the non-solicitation agreement in this case in a much narrower manner. Even though Lanning had actually hired away key employees to a direct competitor, the Court still held that Section 103.465 prohibited it from enforcing any overbroad restraint on employees. Id. at ¶ 61. Accordingly, the Court upheld the Court of Appeals and remanded the case to the Circuit Court with instructions to enter judgment in favor of Lanning.
Justice Rebecca G. Bradley authored a concurring opinion, which was joined by Justices Gableman and Kelly, where she agreed that Section 103.465 applied to the non-solicitation of employees provision and that it was unenforceable under the statute, but she based her conclusion on the statutory construction of Section 103.465 rather than focusing on Wisconsin case law, which she believes has improperly interpreted the statute expansively.
Chief Justice Roggensack wrote a dissenting opinion, which was joined by Justice Ziegler. In the dissent, she explained that she would have reversed the Court of Appeals because the lead opinion distorted the plain meaning of Section 103.465, changing it from a statute that balanced the rights of employees and their employers into a broad mandate that prevents employers from protecting their business from third-party raiding. She noted that the result of the lead opinion would be to actually reduce competition by allowing competitors to cherry-pick key employees.
While the Court's decision appears to squarely subject non-solicitation of employee agreements to review in light of Section 103.465, it does not mean that such agreements are never enforceable. The Court's focus on the expansive reach of the particular provision indicates that a more narrowly tailored non-solicitation agreement would likely pass muster. More specifically, an agreement that prohibited a former employee from soliciting an identified group of key employees, or a certain class of employees, is more likely to be found to be necessary for the protection of the employer.
In sum, employers need to be particularly careful in drafting non-solicitation of employee agreements, ensuring that such restrictions are not written so broadly as to effectively cover every single employee in any circumstance. Employers should also consider reviewing and replacing existing agreements that their business relies upon, as such agreements would likely be unenforceable based upon this decision. Strategizing as to which employees or type of employee would be particularly valuable to a competitor can go a long way in creating protections for an employer in light of the holding in this case.
If you have any questions regarding this article, please contact its author, Jon Sacks, at jsacks@mzmilw.com.


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"Ogunsanya was an unsophisticated memorabilia collector who simply bought a trunk at storage house auction"
A motion to dismiss was denied [$] last week in the case of the memorabilia collector who claims he was duped into selling a bunch of previously unknown Diane Arbus photographs for $3,500. See earlier posts here, here, and here (where I noted that "the buyer's lawyer calls the suit 'frivolous,' but if the plaintiff can show that the buyer did in fact know the works were by Arbus, he would seem to have a pretty good claim of 'unilateral mistake'").
This strikes me as the key point: summarizing the allegations in the complaint (which on a motion to dismiss it accepts as true), the court notes, "Shortly before filing suit, Ogunsanya learned that Langmuir knew back in 2002 that he was purchasing extraordinarily valuable works of art by Diane Arbus. Langmuir admitted to a Philadelphia Inquirer reporter that he knew the photographs were rare Diane Arbus prints before the second transaction with Ogunsanya. Langmuir told the reporter that at the time of the second transaction, he tried to 'stay calm,' but he was 'burning up.'"
That must be a reference to this story, from February of this year. It begins by talking about how he bought a circus trunk in 2003 containing "what he felt were rare Arbus prints." It then mentions that he showed them to a photography curator at the Met, who wasn't sure. And then it says:
"Meanwhile, Langmuir learned there was much more to the collection. He returned to Brooklyn, and the dealer - a Nigerian named Okie - handed him a second envelope of photos. Langmuir tried to stay calm. He was burning up. He peeked inside, and saw 19 more prints, and a note, written in the same handwriting he'd found in Lucas' address books: 'Pictures enclosed for you, Suzie and Dingo. (Went to Amusements of America Carnival in Hagerstown, MD. I saw my first geek.) Diane.' That was the Eureka! moment."
That's going to be a tough admission to overcome.
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Cixius gravelyi är en insektsart som beskrevs av Frederick Arthur Godfrey Muir 1922. Cixius gravelyi ingår i släktet Cixius och familjen kilstritar. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

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Esta é uma lista de representantes permanentes de Singapura, ou outros chefes de missão, junto da Organização das Nações Unidas em Nova Iorque.

Singapura foi admitido como membro das Nações Unidas a 21 de setembro de 1965.

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Albany Museum, Fossil plants, Fossils, paleoecology, South Africa, trace fossils
Plant Detective Aviwe Matiwane: South African paleobotanist
Date: July 12, 2020Author: mostlymammoths 4 Comments
"Who would have thought that one day a curious village girl would be a palaeobotanist? Don't let anyone dim your light. Be bright in the corner where you are." — tweeted by Aviwe Matiwane (July 8, 2020)
The tweet above seems particularly relevant for a post about Aviwe Matiwane because if there is anyone whose light shines brilliantly, it is hers.
We connected—at that time, she in warm, sunny Grahamstown of South Africa and me in snowy New Hampshire of the US—thanks to Skype.
Speaking with anyone for the first time about their work is not always as straight-forward as one might think. It's a two-way street: one hopes that the person being interviewed wants to and is able to articulate information about their research, just as one hopes I ask the right questions to get to the heart of that research, as well as make them feel comfortable with me to speak openly. It doesn't always work.
In this case, I needn't have worried, as Aviwe not only excels at scientific communication, but she makes you feel as if you've known her forever. Our conversation about fossils was punctuated by laughter and giggles. It was fascinating; it was fun; it was inspiring.
But one thing was abundantly clear: some aspects of paleobotany, the study of fossil plants, are not at all easy.
Laughing, she described the current taxonomic research on Glossopteris as "a mess," the sorting of which is "a headache" (more laughter), and the reason why so many scientists don't focus on this fossil plant from the Permian.
Gorgeous image of a Glossopteris leaf, photo taken by and courtesy of Aviwe Matiwane.
"Glossopteris" is the name given specifically to a fossil leaf in the 1800s by A.T. Brongniart. Today, these leaves are known from many continents and countries, but they are most prevalent in Africa, India, South America, Australia and Antarctica.
They appeared on Earth millions of years after the first plants evolved, and they thrived during the Permian era (about 299-252 million years ago). Flowering plants would not appear for approximately 100 million years later.
While "Glossopteris" originally referred simply to the leaf, glossopterids involve a myriad of different plants that may have grown in a variety of different ecological niches. Research indicates the leaves may have come from fern-like plants, small shrubs, small trees and enormous trees. Some argue that these trees were deciduous (hence the discovery of so many leaves on their own), and some maintain they were also ancient conifers.
And imagine trying to put together extinct plants whose separate components (organs) are not necessarily found together.
Aviwe is right: it's a mess.
Learn more about how plants made our planet habitable for so many life forms. Video by Dr. Nathalie Nagalingum at the California Academy of Sciences.
"Because there are very few palaeobotanists in South Africa, we're still lagging behind in our research," she explained. "So my work is actually going to be a huge contribution as well in identifying Glossopteris."
To put that into perspective, there are less than 5 employed paleobotanists in the entire African continent. "Most people," she wrote in an email, "are interested in vertebrate palaeontology or hominids."
Edna P. Plumstead, from the University of Witwatersrand, expanded knowledge of Glossopteris by describing its unique seed-bearing organs in South Africa in the 1950s. More recently, Dr. Rose Prevec, Aviwe's PhD supervisor as well as Department Head/Curator of the Albany Museum in Grahamstown, has co-authored papers further defining this plant.
"My study site," Aviwe continued, "is in Ouberg Pass (near Sutherland) where I am describing the new flora and this will contribute towards the greater goal of establishing a reliable biostratigraphic framework for Glossopteris floras of the Permian of the Karoo Basin."
Ouberg Pass, South Africa; photo courtesy of Aviwe Matiwane.
Aviwe Matiwane in the field, South Africa; photo courtesy of Aviwe Matiwane.
"The first year of my PhD, I actually did a HUGE review of the Glossopteris papers [published to that point]. I looked at the features that people have used, and the common thing that I have noticed is that [scientists are not considering all of the features of Glossopteris in their taxonomic descriptions]. Maybe these leaves are the same; maybe [this represents only a few] species instead of the hundreds that you find. What if there was hybridization? What if it's a variation of the same species? If you look at trees these days, you'll see that most of the leaves are different. Some features will be different according to how much sunlight they get."
"Some of the taxonomic decisions that have been made on these Glossopteris leaves have been based on a small number of features. People would use, maybe let's say, the leaf length and the leaf width together and there have been some qualitative descriptions of the leaf. My research is measuring EVERYTHING. It's the first time that this has ever been used. I'm measuring all the features of the leaf. And I'm also doing the qualitative as well, just to see if our qualitative discrimination will match the quantitative descriptions and everything."
Or, in other words, "My work considers new approaches involving morphometric and ecological techniques with the aim of establishing a standardised methodology for the leaf taxonomy of this group."
Her goal is to consolidate all of these features, clarify the Glossopteris taxonomy, and make it accessible to future research in a database. It is a staggering amount of work.
Aviwe Matiwane; photo courtesy of Aviwe Matiwane.
Aviwe attributes her love of plants–and animals–to her grandfather. Describing him as a 'self-taught ethnobotanist,' he would describe the plants they encountered on the many walks into the woods that they took together when she was a child.
Many people within Lower Nqwarha, the rural village in which she grew up—indeed, even people within her own family—didn't understand her passion or her academic pursuits. She described some of the painful ways this set her apart, made her the object of bullying, and how she had to struggle to find her own way.
Despite pressure to conform to others' expectations, "I've always been my own individual," she said.
"It's been hard. There's so many challenges, being black and female. I've had problems in my family, and I've had problems from outside. The outside problems have not impacted me that much; they are problems that we all face as women in science. Not just black women, but, I mean, WOMEN. Across sciences and other professionals as well. Being a woman is a struggle. But it's changing."
"Also, being in a field where it's mostly dominated by whites, particularly white males, it's very difficult. There's potential for change. I'm going to work and just show them that I actually do have the potential to be here. I'm meant to be here."
While obtaining her Masters in Forest Plant Biodiversity within South Africa's Eastern Cape, she decided she needed a new path. Part of her studies involved being a mentor to first-year students. She was the only person responsible for mentoring 400 other students. She explained that part of what she did was to help students understand studies in their own language. South Africa has 11 official languages, of which she speaks 5 (four of them are Xhosa, English, Afrikaans and isiZulu).
Tweet from @CoE_Palaeo (The Center of Excellent in Palaeosciences, University of Witwatersrand, in South Africa)
Her supervisor was a professor in the Geology Department, and she was to meet with him biweekly. On her first visit to his office, she marveled at the footprints—trace fossils, she would later learn–lining the walls the entire way up the stairs. At the very top, she described more fossil displays, which, as his previous meeting was running late, she stopped to ponder and read about. After their meeting, she expressed interest and asked him who was responsible for those fossils, which is when he suggested connecting with Dr. Rose Prevec.
Aviwe emailed Dr. Prevec as soon as possible. They met; Dr. Prevec took her out into the field; and Aviwe was hooked.
"I just thought, 'You know what, this is what I want to do,'" she described over Skype. "I just fell in love with paleo and her enthusiasm as well!"
She applied for and successfully won a scholarship (a bursary) to do PhD work at Rhodes University.
"The DST-NSF Centre of Excellence in Palaeosciences (CoE) and PAST award bursaries to various students working on projects extending from periods deep time to our recent past," Aviwe explained in an email. "Their funding also extends to support research and operational costs The two funding bodies in Palaeosciences give financial support to people registered from Honours and all through to Post Doctorate level. Palaeosciences is an interdisciplinary field, the CoE Palaeo and PAST aim at bridging the shortage of scarce skills in South Africa and also aim at producing world leading researchers."
Around the time of our Skype conversation, she and her colleagues had been in the field collecting an enormous amount of fossils, many of them insects. Because so many Glossopteris leaves have feeding traces from extinct insects, these fossil insects might help connect the dots on who was eating those leaves millions of years ago.
When asked what was the most exciting fossil she'd found so far, she wrote, "Squamella which is a Glossopteris fructification (fertile structure) genus. It is rare, and from our knowledge it has only been recorded in Australia by Mary White in 1964. We have just discovered some near Sutherland, a first record for South Africa, this is very exciting news! Also, there is a fossil insect site that was discovered by my supervisor, outside Sutherland, where we have collected hundreds of insects. Some are probably new to science and a first record for South Africa. This is such an amazing time in our lab we have so much to share with the Palaeoscience community."
"We have more insect fossils in our museum than have been collected in the Permian of South Africa. Within a span of three weeks of hard work, we collected more than has been collected in years of research throughout the country. So, just imagine that! Our site is actually very special."
Aviwe Matiwane and colleague at the Albany Museum; photo courtesy of Aviwe Matiwane
"I collect my own material, with the group and everything, and then when we get to the lab, we actually have to prepare the slabs. Some of the insects or the leaves will still be covered with rock and sediment. So you have to prep those before we actually do the photography. I've taken all the photographs myself; I had to prep all the slabs myself."
During her PhD work at Rhodes University, she has been one of ten national finalists for FameLab–an international competition in which finalists present their subject in 3 minutes without any props; she has co-authored an article for The Conversation; has spoken to numerous local schools; and has been interviewed by bloggers, local papers and radio stations.
"I want more people in the field," she said. "I want more people to actually learn about what I'm doing. I take every opportunity—whoever wants to know, I make time. And I sit down. And I talk to them. I go to schools in the rural areas and actually talk [with the students in those schools]. I tell them: this is what I do. This is something that you might be interested in! Because you never know. Maybe you might have the next big person in the field you're talking to just for five minutes. Maybe you might inspire someone to get into this field."
Photo of fossil Glossopteris, courtesy of Aviwe Matiwane
Screenshot of a tweet from Aviwe Matiwane (@udemischa) in June 2020, artwork by Ida (@ncdraw).
Further Reading/Resources:
COVID-19 Check in: with PhD Student, paleobotanist and ecologist (Plant detective in short), Aviwe Matiwane, KAYA-FM
Finding the Fountain of Youth, Kimberleigh Tommy (13+ minute video about the history of apartheid in South Africa)
Decolonizing Science Writing in South Africa by Sibusiso Biyela
What happens if you have no word for 'dinosaur' by Christine Ro
Matiwane, A. Famelab Presentation on Glossopteris. NRF SAASTA, Youtube.com. 2017.
Matiwane, A, Prevec, R. Plant fossils have a lot to teach us about Earth's history. The Conversation. March 8, 2018.
Mcloughlin, S. Glossopteris – insights into the architecture and relationships of an iconic Permian Gondwanan plant. Journal of the Botanical Society of Bengal. 2011.
Mcloughlin, S; Prevec, R. The architecture of Permian glossopterid ovuliferous reproductive organs. Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology. 2019. 43:4, 480-510, DOI: 10.1080/03115518.2019.1659852
Morris, JL; Puttick, MN; Clark, JW; Edwards, D; Kenrick, P; Pressel, S; Wellman, CH; Yang, Z; Schneider, H; Donoghue, PCJ. Timescale of early land plant evolution. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Mar 2018, 115 (10) E2274-E2283; DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1719588115
Nagalingum, N. How Did Plants Change Our Planet? California Academy of Sciences website.
Prevec, R. The Life of Coal: Ancient Forests That Power Our Nation. Quest. 2012.
Introduction to the Glossopteridales. University of California Museum of Paleontology website.
Avie, my friend, THANK YOU for your generosity in connecting with me multiple times for this blog post, especially during such a busy time in your life. It was so much fun speaking and laughing with you. It was a great honor to learn more about your research and the path to your PhD. I cannot wait to learn what your research reveals!
Albany MuseumAvie MatiwaneAviwe MatiwaneChristine RoDr. Nathalie NagalingumDr. Rose PrevecDr. Rosemary PrevecDST-NRF Centre of Excellence in PalaeosciencesEdna P. PlumsteadFamelabfossil insectsFossil plantsglossopteridsGlossopterisgymnospermKaroo BasinKim TommyKimberleigh Tommyleaf taxonomyLower NqwarhaMqanduliOuberg PasspalaeobotanistpalaeoclimatepaleobotanistpaleoclimatePermianplantsRhodes UniversitySibusiso BiyelaSouth AfricaSutherlandtrace fossilsUniversity of Witwatersrand
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4 thoughts on "Plant Detective Aviwe Matiwane: South African paleobotanist"
zipfslaw1 says:
Thanks for this post–something to feel good about in a world that is pretty screwed at the moment!
mostlymammoths says:
Aviwe is a remarkable person, and she's incredibly inspiring. It was a great honor to connect with her!
Thank you so much for reading the post and for your kind comments!
Charl Viljoen says:
Wow! Aviwe is truly incredible. I believe her work will change our understanding of ancient history and might help shape the future. Brilliant!
She *is* incredible, and she's a wonderful person! Thank you for reading and commenting!


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Bettye Davis Craig is no stranger to Clarksville Community Schools. She's been to countless events as a student, community member, parent, and grandparent. Now, she'll join the school community with one more title: school board member.
Craig joined the school board after a unanimous vote during its Tuesday night meeting. She was one of three candidates interviewed for the position, all of whom were very "qualified" according to board president Bill Wilson. Her appointment fills the vacancy left by Justin Hansford, whose move to Kentucky prompted his resignation in June.
"I've been around a long time. I graduated from Clarksville, my children did, I have four grandchildren in the system now and I look forward to working with the school corporation, with the administration, the teachers and, most of all, to taking care of the kids," said Craig, who graduated from Clarksville High School in 1969.
With Craig's appointment came reorganization. April Hauber, who most recently held the position of secretary, moved to vice president. Lynn Wilson was voted to serve as secretary.
"I am happy to serve," Wilson said. "We have a great board and a good group of people and our main objective is to push Clarksville Community Schools forward."
Hauber said, "it's an honor to hold this title."
Wilson is proud both of the freshly-organized board and its recent addition.
"Bettye has been involved in all kinds of activities with the school and the community. She has a wealth of experience and knowledge and she will do very well," he said. "We have a good board and she will be a good addition."


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The Accidental Death of "Meaningful" Politics, or The "Bearpit of Democracy"?
Bertrand Russell argued that the fundamental motivation of man is self-destructive, but I want to take issue with that. Man is capable of great nobility honour and respect in most situations.
Example: The political experiment of both UKIP and Corbyn's Labour offer radical agendas that would trouble any status quo. UKIP are just a rabble of those who wear political fancy-dress for a while and then melt into the background of anonymity; I won't spend any time on them here. However, Russell would exaggerate a left-wing agenda, and would also like to join its antagonistic rebels. Instead of jumping on this rebel bandwagon, we should acknowledge that all Britons require heroism, villainy, controversy and naive idealism as a garnish to Britain's favourite dish of pragmatism. In this British D.N.A we fight ferociously to defend our borders and way of life from threats within and from without. Our security is imperative, friendly fire a hazard of the job, and democracy will always be a 'Hobson's choice' of luck or fate. The British are a nation of inventors that gives birth and death to original ideas and qualities of a creative instinct, and then devour them. We have leadership qualities, and global history has frequently called for Britain to stand firm as well as being trailblazers. Marx thought that Britain would invent a 'Socialist revolution', but Britain invented industrial capitalism instead. Therefore, in this context I'd say that history, collectively and individually is another reason why Britain might only flirt with UKIP or Corbyn's labour; Britain might be open for organic change but not of such a radical nature. Moreover, if Corbyn works on the unpopularity of Tony Blair as a popularistic measure to unite his party, he's going to face the "bear pit of democracy" from loyalist New Labour front and back benchers, who will relish the opportunity to re-launch New Labour by differentiating between the figurehead and philosophy of New Labour – a perfect storm for Tony Blair, and a salutary warning for those who feel they are above mud-slinging tabloid politics. Oh dear, Mr Corbyn, are you being used? Did the unions who backed your leadership want to win the next general election at all anyway? Are you an electoral sacrifice so that the unions will be able to justify a New Labour candidate for 2025, because they want to appear as though they have no choice?
There are many other reasons why left-wing and right-wing radicals are not integral in law making in this country, but they do play a 'part', well more like the 2nd tree on the left in the pantomime of politics part. They are invariably used not to contribute but to be an illustration of political failure, that must be seen to threaten but to ultimately itself be destroyed. They provide the 'human' sacrifice for the 'greater good.' But there is an Achilles heal in such an open democracy in that Britain is ruthlessly moderate and potentially exposed to fanatical tolerance at the expense of progress that modernises the British way of life. Or not? You decide.


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