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Dog Love {On Losing a Pet}
Sloopy: The Beginning of MayBelle's Dog Love
Sloopy was the dog of MayBelle's young childhood, a sweet, block-headed lab who was her constant companion. When MayBelle looks at old pictures now she wonders if she had any friends at all, so often does she appear with the dog.
Then there was Savoy, and Rasta, and F. Scott. And, in her thirties and forties, Quay, who was the dog of MayBelle's adulthood, by her side as they made their way in Nashville, just two. When Precious came along he was warned that he had to pass muster with Quay Girl or the dating deal was off. At their first meeting, Precious got down on his knees and rubbed Quay under her chin, resulting in two smitten gals instead of one.
Quay Girl was MayBelle's heart. She was scared of thunderstorms, wary of screaming children, and shed her mixed-breed hair like tumbleweeds. She was also fiercely protective, a great traveler who never threw up in the car, and prone to trying to curl up on MayBelle's chest long after she had grown too big for such. Her fatty tumors came, as they do sometimes in older dogs, and then it became clear she also had cancer throughout her system. MayBelle and Precious knew it was the humane thing to do to let her go at age fourteen. MayBelle cried for days.
Then came Hiram, a West Highland Terrier chosen for his low shedding properties, as Precious is allergic. Hiram was the smartest dog they've ever had the pleasure of tending to. Stubborn, funny, endearing, and dead at only seven and a half. MayBelle and Precious are bereft.
If you are a pet person, what is it about these creatures that crawl on our laps and steal into our hearts? Chew our furniture, demand our attention, and calm us like nothing else can?
Recently a piece about people who refer to their dogs as their children made the rounds on social media. The writer was outraged that anyone would presume to compare a pet to a child. MayBelle gets it, really she does, that dogs are not people. And as cute as she thought Hiram was, he didn't hold a candle to her great- nephews and nieces. But seriously, people, dog love is its own thing, and if it brings someone joy to spoil his or her pooch, what's the harm? Sure, it sort of creeps MayBelle out when she sees dogs dressed up in human clothes, but she doesn't feel moved to criticize their owners for it (not out loud, anyway).
As for MayBelle, she'll spend her time on articles such as this one that proclaims the health benefits of pet ownership. That said, she understands that not everyone loves dogs like she does; even some of her own family members back away at the mere mention of slobber. (MayBelle is sometimes tempted to bring up "expressing anal glands" when around these relatives but so far she has resisted the impulse.) MayBelle, on the other hand, relishes the time with her canine companions and knows she will need one with her until the end of her days. There have been times in her life, after all, when a dog was the only living, breathing creature she'd see for days. It's hard to let go of a bond like that.
So dress up your dogs, saddle them with family names (MayBelle's personal proclivity), spoil them with treats and toys, post their pictures on Instagram. MayBelle, for one, doesn't mind.
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We designed this very simple case in CAD - It's a two part enclosure that's fasten together with screws. All the components are panel mounted and fit nicely in a small little enclosure.
This is a great starting point to build on top of, because you can modify the parts to fit your project and reuse any components - It's a very modular design and it's open source so you can make it yours.
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First Australian ISP to Offer Video-on-Demand - InternetNews.
Spearheading the effort to bring video streaming facilities to its corporate client base, Australian telecommunications carrier and ISP Davnet Ltd. Wednesday announced it has licensed new video-on-demand technology developed by Ericsson Australia and Simson Multimedia.
Davnet, which recently acquired ISP Magna Data, will use Multimedia Hotel to become a major distributor of multimedia and video programming via the Internet.
Davnet is currently using infrared and rented optical fibre cables to run voice, data and video between CBD buildings and is using the Internet Protocol (IP) to direct the traffic.
Ron Creavy, national new business manager with Davnet, said the Multimedia Hotel solution will be a value added service for the company's corporate client base and will initially be used to provide corporate in-house training and executive addresses.
Davnet is the first ISP in Australia to offer this service and will shortly begin trialing the system with a number of its clients in the finance and legal industries, added Davnet. He expects the uptake to be extremely high in the near future, and the company will also look at licensing the technology to other Australian ISPs.
The Multimedia Hotel system is a turnkey solution which enables users to access and distribute video and multimedia content in an indexed format over the Internet or company networks.
Grant Boydell, business development manager with Ericsson, said Davnet was selected as it uses a system that allows all incoming data including phone lines, intranet, Internet, linked suppliers as well as TV to be sent down the one tube.
The decision to license the Multimedia Hotel to Davnet follows last week's announcement by Ericsson that international education content provider, Entertainment World Ltd, will also be testing the technology over the next 12 months with a number of their major clients from educational institutions throughout Australia.


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Home News FiiO M3K Portable High-Resolution Lossless Music Player Launched in India for Rs. 6,990
FiiO M3K Portable High-Resolution Lossless Music Player Launched in India for Rs. 6,990
Kishalaya Kundu - Last Updated: September 11, 2018 12:14 pm
Chinese tech company, FiiO, has launched the M3K Portable high-resolution lossless music player in India at a price of Rs. 6,990. The device is already available for purchase on the company's own site as well as at leading online & offline stores.
The M3K comes with familiar touchpad-based controls for navigation. It features an all-aluminium unibody construction with tempered glass upfront, giving it not only a simple and elegant design, but also makes it what the company calls 'near indestructible'.
The M3K comes with a set of capacitive buttons + touchpad for operation, including five sets of touch buttons to make getting around the UI easy – Next/Previous track, Confirmation, Back and Menu Keys. The touch buttons are also backlit for better visibility in the dark.
The device features a 2.0-inch IPS screen of unspecified resolution and is powered by the X1000E processor Ingenic processor that FiiO says is high on performance but low on power consumption. The company further claims that the high efficiency of the processor gives the M3K a prolonged battery life of up to 24 hours and a standby time up to 38 days. It also uses Akashi's 384kHz/32-bit AKM AK4376A DAC for high-quality, low-distortion audio.
On the software side of things, the M3K comes with AB functionality that allows users to compare and repeat between two different tracks multiple times. It also supports a wide variety of lossless audio formats and file types, including PCM up to 384kHz/32-bit audio, DSD, CUE files and LRC files for displaying lyrics. It comes with built-in rock/classical/jazz/pop/dance/metal/vocal EQ presets, but also allows users to set their own custom EQ.
The M3K can be used as a USB DAC, and works out-of-the-box with a Mac without the need for a separate driver. On Windows, however, users will need to manually download and install a driver from FiiO to get it to work. According to the company, the device supports up to 192kHz/24 bit audio on both platforms. The M3K also comes with a built-in microphone, supports USB OTG on Android and is compatible with microSD cards of up to 2TB.
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When it comes to business financing, a stellar credit can help you easily secure additional capital while poor credit can be a challenging roadblock. However, just because you have a low credit score does not mean that getting small business funding is completely impossible. Some options won't be available to you but rest assured that there are still a lot of avenues that are open. Let's go through some of them.
Big banks and other traditional lenders are choosy when it comes to approving loan applications. As far as they are concerned, you are a complete stranger so if you have a checkered credit history, these lenders see you as nothing but a risky borrower and are therefore unlikely to do business with you.
However, friends and family know you better. They know that your bad credit or lack of credit is not the only thing that defines you. They know your history, your capabilities, your values, and your strengths. They are also emotionally invested in seeing you succeed.
Of course, if you're borrowing money from people in your social circle, it is important for you to have a solid plan in paying them back. Otherwise, you risk straining your personal relationships and blemishing your reputation with the people you care about.
Peer-to-peer (P2P) lending is another excellent way a business owner with bad credit can get funding. Here, multiple individuals pool together their money to provide loans to borrowers. A similar and also popular option is crowdfunding, where you can get business capital in exchange for a physical or digital product or service later on.
There are also many alternative lenders that offer loans and microloans to entrepreneurs through the Internet. Some of them also report to the main credit agencies, which can help you in strengthening your credit score.
These lenders have lower credit score requirements — or even no credit score requirements at all — and most have quick and convenient application processes. The downside is that their interest rates are higher than traditional lenders — reaching up to 20% or even more.
Some examples of online lenders include Kabbage, BlueVine, OnDeck, and Fundbox. Terms and requirements vary, so shop around before choosing which one to go with.
Grants are not easy to find and are usually very specific in terms of location, industry, and demographics, but if your business qualifies, they are essentially "free money," because you don't have to pay them back as long as you follow the guidelines.
Another funding option is to get a cash advance through invoice factoring or invoice financing. With this option, bad credit is not an issue because you are leveraging the unpaid goods and services that you have provided to your customers. There is lower risk for the lender because you have already made the sales and are just waiting for the payments to arrive in a few weeks or few months.
You can also get a merchant cash advance. With this kind of financing, you get a certain amount upfront then the lender deducts a certain percentage of your credit card sales each day until the advance and the interest are fully paid.
If you still prefer to get your funding from a bank, one thing you can do is to get a partner who has great credit. That partner will then be the one to apply for the business loan.
Needless to say, getting a business partner involves additional complexities and risks. You will have to be clear on the terms of the shared ownership and the division of responsibilities, especially when it comes to paying back the loan. For the business to succeed, you and your partner also have to get along, so choose your partner well.
As you can see, even with bad credit, there are still many ways for you to get funding for your business. The best approach is to work on improving your credit score even after you've secured funding so that you would have more financing options and better terms in the future.


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A plane crashed at the Tribhuvan International Airport runway in Kathmandu today, officials said.
An airport official confirmed that the aircraft was a Bangladesh passenger plane that "became unstable" while descending into the airport.
As per reports the plane was travelling from Dhaka.
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"We are trying to bring the fire under control. Details are awaited," airport spokesman Birendra Prasad Shrestha said.
Kathmandu Post reported there are suspected casualties after the crash.


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Q: Make Show Notes for Individual Podcast Episodes Easy to Find (multiple URL's?) My show notes for a podcast will be entered as a new post (like a blog post) in Wordpress (.org - hosted through bluehost, domain registration at godaddy).
The site is www.michellefit.com, but the URL specific to a page (and very long and complicated) and does not include my actual web address within it (not sure if this is an issue for what I'm trying to achieve).
Now, I want to be able to say in the podcast, "for the show notes on this episode, go to www.michellefit.com/6" (for a direct link to Episode 6 of the podcast, rather than the other two options 1) giving out the ENTIRE URL or 2) telling them to go my site, then to the Podcast tab, THEN scroll down the list of shows to find this particular one).
NEED: A step-by-step process to make this happen :-) And I am NOT a techie.
I have been researching this online for more than a month and have not yet been able to pinpoint an answer.
Thanks for reading this post, and I hope you can help! :-)

A: Here is how I would do it.  I would enter the episode number as the slug for your blog posts.
First, go to Settings, Permalinks.  Choose the "Post name" option and click the "Save Changes" button.  This does two things: It ensures that you will be able to pick a "slug" for your posts, and it prevents numbers in dates from interfering with your numeric slugs.
Next, you need to enter the slug for you blog posts.  Let's say you are creating a new blog post for episode 1, and the title of the post will be "Episode 1 Notes".  On the edit post screen, click on the Screen Options link at the top right corner of the screen.  Then make sure that the "Slug" box is checked.
Once this is checked, then just below the box where you enter the title, you will see the URL for the post you are editing.  This URL will end in something resembling your post's title, such as "episode-1-notes".  This is called the slug.  You want to change it to "1", so click on the Edit button and change the slug to "1".  When you are done editing your post, click the "Publish" button (or "Update" button if you are editing an existing post).
Now, the URL of your post is http://example.com/1/, and you can tell people on the podcast that they can find the notes at "example dot com slash 1".

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Osteuropäische Jäger und Sammler ist ein archäogenetischer Begriff, der verwendet wird, um eine bestimmte Komponente genetischen Ursprungs zu beschreiben, die den Ursprung mesolithischer Jäger und Sammler aus Osteuropa definiert. Die Grenze zu den "westeuropäischen Jägern und Sammlern" bildete in etwa die Linie Untere Donau – Weichsel. Im Osten  reichte die Verbreitung zunächst bis zum Ural und in die Pontinische Steppe. Im Zuge der Ostwanderung bronzezeitlicher Nomaden, breitete sich diese Komponente bis zum Baikalsee aus.

Diese spezifische Komponente war wie die skandinavischen Jäger und Sammler und die westeuropäischen Jäger und Sammler eine der drei wichtigsten genetischen Gruppen im eiszeitlichen Europa, dem frühen Holozän. Die Grenze zwischen westeuropäischen Jägern und Sammlern und osteuropäischen Jägern und Sammlern verlief ungefähr vom Unterlauf der Donau in nördlicher Richtung entlang der westlichen Wälder des Dnjepr in Richtung der westlichen Ostsee.

Es wird geschätzt, dass die osteuropäischen Jäger und Sammler zu etwa 75 % alten-nordeurasischen genetischen Ursprungs sind und erheblich zur Herkunft westeuropäischer Jäger und Sammler sowie skandinavischer Jäger und Sammler beitrugen. Während der neolithischen und frühen eneolithischen Perioden entwickelten osteuropäische Jäger und Sammler in der pontischen Steppe die Kurgan-Kultur, welche möglicherweise aus einer Ethnogenese (Vermischung) mit den kaukasischen Jägern und Sammlern hervorging. Sie bildeten später das Fundament der nomadischen Kultur der westlichen Steppengebiete Eurasiens. Es wird angenommen, dass die Kurgankultur die Verbreitung indogermanischer Sprachen in weiten Teilen Eurasiens angestoßen hat.

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In der gegenwärtigen Forschungsliteratur werden für den eurasischen Raum folgende geografisch und genetisch eingrenzbare sogenannte "autosomale Gruppierungen" postuliert:
 Westliche Sammler und Jäger
 Kaukasische Sammler und Jäger
 Iran Neolithikum
 Ostasien
 Nordostasien
 Westsibirische Sammler und Jäger
 Anatolien Neolithikum
 Östliche Sammler und Jäger

Quellen
 David W Anthony: Ancient DNA, Mating Networks, and the Anatolian Split. In: Dispersals and Diversification: Linguistic and Archaeological Perspectives on the Early Stages of Indo-European. Brill, 2019, ISBN 978-90-04-41450-1, S. 21–54. (books.google.com)
 Natalija Kashuba u. a.: Ancient DNA from mastics solidifies connection between material culture and genetics of mesolithic hunter–gatherers in Scandinavia. In: Communications Biology (Nature Research). 2 (105), 2019. doi:10.1038/s42003-019-0399-1. PMID 31123709. .

Einzelnachweise

Jäger und Sammler
Ur- und Frühgeschichte (Osteuropa)
Humangenetik
Paläoanthropologie

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Q: Evaluating an integral using the gamma function My question regards an integral
$$\int_0^\infty \frac{\sin(x^p)}{x^p}\mathrm{d}x$$
The answer should be $$\frac{1}{p-1}\cos(\frac{\pi}{2p})\Gamma(\frac{1}{p})$$ and I roughly know that I should apply some kind of substitution and the Cauchy theorem, but can't seem to find a way to gain this solution, I am stuck at choosing the right substitution.

A: First, the obvious substitution is:
$$t=x^p$$
Not thinking about the conditions for convergence for now, we have the integral:
$$I=\int_0^\infty \frac{\sin(x^p)}{x^p}\mathrm{d}x=\frac{1}{p}\int_0^\infty \frac{\sin(t)}{t^{2-1/p} }\mathrm{d}t$$
Now let's put $2-1/p=q$.
The trick is to turn this into a double integral. Notice that:
$$\int_0^{\infty} u^{q-1} e^{-tu}\mathrm{d}u=\frac{\Gamma(q)}{t^q}$$
So we have:
$$I=\frac{1}{p~ \Gamma(q)}\int_0^\infty \int_0^\infty u^{q-1} \sin(t) e^{-tu}\mathrm{d}u ~\mathrm{d}t$$
Now we reverse the order of integration and take the following integral:
$$I_1=\int_0^\infty \sin(t) e^{-tu}\mathrm{d}t$$

This integral is easy to solve integrating by parts two times:
$$I_1=-\sin t \frac{1}{u} e^{-tu}\bigg|_0^\infty+\frac{1}{u}\int_0^\infty \cos(t) e^{-tu}\mathrm{d}t=\frac{1}{u}\int_0^\infty \cos(t) e^{-tu}\mathrm{d}t=$$
$$=-\frac{1}{u^2} \cos (t)~ e^{-tu} \bigg|_0^\infty-\frac{1}{u^2} \int_0^\infty \sin(t) e^{-tu}\mathrm{d}t=\frac{1}{u^2}(1-I_1)$$
$$\left( 1+\frac{1}{u^2}\right)I_1=\frac{1}{u^2}$$
$$I_1=\frac{1}{1+u^2}$$

From this our doulbe integral will turn into:
$$I=\frac{1}{p~\Gamma(q)}\int_0^\infty \frac{u^{q-1}}{1+u^2} \mathrm{d}u $$
Let's put $u^2=v$ and get:
$$I=\frac{1}{2 p~\Gamma(q)}\int_0^\infty \frac{v^{q/2-1}}{1+v} \mathrm{d}v $$

From one of the definitions of the Beta function:
$$\int_0^{\infty} \frac{x^{a-1}}{1+x}dx=B(a,1-a),~~~~1>a>0$$
By the properties of the Beta function:
$$B(a,b)=\frac{\Gamma(a) \Gamma(b)}{\Gamma(a+b)}$$
$$B(a,1-a)=\frac{\Gamma(a) \Gamma(1-a)}{\Gamma(1)}=\Gamma(a) \Gamma(1-a)$$
By the reflection formula for the Gamma function:
$$\Gamma(a) \Gamma(1-a)=\frac{\pi}{\sin (\pi a)}$$

Here:
$$a=\frac{q}{2}=\frac{2-1/p}{2}=1-\frac{1}{2p}$$

For $1>a>0$ we have the condition $p>\frac{1}{2}$.

$$\sin (\pi a)=\sin \left(\pi -\frac{\pi}{2p} \right)=\sin \left(\frac{\pi}{2p} \right)$$
Also by the main property of Gamma function and by the reflection formula:
$$\Gamma(q)=\Gamma \left(2-\frac{1}{p} \right)=\left( 1-\frac{1}{p} \right) \Gamma \left(1-\frac{1}{p} \right)=\frac{p-1}{p}\frac{\pi}{\sin (\pi/p) \Gamma(1/p)}$$
Finally, we obtain:
$$I=\frac{1}{2 p} \frac{p} {p-1}  \frac{\sin (\pi/p) \Gamma(1/p)}{\pi} \frac{\pi}{\sin \left( \pi/(2p) \right)}$$
And the answer is indeed:

$$I=\frac{1}{p-1}\cos \left( \frac{\pi}{2p} \right) \Gamma \left( \frac{1}{p} \right)$$

A: Once the integral is in the form
$$ I_p = \frac{1}{p}\int_{0}^{+\infty}\frac{\sin x}{x^{2-1/p}}\,dx \tag{1}$$
we may use the Laplace transform, giving
$$ \mathcal{L}(\sin x)=\frac{1}{1+s^2},\qquad \mathcal{L}^{-1}\left(\frac{1}{x^{2-1/p}}\right)=\frac{1}{\Gamma\left(2-\frac{1}{p}\right)}\,s^{1-1/p}\tag{2}$$
and
$$ I_p = \frac{1}{p\,\Gamma\left(2-\frac{1}{p}\right)}\int_{0}^{+\infty}\frac{s^{1-1/p}}{1+s^2}\,ds \tag{3}$$
is converted into an Euler beta integral by the substitution $\frac{1}{1+s^2}=u$.
The final outcome is a consequence of the $\Gamma$ reflection formula $\Gamma(z)\Gamma(1-z)=\frac{\pi}{\sin(\pi z)}.$

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\color{#f00}{\int_{0}^{\infty}{\sin\pars{x^{p}} \over x^{p}}\,\dd x} &\
\stackrel{x^{p}\ \to\ x}{=}\
{1 \over p}\int_{0}^{\infty}x^{1/p - 1}\,{\sin\pars{x} \over x}\,\dd x =
{1 \over p}\int_{0}^{\infty}x^{1/p - 1}\
\overbrace{\int_{0}^{1}\cos\pars{kx}\,\dd k}^{\ds{{\sin\pars{x} \over x}}}\ \,\dd x
\\[3mm] & =
{1 \over p}\,\Re\int_{0}^{1}
\int_{0}^{\infty}x^{1/p - 1}\expo{\ic kx}\,\dd x\,\dd k =
{1 \over p}\,\Re\int_{0}^{1}k^{-1/p}
\int_{0}^{\infty}x^{1/p - 1}\expo{\ic x}\,\dd x\,\dd k =
\\[3mm] & =
{1 \over p -1}\,\Re\int_{0}^{\infty}x^{1/p - 1}\expo{\ic x}\,\dd x\tag{1}
\end{align}
The '$x$-integral' is 'closed' with a quarter arc above the complex plane and the path $\braces{z = y\ic\ |\ y > 0}$. Integration along the arc vanishes out. The $x$-integration is performed by setting the branch-cut
$$
z^{1/p - 1} = \verts{z}^{1/p - 1}\exp\pars{\ic\bracks{{1 \over p} - 1}
\mathrm{arg}\pars{z}}\,,\quad
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$$.
Namely ( with the result $\pars{1}$ )
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{1 \over p - 1}\,\Re\bracks{-\int_{\infty}^{0}y^{1/p - 1}
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{1 \over p - 1}\,\Re\pars{\exp\pars{{\pi \over 2p}\,\ic}}
\int_{0}^{\infty}y^{1/p - 1}\expo{-y}\,\dd y
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\color{#f00}{{1 \over p - 1}\,\cos\pars{{\pi \over 2p}}\Gamma\pars{{1 \over p}}}
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Loan quantums for second and third time buyers were reduced to as low as 40% and 35%.
Loan tenures are capped at 30-35 years, which includes refinancing.
Additional Buyer Stamp Duties up to 20% (depending on residency) were introduced.
These measures led to a rise in interest rates as banks tried to compensate for a decline in the volume of home loans being taken.
So if you intend to take out a home loan, stay up-to-date with the latest government housing measures to see how your home buying plans might be affected.
In the past, fixed-rate loans weren't favored by home buyers because they cost more than floating rates. But with interest rates rising because of the latest MAS measures, a fixed rate lasting 2 – 3 years means you'll pay the same rate regardless of how much rates increase.
Fixed-rate home loans also have the advantage of remaining consistent each month, making it easier for you to budget if you're paying with cash instead of CPF.
Banks may offer interest offset loans, which use the interest on your existing bank account to reduce your home loan interest rate.
Banks may offer internal board rates, which are determined by the bank and not by transparent indexes like SIBOR.
Not all loan features are going to be relevant or effective, it depends on your scenario. Some may save you money, but they'll only benefit you if you keep to certain criteria, such as maintaining large sums in your bank account. Most times, it is recommended to stick with "traditional" loan packages pegged to the SIBOR index.
Since the banks cannot control the SIBOR, all they have to compete with each other is the banks spread (margin) which they charge effective over the SIBOR or SOR. The lower the spread the better.
Do take note of how long the low spreads last for and whether they rise after the 3rd year. Refinancing is always an option, but you would have to choose from whats available in 2-3yrs time and it may not be as low as the current market rates.
The new TDSR regulations require all banks in Singapore to use more or less the same ratios when calculating how much of a loan you can take for your new property. The ratios have to take into account all currently declared debt obligations which include car loans, personal loans, business loans, credit card debt and also your previous credit history. Whatever you can pay off should be done before you apply to ensure that you can get the target amount you need to make the purchase.
Beware of shelling out for a downpayment before you know approximately how much you can be approved for by banks in Singapore. You can do this by applying for In Principle Approvals which will give you a good gauge as to what the banks need to see in terms of documentation as well as how much of a loan you can take at your present state of finances.
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The little sister to our Nelly Tote. Perfect for a put-together look when you need to run a few errands over the weekend, or as a sleek every day lunch bag.
These bags are handwoven from cargo strips by women of the Kenyah tribe in Sarawak, Borneo. We named this collection the Nelly collection in admiration for Nelly, one of the first weavers we met.
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One of the first things I learned as a junior lawyer was that if a court makes an order, you obey it. It didn't matter if it was something as simple as directions for dates of filing documents - you simply obeyed the court's order.
Because the court said so - that is one of the foundations of a civil society.
Because as a lawyer who complies with orders you gain credibility with the court, and when the day comes that you need a judge to take you at your word as an officer of the court, you need to be able to be trusted.
In Samsung Electronics (UK) Limited v Apple Inc  EWCA Civ 1430 (UK Court of Appeal, 9 Nov 2012) the court dealt with non-compliance, and made a number of orders against Apple, as well as some unpleasant observations.
- place specified advertisements in specified newspapers and magazines within 7 days or in the earliest available issue.
Apple Inc was represented in the proceedings by Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, and Samsung by Simmons & Simmons.
A. Apple chose not to place the advertisements in the first available issue. It acted in such a way as to ignore the court's order, replacing it with a decision of a marketing and comms person, and "coordinate" the advertisements.
B. Apple simply failed to post the court-ordered notice. It placed words of the notice together with its own text interspersed. That was not compliance with the order.
C. Apple's actual text was even more invidious, in that it made misleading and deceptive statements - in relation to litigation, registered designs and patents. At its best, it can only be said that it must have been drafted by someone who knew nothing whatsoever about the court case. The court said "the matter added was indeed false." However, I may be too charitable about the author's intentions. The court said that it revealed "a fundamental misconception" about what the case was about.
E. The Apple statement referred to a design judgement which had already been revoked.
F. The Apple statement made derogatory imputations about the British legal system, which were built upon by sites such as The Register.
G. Apple claimed it would take 14 days to put the notice on its home page "for technical reasons." However, when asked to put on an affidavit as to why it would take 14 days, Apple's claim mysteriously disappeared. The court said "I hope that the lack of integrity involved in this incident is entirely atypical of Apple."
It also ordered indemnity costs against Apple. Indemnity costs are not often awarded - in Australia (similar to the UK) some of the bases for indemnity costs are: hopeless cases, fraud and misconduct, unreasonable conduct or "relevant delinquency", and abuse of process (Judicial Commission of NSW).
"I do consider that adding false and misleading material was illegitimate. "
"The false innuendo is that the UK court came to a different conclusion about copying, which is not true for the UK court did not form any view about copying. There is a further false innuendo that the UK court's decision is at odds with decisions in other countries whereas that is simply not true."
"The reality is that wherever Apple has sued on this registered design or its counterpart, it has ultimately failed. It may or may not have other intellectual property rights which are infringed. Indeed the same may be true the other way round for in some countries Samsung are suing Apple. But none of that has got anything to do with the registered design asserted by Apple in Europe. Apple's additions to the ordered notice clearly muddied the water and the message obviously intended to be conveyed by it."
"Finally I should mention the time for compliance. Mr Beloff [Apple's senior counsel], on instructions (presumably given with the authority of Apple) told us that "for technical reasons" Apple needed fourteen days to comply. I found that very disturbing: that it was beyond the technical abilities of Apple to make the minor changes required to own website in less time beggared belief. In end we gave it 48 hours which in itself I consider generous. We said the time could be extended by an application supported by an affidavit from a senior executive explaining the reasons why more was needed. In the event no such application was made. I hope that the lack of integrity involved in this incident is entirely atypical of Apple."
One matter that wasn't dealt with by the court was that many publications have stated that Apple had also posted the notice with scripting elements that caused it to be forced well below the normal readable part of the page, regardless of how tall the user's screen was.
The problem is - is the lack of integrity displayed actually atypical of Apple, or does it think it can treat court orders (and perhaps your data) contemptuously? If it doesn't obey court orders, why would it obey laws that require it to keep your data confidential, or look after your privacy?


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In October 312, Constantine and his forces marched toward Rome. Arrayed against them were the armies of Maxentius—four times greater. At stake was control of Rome and sole rule of the Western Empire.
According to Christian historian Eusebius, the troubled Constantine sought help in prayer to his father's god. Constantine then had a vision of a cross of light emblazoned against the sun and saw the words In hoc signo vinces: "In this sign you will win." Constantine ordered the monogram of Christ to be painted on his soldiers' shields. When he later engaged Maxentius, Constantine won a decisive victory. What was this emblem? Where did it originate? Historian David F. Wright offers this brief history.
The military standard or ensign carried by the Roman legions was normally a metal pole surmounted by a figure of an eagle and often bearing other decorative features. The name labarum (a word of disputed origin—perhaps Celtic) may already have designated such a standard, but it became the distinctive name of the form Constantine gave it—the eagle displaced by a sign based on the chi-rho monogram, i.e., the first two letters (C, R) of "Christ" in Greek.
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Q: Using TSOP17XX IR Receiver with IR LED I'm building an LED transceiver to communicate between two computers using serial communication. For this purpose, I'm thinking about using an IR LED bulb to blink according to the 1s and 0s bit stream of messages and receive that from a TSOP17XX IR receiver used in normal TV remotes. I saw in some web sites that TSOP17XX responds to the frequency denoted by XX. So I'm wondering, if I use just an IR LED to generate light pulses, will it be grabbed by the TSOP17XX accordingly?

A: The TSOP17 datasheet I found has a graph which shows it's peak IR sensitivity is around 940nm. So use an IR LED which emits within, say, +/-50nm of that.
The transmitted signal must be modulated at XX kHz. The TSOP17XX, like most IR remote receivers, ignores signals which are much away from its designed signal modulation. For example, if the part is designed for 40kHz, the modulated signal must be close to 40Khz. The graphs recommend using a modulation pretty close to a 50:50 mark/space ratio (on to off).
The "optical test signal" graphs suggest about 10 cycles of the modulation frequency. So using a simple protocol (which might be a bit too fragile) a 'one' might be 10 modulated cycles of illumination, and a zero, completely off for 10 cycles. So a 40kHz signal would have a baudrate of 4kbit/second.
There are a bunch of modulation schemes for this type of IR transmission. I'd recommend searching the web for some and using an existing protocol, where code is already available.
You will likely use a microcontroller at the receiving end to capture and decode the signal unless you can get a kernel module for the computer. A user-level program might struggle to receive the data unaided.
You might need some hardware assist at the transmitting end, for example a hardware timer, to keep the transmitter modulation signal stable.


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Do you want a WR at 9? The reason I ask is that there don't appear to be any WR's in this draft rated that high and we already have Beasley, Brown, Jones and Roberts and a couple others. Maybe we should even wait until next year to bring in someone that could be elite.
One way that the Bills could maximize their talent at WR is by using 4 WR sets and forcing other teams to use 3 or even 4 CB's to cover them all. All of the WR's I listed are average or better. How many teams have 4 CB's that are average or better? Our #3 and #4 WR's could have pretty decent numbers this year because that's where you'll find our most favorable mismatches.
If all of the top defensive talent is gone, and our regime can't trade down, and are going to pick a right tackle or a guard, I would strongly prefer they take a shot on Hockenson or Metcalf.
If all of the top defensive talent is gone, I'd rather take a boom or bust receiver then an offensive linemen. Or I'd just take Hockenson.
In 2020, unless you can get Tyreek Hill or Amari Cooper or Michael Thomas, or you really like old guys, it's going to be hard to get better receivers. Like I said, Metcalf scares me, but if Oliver etc are all gone, I'm willing to take a shot.
I want Hock @ 9 and a trade up for Marquise Brown around ~23 or so if he's there.
Feel like we would be not drafting for value if we took a WR at 9. TJ would be the only offensive weapon that I could see there but in my opinion would still be reaching. They way this draft is positioned it is to build the trenches in the top 10.
I would be willing to take a chance on Metcalf at 9. I don't think the top dline will fall to us.
I wouldn't mind Metcalf at 9. High risk high reward and finally a guy defenses will have to account for. I also think we could use him in the running game the way the Pats used Cordarrelle Patterson last year. Then go D-line at 40. There will be plenty of talent still available.
No way in hell. Paris Campbell is the best WR in this class, IMO, and he isn't worth the #9 overall pick. If they take anything other than DT, DE, or OT at 9 I would be stunned.
Dont need a calendar to tell us we're 11 days from the Draft.
To those upset I shut down lame Draft threads the last couple months when the comments/questions could & should have been added to existing threads, but don't see the same aggressiveness now, know that it was an effort to stave off everybody creating threads for their personal view on topics currently being discussed.
Your defiance is noteworthy, if not legendary.
I agree. If all the top DL guys are gone then take OT.
WR by committee is the way to go this year AND maybe in the years to come.
I believe it's better to find WRs that work with Josh Allen's game vs. having JA fit his game to "typical" receivers.
Keep bringing in #2 - #2+ guys until you find them.
Trade or dump the guys that don't fit.
People have to realize that drafting an offensive linemen, a right tackle or a guard at 9 in this draft is pure lunacy. There are no Quentin Nelsons or Lane Johnsons here. Taylor has big upside, but he might also be Ereck Flowers, and you can buy linemen in free agency. It's much harder to find big time skill position players. If the defensive line talent is gone, take a shot of Metcalf or Hockenson.
I don't but if a gun was to my head I'd be happy with Hollywood Brown bc he looks elite.


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Nakamura storms to victory in Gibraltar!
Hikaru Nakamura at 2008 Gibtel Masters.
I guess naysayers will be quieted somewhat after another victory by American Grandmaster, Hikaru Nakamara. Nakamura (FIDE 2670) has been playing very well lately and will soar toward 2700 after winning the Gibtel Masters tournament in Gibraltar, Spain.
There is still some doubt that Nakamura is as strong as Magnus Carlsen, Teimour Radjabov or Sergei Karjakin. Certainly, his three peers have more experience in strong tournaments, but Nakamura has held his own in strong competition. In fact, he absolutely crushed Karjakin in a match in 2004. He faired well in the 2004 FIDE Knockout and has dominated the American circuit.
Hikaru Nakamura at 2007 Gibtel Masters wearing a very nice-looking shirt! He would win the 2008 tournament over Bu Xiangzhi in a blitz tiebreak. Photo by ChessBase.
Last January, he got joint 2nd in Gibraltar and returned this year to beat out Bu Xiangzhi in an playoff. Last October, he won a strong tournament in Barcelona and uncorked a brilliant queen sacrifice against Michal Krasenkow. A week later, he then won a strong rapid tournament in Corsica. The only thing missing is that he has not played elite competition on a regular basis.
With his win in Gibraltar, he will approach the magical 2700. If Nakamura gets more opportunities, he will certainly be a threat to break into the top 20.
Nakamura vs. Bu in blitz tiebreak.
Video by Zeljka Malobabic of MonRoi.
I'm involved in a discussion at The Daily Dirt and the issue of Magnus Carlsen has come up. In an ongoing debate about whether Carlsen has received more opportunities than Nakamura or is more naturally-talented.
I have made the point that Nakamura has more raw talent and many may disagree, but if you make it to 2670 with the poor condition of the U.S. chess environment, then your talent is unquestioned. The same argument is made for someone like Amon Simutowe of Zambia.
Is there a reason that America has not produced a high-level GM in decades… Nakamura is the first in a long time. It is interesting, but the truth is that Nakamura receives very little support here in the U.S. He has posted that he may switch his federation to Japan! 😯 He would do so in order to get financial support he needs to travel and compete at a high level. This is a bombshell!!
I have followed the discussion at The Daily Dirt and you make some valid points.
But I think that there are ways around the poor American chess environment as Caruana has showed. I think if Nakamura would follow this example and set up camp in Europe his natural talent will "reveal" itself. Someone like Anand has done this in the past (I think it is safe to say that the Indian chess environment was a lot worse back then than the situation in the USA for the moment).
I also seriously doubt if changing to the Japanese federation will be the answer to his problem: chess just doesn't seem such a big deal in Japan.
Anyway I think Nakamura will get decent opportunities if he goes for it. He is a strong player, with an interesting openingrepertoire, a combative playing style and an interesting profile.
I agree wholeheartedly. I was taken aback by his suggestion of a federation switch to Japan although I understand his frustration. When Nakamura won the U.S. Championship a couple of years ago, we were debating the best way to leverage his appeal to sponsors. It was on Daily Dirt as well. I believe the U.S. Chess Federation blew it. Perhaps that was when the organization nearly went bankrupt.
I remember talking to his stepfather (FM Sunil Weeramantry) about this a few years back. It is my view that Nakamura could be leveraged quite easily to attract corporate sponsors. The Daily Dirt debate brought out his Japanese heritage and name as being hard to sell, but I disagree. Certainly, in Japan that would get him quite a number of sponsors… easily. He knows this!
Yep… Fabiano Caruana is a name that has not come up in the conversation and it is a perfect example of how progress could have been made… migrating to Europe. However, Nakamura is still 2670-2690 player despite being in such a poor environment. I would suggest he try out the European circuit and perhaps play in the Bundesliga.
If he can get into some elite tournaments, I believe we will see his true strength. It is not certain whether Nakamura will want to do this. He seems like a grassroots type person and appears a lot like Alexander Morozevich and Bobby Fischer from a chess standpoint. All are (were) revolutionaries and non-conformists, but have (had) interesting approaches to chess.
I hope Nakamura continues to win.
mr Daaim Shabazz, I love your web site and blog. i hope you keep up the good work brother. if you dont mind me asking you a question or two on this subject of nakamura. I would like to know what is raw talent?. I asked henrik carlsen a question about carlsen's talent and he didnt seem to know how to define talent!
In my mind i wondered why that could be, he is the father to one of the greatest young talents who ever played the game. i recall josh waitzkin saying that talent is cheap! to say that nakamura has more raw talent does not answer the question of how he made it to 2670+ in a messed up u.s system. then perphaps the three things that seprates the them is a sponsor,work eithic, and invitations.
i refuse to to think that the only way into the top is by sponsorship, and invitations if naka worked as hard in chess as say carlsen or say as deep as fischer i see no reason why he wouldnt break into the top with ease. Not because of his raw talent but because of where he was rasied. naka was rasied in the open tourneys where there is a kill or be killed mind frame in every player gunning for the big pay day. to come out on top of that would make round robins look like a joy ride.
Talent is very difficult to define, but I make an attempt here. Bear in mind that I'm not a psychologist, but my opinion is based on my experience as a university professor and having to constantly judge talent.
Talent is related to self-knowledge which I believe is realized by constant self-assessment. I know that sounds philosophical, but Nakamura seems to have a deep understanding of his abilities and his limitations, thus is identifying his own incredible talent. Many chess players have trouble understanding their "chess self," but I believe the key is continued self-assessment.
Work ethic is a big factor it takes a lot of effort to improve in chess. I believe Nakamura has non-traditional methods for training, but he will continue to refine them as he evolves. I agree that the Swiss tournaments in the U.S. have given him a vicious fighting spirit. His playing 2.Qh5, strange openings and 100 bullet games (in a few hours) may not be the traditional or most efficient method, but he is conducting self-assessment. Each chess game we play is a self-assessment and one can tell a lot their own games. Depending on how deep we understand this process will determine how soon (or if) we will realize our talent. There is actually a subject called epistemology that deals with these issues.
In my opinion, Carlsen is in a better environment for realizing his raw talent, but I believe Nakamura may have the better raw talent without the environment. We also see that Fischer realized his talent while working alone and constant study of his "chess self"… perhaps at the expense of everything else. I believe if Hikaru could get a good sponsorship, he may at least be put himself in a good environment where he could realize his own talent.
nakamura needed a strong will in order to make it in the u.s system while carlsen needed passion in order to make it in his environment. either talent would make it but on the road they would have to learn other things like hard work, how to cope with loss, etc.. a truly talented person is one that can milk potental from anywhere so there is no way we can know if in nakamura's shoes carlsen could become 2670+. so who would have the better raw talent if carlsen had the very strong will and nakamura had passion and the " good environment" the problem i have is that for many players like myself who dream to be strong , raw talent looks like nakamura or like carlsen, young and naturaly gifted. how can black chess ever grow if we only look to the extremely young ones to hold the weight? or to the old guards? there is fresh blood in the streets. somewhere there is a young fischer or kasparov who dont have the strong will yet or work eithic so they are not considered "talented" so are they tossed aside? how many fischers in black chess have we loss because they didnt show remarkable progress.
Of course, the assessment of talent is subjective, so most times we end up looking at results. I believe Carlsen is the overall better player right now, but what encourages me is that Hikaru has shown amazing creativity and inventiveness in his play. His improvisation is why he is able to catch many opponents off guard and get positions he can manage. This cannot be taught nor can it be studied… it comes from the ability of understanding your creative abilities. Most people did not believe Fischer was particularly special until he played the …Be6!! against Donald Byrne. Part of one's talent is also the psychological makeup… having the determination and courage to play such creative ideas. I would say that Carlsen is more stable and has played at a higher level for a longer period, but looking at the type of ideas that Nakamura he expressed over the board is inspiring.
i dont know openings very well and was playing in the under 2000 section in my first round i played 1..c5 after 1.e4 and almost lost he played 2.nc3 and in the second round i played 1.e4 and somebody played 2.g6 i did lose that game but from then on whenever somebody play 1.e4 1..c5 i played 2.nc3 and vs e4 i played g6 i scored 6.5 going into the last round i scored 5.5 from these openings. what did i learn? one person can take out the fact that alot of work is needed in creating an opening rep or one could say that i have "talent" in chess adaptation and that i can rely on this and work on other things. our "chess self" is created by our answers to these questions. nakamura beat karjakin a few years back not in the opening but by out playing him. naka used this skill before and since then and this is what nakamura has become. His improvisation skill is one of the tools he used to build himself but this talent is not better or worse than the hard work talent or any other talent for that matter so nakamura's talent can not be better or worse than carlsen's the question is who did what with their talents.
I have 4 sons! The oldest is 31 years old, and never plays chess. All of my sons know how to play, but I was not fortunate enough to get any of my sons to develop a passion for chess, like I have! With that as a backdrop, I want to relate an incident that happened with my oldest son. Now, remember, my sons only know about chess, but never have studied it, or have any real passion for it! They only understand that their dad loves chess! Well, once when I was playing a "just for fun" game with my oldest son, we got to a point in the game where tactics were very wild: somewhat akin to what we call the "Frankenstein or Dracula" variation in the Philador. I was pretty confident that my son would soon just blunder amidst all of the tactical complication, but he didn't! Now don't get too excited, because he didn't beat me, but he uncorked a fierce attack with hidden traps and zingers that I had to really look hard to thwart! I am a USCF Life Master and have played and studied the game for many years! So for my son (a teenager at the time) to come so close to beating me with sharp tactics without really ever having given much attention to chess, I'd say was evidence of what could be called "raw talent!" I'm not so sure that it's the appropriate thing to speak of "raw talent" when comparing chess grandmasters? As mentioned by Daaim, I agree that performance or results is probably a lot easier to define or quantify when looking at accomplished players!


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'Riverdale' 4×02 review: You catch more bees with Honey
A new school year has begun at Riverdale High, and it looks like senior year is going to be the most dramatic yet.
Even though it's the second episode of the season, Riverdale 4×02 was the real kickoff of season 4. While the season premiere served as a beautiful tribute to Luke Perry and Fred Andrews, this week got the ball rolling for what the characters will be going through in their senior year.
After the obligatory season opening sex montage, Riverdale season 4, episode 2, spent a lot of time establishing the tone of the school year, and shining some light on the show's friendships. Season 3 was so packed and scattered that there wasn't a lot of time to showcase some of the core platonic relationships, but it looks like they'll be building them up, this season. This is probably an effort to capitalize on the emotional impact of graduation goodbyes, but we're not complaining.
As for the tone of the school year, it's going to be a strict one, with Principal Honey at the helm. From shutting down dances to asking a student to take a sabbatical from school (because that's totally a thing), this guy is off to a pretty bad start. Honestly, I'm not at all convinced that he's not working for Hiram Lodge or Edgar Evernever, if only because at this point, there doesn't seem to be a unifying element to the Riverdale drama in season 4.
Cheryl has already gotten on Principal Honey's bad side, and I'm thinking he's going to skip the vinegar and go straight to poison. With the literal skeletons Cheryl has hiding in her closet, I'm not sure it's wise for her to be making any enemies. Or, you know, throwing parties at her house, where innocent football players can stumble upon Jason's chambers.
What's most intriguing about Cheryl's newfound friendship with Jason's corpse, is the fact that she knows what she's doing is strange and wrong. She's terrified that people will find out her secret, yet, she continues on. I can't wait for Toni to find out, and to hear Cheryl's explanation for what she's been up to. It'd better be a good one.
Apparently, the gang's senior year will also be a paparazzi filled one, thanks to Hiram Lodge. Veronica's song, dance, and statement might keep them at bay for a while, but she still has a long road ahead of her with their cases and sentencing. No matter what her last name is, or where she escapes to college.
For Jughead, however, none of the above will be true. It looks like he's officially transferring to Stonewall Prep, where his academic gifts will be adequately appreciated. I really like this storyline for Jughead. It's been a while since we've gotten to explore this side of him, and I think senior year is the perfect time to hone in on it. However, it may also be what leads to his eventual disappearance, so maybe Veronica is right about the school, after all.
The first friendship that Riverdale season 4, episode 2, tackled was the fractured one between Betty and Kevin. I was honestly scared that they weren't even going to address Kevin's past in the Farm, since he was just hanging out like old times in the season premiere, but it's clear now that an exception was made, due to the circumstances.
After all the back and forth between Betty and Kevin in this episode, I still have no idea if we can trust him, and I'm leaning toward no. He sounded scared and shady when he reported his sightings to Betty and Charles, and I'm terrified about what that might mean for Alice. If Kevin is telling the truth, though, it's possible that Alice simply made her escape from the Farm, but hasn't yet been able to contact Charles.
Kevin still has a lot of work to do to get back in my good graces, but luckily for him, Betty seems to be willing to forgive him. Betty was amazing in this episode. She cooly called Kevin out on the severity of his crimes, she confronted him when necessary, and she was still kind to her old friend when he needed her most. She's cautious, but not cold, and that might be the best thing about her.
I'm intrigued by the relationship between Betty and Charles, but I don't feel like we got enough of it in Riverdale season 4, episode 2. They seem more like colleagues than family or friends, and I wonder how their dynamic progressed since they initially met. I think they let this relationship fast forward a little too much before dropping us in the middle of it, but I'm hoping we can see it progress, from here. Ideally, that will happen with Alice back in the picture!
While I liked most of this episode of Riverdale, there was one part that I really had a problem with. Season 4, episode 2, also shone a light on the friendship between Reggie and Archie, but I definitely wasn't a fan of how they went about it.
For how big the character is in the Archie comics, Reggie has been notoriously sidelined in the Riverdale series. At best, he's been a means to an end for the core four (plus Cheryl) characters to work around.
In Riverdale season 3, the show heavily alluded to the fact that Reggie's dad beats him. A very serious, very real thing that unfortunately, many people deal with. It looked like the show was going to tackle it, but it was swept under the rug, almost as quickly as it came up.
In Riverdale season 4, episode 2, the storyline was finally introduced again. It looked like Reggie was going to be dealing with his jealousy, fear of failure, and fear of disappointing his dad, in season 4. It looked like we were actually going to get a real storyline for Reggie, and it was going to be an important one!
And then…they resolved it by the end of the episode.
Yup. You heard me. They resolved Reggie's lifelong problem in one episode. Cars were destroyed, bromances were mended, and all was well. We've gotten two seasons of Veronica's dad acting like a child, with probably more to come, but nah, let's wrap this one up. We're done here.
Now, we can still hope that Reggie will be a bigger part of the story in Riverdale's senior year, or that they'll check in on his progress with his father, from time to time. For now, I'll give them some benefit of the doubt on this, but overall, it'd be nice to shed some more light on the supporting characters, this season. They're on the right track, and I hope they keep it up!
Since it's Riverdale's senior year, each week I will be giving out some yearbook superlatives for the episode. Check them out, here!
'Riverdale' 4×02 awards
Cutest couple: Betty and Jughead (Bughead)
Best dressed: Everyone in the 'All That Jazz' number!
Worst dressed: Hiram Lodge. Prison orange doesn't look great on you, either, but I hope you keep wearing it for a long, long time.
Most likely to play in the NFL: Monroe Moore aka Mad Dog
Least likely to graduate: Jason Blossom
Most likely to age gracefully: Kerr Smith. Somehow, that guy looks even better as Principal Honey than he ever did as Dawson's Creek's Jack!
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Every year activities at Garin College go on hold while everyone gets involved in Te Wairua o Nga Mahi Toi, a two day celebration of the arts. During 21-22 June the students had the opportunity to participate in a variety of workshops, visual art exhibitions and performing arts. For those with a more oratory bend, there was Scripture Reading and Original Speeches and Foodies could create Celebration Cakes and Food Art. In addition to the solo and group events, the entire school got involved with house competitions in singing, theatresports and dance. The RAW (Recycled and Wearable Art) competition and fashion parade, always a crowd favourite, was a highlight with over 30 students participating.
It is always a joy to see how much talent our young people have outside of the classroom and to experience the respect and support they show each other while performing. Mahi Toi is an opportunity to explore the arts be it singing for the first time in front of an audience or creating a piece of visual art, photography or design. It is all about participation and having a go at something arty.
On the evenings of 4-5 July parents enjoyed the Mahi Toi Showcase concert held at the Hope Community Church. The Showcase featured performance highlights from the two day festival at Garin as well as visual art. Everyone enjoyed watching our talented students sing, dance, act and play instruments to a Thursday night sold out crowd.


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French wine producers Jeanjean and Laroche are merging to create a new company with a projected turnover of €200m.
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Hezbollah's History with Ammonium Nitrate: The Danger to Europe
Toby Dershowitz
Senior Vice President for Government Relations and Strategy
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Ambassador Nathan Sales, U.S. coordinator for counterterrorism at the Department of State, announced last week that Hezbollah has transported and stored ammonium nitrate throughout Europe. While the disclosure is newsworthy, it also seems consistent with known Hezbollah practices. Thus, while France and Spain responded that they had no evidence to support Sales' assertion with respect to their own countries, they did not deny that the terrorist group has transported and stored ammonium nitrate on European soil in the past.
"Since 2012," Sales stated, "Hizballah has established caches of ammonium nitrate throughout Europe by transporting first aid kits whose cold packs contain the substance. I can reveal that such caches have been moved through Belgium, to France, Greece, Italy, Spain, and Switzerland. I can also reveal that significant ammonium nitrate caches have been discovered or destroyed in France, Greece, and Italy. We have reason to believe that this activity is still underway. As of 2018, ammonium nitrate caches were still suspected throughout Europe, possibly in Greece, Italy, and Spain."
Addressing Sales' declarations, Agnes von der Muhll, the French foreign ministry spokeswoman, said, "To our knowledge, there is nothing tangible to confirm such an allegation in France today." She added, "Any illegal activity committed by a foreign organisation on our territory would be sanctioned by the French authorities with the greatest firmness." The Spanish embassy in Washington said, "The Spanish authorities have no evidence to suggest that the armed wing of Hezbollah introduced or stored chemicals in Spain for the manufacture of explosives."
Regardless of whether European officials were parsing Sales' words or had other reasons for their statements, what is clear is that other European authorities have established that Hezbollah has stored and transported ammonium nitrate on European soil. According to Cypriot authorities, for example, Hezbollah has previously amassed large numbers of first-aid kits to smuggle the bomb-making ingredient into countries.
In 2015 alone, authorities seized over three metric tons of ammonium nitrate stored in London and over eight tons that were guarded by a Hezbollah operative in Cyprus.
According to Matthew Levitt of the Washington Institute for Near East policy, "[I]nvestigators believe the explosives used in the 2012 Burgas, Bulgaria bus bombing may have come from the batch of chemicals stored in Cyprus." In addition, Bulgarian press reported on September 24 that a Lebanese-Bulgarian national imported 40 boxes of first-aid kits, each containing 160 grams of ammonium nitrate, shortly before the attack took place. Authorities said the bomb used consisted of ammonium nitrate equivalent to 3 kilograms of TNT. Five Israeli tourists and their Bulgarian bus driver were killed in the attack.
Hezbollah, designated a terrorist entity by 15 countries, the Arab League, and the Gulf Cooperation Council, also used ammonium nitrate in the 1994 bombing of Argentina's AMIA Jewish community center that killed 85 people.
During the same online event where Sales made his announcement, German Federal Interior Ministry official Hans-Georg Engelke confirmed the seizure of "ammonium nitrate, in substantial amounts, in southern Germany." After the raid, in April 2020, Germany designated Hezbollah in its entirety as a terrorist entity.
Since the massive August 5 explosion in Lebanon, caused by improperly stored ammonium nitrate, French President Emmanuel Macron has presented Lebanese officials with a list of proposed reforms, including the formation of a new government, central bank auditing, and international oversight of aid. But France has been reticent about pushing Hezbollah too hard, for fear of losing influence over the direction of Lebanon's recovery.
The path forward in aiding the Lebanese people – and protecting Europe – should not entail bowing to and accommodating Hezbollah. What remains clear is that Hezbollah remains a profound present danger to Europe today.
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Lizzie York, a young paraplegic, has the chance to reach for her dreams and teach at a new school in Oldcastle. On a quest for independence and to live alone, out from under her brother's watchful eye, she encounters discrimination from narrow-minded villagers. Toss into the mix: a school employee who sets her heart racing, a home of her own, and work she is passionate about.


I'm pretty sure that I could live off this recipe. In fact, I had it for breakfast the other morning!
I used Cherry Chocolate Chip Ice Cream – one of Edy's Fun Flavors – and it was to die for. The entire process was kind of a pain but the results? I consumed this Dark-Chocolate-Dipped Cherry Ice Cream Cones in record time. Is that a ravenousness, out of control appetite? Sorry - don't care. Addicted to ice cream! Amen.
Spoon some ice cream into 1 cone, packing gently to fill. Dip large (1/4 cup) round ice cream scoop into bowl of hot water. Scoop large mounded ball of ice cream onto cone, pressing gently. Stand cone in small glass; place in freezer. Repeat with remaining cones and ice cream, placing each cone in individual glass. Freeze 2 to 8 hours.
Place bittersweet chocolate and oil in small glass bowl. Microwave on medium-high until chocolate is melted, stopping occasionally to stir, about 1 1/2 minutes. Let stand just until cool, about 10 minutes. Place white chocolate in another small glass bowl; melt in microwave on medium-high, stopping occasionally to stir, about 1 minute.
Place nuts on plate. Working quickly and tilting bowl of bittersweet chocolate to form deep pool, dip ice cream end of cone into chocolate, turning to coat. Gently shake cone, allowing excess chocolate to drip back into bowl. Immediately roll bottom half of chocolate-dipped scoop in nuts. Dip fork into white chocolate; drizzle lines over top of cone. Place cone in glass; return to freezer. Repeat with remaining cones. Freeze 1 hour.
P.S. This process was a little sloppy standing it upright – or trying to - in a glass.
You really need these adorable little Ice Cream cone holders that I saw at the National Restaurant Show.