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The ability to rapidly accumulate and provide energy makes ultracapacitors unique in high power and regenerative braking applications. Additionally, ultracapacitors are extremely efficient energy storage devices with 80-95 % efficiency, even under high load conditions.
High power and normal energy densities fill the gap between standard batteries and traditional capacitors for high-power, short-duration energy storage. The basic ultracapacitor technology, which is scalable in the cell form, is also scalable in module form, and ultracapacitor modules are now being configured for high-voltage, high-power applications. The flexibility and scalable nature of ultracapacitor technology enables a wide range of applications that directly interface with power-conversion systems, including DC-to-DC boost converters and DC-to-AC inverters.
Compared to lithium and lead based high power battery chemistries, ultracapacitors inherently eliminate the risk of self ignitionor explosion. As shown in nail test video, an ultracapacitor sample operated safely even after the full nail penetration. The extreme over-voltage conditions also provide no hazard risk.
Typical ultracapacitor lifetime is about 10-20 years and 500 000 – 1 000 000 charge/discharge cycles. The have a low rate of degradation in performance even after hundreds of thousands of charge/discharge cycles. An increase in the operating temperature or voltage reduces the lifetime. So it is important to keep the correct operation conditions for the ultracapacitors according to the specifications.
Ultracapacitors are typically working normally in -40C +70C temperature range. The special electrolyte can be also selected in order to extend the temperature range either below -40C or higher than +100C.
Ultracapacitor modules are maintenance-free. For instance, once installed into an UPS system, they require no additional maintenance and have very simple monitoring.
Ultracapacitors are environmentally-friendly because they do not contain hazardous or hard-to-recycle materials. Materials used in the ultracapacitor cells are mainly activated carbon, aluminum-based materials, polymers and some organic electrolytes.


text: Álvaro Sanz provided the group with an in-depth analysis about the paper: “From Liberation Movement to Government,” written by Christopher Clapham. In his presentation, Sanz highlighted the virtues of liberation movements as well as their challenges in governing. For all liberation movements, there is a sense of legitimacy and commitment that shapes their struggle. Despite these noble virtues, liberation movements have experienced enormous difficulty in making the transition from struggle to government. These problems are structural, rooted in the experience of struggle, and common to every liberation movement.

industry_corpus2: Subject Education


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No matter what the cause of your headache, the effects are very similar. The searing pain will cause the muscles in your neck to tighten and further increase the pain. This simple release can be done to help relieve the neck tightness and reduce the pain.
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On Tuesday, September 29, Hot Shop Heroes: Healing with Fire instructor, Patricia Davidson, and program participant, Army Sergeant First Class (SFC) Peter Bazo from Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM), joined forces to install the new exhibition, Healing in Flames, which is currently on display in the Grand Hall at Museum of Glass. All of the pieces were designed and crafted by soldiers participating in the Hot Shop Heroes program.
One of the class’ collaborative pieces included in the exhibition, entitled Mortal Combat, features a glass scorpion and camel spider preparing to fight in the desert sand. The piece was inspired by a game often played by deployed soldiers as a way to pass time. The game involves placing a scorpion and a camel spider in a pit—dug by soldiers—where they would engage in a fight to the death.
While installing Mortal Combat, SFC Bazo realized something was not quite right with the desert sand. He explained that there is a common misconception about the cleanliness of the desert. Contrary to popular belief, the desert is not a clean place, explained SFC Bazo. In fact, it is just the opposite.
As a last minute decision, Bazo suggested a plan: “Why don’t we add random filth to this scene? Here, I have some cigarette butts and spent shell casings to begin.” In the end, Mortal Combat shows the desert in its true form, including cigarette butts, water bottle caps, spent shell casings, and other forms of trash you might see in a war-torn desert.
Healing in Flames features several pieces conceptualized and created by the soldiers themselves, under the watchful eyes of instructors Patricia Davidson and Greg Owen, who are both well-established artists in the Pacific Northwest. All pieces were inspired by the soldiers’ experiences while on tours of duty. The exhibition also features a short documentary film created by the soldiers, which highlights their experiences within the Hot Shop Heroes program.
The soldiers were quite pleased with the accuracy achieved by the exhibition installation crew at Museum of Glass in creating a representation of the T Wall, a large concrete wall reinforced with rebar used for blast protection purposes in war zones. This T Wall replica displays some of the exhibition’s works of art.
Healing in Flames is on display at Museum of Glass through March 2016.
Derek Klein is a documentary film maker and has been covering the Pacific Northwest and international glass scenes with Museum of Glass for the past seven years.
This entry was posted in Art, Exhibitions, Glass, Healing, Military, Museums, Therapy and tagged Army, Art Therapy, Greg Owen, Healing in Flames, Hot Shop Heroes, Joint Base Lewis McChord, Military, Mortal Combat, Museum of Glass, Patricia Davidson, Peter Bazo, Wounded Warriors on October 8, 2015 by Museum of Glass.


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Quick recap of what's been happening around the team.
Team Explorer Everywhere 2010 SP1 Beta - Download this beta release that comes with a "go-live" license and is available to all Team Explorer Everywhere owners. Check out Brian Harry's announcement post for more details.
Making Asynchronous Programming Easy - Recommend you check out these detailed posts about Async from the teams (What's Next in C#? Get Ready for Async! and Announcing the Async CTP for Visual Basic (and also Iterators!).
The Story of Help in Visual Studio 2010 - Check out Jeff Braaten's blog series that gives a behind-the-scenes look at our help system and a preview of changes that are coming.
TFS on Windows Azure at the PDC - The move to the cloud is gaining momentum. Learn about how the TFS team is making sure your investment in TFS today has a clear path to get you there in the future. You can find additional information about hosting services for TFS on our VS site.
VS ALM Library Updates on MSDN - A new set of documentation was recently published in our VS Library. The team continues to build out these types of updates as a direct result of your feedback.
OData support in Visual Studio LightSwitch - There has been a lot of discussion of whether there is OData support in LightSwitch. Check out the team's post on how to create a RIA service wrapper for OData Source.
More Resources for SharePoint Developers - Check out these how-to videos that demonstrate how to use the SharePoint developer tools in Visual Studio.
Any chance of releasing the 'Document Map Margin' to the visual studio gallery?
Though you guys didn't choose to release it officially with VS2010; it would be nice to have a play around with it.
@Jason – thanks for the reply. Will I be happy before Christmas or will it be sometime in the new year?

industry_corpus2: Computing & Telecommunications


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A homeless person who turns scrap metal and tin cans into pajamas. Often times the person who makes the "clothing" has a mental disability which makes them unable to distinguish the difference between hard and soft materials. In rare cases a Cajammy will be born with a mental disability so severe they may try to ingest the metal they find.
Guy 1: Dude, I cannot believe this city!
Guy 2: Why? I think it's a wonderful place.
Guy 1: Don't get me wrong I like it to, there's just so many Cajammy's sulking about.
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In the build up to Go Play NW, I braced myself to facilitate pickup games every waking moment. As organizers we embraced the idea that there were going to be a lot more pickup games than scheduled games, but that’s also risky: you never know until the slot begins just how many people will be standing around without a game, or how many people will be ready to jump into the middle of the Power Donut and facilitate something. If the ratio is wrong, and you have more people than games, danger Will Robinson! Hence my staying on high alert, ready to fill in the gaps.
But lo and behold: because everybody brought the fun and were ready to run things too, I wound up kicking back and playing in games other people facilitated way more than I expected. Which was entirely surprising, but also pretty sweet.
The only downside was that I was so busy staying flexible, I didn’t schedule a single Microscope game. In fact, the only game I did schedule was the massive 16 person Mars Colony summit. But the people would not be denied, so by popular demand I put together a game Saturday night (oh no, twist my arm!). That was the only other game I facilitated all weekend, but Ping and Mike stepped up and filled the Microscope gap, with Mike running one during the notorious Lottery slot, and Ping running two.
I had an excellent time playing Saturday night, and the reports of the other games have made me wish I was a fly on the wall. Kudos to everyone who played, particularly the brave souls trying Microscope for the first time. And double Kudos to Ping and Mike, for making those games possible.
One word of apology: lots of people played it, and loved it, and have been waiting patiently to play it more, but even though they asked nicely I haven’t sent them the new playtest rules, because I haven’t finished cleaning them up. I expect this to be the last playtest release (which is what I always say…) so I want to make sure the text is as complete as can be for the final test. I could go on about how the games from Go Play NW have convinced me that this version is the winner, but I’ll save my breath and get back to polishing so you can decide for yourself.

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text: We share Alumni Voices in each Alpha Sigma News e-newsletter. In a special Valentine's Day take on Alumni Voices, we would love to hear your ASN love story. Write to us to share your story, and you may be featured in a future e-newsletter or on our website!


text: Lord Lisvane, Herefordshire cross-bench peer, now regularly seen on the BBC2 programme, “The Lords”, will tell us of his previous life as Clerk to the House of Commons”, where he effectively ran the Palace of Westminster. He will tell us bizarre and hilarious stories, of odd and surprising facts about Parliament. He is an expert, but irreverent guide through Westminster’s turbulent centuries. This is a talk not to be missed by this most warm and charismatic man. Tickets £9 pp, to include free wine and canapés. Please apply on line via www.huntingtonchurch.co.uk or telephone William or Fiona Shone on 01544 370391.

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Nigerian security chiefs on Tuesday said they are prepared for Saturday’s governorship and state houses of assembly elections.
The officials gave the assurance after they held a closed-door meeting with President Muhammdu Buhari in his office at the Presidential Villa.
The meeting lasted for about two hours.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is set to conduct the governorship election in 29 states on Saturday.
Briefing State House correspondents on the outcome of the meeting, acting Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, said all security outfits have assured that they are ready for the polls.
“We are all aware of the fact that we just concluded the presidential and National Assembly elections and we want to congratulate Nigerians for the peaceful conduct of the elections, and we are prepared now for the governorship and the House of Assembly elections in the country.
“We will like every Nigerian to come out and cast his or her vote. The security arrangement we provided during the presidential elections is being enhanced to provide an enabling environment for everybody to come out and cast his or her vote for their preferred candidates,” Mr Adamu said.
There was widespread violence during the last elections across the country. The IGP stated the resolve of security agencies to curb it.
Mr Adamu said “we will again advise those that will want to disrupt the process to have a rethink because during the presidential election, we had some few challenges here and there, we will not allow those challenges to repeat themselves. We are taking more security measures to address those pockets of challenges we noticed”.
Before the presidential election, President Buhari has said that he had given security agencies a directive to deal with ballot box snatchers.
The IG on Tuesday said incidents of thuggery and ballot snatching remains a serious crime, adding, “we, the security personnel have resolved to deal ruthlessly with anybody that attempts to disrupt the process of this election”.
He called on all involved in the election process to abide by the rules.
The IG said the Police had made some arrests following the violence that characterised the last elections.
He said all those arrested would be arraigned before the law courts as soon as investigations are completed.
He also said the Police would soon release the number of persons arrested nationwide.
Tuesday’s meeting was attended by the Chief of Defence Staff, Gabriel Olonisakin; Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai; Chief of Naval Staff, Ibok Ibas and the Chief of Air Staff, Abubakar Sadique.
Others are the National Security Adviser, Babagana Monguno; Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan- Ali, Minister of Interior, Abdulrahman Dambazau; Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ahmed Abubakar, and the Director General of Department for State Security Service (SSS), Yusuf Bichi.


text: One of many Hindu-style weddings proceeds through the streets of Siliguri. We saw about ten per-night and that was only going past our house. It seemed as if each party would try to out-do each others pyrotechnic demonstration. Firework-by-firework they would blast their way through the city.

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Leaders fall victim to biting satire which has become a hilarious German carnival tradition with people also singing songs that send up the rich and powerful.
A GIANT model of Donald Trump being assaulted by a enormous Russian bear has been paraded through a German city.
But the US President was not the only the leader to be lampooned at the world’s most cheeky carnival.
The mind boggles... quite what the thin-skinned Donald Trump will think of this?
The Rose Monday carnival, which takes place every year across southern and western Germany, feature satirical floats that mock the political power brokers of the day.
But the floats in Düsseldorf are considered particularly provocative compared to those in other German cities.
Here Britain’s leader did not escape a satirical savaging with a float that pulled no punches on her political career.
An ecstatic looking Theresa May was portrayed giving birth to what appears to be a hideously deformed Brexit baby.
Meanwhile German leader Angela Merkel is not spared.
The politician, who is struggling to form a coalition after a poor election result, is depicted as a Black Widow with the caption “Next Please”.
Bones of her political rivals surround her.
Rose Monday - or Rosenmontag - is marked before Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent for many Christians.
But the history of carnival can be traced back to Germanic tribes who were celebrating the return of daylight as the end of winter nears.


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The "Outnumbered" panel on Tuesday reacted to reports that North Korea is moving ahead with its ballistic missile program at more than a dozen hidden bases.
"Satellite images suggest that the North has been engaged in a great deception: It has offered to dismantle a major launching site — a step it began, then halted — while continuing to make improvements at more than a dozen others that would bolster launches of conventional and nuclear warheads," the New York Times reported, referring to a think tank's analysis of satellite images.
Trump’s statement comes about a week after he reassured critics that denuclearization talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un were continuing despite recent hurdles.
Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.), who sits on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said he's "very concerned" about this potential development.
"One of my concerns was back in May or June, the president seemed to be removing the military option. ... And I was afraid that that was letting off some of the pressure to compel North Korea to action," Kinzinger said.
He added that he's not calling for Trump to use the military option, but he believes the president and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo should "ratchet up that pressure again."
"That does kind of put it in perspective," Francis said. "We have really given up nothing. We've gotten hostages ... and they're not firing off rockets all the time."
Marie Harf questioned if North Korea has given anything up, noting that they still have missiles and are just not testing them.
Kinzinger said the U.S. should continue putting economic and diplomatic pressure on the regime, noting that Pompeo's meeting with his North Korean counterpart, Kim Yong Chol, scheduled for last Thursday in New York was canceled.
"I think there needs to be a cost for North Korea's ... resistance," Kinzinger said. "Otherwise, you're just satiating Kim Jong Un."
Tomi Lahren calls out the Democrats for ignoring the border crisis, while planning new ways to infringe on Americans' Second Amendment rights.


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So glad our first batch of sour cream was ready today – we’ve all been waiting for more of this dressing!
Whisk everything together, and place in fridge.
Yields a little over a quart.
This entry was posted in Family, Farm, Recipes on May 10, 2012 by Dawn Roberts.
Nothin like homemade ranch at the ranch! Goodluck Siss! Ranchout!
Sounds great. We’ll have to try this one out!

industry_corpus2: Agriculture & Fisheries


text: In our Ask Yoast case stories we provide website positioning information for sites in a selected market or industry. This time: the web page of Slemish Design Studio Architects, the company site of an architect duo. The architects informed us that they get great responses from their valued clientele, but is their web site optimized for search engines like google as well? We’ll dive into this architectural website to see what advancements may also be made to enhance their web site’s SEO. First impact the primary web page we land on is the homepage. We see lots of full screen pictures of the superb work these architects bring on exact of the homepage. even though outstanding, the images are proven in a slider. Loyal readers of our blog comprehend that we’re now not a big fan of sliders. 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“We Are Only 10% Human” was the title of a previous post introducing our microflora. That may sound like an outrageous claim, but in all seriousness, microbial cells in the body outnumber human cells by 10 to one and account for 99.9% of our unique genes. An article published recently in the New York Times entitled, “We Are Our Bacteria” discusses how the human microbiome is losing its diversity, much like other ecosystems across the globe. Dr. Martin J. Blaser, a specialist in infectious diseases at the New York University School of Medicine and the director of the Human Microbiome Program has studied the role of bacteria in disease for over 30 years. Dr. Blaser suggests a link between the declining variety within the microbiome and our increased susceptibility to serious chronic conditions such as allergies, celiac disease, and Type 1 diabetes. What could be the culprit? Antibiotics. Read more here about the article.
The epidemic of absence describes the lack of microflora populations in our human ecosystem. This absence from antibiotic use leaves us vulnerable to a host of opportunistic parasites, which no longer have a mutualistic relationship with the host. This intriguing TED talk by Ed Yong tells us of many examples where parasites drive the behaviors of animals. As data emerges on microflora and human behavior(1), we are left wondering just how our inner life of our human ecosystem, consisting of microbes to larger organisms, defines us, including our behavior. As another New York Times article discusses, the microbes may be looking out for themselves and in order to survive, drive certain behaviors and cravings of the host to ensure its needs are met. Dr. Katie Reid mentions in her TEDx talk the strong craving for free glutamates in foods support the survival of some organisms that then become pathogenic. These cravings are undoubtedly driven by the very organisms that need the chemical to survive and outcompete other organisms.
The concept that our inner world of organisms drives our actions brings a whole new meaning to the phrase “What’s bugging you?” .
Genna Brown, a college summer intern, contributed to this post.
(1) Cryan, J. F., and S. M. O’Mahony. “The microbiome‐gut‐brain axis: from bowel to behavior.” Neurogastroenterology & Motility 23.3 (2011): 187-192.


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SHOULD I HIRE A MAKE UP ARTIST FOR MY SESSION?
For men I do not suggest make up. It usually does not look good and is unnecessary. For women I highly suggest booking a make up artist that is partnered with us. They have experience with make up for headshots. You can book a make up artist as an add on to your session at the time of your booking. If you prefer, you can bring your own make up artist or DIY.
Individual sessions have discount codes from time to time and can be found usually on our scial media pages. We do offer discounts for groups and the discount is based on the size of the group and the location.
CAN I GET ALL MY IMAGES?
The Headshot session includes 1 retouched full size image. Additional images can be purchased for $50 eeach.
WHAT IF I AM NOT HAPPY WITH MY IMAGES?
I shoot connected to a laptop computer, so very often we look at the images togerher as we shoot. We discuss different poses and expressions to achieve the best image pssible. I will use all my knowledge and experience to achieve images that you like. If at the end of the session you are not happy, I will refund you the session fee.
CAN I RESCHEDULE MY APPOINTMENT?
We know life happens. If for any reason you need to cancel or reschedule your session please do so with a 24 hour notice.
I accept all major credit and debit cards, personal checks, or electronic payments.
You can book a Session by clicking the BOOK NOW button. The BOOK NOW button is a direct link to the live schedule. Find a convenient time and book the Session. You can also call me directly to the number on the website and schedule an appointment over the phone.
DO YOU REQUIRE A DEPOSIT FOR THE SESSION?
Yes. A deposit is required to hold your booking. It is 50% of your session fee and can be paid through the booking system.
Usually the sessions last from 20 minutes to 1 hour. Depending on the clients expectations and the satisfaction of the client with the produced images. In some cases, when multiple looks are required session can last up to 2 hours.
DO YOU OFFER POSING GUIDELINES AND COACHING TIPS?
Absolutely. This is one of the most important factors to achieving an image that you like. And at the same time that image needs to be a real representation of you.
Simple outfits usually work the best. Bring as many as you like. The more options we have the easier we will find something you will be happy with.
CAN YOU COME TO OUR OFFICE AND SHOOT?
Yes. My studio is portable. I do need an appropirate space to accomodate my equipment and set up the shoot. I suggest office shoots for 5 or more Team members.


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2) Trims edges or strings, using hand shears, and stacks wheels with defective stitching for resewing.
3) Counts inspected buffing wheels of same quality and style to fill orders or replace stock.
Is being a "BUFFING-WHEEL INSPECTOR" your very best career choice?
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The Boys' Brigade is the world's oldest Voluntary Uniformed Youth Organisation. Since its beginnings in 1883, they have spread to more than 70 countries. Despite this, the Boys' Brigade have featured on very few stamps around the world, especially when compared to the Scouts! Perhaps that is what comes of being first and foremost a Christian organisation. Our only consolation is that the Boys' Brigade appears on more stamps than our sister organisation, the Girls' Brigade!
This website, will let you see how many I have found. Most were produced for the Centenary of the Boys' Brigade in 1983, but there are some others. For many of the stamps, First Day Covers were also produced.
Over the years, some Companies & Battalions have also taken the opportunity to publicise themselves and their own anniversaries by publishing commemorative covers of their own.
It should be quite possible for a boy to collect a reasonable number of these stamps in the course of a year, paving the way for a general interest in stamps, while earning a BB interest badge along the way! Internet auction sites, stamp shops and stamp fairs are all very good ways to find these stamps.
Follow the links below to see the Boys' Brigade on stamps. I doubt very much that this site is exhaustive. So if you come across some stamps or covers that are not featured here, I would be delighted to hear from you. Please send me an email. Where I know about an item but do not have it in my collection, it is listed in the relevant section, but there is no picture of it. If you have any questions or comments, then please email me.
If you would like to find out more about the Boys' Brigade, click here. For the Girl's Brigade, you can choose between the Scottish site, or the site for England & Wales. There are of course, other Boys' and Girls' Brigade internet sites around the world.
If you have any comments about the site, then again, please just email me.


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Alec Chrystal joined City University in 1988 after being Professor of Economics at Sheffield University. During 1997-2001 he was working as a senior adviser in the monetary analysis wing of the Bank of England. Duties during this time included drafting the Bank's quarterly Inflation Report, editing the Bank of England Quarterly Bulletin, editing the Bank's working paper series and writing briefing material for the Monetary Policy Committee. Alec returned to Cass in September 2001 to become Head of a newly merged Finance Faculty. He has research interests in monetary economics, international finance, political economy and household debt. Several books have been authored or co-authored, including the last four editions of a famous economics textbook with Richard G. Lipsey, and Controversies in British Macroeconomics (with Simon Price). He is a committee member of the Money, Macro and Finance Study Group, and a Vice-President of the British Association for the Advancement of Science Section F (Economics).
BA (Exeter), MA and PhD (Essex).
Lipsey, R. and Chrystal, A. (2015). Economics. OUP Oxford. ISBN 978-0-19-967683-5.
Lipsey, R.G. and Chrystal, A. (2011). Economics. Chapman, and Spon, (Eds.), OUP Oxford ISBN 978-0-19-956338-8.
Chrystal, A. and Mizen, P. (Eds.), (2009). Recent Developments in Monetary Policy. Edward Elgar Publishing.
Chrystal, A.K. and Lipsey, R.G. (2007). Economics. Oxford: OUP Oxford. ISBN 978-0-19-928641-6.
Lipsey, R.G. and Chrystal, A. (2004). Economics. Oxford: OUP Oxford. ISBN 0-19-925784-1.
Chrystal, A. and Pennant-Rea, R. (Eds.), (2000). Public Choice Analysis of Economic Policy. Proceedings of the 1995 meetings of the British Association for the Advancement of Science. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-333-71161-3.
Chrystal, A. (1999). Government Debt Structure and Monetary Conditions: A Conference Organised by the Bank of England, 18-19 June 1998. Bruce, I. (Ed.), London: Bank of England. ISBN 978-1-85730-152-6.
Lipsey, R.G. and Chrystal, A. (1997). Economics for Business and Management. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-877538-6.
Lipsey, R.G. and Chrystal, A. (1995). Introduction to Positive Economics. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-877424-2.
Chrystal, A. and Price, S. (1994). Controversies in Macroeconomics. Financial Times/Prentice Hall. ISBN 0-7450-1315-5.
Chrystal, A. (1990). Monetarism. Rider, B. and Ashe, M. (Eds.), Aldershot: Edward Elgar Publishing. ISBN 1-85278-081-9.
Chrystal, A. (1983). Controversies in Macroeconomics. Hemel Hempstead: P. Allan. ISBN 0-86003-053-9.
Chrystal, A. and Alt, J. (1983). Political Economics. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-04934-9.
Chrystal, A. (2012). Debt and monetary policy: comments on Jagjit S Chadha, Luisa Corrado and Jack Meaning's paper "Reserves, liquidity and money: an assessment of balance sheet policies", and further thoughts. Are central bank balance sheets in Asia too large? Basel: Bank for International Settlements.
Chrystal, A.K. and Mizen, P. (2011). Monetary aggregates restored? Capie and Webber revisited. In Wood, G., Mill, T. and Crafts, N. (Eds.), Monetary and banking history: essays in honour of Forrest Capie (pp. 178–192). London and New York: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-45146-8.
Lipsey, R.G. and Chrystal, A. (2006). Economia. (pp. 1–786). Bologna: Zanichelli. ISBN 88-08-19317-9.
Mizen, P. and Chrystal, A. (2003). Goodhart's Law: its origins, meaning and implications for monetary policy. In Paul Mizen, (Ed.), Central Banking, Monetary Theory and Practice: Essays in honour of Charles Goodhart (pp. 221–243). Edward Elgar. ISBN 978-1-84064-614-6.
Chrystal, A. and Mizen, P. (2002). Empirical evidence for credit effects in the transmission mechanism of the United Kingdom. In Mahadeva, L. and Sinclair, P. (Eds.), Monetary Transmissions in Diverse Economies, (pp. 167–190). Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-81346-8.
Dowd, K. and Chrystal, A. (2001). Two Arguments for Exchange Controls. In Dowd, K. (Ed.), Money and the Market: Essays in Free Banking (pp. 131–141). Routledge. ISBN 0-415-24212-6.
Drake, L., Binner, J. and Chrystal, A. (2000). Weighted Monetary Aggregates for the UK. In Belongia, M. and Binner, J. (Eds.), Divisia Monetary Aggregates: Theory and Practice (pp. 47–48). Palgrave. ISBN 978-0-230-28823-2.
Lipsey, R.G. and Chrystal, A. (1999). Principles of Economics. Oxford: Oxford University Press (OUP). ISBN 0-19-877588-1.
Chrystal, A. and Lipsey, R.G. (1999). (Italian, Romanian and Spanish translations). In Corvese, C.G. and Santoro, V. (Eds.), Oxford University Press.
Chrystal, A. (1997). The Political Business Cycle. In David Glasner, (Ed.), Business Cycles and Depressions: an Encyclopedia (pp. 536–8). New York and London: Routledge. ISBN 0-8240-0944-4.
Chrystal, A. (1996). The SDR and its Characteristics as an Asset: an Appraisal. In Mussa, M., Boughton, J.M. and Isard, P. (Eds.), The future of the SDR in Light of Changes in the International Financial System (pp. 289–304). Washington DC: International Monetary Fund. ISBN 1-55775-604-X.
Chrystal, A., Faini, R. and Guiso, L. (1993). Teorie Macroeconomiche. Milano: Ulrico Hoepli. ISBN 88-203-1861-X.
Hatton, T.J. and Chrystal, A. (1991). The budget and fiscal policy. In Crafts, N.F.R. and Woodward, N. (Eds.), The British Economy Since 1945 (pp. 52–88). Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-877274-2.
Chrystal, A. (1990). International reserves and international money: a solution in search of a problem. In Graham Bird, (Ed.), The International Financial Regime (pp. 9–28). London: Academic Press. ISBN 0-12-099745-2.
Chrystal, A. (1989). Overshooting models of the exchange rate. In David Greenaway, (Ed.), Current Issues in Macroeconomics (pp. 214–230). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 0-333-45344-1.
Chrystal, A.K. and Sedgwick, R. (1987). Exchange rates and the open economy. Brighton and New York: Prentice-Hall. ISBN 0-7450-0323-0.
Chrystal, A. (1987). Changing perceptions of international money and international reserves in the world economy. In Aliber, R.Z. (Ed.), The Reconstruction of International Monetary Arrangements (pp. 127–150). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 0-333-39680-4.
Chrystal, A. (1987). Dutch disease or monetarist medicine?: The British economy under Mrs Thatcher. In Ben Bernanke, (Ed.), Readings and Cases in Macroeconomics (pp. 431–444). New York: McGraw-Hill. ISBN 0-07-017779-1.
Chrystal, A. (1979). Controversies in British Macroeconomics. (pp. 1–196). Deddington: Philip Allan. ISBN 0-86003-022-9.
Chrystal, A. (2007). Discussion of paper by Prof J Hamilton. Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis Monetary Policy Conference St Louis, USA.
Chrystal, A. (2007). Major financial trends and their implication for European companies: what the CFO needs to know in order to exploit opportunities and mitigate threats. KPMG conference for CFOs Athens, Greece.
Chrystal, A. (2007). Monetary Policy Independence of the Bank of England: the first ten years. 4th International Conference on Applied Financial Economics Samos, Greece.
Thomas, P. and Chrystal, A. (2013). Generalized Demand Densities for Retail Price Investigation. American Journal of Industrial and Business Management, 03(03), pp. 279–294. doi:10.4236/ajibm.2013.33034 .
Thomas, P. and Chrystal, A. (2013). Retail Price Optimization from Sparse Demand Data. American Journal of Industrial and Business Management, 03(03), pp. 295–306. doi:10.4236/ajibm.2013.33035 .
Thomas, P. and Chrystal, A. (2013). Explaining the “Buy One Get One Free” Promotion: The Golden Ratio as a Marketing Tool. American Journal of Industrial and Business Management, 03(08), pp. 655–673. doi:10.4236/ajibm.2013.38075 .
Thomas, P. and Chrystal, A. (2013). Using Relative Utility Pricing to Explain Multibuy Prices in Supermarkets and on the Internet. American Journal of Industrial and Business Management, 03(08), pp. 687–699. doi:10.4236/ajibm.2013.38078 .
Chrystal, A. (2008). Assessing monetary policy effects using daily federal funds futures contracts: Commentary. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review, 90(4), pp. 395–397.
Chrystal, A. (2008). Commentary on "Assessing monetary policy effects using daily federal funds futures contracts". Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis Review, 90(4), pp. 395–397.
Chrystal, A. (2008). Monetary Policy Independence: The First Ten Years of the UK Monetary Policy Committee....and the first year of the "not-nice" decade.. Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis in Social Science, 2(2), pp. 1–24.
Chrystal, A. and Mizen, P. (2005). Other Financial Corporations: Cinderella or ugly sister of empirical monetary economics. International Journal of Finance and Economics, 10(1), pp. 63–80. doi:10.1002/ijfe.258 .
Chrystal, A. and Mizen, P. (2005). Consumption, Money, and Lending: A Joint Model for the UK Household Sector. The Journal of Money Credit and Banking, 37(1), pp. 119–144.
Chrystal, A. and Mizen, P. (2003). Goodhart's Law and UK Long-Run Money Demand. CLM.Economia, 3, pp. 195–232.
Chrystal, A. and Mizen, P. (2002). Modelling credit in the transmission mechanism of the United Kingdom. Journal of Banking and Finance, 26(11), pp. 2131–2154. doi:10.1016/S0378-4266(02)00203-0 .
Chrystal, A. (2002). Commentary on "Central bank structure, policy efficiency and macroeconomic performance: exploring empirical relationships". Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis Review, 84(4).
Brigden, A., Mizen, P. and Chrystal, A. (2000). Money, Lending and Spending: A Study of the UK Non-Financial Corporate Sector and Households. Bank of England Quarterly Bulletin, 40(2), pp. 159–167.
Chrystal, A., Haldane, A. and Proudman, J. (1999). Government Debt Structure and Monetary Conditions. Bank of England Quarterly Bulletin, 39 (1999)(4 (Q4)), pp. 393–396.
Chrystal, A. and Hoggarth, G. (1998). The UK Personal and Corporate Sectors During the 1980s and 1990s: A Comparison of Key Financial Indicators. Bank of England Quarterly Bulletin, 38 (1998)(3 (Q3)), pp. 220–232.
Chrystal, A.K. and Drake, L. (1997). Personal Sector Money Demand in the UK. Oxford Economic Papers, 49(2), pp. 188–206.
MacDonald, R. and Chrystal, A. (1995). Exchange Rates, Financial Innovation and Divisia Money. Journal of International Money and Finance, 14, pp. 493–513.
Chrystal, A. and Drake, L. (1994). Company Sector Money Demand: New Evidence on the Existence of a Stable Long-run Relationship for the UK. Journal of Money Credit and Banking, 26(3), pp. 479–494.
Chrystal, A. and MacDonald, R. (1994). Empirical Evidence on the Recent Behaviour and Usefulness of Simple Sum and Weighted Measures of the Money Stock. Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis Review, 76(2), pp. 73–109.
Chrystal, A. (1992). The Fall and Rise of Saving. National Westminster Bank Quarterly Review, February, pp. 24–40.
Chrystal, A. (1992). Don't Shoot the Messenger: Do Banks Deserve the Recent Adverse Publicity? National Westminster Bank Quarterly Review, May, pp. 44–54.
Chrystal, A. (1992). How the 1992 Legislation Will Affect European Financial Services. Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis Review, 74(2), pp. 62–77.
Belongia, M. and Chrystal, A. (1991). An admissable monetary aggregate for the UK. Review of Economics and Statistics, LXXIII(3), pp. 497–503.
CHRYSTAL, A. (1990). LIMITING EXCHANGE-RATE FLEXIBILITY - THE EUROPEAN MONETARY-SYSTEM - GIAVAZZI,F, GIOVANNINI,A. ECONOMIC JOURNAL, 100(402), pp. 1004–1005. doi:10.2307/2233698 .
Belongia, M. and Chrystal, A. (1990). Pitfalls in exchange rate targeting: a case study from the United Kingdom. Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis Review, 72(5), pp. 15–24.
Allsopp, C. and Chrystal, A. (1989). Exchange rate policy in the 1990s. Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 5(3), pp. 1–23.
Thornton, D. and Chrystal, A. (1988). On the informational content of spot and forward exchange rates. Journal of International Money and Finance, 7(3), pp. 321–330.
Coughlin, C., Wood, G. and Chrystal, A. (1988). Protectionist trade policies: a survey of theory, evidence and rationale. Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis Review, 70, p. 29.
Thornton, D. and Chrystal, A. (1988). The macroeconomic effects of deficit spending: a review. Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis Review, 70(6), pp. 48–60.
Wood, G. and Chrystal, A. (1988). Are trade deficits a problem? Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis Review, 70(1), pp. 3–11.
Alec Chrystal, K. and Chatterji, M. (1987). Money and disaggregate supply in the United States, 1950–1982. European Economic Review, 31(6), pp. 1211–1228. doi:10.1016/s0014-2921(87)80014-4 .
CHRYSTAL, A. (1987). WORLD MONETARY EQUILIBRIUM - INTERNATIONAL MONETARY-THEORY IN AN HISTORICAL INSTITUTIONAL CONTEXT - FLOYD,JE. CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS-REVUE CANADIENNE D ECONOMIQUE, 20(2), pp. 427–428. doi:10.2307/135378 .
Dowd, K. and Chrystal, A. (1987). Would a higher fiscal deficit stimulate the economy? Fiscal Studies, 8(1), pp. 17–23.
Peel, D. and Chrystal, A. (1985). What can economics learn from political science and vice versa. American Economic Review, 1985(May), pp. 62–65.
Chrystal, A. (1984). A guide to foreign exchange markets. Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis Review, 1984(March), pp. 5–18.
Chrystal, A. (1984). Dutch Disease or Monetarist Medicine? The British Economy under Mrs Thatcher. Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis Review, 1984(May), pp. 27–37.
Chrystal, A. (1984). International Banking Facilities. Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis Review, 1984(April 1984), p. 5.
Alec Chrystal, K., Wilson, N.D. and Quinn, P. (1983). Demand for international money 1962–1977. European Economic Review, 21(3), pp. 287–298. doi:10.1016/0014-2921(83)90093-4 .
CHRYSTAL, A. (1982). A NEOCLASSICAL ANALYSIS OF MACROECONOMIC POLICY - BEENSTOCK,M. ECONOMICA, 49(196), pp. 471–471. doi:10.2307/2552966 .
Chrystal, A. (1981). Some problems in formulating and testing a politico-economic model of the UK. Economic Journal, 91(363, September), pp. 730–736. doi:10.2307/2232838 .
Chrystal, A. (1981). The 'New Cambridge' aggregate expenditure function: the emperor's old clothes. Journal of Monetary Economics, 7(3), pp. 395–402.
Chrystal, A. (1981). Electoral cycles, budget controls and public expenditure. Journal of Public Policy, 1(1), pp. 37–59.
CHRYSTAL, A. (1981). PRINCIPLES OF INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS - CHACHOLIADES,M. JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS, 11(4), pp. 605–606. doi:10.1016/0022-1996(81)90038-6 .
CHRYSTAL, A. (1980). A MODEL OF THE UNITED-STATES BALANCE OF PAYMENTS - KENEN,PB. JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS, 10(1), pp. 140–141. doi:10.1016/0022-1996(80)90047-1 .
CHRYSTAL, A. (1980). BALANCE OF PAYMENTS THEORY AND THE UNITED-KINGDOM EXPERIENCE - THIRLWALL,AP. WORLD ECONOMY, 3(2), pp. 270–271.
CHRYSTAL, A. (1980). SUBSTITUTION EFFECTS, SPECULATION AND EXCHANGE-RATE STABILITY - MINFORD,P. WORLD ECONOMY, 3(2), pp. 272–273.
CHRYSTAL, A. (1978). NEW INTERNATIONAL MONETARY-SYSTEM - MUNDELL,RA, POLAK,JJ. ECONOMIC JOURNAL, 88(352), pp. 851–852. doi:10.2307/2231990 .
CHRYSTAL, A. (1978). NEED FOR INTERNATIONAL RESERVES AND CREDIT FACILITIES - WIJNHOLDS,JAH. WORLD ECONOMY, 1(4), pp. 455–456.
Chrystal, A. (1977). Demand For International Media of Exchange. American Economic Review, 67(5), pp. 840–850.
Stojanovic, A., Crossan, P. and Chrystal, A. (2002). The impact on the City of UK eurozone membership: the banking industry. City of London Corporation.
Mizen, P. and Chrystal, A. (2001). Consumption, Money, and Lending: A Joint Model for the UK Household Sector. Bank of England.
Chrystal, K.A. and Mizen, P. (2001). Other financial corporations: Cinderella or ugly sister of empirical monetary economics? Bank of England.
Chrystal, A. (1978). International Money and the Future of the SDR. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
Review of Financial Economics, Member of Editorial Board, 1994 – 2007.
Bank for International Settlements conference on Debt and Monetary Policy. (Conference) Chiang Mai, Thailand (2011). Invited speaker.
KPMG conference for CFOs. (Conference) Athens, Greece (2007). Invited speaker.
Paper: Major financial trends and their implication for European companies: what the CFO needs to know in order to exploit opportunities and mitigate threats.
Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis Monetary Policy Conference. (Conference) St Louis, USA (2007). Invited speaker.
4th International Conference on Applied Financial Economics. (Conference) Samos, Greece (2007). Invited speaker.
MMF 2004: Money, Macro and Finance Research Group 36th Annual Conference. (Conference) Cass (2004). Chair.
Economics slowdown 'exaggerated'. (2008) Credit Today.
Wage increases falling further behind soaring cost of living. (2008) Times (newspaper).
Wage Increases falling further behind soaring cost of living. (2008) www.timesonline.co.uk (website).
Overhaul adds power at the Bank of England. (2008) International Herald Tribune (newspaper).
UK financial oversight is overhauled. (2008) www.iht.com (website).
Les mesures prises restent a la surface de la crise. (2008) La Croix.
Les turbulences financieres vues de la City. (2008) La Croix.
Les turbulences financieres vues de la City. (2008) www.la-croix.com (website).

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Discussion in 'Surviving Spouse Application' started by LPCNYC, Oct 29, 2017.
Sorry for the basic questions. And thank you, in advance, for your help!
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Our staff has the experience, expertise and resources to support transportation projects at every level. Our toolbox includes traffic simulation and analysis software for studies and design. Major innovative features in our projects address traffic calming, traffic signals, traffic impact analysis, maintenance and protection of traffic (MPT) plans and safety enhancements such as guide rails, bridge barriers and rumble strips. AI understands the requirements of State Traffic Impact Assessments, applications and approvals. We have performed studies for travel demand forecasting, traffic analysis modeling, traffic data collection and design for traffic signal systems, signage, pavement markings, Intelligent Transportation Systems and Lighting. We pay attention to the small details in the design and location of curbing, guardrails, and pavement markings for travel lanes, shoulders, ramps, turn lanes, acceleration lanes, deceleration lanes, U-turns, and driveway intersections.


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From September 5th to September 9th 2010 the Center for Transnational Law (CENTRAL) in cooperation with the German Institution of Arbitration (DIS) organized the 8th Cologne Summer Academy on International Commercial Arbitration at the University of Cologne. Due to enthusiastic reports about former Summer Camps I arrived with high hopes. But what awaited me during that week exceeded my expectations by far.
The whole seminar was held in English and was based on a case scenario for which the materials were distributed partially in advance but mainly during the seminar in the form of an impressive binder for subsequent private studies. Furthermore each participant received a copy of the casebook "Private Dispute Resolution" including DVDRom and obtained a CENTRAL/DIS-Attendance Certificate. During the seminar a special emphasis was put on interactive learning. We got actively involved in all stages of a real international arbitration case.
Right from the start of the academy we were divided into a group of claimants and respondents. The guided discussions in these groups aimed at raising questions about crucial parts of our submissions and provided us with valuable insights how to prepare them and how to anticipate and oppose possible arguments from the other party. Furthermore some of us acted as tribunal and learned to take care of matters concerning proceedings before and during the trial period. Others were asked to assume the position of legal counsels and needed to give opening statements, applied for the production of documents, held rebuttals and had the chance to closely interrogate Prof. Berger who acted as witness and who surprised us frequently with astonishing and funny testimonies. During the whole seminar all workshop leaders always provided valuable instant feedback to improve our performances in the future.
We participants could draw upon the knowledge and partially different experience of various teachers all of whom are leading academics and practitioners in the field of international commercial arbitration but partially with different legal background (either common or civil law) which helped us to look at some issues from different viewpoints. Prof. Klaus Peter Berger walked us masterfully through the whole academy and was omnipresent during the whole week. Under his guidance we learned how to draft arbitration clauses and how to avoid pathological clauses. Stefan Hoffmann from Grüter Attorneys&Notaries explained how to analyse and structure the case and talked about strategies/tactics how best to present your case in front of the tribunal. Peter Kraft, attorney and member of the DIS Executive Committee, explained the role of the arbitral institution, and in particular, the way in which the DIS handles arbitrations both administratively and practically. Dr. Boris Kasolowksy, Council for Dispute Resolution at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in Frankfurt, explained the fine art of pleading and persuasive arguing.
Prof. Martin Hunter, Barrister at London and Professor of International Dispute Resolution at the Nottingham Law School, was in charge during the 3rd academy day and addressed the subject of taking evidence under the new IBA Rules, mainly request for the production of documents and witness evidence and provided valuable insights into the common law jurisdiction. During the last day Dr. Stefan Kröll, attorney and national correspondent for Germany to UNCITRAL for Arbitration, provided an overview over possible decisions or orders by an arbitral tribunal and explained the law regarding procedural orders, and awards on jurisdiction, partial awards, final awards and awards on costs. A joint session with the Mediation Academy completed the academy during which Prof. Berger provided a brief overview over how to combine Arbitration and Mediation by multi-tier clauses.
The organization during and outside the seminar was amazing due to the efforts of the members of the Center for Transnational Law (CENTRAL) team, who were always at hand to help and answer any arising questions. An informal opening reception provided us with the opportunity to get to know each other while enjoying the famous “Koelsch” beer and other German specialities. On the evenings, visits to the Koelner Dom, breweries and a boat trip with dinner served as great opportunities to get to know the city but also the teachers and the other participants on a private basis.
All in all the combination of highly skilled and experienced teachers, a unique, extremely practical and very interactive teaching concept, a perfect organization and a society of international students and young practitioners turned out to be the best seminar I ever attended and I can highly recommend it to everyone.


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Elizabeth has inspired many listeners with her programs such as ‘Write your Story’ and more recently ‘Elizabeth’s Scrapbook’. She has counted it a privilege over the years to share with her listeners what God has placed in her heart and to play wonderful music to inspire us.
On behalf of all at Good News Radio, our listeners and all who have worked with Elizabeth over these many years (as we celebrate our 25th year) we would pray as this season of her life concludes there will be many more opportunities for service in the future. We pray God’s richest blessings for both Elizabeth and her husband Malcolm and say thank you! thank you! thank you for all you’ve done.

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The Scottish Diesel and Electric Group and Bonnybridge Model Railway Club are pleased to announce the 2019 Bonnybridge Model Railway Exhibition.
Layouts from our own members, around Scotland and just a wee bit beyond!, full trade support, demonstrations and displays and full cafe facilities.
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Three Heermann’s kangaroo rats (Dipodomys heermanni), from San Luis Obispo County, California, were examined for ectoparasites. Two species of flea were found,Meringis californicus and Hoplopsyllus anomalus. Occurrence of these two species onDipodomys heermanni has not been reported before and represents new host records.
Clark, Howard O. Jr. and Pigage, Helen K. (2014) "New flea (Siphonaptera) record for Heermann's kangaroo rat (Dipodomys heermanni), San Luis Obispo County, California," Western North American Naturalist: Vol. 74 : No. 3 , Article 11.


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I use Apple Inc. and one of its founders, Steve Jobs, in this blog to refer to a company and its head but the discussions I have here can apply to any business enterprise and its recognized leader. It just so happen that the current buzz in the technology world is what will happen to Apple without Steve Jobs so I have their names on this blog’s title.
This topic reminds me of the various management training seminars I took in the early 1980’s when I was still an employee. I was then a middle-level manager in a medium-sized company belonging to a conglomerate that was focused to achieve growth and stability so its key employees were made to undergo such management trainings in order to prepare us for bigger tasks ahead. We would even have those live-in seminars in some out-of-town resorts and hotels.
All business organizations must have a natural leader at the start for it to be successful and for Apple Inc., Steve Jobs is definitely the one. For a business empire to become stable and continue to be successful it must aim to cross the Corridor of Crisis and reach the Professional Management Stage. I know that Apple, as a business enterprise, has a management training program for its people so that it could have a pool of professional managers who can take over any vacancy that could arise in its organization.
At this stage, from all the information available, it seems that Apple is still in the Natural Leadership Stage. There were attempts to cross the Corridor of Crisis especially when its natural leader (Steve Jobs) was not around to lead the company. Sad to say, in my personal analysis, Apple is not ready yet to be in the Professional Management Stage because they have to revert to Natural Leadership Stage and rely on Steve Jobs when he’s back.
What will then happen if, heaven forbids, Steve Jobs goes? I say, that will be the time Apple will be forced to cross the Corridor of Crisis and be hopefully be in Professional Management Stage. Will the company succeed to be there? It will depend on how well its senior managers are prepared for the tasks that will fall into their hands.
Steve Jobs dictates what people should do.
I do not know the management style of Steve Jobs but it should be effective or else Apple Inc. will not be what it is right now. No matter what, uncertainty remains when he finally retires.


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The resources for shared hosting is always very limited.
Your website performance will be affected by other websites hosted on the shared server.
You might have to face long term problems with scalability and backup.
You are on the same internet server as thousands of other websites (that’s how they make their money) the possibility of face security issues is very real.
Some of the applications you decide to use will require configuring of firewall settings and other security.
You will have a limited amount customer support available, before having to pay for technical help.
Virtual Private Server (VPS) Hosting is like owning a home in a residential neighborhood, fencing and property boundaries help keep your area private. Your VPS home is where you can customize everything to your own tastes, you will be responsible for maintaining your own area, but your home is built the way you like and your safety and security increases by leaps and bounds.
Plenty of space and bandwidth to be able to have applications not available when sharing space.
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The cost is included in our price, we are not trying to make money on the hosting service, to be competitive we need your website to run well, stay live, and make you money.
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I definitely appreciate a good local wine. We BC residents are so lucky to have some incredible wineries right here in our own backyard. Here are eight of my top picks you can try out focusing on regions – off the coast, near the city, by the lake, and from your tent.
This winery’s backstory is summed up in one perfect phrase: “from corporate suits to gumboots”. The owner put his passion for wine ahead of the daily grind and pursued his dream of having a French Chateau or Tuscan Villa of his own on Vancouver Island. Their wines are unique because of the cold climate of the region and the whites have a wonderful acidity, while reds are nice and bright with a light to medium body.
Built on a passion for wine and food, Unsworth is the result of one family bringing their dream to fruition one vine, bottle and blend at a time. The results of their care and efforts are palpable when you visit this beautiful winery. Guests can sample their wide array of wines ranging from ethereal sparkling wines to their bold red Meritage blend.
By using excellent grapes sourced from the Oliver-Osoyoos area and old fashioned wine-making techniques without chemicals or mechanical pumps; there is an uncompromised quality in Blackwood Lane wines. This boutique winery in the heart of the Fraser Valley wine corridor is only minutes from Vancouver.
Established in 2001, Township 7’s main focus is making quality wine and nothing else.
Everyone from first time visitors to major oenophiles will enjoy the wine, art, culture and culinary experiences brought together by the knowledgeable staff here. Their Chardonnay was even served to the Queen at the Government of Canada State Dinner in 2010.
For the last 38 years, Sumac Ridge Estate Winery has been producing quality BC VQA wines and was BC’s first operating estate winery. Since the 1800s, the area’s combination of sparkling water, brilliant sun and fertile land has made it ideal for growing grapes. And the grapes grown at Sumac Ridge produce incredible Gewürztraminer, Merlot, Sauvignon Blanc and Chardonnay.
Since it’s opening in 2010, this whimsical winery offers guests a different experience than most other places. Visitors tend to stay longer than at other tastings. It is, after all, the “Home of The WOOPSICLE”, a delicious, vibrantly colored, wine-based popsicle. Guests can sample wines at their eight different sampling stations and enjoy live music out in the garden.
Clos du Soleil is a small artisan-style winery and estate vineyard that focuses on producing premium quality wines. Their aesthetic is borrowed from the great wines of Bordeaux, but stamped with the flavors and aromas of the rocky Similkameen terroir.
This organic estate vineyard creates a broad spectrum of wines like their expressive Gewurztraminer, easy going, off dry rosé, Flamingo, to the complex, Meritage. Best known for their signature wine, the Gamay, Robin Ridge strives to give you a taste of the Similkameen in every glass.
This award-winning boutique winery focuses bottling its wine in small lots and the care put into each reserve is palatable. Its grapes are grown on the Erickson Bench which gives their wines a unique Kootenay fingerprint. Their current selection features everything from a fruity, 2017 Récolte Blanche to a rich, 2013 Pinot Noir Reserve.
This rustic-style winery has an unmistakably homey feel. Guests will feel relaxation and comfort when visiting “the Burl”, the log cabin style tasting room and gift shop. Their wide selection of wines pay tribute to the stunning backdrop of the Kootenays.
No matter what your wine preferences are, we have incredible wineries, right here in BC, that can serve just what you are craving. I encourage you to get out, explore and support our local wine businesses. You will be amazed at what you will discover. Happy travels!


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Published: August 3, 2018 2:16 pm Updated: Aug. 3, 2018 2:21 p.m.
Aug. 6, 2018 2:23 p.m.
This guy was finally arrested after being ticketed in Grand Teton, this incident in Yellowstone and causing a disturbance in Glacier. Sounds like a classy guy. Hopefully he has some jail time or at the very least community service a long ways from any national park or wildlife.
Aug. 6, 2018 2:07 p.m.
Some think it is 'stupid'--as in 'you can't fix stupid' or 'you can't help stupid'.
It's that-- and also you can't help people who are so entitled and focused on what THEY want to do that common sense and care about propriety means nothing to them.
Aug. 6, 2018 5:41 a.m.
Stupid is as stupid does. I've seen people hand-feeding bears in the Great Smokeys. What if you give mamma bear the last of your porridge and papa bear wants some?
Aug. 3, 2018 7:24 p.m.
If doesn't come under the heading of "dumb and dumber" it should!
Aug. 3, 2018 6:38 p.m.
Rangers were all through the park warning tourists to stay AWAY from the animals.
Aug. 3, 2018 5:12 p.m.
Tourists approach animals, get hurt or killed, and the animal is put down. They need to have hefty fines for this kind of idiotic behavior. Good grief.
Aug. 3, 2018 5:00 p.m.
Hope they ban that guy from all national parks. He probably even thought he was funny.
Aug. 3, 2018 2:46 p.m.
Karma often isn't instant, but I sometimes wish it were so.


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Fishery noted for Bream, Carp, Perch, Roach and Tench fishing.
Not a bad water, 1 match lake and 1 specimen. With good carp to low 30's, pike to mid 20's and massive Bream! But can be over run with kids during the summer months!
Method feeder with a hair rigged pellet has always produced plenty of carp on the match lake.


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Tecno Mobile Expand Your Horizons Photo Competition.
It’s time to Do More for Love!
#ShootYourShot and Win BIG for 2 this Valentine period in the Expand Your Horizons Photo Competition.
Which would you rather win Camon CM for 2 or Weekend Getaway for 2?
Contest Runs From 5th to 13th February, 2018.

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Create Denver strengthens the overall health and vitality of Denver by supporting the growth and development of the creative sector, including artists and enterprises such as film, music, fine art, galleries, art districts, fashion and design.
Create Denver showcases Denver’s talented and dynamic creative community and recognizes its role in making Denver vibrant and economically vital. Additionally, Create Denver catalyzes the creative sector to become a cohesive collective, and supports it by providing educational programming, inspirational dialogue and ideation.
If you're interested in becoming a partner, collaborator, or to learn more about Create Denver’s programming through the year, please contact Program Administrator, Lisa Gedgaudas: [email protected].


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T1 E6 for GTA San Andreas. Post the entire state of San Andreas to pieces with the new model tank T1 E6! Let You worship everything from ordinary people and ending with the deputies!
T1 E6 for GTA San Andreas can be downloaded for free using the appropriate button, and install mod the game can be as using unattended setup mode in our firm installer or manually.


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BEIJING, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) -- Facial recognition, big data analysis, robot receptionists and Virtual Reality Panorama navigation -- as the 2019 Spring Festival Travel Rush kicked off on Monday, multiple smart technologies have been introduced across China to ensure all travelers safer and easier family reunion trips.
Beijing Railway Station is among the first railway stations in China to launch a facial recognition system during the 2019 Spring Festival Rush.
It takes a passenger about 10 seconds to pass the turnstile by scanning their ticket, ID card and looking into the facial recognition screen.
A similar system has also been enabled at Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport. With the facial recognition technology, the Exit and Entry Frontier Inspection at the airport launched a self-service lane.
Passengers for international departure can whisk through customs formalities within nine seconds.
As families gather, reunion parties are scheduled and travel spikes, security measures with cutting-edge technologies have been used to ensure nothing can snarl the most important annual event in China.
Last week in Wuhan, Hubei Province, an open house at the railway station showcased explosive-handling robots to passengers. The robot can be remotely controlled within 200 meters to handle and dispose of explosives.
In Zhengzhou, Henan Province, railway police are equipped with smart glasses to check suspects.
Akin to Google's Google Glass, an optical head-mounted display in the shape of glasses can take pictures of a suspect with an embedded camera and connect to the police database in real time.
A crowded railway station is almost every travelers' nightmare on their journey. Nanchang Railway Administration has rolled out a virtual reality panorama navigation system at several railway stations in southern China.
Passengers can get fully prepared for the annual "challenge" by having virtual experiences like checking-in and security checks on their smartphone.
Robots are also no strangers to the Spring Festival travel rush this year. Chubby robots that resemble R2-D2 in Star Wars can be spotted in multiple railway stations and airports this year, offering service like information inquiry, the collection of empty water bottles and even singing songs for tired travelers.
Since 2018, some artificial intelligence technologies have also deployed in railway stations with large passenger flows.
With the help of computer vision and data analysis, stranded passengers can be monitored in real time. Crew members can guide and redirect passengers to ensure everyone can get on the train in time.
A veteran crew member at Guangzhou Railway Station told reporters that in the past, he estimated the passenger flow by counting the plastic woven luggage bags on the station square.
The travel rush began 15 days ahead of the Spring Festival, or Chinese Lunar New Year, which falls on Feb. 5 this year.


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Malavita! do the music and we do the moves! A band that are collectively on a mission to start the party and keep the audience jumping, Malavita! fuse funky latin beats, skanktastic reggae & chunky basslines to create a heady mixture of original feel good tunes.
Originating from Italy and the West country they have, 7 very eclectic souls powering 14 separate hands & a heap of vocal chords creating their infectious sound. Expect Horns a plenty, punchy percussion, strong vocals & a huge helping of soul all wrapped up in a fun sandwich. A band that defies genres, this South West based bunch will create music made for dancing and having fun, a mix up of hand crafted nu funk with a latin/balkan twist to invigorate your soul.


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From M1917 to M1A2, American tanks have dominated the battlefield.
The U.S. Army and Marine Corps are on the cusp of a centennial—the 100th anniversary of the tank in U.S. service.
This animated GIF, put together by the folks at partcatalog.com, shows the evolution of the American tank—from the clanky M1917 light tank to the M1A2 Abrams—and shows how the U.S. went from a newcomer to the world of tanks to world leader. The M1917 light tank, for example, was merely a copy of the Renault FT-17. That kind of copycat engineering is an idea that would be unthinkable now. Today the U.S. is a leader in tank development, and the M1A2 Abrams is the most successful, battle-tested main battle tank of its era.

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CISV offers a fun and exciting experience, but there is a lot more to us than that! Our international programs are based on sound educational principles and objectives and our peace education curriculum.
Our purpose is to educate and inspire individuals to become active and contributing members of a peaceful society—active global citizens. We aim to stimulate the life-long development of amicable relationships, effective communication, co-operation and leadership skills.
We use an active, experiential “learning by doing” approach to deliver our peace education, which makes learning fun and memorable.
We are fully committed to our educational goals. As a result, we also take research seriously in order to assess our educational impact.
Peace education provides us with the attitudes, skills and knowledge to become agents of change, locally and globally. Through peace education, CISV seeks to educate and inspire our participants to become “active global citizens” working towards a more just and peaceful world.
In CISV we have four peace education content areas that are explored in our programs. Our peace education is delivered in a way that is both age-appropriate and experiential.
Diversity – Explores the identity of the individual and asks us to consider ourselves within our own and the wider community.
Human Rights – Considers how human rights affect every aspect of our lives and how violations can lie at the root of problems such as poverty, violence and lawlessness.
Conflict and Resolution – Helps us to understand how conflicts can arise deliberately or otherwise and what can be done to help bring a peaceful resolution.
Sustainable Development – Looks for integrated ways to promote economic and social well-being, while protecting the environment through the responsible use of natural resources.
Having the opportunity to make friends with people from different backgrounds and life experience plays a vital role within peace education. This is because it encourages us to examine our own attitudes and values, which in turn helps to broaden our perspective of the world. It also helps to raise our self-awareness and our awareness of others.
CISV believes that fostering friendship between people of different nationality, gender, age, race, culture and class is a key building-block for peace. CISVers worldwide build friendships to learn from each other and take positive steps towards more peaceful and just communities.
To help spread the message beyond the camp, CISV International and partner, momondo, have created two free educational school activities.
These activities are based on activities run in CISV camps, helping children understand the importance of mutual tolerance and respect. To learn more, visit CISV International’s information on this exciting partnership!
San Francisco, CISV USA, CISV International Ltd.

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Learn to create an endless runner style native web 3D game using the powerful Three.js framework. There's no art involved; all visuals are created in code.
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The "Taken" star said on Tuesday that he is not a racist.
“The View” co-hosts weighed in on whether Liam Neeson’s comments about his desire to harm a black man decades ago were damaging or productive in starting a conversation about inherent racism.
Neeson appeared on “Good Morning America” Tuesday to clarify his comments in an interview with The Independent where he admitted to wanting to "unleash physical violence" against a black man after a close friend revealed she had been brutally raped. On "GMA," he said he is not a racist.
Sunny Hostin said she was “confused” about his comments.
“For Liam to still be using that as his experience as his inspiration to tap into... I didn’t understand, I still don't understand,” Hostin said, referring to the revenge-seeking roles he has played.
Meghan McCain said sometimes we like to believe “racism and bigotry and homophobia is something of the past,” and Neeson’s comments are a stark reminder that “maybe we haven’t come as far” and we need to continue having conversations about how far we still need to go.
“Although he was seeking out to act on this, he did not commit a hate crime and it is good that he recognizes the deep darkness and offense and bigotry that was inside him at that moment and sought help,” McCain said.
Abby Huntsman said it was important to acknowledge Neeson’s honesty and bravery for confronting this dark moment of his past.
“It's the lack of these types of conversations that don't get us anywhere and so seeing him out there on a morning show saying “I admit I struggled, I had these dark thoughts’... saying ‘I was wrong to feel that way’... I found that helpful and maybe can move the conversation to a better place,” Huntsman said.
Whoopi Goldberg also mentioned how she had experienced certain things that have made her think about "what someone is."
“People walk around sometimes with rage! That’s what happens,” Goldberg said. “Let us not forget we've seen this in other people and perhaps in ourselves. So, you can't be surprised that somebody whose loved one is attacked is angry and wants to go out and attack."


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And these weren't even the meanest tweets that some of these now Twitter-famous wingnuts have sent.
Again, though, not a racist.
So far, the president's act hasn't blown up anyone's Twitter follower count, although the one who wants Obama beheaded already had over half a million followers. Apparently, there was already a market out there for Mean Obama Tweets.