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Status: offline 1. some formulas are useless because a formula will pick a play, the line will change, and the formula no longer picks a play. This usually happens at some point after kickoff/tip off and the next time you download lines. I don't know how to fix this but if there is a way please do. I actually use a 0-99 window on all of my formulas. This helps, but sometimes you can't tune a formula better than 52% because you have to include all games.
2. If I do tune a formula and (say for example) get 6495-5944-209 ATS record, I'd really like to have a breakdown on the formulas based on point spreads, H/R etc. This would a really great feature, and if you could do it on consensuses that would be even better.
3. In the trends section You can see how 1 team does after different situations. Please add a feature so you can see how 2 teams do. Example how do teams do after Team 1 Wins ATS by 7 Wins SU by 10 VS a team that was on the road and lost ATS by 16.
4. in the team history/trends please add "by less than". Right now I can see how a team did after they won by 15 but I can't see how a team did if they Lost by less than X. Consider adding a range. I'd like to see how a team did after covered by 7-9 points, not just more than 7 points.
6. I tune formulas to get high straight up % and then apply then ATS. I would like to apply SU formulas consensuses to point spreads. Example in CBB I use 30 SU formulas to pick SU winners and then play anything pk to -5 ATS. If winpicks could tell me how well these picks do ATS without me having to backtest a season or two by hand I'd be happy. Along the same lines, and very similar to the first request, can SU formulas be broken down by point spreads to see how well they do SU. For example I tuned an 8 game rolling avg formula to get 73% straight up. I then isolated all games that were pk through -6.5 to see how well they did SU. For one year they were 92-86 Straight up. No where near the 73% of the entire formula.
Thanks for looking into these changes. I really think the formulas could be really strong but I haven't in 4 years figured how to make them profitable (except for CBB). I think if you implimented these changes they really could be. Also #3 would really make winpicks powerfull.
Status: offline Thanks for the comments.
1. Formula picks are based on the current line. If the line moves, a pick can change. Having a large betting window on your formulas (0-99) should minimize the amount of times that happens. On average, the closing line moves will average out when analyzing a formula's performance. However, the rationale for making the original pick did not change, as it was based on the most recent line available.
2. That is an interesting suggestion, we will consider it for a future release.
3. This would be difficult to implement due to how the Trends engine in WinPicks works, but we can look into it.
4. Will consider for a future release.
5. If we were to ever implement this, it would have to be done using a fixed set of weighting factors.
1. Can trends have a "revenge" seeker factored in?
2. Give winpicks the ability to tune a formula to be "worst" ATS, totals and SU? I would imagine this could easily by included.
On the "Trends Watch Alerts" report next to the records column, could you add a Avg points for and Avg Points against column, similar to what is reported in the history viewer?
Status: offline For the first time in 4 or 5 years I decided not to buy the parlay pack of winpicks. I was hoping that some of my Ideas would be included but none were. Winpicks is good but the platinum picks were not taking it to the next level, and didn't impress me as a reason to rebuy for 9-10. I hope the changes made for 10/11 are better than last year. I have found a new reason to buy but the season for NBA /CBB is nearly over. It's new computer hardware that I'm about to buy. I think it might be able to improve formula tune time significantly. If there is any way to get a free version of the 9/10 full version now or after the NBA seaon is over I'd like to know. Goldenstar924@yahoo.com Formerly greenwave77@iwon Thanks.


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industry_corpus2: Health & Medicine


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There are few things that can more quickly cause me to pull out my soapbox and climb up for a rant than the implication that science and faith are at odds. ‘I don’t believe in God, I believe in science,’ they say, to which I respond, ‘You’re welcome.’ For science, that is. It was invented by a Franciscan friar, after all. And you’re welcome for genetics (Augustinian monk). And the Big Bang Theory (Jesuit priest). And I rant and I rave about how sciencey the Church is. Because there is simply no such conflict.
Venerable Takashi Nagai speaks simply on the alleged conflict between science and faith: If you read what the great scientists actually said, it is not so. Social and literary critics, that is, men who have held pens but never test tubes, are the ones who make that claim.
So, in the interest of dispelling that silly rumour, and introducing you to some new Saint friends, I thought it would be good to collect some of our more scientifically brilliant Saints. Not just Sunday-Mass Catholics who were scientists, but Saints. Not just Saints who could do chemistry or build a bridge, but pioneers who changed their fields forever. Turns out, there are rather a lot, but let’s start with these.
He was the bishop of Laodicea and a leading scholar in all the natural sciences (including arithmetic, geometry, physics, rhetoric, dialectic, and astronomy) as well as being an Aristotelian philosopher.
He was an abbot, a mathematician, a liturgist, an historian, and an astronomer who worked on the theory of numbers before the introduction of Arabic numerals. He was stabbed to death for working to reform a monastery of not-so-holy monks.
Herman was born severely disabled (cleft palate, cerebral palsy, and spina bifida or possible spinal muscular atrophy) and raised in a monastery. He wrote on geometry, arithmetic, history, astronomy, theology, and music theory. When he eventually went blind, he turned his attention to composing, most notably the Salve Regina.
He is called the last man to know all there was to know. He taught St. Thomas Aquinas, whose work was so impressive that nobody could know all of Thomas’ work and all of the rest of the world’s scholarship. In addition to being a holy bishop, St Albert wrote on philosophy, theology, botany, geography, astronomy, zoology, music, and physiology, mostly with remarkable accuracy, especially given the time.
Nicolas was a convert to Catholicism, a bishop, a pioneer in anatomy and geology, and the father of paleontology because he discovered what fossils were. His laws of stratigraphy are still in use. And he managed all this before dying at the age of 48.
He was a nobleman, an army officer, and a cartographer before earning a doctorate in maths and devising a theorem on derivatives of composite functions that is named after him. He published around 40 articles in respected mathematical journals over the course of his career. Oh, and he was also a social reformer who worked with St. John Bosco and then a priest and the founder of religious order. Plus he worked to help women escape from human trafficking.
Saint Giuseppe was a dedicated single layman, a doctor who served the poor for free and risked his life to rescue elderly patients during a volcanic eruption. He was a pioneer in the field of biochemistry whose published research led (among many things) to the discovery of insulin as a treatment for diabetes. He was among the first to use CPR and his innovative patient-centred method influenced the field as a whole and encouraged a more holistic approach to medicine.
Takashi Nagai was a married Japanese doctor and convert from Shintoism and atheistic nihilism. The father of two worked at the leading edge of radiology research, eventually contracting leukemia from his exposure to radiation. His condition was dramatically worsened by the atomic bomb that incinerated his wife when dropped on Nagasaki. The poetry he wrote over the next several years, about suffering and forgiveness, transformed the way the Japanese responded to the catastrophic end of World War II.
He was a married French pediatrician, geneticist, and father of 5 who discovered that Down Syndrome was caused by an extra copy of chromosome 21. His later work identified several other diseases caused by chromosomal abnormalities, all of which together earned him the William Allen Award, the world’s highest honor for genetics. In addition to his scientific research, Lejeune was a vocal pro-life advocate, concerned especially with defending children whose lives could be threatened by their prenatal genetic diagnoses.
I’d like to include here also a number of canonised, or soon-to-be-canonised, physicians, though they weren’t research scientists or pioneers in mathematical or scientific fields. By separating them from the others, I don’t mean to imply that medicine isn’t a serious science, only that people tend to be less surprised when someone in the ‘caring professions’ is a Christian, even if that person is a scientist as well. We also have quite a lot of doctor Saints, so I thought I’d limit the list to a handful.
He was a Vietnamese doctor, and third order Dominican, who was beheaded by the Japanese for refusing to deny Christ.
He was also a Vietnamese doctor and catechist who was strangled to death for his faith.
St Mark Ji Tianxiang was an opium addict. Not had been an opium addict -- was an opium addict at the time of his death. He was a Chinese Christian doctor who treated the poor for free but became hooked on opiates after a stomach ailment. For 30 years, he was barred from receiving the Sacraments and prayed that he would die a martyr. Finally, his prayer was answered when he was captured during the Boxer Rebellion. He went to his death singing the Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
He was a prince, a father of 13, and a surgeon specialising in ophthalmology who operated on the poor for the fee of one Our Father.
He was an Italian doctor and a religious brother in the order of the Hospitallers of St John of God. He served as a medic in World War I before becoming a doctor and entering religious life.
He was a husband, father, third-order Franciscan, doctor, professor of biology, daily communicant, and founder of the University of the Sacred Heart. He was a leader in the Catholic Action movement and worked diligently to improve the lot of mentally handicapped children.
St. Gianna is, of course, famous for having refused to abort her child at the expense of her own life, but it wasn’t that sacrifice that made her a Saint, it was the life leading up to it that made it possible. Gianna was a pediatrician, a wife, and the working mother of four.

industry_corpus2: Technology & Research


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Joy is the all-purpose cookbook. There are other basic cookbooks on the market, and there are fine specialty cookbooks, but no other cookbook includes such a complete range of recipes in every category: everyday, classic, foreign and de luxe. Joy is the one indispensable cookbook, a boon to the beginner, treasure for the experienced cook, the foundation of many a happy kitchen and many a happy home.
Privately printed in 1931, Joy has always been family affair, and like a family it has grown. Written by Irma Starkloff Rombauer, a St. Louisan, it was first tested and illustrated by her daughter, Marion Rombauer Becker, and subsequently it was revised and enlarged through Marion's efforts and those of her architect husband, John W. Becker. Their sons -- Ethan, with his Cordon Bleu and camping experiences, and Mark, with his interest in natural foods-have reinforced Joy in many ways.
Now over forty, Joy continues to be a family affair, demonstrating more than ever the awareness we all share in the growing preciousness of food. Special features in this edition are the chapter on Heat, which gives you many hints on maintaining the nutrients in the food you are cooking, and Know Your Ingredients, which reveals vital characteristics of the materials you commonly combine, telling how and why they react as they do; how to measure them; when feasible, how to substitute one for another; as well as amounts to buy. Wherever possible, information also appears at the point of use.
Divided into three parts, Foods We Eat, Foods We Heat and Foods We Keep, Joy now contains more than 4500 recipes, many hundreds of them new to this edition -- the first full revision in twelve years. All the enduring favorites will still be found. In the chapter on Brunch, Lunch and Supper Dishes there are also interesting suggestions for using convenience and leftover foods. Through its more than 1000 practical, delightful drawings by Ginnie Hofmann and Ikki Matsumoto, Joy shows how to present food correctly and charmingly, from the simplest to the most formal service; how to prepare ingredients with classic tools and techniques; and how to preserve safely the results of your canning and freezing.
Joy grows with the times; it has a full roster of American and foreign dishes: Strudel, Zabaglione, Rijsttafel, Couscous, among many others. All the classic terms you find on menus, such as Provencale, bonne femme, meunière and Florentine, are not merely defined but fully explained so you yourself can confect the dish they characterize. Throughout the book the whys and wherefores of the directions are given, with special emphasis on that vital cooking factor -- heat. Did you know that even the temperature of an ingredient can make or mar your best-laid plans? Learn exactly what the results of simmering, blanching, roasting and braising have on your efforts. Read the enlarged discussion on herbs, spices and seasonings, and note that their use is included in suitable amounts in the recipes. No detail necessary to your success in cooking has been omitted.
Joy, we hope, will always remain essentially a family affair, as well as an enterprise in which its authors owe no obligation to anyone but to themselves and to you. Choose from our offerings what suits your person, your way of life, your pleasure -- and join us in the Joy of cooking.
Because of the infinite patience that has gone into the preparation of Joy of Cooking, the publishers offer it on a money-back guarantee. Without question there is no finer all-purpose cookbook.

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According to a statement from the BYEGM, Dündar’s request was rejected due to national security policy, and a decision of whether Dündar’s press card will be revoked will be made at the next meeting of the Press Card Commission.
“The request of Can Dündar, who on every occasion defames Turkey and attributes false statements to Turkey, has been denied due to national security policy,” the statement read.
Dündar is currently standing trial in absentia for “espionage” after publishing an article on the alleged transportation of weapons to radical groups in Syria by Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MİT).
While Dündar left Turkey prior to a failed coup attempt on July 15, his wife was stopped by police at İstanbul Atatürk Airport and her passport was seized under the state of emergency that was declared days after the coup attempt.

industry_corpus2: Politics & Administration


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Kenny Dunkan is a Guadeloupean Paris based artist that belongs to a category of transversal cultural dreamers. A recent graduate from the École Nationale des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, he breathes art and aestheticism, and this shows in both his physical appearance, environment, language and work. He documents his visions in a blog where he creates collages using his body as canvas.
One can immediately understand the artist’s vision by looking at his living space. An all white laboratory where minimal design objects interact with tropical plants and Guadeloupean inspired coloured decorations. With a similar approach to researchers, he observes and explores his surroundings to then “sample, analyse and transform” them into sculptural collages and objects.
In “Knife Just Do it” (2014) for example, he hijacked a Nike logo to transform it into a rustic knife, combining two of his passions: craftsmanship and fashion.The artist has what can be considered as a fetishist obsession with small manufactured objects, that he accumulates to create “organic textured furs”.
Combined with his childhood explorations in the Mardi Gras parades of Guadeloupe, his sculptures are filled with movement and eclectic colours.
In “Frustrations #1” (2013), hundreds of plastic purple flower petals were glued together into a base like circular shape that then evolve into a tube. The tube then leads to a plant like construction; compiled by clothes wrapped with electrical wire. Resembling a tropical plant of our time, he was able to ensemble together opposing objects and to capture the essence of stuff we often consider as trivial.

industry_corpus2: Film & Entertainment


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Loved your article. Very interesting and timely with this year's fair.
Hi, I have been doing my family tree for many years and was looking for as many for information on my g-grandfather, Frank Graser. I found a book about twenty years ago about Frederick. I looked in it and found a picture of the wedding of my great aunt and her husband. The picture was a different one other than what is posted here. I now finally can see a face for my g-grandfather and I think my g-grandmother was in the corner of the picture. Next to Frank Graser was my grandfather, John William, and I think the child was Charles Graser, the youngest child of my g-grandparents, Frank Graser and Mary Musser Graser. I really want to say thank you for bringing my family to life for me. I finally have faces to go with names.
Chris...I just love reading your articles! You make Frederick County history so very interesting!!

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industry_corpus2: Aerospace


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NOTE: RUNNING ALL PARTS OF THIS SCRIPT IS RECOMMENDED FOR ALL MySQL SERVERS IN PRODUCTION USE! PLEASE READ EACH STEP CAREFULLY!
Setting the root password ensures that nobody can log into the MySQL root user without the proper authorisation.
Normally, root should only be allowed to connect from ‘localhost’. This ensures that someone cannot guess at the root password from the network.
By default, MySQL comes with a database named ‘test’ that anyone can access. This is also intended only for testing, and should be removed before moving into a production environment.
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Update the database connection details. (host, login, password and database name).
Virtual Host setup in Apache conf file.
If STRICT mode is On, turn it Off.
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industry_corpus2: Computing & Telecommunications


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SEATTLE, Oct. 11, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Atossa Genetics Inc. (NASDAQ:ATOS), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapeutics and delivery methods for breast cancer and other breast conditions, has completed enrollment in its Phase 2 study of Atossa’s proprietary Topical Endoxifen in women with mammographic breast density, or MBD.
This double-blinded, placebo-controlled Phase 2 study is being conducted at Stockholm South General Hospital in Sweden. The study is being led by principal investigator Dr. Per Hall, MD, Ph.D., Head of the Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics at Karolinska Institutet. “We are very pleased with the speed at which the study has fully enrolled 90 participants in under 6 weeks,” commented Dr. Hall. “This fast enrollment is a testament to the hard work and superlative service of my dedicated staff and the positive experience patients have had with this novel topical drug,” continued Dr. Hall.
The primary endpoint of the study is to determine if daily Topical Endoxifen administration results in an individual change in MBD, which will be measured after three and six months of entering the study. The secondary endpoints are safety and tolerability. Ninety participants were randomized to one of three groups (one placebo group and two groups of different strengths of Topical Endoxifen) with 30 participants per group. The objective of the study is to determine if MBD is reduced, and if so, the results will drive sample size calculations for a future a Phase 3 study.
Atossa has two development programs: Endoxifen (topical and oral forms) and a program for the targeted delivery of drugs and immunotherapies via its proprietary intra ductal microcatheters to treat early breast cancer.
Atossa is developing its proprietary Topical Endoxifen to treat or prevent breast health conditions in both men and women. For women, the proprietary Topical Endoxifen is being developed to treat MBD. Legislation that has been recently enacted in over 30 states requires that women be notified if they have MBD and those notifications typically state that women with MBD have a higher risk of developing breast cancer, and that mammography may not be as effective in detecting breast cancer because the MBD can “mask” the detection of cancers.
As many as approximately 10 million women in the United States have high MBD, for which there is no FDA-approved treatment. MBD increases the risk of developing breast cancer. Although oral tamoxifen is approved to prevent new or recurrent estrogen-receptor positive early stage breast cancer and to treat metastatic breast cancer patients, it is rarely used in women who have not developed breast cancer who have an increased risk of developing breast cancer. Tamoxifen can have side effects that are difficult to tolerate and it has the risk of more serious side effects such as blood clots and strokes.
For men, Atossa is developing Topical Endoxifen to prevent a condition called gynecomastia, for which there is no FDA-approved pharmaceutical. Gynecomastia is male breast enlargement and accompanying pain, which according to the Mayo Clinic affects 25% of men in the U.S. between the ages of 50-69, or approximately 10 million men. It is the most common male breast disorder and is caused by a hormone imbalance where testosterone is low compared to estrogen. Gynecomastia is caused by, among other things, any number of commonly prescribed medications, such as androgen deprivation therapy to treat prostate enlargement and prostate cancer, anti-anxiety medications, cancer treatments (chemotherapy), and some heart medications. Subject to further clinical studies and regulatory approval, Topical Endoxifen could fill a significant unmet medical need in reducing gynecomastia in men taking androgen deprivation therapy to treat prostate cancer.

industry_corpus2: Biopharmaceuticals


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The First three settings are our three favorite versions of the classic 1886 six-prong Tiffany style diamond solitaire engagement ring.
The first is a beautiful handcrafted design by James Allen. The prongs are “scalloped claw” and this setting is available in white, yellow and rose gold and platinum. Matched with a high quality GIA 1 carat diamond, the ring will go for around $6900.
Next is a classic “Tiffany Style” Six Prong Diamond Solitaire Engagement Ring by the renowned designer Vatche. This ring is considered by many to be one of the finest solitaire settings on the market. Matched with a super high quality 1 carat diamond from the “A Cut Above”, “Hearts and Arrows” Super Ideal Round Cut Diamond Collection, the ring will cost about $11,000. The “A Cut Above” line offers some of the finest cut diamonds in the world.
Third [below] is Brian Gavin’s Tiffany style setting, designed to showcase one of their top of the line Signature Collection diamonds. A Signature Collection, AGS0 rated diamond, will offer the ultimate in Light Performance. Matching this setting with a 1 carat “Hearts and Arrows” Round Cut Signature Collection diamond, the ring will sell for about $8800.
Lastly [below] is a versatile 4-prong setting from James Allen. This “presentation” setting, selling for under $200, works for either a round cut or princess cut diamond. This setting is great for entry-level rings, or any ring where you want to spend the majority of your budget on the diamond. When matched with a good quality 0.5 carat princess cut diamond, the ring can be purchased for under $1000. Matching it with a high-quality GIA 1 carat round cut diamond the ring will sell for about $6300. See our article on The Classic Solitaire Engagement Ring for more information.
Of course depending upon your budget you may need to select a different sized diamond, but whatever you should decide, you can be assured that the classic diamond solitaire setting will always be one of the most desirable engagement ring styles.


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As you can see all it wants to do is take two objects, and tell you if they are the same. The name of it couldn't ring any truer. You can see them there passed in as the first two arguments a, b, and then you stumble upon another: compare. If you take a look a line below it's obvious that it is a function, but not only that an optional function. How can isSame such a tiny function on it’s own, offer such flexibility? There are many different ways to compare things, and it's very considerate of this function to provide us a way to take a custom perspective on how we'd like to tell if two objects are isSame.
If you don't want to provide your own perspective, the function can still do it's job. The first thing it checks is if the two objects are even of the same type, because if they aren't we can safely assume they are not isSame I mean, they are completely different types! After that a rather strong opinion is taken, it is that plainly: no two objects are ever isSame.
Yes in deed isSame does it all, and does so without breaking a sweat. I have to admit that I'd feel comfortable running this code one million times over.
Can programmers even afford to not be pedantic? But the beauty of isSame is that if truth in those cases is what you are after, you just need to provide it a bit of insight!
Anything can be isSame if you try hard enough!

industry_corpus2: Programming


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industry_corpus2: Real Estate & Construction


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This year I’d like to further aim towards maintaining a public blog but a relatively (it’s all relative) private, private life. But a special mention goes to a kindred soul I feel very lucky to know: a kind hearted, open minded and hard working doctor who supported, inspired and encouraged me to take a leap into the unknown. Faith was my biggest theme last year, and this year it’s Focus. I’ve re-published a piece by my favourite German Blogger Niklas Göke who you can follow on Medium.
My theme for 2019 is ‘focus.’ Focus on the work and projects that matter, the people I really care about, and, most of all, focus of the mind. If you’re anything like me — an overthinking introvert with a mind that’s always on — that last one is especially difficult.
Part of it’s just human nature. Our brains are wired to look for problems. To obsess over an issue we can fix. Until we create a solution, which gives us a short burst of relief. Then, it’s on to the next thing.
But for introverts, it’s particularly easy to get stuck on the obsession part. Our default response to almost anything is to think up a maze in our mind, then zip through it until we’ve explored every corner. Like a mouse looking for cheese, even if there’s none to be found.
One of the few things that’s helped me stop spinning in circles in my own head is Zen stories. I’m not sure why. Maybe, I can relate to the imagery associated with Buddhist monks. Maybe, I’m a sucker for allegories. In any case, while some people might think they’re cheesy, they work for me.
When my mind is cloudy, a Zen story can clear it up. When I’m frantic, it calms me down. And when I’m too close to the trees to see the forest, it helps me see.
You may not be an introvert or compulsive thinker, but I hope you’ll still benefit from the following seven stories. I know they’ve done wonders for me.
A man went to a Buddhist monastery for a silent retreat. After he finished, he felt better, calmer, stronger, but something was missing. The teacher said he could talk to one of the monks before he left.
When the man returned home, he was enlightened.
When the weather is bad, when your crush won’t answer, when the obstacle won’t budge, don’t say no. Don’t dig in your heels and push and shove until your veins pop out in frustration. Say yes. Accept. Breathe. Life is flowing. Always. It’s us trying to swim upstream. Let the current carry you instead.
Resisting to what life is trying to tell you is exhausting, but resisting to what life has already told you is guaranteed to be in vain. What’s done is done.
If you feel guilty, it was a mistake you can fix. If you feel ashamed, it was a mistake you shouldn’t repeat. But regret? That’s just dragging a past event into the present. It’s a toxic attempt to twist reality. And it always backfires.
A Zen master was given a beautifully crafted crystal cup. It was a gift from a former student.
He was very grateful. Every day, he enjoyed drinking out of his glass. He would show it to visitors and tell them about the kindness of his student.
One day, a clumsy visitor toppled the glass on its shelf. The cup fell down. When it hit the floor, it was smashed into thousands of tiny pieces.
He picked up a broom and started sweeping.
I found the idea for this in The Daily Stoic by Ryan Holiday. About a year ago, I wrote that “half of happiness is being okay with what you don’t get.” Now, I think I know what the other half is: being okay with losing what you have.
The man who remembers to be grateful for his possessions is ahead of most. But the man who knows they won’t last is ahead of him still. Be the second.
We think we do, but, most of the time, there’s no need to think or plan or strategize, because, ultimately, it won’t make a big difference which option we choose. There’s always one or multiple next steps to take. So we might as well take any one of them. Often, there’s more satisfaction to be drawn from doing.
No matter how our path unfolds, mindfulness always lies on the way.
Two men visit a Zen master.
The first man leaves and the second man comes in.
What we seek is what we find. The reasons why you do what you do matter as much, if not more, as what you end up doing. Because they shape how you seek. So, ultimately, they’ll also determine what you find.
A learned man once went to visit a Zen teacher to inquire about Zen. As the Zen teacher talked, the learned man frequently interrupted to express his own opinion about this or that. Finally, the Zen teacher stopped talking and began to serve teato the learned man. He poured the cup full, then kept pouring until the cup overflowed.
Here’s an interesting question: What if the two men from before came from the same town? All we have to judge the world with are our own little measuring sticks. Our biased, subjective, arbitrary measuring sticks.
They rarely get the job done. Empathy, however, always works. Seeing the world through other people’s eyes is like throwing out the stick: You can’t do it without widening your perspective. It’s never easy and, sometimes, it ends up being unnecessary. But it should always be the first thing you try.
Four monks decided to meditate silently without speaking for two weeks. They lit a candle as a symbol of their practice and began. By nightfall on the first day, the candle flickered and then went out.
They all had different reasons, but each of the four monks shared his thoughts without filtering them — none of which improved the situation. Had there been a fifth, wiser monk, he would’ve remained silent and kept meditating.
This way, he would’ve pointed out their mistakes without a single word. Without breaking his own quest for better. Done long enough, talking inevitably leads to embarrassing yourself. Listening leads to learning.
The less you speak, the smarter you get. And, maybe not quite coincidentally, the smarter you get, the less you speak.
Maybe, we’re not meant to roam the world in a perpetual state of carefree, ignorant bliss. But we’re also not mere rats in a maze. Thinking is good. Solving problems is useful. Overthinking problems is not.
Like zen, focus is a lifelong practice. We’ll fail many times along the way but remember: the best distraction is a good story. Who knows? It just might get you back on track.


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BERLIN: Angela Merkel's main challenger in next month's German election criticised the chancellor's approach to carmakers on Tuesday and called for them to pay for the widening emissions scandal.
The future of the auto sector, Germany's biggest exporter and provider of some 800,000 jobs, has become a hot election issue as politicians blame executives and each other for the sector's battered reputation after Volkswagen admitted to cheating U.S. emissions tests almost two years ago.
Social Democrat Martin Schulz, who is taking on Merkel in the Sept. 24 election, said she had repeatedly changed her views on the need to develop electric cars and the continued use of diesel vehicles, raising questions for unions and consumers.
"The zig zag course of Mrs. Merkel has unsettled unions and has left it unclear that those who caused this crisis will be held responsible," said Schulz, who leads the Social Democratic Party (SPD) that is the junior partner in Merkel's coalition.
Merkel defended her approach during a campaign rally in the northern city of Cuxhaven on Tuesday, saying it was important to both support the auto industry and cut pollution in German cities.
Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble told an event hosted by the Handelsblatt newspaper that he favoured stronger regulation of the car industry, but gave no details. He said the industry had made serious mistakes and must accept the consequences.
Schulz welcomed belated government support for his proposal on Friday to introduce electric car quotas in Europe, which Merkel initially said was not well thought out.
But he said he did not understand Merkel's abrupt switch to support a ban on diesel cars in an interview on Monday, a move that he said would harm consumers and automotive industry workers in the near term.
German politicians and car bosses agreed this month to overhaul engine software on 5.3 million diesel cars to cut pollution after cities around the world took action to ban them.
"Consumers need certainty that they will not be made to pay for the mistakes of the carmakers and their wheeling and dealing with political organisations, or even agencies of the German government," Schulz said.
He also criticised German carmakers for "sitting on a high horse because they think their closeness to Chancellor Merkel will protect them" and said a second diesel summit offered an opportunity to address the outstanding issues.
Merkel has said she will participate in the next summit if, as expected, she wins the election. She was on vacation during the previous summit in early August.
The head of Germany's Federal Office for Economic Affairs and Export Control, Andreas Obersteller, told the Rheinische Post newspaper that the German government could shift some 200 million euros in incentives available for electric car purchases to encourage construction of more charging stations.
The government had seen fewer than expected applications for the total 600 million euros in electric car purchase incentives available through mid-2019, freeing up an estimated 200 million that could be used elsewhere, Obersteller said.

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Bring your own device (BYOD) is an asset policy that an organisation refers to the policy of permitting employees to bring personally owned devices to their workplace, and to use those devices to access privileged company information and applications. Organisations may choose to adopt this policy to help reduce costs and increase productivity. Devices include mobile phones, tablets, laptops and any other devices used for business. It asks staff to use their personal devices for business purposes and carries many benefits however it is not without consideration.
Before adopting a policy like this it is important to consider the benefits and considerations and craft a policy that suits your business needs, your culture and your team. It is always advisable to document this policy to protect your employees and your business.
The purchase and maintenance of hardware is a considerable strain on the bottom line. BYOD means a significant reduction in not only capital expenditure but potentially maintenance / support costs as well. This relieves pressure on the IT department as personal devices are generally maintained by the user.
When staff get a new device supplied by the organisation, there are typically teething issues and time lost loading information, getting familiar with the device and adjusting settings to be suit the individual’s needs. When you get your staff to use their own devices they have the benefit of familiarity. This also means that staff do not have to carry, keep charged and care for multiple phones and laptops, i.e. personal and work devices – something that can become frustrating.
Paying for and maintaining service charges on mobile phones and internet enabled devices can accumulate into a large monthly expense. Since most plans these days include unlimited calls and texts, it does not cost the employee any more to use their personal number to conduct business but does save the company a sizeable amount. It is however important that you are aware and consider the amount of data an employee would consume conducting business from their phone and offer relief such as WIFI in the office to mitigate any excess usage charges. You should also be mindful that some employees will not want to use their devices for business use.
With your employees having access to their work emails and other programs from their personal devices you will probably see an increase in their engagement when they are not in the office. This can be a double-edged sword as a quick response to an email late at night might help tasks move along but if the employee feels ‘badgered’ by emails and calls in their personal time they may start to feel resentment.
For example - some people like to be able to monitor emails and keep track of what is going on while they are on leave, but others prefer to completely disengage from work and maximise their break. It is essential that this is considered, and you communicate with your team that they are under no obligation to check their emails or answer phone calls out side of work hours. This will be governed by the organisations policy that is adopted.
As so much business is now conducted over the internet, data conscious employees will be tempted to connect to WIFI where possible. While they will certainly connect to their home WIFI, they may also connect to public WIFI in coffee shops and shopping centres leaving the company information that is stored and accessed through their device vulnerable.
Unless the company maintains the device personally, you cannot guarantee the existence or quality of security measures adopted on the device. Consideration should be given to the type of information stored on the devices as this may be a source of data leakage if the device is lost or incorrectly secured. Although we would hope that most people have passwords, multifactor authentication, antivirus and antispam software on their devices, it is possible that this does not occur.
It is advisable to ensure that your BYOD policy outlines expectations around the security of any device that holds company information. It is perfectly reasonable to expect your staff to have passwords and other authentication on all their devices and for them to notify you should there be a breach to or theft of the device. This notification will allow you to secure your company data as promptly as possible. Several software solutions exist for assisting with managing and mitigating this risk. Again, this will be governed by the organisations policy that is adopted.
Unlike in the past where you could take someone’s Rolodex when they left the company, these days employees will leave with all your client contacts and other company information on their devices. As you cannot confiscate the device, you may be forced to trust that your former employee will act in a confidential and ethical manner and remove the sensitive information as a part of the exit process. As with security, several software solutions exist for assisting with managing and mitigating this risk which can safely remove some sensitive information without impacting the user’s device.
There are many things to consider when you are looking at bringing in a BYOD policy. It works for many businesses and their employees but should be implemented in a considered fashion. Some companies choose to make it optional and others offer an allowance to assist the employees with the maintenance of their devices.
Whatever you do, think it through - establish policies, include them in your induction and regularly remind staff of security concerns.


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Federal and Postal Workers who file for Federal Disability Retirement benefits, whether under FERS or CSRS, through the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, fit nicely into that category of the unchosen. Once part of the workforce, the need to detach, separate, and move on to another and different phase of life, career, vocation and stage — all are aggregately bundled into the entire process of separation from an organization which once chose, but because of circumstances beyond one’s immediate control, ascribed with the prefatory negation of that which once was.
When a medical condition impacts one’s ability to perform all of the essential elements of one’s job, the Federal employee has few choices. Continue on as one of the chosen; walk away with nothing to show for it; allow the agency to determine the time and place of becoming one of the unchosen; or file for Federal Disability Retirement benefits through the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, and have some semblance and control of being the master of one’s destiny and future.
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Last month, he put that number at 35 million, while on Sunday he pegged it at 25.7 million-plus – figures offered without evidence. “I’m not exactly sure where the president got that number this morning,” Mulvaney said.
His homeland security chief cited “somewhere” between 11 million and 22 million last month. In November, the nonpartisan Pew Research Center reported 10.7 million in 2016 – the lowest in a decade.
Compare that with research in 2017 from a conservative group, the Federation for American Immigration Reform, which advocates for less immigration: $135 billion a year or about $11.25 billion a month – a figure that included health care and education, plus money spent on immigration enforcement.


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Plaintiff has filed this complaint seeking reversal of the November 5, 1987 final decision of the Assistant Commissioner for Patents (Commissioner) striking Air Products' United States Patent application Serial No. 037,836. As grounds for its challenge, plaintiff alleges that defendant had no authority to strike the application, and that, in striking the application for inequitable conduct, defendant failed to consider on the merits whether Air Products had cured the inequitable conduct found in Driscoll v. Cebalo, 731 F.2d 879 (Fed.Cir.1984). Currently before the Court are the parties' cross-motions for summary judgment.
Plaintiff first alleges a procedural deficiency as to the Commissioner's decision to strike the controverted application, in that he was without authority to so act.
Prior to 1982, the Commissioner was specifically empowered by regulation to deal with issues of inequitable conduct by striking from the files an application in relation with which such conduct had been identified. See 37 C.F.R. § 1.56 (1977) (Rule 56). [FN2] Effective July 1, 1982, Rule 56 was amended to provide that the claims in an application be rejected (rather than stricken) if the applicant has engaged in inequitable conduct. [FN3] It is the scope and effect of the amended regulation which is at issue here: plaintiff asserts that subsequent to its effective date, the Commissioner no longer had statutory or regulatory authority to strike any application for inequitable conduct, be it pending or abandoned; defendant argues that the new regulation altered the sanction against pending applications only, and that the Commissioner retained broad statutory authority to strike abandoned applications.
(d) No patent will be granted on an application in connection with which fraud on the Office was practiced or attempted or the duty of disclosure was violated through bad faith or gross negligence. The claims in an application shall be rejected if upon examination pursuant to 35 U.S.C. 131 and 132, it is established by clear and convincing evidence (1) that any fraud was practiced or attempted on the Office in connection with the application, or in connection with any previous application upon which the application relies, or (2) that there was any violation of the duty of disclosure through bad faith or negligence in connection with the application, or in connection with any previous application upon which the application relies.
On July 1, 1982, the revised procedures of §§ 1.56(d) and 1.193(c) will apply to any applications then pending which have not been the subject of a final Office decision on questions of fraud or violation of the duty of disclosure. Any petition to strike an application from the files or any protest against a pending application filed prior to July 1, 1982, will be governed by the rules in effect prior to that date. Any applications filed under § 1.175(a)(4) prior to July 1, 1982, will be examined until the application is amended and a reissue patent issues thereon or the application becomes abandoned.
47 Fed. Reg. at 21751.
Defendant argues, and the Court agrees, that the regulatory scheme adopted by the post-1982 Rule 56 provides for rejection of claims only in pending applications. This conclusion is logically supported by the fact that only pending application may be "examined" pursuant to 35 U.S.C. §§ 131 and 132; an abandoned application is no longer before the examiner for consideration on the merits, as it is not entitled to become a patent under the law. Gandy v. Marble, 122 U.S. 432 (1887). Therefore, it would be impossible to reject the claims in an abandoned application, as directed by new Rule 56, "upon examination pursuant to 35 U.S.C. 131 and 132." Furthermore, the language of the interim procedures for implementation of the new rule states that the new rule will apply to pending applications; there is no guidance as to how the new rule is to be applied to abandoned applications which, as of July 1, 1982, had not been the subject of a final Office decision on questions of fraud or violation of the duty of disclosure.
In sum, there is nothing on the face of the new regulation to suggest that it was intended to govern abandoned applications, nor does the language of contemporaneous, explanatory agency statements indicate otherwise. In the absence of a clearly expressed legislative intention to the contrary, the plain language of the regulation will control the Court's construction. Oliver v. U.S. Postal Service, 696 F.2d 1129 (5th Cir.1983). Here, the language selected by the drafters of the regulation is clear and unequivocal, and consistent with interpretive agency materials. Thus, the Court is bound to give effect to the plain meaning of the words, and finds that abandoned applications are not within the purview of new Rule 56's reach.
Having determined that the current Rule 56 no longer applies to abandoned applications, the Court must next consider whether the Commissioner has authority from some other source to strike the '836 application. Without citing to any specific statutory or regulatory provision, defendant argues that the Commissioner must have authority to strike abandoned applications upon a showing of inequitable conduct, simply because striking is the only method for denying an applicant the benefit of an abandoned application tainted by misconduct. This argument is unpersuasive for a variety of reasons.
*3 First, the Court rejects the premise that striking of an abandoned application is the sole sanction available when inequitable conduct has been proven. As defendant explains, an abandoned application retains importance due to the filing date benefit it might accord to a subsequent application under 35 U.S.C. § 120. That benefit will not be available, however, in cases where fraud or a violation of the duty of disclosure was practiced or attempted in the abandoned application, because new Rule 56(d) provides that the claims in a pending application which relies on such an abandoned application shall be rejected. Therefore, even though an abandoned application tainted by misconduct might remain in the patent office files, it will be of no benefit to a subsequent application. If the subsequent application relies on the tainted, previous application, the subsequent application will be rejected; thus a subsequent applicant may choose either to rely on the abandoned application, and invite certain rejection of his pending claims, or not to rely on the abandoned application, and prosecute his pending claims with the actual filing date of that application.
Second, a review of the relevant statutes reveals no express grant to the Commissioner of authority to strike an application for patent. Accord Norton v. Curtiss, 433 F.2d 779, 791 (CCPA 1970). Any such authority, if it exists, must emanate from the Commissioner's general authority under 35 U.S.C. § 6 to establish regulations governing the conduct of proceedings in the patent office. Yet, no such regulation has been established. There is no question of the Commissioner's authority to promulgate a regulation enabling him to strike abandoned applications in which inequitable conduct has been perpetrated, [FN4] however, his ability to do so does not alter the fact that the authority has not been exercised. Therefore, unless one is to read the congressional intent behind 35 U.S.C. § 6 as entitling the Commissioner to act in any way he deems appropriate, so long as his action could have been authorized by regulation, the conclusion is inescapable that no authority currently exists, statutory or regulatory, for the striking of abandoned applications where misconduct has occurred.
Defendant contends that he does indeed have such broad power, reasoning that he cannot give himself authority by regulation which he does not already possess. Presumably, defendant is alluding to the principle of administrative procedure established in SEC v. Chenery Corp., 332 U.S. 194 (1947), which recognizes that an agency has the discretion to proceed by general rule or by individual ad hoc litigation. See also, e.g., American Federation of Government Employees, Local 2303 v. Federal Labor Relations Authority, 815 F.2d 718 (D.C.Cir.1987). However, the facts of this case do not present an instance where broad administrative discretion to act on an ad hoc basis is appropriate. Unlike those situations postulated by the Supreme Court in Chenery, this is not a case where the problem could not be reasonably foreseen, or where the agency has not had sufficient experience with the problem to warrant issuing a rule, or where the problem is so specialized and varying in nature to be impossible to capture in a rule. See SEC v. Chenery Corp., 332 U.S. at 202-03. To the contrary, this is a case where the agency had previously developed a rule to deal with the identical situation, and where the agency on its own initiative recognized the inadequacy of striking as a measure to sanction applicants for misconduct. In sum, the Court does not agree that the Commissioner has broad residual power to strike the abandoned application in the absence of specific statutory or regulatory authority.
*4 Finally, the Court notes that Rule 56(c) provides specific authority for the striking of applications in a limited number of instances. 37 C.F.R. § 1.56(c). The striking of applications for inequitable conduct is not among those narrowly prescribed instances, and it would wreak havoc on the plain language of the regulation to read in a general authority for the Commissioner to, on his whim, expand the categories of instances where striking is an available sanction. If the agency had intended striking to apply to abandoned applications involving inequitable conduct, it could have easily amended Rule 56(c) to so state at the same time that Rule 56(d) changes were promulgated. It is not for the Court to rewrite regulations to effect a policy change desired by the agency; administrative regulations cannot be construed to mean what an agency might have intended but did not adequately express. L.R. Willson & Sons, Inc. v. Donovan, 685 F.2d 664 (D.C.Cir.1982).
ORDERED that plaintiff's United States Patent application Serial No. 037,836 be and it is hereby reinstated to the patent office files.
FN1. A person who has filed one application for a patent may file a subsequent application. If claims in the subsequent application meet the requirements of 35 U.S.C. § 120, those claims are entitled to the benefit of the filing date of the prior application for purposes such as determining patentability and priority.
In fact, the patent office is currently conducting an interference procedure as to an Air Products patent application which relies on the filing date of the '836 application. Defendant suggests that striking of the '836 application may result in the dissolution of the interference.
Any application signed or sworn to in blank, or without actual inspection by the applicant, and any application altered or partially filled in after being signed or sworn to, and also any application fraudulently filed or in connection with which any fraud is practiced or attempted on the Patent Office may be stricken from the files.
(d) An application shall be stricken from the files if it is established by clear and convincing evidence that any fraud was practiced or attempted on the Office in connection with it that there was any violation of the duty of disclosure through bad faith or gross negligence.
37 C.F.R. § 1.56(d) (pre-1982 Rule 56).
FN3. The proffered reason for this amendment was to provide for review by the Board of Appeals of duty of disclosure issues which arise during patent application examination. See 47 Fed.Reg. 21746 (May 19, 1982).
Patent office action under the prior Rule 56 had been reviewable only under the "arbitrary, capricious, or in abuse of discretion" standard generally applicable to agency review questions. This was so because decisions striking applications are not considered "decisions" or a "rejection" of the claims within the meaning of 35 U.S.C. § 141, and are not appealable. If the Commissioner is found to have authority to continue to strike, rather than reject, abandoned applications, those actions to strike likewise will be reviewable only as abuses of discretion.
FN4. See, e.g., Norton v. Curtiss, 433 F.2d 779 (CCPA 1970), upholding the Commissioner's authority to strike applications pursuant to pre-1982 Rule 56. That authority derived, however, from a validly promulgated regulation which specifically authorized striking of an application as a sanction for inequitable conduct. Id. at 791. No such regulation is in effect to support the Commissioner's action in this case.

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During my life hundreds of guitars crossed my path I always was very curious about the instruments of all the great guitar players like (classical) Andres Segovia: Ramirez I & II, Hauser, Fleta, Romanillo (Madrid). (Gipsy Jazz) Django Reinhardt: Selmer, Favino. (Jazz) Joe Pass: Gibson ES175D Archtop. (flamenco) Sabicas: Marcelo Barbero, Ramirez I & II.
During my career I was very fortunate to own several of these instruments. I own/owned Ramirez II & III classical and flamenco, a dozen Hermanos Conde (Media Luna), Domingo Esteso, several Gerundinos, an Andres Marvi Negra Rio, a great Francisco Barba blanca from Sevilla, etc.
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I was co-founder of the guitar company La Sonanta in Belgium. Besides making dvd productions and transcribing books, I was responsible for the contact with all of the Spanish luthiers and the distribution of their guitars in our store and webshop. I started these guitars with HD videos on our website and Youtube in the form of guitar lessons.
So here again I was very lucky to try all of these magnificent instruments (keeping the jewels!) and therefore I have some firsthand experience with quality guitars.
The more I understood about different kinds of wood and different kinds of building, the less I often understood of the quality-price ratio. I saw several magnificent flamenco guitars of other guitar builders, even outside of Spain, like Vasilis Lazarides (Greece), Erez Perelman (Israel) and Jo & Martin Biesmans (Netherlands) and their guitars cost half or one third.
Let's be honest, to build a guitar a luthier needs an average of 250 hours to build a guitar. He has the costs of the materials, so I understand the 3000-5000 euro range. But 10.000 euro and over??? I must be honest, I couldn't blindfolded tell the difference between a good built 3000 euro guitar and some expensive brand 10.000 euro guitar.
Playing model: "REZAR DOMÍNGUEZ FUSION"
I've had many of these discussions with my good friend masterbuilder JO BIESMANS and he totally agrees in my view. Together we developed three different signature models. And Jo manages to do this within the 2000 euro range!
This means a fully hand built guitar from the best woods, fully French polished. And imagine you can get a guitar completely measured to your size. After my long journey through the world of guitars, I nowadays exclusively play my concerts on my JO BIESMANS signature guitars. They sound great, play very comfortably and look sooooooo nice!!!
For amplification I'm happy to use the wonderful FLAMENCO DOBLE VIP pick-up from my good friend Juan Carlos. Which is also used by VICENTE AMIGO, TOMATITO, ANTONIO REY, DIEGO DEL MORAO and many others.
For more info please contact Carlos ... or me.


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In 1897 Rhodesia Railways asked one of Cape Town’s top lawyers Mr Webb to come to Bulawayo to open Bulawayo’s first legal firm. Webb quickly established a firm which provided top quality legal services to the fledgling colony. Webb soon invited Henry Low, another lawyer practicing in South Africa, to join him. Henry Low was later knighted for his services to Bulawayo and lends his name to the Henry Low primary school in Bulawayo. Michael Barry, the firm’s third named partner, joined the firm in 1922 creating Webb, Low & Barry.
In 1983 Bob Cole became senior partner on Michael Barry’s retirement and the following year David Coltart, the current senior partner became a partner. Norman Pattison became a partner in 1985, with Josephat Tshuma becoming a partner in 1989. David Coltart became senior partner in 1998 when Bob Cole retired.
The firm prevailed through the harsh economic climate and hyperinflation in Zimbabwe from 2000 to 2008. In 2006, Webb, Low & Barry took over and incorporated another old Bulawayo firm, Ben Baron and Partners. The firm migrated to larger premises in 2008 in the Belmont suburb of Bulawayo.
Since dollarization in 2009, the firm has continued to grow and expand its client base both within Zimbabwe and internationally. Webb, Low & Barry is a full service law firm with a dedicated team of lawyers that practice in all areas of Zimbabwean law. The firm maintains high professional standards and prides itself in the honesty and integrity of its lawyers. Webb, Low & Barry has provided premium legal services to the city of Bulawayo for over a century and that tradition continues to this day.


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Mistakes are an unavoidable part of learning process. In the photography, before you are comfortable with your camera, before you know the light and composition, you will make some mistakes. But as in any other area, some mistakes in photography are more common than the others, and knowing those, can help you overcome them faster, and, hopefully learn from them.
In this class I gathered my top 12 mistakes. The ones I encountered most often, while I was learning photography or saw made by others. By the end of this class you will know about most common mistakes and how to deal with them.

industry_corpus2: Subject Education


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Jesus of Nazareth, pub. 1925.
Will the Real Michael the Archangel please stand up!


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TORONTO, March 21, 2019 /CNW/ - Sable Resources (TSX.V: SAE) (the "Company" or "Sable") is pleased to announce the drill results from drillholes M-DDH-19-22 from the company's active Stage II 19-hole drill program targeting the Margarita Vein and including the first exploration drillholes in four other veins identified at the Margarita Project, Chihuahua State, Mexico.
Drillholes M-DDH-19-22 is located on the same section line as previously released drillhole M-DDH-18-14 (Sable Press Release 28 February, 2019), north west of holes M-DDH-18-08 and M-DDH-18-06 and south west of holes M-DDH-18-05 and M-DDH-18-07.
"Hole 22 exhibits our best zinc and lead values to date." commented Ruben Padilla, Vice President of Exploration for Sable. "We are very happy to have identified a new vein in the hanging wall of the margarita structure with this hole."

industry_corpus2: Petrochemicals


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I often make the statement “you may hate me after this session” when I share the neuroscience findings about how people learn best. Turns out, I hate myself too. I really struggle when I’m sitting in 90+ minutes of lecture and I want to do something. I find my mind wandering and unable to process the information. Then I get annoyed with myself for not having discipline to listen – even though I know that this delivery is not ideal.
This internal battle then triggers my critical side of my personality. I know this is not a lovely part of my personality. Yet, I can’t stop the thoughts fast enough. “Is this really adding value?”, “Why don’t we cover x?”, etc So I try to re-focus them towards something productive (the next one).
I’m constantly analyzing exercises. What works about this exercise? What is not working? How could I adapt this exercise? Is there another concept that would work for this exercise? Now this is not necessarily bad but for me, I start to loose focus on participating in the exercise, which is a distraction to my teammates. Also, do I really get the full impact of the exercise if I’m going meta immediately?
It is no secret that I’m a talker. So I find it difficult to hear questions in the course and simply sit and listen. It’s not that I want to take over, I just want to participate. I’m wired that way. Thus, I’m constantly writing or trying to distract myself slightly so I don’t over participate or become an unwanted second trainer. This one I’m relatively good at checking but internally I’m feeling the struggle during the entire session.
As I write this all down, I feel embarrassed. I can logically know that this may apply to others; but for me, I feel the contradiction in being an advocate for learning but not being a very good student. Now I could argue, that I am a good student in the right environments but that feels like an excuse. I am not sure what the balance is but I do take ownership in my mindset during the session matters. I have no intention of lowering my standards of good training styles but I have to work on reducing my critical reactions to allow for maximum learning possible regardless of the environment.
What do you struggle with in training sessions?
I find myself with the same split, observing the teaching techniques while trying to participate and learn!
They say doctors make the worst patients and I think something similar applies to trainers / facilitators – we make the worst trainees / participants. I had never noticed being restless as a participant in a class until I became an instructor. But I think it is a good thing – it has helped me develop more empathy.
Ditto! I would like to hear your input on the neuroscience tho.


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Over the last few years I have often marvelled at how much excellent work there is in art. It does get me excited. But also makes me wonder if there is an one direction into which it is headed. (Not that I think it really matters.) There is no ‘ism’ as far as I can see. In the work of Leonardo Cremonnini, I find myself waiting. Something terrible is going to happen. And I don’t know why.
I am putting a piece in a local art show. It is called ‘Grief’. It is 17″ x 21″.
Vos, Martin De , a Flemish painter of the sixteenth century, was born at Antwerp in 1520, and was first entered in his profession under his father. Having made himself somewhat eminent in Flanders, he travelled to Venice, Home, and Florence, where he made a collection of curious drawings of several sorts of vases made use of by the old Greeks and Romans at their entertainments, funerals, and sacrifices. At his return into Flanders he painted some of these old festival-solemnities, in which the disposition and lively representation of these vases were very ornamental to his performance. He excelled in most branches of the art, but his drawings in particular, were reckoned some of the best and most serviceable for beginners. His colouring was strong and lively; his design natural and free, and his disposition judicious. He had so much fame in his profession, that, when the prince of Parma made himself master of Antwerp, he made De Vos a visit, and sat to him. He died at Antwerp in 1604, being eighty-four years of age.
I lived in Flanders for several years. (The Flemish part of Belgium) They love paintings. And their painters. And they love to talk. And drink. And talk some more. And they are very expressive people. Nothing is ordinary. When I see so many of their great paintings I see this conversation. This endless investigation and communication about the ways of the world. About beauty. About romance and adventure. They are in some way, northern Italians.
His work is very aggressive. Faces and images that are almost like punches.

industry_corpus2: Literature & Emotions


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SF: How did you first meet Colin?
GG: Colin had become acquainted with us and our skills whilst visiting car shows in Turin and Geneva in 1971-72. Our PR Director was involved in the racing world; we got in touch and he commissioned us to do a study of a new super-car.
SF: What was the appeal?
GG: It was the appeal of a make that was a Formula One winner. The Lotus brand was synonymous with dynamism and speed, for lightweight, high-performance cars. It was this that gave me the inspiration for the Esprit's penetrating, 'Sharp' shape.
SF: How do you set out designing a new car?
GG: Occasionally the brief we receive from the customer is extremely detailed, and I am given a great deal of general information about the car I have to build, about the chassis, the mechanicals, and market research to define the type of customer it targets, etc. Other times the input is more open-ended and I am free to propose newer less 'traditional' ideas. Today companies want us to build a model based on a 'platform' that can be adapted to the needs of a number of versions (deluxe, sports car, coupe, SUV, etc.).
The project has to be analysed in the tiniest detail, even taking into consideration the dictats of insurance companies, the demands of maintenance workshops, and the recycling of materials after the car's lifetime for ecological and environmental reasons. Today styling and engineering companies are expected to include so many specialists and skills, that in just 10 years our workforce has almost doubled in size.
SF: Were you given a free rein in the Esprit design?
GG: Even though we were free to make proposals from an 'architectonic' point of view, costs and the use of the fibre-glass technology, with which Colin was an expert (we tended to work with sheet metal) certainly restricted us a little in terms of the shape. The birth of the Esprit, in which we co-operated with Mike Kimberly, Lotus Technical Director at that time, we not without its painful moments.
Colin asked me for a 1:4 scale model to be built as soon as possible for aerodynamic tests. We did this quickly but the design itself obviously needed some fine-tuning. He was disappointed by the results in the wind tunnel (the CX coefficient which had been given by the test was 0.34) so he decided to put the project on hold.
In Colin's opinion, an attractive aesthetic also had to be functional. If the shape and the architectonic aspect of an object matched its aerodynamics and functionality performance, then it could be considered a beautiful object! Our scale model did not meet the aerodynamic requirements he was expecting and so he cancelled the project.
GG: I still wanted to build the full-sized model and finish it in time for our stand at the Turin Motor Show (in 1972). We built a plaster and resin model of the exterior with real doors, and a perfectly finished interior reflecting the general dimensions and mechanical elements we had agreed with Colin. Chapman was fascinated by the prototype and decided to develop it using fibre glass technology. It was put into production in October 1975. Five years later, in 1980, Chapman presented a Turbo version of the Esprit, which still maintained the bodywork and interior that I had designed.
The Esprit clearly had a 'graphical', rigorous, linear style, as if I had imagined it in two dimensions rather than as a 3-D sculpture. The Esprit was a new departure from previous designs I had been involved with: together with the Maserati Boomerang it introduced architecture to our roads and although it had a few imitators, it represents the shape that manufacturers of spirited sports cars still try to emulate.
SF: Did the Esprit change much from your initial concepts through to the first production model?
GG: The production model was improved from an aerodynamic point of view. The lines of the lids and doors on the car were modified and a moulding in the centre of the waistband fasica was introduced to hide the junction of the two 'walnut shells' body sections. All of the inside controls and switches were housed in a single semicircular instrument panel block (easily displaced for left-hand drive versions) which made it easier to activate all the controls without taking your hands off the wheel. On the turbo version, there were new front and rear bumper elements, with spoilers and air inlets in the sides. And the rear end was particularly attractive because it incorporated the light-clusters in a single strip whereas before they were almost haphazardly arranged on the tail end.
SF: How did you feel when the car was launched?
GG: I was of course very proud and satisfied. For example, the windshield inclination (18 degrees) was extreme for that period but only after the mass production of the Esprit was I able to demonstrate that all the glass manufacturers' fears were maybe inspired only by laziness.
SF: How long did you continue working on the Esprit?
GG: The body and the interior of the turbo version (presented at the Geneva Motor Show in 1980) were still mine and that's all. It was not a very long project.
SF: What do the think of the current Lotus models? Do they maintain the 'spirit of Lotus'?
GG: Yes, I thing the Exige and the Elise maintain the spirit of the brand.
SF: How do you think the sports car industry has changed?
GG: The technological improvements in the automotive field and the big boost which has been given to mass production cars in their different typologies have somehow reduced the gab between series cars and sports cars as far a performance is concerned. Therefore, the state-of-the-art sports cars for sports men able to drive them are going into decline.
SF: What are you doing now?
GG: I'm working on a large number of projects, both in the automotive and industrial design fields. Right now I would like to do some designing in the field of aeronautics, a fighter aircraft would be my dream.
SF: Would you like to be involved with another Lotus design if they asked you?
GG: Of course I would; I have a very good memory of our past relationship.
SF: How would you like to be remembered?
GG: As a man who has spent 40 years in the automotive field and has made some small contribution to improving and developing the car.


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Our first days in Turkey were marked by a strange sensation of tense expectancy. The beaches were deserted, the streets were enveloped in slumber and the breeze was blowing beautifully, filling the empty spaces around us with salty air. It seemed we had miraculously discovered the last secluded spots with a sea view and full services. A wide choice of select accommodations, small family restaurants with great food and view to the sea, that pleasant feeling that no matter where you went and on which chair you sat on, you’d feel at people’s home. And all that just for us. Wherever we entered, wherever we walked, we were virtually the only tourists there. And yet, those empty spaces, the tens of vacant tables and chairs around us, the unoccupied chaises longues on the beach, it all induced a state of permanent tension, awaiting the hordes of tourists that’d never come.
Without even planning it, we happened to land in Turkey during Ramadan. And that’s how we discovered the sacred month of the Muslims is the best period to visit Turkey. This year, Ramazan (the Turkish name of this feast) coincided with the peak of the tourist season: August 11th – September 8th, which turned every resort on the shore of the Black Sea into quiet and calm establishments. But that’s also because the Black Sea coast, much wilder and more rural than that of the Aegean Sea or the Sea of Marmara, comes last on the list of foreign tourists’ preferences. However, that doesn’t hold true for the Turkish tourists who dedicated the month of Ramadan to prayer, fasting and introspection. During this time, the Muslims don’t eat, drink or smoke until sunset. The second the sun sets, the call of the muezzin is heard and the streets become animated with life, smells of hot ‘pide’ (pita) and fresh spices fill everybody’s nostrils. For travellers with an unquenchable curiosity and an open mind to the people and places they see, this time of the year allows them to catch a glimpse of traditional Turkey which outshines the summer season hubbub.
In the first few days, when we still hadn’t perceived the silence around us as the silence of Ramadan, when the small fishermen’s village of Kiyiköy still preserved the mystery of a new and fully unexplored place, we came across the second beach of the village, at the other end of the harbour, a beach with fine sand, pedalos, camping for tourists and gardens with soft and puffy chairs. In this part of the village we discovered a few gardens and restaurants offering fresh fish and delicious dishes of eggplants, fat yoghurt and garlic, baked peppers and squashes, well-ground and well-cooked mutton, served by smiling, friendly faces willing to communicate with you in the shred of international language they spoke. That’s the first time, I think, that we sensed the tense expectancy in the air. The place obviously lacked its tourists.
We felt the same in İğneada, a small resort on the Bulgarian border, with a huge beach, a row of empty gardens and little deserted hotels, silent discos, a flea market of coloured balloons and second-hand clothes filled only with tradesmen, a small inflatable amusement park (which was deflated when we arrived) and tens of tables with hookahs and not a soul to smoke them.
We took in İğneada as a quiet little village, with much bigger and more stunning houses than those of Kiyiköy, a wonderful holiday atmosphere with beach, sea and many places to visit. İğneada showed us that a resort stripped of tourists does, by no means, look indecent, but rather like a film set in those moment of apparent quietness between shots.

industry_corpus2: Travel & Geography


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Magenta Magazine is a Belgium-wide monthly publication focused on Education, Culture, Art & Lifestyle . The magazine is published by « the French Federalist Democratic Youth «, the youth wing of a political party in Belgium.
For » DéFI youth » I created a cover for their special sport edition representing the most popular sports in Belgium. The waves represent motion and the emerging of young talent.


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It is a measure of how far we have come that few headlines have the capacity to shock. The news that Essex police have warned parents not to buy toy guns for their toddlers lest armed police mistake them for drug barons and shoot them dead raises only a flicker. But one story last week managed to raise both surprise and concern. It was the report that in Scotland one-fifth of all adults lacked basic literacy skills.
How sad that the land of Adam Smith, David Hume and the Scottish Enlightenment should have fallen so low. Scotland was always prized for the way its education system provided a ladder upward for the poor but talented. The "lad o' pairts" was a stock figure in the success story of Scotland and the Scots. Why is it now so far gone?
I really do not believe there are simple one-off answers like 'state education,' I rather think it might be a compound of several factors which took Scotland's eyes off the ball. One is the purpose of education. The aim of equipping children to have access to life's opportunities and to fulfill their potential became obscured by a desire to turn out right-thinking and socially aware future citizens. A second is the abysmal drop in the status of teachers. From respected pillars of the community they have been reduced to form fillers who meet the targets set by remote administrators. I really do not think the Gordon Brown mantra of "lack of resources" has played any part. Scottish education achieved wonders when it was chaotically under-resourced but featured motivated teachers and determined parents.
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The West Bank city of Ramallah is naming its streets to mark its 100th anniversary, but some of the choices are causing controversy as they honor people involved in planning terrorist acts.
This naming is part of a regeneration scheme started two years ago, but it is already being seen by some as a sign of growing extremism.
Before the scheme was launched, there were no street names, street signs or house numbers that could help people navigate around the city.
Thus Yasser Arafat gets a square. And a street is called after the neighbourhood Al-Nuzha that used to exist in Arab Jaffa in the 1930s. Another street called Al-Awdeh, meaning ‘return’, is a call for Palestinian refugees to return to Israel.
The criteria for choosing a name are simple: heroes, places, and ideas supported by the Palestinian people.
“We don’t differentiate between Hamas or Fatah,” explains Janet Mikhail.
If anything, the opposite, as members of both organizations fighting for liberation are glorified. Which might surprise those who think the modern city of Ramallah would shy away from praising stalwarts of Hamas, an organization considered by many world powers as terrorist.
One of the thoroughfares is named after chief Hamas bomb maker – Yahya Ayyash, dubbed “the engineer”. For three years he was Israel’s most wanted man for masterminding suicide bombings that killed 90 Israelis, until he himself was killed.
As political analyst Khalil Shaheen explains, “anyone who was killed by the Israelis, even in a car accident, is considered a martyr”.
Yahya Ayyash was killed by the Israeli internal security service after they tricked a friend of his into giving him a cell phone that was booby trapped. Fourteen years on his family is as proud as ever.
Surprisingly, not all the streets names are Palestinian. One street is called after Rachel Corrie, an American activist who was killed by an Israeli bulldozer during a demonstration in Gaza in 2003. Rachel was part of the International Solidarity Movement, a group that, as Israelis charge, aids Hamas and other Palestinian extremist groups.
The decision to name a busy street in Ramallah after her was anonymous.
Such attention, even to extremist groups, may be explained by the growing desire among Palestinians to change the current course of events.
”People in the West Bank are fed up with the way they have been ruled during the past 15 years and they’re eager to try something else,” believes Khalil Shaheen.
Polls show Hamas growing in popularity in the West Bank, while talks between rival Palestinian faction Fatah and Israel deadlock.
“Hamas is changing, Hamas is trying to speak in the language the West understands,” argues Shaheen.
And as the new street signs go up in the city, it is becoming more and more clear that Hamas is also speaking in a language Ramallah Palestinians understand.