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Can Palin's fundraising prowess make Didier a player in WA?
by Goldy — Thursday, 6/17/10 , 11:47 am
Having never bought into the breadth, depth or staying power of the so-called Tea Party "movement," particularly here in Washington state, I somewhat what agree with Eli Sanders' assessment of the "Didier Bubble" over on Slog:
Now, I love the Didier story line as much as the next person—a tractor-driving, government-handout-slurping, Sarah-Palin-endorsed insurgent? irresistable!—but this idea that he's about to become the favorite of the National Republican Senatorial Committee just doesn't have anything to it.
That said, I'm open to being surprised, at least to the extent that Clint Didier could potentially create enough trouble for Dino Rossi that it seriously damages his prospects in November. And in that context, I'm particularly intrigued by Didier's "impromtu" meeting with Sarah Palin last week, in which, according to PubliCola, the two discussed "a series of Didier fundraisers with Palin."
Like many Alaskans, Palin has strong ties to Washington, and is frequently in-state visiting family, so it's not surprising that she would take a special interest in our U.S. Senate election. Likewise, if Palin chooses to headline "a series of Didier fundraisers," it wouldn't be unreasonable to suppose that they might be able raise a substantial amount of money.
How much qualifies as substantial? I'd say a million or two, and while even that likely wouldn't be enough to overcome Rossi's substantial lead, it could potentially take an awfully big bite out of it, assuming the money is spent well. And by "spent well," of course I mean relentlessly negative.
As Sanders writes, "If Didier were really a surging threat, would Rossi's campaign be so studiously ignoring him?" Probably not, and if I were advising Rossi I'd tell him to focus solely on Sen. Murray too. But faced with a well-funded attack from Didier (and perhaps Nevada-style independent expenditures from the likes of the Tea Party Express and Club For Growth), that strategy would have to change.
No, I'm not all that impressed by either Didier or the folksy antics of our indigenous teabaggers. But I retain a profound respect for the transformative power of targeted political money.
Thursday, 6/17/10 at 12:01 pm
the tnt smell test:
http://blog.thenewstribune.com.....s-for-irs/
with respect to this NIKI interview with TV-W:
http://www.tvw.org/capitolreco.....-and-more/
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MarkS spews:
The teabaggers will donate a lot of money if Palin shows them her tits.
Zotz spews:
I'm looking forward to visits to WA by Mooselini Also.
Unfortunately I doubt she'll be anywhere accessible. But if she shows her false titties (covered or not) anywhere in public, I'll be glad to respond with my big, bare, hairy smelly ass.
Chris Stefan spews:
Well this should be obvious, but the best result for Murray would be for Didier to beat Rossi in the primary.
Of course I don't think Murray is going to have too much trouble with Rossi either, especially if he is forced into a dirty primary fight.
sarge spews:
Q: "Can Palin's fundraising prowess make Didier a player in WA?"
A: I hope so.
Apparently, in his Seattle U college days, Dino was a dashing ladies man. Must be a blow to his ego to lose sweet Sarah to a redneck hunk.
Poster Child spews:
Thursday, 6/17/10 at 1:12 pm
"government-handout-slurping" is a great turn of phrase. But I thought we were talking about Didier Drogba.
Zotz @ 3
Man, that is not a pretty picture. I think an apology would be in order.
May Didier and Rossi have a nasty, knock-down, drag-out, dirty primary fight.
Speaking of Teabaggers, here's a real gem and he's running for Congress:
http://voices.washingtonpost.c.....l?wprss=44
"If Didier were really a surging threat, would Rossi's campaign be so studiously ignoring him?"
The tea party is the Republican party. Rossi has his tit in a wringer and whichever direction he turns the crank, it's gonna fucking hurt. Didier lives and breathes the teabagger shit. If Rossi attacks his positions, he attacks teabagger positions. If he attacks Didier's character, he attacks teabagger character. If he tries to fully embrace the teabaggers, he'll only prove that he's too late as Palin has sealed the deal. If Rossi is doing so well with fundraising, why no more donation bragging? Time's a wastin'. Where's his campaign?
Rossi's real enemies appear to be in his own party and they're kicking his ass. I suspect it's now dawning on him that when he entered this race he ended his political career. He won't be cancelling any foreclosure seminars because he knows damned well that'll be his only paying gig for the foreseeable future. I always thought Rossi was a dumb fuck. Rob McKenna and Didier/Palin will prove it. Hell, they've already aced his sorry ass.
ArtFart spews:
This may all be a ploy by Palin and her handlers to do some damage control after her recent embarrassing performance on The O'Reilly Factor. Even Bill-o was pretty shocked when he asked Palin what she would do about the situation in the Gulf of Mexico and she didn't have a clue.
Solution: come to Washington State, stand in the protective shadow of someone who's even more of a crazy fuck than she is, and cue our local teabagger rabble to dance and cheer and post a bunch of bullshit everywhere they can.
Pretty or not (not is the point!), I'll be inviting her to kiss it!
[;-P]
Dino's problem is that he has NO CHOICE but to ignore Didier. If he acknowledges him in a friendly fashion, he alienates independents. If he attacks him, he loses his base.
Dino needs to pretend that he didn't even know Didier was running, so he can say after the primary: "Gee, I'm sorry, I didn't notice you. If I had, I would have said you were a great guy! And so smart! We would make a great team! By the way, can I have your contributor e-mail list?"
Broadway Joe spews:
Go Clit Diddler! Win that nomination and guarantee a 30-point win for Murray!
Stupid does, as Stupid is.
@14 "By the way, can I have your contributor e-mail list?"
I think it might play out to be more like this,
"By the way, do you want to buy my contributor e-mail list?"
Uh oh, Chongo! spews:
Is Perez Hilton a human? or is he/it some other "thing".
Posting inappropriate pics of a minor = a bullet in head.
Definitely non-human, Max. heh- You guys call the inheritance tax the "Death Tax". I call it the "Paris Hilton Inheritance Tax". You're lucky my name didn't catch on like yours did or the Paris Hilton Inheritance Tax would be at 95% by now and with the entire nation cheering it higher! Eh, too bad.
In reply to the off topic comment made in comment No. 18. Is this guy better than Perez Hilton?
Family Values are so strong.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/.....rrested.2/
Proud To Be An Ass spews:
Palin has strong ties to WA?
Figures gman would cum running to the rescue of perez hilton.
no worries gman, im sure perez's ass is so blown out you could drive an F-150 through it. Your type of guy, Im sure.
Palin has an aunt and uncle in the dry shitties. I took the strong ties comment to be directed at Alaskan's in general. Which is true when you consider that most everything you can buy in Alaska started its trek north on a barge in Tacoma.
Keep Breeding Murderers, thieves, liars and Bigots. I wouldn't know about Perez's ass, but you sure do show an interest. You should give him a call, maybe you could work something out with him.
Wait a sec, Max. I read "Perez" and registered "Paris". Oops. Now I'll have to Google Perez to see whether or not the fucker's human or not. Paris? Not human.
Today's politcs is made up of a bunch of skitzophrenics. Republicans are skitzophrenics.
And I wasn't coming to the rescue of Perez, like you say, putting words or making false accusations. Iras balancing your homophobic biggoted comments by pointing out the weakness of heterosexual biggots. So go fuck yourself Max I wanna big dick to suck on.
Puddybud sez, Ask the goatsee the caboose of every thread spews:
Now just think about it, if a libtardo could think. As Clint Didier has the Tea Party vote which you fools claim is right wing and Dino Rossi is to the left of Clint Didier, that means Rossi is more of a center leaning candidate. Guess there goes another insipid libtardo argument against Rossi!
Puddy was in LA. Laker tickets were going from $271 in nose bleed to $16,390+ court side!
"which you fools claim is right wing"
We're talking a real mo'fo krazy wingnut with the Diddler here now, Puddy. Um, in fact, now that I think of it, he's kinda like you that way.
"that means Rossi is…"
…a sleezey, money grubbing wingnut. He's cut from the same cloth as the KLOWN. You know what I mean, the type of guy who would steal yo mama's last dime with a smile.
Dan Fjelstad spews:
Dino has no personal center. He is whatever his salesman roots tell him to be on any given day, in front of any given audience. He'd flip and be a liberal Democrat tomorrow if he thought that would advance Dino, I mean advance his political career. He is not a fellow guided by principle. I'm sure you, an insightful guy, recognize that, right?
You still krazy, Puddy?
"Rossi is more of a center leaning candidate"
Damn. Still krazy.
don spews:
@21 Palin has strong ties to WA?
She has an aunt in the Tri-Cities and her uncle owns Infinity Internet, in Vancouver, WA.
Can't tell what wing Rossi is, his website doesn't say. In fact his website says nothing. No curriculum vitae, no statements of purpose, no position papers, no speeches, no list of rallies or appearances nor what he believes. Nothing, just the video from his "announcement" and a form where you can donate money.
Friday, 6/18/10 at 9:08 am
# 33: And that's the way he wants to keep it. He's trying the stealth candidacy again: arrange for meetings with small audiences (any but the most assuradly friendly media excluded), but keep his public appearances to a minimum. He'll try to avoid taking any public positions. He might even try the "I'm not running on that…" theme to dodge the tough questions again.
It didn't work out for him last time against a marginally popular governor who's campaign style was definately cool, at best. I don't know how he thinks it's going to work any better against Patty Murray.
I'm guessing that he's hoping he can lay low, rely upon his Republican base to bring out 35% to 40% of the vote (mostly from rural areas), and hope Murray makes a mistake. Military men know that's a losing strategy in war, but Rossi seems to think it might work, this time.
Personally, I think he's still been drinking too much of the cool-aid at the Republican gatherings, where everybody slaps him on the back, tells him what a great guy he is, and how certain they are that 2010 is going to be devestating to the incumbent Democrats, and how he's sure to win this time. He should learn that if you want the truth, don't rely upon what your friends tell you.
Friday, 6/18/10 at 10:42 am
Rossi will be damaged by Didier. Either he will sound like Didier passively and hurt himself in the general election, or he will try to steer to the center and will lost the support of the rabid rightwingnuts.
Either way he loses. Goldy is correct, a challenge from the right only hurts Rossi and cannot help him. It won't make him look more moderate in the GE, but it may pull him further out to the right and that will hurt him with independents.
Matty spews:
As much as I loathe the condescending soccer mom that wants to be my nanny government….I moved out of the house decades ago.
But given the choice as a moderate R (by the way the Teabaggers don't speak for me) I see we're fractured and won't win this fight. Neither do I have love for a three time loser real estate pimp or a not-so-bright farmer that has no real qualifications for such an important job.
Least of evils for this race this year.
Reading some assorted papers in the South, it appears that the Tea Bag party may be exploding. Several candidates, from local to national level, are engaging in a "my (primary) opponant isn't wingnuty enough" contests, with lots of shouting back and forth about who is furthest to the right.
Of course, the Tea Party is by definition unorganized, and this is one of the hazards of lack of organization and party discipline. Those of us who are Democrats don't find that too unusual an environment, and we find ways to work within it. But I'm not sure the Tea Party will survive this election as a political movement, or merely end up like the John Birch society – old people gathering around to gripe about the government and pass around wild conspiracy theories, but without any real substance.
people gathering around to gripe about the government and pass around wild conspiracy theories, but without any real substance.
sounds eerily familiar to a bunch of people gathering at a bar drinking liberally and griping about Bush and passing around wild conspiracy theories, but without any real substance.


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Up to 100,000 petrol Nissan Qashqai cars and more than a million other diesel Nissan and Renault vehicles could be fitted with prohibited "defeat devices", a law firm has claimed.
Harcus Parker said it has obtained documents which show the 1.2-litre petrol Qashqais breach emissions limits by up to 15 times when driven on the road.
The Qashqai is the UK's biggest selling family petrol car.
Lawyers also allege they have seen independent test data indicating that as many as 1.3 million diesel vehicles manufactured by Nissan and Renault may also be fitted with devices designed to cheat emissions tests.
The scandal around defeat devices has previously been focused on diesel models.
Damon Parker, senior partner at Harcus Parker, which is launching legal action, said: "For the first time, we have seen evidence that car manufacturers may be cheating emissions tests of petrol, as well as diesel vehicles.
Up to 100,000 petrol Nissan Qashqai cars and more than a million other diesel Nissan and Renault vehicles could be fitted with prohibited `defeat devices´, a law firm has claimed (Dominic Lipinski/PA)
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Harcus Parker claimed owners of affected cars are entitled to compensation worth around £5,000 each.
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A company spokesman said: "Nissan strongly refutes these claims. Nissan has not and does not employ defeat devices in any of the cars that we make, and all Nissan vehicles fully comply with applicable emissions legislation.
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"Emissions standards have evolved since 2017, and we have introduced a new range of powertrains to meet them."
Renault said in a statement: "All Groupe Renault vehicles are, and always have been, type-approved in accordance with the laws and regulations for all the countries in which they are sold and are not fitted with 'defeat devices'."
The so-called "dieselgate" emissions scandal first surfaced against Volkswagen in September 2015.
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In April, the High Court ruled that software installed by Volkswagen was a "defeat device".
It emerged earlier this month that more than 10,000 Mercedes customers have signed up to a possible legal challenge relating to alleged use of similar technology.
Nissan faces legal action over alleged `defeat devices´...
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Repi dump site, locally known as Qoshe, covers an area of about 36 hectares and is located in a densely populated section of Addis Abeba.
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The Administration has previously closed a 19ha area, and a new waste to energy facility is under construction on seven hectares of land. The facility has the capacity to recycle and convert 1,400tns of waste a day into electric energy.
After partially closing the site, three years ago, the City Administration inaugurated a replacement dump site at Sendafa, Oromia Regional State, 25Km north of the capital, with financial assistance from the French Development Agency (AFD). VINCI Grands Projects, a French construction company, constructed the landfill that occupies 137ha at a cost of over 337 million Br. The landfill is designed to receive wastes from the 3.4 million residents of the capital and the 195,255 residents of the Oromia special zones. However, it can not be put into operation as the farmers in the area have blocked the project.
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Patrick Jonsson (* 9. Februar 1968 in Luzern, bürgerlicher Name Patrick Wyss) ist ein Schweizer Sänger und Songwriter.

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Patrick Jonsson studierte klassische Musik an der Akademie für Schul- und Kirchenmusik in Luzern. Nach seinem Abschluss studierte er 2 Jahre am Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (LIPA) die Fachbereiche Songwriting, Performing und Producing. Er war zuvor bereits in verschiedenen Bands aktiv u. a. in der experimentellen Quadrophonie-Band Groope. Diese veröffentlichte 1994 ihr Album Hetero auf dem Label Killing Time/Zytglogge (Produzent Eric Merz).

Sein erstes Album This Is The Sky unter dem Namen Patrick Jonsson wurde 2009 auf dem Label TBA veröffentlicht. Die beiden Songs Not Enough und Sunrise fanden Beachtung bei Kritikern und Radio-Stationen. 2010 wurde das Album This Is The Sky auch in Deutschland bei Timezone veröffentlicht.

Sein zweites Album Pepople Are Strange wurde 2013 bei Nation Music veröffentlicht. Die Single Better Morning war ein vielgespielter Radio-Song auf diversen Schweizer Radiostationen und ist bis heute in diversen Musikrotationen. Auf diesem Album nahm Jonsson zwei Duette auf, Granville Road mit Anna Känzig und Once You Open mit Monika Schär (u. a. Sängerin bei Trauffer).

2015 folgte das dritte Album Is There A Scale For Love, ein ruhiges Album, das er diesmal instrumental alleine einspielte. Es folgten Auftritte in Holland und Frankreich. 2016 trat er erstmals als Gastsänger auf und sang auf dem Album Dynamic von Flava and Stevenson. Er sang den Song Once In A Lifetime und schrieb und sang den Song Love Is Coming Back. Sein viertes Album Rosy Rosy Please veröffentlichte er 2016 auf dem Label Profimusic (Profimedia).

Im Januar 2019 entschied sich Jonsson, keine Alben mehr aufzunehmen, sondern die Songs einzeln zu releasen. Im Februar 2019 begann er mit dem norwegischen Produzenten Basslifter (Håkon Lundby) zu arbeiten. Aus dieser Zusammenarbeit entstand die Single Traveler, die im Juli 2019 bei Profimusic erschien.

Jonsson spielte diverse Support-Auftritte u. a. für Gavin DeGraw, Daniel Powter, Minor Majority, Hawksley Workman, DJ Bobo, Pegasus. Er trat außerdem beim Festival Rose d'Or beim Zermatt Unplugged und beim Threshold Festival in Liverpool auf.

Diskographie

Alben
 2009: This Is The Sky
 2013: People Are Strange
 2015: Is There A Scale For Love
 2016: Rosy Rosy Please

Singles
 2009: Sunrise
 2009: Never Enough
 2009: When Tomorrow Comes
 2009: Summer Rain
 2013: Better Morning
 2013: Grandville Road mit Anna Känzig
 2015: Never Gonna Leave
 2015: Come With Me
 2016: Mais l'Amour
 2017: Come Out Tonight
 2017: Am Morge
 2018: Du Laufsch Devo
 2019: Traveler

Featurings
 2016; Once In A Lifetime mit Flava and Stevenson & Jack Dylan
 2016: Love Is Coming Back mit Flava and Stevenson

Weblinks

 Eigene Website
 Patrick Jonsson Playlisten auf MX3 (englisch)

Einzelnachweise

Sänger
Songwriter
Pseudonym
Schweizer
Geboren 1968
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Roger Ebert November 26, 1997
Between "Alien" and "Aliens," 57 years passed, with Ellen Ripley in suspended animation. Between "Aliens" and "Alien3," she drifted through space in a lifeboat, before landing on a prison planet. In all three films she did battle with vile alien creatures constructed out of teeth, green sinew, and goo. In "Alien3" she told this life form: "I've known you so long I can't remember a time when you weren't in my life." I'm telling the aliens the same thing. This is a series whose inspiration has come, gone, and been forgotten. I'm aliened out. The fourth movie, depends on a frayed shoestring of a plot, barely enough to give them something to talk about between the action scenes. A "Boo Movie," Pauline Kael called the second one, because it all came down to aliens popping up and going "boo!" and being destroyed.
I found that second film dark and depressing, but skillfully directed by James Cameron ("Terminator II"). I lost interest with the third, when I realized that the aliens could at all times outrun and outleap the humans, so all the chase scenes were contrivances.
Now here is "Alien Resurrection." Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) is still the heroine, even though 200 years have passed since "Alien3." She has been cloned out of a drop of her own blood, and is being used as a brood mare: The movie opens with surgeons removing a baby alien from her womb. How the baby got in there is not fully explained, for which we should perhaps be grateful.
The birth takes place on a vast space ship. The interstellar human government hopes to breed more aliens, and use them for--oh, developing vaccines, medicines, a gene pool, stuff like that. The aliens have a remarkable body chemistry. Ripley's genes are all right, too: They allow her reconstituted form to retain all of her old memories, as if cookie dough could remember what a gingerbread man looked like.
Ripley is first on a giant government science ship, then on a tramp freighter run by a vagabond crew. The monsters are at first held inside glass cells, but of course they escape (their blood is a powerful solvent that can eat through the decks of the ship). The movie's a little vague about Ripley: Is she all human, or does she have a little alien mixed in? For awhile we wonder which side she's on. She laughs at mankind's hopes of exploiting the creatures: "She's a queen," she says of the new monster. "She'll breed. You'll die." When the tramp freighter comes into play, we get a fresh crew, including Call (Winona Ryder), who has been flown all the way from Earth to provide appeal for the younger members of the audience. Ryder is a wonderful actress, one of the most gifted of her generation, but wrong for this movie. She lacks the heft and presence to stand alongside Ripley and the grizzled old space dogs played by Ron Perlman, Dominique Pinon, Dan Hedeya and Brad Dourif. She seems uncertain of her purpose in the movie, her speeches lack conviction, and when her secret is revealed, it raises more questions than it answers. Ryder pales in comparison with Jenette Goldstein, the muscular Marine who was the female sidekick in "Aliens." Weaver, on the other hand, is splendid: Strong, weary, resourceful, grim. I would gladly see a fifth "Alien" movie if they created something for her to do, and dialog beyond the terse sound bites that play well in commercials. Ripley has some good scenes. She plays basketball with a crew man (Perlman) and slams him around. When she bleeds, her blood fizzes interestingly on the floor--as if it's not quite human. She can smell an alien presence. And be smelled: Her baby recognizes her mother and sticks out a tongue to lick her.
These aliens have a lot of stuff in their mouths; not only the tongue and their famous teeth, but another little head on a stalk, with smaller teeth. Still to be determined is whether the littler head has a still tinier head inside of it, and so on. Like the bugs in "Starship Troopers," these aliens are an example of specialization. They have evolved over the eons into creatures adapted for one purpose only: To star in horror movies.
Mankind wants them for their genes? I can think of a more valuable attribute: They're apparently able to generate bio-mass out of thin air. The baby born at the beginning of the film weighs maybe five pounds. In a few weeks the ship's cargo includes generous tons of aliens. What do they feed on? How do they fuel their growth and reproduction? It's no good saying they eat the ship's stores, because they thrive even on the second ship--and in previous movies have grown like crazy on desolate prison planets and in abandoned space stations. They're like perpetual motion machines; they don't need input.
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Q: Why shuffling data gives significantly higher accuracy? In Tensorflow, I've wrote a big model for 2 image classes problem. My question is concerned with the following code snippet:
X, y, X_val, y_val = prepare_data()
probs = calc_probs(model, session, X)
accuracy = float(np.equal(np.argmax(probs, 1), np.argmax(y, 1)).sum()) / probs.shape[0]
loss = log_loss(y, probs)

X is an np.array of shape: (25000,244,244,3). That code results in accuracy=0.5834 (towards random accuracy) and loss=2.7106. But
when I shuffle the data, by adding these 3 lines after the first line:
sample_idx = random.sample(range(0, X.shape[0]), 25000)
X = X[sample_idx]
y = y[sample_idx]

, the results become convenient: accuracy=0.9933 and loss=0.0208.
Why shuffling data can give significantly higher accuracy ? or what can be a reason for that ?
The function calc_probs is mainly a run call:
probs = session.run(model.probs, feed_dict={model.X: X})

Update:
After hours of debugging, I figured out that evaluating a single image gives different result. For example, if you run the following line of code multiple times, you get a different result each time:
session.run(model.props, feed_dict={model.X: [X[20]])

My data is normally sorted, X contains class 1 samples first then class 2. And in calc_probs function, I run using each batch of the data sequentially. So, without shuffling, each run has data of a single class.
I've also noted that with shuffling, if batch size is very small, I get the random accuracy.

A: There is some mathematical justification for this in the context of randomized Kaczmarz algorithm. Regular Kaczmarz algorithm is an old algorithm which can be seen as an non-shuffling SGD on a least squares problem, and there are guaranteed faster convergence rates that come out if you use randomization, follow references in http://www.cs.ubc.ca/~nickhar/W15/Lecture21Notes.pdf

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Q: MS Word 2013 variant does not reference an automation object I have just upgraded from office to office 2013. One of my apps uses MSWord automation to convert word to pdf.
The following code worked ok for Word 2007 and 2010, but not I keep getting the above OLEError at the call to MSApp.Documents.open. The code is below. Does anyone have any idea what is going wrong? I have also tried stripping out all params to the call to open other than the filename, but this still falls down with the above exception
Function convertToPDF(filename:string);
var MSApp, doc:variant;
begin
MSApp := CreateOLEObject('Word.Application');
    try
      MSApp.visible:=false;

      MSApp:=MSApp.version;
      version:=trunc(strToFloat(MSApp));

      if version>11
    then begin //should be greater than word 2003 so should have capability of printing to pdf
              Doc:=MSApp.Documents.Open(fileName, false, true, false);
              MSApp.ActiveDocument.SaveAs(outputfile, wdFormatPDF, emptyParam, emptyparam, false);
            end;
finally
    varclar(doc);
    msApp.quit;
end;
end;

A: You should use saveas2 (https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff836084%28v=office.14%29.aspx). Saveas is no more part of the object model.


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Q: Subsetting Data based on selected months in R Year         tot_precip
1/1/1989     0
1/2/1989    .23
1/3/1989    0
1/4/1989    .43
1/5/1989    0.254
1/6/1989    0
1/7/1989    0
1/8/1989    0
1/9/1989    0
1/10/1989   .21

I am trying to subset my precipitation data based on certain months.I did some research.
tt=as.POSIXct(paste(prec$Year,prec$tot_precip), format="%m/%d/%Y")
datZoo <- zoo(prec[,-c(1,2)], tt)
month <- function (x) as.numeric(format(x, "%m"))
veranoIdx <- which(month(tt) %in% 6:8)
veranoZoo <- datZoo[veranoIdx]
veranoZoo

The above code worked to extract Year column based on certain months (June,July august) but I am lost about how to extract precipitation values for those dates(i.e veranoZoo series)

A: Assuming Lines as in the Note below, read the data into a zoo object.  Since this is evidently monthly data it would be best to use "yearmon" class as the index.  Now use subset to get the subset for June, July, August.
z <- read.zoo(text = Lines, header = TRUE, FUN = as.yearmon, format = "%d/%m/%Y")
subset(z, cycle(z) %in% 6:8)

giving this zoo series:
Jun 1989 Jul 1989 Aug 1989
       0        0        0

This would also work:
z[cycle(z) %in% 6:8]

(If your data is in a file myfile.dat then replace text=Lines with just "myfile.dat" in the read.zoo statement.)
Note:
Lines <- "Year tot_precip
1/1/1989 0
1/2/1989 .23
1/3/1989 0
1/4/1989 .43
1/5/1989 0.254
1/6/1989 0
1/7/1989 0
1/8/1989 0
1/9/1989 0
1/10/1989 .21"

A: Considering input as:
dft <- read.table(header = TRUE, text = "Year         tot_precip

                  1/1/1989     0

                  1/2/1989    .23

                  1/3/1989    0

                  1/4/1989    .43

                  1/5/1989    0.254

                  1/6/1989    0

                  1/7/1989    0

                  1/8/1989    0

                  1/9/1989    0

                  1/10/1989   .21",stringsAsFactors=FALSE)

you can just use tidyverse functions and try:
dft %>% filter(month(Year) %in% c(6,7,8))

which gives:
      Year tot_precip
1 1/6/1989          0
2 1/7/1989          0
3 1/8/1989          0


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Modern business environment is characterized by volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity. Managers are to expect unstable and disruptive situations, and this could negatively affect the working environment if not well handled.
The way organization resolves such complex and volatile environment determines its growth. Things can change very fast for any organization. Sometimes the changes do not come in a repeatable pattern. Very often, such changes do not occur in a predictable trend.
This creates a volatile, ambiguous, and dangerous situation for management. This requires special skill and training to handle. It is certain that management tools have become obsolete for such challenges. It is common to see organizations hire new talents and train their workers to handle such unpredictable developments. Leadership must be prepared to tackle the challenges that emerge from the diverse and complex organizational environment.
It is necessary that every organization recognizes the influence of VUCA elements in decision-making, planning, risk management to ensure its healthy growth. As the organization evolves, managers must take steps to contain the challenges of evolution. Managers must be able to predict the outcome of their organizational challenges. They need to have a deeper and clear understanding of their business environment.
In the volatile and ambiguous organizational environment, managers must fashion out a way of integrating talent, human resources, and technology. Before they can do this, they must create a smarter vision for their organization. Aforementioned would help them devise a means of countering any turbulence. Having a skilled workforce and the right technology would help predict any instability that would rock their organization.
Managers must endeavor to recruit and train personnel who could understand and interpret the situation correctly. It is good to know that some organizations like Unilever have restructured to tackle external complexities. When employees are, workers are trained and retrained workforce productivity can be guaranteed. They should be trained in different areas of management and risk detection.
Training is important, but it has to be based on the nature of the organization. Training should focus on understanding the past, present and the future challenges. This would help them to tackle unforeseen situations in any organization whenever it occurs. Every organization must devise means of renewing itself if it would remain relevant.
The best way organizations can counter future challenges is to be certain of the challenges they are facing. This cannot be possible if they do not have a method of collecting, sharing and analyzing information. There are different ways of searching and distributing information. Every type of information you want are available on the internet. Business can get clarity on any situation by building a strong relationship and networking in their environment. Through this, they would know more about best practices, how to gather information, and acquire new knowledge and skill.
Companies must be restructured in such a way it would handle unpredictable situations and redesign in a way to beat the challenges of changing times. Organization HR, workforce planning strategy, and talent management must be organized in a way they would tackle the challenges of a chaotic environment.
VUCA entails organizations getting ready to manage their business under chaotic, disruptive, complex, and ambiguous conditions. Managers have to learn how to take tough decisions under uncertainty. It is not only in counterterrorism as in the military that risk management is needed; it is needed in organizations.
The best way to deal with the situation is to change the leadership model to reflect VUCA environment. The fact is that in an established talent management strategy, it is relatively easier to predict the future. This is why organizations hire, train, and develop leaders who can predict an upcoming environment. The emphasis should be on forecasting, planning and training for effective organizational management. Organizations must integrate talents that could handle this situation.


Can I bring a witnesses I want to subpoena to my ALR hearing?
Can I Bring a Witness I want to Subpoena to the ALR Hearing?
If I have witnesses I want to subpoena on my DWI case, can I bring them to the ALR hearing?
The short answer is yes, you can bring witnesses to the ALR hearing at the State Office of Administrative Hearings (SOAH). Theoretically, DPS can prove every element of an ALR case through written documents. However, through a combination of written request and subpoenas, you can force DPS to back up almost every element of its case through live testimony. I say "almost" because even though the rules allow you to secure the presence of the breath test operator and technical supervisor by filing a written request, judges often reject these requests.
To secure a witness at the ALR hearing you must have a subpoena issued and personally serve the desired witness. In addition to the subpoena you must state good cause for the witness's presence or the subpoena will be rejected. For example, you might state, "this witness observed all facts leading to the arrest of the defendant and is the only witness who can corroborate or deny the facts in the police report." Generally, the persons you will be subpoenaing will be the officer who made the stop and the officer who did the DWI investigation if they are two different people. However, be aware that SOAH rules limit you to only two witnesses at the hearing.
At the ALR hearing, the officer's testimony will usually be limited to facts regarding the reason for the stop of the vehicle and up to the point of arrest. Even if the facts seem impossible to beat it is always important to subpoena the officer(s) anyway. By subpoenaing the officer(s) to the ALR hearing you can learn additional facts about your case not in the police report and pin down the officer's testimony under oath. Additionally, if you subpoena and obtain service on the stopping and/or arresting officer and that witness fails to appear, the administrative law judge will generally dismiss the case against your driving license, and you won't serve a suspension!
Preparing for and having an ALR hearing will not only impact your driving license but also can have a dramatic impact on your criminal case. This article was written to be informative but in no way should replace hiring a qualified DWI attorney to fight your ALR. If you or someone you know has been charged with a DWI, you only have 15 days to request a drivers license hearing from DPS. Do not hesitate to call our office to setup your free consultation!


4. I stopped drinking 2 years ago. I told my MD, and it went into my file. Now, I've gone to his Office for 3 physicals for 3 different jobs, and the physical says 'Recovering Alcoholic", which is true, but so far 3 jobs offers have been withdrawn, 2 of the companies saying something about 'due to my past drinking'. I've never had a problem with the law, never been violent, always worked, got an education, pay my taxes and have a good home in a good neighborhood and am liked and respected by most everyone. But I can't get a better job so far due to the "Label". What do I do?
There is no easy answer to this question, and you have several options of what to do. First of all, let me say that unfortunately you are not alone. I have heard this same scenario time and time again. There are potentially three different options open to you.
The first option is a legal option. You are being discriminated against solely on the basis of your diagnosis. This is a violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). At the end of this response to your question I will include more information about the ADA. For a prospective employer to say they will not hire you "due to your past drinking" is a violation of this law. You may want to consult an attorney regarding this, but there are legal costs associated with this; and if you pursue it in court, it becomes a matter of public record.
The second option would be to consult with your doctor. Explain what has happened and ask him not to release any information from your record regarding your drinking history without your express written consent. It would be best if you put this request in writing. This then places your doctor under an obligation not to disclose this information in the future. There are state specific and national regulations regarding confidentiality of medical records.
The third option would be for you to do nothing. Do you want to work for a company that discriminates against alcoholics? I do not know what line of work you are in or how many options for employment you have, but you may find that if you, "Let Go and Let God," He will lead you to a new opportunity. This does not mean sit around and do nothing, you still have to do the legwork filling out applications and interviewing. It means that you simply trust God to bring you to where he wants you to be.
My best advice would be to do some of each of the above options. If an employment application/ asks questions about whether or not you drink – leave it blank. This type of question is illegal. However, you must answer questions about arrest records and hospitalizations or treatment if asked as these questions are legal to ask. Talk with your doctor as I indicated above, and pray. All of these things can help. Below is the link to the additional information about the ADA. Good luck, let me know how things turn out.


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Rich People Poor Countries
The Rise of Emerging-Market Tycoons and Their Mega Firms
Caroline Freund. Assisted by Sarah Oliver
Pub Date: January 2016
Like the robber barons of the 19th century Gilded Age, a new and proliferating crop of billionaires is driving rapid development and industrialization in poor countries. The accelerated industrial growth spurs economic prosperity for some, but it also widens the gap between the super rich and the rest of the population, especially the very poor.
In Rich People Poor Countries, Caroline Freund identifies and analyzes nearly 700 emerging-market billionaires whose net worth adds up to more than $2 trillion. Freund finds that these titans of industry are propelling poor countries out of their small-scale production and agricultural past and into a future of multinational industry and service-based mega firms. And more often than not, the new billionaires are using their newfound acumen to navigate the globalized economy, without necessarily relying on political connections, inheritance, or privileged access to resources. This story of emerging-market billionaires and the global businesses they create dramatically illuminates the process of industrialization in the modern world economy.
The mass media are always happy to feed the public's appetite for details about how the rich and famous live. Much rarer is the kind of careful analysis of the sources and consequences of great wealth that Freund offers in this book. Foreign Affairs
A very useful sourcebook for anyone working on the changing face of global and national inequality. From Poverty to Power
Caroline Freund, senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics since May 2013, was chief economist for the Middle East and North Africa at the World Bank (2011–13). Prior to that she was lead economist and senior economist in the research department of the World Bank. She was also senior economist at the International Monetary Fund and economist at the Federal Reserve Board. Freund works primarily on economic growth and international trade and also writes on economic issues in the Middle East and North Africa.
Sarah Oliver has been a research analyst at the Peterson Institute for International Economics since August 2013.
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Check out an amazing new Game of Thrones poster. Get the first look at an adaptation of Stephen King's Cell. Patrick Wilson may play a major role in Scott Lang's story in Ant-Man. Kate Beckinsale joins the Monty Python crew in Absolutely Anything. And Dylan Neal previews the rest of Ivo's story on Arrow. Spoilers now!
Yeah, they've talked to me about it and I've talked to them about it and they're excited and I'm anxious and eager to see — I haven't read anything — what they cook up. You know, I think they're trying to put it together.
Patrick Wilson has been cast as a not-yet disclosed character. ScreenCrush has theorized that he could be playing Darren Cross, the owner of Cross Technology Enterprises. This actually works when you take into account that Cross relates to Scott Lang's origin. In the comics, Cross is suffering from the same disease as Scott Lang's daughter Cassie, and Cross has taken captive Erica Sondheim the only doctor who's working on a cure for this rare condition. Lang steals the Ant-Man armor to rescue the imprisoned doctor, in an attempt to save his daughter's life.
Elena will ultimately return to the show, back to her friends and her old life, but there will be the fallout from everything Katherine left in her wake. Just when he seemed to finally be getting over Elena and starting to heal, Katherine stormed into his [Stefan's] life and reopened that wound.
It's not going to be an easy road for Damon to come back, because what he did was pretty bad. What we're trying to explore is, now that Stefan is moving on from Elena after this whole Katherine chapter closes, he's trying to figure out the next big movement in his life. And since his brother needs him more than ever, Stefan will be the one to kind of pick him up — in a very Stefan kind of way.
As it's explained in the next episode, it [Mirakuru] will always remain his primary goal. He does have a time constraint in his own personal life as to why he needs to continue moving forward with this, but Slade is going to become a major, major factor in this now going forward. And, without giving things away, Slade and Ivo are now kinda joined at the hip.
While the stories intertwine and Ivo's actions now directly affect Slade's actions going forward because of the death of Shado and the choice that Ivo made Oliver make between Sara and Shado. So all of this will seed. The writers of the series have had a long term game plan in mind and this episode illuminates all the question marks of where we were going, why were things happening the way they did.
It's all going to be revealed in the next episode that I'm in. And going forward I have no idea yet what they are going to do with Ivo. He's still there, but there's ... while so questions have been answered, now there's a big question mark going forward with Ivo and I'll be waiting with the rest of you. I'll be going back.
Sally learns that by changing the past to match the present, she has changed her and the roommates' futures.
Episode 4.09 - Too Far, Fast Forward!
Sally realizes that the only way to make things right is to transport to the present and seeking the help of an old foe.
Josh struggles to get Nora back; Aidan and Sally's friendship turns into something more, even though his relationship with Suzanna has taken a new turn.
Aidan helps Kenny get out of town; Sally and Nora help Josh conquer his wolf.
The roommates discover they are not the only ones having a hard time leaving the house.
Here's the synopsis for March 18th's episode, "Blade Runners", guest starring Snooki.
Alan and Walker journey to an abandoned satellite station and discover the truth behind Hatake's plan.
A NIGHT OUT ON THE TOWN — When Gloria (guest star Victoria Platt) tells the Atrian Seven they are allowed to spend some time outside their sector, Roman (Matt Lanter) sees it as an opportunity to further investigate his father's mysterious past and makes a stunning discovery. Emery (Aimee Teegarden) and Grayson (Grey Damon) go out on a date, but their night is ruined after Eric (guest star Jesse Luken) calls Grayson for help and ends up putting everyone in danger. Drake (Greg Finley) mistakes Taylor (Natalie Hall) for an undercover Trag, and Lukas (Titus Makin, Jr.) makes his move on Sophia (Brina Palencia). Meanwhile, Teri (Chelsea Gilligan) tries to take over Drake's mission. Michael Pressman directed the episode written by Marc Halsey (#105).
Jeremy is poisoned; Clay interrogates a Mutt and Elena confronts a werewolf groupie.


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Home / Stories / Articles / Carolina Journal: North Carolina bureaucrats are about to learn a lesson in the importance of property rights
Carolina Journal: North Carolina bureaucrats are about to learn a lesson in the importance of property rights
May 04, 2021 | By ERIN WILCOX
When is losing the entire value of your property due to government regulation, not an "undue hardship"? According to the North Carolina Coastal Resources Commission, the answer is whenever your home is on the coast.
In October 2016, Michael and Cathy Zito's Nags Head beach house burned to the ground. Luckily no one was hurt, but the bureaucratic nightmare they faced as they attempted to rebuild was incredibly painful.
The Zitos' house was built in 1982 when it was landward of the legal setback line for ocean building. By the time the house burned down in 2016, natural erosion had moved the ocean closer to the Zitos' house. When the Zitos asked the Town of Nags Head for permission to rebuild on the same footprint as their previous home, their request was denied because it was no longer 60 feet from the vegetation line. Not only could Michael and Cathy not rebuild their home on their property, but they also couldn't build anything at all. Their lot was now only good for standing and looking at their beautiful ocean view.
Hoping for relief from this unfair decision, Michael and Cathy took their case to the North Carolina Coastal Resources Commission. Their request for permission to rebuild was denied there too, when the Commission inexplicably found that being prohibited from building anything at all on your property was not an "undue hardship."
The Zitos' now-empty lot is in a dense beachfront neighborhood, lined with homes on either side that are just as close to the ocean. Nags Head has a public open space, free of charge. The Zitos have nothing except continuing tax bills and a vacant, unusable lot.
What happened to the Zitos is unconstitutional. Under both the United States and North Carolina constitutions, the government cannot take private property without paying a fair price. It can't enforce laws that regulate the use and value of your property out of existence.
Some violations of private property rights are easy to spot. For example, government agents go to a property, post a guard or build a fence, and keep the lawful owner out. When that happens, the Constitution requires the property owner to be paid a fair price for taking his or her property.
A more insidious and far more frequent violation of private property rights is what happened to the Zitos. In these situations, the government decides that it would prefer a piece of property to be vacant but does not want to buy the property from the landowner. Instead, the government enforces regulations to prevent the landowner from doing anything with the property except leave it as open space. It's a win-win for the government — it gets what it wants for free. But for property owners, who suddenly find themselves with a completely worthless lot, it's a severe violation of their constitutional rights.
The Zitos have spent a great deal of time and money going multiple rounds with their local and state governments, and they are still left without their home or the value of their property. All coastal landowners in North Carolina are still one hurricane or fire away from losing both their homes and their ability to rebuild.
Fortunately, Michael and Cathy aren't done fighting. They joined forces with the nonprofit Pacific Legal Foundation to file a lawsuit in federal court challenging this illegal land grab. The Zitos told the court that if the government wants their property, it's going to have to obey the state and federal constitutions by paying a fair price. So now it's up to the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia to make the government play by the rules.
You don't surrender your property rights just because you live on the beach. As beachfront homeowners, the Zitos have faced down storms, erosion, and fire. A handful of bureaucrats with no respect for the Constitution don't stand a chance.
This op-ed was originally published by Carolina Journal on May 4, 2021.
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The Weeknd's New Music Video Was Just Pulled Over This Scary Health Concern
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By Adam England/Updated: Jan. 14, 2022 3:14 pm EST
The Weeknd's latest single "Take My Breath" is set for release tomorrow, but how much of the music video will we be seeing? Over the past week, the singer has teased the video through his social media, and it was set to play in Imax theaters before showings of "The Suicide Squad," but it's been pulled due to one pretty scary health concern.
Per New York Post, the music video for "Take My Breath" features intense strobe lighting, which could trigger seizures in people with epilepsy, so the decision was made to pull it from theaters. However, fans who want to watch the video can still do so — just not before they go to see "The Suicide Squad." It'll be made available on YouTube tomorrow, as the track will also drop onto streaming sites (via Pitchfork). You might have already heard the single in an Olympics promo video for Team USA too, as it played while a host of female athletes showed off their skills.
The strobe lighting in the video could trigger seizures
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"Take My Breath" is set to be the lead single from The Weeknd's upcoming fifth album. The 31-year-old, real name Abel Tesfaye, released his last album, "After Hours," in 2020, when it became his fourth number one album in the U.S., and also hit the top spot in the U.K. and his native Canada too. Containing the wildly-successful "Blinding Lights" (via Vulture), it saw plenty of success, which he'll hope to emulate with his fifth album.
The Weeknd's music videos and overall aesthetic is known for being quite dark, but with bright lights added for contrast — clearly, "Take My Breath" is to be no exception (via New York Post). However, you'll have to watch it at home if you want to view it. It won't be appearing before the likes of Margot Robbie, Idris Elba and John Cena appear on the big screen in one of the most hotly-anticipated movies of the year (via The News).


Evolution says the earth is billions of years old. The Bible says it is about 6000 years old. What does science say? Discover the answer as Richard and Calvin discuss several scientific dating methods that refute the evolutionary timescale.
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