Rob Ruijgh

Rob Ruijgh (; born 12 November 1986 in Heerlen) is a Dutch racing cyclist, who rides for UCI Continental team .

Youth

As a youth Ruijgh liked to watch cycling on television. After visiting the local velodome in Geleen, he started racing  at the age of 9. Three years later (1998) he became Dutch Youth Champion for 12-year-olds in Oldenzaal (NL). Because Ruijgh continued to drive good results, he came into the picture at the former Dutch national coach Egon van Kessel. As he became older, as Junior cyclist National coach Egon van Kessel invited Ruijgh to compete against foreign opponents of his age, which are also among the best in their country. Rob did not disappoint, winning the highly regarded World Cup Giro della Lunigiana in 2004. Shortly after that he also rode the Men's Junior World Championships in Verona, Italy. By a fall and a wasp sting Rob can not join the front of the race.

In 2005 (Men's Under 23) Ruijgh ride for Belgium team Amuzza.com. Davo, where former topsprinter Wilfried Nelissen was his team leader. He won one race. In the second year Ruijgh took the chance to joint the training squad of Team Rabobank. Because of a virus in 2007, he could not keep up his good results, which took him out for a few months.

A new start

In 2007 Ruijgh joined the German Team Sparkasse. Ruijgh started to perform well again and in 2008 he came out for the Dutch national team for men under 23. In 2009 he continued his good results at Team BPL-Belisol, where he won Romsée-Stavelot-Romsée and the 1st stage of Tour de Liège. His 11th place in the Tour of Britain showed his talent again. Therefore, team manager Daan Luijkx from team Vacansoleil Pro Cycling offered him an internship in mid-2009.

Professional cycling

After the internship in mid-2009, he became a pro with the Vacansoleil-DCM pro cycling team. and signed a contract until 2011 (later extended to 2013). He made his debut in the 2010 Tour of Qatar. After the Dutch championship in Beek, Netherlands, he broke his hand while training behind a scooter. The rest of the year he finished in the top 10 five times with a 3rd place in the Binche–Tournai–Binche (1st edition of the GP Frank Vandenbroucke Memorial).

In 2011, Ruijgh had a great year. At the Dutch national championships he drove his team mate Pim Ligthart to the national title in Ootmarsum, Netherlands, finishing 6th himself. He also had a strong performance in the Critérium du Dauphiné, ending 14th in the general classification.

After these results Ruijgh made his debut in the Tour de France and made it to Paris. He made an excellent impression as the best Dutch cyclist, finishing 21st in the general classification and 5th in the young riders classification, 33 minutes 4 seconds behind winner Cadel Evans.

Misfortunes

Three reasons halted Ruijgh's rise to stardom. In 2012 he missed the Tour de France because of a knee injury and also had to quit the Tour of Spain. Tests diagnosed a parasite in his stomach, which was a possible reason for his inferior condition in 2012. 2013 also did not start well for Ruijgh as during his favoured home race, the Amstel Gold Race, he fell and suffered a concussion. Recovery from the crash took longer than expected because of a fever after Liège–Bastogne–Liège. By the end of April his health and condition were back to normal and in May Ruijgh finished as the 5th Dutchman in the Giro d'Italia and 54th in the general classification.

Ruijgh joined  for the 2014 season, after his previous team –  – folded at the end of the 2013 season. Ruijgh's greatest handicap was the unlucky season of 2012, where he did not managed to achieve impressive results.

Major results

2005
 6th Flèche Ardennaise
2006
 6th Overall Triptyque des Barrages
2008
 7th Overall Tour des Pyrénées
2009
 5th Druivenkoers Overijse
2010
 3rd Binche–Tournai–Binche
2011
 4th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
 7th Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan
 1st Ridderronde Maastricht
2012
 1st RaboRonde Heerlen
 9th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
 10th Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan
2014
 1st Memorial Van Coningsloo
 9th Overall Three Days of De Panne
2015
9th Druivenkoers Overijse
2017
 1st Overall Tour of Iran (Azerbaijan)
 10th Volta Limburg Classic

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There is a new push to keep shoppers from going into grocery stores, as thousands of workers get sick with coronavirus.Fed up and fired up, frontline workers are speaking out about the conditions they're facing during the COVID-19 pandemic."Our lives are worth more than just one paycheck, and we need to take this seriously," said Adam Ryan, leader of "Target Workers Unite."Target Workers Unite, an independent group of Target employees, are now calling for a mass sick-out to protest what they call "atrocious" behavior by shoppers, saying shoppers "do not respect our space" and "are occupying our stores out of boredom and for fun.""It's not okay that we have to, you know, have the elevated risk of exposure just because people want to go out and shop around casually," Ryan said.At least 3,000 grocery store workers are now showing coronavirus symptoms and more than two dozen have died from COVID-19, raising new questions about how to keep these essential workers safe."This past weekend probably 60% of the customers in the stores that I was in, didn't have masks on and in fact weren't necessarily paying attention to the social distancing, the 6 feet," said Marc Perrone, international president of United Food & Commercial Workers International Union.Even with masks, one way aisles, limited hours, and plastic shields- the union representing grocery store workers says 85% of its members report customers are not social distancing , so now they're asking law enforcement to step in."There needs to be law enforcement and or security in the stores that would enforce people to do what they're supposed to do," Perrone said.Some stores are already going so far as to switch to curbside pickup only."You show up, someone's stationed out there in the parking lot, you give your name and order number someone from our warehouse in the back comes and gets it and brings it out, we have a contactless pickup with a table that we just leave it on," said Mike Houston, the general manager at Takoma Park Silver Spring Co-Op.A Whole Foods in Manhattan became the first in the nation to close its doors to customers and focus entirely on online delivery orders.The move comes as New York Governor Andrew Cuomo proposed hazard pay for those on the front lines, 41% of them people of color and two-thirds are women"All of those essential workers, who have had to get up every morning to put food on the shelves, I would say hazard pay, give them a 50% bonus. And I would do that now," Cuomo said.


Exploring new frontiers in the social media landscape

The head of the foundation which runs Wikipedia believes social media will expand more

LIKE IT or loathe it, social media is here to stay. And with an increasing number of companies competing for users, social media is slowly becoming entangled in everyday lives.

Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn are all well-known names, with the last’s recent flotation on the stock market making headlines as its shares doubled in value on their first trading day.

And it’s becoming increasingly common to keep in contact with family and friends via Facebook, or make contacts through Twitter.

The rivalry in the social media space has stepped up a gear in recent days with the launch of Google+, a new social network that is currently in “field trial” and generating hype every day that users are restricted from joining.

Social media has changed the way we interact, the way we share information, and how we can build communities. One of the most successful examples of this is Wikipedia, the online user-edited encyclopaedia, and one of the projects of the Wikimedia Foundation.

Once described by Wiredco-founder Kevin Kelly as “impossible in theory, but possible in practice”, the site has grown in popularity over the years. Officially, it has 425 million users, as measured by Comscore. But under-16s are left out of such research for privacy reasons, meaning the true figure is likely to be far higher.

Coming from a background of business development, research and high-tech start-ups, Wikimedia Foundation’s managing director Kul Wadhwa has a significant wealth of experience in the technology field.

“Technology in general was what I was interested in, but also how it affected individuals,” he said.

“I was interested in online video back in 1992, but also in digital transactions.”

Wadhwa built his first start-up when he was in Japan, a digital certification service, and has been involved in several more since.

“I worked with a couple of my friends and tried to do a start-up on video search, but we were way too early,” he said. “I worked on a toolbar with some other folks but we were kind of late in that respect.”

He has also worked in the video games industry, held a position at Stanford University and in economic research at the non-profit global policy think tank the Rand Corporation.

Wadhwa got involved with Wikipedia in 2008. It’s the longest he has ever stayed in a job.

“It’s because things change very quickly. I look at what’s the kind of work I could do that would be interesting. The job is just a way of actually doing it,” he said.

“I was always interested in the Wikipedia community. I could have done a lot of other things in the start-up world but I was always partly interested in community and helping society. I started out doing research in poverty, and this was a good way to bring all those things together.”

The social media landscape is only going to get bigger, Wadhwa says. “I think at least for the time being it’s going to continue to increase. I think you’ve kind of just scratched the surface on a lot of ways people are going to interact,” he said.

“A lot of it is basically [that] people want to connect. I think it’s an extension of normal behaviour into the technology world, and there are lots more applications people want to see.”

One area where he thinks social media could be a game changer is education. Wadhwa is currently involved in a collaborative education project that could change how people work together.

“We’re trying to create new software for people to collaborate in different areas, and that’s part of the social media landscape as well, where teachers are going to have to change,” he said. “There’s a lot of forces that are basically impacting social media.”

Mobile too is going to provide a major driver for digital media, as consumers demand new ways to access information. It all adds up to a changing face of social interaction.

“I feel the way people interact with each other is going to completely change. I’ve been focused a lot on education, but I think when you see different social groups and the way people interact, a lot of those barriers are going to change,” Wadhwa said.

“People are going to interact a lot and social media is going to be part of that process. We’ve already seen this, but on the news side, people are more involved in responding to that process. I see sharing happening hopefully more and more, and I think that’s an improvement and a betterment to society.”

But while digital media has brought many advantages to consumers and their social interactions, there has also been a knock-on effect elsewhere. Traditional media has been hit hard by the changes over the past few years, and its not quite finished yet

One of the strengths of Wikipedia, for example, is in how it has built its community. “People feel like they have a stake in it,” he said, meaning that they are invested in its success or failure.

It’s a relationship that has expanded and grown over the years that Wikipedia has been in operation. The project is funded by donations from its members. There are some 100,000 active editors on the site, but about one million registered overall.

The foundation only has to intervene to remove an article a couple of times a year. The community generally polices the articles, and is quick to react to instances of copyright infringement, for example, or malicious edits.

The rise of social media and greater user interaction doesn’t mean the end of traditional media companies, however; it simply means that companies will have to adapt to the new trends.

“I think that if the business model is what’s going to be driving the survival of a lot of these organisations, it’s going to have to change radically, or you’re basically dead,” he said.

“Even the way people behave with information now has changed. They rely on social groups a little bit more. They get different pieces of articles, they get them at different times and in different formats.

“Technology right now has been so disruptive,” he said. “It changed marketing and distribution. And its changed user behaviour. User behaviour has fundamentally changed, and it’s going to continue to.”


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Since arriving in April, Giorgio Tavecchio has been vocal in expressing his gratitude in the Green Bay Packers’ locker room, particularly when it comes to the offensive line.

Signed as a street free agent in March, the first-year kicker has made it a routine point to thank the guys responsible for blocking on his field-goal attempts each time they cross paths.

Sure, it might come off a bit tacky, but the 5-foot-10, 182-pound Tavecchio also appreciates the opportunity before him after being cut by the San Francisco 49ers last preseason and spending the year out of football.

“I guess it becomes kind of cheesy, but at the same time it’s genuine because I do appreciate it,” Tavecchio said. “Not only myself but my other as well because she knows if they don’t block for me, I’m dead.”

Categorized by Packers punter Tim Masthay as “one of the friendliest people I’ve ever meet,” Tavecchio took things to another level before the team broke from organized team activities last month.

Born in Milan, Italy, and raised in a full-blooded Italian-American family, he brought a pan of Tiramisu to share with the offensive line as a final token of goodwill and for a job well done throughout the offseason program.

Tavecchio is aware the competition for the team’s kicking job with veteran Mason Crosby will heat up once training camp begins later this month, but the opportunity to play in the NFL isn’t being lost on him, either.

“I have made Tiramisu at home before. I’ve never made it for the O-line,” Tavecchio said. “My thinking behind that was these poor guys get beat up every day and most of the time they’re blocking for me, so I want them to know how much I appreciate it. If making them a dessert makes their day any better, I can go home a happy man.”


Q:

New to EJB world... Null pointer exception in EJB client

I am learning EJB and I am trying to execute the Helloworld example given in EJB In Action book.
My app server is JBoss, I created the Jar file for the bean class and interface in the right directory( I can see the EJB in JMX console).
Now I created a simple client using EJB annotations, but I am getting a NullPointerException.
Here is my client code.
Client code:
package com.client;
import javax.ejb.EJB;
import com.EJB.*;

public class HelloWorldClient {
 @EJB
 private static HelloWorldInterface HelloBean;

 public static void main(String[] args)
 {
  HelloBean.SayHelloWorldInEJB();
 }
}

Bean class
package com.EJB;

import javax.ejb.Stateless;

@Stateless
public class HelloWorldBean implements HelloWorldInterface {

 public void SayHelloWorldInEJB() {
  // TODO Auto-generated method stub
  System.out.println("Hello world from the world of EJB");

 }
}

Interface
package com.EJB;
import javax.ejb.Local;;

@Local
public interface HelloWorldInterface {
 public void SayHelloWorldInEJB();
}

Note: I tried using specifying the interface as Remote, it still didn't work.
Steps that I did so far to get to this point.
1) Created the file EJB files
2) Made the build.xml and deployed the EJB.
Am I missing any configuration files ???

A:

Now I created a simple client using EJB annotations, but I am getting a NullPointerException.

Your client code looks like an Application Client and such client is supposed to be deployed on the app server and then executed in an Application Client Container (ACC) so that injection can occur. Starting the ACC requires an application server specific command.
The following wiki explains the usage of the ACC in JBoss (how to package, deploy and launch an ACC): How to use an application client in JBoss-5.
If you don't want to use an Application Client Container and instead just run the application client class through a java command, injection won't be possible and you'll have to perform a JNDI lookup.
And in both cases, you'll have to provide and use a remote business interface for your bean.
Resources

How to use an application client in JBoss-5
Creating and Running an Application Client on the GlassFish Server

Related questions

application-client

A:

You would have to make two changes:
Replace the @EJB dependency injection with JNDI lookup. Dependency Injection is not supported for POJOs in EJB 3  (Don't know about EJB 3.1 though )
Then, the interface has to be a remote interface. The reason is that, the client here is a standalone java program - It would be running in JVM different from the web-app JVM.
Both dependency injection through @EJB and having the interface as @Local should work if the client was a servlet in the same server.


The Builder Design Pattern allows you to create a general guideline on how to create an object, then have different implementations on how to build parts of the object.

There are two principles in the Builder pattern; let's use an example of building an airplane to demonstrate the features:

The first principle is the general guideline that must be followed when building an object. For example, in building an airplane, the body must be constructed before the wings. This general guideline must be followed regardless of what type of airplane you are building.

The second principle are the different specifications on building the parts of the airplane. When building a jet airplane, the body must be built differently than a propeller airplane. These specifications are included in the pattern.

With these two principles in place, let's look at the UML of the Builder pattern using the example of building an airplane:

The Director class contains the logic of the general guideline. In this case, its BuildAirplane method would specify that an airplane body must be built before the wing. Therefore the code for the BuildAirplane method would be:

The IManufacture interface specifies the methods that all airplane manufactures must support. We see that it must be able to build the airplane body with the BuildBody method and build the wing with the BuildWing method. The GetProduct method just returns the product that is being built, which is the airplane.

The Manufacture class is the concrete manufacture class that has the implementation on building the parts of an airplane, hence it implements the IManufacture interface and holds a reference to the product variable, which is the airplane that is being built.

The Builder pattern allows you to create different concrete airplane manufactures that specify how the parts of the airplane are constructed. You can then pass in any manufacture to the director and it will build the airplane according to the specifications without having to change the client code.

You only need to determine the sequence in which the product (the airplane) is constructed in the Director.

You can have different implementation of the manufacturers on how the parts of an object (the body and the wings) are constructed.

The benefit of the Builder pattern is that you can swap out any implementation on how the parts are built by changing the manufactures, and the rest of the client code will not need to be changed.

In application frameworks today, we often see the Builder pattern being utilized. For example, you may have multiple configuration files that have information on database services, file location services, and notification services. These configuration files would be your manufactures, where each have their own specifications on how each part of the configuration object should be built. The director would specify the way to read the configuration file, for example, you may need to read the database services first before you read the notification services.

Below are the implementation code and the output from our example. Notice that we can pass in different airplane manufactures to the director and the airplane will be built according to the specifications:

Thanks for sharing your article, I liked it. I would like to propose an extra feature that you can add to the builder pattern that can create a more fluent api.

Your builder methods such as BuildBody and BuildWing are void methods. If you have these methods return an IManufacturer interface, which translates to "return this;" in your implementation the api could look like this.

m.BuildBody().BuildWing().GetProduct();

By changing the method name of BuildWing to WithWing it can get even more fluent.

Well, this is good, but I dont know why most of the online resource / example regarding of
the builder pattern are something like building any types of Vehicle.
Is that the pattern only applicable for Vehicle making. Let me share another example of this..............http://www.dofactory.com/Patterns/PatternBuilder.aspx#_self2[^]

Thanks
Md. Marufuzzaman
I will not say I have failed 1000 times; I will say that I have discovered 1000 ways that can cause failure – Thomas Edison.


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Anywho, you might remember Will (he's actually there in the BG freaking out lol) and Hillary mentioning this fight back in issue 1.

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183rd Aviation Regiment (United States)

The 183rd Aviation Regiment is an aviation regiment of the U.S. Army.

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All roads lead to Tadawul

The instability that is transforming the Middle East and North Africa at various levels has left business in its largest economy largely unscathed. Generous spending plans announced by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in February and March have helped strengthen its stability. According to the last Regional Economic Outlook published by the International Monetary Fund in October, the economy of Saudi Arabia will grow by 6.5% in 2011, the second highest rate after Qatar’s.
In harmony with the country’s leading position in terms of GDP, the kingdom is home to the largest mutual funds industry in the MENA region………………………………………..Full Article: Source


Shenzhen, China (CNN Business) Huawei's profits soared to nearly $9 billion last year, powered by its booming smartphone business, but a US-led campaign against the company weighed on sales of telecom equipment.

The Chinese tech giant said Friday that 2018 earnings jumped by 25% to 59.3 billion yuan ($8.7 billion). Sales fell short of an earlier company forecast , but still rose by 19.5% to 721 billion yuan ($105 billion).

Huawei sells more telecommunications equipment than any other company in the world, and its smartphone business is growing faster than that ofor

Yet there are signs that US efforts to stop other nations from using Huawei equipment in their telecommunications networks may be having an effect. The company said sales of telecom equipment to carriers fell 1.3% in 2018.

At a press conference on Friday, rotating chairman Guo Ping said the decline was mainly due to investment cycles in the global telecom industry.

Charlie Dai, an analyst at research firm Forrester, agreed but also said the US campaign "did have further short-term impact toward Huawei's telco business in the US and worldwide in 2018."

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The United States has been leading an effort to curb Huawei's ambitions to become the global leader of next generation wireless technology, or 5G.

Washington has been urging allies to restrict or ban the use of Huawei equipment in their 5G networks, alleging Beijing could use the company's products to spy on other nations. Huawei denies that any of its products pose a national security.

US has a 'loser's mentality'

In a fiery defense of the company, Guo accused Washington of behaving like a sore loser over 5G technology.

The United States is powerful, "but when competing with Huawei, it still loses in certain areas. And it can't accept this fact," Guo told reporters. "I think that is a loser's mentality, and the US government should change that mentality," he added.

The US campaign is having mixed results. Announcing its approach on Wednesday, the European Commission said that EU member states would conduct 5G risk assessments by June, and a wider security review by December. It made no mention of a blanket ban on Huawei equipment.

The United Kingdom, however, could be moving closer to the US position on the Chinese tech company. UK security officials delivered a harsh rebuke to Huawei on Thursday, raising new concerns over its engineering work and questioning the company's commitment to security.

Guo acknowledged the geopolitical headwinds on Friday but emphasized the company's strong track record in cybersecurity.

He also addressed concerns about the company's supply chain.

US criminal charges against Huawei and its chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou raise the possibility that Washington could ban American companies from doing business with the Chinese tech company. US prosecutors accuse Huawei and Meng of violating US sanctions on Iran. Huawei and Meng deny the charges.

Last year, Washington blocked American companies from selling another Chinese tech firm, ZTE, vital components. The ban, which brought the company to its knees , was tied to ZTE breaking Iran sanctions.

Like ZTE, Huawei buys key parts for its telecom equipment from US companies.

Asked by CNN if the company could survive such a ban, Guo hinted that US companies could be more hurt than Huawei by the move.

"Huawei will ensure global supply continuity," Guo said, through a translator on Friday. "All of our partners, including partners from the US, they will also benefit from Huawei procurement and collaboration with us."

For the first time, revenue from Huawei's smartphones and consumer electronics business surpassed sales generated from the company's telecom equipment segment. The consumer business now accounts for nearly half of the company's total sales.

Huawei sold more than 200 million smartphones in 2018, boosting revenue in the company's consumer business to about 349 billion yuan ($52 billion) — an increase of more than 45%.

Richard Yu, CEO of Huawei's consumer business, said earlier this year that Huawei will displace Samsung as the world's largest smartphone seller by 2020.


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‘God is great, and God is good, and we thank him for our food; by his hand we all are fed; give us, Lord, our daily bread."

When Jollibee, the Filipino-flavoured fast-food chain, opened its inaugural Canadian outlet at 1406 Ellice Ave. last month, select members of the Manitoba Food Bloggers association were granted an opportunity to be among the first Winnipeggers to sample dishes such as "juicylicious" fried chicken, jolly spaghetti and peach mango pie.

One of the people on the guest list was Donald McKenzie, the "Donald" behind the restaurant review blog Dining with Donald (www.diningwithdonald.com). McKenzie, who has been following this city’s culinary scene since 2012, was aware the so-called "McDonald’s of the Philippines" was coming to town, and was anxious to see what all the fuss was about.

One hitch: McKenzie is an Anglican priest, and was supposed to lead a mass the same afternoon as Jollibee’s grand opening.

"It happened on a Wednesday, when I was doing a noon Eucharist at Holy Trinity (Anglican Church)," McKenzie says, seated inside a St. Mary’s Road coffee shop, a few blocks away from his home parish of St. Philip’s Anglican Church. "Problem probably isn’t the right word to use, but the biggest problem or thing for me when it comes to events like (Jollibee) is the time commitment. Often when something like that comes up, it conflicts with my schedule as a priest."

McKenzie has heard it before: when he is critiquing restaurants, how disparaging can he be, given The Bible tells us to "love thy neighbour," even when "thy neighbour" mixes up your drink order, or forgets you take your steak medium rare?

PHIL HOSSACK / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS 'If something’s really bad, I usually choose not to write about it.'

"Occasionally, people will introduce me to somebody who runs a restaurant and say, ‘He does food reviews. He’ll come and write nice things about your place,’" McKenzie says. "Well, maybe not. If something’s really bad, I usually choose not to write about it, which is one of the advantages I have as an independent blogger. Nobody’s telling me, ‘Hey, you haven’t given us a story in two weeks.’"

Fine dining wasn’t high on the Grant Park High School alumnus’s priority list when he was growing up. Because he and his five older brothers were heavily involved in evening church activities, dinner was more about what time it hit the table, he says, than what it looked or tasted like.

"Five o’clock was supper and 5:05 (p.m.) was late supper," he says with a chuckle. "Meals had to get done quickly, so we could get out of the house on time. But when I was 25, I went on a mission trip to southern Ontario, where I was part of a group living in a house. When it came time to cook, nobody wanted the job so I volunteered. That’s when I really started getting interested in food."

About 10 years ago, McKenzie began posting his Sunday sermons online under the banner Bubsblurbs — Bubs being his childhood nickname. From time to time, he would change things up a bit, and muse about a play or concert he’d attended, or a new dining spot he’d visited. Over time, he noticed he was writing more and more about his food ventures, so he made the decision to devote a second blog entirely to that subject.

McKenzie’s prose hasn’t gone unnoticed by some of Winnipeg’s most respected food journos.

"Donald is one of the city’s most prolific, enthusiastic and honest restaurant reviewers," says Shel Zolkewich, founder of the Manitoba Food Bloggers Facebook group. "We can always count on him to remind us about a place we’ve been meaning to visit, or check out the newest spot on the block."

Tim Turner, the president of Burger Club Winnipeg, concurs.

"I’m a big Donald fan," he says, when reached at his home near Ste. Anne. "I’ve been reading his posts for years."

"I keep my ears open," McKenzie says, when he is asked how he decides where to chow down next. "I just did Baraka Pita on Main Street and as soon as I did that, a friend told me I have to try Best Pizza & Donair on Pembina Highway. So somewhere along the line, I’ll have to get there, too."

McKenzie, who has posted close to 250 reviews to date, has a few go-tos. If he’s visiting a Vietnamese restaurant, for example, he’ll order pho religiously, he says. Ditto an Indian establishment and anything-curry. He’s not a big burger fan, he admits, but if he had to pick a favourite, he’d opt for the two-patty King Burger at Mrs. Mike’s. And when it comes to more exotic fare, he enjoyed the python stew he had at Café Ce Soir, on Portage Avenue ("Texture-wise, it reminded me somewhat of stew beef — quite tender, but with a bit of chewiness to it," he wrote, in an April 2013 entry billed as Snakes on a Plate.)

Because he generally dines alone ("When you’re dining with Donald, you’re dining vicariously with Donald," he deadpans), there is one thing hosts and hostesses tend to do that always makes him want to raise, well, heck.

"Being a single person going out to eat, I do judge a restaurant by how anxious (staff) is to push me off to the lounge or the bar, instead of giving me a table for two," he says. "The other day, a place was hesitant to give me a table and I was like, ‘OK, you’re off your peak hours and three-quarters of your tables are empty. This shouldn’t be a problem.’"

During Lent, McKenzie plans to combine his vocation with his pastime, by penning a six-week series he’ll call Eucharistic Eating.

"It will reflect on our daily eating habits, as well as the concepts of feasting and fasting," he says.

"My goal has been to do more reflections on theology and food. That’s the thing that interests me the most."

david.sanderson@freepress.mb.ca


nd derivative of -w**6/420 - 2*w**5/105 + 5*w**4/84 + 15*w**2/2 + 17*w. Let v(f) be the first derivative of i(f). What is m in v(m) = 0?
-5, 0, 1
Find i, given that 3*i**2 - 3/7*i**4 + 144/7*i - 18/7*i**3 + 108/7 = 0.
-6, -2, -1, 3
Let i = 8 + -1. Factor -7*v + v + 4*v + 4*v + i*v**2.
v*(7*v + 2)
Let x(g) be the third derivative of 5/2352*g**8 + 0*g - 10*g**2 + 1/84*g**4 - 11/420*g**5 + 0 + 0*g**3 + 1/40*g**6 - 17/1470*g**7. Factor x(d).
d*(d - 1)**3*(5*d - 2)/7
Suppose -5*d = -3*w - 1, -2*w + 0*d = -d - 4. Let r(x) be the first derivative of 0*x - 2/15*x**w + 1/5*x**2 - 5. Suppose r(y) = 0. Calculate y.
0, 1
Let h(p) be the first derivative of -p**5/40 - p**4/8 - p**3/6 + 13*p + 6. Let k(v) be the first derivative of h(v). Suppose k(w) = 0. What is w?
-2, -1, 0
Factor 3/4*g**3 + 21 - 30*g + 33/4*g**2.
3*(g - 2)*(g - 1)*(g + 14)/4
Let b(n) be the first derivative of 1/8*n**4 + 0*n**3 + 0*n + 1/10*n**5 - 5 + 7/2*n**2 + 1/40*n**6. Let h(q) be the second derivative of b(q). Factor h(m).
3*m*(m + 1)**2
Let y(v) = -13*v**2 + 53*v - 50. Let a(f) = -16*f**2 + 54*f - 50. Let w(g) = 5*a(g) - 6*y(g). Factor w(s).
-2*(s - 1)*(s + 25)
Factor 82 + 34*k**3 + 35*k**3 - 40*k**2 - 19*k + 33*k**3 + 62*k - 103*k**3.
-(k - 2)*(k + 1)*(k + 41)
Factor 0*j + 0 - 5/4*j**3 + 15/4*j**2.
-5*j**2*(j - 3)/4
Determine d, given that 1 + 57*d**2 + 8 - 2*d + 15*d**3 + 6 - 85*d = 0.
-5, 1/5, 1
Let c(k) be the first derivative of -3/2*k**2 + 3/5*k**3 + 3/20*k**4 - 3/25*k**5 + 6/5*k - 8. Factor c(v).
-3*(v - 1)**3*(v + 2)/5
Let v(j) = j**2 + 14*j - 11. Let k be v(-15). What is l in -2*l**4 + 8*l**3 + 63*l + k - 2*l**4 - 71*l = 0?
-1, 1
Let x = -17639/35 + 504. Let k(j) be the third derivative of 0*j - 5*j**2 - 1/105*j**6 - 1/21*j**4 + 1/735*j**7 + 1/21*j**3 + x*j**5 + 0. Factor k(u).
2*(u - 1)**4/7
Suppose 21*i - 90 = -48. Find p, given that -3/4*p**i - 3/4*p**3 - 1/4*p + 0 - 1/4*p**4 = 0.
-1, 0
Let r be (-75)/(-2)*(-6)/(-5). Suppose 6*m = m - q + 20, -5*m + 4*q = -r. Factor 3*i**4 + 10*i**3 - 2*i**m - 4*i**3 + 2*i**5 - 3*i**5.
-3*i**3*(i - 2)*(i + 1)
Suppose -5*j = -5 - 10. Let p be ((-2)/6)/(j/(-27)). Let -8 + p - 12*i**2 + 8*i + 3 + 8*i**3 - 2*i**4 = 0. What is i?
1
Let c(u) be the first derivative of -u**8/224 - u**7/105 - u**6/180 - 5*u**2/2 - 8. Let d(l) be the second derivative of c(l). Suppose d(h) = 0. Calculate h.
-2/3, 0
Let y = -9/1166 + 367/106. Factor -32/11*u + y*u**2 - 8/11 - 10/11*u**3.
-2*(u - 2)**2*(5*u + 1)/11
Let u(f) be the first derivative of -f**3/3 - 9*f**2 - 17*f - 66. Factor u(s).
-(s + 1)*(s + 17)
Let c(h) = 3*h**2 - 8*h - 2*h + 9*h. Let o(q) = -7*q**2 + 3*q. Let l(f) = -5*c(f) - 2*o(f). Suppose l(d) = 0. Calculate d.
-1, 0
Let r(s) be the second derivative of -1/12*s**4 + 1/3*s**3 + 0 - 11*s + 3/2*s**2. Factor r(j).
-(j - 3)*(j + 1)
Suppose 0*j = -3*j + 18. Let x = 17 - j. Factor 3*n**5 - n**3 - 2*n**3 - 5*n**4 + x*n**4 + 6*n**3.
3*n**3*(n + 1)**2
Suppose -3*b = 2*v - 16, 200 - 225 = -5*v. Factor 7/6*i + 0 - 1/6*i**b.
-i*(i - 7)/6
Let k(h) be the third derivative of 5*h**9/1008 - 5*h**8/336 + h**7/168 + h**6/72 + 43*h**3/6 + 28*h**2. Let x(m) be the first derivative of k(m). Factor x(p).
5*p**2*(p - 1)**2*(3*p + 1)
Let t be (-4)/((-6)/(-9)*135/(-40)). Find o such that -4/9*o**5 - 20/9*o**3 - 8/9*o**2 + 0 - t*o**4 + 0*o = 0.
-2, -1, 0
Let 4/19*y**3 + 2/19*y**4 + 92/19*y - 56/19*y**2 - 42/19 = 0. What is y?
-7, 1, 3
Let y = -37915 - -37918. Suppose -16/13 + 10/13*n**2 - 4/13*n - 2/13*n**y = 0. Calculate n.
-1, 2, 4
Let y be 2*(-1)/6 + 12*(-21)/(-588). Factor -y*t**2 - 8/21*t + 2/21*t**3 + 8/21.
2*(t - 2)*(t - 1)*(t + 2)/21
Let y be ((-18)/(-1407))/(2/28). Let d = 26/603 + y. Solve 2/9*q**4 + 0*q + d*q**3 + 0 - 4/9*q**2 = 0 for q.
-2, 0, 1
Let a(x) be the third derivative of -1/120*x**5 + 0 + 5/32*x**4 + x - 1/32*x**6 + 6*x**2 + 1/12*x**3. Factor a(j).
-(j - 1)*(j + 1)*(15*j + 2)/4
Let f(r) = 2*r**3 - 10*r**2 + 8*r + 6. Let q(x) = x**2 - x - 1. Let l = 36 + -33. Suppose -15 = -l*j + 3. Let n(v) = j*q(v) + f(v). Factor n(o).
2*o*(o - 1)**2
Let n = 6047/3 - 2009. Factor -4*x**4 - 8*x**3 - 2*x - 2/3*x**5 - n*x**2 + 0.
-2*x*(x + 1)**3*(x + 3)/3
Suppose a - 5*a = -2772. Let v be (-3)/5*(-110)/a*3. Factor 2/7 + v*w**2 - 4/7*w.
2*(w - 1)**2/7
Let o(v) be the second derivative of -5/12*v**4 + 0*v**2 + 1/5*v**5 + 2*v + 1/3*v**3 - 1/30*v**6 + 0. Solve o(u) = 0 for u.
0, 1, 2
Let g = -4851 + 4853. Find l, given that -6/7*l**g - 12/7 - 18/7*l = 0.
-2, -1
Let p(n) be the third derivative of 1/490*n**7 + 0 - 49/2*n**4 + 0*n - 1/10*n**6 + 21/10*n**5 - 8*n**2 + 343/2*n**3. Factor p(r).
3*(r - 7)**4/7
Let o(d) be the second derivative of d**4/132 - 71*d**3/66 - 2*d - 27. Factor o(g).
g*(g - 71)/11
Let b be ((-2 - -10) + -8)*4/(-20). Find q, given that 1/7 + 2/7*q**3 - 1/7*q**4 - 2/7*q + b*q**2 = 0.
-1, 1
Let q be -1 + 11/7 + 303/21. Let w be 1 + -2 + 21/q. Factor 0 - 6/5*d**3 - 2/5*d**5 + 0*d - 6/5*d**4 - w*d**2.
-2*d**2*(d + 1)**3/5
Let j = 537/4 - 131. Let i = -3 + j. Factor 0 + 0*v**2 - 1/4*v**4 + 0*v - i*v**3.
-v**3*(v + 1)/4
Let g be 6/16 - 1*303/(-216). Suppose -32/9 - g*j - 2/9*j**2 = 0. Calculate j.
-4
Let i(q) = 5*q - 3 + 0*q**2 - 2 - 5*q**2 - 10*q**2. Let n(d) = -7*d**2 + 2*d - 2. Let a(o) = -2*i(o) + 5*n(o). Determine x, given that a(x) = 0.
0
Let m = -238 + 241. Suppose -5/4*q + 1/4*q**m - 3/4 - 1/4*q**2 = 0. Calculate q.
-1, 3
Let j(l) be the second derivative of -l**5/4 + 265*l**4/6 - 14045*l**3/6 - 2*l + 36. Factor j(f).
-5*f*(f - 53)**2
Let q(c) be the first derivative of -2*c**3/3 - 25*c**2/2 + 13*c + 55. Suppose q(k) = 0. Calculate k.
-13, 1/2
Let r be (7 - (-215)/(-25))/((-2)/(-5)). Let s be 6/(-8) - (r - -1*1). Solve s*m**2 + 3/4*m**3 + 3/4 + 9/4*m = 0.
-1
Let p(j) be the third derivative of -j**5/120 - 7*j**4/16 + 306*j**2. What is w in p(w) = 0?
-21, 0
Let l(h) be the second derivative of h**4/4 - 73*h**3/6 + 185*h**2 - 22*h. Let k(f) = -f**2 + 24*f - 123. Let r(b) = -7*k(b) - 2*l(b). Let r(w) = 0. What is w?
11
Suppose z + 9 = 15. Let f be ((-2)/(4/z))/(990/(-60)). Find s such that -f*s + 0 + 2/11*s**2 = 0.
0, 1
Suppose 3*n + 1 = -3*a - 5, 14 = 3*n - 2*a. Let h(x) = x**3 - 6*x**2 + 6*x - 3. Let o be h(5). Suppose -k**3 - 4*k + k**2 - n*k + 5*k + k**o = 0. What is k?
0, 1
Let v(p) be the first derivative of -p**6/720 - p**5/60 - p**4/12 - 2*p**3/9 + 5*p**2/2 - 7. Let q(r) be the second derivative of v(r). Factor q(j).
-(j + 2)**3/6
Let l(b) = -b - 3. Let o be l(-8). Let 38*x**4 + 2*x - 17*x**4 - 75*x**3 - 3*x**o - 26*x + 21*x**3 + 60*x**2 = 0. Calculate x.
0, 1, 2
Let 636/13*f + 30/13*f**3 + 274/13*f**2 + 80/13 = 0. What is f?
-5, -4, -2/15
What is x in 0*x**2 - 3*x - 2*x**2 + 36 - 9*x - 7*x**2 + 3*x**3 = 0?
-2, 2, 3
Let g(r) be the first derivative of r**6/14 - 9*r**5/35 + 3*r**4/28 + 3*r**3/7 - 3*r**2/7 - 56. Solve g(s) = 0 for s.
-1, 0, 1, 2
Let x(z) = 2*z**3 - 4*z**2 + 2*z + 2. Let r be x(2). Let g(m) = -m**2 + m - 1. Let k(a) = 5*a**2 + 3*a + 7. Let n(u) = r*g(u) + 2*k(u). Factor n(h).
4*(h + 1)*(h + 2)
Let c(k) = -8*k**2. Let i(r) = -13*r**2 - 3*r - 1. Let d be i(-1). Let w(z) = z**4 + z**3 - 23*z**2 - z. Let m(t) = d*c(t) + 4*w(t). Factor m(y).
4*y*(y - 1)*(y + 1)**2
Suppose -54/5*m + 2/5*m**4 + 6/5*m**3 - 36/5 - 14/5*m**2 = 0. Calculate m.
-3, -2, -1, 3
Let v = 25 + -65. Let c be (-2)/(-5) + (-24)/v. Find z, given that -50*z**2 + 48*z**2 - c - 4*z - 1 = 0.
-1
Let k(c) be the third derivative of -8*c**2 + 0*c + 0 - 1/90*c**5 - 4/9*c**3 - 1/9*c**4. Factor k(v).
-2*(v + 2)**2/3
Let d(b) be the second derivative of -b**4/36 + 2*b**3/9 - b**2/2 - 15*b. Determine z so that d(z) = 0.
1, 3
Let q(d) be the first derivative of d**3/18 - 11*d**2/4 - 17*d/3 - 301. Factor q(l).
(l - 34)*(l + 1)/6
Suppose t**2 + 2*t + 5 - 3*t**2 + 3*t**2 + 5 - 18 = 0. What is t?
-4, 2
Let k(z) be the third derivative of z**6/300 - 121*z**5/150 + 239*z**4/60 - 119*z**3/15 + 332*z**2. Find w, given that k(w) = 0.
1, 119
Let h(g) be the second derivative of 1/35*g**6 - 1/21*g**4 + 19*g + 1/14*g**5 + 0 + 0*g**3 + 0*g**2. Factor h(k).
2*k**2*(k + 2)*(3*k - 1)/7
Let j be (-3)/(1*(10 - 11)). Solve -2/5*m**j + 0*m + 0 - 6/5*m**2 = 0 for m.
-3, 0
Factor -108 - 132*i - 76/3*i**2 - 4/3*i**3.
-4*(i + 1)*(i + 9)**2/3
Let z be 0/(52/(-39)*3/2). Let n(w) be the second derivative o


Q:

Tool for fetching the Http Response from mobile device

I need a cellphone application that sends a http request and then saves the http response.
The reason I want this is to make sure that the response sent from our server to the mobile is the same as the response the mobile receive. We are currently expecting that some mobile operators are modifying the response. So we would like to know what they modify.
I have access to a bunch of phones: but I would prefer Symbian s60 or windows mobile.

A:

For a Windows Mobile application, check out "Debugging a HTTP Request" at this sample telnet client (CodeProject)


Q:

How are variable length argument lists implemented?

What happens internally when a functions that uses varargs is called? Are the arguments themselves stored on the heap or on the stack like any other arguments. If on the stack, how does that work?

A:

It's implementation-dependent.  But most probably, the args are placed on the stack, one after the other (after default argument promotions have been performed).
va_start, va_arg etc. work by simply walking a pointer through the stack, and reinterpreting the bits as whatever type you ask for.

A:

Like was noted before, it's implementation dependent.
In the C calling convention (known as cdecl), arguments are pushed into the stack in reverse order, so:
void myfunc(int one, int two, int three)

will look like this on the stack after it's called (the stack grows upwards, towards 0):
  .                .                0x00000000
  .                .
  .                .
  | current frame  |
  |----------------|
  | return address |
  |----------------|                   ^
  |    one         |                   | stack
  |----------------|                   | growth
  |    two         |                   | direction
  |----------------|                   |
  |    three       |
  |----------------|
  | previous frame |
         ...
         ...                        0xFFFFFFFF

So, the first argument can be fetched first (because we know it's location, it's just before the return address), and hopefully it contains enough information on how many other arguments are present. For example, in printf(3) and related functions, all information about the other arguments is present in the format string, which is the first argument.

A:

In C, function arguments are both pushed onto and pulled from the stack by the caller function. The caller function knows how many items were pushed and so it is also able to pull them back after the call. The callee can only infer the number of the arguments from other parameters, like the format string of printf().
In Pascal, for example, the arguments on the stack are pulled by the callee. As the callee is not aware of the number of items pushed, it cannot restore the stack to its previous state either. That's why it's impossible to implement varargs in Pascal.


Damping devices of this kind are state of the art. Such hydraulic dampers, which are also referred to as sound dampers or silencers, serve to reduce oscillations. The oscillations are generated by pressure pulsations, to which a corresponding hydraulic system is repeatedly subjected, in particular due to the operation of hydraulic pumps. As is disclosed in the document DE 102 17 080 C1, the known damping devices of this kind have a damping housing in the form of a circular cylinder, which is rounded in a spherical manner at both axial end regions. The fluid inlet and the fluid outlet are located coaxial to the cylinder axis on a respective end region. As the damping chamber, which the fluid flow crosses from the fluid inlet to the fluid outlet, a damping tube is provided in such damping devices, which tube extends coaxially between the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet. The tube wall has openings to the fluid chamber surrounding the tube. According to the cylinder diameter, the fluid chamber is radially expanded relative to the axial throughflow direction defined by the damping tube.


517 N.E.2d 386 (1988)
AETNA INSURANCE COMPANY OF THE MIDWEST, Appellant,
v.
John RODRIGUEZ; John Rodriguez, d/b/a Atlas Transmission; John Rodriguez, d/b/a Custom Automotive; Shaver Motors, Inc., Associated Adjusters and Shaver Motors, Inc., Appellees.
No. 75S03-8801-CV-14.
Supreme Court of Indiana.
January 6, 1988.
Rehearing Denied March 10, 1988.
Charles T. Jennings, Donna H. Fisher, Jennings, Maas & Stickney, Indianapolis, for appellant.
Clyde D. Compton, Bonnie C. Coleman, Hodges, Davis, Gruenberg, Compton & Sayers, P.C., Merrillville, for appellees.

ON CIVIL PETITION TO TRANSFER
GIVAN, Justice.
On August 28, 1986, the Court of Appeals rendered the first opinion in this case in which they reversed the decision of the trial court. Aetna v. Rodriguez (1986), Ind. App., 496 N.E.2d 1321. On March 12, 1987, the Court of Appeals, in an opinion on rehearing, affirmed the decision of the trial court. Aetna v. Rodriguez (1987), Ind. App., 504 N.E.2d 1030.
In the latter opinion, the Court of Appeals relied upon the case of Skendzel v. Marshall (1973), 261 Ind. 226, 301 N.E.2d 641 for the proposition that a conditional sale vendor should be treated as a mortgagee. Although the Court of Appeals quoted at length from Judge McLaughlin's trial court judgment, for the sake of understanding this opinion, we will repeat that quotation here:
"We have a prospective insured, Rodriguez, without a high school education (although he has made more money than most Judges will ever see) buying a product in a highly technical field. He knows he wants fire insurance to protect his property and knows that he must have *387 insurance to protect the former owner of the property to whom he still owes money. He contacts an insurance broker-agent who under the specific facts of this case, is the agent of the company and not that of the prospective insured.
The only facts in the record show that the prospective insured, Rodriguez, tells the broker-agent that he is buying this property from Shaver Chevy and making payments; that he wants insurance and wants Shaver Chevy protected on it.
The prospective insured does not know the difference between contracts and mortgages, much less the legal differences between the defenses of an insurance company as to contract sellers, loss payees, and mortgagees. I proffer the thought that, although others may know the distinction between the actual terms, only insurance attorneys and underwriters know the distinction as to company defenses which may be invoked against each of the above three classes of insureds, and I further suggest that many agents do not understand same or know there is a difference between the defenses.
No one asked the proposed insured: `Are you buying this real estate on a long term conditional sale contract or did you get a deed then in return sign a promissory note and a real estate mortgage?' Neither did anyone check the Recorder's Office to determine any correct facts. No one even checked the correct names of the parties, but simply used the street vernacular.
The broker-agent and company were faced with a situation in which the words used by the prospective insured, Rodriguez, were susceptible of two or more meanings or interpretations. They did nothing to determine the correct interpretation or facts, but simply adopted the interpretation and wrote the insurance policy in the manner most legally advantageous to the company. When a company is faced with facts susceptible of many interpretations, said company is then under a duty to determine the correct interpretations and not simply adopt the one most advantageous to themselve[s] to the detriment of all others.
This is not a situation in which the proposed insured committed an intentional fraud by withholding information. He specifically made it known that someone else had an interest in this property and that he wanted them protected. He did not withhold any requested information, nor deliberately mislead the company. Neither is this a situation where the company is entitled to rely upon the application for insurance. There is no evidence there was ever any appli[c]ation.
Neither is this a case where Shaver was not a mortgagee, but was listed as one and after a loss, it tried to claim the proceeds as a mortgagee. Shaver was an actual mortgagee and had recorded their mortgage which is notice to any dealing with this property.
Under the particular facts of this case, Aetna is estopped to deny coverage to Shaver as a mortgagee.
Shaver should collect the amount of the principal secured by their mortgage together with pre-judgment interest at the same rate as the promissory note of Rodriguez to Shaver.
Shaver has asked for punitive damages. Shaver, prior to the loss, had a receipt showing that Rodriguez had purchased insurance. Shaver did not contact Aetna and object to their listing as a `contract seller'. Thus, there is a legitimate controversy for trial and in as much as Shaver could also have prevented the conflict, it is now estopped to claim punitive damages.
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED by the Court that Shaver Motors, Inc., should recover of and from Aetna Insurance Company of The Midwest the total sum of One Hundred One Thousand, Eight Hundred Sixty-five Dollars and Thirty-five Cents ($101,865.35), being $92,765.98 principal, $4,185.07 as interest from 11/18/84 to 4/1/85, and $4,4914.30 [sic] as Interest from 4/1/85 to 10/1/85."
It is our view that Judge McLaughlin is correct in his observations. We quote his judgment here because we feel we cannot improve upon his language.
The first opinion written by the Court of Appeals was in error in reversing Judge *388 McLaughlin, and the second opinion written by the Court of Appeals is in error in applying the Skendzel case. As Judge McLaughlin points out, this is not a case of a conditional sales contract. The property transaction was a purchase secured by a mortgage. The fact that Aetna's agent did not ascertain the true situation is Aetna's responsibility.
In its original opinion, the Court of Appeals correctly observed that in Indiana when a broker makes application for insurance and the insurance policy is issued, the broker is the agent of the insurer and can bind it within the scope of his authority. They cited Indiana Insurance Company v. Hartwell (1889), 123 Ind. 177, 24 N.E. 100 and other cases.
The March 12, 1987, decision of the Court of Appeals is set aside and the trial court is affirmed.
SHEPARD, C.J., and DeBRULER, PIVARNIK and DICKSON, JJ., concur.


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vendredi 13 juin 2014

YOLO : you only love once

They said that love changes
over the time , scientifically it last 3 years , either you refresh it and it
continues on new bases as you keep falling in love all over again , or people
just lose interest in their love ones . I believe that we can only
fall in love once. I don't know, maybe I am just a little naive cause I am
still young, but I really do think that you can only fall in love one time.
Love is such a special thing, and if you can fall in love more than 10 times then
what is so special about it?
So do you believe we can only fall in love once or more than once?And What happens if the person you love stops loving you? love is
sweet , love is bitter , love is generous , love is possessive,love come with
pain ,it could be a bit challenging to read for someone who had, for one reason
or another, their love rejected, or lost their loved one. Life and
relationships are complex. If you don't have the ability to be resilient and to
pick up the pieces and start over again, you may find life to be a pretty harsh
and unforgiving place.All that said, if you are one of the lucky ones, be
grateful. And if you are not, be grateful anyways for the ability to reset the
love meter.but
i still think that you only love once and all the others are just alternatives
, to fill the empty spaces .I
still think that your heart beats only for one person , you love him with all
his flaws , you consider everything as a bliss even the wrong and bad ones ,
you just appreciate every gesture even a bedtime story , love every expression
even the silence, you adore his eyes glance , his mouth movement , his body
allure ,his halo catch your breath , and his voice chill your ears , you just
love him more than what you normally can handle, more than the pain ,the
distance , even while you are rejected you ears don't hear "I don't love
you no more" your mind don't accept it , and your heart would never
believe it . you
just feel like a flower discovered in the middle of some garden, bored , then
someone picked you , you , not another flower , just you , you felt special,
proud, you are the princess of his heart , he will put you in the vase of his
heart , you feel like home between his hands, you are happy as long as you are perfuming his air. you
were blindly happy , you couldn't see the truth , you've been consumed every
day ,and with every sunrise of happiness , there was a night of fears and
darkness , you died more every day passing , you were like a fool thinking that someday you'll be sealed forever
in the wonderland of your prince charming . there was no wonderland , not even
a magic one , the land was so dry that your flower would never blossom there . I know that I'm dramatizing
the rejection , but it can be so sad and painful, because the flower would even
change her color , her perfume , her nature , love can make wonders , it makes
people mutate , it can make u an alien if your love is a spaceship , it can
make you a bird , if your love is the wings . when you lose something that
matters to you that much , you feel like you lost a part of you , like your
soul want to leave your body , you feel so weird and lonely inside . Just have
some faith , life can't be that much worse , you felt love real love , some
people will never know what it feels like to lose your mind for someone , to
fight sleep over late phone calls at
least you felt that you belonged to
someone someday , you just found what can complete your existence , what make sense
and have meaning to your existence , just be happy and grateful that someday you
felt like you are inside your mother again while you were in their arms, that
great warm safe feeling , that if they ask you to write what do you like about
that person , you'll write one word "everything"...love is so weird ,
if it doesn't kill you it changes you , and if not meant to be , don't cry it just that the time of your happy ending didn't
come yet . Stay strong , have faith ,
keep your pride cause you deserve the best .


O’Bannon asks court to expand lawsuit against NCAA

By Paul Elias
Associated Press

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OAKLAND, Calif. – Former college basketball standout Ed O’Bannon and his lawyers sought Thursday to dramatically expand his lawsuit challenging the NCAA’s ban on compensating athletes in a move that could expose the organization and its member schools to billions of dollars in damages.

O’Bannon and his lawyers asked a federal court judge to turn their antitrust lawsuit into a class action, representing thousands of former and current college athletes. The lawsuit demands that the NCAA find a way to cut players in on the billions of dollars earned by college sports from live broadcasts, memorabilia sales, video games and in other areas.

U.S. District Court Judge Claudia Wilken didn’t rule on either the merits of O’Bannon’s case or his demands to turn the case into a class action. It could take weeks, even months, before Wilken rules.

Instead, she ordered O’Bannon’s lawyers to revise the lawsuit to fix some legal technicalities, including explicating adding current players to the lawsuit. Lawyer Michael Hausfeld said he will file a new lawsuit that includes current players, but will seek to keep their names confidential.

“They are afraid of retaliation,” Hausfeld told the court.

NCAA lawyer Greg Curtner is against certifying the lawsuit as a class action, arguing that the claims of thousands of collegiate athletes are too different to be treated the same. For instance, certain athletes bring in more revenue than others and have different legal claims at stake.

The NCAA argues that many of the athletes receive scholarships in exchange for playing sports and to pay student athletes would ruin amateur athletics. To pay athletes more than that would ruin collegiate sports, the NCAA argues.

The debate over compensating college players is almost as old as the NCAA, founded in 1906. Amateurs have been expected to compete for free and the love of sport – or at least the cost of a scholarship and the pursuit of an education.

The NCAA is steadfast in its position that student-athletes are prohibited from receiving payment for participating in sports. It also says it has done nothing wrong in marketing itself for the benefit of its member schools and will continue to vigorously contest the lawsuits

But the NCAA’s revenues have skyrocketed in recent years – it recently signed a $10.8 billion, 14-year television deal for basketball – and so have the demands of athletes to share in the money.

“I’m doing this for change,” O’Bannon said outside court.

The star of the NCAA 1995 basketball champion UCLA Bruins traveled from his Las Vegas home to attend the hearing Thursday.

He said he first became aware that others were profiting from his image in 1995, when he visited a friend’s house and was shown an avatar resembling O’Bannon playing for the 1995 Bruins in the game. Two years later, he filed a lawsuit that focused attention from lawmakers, college administrators and others on just how much money the NCAA and its member schools earn each year.

The schools argue that money-making sports like football and baseball help support sports such as volleyball and gymnastics with smaller fan bases.

That may be, O’Bannon said, but he still thinks student athletes who help generate the revenues are entitled to a cut.

“I believe the kids coming through the system can do better than I did,” he said. “I never thought this lawsuit would get this big, but now that it has, I hope it forces big changes.”


Developmental profile in children with iron deficiency anemia and its changes after therapeutic iron supplementation.
To evaluate the developmental profile of children with iron deficiency anemia (IDA) and the changes following iron supplementation. Study was conducted prospectively in a tertiary care teaching institution. Subjects were children aged 6 months to 5-years, with IDA, proven by hematological parameters and iron studies. Complete blood counts and iron studies were performed at the beginning and following 3-months therapy with iron. Simultaneously, development was assessed by Developmental profile II (DPII), which was interpreted using IQ equivalent (IQE) scores and 'fractional months differential' (FMD). Thirty five children fulfilled predetermined inclusion criteria. The mean-age was 22.3+/-13.4 months. Majority (71.4%) had moderate, while 5 (14.3%), each had mild and severe anemia. Significant developmental delay was observed in iron deficient children. Maximum delay was observed in academic and communication domains. 6 (17.2%) failed developmental screening, with IQE scores of <70. Significant improvement in DPII scores was noticed following therapy. Although some gain in IQE scores was noticed in the majority (88.6%), significant improvement (e => 10-point gain) was observed in about half (51.4%). Interpretation of DPII by FMD revealed significant improvement in all the domains as well. Children with IDA have suboptimal developmental scores. The delayed development is variably reversible following oral iron therapy. Hb =< 7 g/dl and age >24 months predicts suboptimal outcome. FMD is a useful method of interpreting DPII.


A Senate committee Tuesday advanced legislation that would call for a statewide vote on abortion with the aim of keeping state judges from allowing abortions if Roe v Wade is overturned on the federal level.

If the 1973 decision that makes legal the procedure that terminates pregnancies overruled by the U.S. Supreme Court, the decision reverts back to the states.

State law already says that if given the choice by federal authorities, abortion would be illegal in Louisiana.

House Bill 425 would ask state voters to approve an abortion ban, which would preclude any courts from overturning the state law, said state Rep. Katrina Jackson, the Monroe Democrat who is sponsoring the measure.

HB425 was approved by Senate Judiciary A committee without objection. It now goes to the full Senate where it is expected to exceed the two-thirds majority needed.

A wording change Jackson applied to ensure voters aren’t confused that the vote is on exceptions like women who are raped or to save the life of the mother, means the legislation must return to the House for a final vote.

Louisiana House to debate constitutional measure on abortion Louisiana voters would decide whether to amend the state constitution to say it doesn't protect abortion rights, if lawmakers back a proposal …

“We are not voting on whether abortion is legal,” Jackson said. “We are voting to say there is no right (to an abortion) in the Louisiana Constitution.”

“This is needed because the abortion industry would go into the Louisiana Supreme Court arguing that there is nothing about abortion in state Constitution,” said Dorinda C. Bordlee, senior counsel of Bioethics Defense Fund. “This very simple amendment closes the door to judicial activism.”

The Kansas Supreme Court two weeks ago found that abortions were legal in that state because it was not expressly forbidden in state law.

New Orleans attorney Ellie Schilling, who opposed the bill, said Louisiana already has some of the strictest restrictions to abortions in the country.

She is concerned that the bill would enshrine in the state Constitution that there is no right to abortions without exception. “This bill makes no provisions for rape, incest and life of mother,” she said.

Louisiana Senate advances proposal to ban abortions after heartbeat detected, sending it to House The Louisiana Senate advanced Monday one of the strictest bans on abortion in the nation – at roughly six weeks when a fetal heartbeat is detected.

“This might be the most significant and monumental piece of legislation that I will have the opportunity to vote for in this term,” said state Sen. John Milkovich, D-Shreveport, whose bill to ban abortions once a fetal heartbeat is detected, often only six weeks into a pregnancy, overwhelming passed the Senate Monday.


Tactics in the labour movement

A response to John Tognolini

I’d like to commend John Tognolini for the (for him) relatively calm nature of his post on the Green Left list on Tuesday. While we’re at it, I strongly object to his inaccurate assertion in an earlier post that I called him a scab sometime in the 1980s for advocating that unions disaffiliate from the Labor Party.

As most people, even my opponents, are aware, I’m always reasonably careful in my language, even in the full flow of verbal debate.

I’ve never called a fellow socialist a scab, firstly because it’s unsound to confuse discussion with pejorative language and secondly because lightly calling people scabs usually ends up rebounding on the people who do it. Tognolini probably mis-remembers some heated verbal exchange, but I am certain that I have never called him a scab.

To jog my memory, does Tognolini remember whether or not, in his highly coloured recollection, this exchange took place before or after the DSP leadership changed its mind about the character of the Labor Party. Enough of that.

Tognolini says that earlier this year the Teachers Federation leadership estimated that a legal challenge to the transfer of industrial powers from the states to the federal government would fail. He relies on that. As everyone in the labour movement knows, the Teachers Federation leadership is very close to the ACTU leadership, and to a very large extent takes its cue from the ACTU leadership.

That certainly was the view of the ACTU leadership early this year. As recorded in Green Left Weekly in an interview with Tim Gooden and others, the DSP was also clearly relying on that ACTU leadership view when it declared that a High Court legal challenge would probably fail.

In some things the ACTU leadership is an unreliable ally. Under pressure from the unions and the Labor state governments in five of the six where state industrial systems still exist, Greg Combet and the ACTU leaders have changed their view on this matter and are now supporting the High Court challenge.

There are conflicting legal opinions as to whether the challenge will succeed, but if it does succeed it will be a major obstacle to Howard’s plans and will pretty well derail them.

I’m not a lawyer, and neither are Tognolini or Gooden, so I tend to rely on the advice of a variety of expert lawyers, in this case obviously, constitutional lawyers.

Being an optimist, I hope the challenge does succeed and it seems to me that the balance of constitutional legal opinion is shifting in the direction that the challenge may well succeed and that the case may hinge on what were the intentions of the drafters of the Australian constitution, and to some extent on the fact that in similar conflicts, transfers of power from the states to the Commonwealth have been defeated in a number of referenda.

The striking thing about the DSP leadership’s approach to these matters is its mindlessness. If Labor state governments, or Unions NSW, are doing something, the DSP leadership’s automatic reflex is to oppose it or say it’s of no importance.

A strenuous prosecution of the case against the transfer of powers in the High Court, whether it is won or lost, is yet another opportunity to make effective propaganda about the anti-working-class motives driving the Howard Government. In fact, anyone who saw John Delabosca, the NSW industrial relations minister, on television explaining the reasons for the challenge would find it hard to fault his energetic and intelligent explanation as to why the Liberals were trying to transfer the powers, and the dangers that represented to the interests of the working class.

In a sense, the dimensions of the struggle are even more important than the legal case itself, because the legal case opens up one more field of struggle on the question of the industrial relations legislation.

Nowhere has the DSP had any public discussion of the short-term strategic questions involved in the legal case or of the broader issues facing socialists that I canvassed very early on in my articles. Those questions don’t interest the DSP leadership because because they don’t fit in with the DSP’s ritual denunciations of Laborism.

Tognolini is only concerned to mouth a routine attack on the misdeeds of the Labor Party, and some ritual verbal abuse of me for failing to make verbal denunciation of the NSW Labor Government the centre of my political activity.

Concerning the Labor Party, Tognolini is engaged in what Lenin frequently called scolding scoundrels. You know, quite well, that I oppose the actions of Labor governments that you refer to, and in fact from to time I express sharp opposition at Labor Party and other meetings.

A revealing aspect of Tognolini’s previous post flows from his verbal assault on Doug Jordan for joining the Greens. Tognolini clearly shares the idealist perspective of one group in the DSP leadership that the main requirement for socialists is to unfold the electoral banner, nail up the shingle, and this will enable you to build a mass alternative to Labor, the Liberals and by clear implication, the Greens as well.

This is metaphysics. Tognolini should have a good look at the tactics advocated by Lenin and Trotsky at the third and fourth congresses of the Comintern. For them, politics wasn’t simply a matter of running up the flag and the masses flocking to it, which is clearly implied in his post.

As a matter of rather brutal fact, the DSP leadership has been running up the banner and inviting the masses to join throughout the four-year experience of the Socialist Alliance. They’ve also been engaged in the small change of rather Machiavellian intrigues against the other organizations in the Alliance, and against the two successive groups of organised independents, both of which eventually came into conflict with the DSP leadership.

The balance sheet of the Socialist Alliance experience is strikingly clear, and has emerged for all to see in the debate leading up to the coming DSP conference. The Alliance has steadily got smaller, its electoral vote has fallen, even from a rather low starting point, and the membership of both the DSP and Resistance has fallen, that of Resistance dramatically so.

The objective possibility of the Socialist Alliance developing into a mass electoral force and a mass alternative to Labor and the Greens as organisations is about zero. The prospect of the Alliance developing into such a mass alternative is even less after four years experience of the Alliance than it was before.

Among the very few successes that the proponents of the Socialist Alliance strategy can point to in recent months is the recruitment of a handful of individuals, Tognolini, Riley and Miller, the bloke of metaphorical “Glasgow kiss” fame, to the DSP. Whether this is a benefit to the DSP entirely depends on your point of view in these matters.

The idea that voluntaristic enthusiasm can overcome the problems that socialists face in trying to win mass influence is obviously fantasy. The working class, migrant communities, the radical wing of the middle class, and organised trade unionists, taken as a whole the left side of society, are pretty clear about the material reality of the hegemony of Laborism and the Greens over the left half of society. In the current defensive situation resulting from the violent attacks of the Howard Government on the interests of the working class, and the left side of society, there’s a strong tendency to close ranks around the trade unions, Labor and the Greens, and that leaves little scope for socialist groups that delude themselves about being a serious organisational alternative.

Tactics adopted by Marxist groups should flow from a realistic appraisal of the circumstances confronting the working class and Marxists. To replace concrete analysis with voluntarist fantasies is of no use at all, and the belated recognition of this reality by a part of the DSP leadership and membership is a product of a recognition of the bankruptcy of this voluntarist kind of approach.

Marxist groups should maintain their own independent organisation, but a united front strategy towards the existing organisations of the working class — the trade unions, the Labor Party and the Greens — is an imperative that flows out of the real situation that is clearly present in the material world of the working class and the left side of Australian society.

Further, persisting in an open party tactic involving belligerent propaganda that the DSP-Socialist Alliance is the only alternative, or will become the mass leftist party in the reasonably short term, presents great dangers to the political and mental health of people who persist in isolating themselves in organisations of this mindset. They can, and often do, end up becoming kind of political Jehovah’s Witnesses, denouncing everyone else in the labour movement for failing to see the light as they do.

That is the path by which initially rational socialist political groups are transformed into messianic sects. The problem is that the constant battering of the heads of the socialists who adopt this strategy up against the hard wall of reality ends up producing a political mindset in which they can’t comprehend life outside the sect. The wastage is usually pretty high.

After persisting in this kind of political make-work for a while, activists often give politics away entirely, or if they remain in the labour movement, they sometimes shift over dramatically to the right because the gap between the sort of theory internal to the sect and any sensible practice in the broader labour movement is so immense.

John Tognolini only takes up in a very summary way the strategic and tactical questions that I raised about the workers’ movement. He does say that even if the Liberal government loses the High Court case it’s of little importance.

That shows he, and the Boyle faction DSP leadership, who he echos in this, can’t see the wood for the trees on strategic questions.

The main thrust of his post, however, is to reiterate his slander that I called him a scab in some argument about 20 years ago, and he uses a very big font to make his point.

He makes the time more specific, that it was after the DSP had changed its line on the Labor Party, which puts it somewhere around 1985-87. To gild the lily even more he has me frothing at the mouth and disrupting DSP forums and he claims I do much the same thing now on the Green Left list.

His accusation lacks all credibility. The fact is, at the time he is talking about my relations with the DSP and its leadership were fairly good, despite differences we had about the Labor Party.

An example of this is that Jim Percy sought my participation, along with a lot of others on the independent left, in meetings held at Phil Lee’s house in Annandale, to create a diverse left pole of attraction at the CPA-organised Broad Left conference in 1986.

At the end of that conference, which involved a stormy argument between the whole of the far left, including the then SPA, the DSP, a number of left Labor Party people, some Maoists and Frank Hardy, there was a meeting at Glebe Town Hall attended by about 300 people.

The speakers at that meeting were Jim Percy, Harry Black of the SPA, myself and Frank Hardy. A totally comradely atmosphere prevailed at the meeting.

A few years later, when Jim Percy died, John Percy asked me to speak at the memorial meeting, also at Glebe Town Hall. A couple of years later, when Ernest Mandel died, John Percy asked me to speak at the memorial meeting for Mandel, which I did.

Tognolini’s picture of rather crazed Bob Gould frothing at the mouth, disrupting DSP forums, is a figment of his own fevered imagination, which is put to the service of slandering me basically because of current disagreements about strategy.

Doug Jordan has thrown into the pot something previously unknown to me, that at some point the DSP withdrew and pulped an issue of Direct Action because it contained something that slandered me (if any old hand remembers that event, or even perchance has kept a copy of the slanderous bit of Direct Action, I’d love to see it, just to know what it was about).

Accusing someone of being a scab is about the worst thing you can say about anyone in the labour movement. If Tognolini says I called him a scab, were there witnesses? Did he take it up with anyone to get me to withdraw or apologise? Did he publish some protest to me to get me to with draw it, or anything like that?

In addition, Tognolini is well known for a rather vociferous temperament. What did he do at the time? Did he sit calmly, while as he alleges, I called him a scab?

In my sporadic experience of Tognolini over the years he’s a rather volcanic individual, and he’s about the last person I would call a scab unless I had become unhinged.

I repeat my assertion. I have never called Tognolini a scab, and in the absence of him providing some more concrete evidence of his allegation, he the one engaged in gratuitous personal slander for current political purposes, probably egged on by others.

I resent this slander intensely, although there’s not a great deal I can do about it, or intend to do about it. This unpleasant slander of me simply underlines the political method of Tognolini, and possibly some of his associates.


Applying some Mussel

So, it turns out I’m not the only one feeling the freeze from notonthehighstreet.com curation team as they attempt to purge the site of anything they deem to be un “trendy”! A short time spent on the forums shows that there are throngs of great makers spitting with fury as their cleverly executed and designed products are dismissed with an airy insult while mass-produced claptrap cram the product pages.

Their justification for rejecting my Critter Range went like this:

“Unfortunately the team felt that these designs were quite traditional and, whilst we absolutely don’t doubt the quality of your lamps, we would be looking for designs that were more contemporary and trend led.

Our curation tool not only helps us to ensure that products coming on are really innovative and are something that customers haven’t seen before but means that we can make sure that the products we bring on for partners are those that will help them grow with us and stand out against the current site offering.”

and I took some small pleasure in responding to that with this:

Dear Lauren
Thank you for getting back in touch. I tried to call a couple of times yesterday and was told a member of the curation team would call back. I would ideally like to speak to someone rather than type, so as to be able to discuss this more fully.
It is interesting that you should consider my latest designs traditional. Yes, they are on a form, the drum shade, which could now be considered traditional – but it could equally be considered timeless and practical. However, I am somewhat confused as to how your team can interpret a stag with barber shop antlers, a 24 carat gilt crow on a black sheep’s back, a hare with tweed inserts in its ears, blue cows and sheep in Shetland jumpers “traditional”. If you look closely you will see that my design motive was to take the traditional and turn it on its head! I chose to focus on these rural symbols (the stag, the hare, the highland cow), and parody them, warp them and conceptualise them (the black sheep and the bullies), have a laugh with them. I was looking to twist the cultural stereotypes that we apply to these animals of Scotland so as to, in a way, ridicule and undermine the aristocratic, hunting sect that creates them.
This may not be one of your seasonal “trends” but it is what innovative designers attempt to do in order to set new trends, shock and inspire.
It is unfortunate that your team were not able to see or appreciate this but perhaps now, having some insight into my design process you may respond to my latest range of designs differently.
I yesterday wrote a blog post about this event which has been shared far and wide. The post has been seen by over 3000 and I have read over 100 comments from viewers who clearly see my designs in a very different light to your team.
I am the sole breadwinner of a family of four and NOTHS is my primary selling portal. Your swift dismissal of my complete 2017 range of designs could have a profound impact on our income. I do completely understand that your company must make difficult decisions in order to maintain its design integrity and profit. However, I believe that dismissing well executed, innovative and potentially trend setting designs could do your company more harm than good.
I will resubmit the designs with revised titles, text and images that more clearly illustrate the humour and parody that I am attempting to convey and we’ll see how it goes.

With best wishes

Sarah

I also took great pleasure in making a calming commission of a pair of Mussel cushions. The perfect antidote to all this NOTHS silliness!

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Posted by:mogwaii

Born: 13th March 1969 in Edinburgh
Star sign: Pisces
Where do I live? An beautiful island called Lismore
Who with? I live with my gorgeous man - Yorick, and my beautiful boys Ruben (currently 14) and Tom (10) and we also have cat poppy, cat Bashy and cat Spyro.
What do I do there? Water veggies in the polytunnel, loads of mopping up, picking up clothes, cooking and washing dishes. The rest of the time I'm in a blissfull state in my studio making things out of wool and designing the next must have (in my head!) and a lot of cycling to and fro
My favourite Books: Right now...empowerment books like "The power of now" and "The Secret", but also John Fowles "The Magus" and "The kite runner" and I love the "Tao of Poo"
My Favourite films: Babettes feast, Wings of desire and The colour of Pomegranites.
My favourite music: Bach cello suites for designing, Dolly parton for making (especially her album Little Sparrow), Teddy Thompson and loads of other stuff!
What did I do before moving to Lismore?
* Went to school in Edinburgh (South Morningside primary then St. Mary's music school and then George Watson's)
* Went to Brazil for a year, fell in love, learnt Portuguese and spun a lot of wool
* Studied foundation in visual arts in Manchester poly and then went on to study BA Hons in textiles at Goldsmith's college
* Made felt hats, sold them at Camden market and then eventualy Liberties and had Ruben in the midst of it all - moved to Pathhead
* Tom came along and I stopped making hats. sung lots of Jazz, taught Brazilian and samba singing, recorded an album and started singing with La Boum
* Tom went to school and I set up Mogwaii
* Moved here in 2006
There you go!!
xx Sarah
(from left) Ruben, me and Tom
(from left) Ruben, me and Tom

Thank you Kate. You’re right. The more I see the aesthetic that excites them the more I realise I have no real interest in it and don’t feel inclined to chase trends so, well, I’ll be exploring other avenues for sure. xx


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Topic: Whats the haps?

I feel like the whole world's leaving me behind.all my friends are married with children and dont have time to hang with me anymore. my own relationships dont last more than a few months. I've tried to make new friends, but it's like I end up just annoying people eventually, they start ignoring me, and then I'm alone again. I really do feel like about five or six years ago everything just froze for me, meanwhile everyone else is going about their lives oblivious. the strange thing is i feel exactly the same abut the video game industry.

Are the things you regret not doing/having things you wanted anyway, though, or are they things you feel like you should want?

Be able to live independently -- if you can do that at least, you're on the right track.

My youngest cousin, who is a few months younger than me, got married in December and she's pregnant. The youngest person at my office who is... about a year younger than me is also married. A number of my friends from college are engaged. And one of my aunts is apparently getting on my case about joining an online dating site (except this is an aunt I never talk to so I just hear this from my mom).

So I mean in one sense, their lives have moved on in that they're starting families, and I'm not. But that's not something I want. Something I'm not sure I ever want.

(Actually the things I really want I can never have. Isn't it funny how that's pretty much always how it works out).

Guess I found out my cousin's having a boy. I have some pamphlets I'd love to throw at her, though I probably won't. Because I'm one of those guys that's always saying what I'm gonna do, but I won't rock the boat, 'cause I'm scared of what might happen.

Nah, was home already. Regretting going so hard, my elbows, shoulders, and chest all hurt like a bitch.

The pain only means you're getting stronger

No, this pain means I went to hard and probably pulled something. My left shoulder has been sore for 4 days now, and I can't my arms behind my head or backside right now at all. I've gotta put less EVERYTHING into my workouts.

Or you're doing it wrong and ignoring proper technique and progression.

Office girl at work is pissing me off. She's waits until the day before she needs healthcare to tell me she wants to sign up for it. I tell her there's no way I can get her on it that fast or even remotely fast without costing her extra because of how it's billed. And because I didn't explain every detail months ago how that worked (which she never asked about), she acts like I'm somehow the badguy even though there's nothing I can do about it and she's the one who waited until the last minute to sign up.

The idea for heavy weight lifting if to work to failure. Basically, keep going til you can't do it right or at all. I think alot of my recent problem was I went from shoulders to chest, which didn't give me a lot of recovery room for either muscle group since most chest exercises work shoulders and vice versa.

Well, today's easy, since I'm going to help my sister work out. She wants to lift weights, so big brudder has to help lil sis.

@Hathen I've seen a lot of people increase their weight progression in different ways. Some people do their heaviest set first and work backwards after, a few guys I know do shock methods, where they change entire workouts for muscle groups every visit so they won't do the same exercise twice in a month. Most of my friends who exercise don't even care to increase weights, just doing it for tone. I've been doing the standard 4 set gradual increase, generally starting with a very light weight for a large number of reps, minimally 12. Each following set gets closer to my max weight and less reps per set, so generally sets are 12+, 10, 8, and 6 to 8 or the best I can do. I was doing 5 sets for a while, but I'd generally be shot after 3 workouts which isn't enough to get much of a burn going. I advise everyone to try a heavier weight when they're lifting, and my general mantra is "if you did it once, you can do it again".

Fun with Youtube statistics:One of my P3 vid is on a korean wiki (wth?)One of my Youtube vid was on a VGchartz article.One vid I posted here got me 48 views from this forum. (thx ♥)The Ys Origin trailer I put got tons of view from a torrent site at some point (wasn't that one fan translated? Would make sense that way)

Fun with Youtube statistics:One of my P3 vid is on a korean wiki (wth?)One of my Youtube vid was on a VGchartz article.One vid I posted here got me 48 views from this forum. (thx ♥)The Ys Origin trailer I put got tons of view from a torrent site at some point (wasn't that one fan translated? Would make sense that way)

We do that with our Google Analytics data. There's some interesting stuff there. RPGs seem to have a big pull in Germany - they're our #4 country after USA, Canada, and UK. Japan's not even in the top 10 for us.

Also, we're very proud that most RPGFan visitors are on, you know, modern browsers. Only 9% of our visitors use IE, with Chrome coming in at 37%, Firefox at 30%, and Safari (including mobile) at 12%.


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Updated: May 08, 2019 19:23 IST

Keralas’ biggest cultural festival Thrissur Pooram, an ensemble of traditional percussion musical instruments, caparisoned elephants, decorative umbrellas and pyrotechnics, has hit a road block over the ban of one-eyed celebrity elephant named ‘Thechikottukavu Ramachandran.’

The 54-year-old tusker which has enough fan clubs and die-hard admirers in the state, was taken out of temple duty after it ran amok in February and killed two persons.

Thrissur district collector T V Anupama, who is known for her no-nonsense approach, has said a big no to the VIP jumbo, intensifying the standoff between elephant lovers and the government. Elephant owners have threatened not to parade their jumbos at the Pooram. In the week-long Pooram festival May 13 and 14 are most auspicious.

The tallest domesticated jumbo in the state at 10.5 ft, Ramachandran plays a key role in Pooram festivities every year. But his ban has angered his fans. The collector’s Facebook page is flooded and fans started a campaign called ‘Save Ramachandran’ and Sangh Parivar outfits have pledged their support to them.

“Pooram is incomplete without the presence of elegant Thechikottukavu Ramachandran,” said P N Nair, one of the fans of the jumbo saying it was highly improper for authorities to put him in the “most dangerous category” of animals.

Caparisoned elephants at Keralas’ biggest cultural festival Thrissur Pooram. ( HT PHOTO )

But Kerala’s forest minister K Raju justified the ban.

“After the mishap in February the chief wildlife warden has banned its parading in public places and festivals. We can’t take any risk,” Raju said. He said elephant owners were playing politics and the government will not bow to their threat.

The minister had held talks with the elephant owners on Tuesday to break the deadlock but nothing came off it.

“We are willing to co-operate but the forest minister has made a controversial statement saying owners were torturing jumbos for money. It is an insensitive comment and we have decided not to dispatch our jumbos to any festival,” said Kerala Elephant Owners’ Federation secretary K Sasikumar adding the minister was responsible for the standoff.

In Kerala caparisoned elephants are often considered a status symbol for the rich. In February Ramachandran was taken to a house-warming function in temple town Guruvayoor when it ran amok after crackers were burst near it. The elephant trampled two persons to death and injured seven others, forcing authorities to ban it.

This is not the first such incident. Over the years, the elephant has killed 11 people and gored two other jumbos The Kerala High Court had also banned Ramachandran twice for duration of six months.

Elephant experts and veterinary surgeons have also warned against its public display because it is partially blind after it lost vision in one of the eyes during a mishap. But elephant enthusiasts and his fans are unmoved saying its ban was inappropriate. The state has 510 captive elephants and 400 are paraded in temple festivals and other functions. Guruvayoor temple has got single largest collection of domesticated jumbos in the country, 58.

Thechikottukavu Ramachandran is owned by a temple trust in Peramangalam in Thrissur. It was brought from Bihar in the early 1970s. It is a recipient of many awards including ‘Gajarajan’ and ‘Eka Chtrapathi’.


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